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Sudbury Select Board accepts donated rail‑trail sculpture after debate over CPA eligibility
Summary
The Select Board voted 4–1 to accept a Friends‑of‑the‑Bruce‑Freeman‑Rail‑Trail sculpture as a gift and removed a direct appropriation request from the board’s action after discussion about whether CPA open‑space and recreation funds could lawfully pay for installation and transportation.
The Select Board voted on Dec. 3 to accept a donated sculpture destined for the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail after a detailed discussion about whether Community Preservation Act (CPA) monies could be used for installation. The board accepted the gift by a 4–1 roll‑call vote and omitted from its motion explicit appropriation language; staff and the Community Preservation Committee will proceed with execution under the previously appropriated Article 47 funds.
Marsha Rasmussen, planning assistant representing the Rail Trails Advisory Committee, said the donor and Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail had…
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