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Community Preservation Committee votes to remove two incomplete applications
Summary
The committee voted unanimously to remove two applications — the Fort River Waterworks complex repair shed and Adirondack Farms public repair station — from deliberation because both lacked requested budget breakdowns. The motion was made during Jan. 14 deliberations and carried on roll call.
At its Jan. 14 meeting the Fall River City Community Preservation Committee voted to remove two applications from deliberation after members concluded both were incomplete.
Motion and vote
Kristen Cantero Oliveira moved that the Waterworks Complex Repair Shed application and the Adirondack Farms public repair station application be taken off the committee’s deliberations as incomplete. The motion was seconded and carried on a roll‑call vote. The roll call in the transcript records the committee’s affirmations (each member recorded as "yes"). The chair confirmed the applications would be removed from consideration going into the Jan. 26 vote.
Rationale
Members cited the absence of a requested budget breakdown and insufficient project detail. Multiple members said the Waterworks and Adirondack applications had not included the financial component the committee routinely requires to evaluate phased funding or partial awards. As one member put it during the discussion: "If the committee gets an incomplete application, it is not considered for funding." (paraphrase of transcript discussion.)
Next steps
Sandy will reflect these removals when she circulates the re‑formatted score sheet ahead of the Jan. 26 vote. Applicants may be able to reapply in a future cycle if they supply the required breakdowns and documentation.
