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CPC APPROVES ALLOCATIONS FOR TOWNMEETING WARRANT

Of the 18 funding requests received by the Community Preservation Committee for FY09, 16 were approved by committee members last Thursday for the full or partial amounts sought by applicants.

The two requests not approved for funding were $600,000, the second highest amount of all requests, asked for by the Nantucket Housing Office to buy land near public utilities for construction or relocation of affordable housing; and a $15,000 request from Parks and Recreation to install a shuffleboard court at Children's Beach.

The total amount of all requests came to just under $5 million. The allocations equal $3,152,353, up from last year's $3 million for 16 projects. The amount of $93,211 makes up FY09 administrative and operating expenses for the committee, rounding off the new final total at $3.2 million. The amount of $844,775 is going to the category of historic preservation; $1,482,578 is slated for community housing; and $825,000 is allocated for open space conservation/recreation.

"It was obviously difficult because of the amount of requests and the money that was available, but just under half was for community housing," CPC member Ken Beaugrand said of the challenge of determining who will receive funds.

• Under historic preservation, the Maria Mitchell Association was fully funded at $21,775 to complete preservation work on the Maria Mitchell family house.

• The Nantucket Town Clerk will receive $123,000 of the $513,250 sought to complete phase two of the town's cemetery restoration project.

• The South Church (Unitarian) Preservation Fund will receive $250,000 of the $408,000 requested for various work within and outside the church.

• The 'Sconset Trust is allocated its full request of $250,000 to help with the cost of moving Sankaty Lighthouse and restore its former site.

• First Congregational Church will receive $200,000 of its $260,000 request for interior preservation and safety systems.

•Under community housing, the Nantucket Human Service Center will receive $300,000 of its requested $480,000 to design affordable workforce living units on its Miacomet Road campus.

• The Interfaith Council is to receive all $55,000 it asked for to maintain its emergency rental assistance program.

• The Nantucket Housing Authority will be allocated the full $10,000 it requested to develop a proposal for its planned 50 affordable, owner-occupied dwelling units on its open nine acres along Surfside Road.

• The Planning Commission is to receive its full request of $83,578 to hire a housing planner/specialist to focus on affordable housing.

• The Nantucket Housing Office is being allocated its full request of $245,000 to build a secondary dwelling on Clarendon Street.

• The Nantucket Housing Office is being allocated its full request of $235,000 to build a second dwelling on Norquarta Drive.

• The Nantucket Housing Office will receive its full request of $104,000 to help fund year seven of the administration of its affordable housing programs.

• The Nantucket Housing Office will receive $350,000, its full request, for a housing resource center containing two affordable apartments. The structure is proposed for Millers Lane.

• Habitat for Humanity Nantucket is being allocated its full request of $100,000 to develop a new affordable housing unit.

• Under open space/recreation, the CPC decided to allocate $500,000 to the

Parks and Recreation Commission, half its request to build new youth playing fields off Nobadeer Farm Road.

• The Nantucket Conservation Foundation is being allocated $250,000, its full request, to reduce debt payments on its purchase of the Nantucket Field Station from the University of Massachusetts.

• Finally, the sum of $75,000 is being set aside in an open space reserve fund for future years. The revenue amount of $3,245,564 is derived from approximately $1.6 million generated by a surcharge on local property tax bills, nearly $1.3 million in matching state funds and $358,564 from an undesignated reserve balance fund.

NAN SPONSORS WORLD AIDS DAY EVENT On Saturday, Dec. 1 Nantucket AIDS Network and the Rev. Nancy Nelson will commemorate World AIDS Day with a candlelight walk to the harbor. The walk will begin at the steps of the Pacific National Bank at 5 p.m.

In addition to the Saturday evening event, NAN will screen the film, "A Closer Walk," at Nantucket High School (day and time to be announced). "A Closer Walk" is the first film to depict humankind's confrontation with the global AIDS epidemic. The film is produced and directed by Academy Award nominee Robert Bilheimer, and narrated by Glenn Close and Will Smith. More than 50 women, men and young people were interviewed or profiled from regions all over the world. Also appearing in the film are the Dalai Lama, former UN Secretary General KofiAnnan and Bono of U2.

The office is located at 35 Old South Road. For more information, visit nantucketaids.

org. or call 228-3955. I