Community Preservation Committee: November 2nd, 2026

The Milton Community Preservation Committee meeting, listed as November 2, 2026 in the title and dated November 9, 2026 in the metadata, heard presentations on three potential CPA-supported projects. Pagoda Circle’s design team presented early concepts for safety and ecological improvements, including invasive-species removal, tree-risk mitigation, paths, seating, and gathering areas; no specific funding request or vote was made. The Milton Housing Authority described a capital project at 65 Miller Street, a 39-unit elderly and disabled housing building. The Affordable Housing Trust has committed $600,000, and the state has confirmed $1.5 million in matching funds. The revised project budget is about $2.50 million, leaving an estimated $399,000 gap. The committee discussed possible funding routes and the value of a funding commitment, but took no funding vote.

The Forbes House Museum requested $10,000 toward restoration of its shed, with much of the research and documentation work to be donated. The Suffix Resolve House presented a window-restoration project: a contractor estimated more than $112,000 for 28 windows, and the applicant sought $70,000 in CPA support toward the next phase; neither request was acted on. Members also discussed a late-submitted conservation funding application, outstanding project balances and improving the committee’s funding tracker. No decision was made on the late application or project awards during this meeting.