Title
Committee Report: Ordinance (Paper #16-16 That the City schedule a public hearing relative to the composition of the Community Preservation Committee)
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The Standing Committee on Ordinance, to whom was referred Paper #16 Series of 2016, having considered the same, make the following report: Committee recommends the following:
1. That a public hearing be held on March 23rd at 6:00 p.m. at Salemwood School;
2. That the Council move forward with a survey to be made available both on paper and electronically from March 1 to March15 and that the survey read as follows:
PLEASE NOTE: PRIOR TO TAKING THIS SURVEY
YOU MUST BE A MALDEN RESIDENT.
ONLY ONE SUBMISSION PER PERSON IS ALLOWED.
1. What is your knowledge level of the Community Preservation Act.
Very knowledgeable
Little knowledge
No knowledge.
2. Did you support Malden’s CPA ballot question?
Yes
No
3. What Ward do you live in?
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Ward 7
Ward 8
4. Please rank the following in order of importance to, with one being the most important and four being the least important:
Preservation of open space
Preservation of historic resources
Development of affordable/moderate income housing
Development of outdoor recreational green space
5. How important to you is having neighborhood/ward involvement in Community Preservation decision making
Very important
Important
Not important.
6. What is your name?
7. What is your street address?
8. What is your e-mail address? (Mandatory for electronic submissions)
3. That the supplemental information on CPA be included at the start of the survey in the form of links to the state law and the Community Preservation Coalition’s website ;
4. That surveys be included in water bills at the earliest possible date with instructions that they be returned to the Council Office.
COUNCILLOR SPADAFORA FOR THE COMMITTEE