Community Preservation Committee

The Community Preservation Act (CPA), approved as a ballot question on the November 6, 2001 Election, provides a mechanism to fund the creation and preservation of affordable housing, open space and historic resources.

The Act provides the authority for Peabody to establish a local Community Preservation Fund (CPF) that derives its revenues primarily from a surcharge on the property tax. The ballet question approved by the City provided for a one percent (1%) surcharge of the taxes assessed annually on real property. It also provided an exemption for the first $100,000 of the assessed value of Class I, residential parcels. There are additional exemptions for residential properties. They are (1) for property owned and occupied as a domicile by a person who would qualify for low income housing and (2) for property owned and occupied as a domicile by a person who would qualify for low or moderate income senior housing.


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CPC Information

City Council

Primary - Arthur Athas - 978-531-5010
Alternate - Theodore Bettencourt - 978-535-4819
Primary - David Gravel - 978-531-6636
Alternate - Barry Osborne - 978-532-4587

City Clerk

Dianne Marchese - 978-538-5702

Community Development

Director - Karen Sawyer - 978-538-5770
Asst. Director - Stacey Bernson - 978-762-0138

Conservation Commission

Primary - Michael Rizzo - 978-535-4023
Alternate - Alan Klapman - 978-823-2298

General Public

Primary - Andrew Metropolis - 978-532-3310
Alternate - Michael Schulze - 978-744-8555

Historical Commission

Primary - William Power - 978-590-2621
Alternate - Gerald Bellew - 978-532-2527

Housing Authority

Primary - Darren Keely - 978-531-3789

Park Commission

Primary - Edward Wodarski - 978-531-3616
Alternate - Ronald Sheehan - 978-535-9857

Planning Board

Primary - Richard St. Pierre 978-977-0538