The Community Preservation Act has once again failed in Danvers.
The CPA failed at the polls during the town’s spring election with 1,513 residents voting against it and 1,322 in favor.
The act would have created a local fund to preserve historic buildings, landmarks, drinking water supplies and open space in town, along with community housing programs. It also would have helped create recreational areas and rehabilitate local parks, playgrounds and athletic fields.
The matter was the sole ballot question for the town’s May 2 election. If it had passed, the CPA fund would have been subsidized through a surcharge of 1% on the annual property tax assessed on real property in Danvers, translating to $18 a quarter for the average Danvers homeowner, according to local proponents of the CPA.
School Committee members Eric Crane and Joshua Kepnes, Town Moderator Patricia Fraizer and Select Board member Maureen Bernard ran unopposed for re-election and will remain in their seats.
Lisa Silva won an uncontested race for a spot on the Danvers Housing Authority, while Irene Conte, CoryRyan and Charles Desmond were voted in to fill three seats on the Board of Library Trustees.
Precincts 3, 5 and 7 were the only contested races for Town Meeting.
Precinct 3 voted in Jane Fuller, Linda Lee, James Morose, George Snow, Jeffrey Cary and Jeanne Argento, edging out Gary Cannavo.
Precinct 5 elected Julie Elizabeth Curtis, Charles Dame Jr., Rebecca Froncki, Amy Elizabeth Ciancarelli, Jennifer St. Arneault and Michael Shannon, while Brian Barry just missed getting in.
Precinct 7 elected William Fouhey, Katie Hislop, Robert O’Keefe, Kenneth Gerald Scholes Jr., Kyle Bryce Hopkins, Kristine Cheetham, and R. Geoffrey Caldarone, beating Mark Zuberek.
As for non-contested races, in Precinct 1, Susan Dagley, Torey Adler, Joan Louise Chane, Nova Samodai, Deborah Mary Gesualdo and Karen Joanne Nelson were elected.
Precinct 2 voted in Edward Joseph Gibbons III, Jarod Waterman, Arthur James Francis and Ellen Lefavour.
Precinct 4 elected Gary Alton Jones, Jason Anthony Gross, Cory Ryan, Lisa Marie Trask, Laurent Perreault, Sara Jean D’Antonio and Valentine Ndanga Nanah.
In Precinct 6, Vincent Mackey, Dutrochet Djoko, Mark Lentine, Fawn Burns Anderson, Peter Wilson and Ryan Griffis were voted in.
Precinct 8 saw John Pumphrey Jr., Brandi Ditch, Jonathan Mattarocchia and Jane Tremblay get elected.
Caroline Enos Salem News Staff Writer