Woburn voters will get to decide whether to enact the Community Preservation Act when they head to the polls in the fall.
The City Council voted 7-2 at its June 17 meeting to put the CPA on the November ballot.
If voters approved the CPA, a 1% surcharge would be put on residential tax bills with the first $100,000 of residential property value exempted. Woburn Preservation, which backs the CPA, estimated that Woburn would generate more than $730,000 annually.
The CPA money could be used only for open space protection, historic preservation, affordable housing and outdoor recreation.
If approved, Woburn would create a local Community Preservation Committee, which would review CPA-funded projects. It would recommend projects for the City Council to approve. The council would have the final say on which projects get CPA money.
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Woburn is one of seven Massachusetts communities that will have CPA on the fall ballots.
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