Affordable housing, recreation, town cemeteries and the imagining of the historical society’s Bell School would get a boost if voters approve some $790,000 in community preservation projects at May’s Town Meeting.

The Community Preservation Committee earlier this month voted to recommend four projects for voter review at town meeting. They include:

Bell School: $110,000

The Westport Historical Society has been working for several years to rehabilitate the old Bell School at the Head of Westport, transforming it into a public education and visitor center. The project, which is expected to cost approximately $978,000, has already received earlier rounds of private and CPA funding, including $350,000 approved at last year’s Town Meeting, and entails rebuilding and modernizing a good portion of it internally and externally.

This year’s request for $110,000 to help complete the project would cover the costs of a handicapped accessible ramp, a generator needed to maintain climate control in the collections storage area, and exterior painting and the finishing of the basement. It will also cover some architectural fees.

Society members envision the future Bell School as a “history center” — where researchers, tourists and residents can visit to learn more about the town’s history in a modern facility designed around the proper storage of delicate archival materials.

“The overall goal of this project is to transform the Bell School into a resource that is more relevant to the community of Westport and better suited to the current needs of the Historical Society,” the society’s application to the CPC reads.

Cemetery website: $30,000

A private group of historians has run a private cemetery database website in Westport for more than 15 years. A request for $30,000 made by Town Administrator James Hartnett would replace it with one that should be more modern and usable.

The current site, Hartnett wrote in his application, has become outdated and is largely inoperable. If approved by voters at Town Meeting, the $30,000 in CPA funds would be used to purchase software necessary for a more modern site containing information on the town’s 106 historic cemeteries.

Bicentennial Playground: $350,000

Recreation Director Dana Stewart has requested $350,000 in CPA funds to help cover the estimated $650,000 to $800,000 cost of replacing the Bicentennial Playground at 192 Gifford Road.

The recreation department already has $170,000 from last year’s allocated CPA funds, as well as $200,000 from an anonymous donation left over from the Annex Playground project, and plans to fully replace the Annex Playground this coming spring.

“We would like to do the same with the Bicentennial Playground,” she wrote. “It is outdated and not in compliance with current standards, such as ADA accessibility or safety codes.

The playground was inspected several years ago and a safety inspector noted at the time that the facility “might” have a few more years of life if certain parts of it were improved.

“That being said, time has passed since then and we prefer to fully replace this playground ... if we are able to acquire enough funding.”

Affordable housing: $300,000

The Westport Affordable Housing Trust Fund is seeking $300,000 to cover a housing assistance office ($40,000), augment its land acquisition and development fund ($200,000), and help owners of affordable homes maintain their properties ($60,000).

The trust fund’s Housing Assistance Office, open Wednesdays at town hall, is the trust’s public face and CPA funds would help cover operational costs.

A good portion of the request — $200,000 — would go to cover land acquisition and development. Though it is hard to say when funds are needed, “the trust is committed to seek opportunities for the acquisition of land that will yield twenty or more affordable housing unites. The Trust is also committed to providing funds for other uses, including pre-development and construction, that will also yield twenty or more affordable units.”

Finally, $60,000 would use for the preservation of existing affordable housing, and its PRE-HAB program “will provide funding to qualified homeowners of existing deed-restricting homes .. so these affordable homes are protected from harm or destruction. Work may include activities to address building envelope, siding, and dangerous electrical and plumbing conditions.