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The Community Preservation Act

Historic Resources

Affordable Housing

Enables a community to fund four areas:

The Community Preservation Act

Recreation

Franklin School Apartments

Open Space

Community Preservation Act Adoption

Community Preservation Trust FundCommunity Preservation Trust Fund

In

Lexington

In Other

Towns

Fees

Fees

Middlesex

County

Other

Counties

Fees

Registries of Deeds/

Land Courts

Buyers &

Sellers

Fees

State

Community

Preservation

Trust Fund

Fees:

• $20 for Deeds

• $10 for Liens

$$

Distribution

to

participating

towns

Source of state matching funds

Lexington State Matches to Date:

Year Percentage Amount

2008 100.00 $2,556,362

2009 69.00 $1,927,708

2010 36.17 $1,060,390

2011 28.22 $ 858,729

2012 27.62 $ 885,463

2013 27.79 $ 929,507

2014 54.09 $1,932,347

2015 32.56 $1,230,116

TOTAL $11,380,622

• 158 communities (45%) have adopted CPA

• Close to $1.4 billion has been raised to date for community

preservation funding statewide

• Over 7,500 projects have been approved by local legislative bodies

• Over 8,500 affordable housing units have been created or supported

• 21,838 acres of open space have been preserved

• Over 3,600 appropriations have been made for historic

preservation projects

• Nearly 1,250 outdoor recreation projects have been initiated

CPA Accomplishments To Date:

Input &

Fe

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ckLexington CPA Fund

3% Surcharge Funds

(Started July 2006)

State Funds –

(First match: Oct., 2007)

Community

Preservation

Committee

(CPC)*

Public

Hearings

Town

Meeting

Approved

Appropriations

Recommended

Appropriations

* CPC consists of 9 members – From Conservation Commission, Historical

Commission, Housing Authority, Housing Partnership, Planning Board and

Recreation Committee and 3 at-large members appointed by the Selectmen

Town Boards

& Committees

Public

Hearings

CPA funds allocation processCPA funds allocation process

Lexington CPA Project Funding to Date:

Community Housing $ 7,797,857

Historic Resources $33,983,629

Open Space $13,932,015

Recreational Resources $ 4,202,392

TOTAL $59,915,893*

* (Does not include Admin. appropriation of $1,030,000)

Benefits to Lexington:

Preservation of 78 acres of Open Space

Funding of 43 Historic Resource projects

Creation or preservation of 18 Recreational

Resources

Creation or support of 253 units of Community

Housing

CPA funds support projects that:

Preserve important historic resources

Meet critical housing needs

Acquire open space

Preserve recreational

facilities

…and help preserve and

enhance the character

of our community!