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1. The Community Preservation Act

2. Historic Resources
Affordable Housing
Enables a community to fund four areas:
The Community Preservation Act
Recreation
Franklin School Apartments
Open Space

3. Community Preservation Act Adoption

4. 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

5. 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

6. • 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
CPAAccomplishments To Date:

7. Input&Feedback
Lexington 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

8. 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)

9. 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

14. 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!