Post on 30-Dec-2015
Who We Are
• Partnership of advocates for open space, affordable housing and historic preservation
• Worked for 15 years to help pass the CPA in the state legislature
• Helping communities to understand, adopt and implement CPA.
The Community Preservation Coalition
Open Space
Historic Preservation
Affordable Housing
Allows communities to establish a dedicated fund for:
The Community Preservation Act
Basics of the ActBasics of the Act
• Local adoption needed
• Establishes up to a 3% surcharge on local property taxes
• Requires 10% of monies to be spent on each of the 3 categories
• Allows flexibility for the remaining 70% in each of the 3 categories
• Establishes a Community Preservation Committee
If you adopt the new bill:If you adopt the new bill:
• CPA surcharge will replace Land Bank surcharge
• CPA fund will replace Land Bank fund• CPC replaces Land Bank OS Committee• CPA funds may go toward bonds
approved under Land Bank Act
CPA RevenueCPA Revenue
Current Land Bank surcharge revenue
$820,000
Additional CPA state matching funds
$820,000
Total Revenue $1,640,000
These additional funds come at no extra cost since residents are already paying the Land Bank surcharge.
Commissioner of RevenueDisburses Match
(October 15th)
State Matching FundsState Matching Funds
FY 2002$17.8 Million
Match Distribution
FY 2003$27.2 Million
Match Distribution
Fund balance is more than
$110 million
Repealing the CPARepealing the CPA
• The CPA must remain in place for the life of the Land Bank – until 2020.
• After that point, it may be repealed the same way it was adopted – Town Meeting vote followed by a ballot election.
Open SpaceOpen Space
Community Preservation funds may be used to:
1. Purchase land 2. Purchase easements or restrictions on land 3. Protect drinking water 4. Protect nature preserves 5. Restore polluted land to its natural state 6. Protect farms and farmland - APR
RecreationRecreation
Land can be purchased for :
1. Active and passive recreation 2. Community gardens, 3. Trails, 4. Non-commercial sports 5. Parks, playgrounds or athletic fields.
CPA HousingCPA Housing
• For residents earning up to 100% of area median ($61,800 for a family of four, $49,440 for a couple, and $43,260 for 1 person).
• Units count under 40B so long as inhabitants earn less than 80% of median.
• Other features:- requires a permanent deed restriction- Subject to zoning- Local CPC screens and recommends
projects; legislative body makes appropriations.
Historic PreservationHistoric Preservation
Community Preservation funds may be used for acquisition, preservation, rehabilitation or restoration of a building(s) or real property that:
• has been determined by the local historic preservation commission to be significant in the history, archeology, architecture or culture of a city or town; or
• is listed or eligible for listing on the state register of historic places
Historic PreservationHistoric Preservation
• Restoration of historic municipal properties• Adaptive reuse• Environmental mitigation• Grants to private non-profit groups, or individuals with a preservation easement
Community PreservationCommunity Preservation Committee Committee
• Membership: (one from each)– Conservation Commission– Historic Commission– Planning Board– Board of Park Commissioners– Housing Authority
Up to 4 additional members
Community Preservation Act Funding in FY 2002-2005
$-$2,000,000
$4,000,000$6,000,000
$8,000,000$10,000,000
$12,000,000$14,000,000
$16,000,000$18,000,000
$20,000,000
FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005
Recreation
Historic
Open Space
Housing
CPA MilestonesCPA Milestones
• 65 Adopting Communities
• 12-15 Communities voting in 2004
• More than $115 million appropriated so far
• More than 600 units of housing created
• 4,000 acres of open space protected
• More than 140 historic sites preserved