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TOWN OF LEXINGTON COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE General Criteria for Project Selection The Lexington Community Preservation Committee reviews proposals that are eligible for funding under the Community Preservation Act (CPA), specifically projects for: • The acquisition, creation, and preservation of open space; • The acquisition, preservation, rehabilitation, and restoration of historic resources; • The acquisition, creation, and preservation of land or resources for recreational use; • The acquisition, creation, preservation, and support of community housing (including items such as annual payments to the housing authority, or to programs that provide grants, loans, rental assistance, security deposits interest -rate write -downs or other forms of assistance); • The rehabilitation and restoration of open space and community housing that is acquired or created with CPA funding; and • The rehabilitation and restoration of recreational resources, irrespective of their purchase source. Preference will be given to proposals that: • Preserve or utilize currently owned Town assets; • Preserve the essential character of the Town as described in the Comprehensive Plan; • Are consistent with other current planning documents that have received wide scrutiny and input and have been adopted by the Town; • Receive endorsement by other municipal boards or departments; • Save resources that would otherwise be threatened; • Benefit a currently under - served population; • Serve more than one CPA purpose (especially in linking open space, recreation and community housing); • Demonstrate practicality and feasibility to be implemented expeditiously and within budget; • Produce an advantageous costibenefit value; • Leverage additional public and /or private funds; and • Provide long -term contributions to the Town. Category Specific Criteria Open space proposals that receive preference are those which: • Preserve and /or restore threatened or deteriorating public lands; • Permanently protect important wildlife habitat, and areas containing diverse vegetation, geologic features, and habitat types, particularly those supporting threatened or endangered species; • Promote connectivity of habitat and protect or enhance wildlife corridors; • Provide opportunities for passive recreation and environmental education; • Provide connections with existing trails or potential trail linkages; • Preserve scenic views and those areas which border a scenic road; • Provide flood control /storage; • Preserve important surface water bodies, including wetlands, vernal pools or riparian zones; and • Preserve priority parcels identified in the Open Space Plan.