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2016-12-00 Community Preservation Plan: A Needs Assessment.rpt
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2016-12-00 Community Preservation Plan: A Needs Assessment.rpt
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all planning efforts addressing the four purposes identified in the CPA. The Committee has <br />reviewed Lexington's current resources and has outlined the needs and possibilities for <br />community preservation activities which will enhance open space, recreation, historic resources <br />and community housing. The CPC has set out the guidelines it will use to evaluate project <br />proposals as well as the process it will follow during this undertaking. <br />This Assessment sets out the goals and aspirations of the CPC, now in its tenth year of <br />implementation. The purpose of the Assessment is to: <br />Provide a clear statement of both broad and specific goals that lie behind the CPC's <br />recommendations; and <br />• Lay out the specific framework the CPC will use in formulating its recommendations, <br />both for the guidance of applicants and the understanding of Town Meeting. <br />Goals <br />Lexington's committees and commissions have a long-standing history of carefully assessing <br />Town needs and goals in light of the shared values of its residents. The Lexington <br />Comprehensive Plan, the Open Space and Recreational Plan, and the Town's Consolidated <br />Housing Strategy and Plan were created in this spirit. (For a complete list of Plans, Documents <br />and Studies that are used as CPC sources, see Appendix A). In the ten years since the adoption of <br />the CPA in Lexington, the CPC has strived to remain impartial while recommending worthwhile <br />projects that fall within the purview of the statute to Town Meeting. The CPC expects that the <br />CPA will continue to be a resource for carrying out the thoughtful community preservation <br />recommendations contained in these studies. <br />Subsequent sections of this Assessment discuss community goals and projects specific to <br />preservation within each of the four designated purposes of the CPA. In addition to these goals, <br />the CPC has articulated a set of guidelines that apply to projects generally. The CPC will use <br />these guidelines in its review and decision-making process. They are intended to provide <br />additional guidance to those preparing applications for funding. Not all guidelines will be <br />appropriate for every project. <br />Decision -Making Guidelines <br />The CPC will only consider proposals that are eligible for CPA funding according to the <br />terms of the statute (M.G.L. c.44B), specifically, proposals for: <br />The acquisition, creation and preservation of open space; <br />The acquisition, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of historic resources; <br />The acquisition, creation, preservation and support of community housing <br />(including the creation of a housing trust for the purpose of preserving or <br />expanding the affordable housing supply; support in the form of rental assistance, <br />
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