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Revenue, calls for a review of the fees collected at the Registries of Deeds (the trust fund's primary source of funding). If passed, it would call upon the Department of Revenue to calculate the necessary fees that would allow for all CPA communities to receive a 50% match in their first round distribution. The bill received a favorable recommendation from the Joint Committee on Revenue in 2015. The legislation was filed at the State House in January 2017 and was co-sponsored by 120 legislators, including all of Lexington's delegation, in addition to the three bill sponsors. Given the increased number of CPA communities competing for limited funds and the uncertainty of future state budget surplus transfers and pending legislation, the Town continues to maintain a conservative 21% state match estimate for FY18. The chart below shows the state Matching Funds to date. Record of Lexington's CPA State Matching Funds (Source: Massachusetts Department of Revenue) CPA STATE MATCHING FUNDS TO DATE FISCAL PERCENTAGE AMOUNT YEAR 2008 100.00 $2,556,362 2009 69.40 $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 2016 30.70 $1,229,774 2017 21.30 $897,243 TOTAL $13,507,639 Community Preservation Committee The CPA requires each adopting community to appoint a Community Preservation Committee. By Lexington Bylaw, the CPC comprises nine members, of whom three are appointed by the Board of Selectmen as at-large members and six are appointed by the following boards and committees: Planning Board, Conservation Commission, Historical Commission, Housing Partnership, Housing Authority, and Recreation Committee. Marilyn Fenollosa, the representative from the Historical Commission, currently serves as Chair, with Richard Wolk from the Conservation Commission serving as Vice-Chair. The CPC welcomed two new 3