2020-12-00-CPC-rpt (Needs Assessment Report)

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To-date, Lexington Town Meeting has appropriated over $82 million in funding for CPA projects (not including debt service payments) in the four primary categories of Community Housing ($11.6 million); Historic Resources ($33.7 million); Open Space Preservation ($18.8 million); and Recreational Resources ($16.2 million). Town Meeting has also approved administrative expenses totaling $1.9 million which help fund staff salaries, mailings,public notices, real estate appraisals, legal fees, membership dues and other miscellaneous expenses related to CPA projects. The chart below illustrates the percentage of Lexington's CPA funds allocated to each category by Town Meeting from 2006-2020: Appropriated To-Date by Category as of 12/1/20 u�cr aliucrru;�4,,,. RP unnur nu. 20% a t D p e n u Space r 23% I��VI "�u�iior¢�nhn Expenses q 2 r:011-amw nIty/ IHousing 1irsto61c Res( S ; 4111/. Ope ni Space m Adrnn Er p(,,msen.; u;:,or nni unity p iouhi Hstoriic lResonurces n RR reatnon all Re5oucerces Of the funds that have been appropriated from the Town's Community Preservation Fund (CPF), over $17.9 million has been provided from state supplemental matching funds and $500,000 from a State LAND (Local Acquisition for Natural Diversity) Grant. Therefore, over 21% of CPA funding has been provided by state matching funds. In its initial year, fiscal year 2007 (FY07), the surcharge brought in approximately $2.5 million dollars, which was fully matched with state funds. Since FY07, annual revenue from the local surcharge has steadily increased. Latest figures are available for FY20, for which the net surcharge raised $5,214,556. Lexington's FY21 state match totals $1,549,955, or 29.7% of its surcharge, the highest percentage distribution since FYI 6. While higher than the initial estimate, 2