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Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Parker Room, Town Office Building
1625 Massachusetts Avenue
3:00 pm
Present:
Committee Members:
Marilyn Fenollosa, Chair; Richard Canale, Norman Cohen, David Horton, Leo
McSweeney, Bob Pressman and Sandy Shaw.
Administrative Assistant
: Nathalie Rice
Also in attendance was guest speaker, Stuart Saginor of the Community Preservation Coalition,
Glenn Parker, Chair of the Appropriation Committee, David Kanter, Vice Chair of the Capital
Expenditures Committee, Steve Keane, Executive Director of the Lexington Housing Authority,
Karen Simmons, Director of Recreation and Dawn McKenna, Chair of the Tourism Committee
The meeting was called to order at 3:00 pm. by Ms. Fenollosa.
1.Statewide CPA Update, Stuart Saginor, Executive Director, Community Preservation
Coalition
The CPC welcomed Stuart Saginor of the Community Preservation Coalition
in Boston, the lobbying and technical assistance organization for local CPCs. Mr. Saginor
gave a presentation, entitled What makes CPA Great, which he is sharing with
community preservation committees throughout the State. Mr. Saginor explained the
revenue side of the CPA, noting that the Coalition has to lobby for the $25M State Surplus
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fund each year. He stated that the State has until October 31 to use their FY14 funds, but
added that he expected that there would still be a surplus of $25M for the State CPA fund.
While the match for Lexington last year was 54%, he said he expected a match closer to
40% this year. In the upcoming year, he said the Coalition will lobby for greater fees at the
Registry and/or a larger CPA percentage.
Regarding project applications Mr. Saginor shared some interesting points. He said that
CPA funds can be used to make loans (noting the example of the Easton Shovel Shop
project); that individuals can submit CPA applications (as opposed to just departments/non-
profits, etc.); that CPCs can submit funding requests; and that a community can fund a CPA
project in an adjacent town if there is mutual public benefit.
2.Approval of Town Report
The CPC approved the CPC Town Report.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:25 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Nathalie Rice
Administrative Assistant
Community Preservation Committee
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