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As we receive them, the Coalition will post various implementation
related documents here, such as CPA plans and project evaluation
criteria. Please note that while these are good examples of each type of document
and you should feel free to copy from them as is helpful, there
is no mandatory form that most of these documents should take - it is up
to each individual Community Preservation Committee to devise tools that
best address the needs of its community.
Please submit your community's
materials as you develop them and we will share with them others on this
page. Also contact us
with any corrections or comments.
Sample CPA Deed Restrictions
(These restrictions are provided as examples. They should not be used without consulting your Town Counsel or City Solicitor)
Bedford - affordable housing restriction
Carlisle - historic preservation restriction (for a barn)
Hingham - historic preservation restriction
Newton - affordable housing restriction
Georgetown - conservation restriction
Nantucket - preservation easement #1
Nantucket - preservation easement #2
Nantucket - preservation easement #3
Community Preservation Plans and Annual Reports
Acton
Bedford
Belchertown
Kingston
Lexington
Marshfield
Maynard
Nahant
Newton
Sudbury
Truro
Wellesley
Project Evaluation Criteria
Ashland
Bedford
Chilmark
Georgetown
Grafton
Marshfield
Norwell
Plymouth
Scituate
Sudbury
Wayland
Applications for CPA Funding
Conway
Hamilton
Kingston
Lincoln
Longmeadow
Norwell
Rockport
Scituate
West Tisbury
2008 CPA Low and Moderate Income Guidelines
This worksheet provides the low and moderate income guidelines for each community in the Commonwealth. If a CPA community has adopted the low and low and moderate income senior exemptions to the CPA surcharge, these are the figures that are used to determine whether an individual or family qualifies for these exemptions. The worksheet contains the federal HUD income guidelines, which are the same ones used to determine eligibility for these CPA exemptions. To access this document, click here.
Sample CPA Insert for Tax Bills
Many communities put a flyer in their tax bills to explain how taxpayers can apply for exemptions from the CPA surcharge. These exemptions, if adopted in your community, exempt low income and low and moderate income seniors, but only if the taxpayer completes an application each year. Below are links to some sample flyers that explain the process by which people can apply for the exemption. Feel free to use this format to create a tax insert for your community, but you will need to replace the income levels for the exemption with the proper levels for your community (found above under "CPA Low and Moderate Income Guidelines"). It's a good idea to create this flyer, particularly if the community is new to CPA and sending out tax bills that contain the CPA surcharge for the first time.
To see the sample CPA tax bill insert for Ashland, click here.
To see the sample CPA tax bill insert for Boxford, click here.
To see the sample CPA tax bill insert for Dunstable, click here.
To see the sample CPA tax bill insert for Goshen, click here.
To see the sample CPA tax bill insert for Rowley, click here.
United States Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties
These standards are referred to in the definition of "rehabilitation" in the CPA statute (Chapter 44B, Section 2). According to this definition, all work on historic resources must comply with the standards. To view or download a copy of these standards, click here.
CPA 'Allowable Uses' Chart
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