CPA Projects Database

To obtain data to determine if additional sties on town-owned land adjacent to the Pinecrest Golf Club can support on-site sewerage for affordable housing units and design a septic system that complies with Title V.

To finish restoration of historic Town Hall with minor repairs, caulking and parinting of the exterior

For installation of a well-fed irrigation system to preserve the grass of the City playing fields off Langley Road, backing onto the Bowen Elementary school. The privately organized sports leagues that are the fields' heaviest users have promised to cover maintenance costs for at least seven years. For project details & documents, see link from program website, www.newtonma.gov/cpa, under "Proposals & Projects."

To renovate the vault at the former Town Hall and to install appropiate climate control system to provide secure storage for Grafton's historical artificats and archival materials.

For restoration work on a historic mid-19th century barn that will include two units of affordable housing. It is a friendly 40B project with ten total units.

To build a walking path along one of the main roads in Boxford's East Village (Georgetown Road). The path is designed to be a "test path." It will be constructed this summer, and if town residents like it, the town will consider building a network of these walking paths to connect East Boxford with West Boxford.

For a gate to prevent people from dumping on the Boxford Road open space purchase (2002).

In May of 2003, Town Meeting voters approved appropriating funds to provide grants for the purchase of permanent affordability restrictions on existing residences ($150,000).

The Town voted to appropriate $300,000 for Open Space and $100,000 for Affordable Housing – for a project on Red Acre Road. The funds would be added to funds raised by the Trust for Public Land (TPL) – and the overall project would be overseen by TPL. This article was recinded at ATM 2010. $100,000 of CPA funds were returned to the unreserved account.

A grant to Rebuilding Together, a volunteer organization, to preserve and revitalize houses in Georgetown to assure that low-income homeowners, particularly those who are elderly, disabled or families with children, live in warmth, safety and independence. Program hires many contractors to make improvements on low-income housing throughout the town.

To continue the Town's historic survey by surveying an additional 26 properties. The CPA funds go towards hiring a preservationist consultant to complete the survey. The consultant would also complete the formal application for the inclusion of the Brocklebank House on the National Register of Historic Properties. This Brocklebank museum is considered by many to be the oldest house in Georgetown and historically significant in both a pre-Revolutionary War context and the era of the Underground Railroad.

To contribute to the costs of the Georgetown Athletic Assn. property inventory to locate potential athletic field sites.

For professional services relating to Kesseler Woods land acquisition. For CPA project details & documents, see link from program website, www.newtonma.gov/cpa, under "Proposals & Projects."

Restoration of the oldest hand-drawn map of Tyngsborough known to exist.

To fund programs related to community housing in Tyngsborough

To replace the roofs of the main house, a barn, and a cottage, repair a stone wharf, and improve drainage, all on the King Caesar House, built in 1808.

For the purchase of an agricultural preservation restriction (APR) on Brzoska Farm, 180 acres of agricultural land off Hillside and Coes Hill Roads. These funds will represent the town's share and enable the project to receive $720,000 in federal and state matching funds. Seller: Emilia Brzoska, regina Greany, Anna Brzoska. Off Hillside and Coes Hill Roads

Preserve and rehabilitate this Greek Revival style building originally constructed as single-family house in 1845, including work on the roof, wood gutters, trim, clapboards, doors, windows, & insulation. For project details & documents, see link from program website, www.newtonma.gov/cpa, under "Proposals & Projects."

Add an additional quarter-acre to the Dolan Pond Conservation Area and create 3 housing units with a total of 10 bedrooms that are permanently affordable to households at up to 80 percent of the area median income: 1 rental unit in a preserved historic home, 2 newly built ownership units. For details see project page on program website, www.newtonma.gov/cpa, under "Proposals & Projects." Restrictions recorded at the S. Middlesex Registry of Deeds: conservation restriction held by the Newton Conservators on land added to the City of Newton's Dolan Pond Conservation Area recorded 4 Sept. 2007, book 1343, page 146; conservation easement held by the City of Newton on the housing parcels recorded 7 July 2006, book 1323, page 140; affordability restriction for existing home recorded 27 July 2006, book 01323, page 140; affordability restriction for two new units recorded 24 August 2007, book 01343, page 65.

The Trust provides financing of up to $130,000 to eligible first-time homebuyers who purchase homes in Cambridge. Units remain affordable under the terms of a deed restriciton held by the City.

Exterior restoration of significant ca. 1840s Greek Revival house, including including removal of artificial siding and repairs to trim and decorative details, such as corner pilasters

In an 1890s house that was converted into a nursing home in the 1930s, create shared common space and 10 permanently affordable rental studio apartments (total 10 bedrooms) for individuals 55 years or older, with incomes up to 50 percent of the area median. Additional restrictions recorded at the South Middlesex Registry of Deeds: new permanent affordability restriction was recorded when ownership of the property was transferred to the Newton Housing Authority, 11 August 2008, book 51562, page 536. For project details & documents, see link from program website, www.newtonma.gov/cpa, under "Proposals & Projects."

For internal and external structural repairs to preserve the Community House.

Transfer of CPA funds to Conservation Fund, to be spent by Conservation Commission for purposes consistent with the CPA, for quick usse without the need for legislative action.