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Hopkinton Community Preservation Commission & “The EMC House Project”

Hopkinton Community Preservation Commission & “The EMC House Project”. John H Coolidge, Chairman Hopkinton CPC. Current Town Involvement Resident for 25 years Involved in Town Government 20 years Member of the Planning Board, Chairman

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Hopkinton Community Preservation Commission & “The EMC House Project”

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  1. Hopkinton Community Preservation Commission& “The EMC House Project” John H Coolidge, Chairman Hopkinton CPC

  2. Current Town Involvement Resident for 25 years Involved in Town Government 20 years Member of the Planning Board, Chairman Founder, Open Space Preservation Commission, Chairman Community Preservation Commission, Chairman Member 3 year Fiscal Planning Committee Member Fruit Street Development Committee Member Affordable Housing Task Force

  3. Population changes • 1980 7,114 • 1990 9,191 • 2000 13,346 • 2001 14,131

  4. Growth Subdivisions Denied New Construction approved Lots Lots Permits 1990 5 150 5 54 1991 3 120 38 1992 5 76 1 131 1993 2 25 166 1994 6 70 24 190 1995 3 64 31 161 1996 8 235 126 103 1997 4 95 100 1998 1 3 169 1999 2 20 2 190 2000 4 66 147 2001 2 16 48 2002 1 6 69

  5. Land Use/Ownership: Public • 23% is Public • 13% State Owned • 8% Town Owned • 2% Nonprofit Exempt

  6. Tax Revenues • 81% Residential • 16% Commercial/Industrial • 2.5% Personal Property • Total Revenues = $ 28,844,877

  7. 45% of Hopkinton’s population has moved into town since 1995 • 17% have lived here for 22 years or more • 20% of the population is under the age of 10 • School Enrollment has increased 110% from 1992 to 2002

  8. Planning for Open Space • From 1989 to the present, conventional subdivisions produced: • 400 Housing Lots • 51 Acres of Open Space • .13 Acres of Open Space per lot • From 1990 to present, the more creative Open Space subdivisions produced: • 571 Housing Lots • 821 Acres of Open Space • 1.44 Acres of open space per lot

  9. Open Space Preservation Commission • Enacted by Town Meeting 1997 • Ratified By State through Home Rule Petition • Created OSPF, which sets aside $ for Land Preservation • $ are appropriated through Town Meeting • OSPC can negotiate and purchase w/Town Meeting approval Land for Passive Recreation

  10. Community Preservation Committee • Ratified by Town Meeting 2001 • 2% of tax revenue toward Preservation • 1st $100K of property value exempt • 60% Open Space, 10% Active • 10% Historical • 10% Affordable Housing • 20% Discretionary

  11. Community Preservation Committee • ATM 2002 • $ 30,000 Reed Park for creation of soccer fields, • $ 60,000 to EMC House project • $75,000 Historical Commission, Barn preservation • $5,000 South Mill Street Dam, preservation . • Of the $378K received From FY ’02 tax revenues

  12. Community Preservation Committee • 2002 Fall Town Meeting • $40,000 to EMC House project, • funds to cover CPA administration cost • $2m toward the Fruit street project • $200K per year for 10 years • 130 acres of open space including • 10 acres for active recreation (fields) • 12 acres for Affordable Housing (*)

  13. Community Preservation Committee • ATM 2003, currently proposed • $ ???,000 Land Purchase, 30 acres adjacent to town owned land • $5,000 ComCom & Open Space Commissions, for Land Stewardship Preservation . • funds to cover administration cost • Of the $378K received From FY ’04 tax revenues

  14. EMC House Project • Total Volunteer team work • 100K appropriated from CPA • Current Budget 89K, committed • 45K billed to date

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