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2012 CPA Report #23FGHTO: Community Preservation Committee FROM: Wayne Feiden, FAICP, Director of Planning and Development RE: Conservation Fund projects to date DATE: October 24, 2012 The CPC requested an overall report on the use of CPA funded Conservation Funds to date. Project Acres preserved CPA Funding Leveraged  Bosworth purchase: Mineral Hills Conservation Area Leveraged other purchases Saw Mill Hills & Meadows Land acquisition, soft costs 15 $10,000 $20,000  Bean Farm: Mill River Greenway Use of funds for deposit, funds then refunded 2 $0 $47,500  Bleiman: Meadows Conservation Area Soft costs 10 $8,927 $13,000  360 N. King: Broad Brook-Fitzgerald Lake Greenway Land acquisition and soft costs 12 $23,410 $55,000  Beaver Brook Conservation Area* Soft costs 2 $10,434 $10,000  Zimmerman CR: Broad Brook-Fitzgerald Lake Greenway Land acquisition and soft costs 36 $19,475 $10,000  Beaver Brook Arch Bridge: Mill River Greenway Land acquisition and soft costs 4 $24,243 $14,562  Norwottuck Rail Trail extension ROW Soft costs 2 $845 $5,000  West: Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area* Land acquisition and soft costs 18 $9,195 $6,000  James Venturers’ Field Road APR: Meadows Conservation Soft costs 5 $171 $5,000  Turkey Hill: Mineral Hills Cons. Area* Soft costs 1 $3,500 $6,000  Lane: Connecticut River Greenway* Soft costs 1 $2,153 $50,000  Main Street/Leeds: Mill River Greenway Soft costs 2 $15,800 $37,500  Boy Scout Island area: Conn. River Greenway Land acquisition and soft costs 50% interest in 26 acres (13 acre full ownership equivalent) 13 $11,500 $5,500  Girl Scouts (I) Broad Brook-Fitzgerald Lake Greenway Land acquisition and soft costs 23 $21,523 $8,000   Bean Allard/Mill River Greenway and Community Garden* Soft costs 2 $198 $1,100  Ryan Rd/Sylvester Road: Saw Mill Hills Cons. Area Land acquisition and soft costs 22 $13,755 $15,000  Skibiski purchase: Mineral Hills Conservation Area* Soft costs 1 $1,309 $500  Ward Ave: Mill River Greenway Soft costs .1 $6,807 $500  Kestrel Trust Conservation Restrictions** (two transactions to catch up with five years of CPA)  $45,000 $10,000  Sullivan: Broad Brook-Fitzgerald Lake Greenway Land acquisition and soft costs 2 $20,617 $5,000  Bookends: Mineral Hills* Soft costs  $6,695 2000  Girl Scouts II: Broad Brook-Fitzgerald Lake Greenway Land acquisition and soft costs 17 $20,900 $4,000  Forest Legacy: Broad Brook-Fitzgerald Lake Greenway Land acquisition and soft costs 36 $14,132 $9,000  Chatfield Conservation Restriction: Mill River Greenway Soft costs  $1,846 $6,000  Gonski: Historic Mill River Greenway—Gonski Land acquisition and soft costs 50% interest in 20 acres (10 acre full ownership equivalent) 10 $12,633 $2,500  Dike Road closure: Historic Mill River Greenway Soft costs  $75 $5,000  Pomeroy Terrace: Meadows Conservation Area CLOSING PENDING Soft costs 5 $4,700 $10,000  Broad Brook Gap: Broad Brook-Fitzgerald Lake Greenway* Soft costs 4 $6,399 $6,000  Turkey Hill Road discontinuance: Mineral Hills Cons. Area 2 $375 $1,000  Hatfield Road: Connecticut River Greenway (CLOSING PENDING) Soft costs 6 $3,500 $13,000  Jail Farm: Meadows Conservation Area (CLOSING PENDING—may not be for several years) Soft costs  $325 $1,000  Jasinksi Agriculture Preservation Restriction: Meadows 4 $200 $1,000  Totals 257 $320,775 $409,162  Costs are approximate. This is not a formal accounting (which is available in the CPA spreadsheets of all expenses) *To avoid double-counting for projects with other CPA funding, this table assigns the acreage directly attributable to the Conservation Fund investment or funding based on the Conservation Fund pro-rata share of the project. Given that the Conservation Fund makes these projects possible, we could claim a much higher credit **CPA-required conservation restrictions as a result of DOR withdrawing their opinion letter are charged here, not to specifically funded CPA projects, which significantly increased the cost per acre.