Hopkinton Community Hopkinton Community Preservation CommissionPreservation Commission

& & “The EMC House “The EMC House

Project”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

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

Population changesPopulation changes

• 1980 7,114

• 1990 9,191

• 2000 13,346

• 2001 14,131

GrowthGrowthSubdivisions Denied New Construction Subdivisions Denied New Construction

approved Lots Lots Permits 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

Land Use/Ownership: Land Use/Ownership: PublicPublic

• 23% is Public

• 13% State Owned

• 8% Town Owned

• 2% Nonprofit Exempt

Tax RevenuesTax Revenues

• 81% Residential

• 16% Commercial/Industrial

• 2.5% Personal Property

• Total Revenues = $ 28,844,877

• 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 School Enrollment has increased 110% from 1992 to 20021992 to 2002

Planning for Open SpacePlanning 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

Open Space Preservation CommissionOpen 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

Community Preservation CommitteeCommunity Preservation Committee

• Ratified by Town Meeting 2001

• 2% of tax revenue toward Preservation• 1st $100K of property value exempt

– 60% Open Space, 10% Active60% Open Space, 10% Active

– 10% Historical10% Historical

– 10% Affordable Housing10% Affordable Housing

– 20% Discretionary20% Discretionary

Community Preservation CommitteeCommunity 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

Community Preservation CommitteeCommunity 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 (*)

Community Preservation CommitteeCommunity 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

EMC House ProjectEMC House Project

• Total Volunteer team workTotal Volunteer team work

• 100K appropriated from CPA100K appropriated from CPA

• Current Budget 89K, committedCurrent Budget 89K, committed

• 45K billed to date45K billed to date