WHERE DOES THAT MONEY GO?
In 2006 Lexington voters adopted the Community Preservation Act, which provided for a three percent surcharge on real estate taxes, to be matched with state monies, to endow a locally controlled fund to be used for open space protection, historic resources, community housing and public recreation projects. Each year the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) reviews proposals for CPA funding and determines which to recommend to Town Meeting for final approval.
At the League of Women Voters First Friday Forum on March 4, Chair Wendy Manz and other members of the CPC committee will discuss the proposals they are recommending for consideration at the 2011 Town Meeting. A few of the CPA proposals to be discussed at the Forum are: - Battle Green Monument restoration - Vynebrooke Village drainage work - A LexHab request for funding to support community housing - Center playing fields drainage work - Town of Lexington archives preservation - Planning funds for community housing on the Leary farm
This is the sixth in a series of 2010-2011 First Friday Forums hosted by the League of Women Voters of Lexington to promote awareness and understanding of public policy issues. Coffee will be available at 9:30 a.m. and presentations will begin at 9:45 in the Community Meeting Room on the lower level of Cary Memorial Library, 1874 Massachusetts Avenue. The library is easily accessible by Lexpress and from the Minuteman Bikeway. For more information or to carpool, contact the League at 781-862-6435.
All League forums are open to the public at no charge.