FINAL FY18 CPA Annual Report

City of Somerville Community Preservation Act FY18 Annual Report

2 Table of Contents IntroducƟon 3 CPA Background 3 The Community PreservaƟon CommiƩee 3 The Community PreservaƟon Plan 3 FY18 Funding 4 FY18 Funding Requests 7 FY18 ApplicaƟon Process– Historic Resources and Open Space/RecreaƟon 9 FY18 Aﬀordable Housing Funding 9 Ongoing Project Update 10 CPA Results 26 Program Improvements 26 Looking Ahead to FY19 27 Unless otherwise noted, all images are provided by Somerville CPA grantees. Cover photo credits: MysƟc Water Works Building: Magicpiano ‐ Own work, GFDL, hƩps://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8947932

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3 Introduction Since the ﬁrst Community PreservaƟon Act (CPA) fund‐ ing round in FY15, more than $21.4 million has been awarded to 55 aﬀordable housing, historic preservaƟon, and open space and recreaƟon land projects. 2017 marked the ﬁŌh anniversary of Somerville’s adopƟon of the Community PreservaƟon Act. The Community PreservaƟon CommiƩee (CPC) celebrated with the city through a walking tour of CPA sites and a party at Pro‐ spect Hill Park. Two other milestones for CPA in Somerville were the acquisiƟon of the ﬁrst open space/recreaƟonal land parcel– the 0.04 acre 5 Palmer parcel, which will add to the Capuano Schoolyard/Glen Park– and the approval of a $6 million bond for the 100 Homes project by the Board of Aldermen. Of the 55 projects being implemented, 53% are commu‐ nity led and 11% are joint projects between a commu‐ nity organizaƟon and the City of Somerville. The CPC organized the ﬁrst state‐wide forum for CPA ciƟes, bringing together 37 CPC members and their staﬀ from 15 communiƟes. This eﬀort led to the Community PreservaƟon CoaliƟon commiƫng to hold its ﬁrst CPA conference since 2012 and including a track for CPA ciƟes, in recogniƟon of the unique challenges ciƟes face in implemenƟng the Community PreservaƟon Act. CPA Background With the adopƟon of the Community PreservaƟon Act in November 2012, the City of Somerville joined now 172 other communiƟes in the Commonwealth of Mas‐ sachuseƩs that have a steady funding source dedicated to preserving and improving their character and quality of life. The CPA is a MassachuseƩs state law (M.G.L. c. 44B) that enables adopƟng communiƟes to create a dedicated fund for preserving open space and historic resources and expanding community housing and out‐ door recreaƟon opportuniƟes.1 Somerville voters passed the Act by 76%, the second highest passage rate in CPA history.2 This achievement made is possible for Somerville to have addiƟonal resources to make Somer‐ ville an even more excepƟonal place to live, work, play, and raise a family. The Community Preservation Committee The Community PreservaƟon CommiƩee (CPC) oversees the implementaƟon of the CPA in Somerville. The Com‐ miƩee, formed in January 2014, is responsible for es‐ tablishing prioriƟes for how CPA funding should be spent and, based on those prioriƟes, making recom‐ mendaƟons to the Board of Aldermen (BOA) on projects to receive funds. As established in Somerville’s Commu‐ nity PreservaƟon CommiƩee Ordinance, the CPC has nine members, including ﬁve ex‐oﬃcio members and four members of the general public, who may serve two consecuƟve three‐year terms. This year general public member Ezra Glenn and Arn Franzen stepped down from the CPC when they reached their term limits. Mr. Glenn was replaced by Jane Carbone through a com‐ peƟƟve applicaƟon process as laid out in the CPC ordi‐ nance. Her appointment is pending conﬁrmaƟon. Mr. Frazen was replaced by Luisa Oliveira. Jim McCallum stepped down as the Somerville Housing Authority and his replacement in pending. The current members are:  Michael Fager (Chair), ConservaƟon Commission representaƟve  Uma Murugan, (Vice‐chair), general public repre‐ sentaƟve  Dick Bauer, (Historic PreservaƟon Commission rep‐ resentaƟve  Michael A. Capuano, Planning Board representaƟve  Jane Carbone, general public representaƟve (conﬁrmaƟon pending)  Elizabeth Duclos‐Orsello, general public representa‐ Ɵve  Luisa Oliveira, Parks and Open Space Department representaƟve  Jessica Palacios Yamakawa, general public repre‐ sentaƟve The Community Preservation Plan The Community PreservaƟon Plan provides an overview of the CPA in Somerville and establishes the Com‐ miƩee’s prioriƟes for funding projects. The FY18 Plan was based on the City’s exisƟng planning documents and resident input and includes the CPA monitoring and evaluaƟon plan. The CPC invited feedback on the FY18 Plan update at a public hearing on June 28, 2017 and through a six‐week wriƩen comment period. Comments received from residents during the FY18 public com‐ ment period are available on the CPA website. 1 The CPA legislaƟon uses the term community housing to refer to housing for individuals and families with incomes below 100% of area median income (AMI). This report uses the terms community housing and aﬀordable housing interchangeably. 2 Excludes Cape Cod communiƟes that passed the predecessor to the CPA.

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4 FY18 Funding Key sources of CPA funding include a 1.5% surcharge on net property taxes, an opƟonal city appropriaƟon, and a match from the Commonwealth of Massachu‐ seƩs. Figure 1 shows how this money ﬂows into the CPA Fund over the course of the ﬁscal year. Since CPA adopƟon in 2012, over $21.4 million has been appro‐ priated for 55 projects across the three CPA eligible categories: open space/recreaƟonal land, historic preservaƟon, and aﬀordable housing, including over $2.5 million dollars in matching funds from the state (Table 3). In FY17, the City had $2.5 million available to spend on projects (Table 1). Up to 5% of new annual CPA reve‐ nue can be used each year to administer the CPA pro‐ gram. In FY18, $99,224 was available in administraƟve funds. As part of the Community PreservaƟon Plan, the CPC dedicated a minimum of 45% of FY18 revenue for aﬀordable housing, to be administered by Somerville’s Aﬀordable Housing Trust Fund (Table 2).3 In FY18, $1,200,402 was appropriated to the Trust. $304,634 was available for historic resources and open space/recreaƟonal land projects. The Henry Hansen Park design contract came in under budget, so the pro‐ ject returned $14,200 to the CPA open space/recreaƟonal land reserve, increasing the amount available for open space projects to $318,834 with an addiƟonal $210,000 available for acquisiƟon. In addi‐ Ɵon, $1,082,303 was available in ﬂexible funds, includ‐ ing $673,805 in unspent project funds that rolled over from FY17. These funds are available for worthy pro‐ jects in any CPA category that cannot be funded from the designated funds in the category speciﬁc reserves. 5 The Community PreservaƟon Act allows communiƟes to allocate funding to the community’s Aﬀordable Housing Trust Fund. Total FY18 new revenue available in FY18 $1,924,661 Surcharge (esƟmate) $1,660,425 State match $324,064 Total FY17 unexpended revenue (rollover) $1,883,805 FY17 City appropriaƟon (available for FY18) $500,000 Unallocated project funds $1,383,805 Total Funding Available in FY18 $3,808,466 (CPC admin funds) ($99,224) Total Project Funding Available in FY18 $3,709,242 FY18 City appropriaƟon (available to spend in FY19) TBD Table 1. FY18 CPA Budget Unexpended FY17 EsƟmated FY18 Total FY18 CPA Funds Available Open Space & RecreaƟon (15%) $710,000 $304,634 $1,028,834 Historic Resources (15%) $0 $304,634 $304,634 Community Housing (45%) (appropriated to AHTF) $0 $1,200,402 $1,200,402 Undesignated (25%) $673,805 $408,498 $1,082,303 Total $1,383,805 $2,218,168 $3,616,173 Returned Funds $14,200 $0 $0 $0 $14,200 Table 2. Minimum AllocaƟon of CPA Funding Available in FY18

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5 Community PreservaƟon Act Fund FY14 Actual FY15 Actual FY16 Actual FY17 Actual Total Total Funding Available 2,681,180 6,223,963 4,868,257 2,776,974 n/a Current Fiscal Year Revenue 2,681,180 3,542,783 2,889,136 2,588,146 15,710,167 Surcharge Revenue 1,323,320 1,430,721 1,546,198 1,664,815 9,402,549 City AppropriaƟon** 1,355,671 1,200,000 510,844 500,000 3,566,515 State Match of Previous Year's Local Revenue 0 904,917 829,456 420,681 2,723,175 Interest 2,189 7,145 2,638 2,650 17,929 Rollover from Previous Fiscal Year 0 2,681,180 1,979,121 188,828 n/a AppropriaƟons and Encumbrances 56,769 4,188,072 3,941,950 2,329,797 13,515,752 CommiƩee admin expenses (up to 5% of annual revenue) 56,769 93,585 61,827 86,675 486,510 Open Space and RecreaƟon Projects 0 227,463 695,160 777,239 3,902,870 Historic Resources Projects 0 1,660,996 600,288 585,467 3,004,851 Community Housing Projects 0 2,206,028 1,834,675 880,416 6,121,521 Funding Available for Projects in Next Fiscal Year (Rollover) 2,681,180 1,979,121 188,828 1,883,805 n/a Open Space and RecreaƟon Reserve* 402,177 706,131 0 710,000 n/a Historic Resources Reserve* 402,177 0 0 0 n/a Community Housing Reserve* 1,206,531 594,755 0 0 n/a Undesignated Project Funding* 670,295 678,234 188,828 673,805 n/a Current Year’s Unallocated City AppropriaƟon — — — — n/a *FY18 funding available for FY18 projects; ** FY18 City appropriaƟon not ﬁnal when report ﬁnalized; FY19 City appropriaƟon determined in Spring 2019. FY18 Thru 5/10 3,976,324 2,092,519 1,718,747 0 370,465 3,307 1,883,805 3,653,344 91,834 2,203,008 158,100 1,200,402 210,000 210,000 0 FY19 Est. 2,126,403 1,916,403 1,718,747 0 197,656 0 210,000 95,820 95,820 Table 3. CPA Funding Since AdopƟon

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6 Figure 1. CPA Fiscal Year Funding Flows* *Annual cycle will change in FY19 based on applicant feedback.

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7 Open Space/ RecreaƟon (8) Project Applicant Request Funded Project Summary 5 Palmer AcquisiƟon City of Somerville Economic Development $500,000 $500,000 The City of Somerville will acquire the 0.04 acre parcel that will add to the recre‐ aƟonal land at the Capuano School/Glen Park. ArtFarm City of Somerville Parks and Open Space $1,000,000 $0 The City of Somerville will create a space for arts, culture, recreaƟon, and urban agriculture. The project was invited to re‐apply in FY19, closer to the Ɵme when construcƟon is expected to begin. Blessing of the Bay Park Design– Phase II MysƟc River Watershed AssociaƟon $174,305 $155,339 MyRWA will lead a robust community engagement process and conƟnue the design process through construcƟon documents for the Blessing of the Bay Boat‐ house Park. Community Growing Center ConstrucƟon Friends of the Community Growing Center $456,932 $350,000 The Friends of the Community Growing Center will implement the CPA funded design to improve the funcƟonality and accessibility of the Growing Center. Community Path– Inva‐ sive Species and Tree Canopy City of Somerville Parks and Open Space $15,000 $15,000 The City of Somerville will expand the planned redesign for the Community Path to include developing a plan to manage invasive species and the tree canopy along the Path. Dilboy Auxiliary Design City of Somerville Parks and Rec $140,000 $90,000 The City of Somerville will procure design services to renovate the Dilboy Auxilia‐ ry grass playing ﬁelds. East Somerville Commu‐ nity Schoolyard Enhance‐ ment City of Somerville Department of Public Works $286,000 $0 The City of Somerville will add irrigaƟon, a retaining wall, and planƟngs to reha‐ bilitate the schoolyard. The project was invited to reapply in FY19 with a more deﬁned scope if funds are sƟll needed. Schoolyard Design– Brown and West Somer‐ ville City of Somerville Parks and Open Space $160,000 $140,000 The City of Somerville will hire a ﬁrm to develop new designs for the schoolyards at the Brown and West Somerville Schoolyards. Total Open Space & RecreaƟonal Land $2,728,416 $1,250,339 Table 4. FY18 Open Space/RecreaƟon ApplicaƟons FY18 Funding Requests– Historic Resources and Open Space/Recreational Land The CPC received 12 full applicaƟons for historic resources and open space/recreaƟon land funding totaling $3,712,016 in FY18.

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8 Table 5. FY18 Historic Resources ApplicaƟons Project Applicant Request Funded Project Summary Blended Historic Resources & Open Space/ RecreaƟon (1) Prospect Hill Park ConstrucƟon (Blended) City of Somerville Parks and Open Space $800,000 $797,330 The City of Somerville will implement the new design for the park, which was funded by CPA. Total Blended $800,000 $797,300 Historic Resources (2) PreservaƟon and Access of ElecƟons Records City of Somerville ElecƟons $85,100 $85,100 The City of Somerville will remediate mold on the historic elecƟons records and digiƟze them so they are accessible to all. Elizabeth Peabody House Roof Replace‐ ment Elizabeth Peabody House AssociaƟon $73,000 $73,000 The Elizabeth Peabody House AssociaƟon will replace the roof on their build‐ ing, which has been determined to be historically signiﬁcant by the Somerville Historic PreservaƟon Commission. Total Historic Resources $158,100 $158,100 Total FY18 $3,712,016 $2,205,769

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9 FY18 Application Process– Historic Resources & Open Space/Recreation The Community PreservaƟon CommiƩee manages an annual applicaƟon process for historic and open space/recreaƟonal land projects. As the housing arm of the CPC, the Somerville Aﬀordable Housing Trust Fund manages the applicaƟon process for aﬀordable housing funds. FY18 was the ﬁrst year the CPC insƟtuted a pre‐ applicaƟon process for individuals and organizaƟons interested in submiƫng a project for CPA funding on City land. The purpose of this process is to idenƟfy these projects early in the applicaƟon process so that the relevant City department can determine if they will sign on as a co‐applicant with suﬃcient Ɵme to be able to develop the project idea and full applicaƟon in part‐ nership with the community applicant. The CPC re‐ ceived one pre‐applicaƟon for design services at the West Somerville Neighborhood Schoolyard. The Parks and Open Space Division agreed to take on the applica‐ Ɵon as a submission from the division. Seventeen insƟ‐ tuƟons submiƩed eligibility determinaƟon forms in September 2017 and were determined eligible. Ten submiƩed full proposals and the ArtFarm project sub‐ miƩed an update to their FY17 submission. The Somer‐ ville community commented on the applicaƟons through two public meeƟngs, where 23 individuals spoke about their support for projects, and a wriƩen comment period, where 123 people submiƩed com‐ ments. The comments from both the public meeƟngs and the wriƩen comments are available on the CPA website. During their March 28, 2018 meeƟng, the CPC voted to recommend fully funding three applicaƟons and par‐ Ɵally funding ﬁve. Three projects were not recom‐ mended for funding, including ArtFarm which was in‐ vited to resubmit in FY19 with the ﬁnal design. See ta‐ bles 4 and 5 on the previous pages for details. The Board of Alderman approved the CPC’s eight funding recommendaƟons at their April 26, 2018 meeƟng. In FY18, in total, the CPC recommended and the Board of Aldermen approved 2,047,669 for Open Space and RecreaƟonal Land projects, $158,100 for Historic Re‐ sources projects, and $7,201,640 in Community Hous‐ ing projects through the Aﬀordable Housing Trust Fund. This includes ﬁve City proposed projects, four community organizaƟon proposed projects and one joint City‐community projects. Since the start of the CPA in Somerville, over to $21.4 million has been awarded to projects across the three CPA categories: $3.7 million for Open Space and RecreaƟonal Land pro‐ jects, $5.5 million on Historic Resources projects (including the $2.5 million bond for the West Branch Library restoraƟon) and $12.1 million on Community Housing projects (Table 3). FY18 Affordable Housing Funding In FY18, upon the recommendaƟon of the CPC, the Board of Aldermen approved allocaƟng $1,200,402 in CPA funds to the Somerville Aﬀordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF or Trust; see Table 2 above).5 The CPC em‐ powered the Trust to serve as the housing arm of the CPC in FY15 given the Trust’s 25 years of experience preserving and creaƟng aﬀordable housing units and supporƟng programs to assist homeowners and renters. The Trust has prioriƟzed preserving or increasing the supply of aﬀordable housing in Somerville and helping low‐to‐moderate income households gain access to or retain housing. Projects and programs serving individu‐ als and families at or below 100% of the area median income (AMI) are eligible for CPA‐funded Trust pro‐ jects. In FY18, the Trust requested the CPC recommend bonding up to $10 million for the 100 Homes project implemented by the Somerville Community Corpora‐ Ɵon (SCC). and the Clarendon Hill Apartments develop‐ ment implemented by PreservaƟon of Aﬀordable Hous‐ ing (POAH), SCC, and the Somerville Housing Authority. These projects applied for funding from the Trust in FY17. The CPC recommended, and the BOA approved, a $6 million for the 100 Homes project. The CPC will consider recommending bonding for the Clarendon Hill project when plans are ﬁnalized. In FY18, as in previous years, the Trust released a Re‐ quest for InformaƟon and then a subsequent applica‐ Ɵon for proposals for CPA funds.

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10 Ongoing Project Update FY15 was the ﬁrst year for CPA grantmaking in Somer‐ ville, since then nine projects have been completed. Two projects funded in FY15 returned funding– First Church Somerville Window RestoraƟon and American Tube Works naƟonal register nominaƟon (City of Som‐ erville, Planning and Zoning). Both projects are conƟnu‐ ing with other sources of funding. In FY15‐FY18, the CPC has determined that a minimum of 45% of funding will go to community housing and 15% each to historic resources and open space/recreaƟon; 20% of funds are ﬂexible and can be spent on projects in the three CPA categories based on demand. The remaining 5% goes to support the admin‐ istraƟon of the program. Of the program funds, to date, not considering bonding, 48% has gone to aﬀord‐ able housing, 23% to historic resources, and 29% to open space/recreaƟonal land. When the West Branch Library and 100 Homes bonds are included, the per‐ centage awarded to historic resources increases to 26% and aﬀordable housing increases to 57%; open space/recreaƟonal land decreases to 17% (see Figure 2). Of the 55 projects that have received funding FY15‐ FY18:  53% are implemented by community organizaƟons (29)  36% are implemented by City departments (20)  11% are jointly implemented by community organi‐ zaƟons and City departments (6) Non‐City grantees receive their project funding in tranches established at the beginning of the project. The ﬁnal 10% of the budget is released upon the com‐ pleƟon of the project and submission of a ﬁnal report. Figure 2. Total CPA Funding AllocaƟons 57% 26% 17% Allocation of CPA Funds by Category with bonding Affordable Housing Historic Resources Open Space/Recreation Land 48% 23% 29% Allocation of CPA Funds by Category without bonding Affordable Housing Historic Resources Open Space/Recreation Land

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11 Completed Projects Prospect Hill Tower Renovation City of Somerville, Planning & Zoning Division Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $500,000 85% ($427,425) $72,575 returned Year Awarded FY15 The Prospect Hill Tower RenovaƟon is the Somerville CPA’s ﬁrst completed project. The Tower was oﬃcially reopened during the First Flag ceremony on January 1, 2016 and the CPA celebraƟon was held on September 20, 2016. To ensure that all Somerville residents can experience the Tower, CPA supported the creaƟon of a virtual tour video, George Washington … on Prospect Hill? which is available on the City’s website with subƟtles in English, Spanish and Portuguese (HaiƟan Kreyol is coming soon). The Tower is now open in warm weather for docent tours. Photo source: Graham Baker Milk Row Cemetery Rehabilitation and Restoration– FY15 City of Somerville, Planning & Zoning Division Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $48,360 100% Year Awarded FY15 The City of Somerville contracted a ﬁrm to complete the rehabilitaƟon and restoraƟon work of the tombs in Milk Row Cemetery. They completed their work summer 2016. Following receiving CPA funding, the project received matching funds from the MassachuseƩs Historical Commission and the City of Somerville Planning and Zoning Department. City of Somerville Archives Processing Contractor City of Somerville Archives Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $43,000 100% Year Awarded FY15 The Somerville Archives contracted a consultant to process permanent collecƟons and create record guides. These documents are available on the Archives website.

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12 Mystic Water Works Historic Windows Somerville Housing Authority Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $243,000– historic $507,000– housing 100% Year Awarded FY15 FY16 The MysƟc Water Works project provides aﬀordable housing for 25 seniors and persons living with disabiliƟes. The Community PreservaƟon CommiƩee provided funding to preserve the historic windows; the Aﬀordable Housing Trust Fund provided funding for the housing component in FY16. Residents moved into the building in February 2018. Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $450,945 100% Year Awarded FY15 Temple B’Nai Brith installed a ﬁre safety sprinkler system and an elevator in their historic building. Temple B’nai Brith Fire Safety and Accessibility Project Temple B’nai Brith 83 Belmont St. Window Restoration Laura de la Torre Bueno Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $4,510 100% Year Awarded FY17 This project provided resources for the property owners at 83 Belmont St. to replace the original stained glass window in their home which was damaged in a ﬁre. The home is on the naƟonal register of historic places. The restoraƟon of the home was featured in the Boston Globe and received a Director’s PreservaƟon Award from the Somerville Historic PreservaƟon Commission. 100 Homes Initiative Pilot Somerville Community Corporation Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $1,200,000 (loan) 100% Year Awarded FY15 This Somerville Community CorporaƟon program was established with the goal of creaƟng 100 new units of aﬀordable housing. To date, SCC has acquired has acquired 20 units. The CPA funds are a subsidy that will be released when the SCC secures permanent ﬁnancing to make the units aﬀordable.

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13 Healey School to Mystic Friends of the Healey Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $45,000 100% Year Awarded FY15 The Friends of the Healey hired a ﬁrm to develop a master plan for the open and recreaƟon space around the Healey School, MysƟc Housing Authority and Blessing of the Bay Boat House. The goal was to beƩer connect the three places, which are geographically very close but diﬃcult to access from each locaƟon. The City of Som‐ erville supported the Friends in implemenƟng a compeƟƟve selecƟon process for the design ﬁrm. The design team developed two opƟons for the Healey+MysƟc Master Plan, which can be seen at: hƩp://healeymysƟc.org. In FY17, design funds were awarded for the design of the Healey Schoolyard (City of Somerville) and the Bless‐ ing of the Bay Boathouse Park (MysƟc River Watershed AssociaƟon). Both will build on the Healey+MysƟc Mas‐ ter Plan. School Garden Classrooms Groundwork Somerville Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $45,373 100% Year Awarded FY15 This Groundwork Somerville improved eight school yard garden classrooms in Somerville. The project has re‐ ceived in‐kind materials from the Somerville School District, which allowed the full vision of the project to be completed. Over 1,000 Somerville students have beneﬁted from the project. Students at the East Somerville Community School held the ribbon cuƫng for the project in October 2016 with Mayor Curtatone and Superin‐ tendent Skipper. Community Growing Center Design Friends of the Community Growing Center Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $52,090 100% Year Awarded FY15 The Friends of the Community Growing Center hired a ﬁrm to create a new design for the Community Growing Center. More informaƟon about the project is available at: hƩp://www.thegrowingcenter.org/#!redesign/tof3d

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14 Ongoing Historic Projects Somerville City Hall Renovation, Design, and Construction Management City of Somerville, Capital Projects Department Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $200,000 0% Year Awarded FY15 Photo source: Eric Kilby This project will contract a design ﬁrm to develop a design to restore the exterior of Somerville City Hall, up‐ grade mechanical and life safety systems, and ensure accessibility. This project will begin once the owner’s pro‐ ject manager is hired. West Branch Library Restoration City of Somerville, Capital Projects Department Amount Funded Percent Disbursed 0% Year Awarded FY16 The City of Somerville will restore and preserve the exisƟng library interior and exterior and ensure ADA compliance. The design has been ﬁnalized and construcƟon will begin in late 2018. $2,500,000 (bonded) Local Historic District Property Owner Preservation Fund City of Somerville, Planning & Zoning Division Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $150,000 0% Year Awarded FY16 This project will provide resources for the City of Somerville to create a dedicated fund that will provide small grants to owners of local historic district designated properƟes for the restoraƟon and preservaƟon of their structures. The City plans for the fund to be mulƟ‐year and renewable. The fund will be managed by the Oﬃce of Strategic Planning and Community Development’s PreservaƟon Staﬀ along with the Historic PreservaƟon CommiƩee.

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15 Milk Row Cemetery Rehabilitation and Restoration– FY16 City of Somerville, Planning & Zoning Division Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $48,360 94% ($31,367) Year Awarded FY16 FY17 The City of Somerville is working with a consultant to complete the restoraƟon work of an anƟcipated 48 grave markers and the Civil War Monument in Milk Row Cemetery. $6,300 from the FY16 project was spent to com‐ plete the FY15 tomb restoraƟon project when the contractors uncovered more extensive damage than ex‐ pected. The FY17 CPA award for the project will replace these funds, allowing the full project to be completed summer 2016. Somerville Museum Capital Improvements– FY15 Somerville Historical Society Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $168,191 90% ($150,181) Year Awarded FY15 The Somerville Historical Society is making improvements to the Somerville Museum to beƩer preserve its col‐ lecƟons and make the building ADA accessible. The project originally planned to construct an elevator liŌ. The MassachuseƩs Architectural Access Board determined this was not suﬃcient as it would not reach all Museum ﬂoors. The CPC and Board of Aldermen approved using the $24,970 allocated for the liŌ towards the design, purchase and installaƟon of the elevator. An addiƟonal $423,480 for the project was approved for FY16 CPA funding by the Board of Aldermen upon the CPC’s recommendaƟon. 20% ($86,316) Somerville Museum Capital Improvements– FY16 Somerville Historical Society Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $423,480 Year Awarded FY16 This project will provide further resources for the Somerville Museum to become ADA compliant and care for its historic collecƟons. This will include building an elevator to meet ADA requirements, reinstalling the Muse‐ um’s original Palladian window that was removed in 1986 per a deed restricƟon with the MassachuseƩs Histor‐ ical Society, upgrading security systems, inventorying the Museum’s holdings, and planning for Phase 6 of the Museum’s strategic plan. AbuƩers are challenging the Museum’s permit from the Zoning Board of Approvals in Land Court. UnƟl this maƩer is resolved, no funds related to the construcƟon of the elevator will be released to the Museum. The other aspects of the project are moving forward.

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16 Central Library Mold Remediation Somerville Public Libraries Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $21,279 0% Year Awarded FY17 This project will provide resources for the City of Somerville to remediate historic materials damaged by mold in the Closed Stacks, move them to the Library’s Local History Room, and install a 10,000 BTU air condiƟoning unit in the Local History Room to ensure the historic materials are appropriately stored and preserved. Elizabeth Peabody House Roof Restoration Elizabeth Peabody House Association Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $73,000 0% Year Awarded FY18 The roof of the historic building that is home to the Elizabeth Peabody House AssociaƟon currently faces water inﬁltraƟon. This project will make necessary repairs to the roof to ensure the building is water Ɵght. The build‐ ing houses a pre‐school, food pantry, and other social services oﬀered by the AssociaƟon. Grace Baptist Church Restoration Somerville Hispanic Association for Community Development Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $553,378 50% ($275,000) Year Awarded FY17 This project will rehabilitate the historic Grace BapƟst Church, which is now home to the Somerville Hispanic AssociaƟon for Community Development, which operates a food pantry from the building. The building is also home to a day care. The ﬁrst phase of the project will focus on the roof and iniƟal steps to make the building accessible for all.

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17 Preservation of and Access to Election Records City of Somerville, Elections Department Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $85,100 0% Year Awarded FY18 This project will remediate historic elecƟon records damaged by mold. It will also digiƟze them so they are easi‐ ly accessible to all. CPA funds are supporƟng the preservaƟon and digiƟzaƟon of the historic records from 1884 to 1967 and the City is funding the digiƟzaƟon of records from 1967 to the present. The records include voter lists used at polls, indices of registered votes, general registers, voter annual registers by ward and precinct, preliminary and general elecƟons results, poll taxes, and lists of women voters. Open Space & Recreation Land Prospect Hill Park Design Services City of Somerville, Parks and Open Space Division Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $85,000 98% ($83,999) Year Awarded FY15 The City of Somerville has contracted a ﬁrm to develop a design for the Prospect Hill Park. The ﬁrst step was to conduct an archeological reconnaissance survey of the park to determine if there are any archeologically sensi‐ Ɵve areas. The survey was completed in April 2017. Due to the slope of the hill and historic soil disturbance, there is low archeological sensiƟvity for NaƟve American, RevoluƟonary War, or Civil War arƟfacts. There is moderate sensiƟvity for locaƟng the foundaƟon of two homes that were present on the hill before the land was turned into a park. The City is in the process of hiring a construcƟon ﬁrm and anƟcipates work will begin summer 2018. Photo source: Eric Kilby South Street Farm Groundwork Somerville Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $60,160 90% ($54,144) Year Awarded FY16 Groundwork Somerville is expanding the capacity of the South Street Farm to be used as public space and an outdoor classroom, in addiƟon to its current funcƟon as an urban farm. This will include construcƟng a shade structure, wash staƟon, bicycle parking, and tables and benches. Groundwork Somerville will also make im‐ provements such as conducƟng a phytoremediaƟon project, creaƟng new rain collecƟon surfaces and storage, installaƟon of composƟng structures, and improving on‐site water and drainage management.

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18 Allen Street Mixed Use Renovation City of Somerville Parks and Open Space Division and Stephanie Hirsch Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $20,000 100% Year Awarded FY16 The City of Somerville has contracted a landscape architect to develop a design to rebuild the Allen Street Open Space and is currently engaging the community through a public process. The design will seek to maintain or expand the 16 exisƟng community garden plots while adding a play area for children, serving the surrounding community and the Allen Street Head Start School, which is directly across from the open space. Photo source: Google Earth Hoyt Sullivan Playground Renovation City of Somerville Parks and Open Space Division Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $400,000 100% Year Awarded FY16 The City of Somerville is renovaƟng the 22,000 square foot Hoyt Sullivan Playground. The renovaƟon will in‐ clude improving ADA and universal access, new lighƟng, circulaƟon paths, improving the tree canopy and sus‐ tainable pracƟces, providing acƟve and passive recreaƟon with a focus on younger children and improved visu‐ al connecƟons to the community path and rail corridor via a new deck overlook. ConstrucƟon on the park be‐ gan in May 2017 and is anƟcipated to be complete Fall 2018. Community Path Repaving City of Somerville Engineering Division and Friends of the Community Path Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $140,000 100% Year Awarded FY16 The Community Path from Grove St. to Cedar Street was repaved in May 2017. The secƟon from Buena Vista Rd. to the Cambridge line will be repaved following a planned drainage improvement project that will take place summer 2018.

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19 Community Path Design City of Somerville Parks and Open Space Division and Friends of the Community Path Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $90,000 0% Year Awarded FY16 FY18 The City of Somerville and the Friends of the Community Path will lead a design process that will make im‐ provements to the exisƟng Community Path and add addiƟonal features. The design will emphasize adding green infrastructure to the Grove to Cedar secƟon to improve drainage. AddiƟonal funds were added to the project in FY17 to include plans to manage invasive species and the tree canopy. The City has idenƟﬁed the design ﬁrm that will lead the process. Community Path Survey City of Somerville Parks and Open Space Division Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $20,000 0% Year Awarded FY17 The City of Somerville will hire a design ﬁrm to complete a survey of the Community Path, a necessary input for the design process. Land Acquisition Study Fund City of Somerville Parks and Open Space Division Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $40,000 6% ($2,500) Year Awarded FY17 This project provides resources for the City of Somerville to explore the feasibility of acquiring parcels for ac‐ quisiƟon for open space and recreaƟon land. The fund supports appraisals, environmental studies, surveys, and other preliminary studies necessary to determine if a parcel is a good candidate for acquisiƟon and gather the necessary informaƟon to prepare a full proposal for submission to the Community PreservaƟon CommiƩee for CPA funding or directly to the Board of Aldermen for funding through non‐CPA sources.

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20 Henry Hansen Park City of Somerville Veterans’ Services Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $49,200 71% ($14,200 returned) Year Awarded FY17 The City of Somerville has hired a ﬁrm to develop a new design for Henry Hansen Park, which honors the Som‐ erville resident who parƟcipated in the ﬁrst raising of the American ﬂag at Iwo Jima during World War II. The City is now gathering community input on the proposed design. The cost of the project was lower than ex‐ pected, so the project was able to return $14,200 to the CPA fund. Healey Schoolyard Design City of Somerville Parks and Open Space Division Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $80,000 0% Year Awarded FY17 The City of Somerville will hire a ﬁrm to complete a new design for the Healey Schoolyard. This project will be informed by the Healey+MysƟc Master Plan that was funded by CPA in FY15. Winter Hill Schoolyard Construction City of Somerville Parks and Open Space Division Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $500,000 100% Year Awarded FY17 The City of Somerville is in the process of compleƟng the construcƟon of a new schoolyard for the Winter Hill Community InnovaƟon School. The project will be completed Summer 2018.

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21 Blessing of the Bay Park Design– Phase 1 City of Somerville Veterans’ Services Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $41,863 90% ($37,498) Year Awarded FY17 MysƟc River Watershed AssociaƟon conducted community outreach in conjuncƟon with Groundwork Somer‐ ville and hired a ﬁrm to complete a schemaƟc design for the park. The community process is ongoing. Community Pollinator Garden City of Somerville Parks and Open Space Division and Green and Open Somerville Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $13,000 0% Year Awarded FY17 The City of Somerville and Green and Open Somerville will create a buƩerﬂy garden at the edge of Morse‐Kelly Park. Work has started to prepare the space for planƟng in the fall. Community Growing Center Construction Documents Friends of the Community Growing Center Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $33,176 68% ($22,500) Year Awarded FY17 The Friends of the Community Growing Center hired a landscape architect to complete the construcƟon docu‐ ments and bid package for the design funded by CPA in FY15. More informaƟon about the project is available at: hƩp://www.thegrowingcenter.org/#!redesign/tof3d

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22 Prospect Hill Park Construction City of Somerville, Parks and Open Space Division Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $797,330 0% Year Awarded FY18 The City of Somerville will implement the a redesign for the park that was funded by the CPA. ConstrucƟon will begin Summer 2018. The new park will include accessibility for all, interpreƟve elements to educate visitors about the historic signiﬁcance of Prospect Hill, improved lighƟng for the park and the Tower, and naƟve spe‐ cies. Photo source: Eric Kilby 5 Palmer Acquisition City of Somerville, Economic Development Division Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $500,000 100% Year Awarded FY18 The City of Somerville acquired the 0.04 parcel, which will add to the open space at the Capuano School/Glen Park. The parcel will be perpetually preserved as recreaƟonal land per the requirements of the Community PreservaƟon Act. Photo source: Google Maps Dilboy Auxiliary Fields Design Services City of Somerville, Parks and Recreation Department Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $90,000 0% Year Awarded FY18 The City of Somerville will hire a ﬁrm to redesign the Dilboy Auxiliary ﬁelds. The project will include renovaƟng the soil proﬁle and reorganizing the space to add a U12 soccer ﬁeld. IrrigaƟon and lighƟng will also be added to the ﬁelds.

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23 Brown and West Somerville Schoolyards Design Services City of Somerville, Parks and Open Space Division Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $140,000 0% Year Awarded FY18 The City of Somerville will hire a ﬁrm to create new designs for the schoolyards at the Brown and West Somer‐ ville schools. Blessing of the Bay Park Design– Phase II Mystic River Watershed Association Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $155,339 0% Year Awarded FY18 The MysƟc River Watershed AssociaƟon will work with their selected design ﬁrm to complete the design through to construcƟon documents with acƟve community input. Community Growing Center Construction Friends of the Community Growing Center Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $350,000 0% Year Awarded FY18 The Friends of the Community Growing Center will hire a construcƟon company to implement the new design funded by CPA in FY15 and FY16.

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24 Ongoing Affordable Housing Projects Redevelopment of 163 Glen Street Somerville Community Corporation Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $915,000 (loan) Year Awarded Somerville Community CorporaƟon is redeveloping the former American Legion Post into eight aﬀordable units and three market rate units. The CPA 5th anniversary walking tour began at the groundbreaking for the project in September 2017. The target for full occupancy is June 2018. FY15 90% (819,862) 100 Homes Initiative Somerville Community Corporation Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $6,931,608 (loan) 25% ($1,707,056) Year Awarded FY16 FY18 To date, the 100 Homes project has acquired 45 fully deed restricted rental units in 10 properƟes that preserved 23 tenancies, including 5 that were in danger of losing their SecƟon 8 vouchers. Five units are designated for homeless households.

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25 Short Stop Self-Sufficiency Program Wayside Youth and Family Support Network Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $51,107 50% ($25,553) Year Awarded FY16 FY17 The Short Stop program provides transiƟonal housing for homeless young adults. CPA funds cover the gap be‐ tween what HUD can fund (up to fair market rent) and what the actual cost of monthly rent is for nine individu‐ als at a Ɵme. To date the program has served 18 young adults. Nine have leŌ the program, of which seven are living independently, one leŌ the program for other opportuniƟes, and one began a four year college program. EducaƟonal stability has increased– during parƟcipaƟon in the program and once youth have leŌ the program. Prevention and Stabilization Services (PASS) Somerville Homeless Coalition Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $182,978 0% Year Awarded FY15 FY17 This project provides rental assistance for up to 12 households for up to two years, including rental and move‐ in assistance, case management and stabilizaƟon services. The program is designed to serve households of in‐ comes at or below 60% of area median income (AMI) and to help Somerville residents who are experiencing a housing crisis that may have resulted from burdensome rental increases or losses in income to allow them to stay in the City. The grant contract is being ﬁnalized. Amount Funded Percent Disbursed $150,513 59% ($88,975) Year Awarded FY15 FY16 FY17 Better Homes Program Somerville Homeless Coalition CPA funding for the BeƩer Homes Program ﬁlls the gap between HUD Fair Market Rent reimbursements and the actual market rents at 12 scaƩered‐site apartments leased by the Somerville Homeless CoaliƟon. This pro‐ gram has supported 22 people (three families and 14 individuals), nine of whom qualify as chronically home‐ less. The program is designed to serve households of incomes at or below 60% of area median income (AMI) and to help Somerville residents who are experiencing a housing crisis that may have resulted from burden‐ some rental increases or losses in income to allow them to stay in the City.

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26 CPA Results As a result of Somerville’s CPA projects, which are located in all seven of Somerville’s wards:  9 historic buildings are being preserved  5 historic buildings and one collecƟon are being made more accessible to all Somerville residents  3 historic collecƟons are being preserved  7 parks and playgrounds are being improved  78 new aﬀordable housing units are being created  2 transit oriented aﬀordable housing developments are being built  32 households are receiving rental assistance Program Improvements The informaƟon gained from the annual surveys has helped the CPA program improve in Somerville. Addi‐ Ɵonal resources have been developed to help appli‐ cants through the process and the CPA Manager holds applicaƟon workshops with the video from the session available online for those who cannot aƩend. A new pre‐applicaƟon process was added in FY18 to help con‐ nect community members and organizaƟons with an idea for a CPA project on City land will the relevant de‐ partment to develop their applicaƟon as partners, if the department agrees to sign on as a co‐applicant. The new FY19 applicaƟon Ɵmeline will help applicants hire ﬁrms before they are booked for the construcƟon sea‐ son. A feasibility study funding program was also launched. Community Engagement In addiƟon to seeking community input through the an‐ nual applicaƟon and Community PreservaƟon Plan pro‐ cesses, the CPC seeks community feedback on the pro‐ gram by tabling a community events in Somerville. In FY18, the CPC agreed that each member will parƟcipate in one outreach event to expand the ability to parƟci‐ pate in events beyond the CPA Manager’s availability. Through the SomerStreets events and the Spring Clean‐ up, 276 people voted on how they would allocate CPA funds. The CPC also invited the community to celebrate the ﬁŌh anniversary of the adopƟon of CPA In Somer‐ ville in September. There was a walking tour to ﬁve CPA projects in east and central Somerville that ended with a procession to Prospect Hill Park lead by the Desper‐ ate Measures Street Band. The celebraƟon at the park included more music, lawn games, tours of Prospect Hill Tower, and of course, cake. Board of Aldermen President William White and State RepresentaƟve Mike Connolly spoke about the beneﬁts of CPA to Somerville along with communi‐ ty members repre‐ senƟng each aspect of the CPA program. CPA & the City Forum The Somerville CPC has recognized the unique challenges faced by ciƟes implemenƟng CPA such as greater density and rapid development puƫng pressure on aﬀordable housing. Somerville hosted a forum for ciƟes that have adopted CPA so these communiƟes could get together to meet each other and share their challenges and strategies for addressing them. Thirty‐seven CPC members and their staﬀ from 15 communiƟes aƩended. The conversaƟons were documented via graphic facilitaƟon by Somerville resident Kelvy Bird. Her images will be shared with CPA communiƟes across the state in the fall 2018, at the ﬁrst state‐wide CPA conference since 2012. The success of the CPA and the City Forum inspired the Community PreservaƟon CoaliƟon to hold this conference and to include a special track for ciƟes. CPA Applicant and Implementer Survey Results Since FY16, the CPA program has surveyed applicants and implementers about their experience with CPA. On average:  93% of implementers and 100% of applicants found the support of the CPA Manager to be very useful  40% of applicants found the applicaƟon process to be fairly easy and very transparent  62% of funded projects would not have gone forward without funding from CPA  84% of organizaƟons implemenƟng a CPA project beneﬁted from being part of CPA beyond receiving funding

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27 Looking Ahead to FY19 The CPC projects a minimum of $1,986,473 in new CPA funds will be available in FY19, including a minimum 11.5% match on FY18 revenue from the State (Table 6). This is a record low distribuƟon, in part because this is the ﬁrst year that Boston and Springﬁeld will be receiv‐ ing matching funds. The CPC is hopeful that eﬀorts to stabilize the CPA trust fund at the state level will be suc‐ cessful, ensuring high rates of state match going for‐ ward. In addiƟon to new funds for FY19, $210,000 in funds earmarked for open space acquisiƟon are availa‐ ble from unspent funds from the previous year. With the experience of four funding rounds to draw on, in FY19 the Community PreservaƟon Act Program will build on its strong foundaƟon to make improvements that will improve the quality of projects and facilitate the work of the CPC. Program improvement goals for FY19 include:  Increase the diversity of CPC general public member and funding applicants through expanding commu‐ nity outreach  Pilot the feasibility study funding program to make resources available to people with ideas that need some support to ensure the likelihood of success of their project  Foster connecƟons between the CPA and Local Cul‐ tural Council applicant processes to connect appli‐ cants with resources for capital improvements as well as programming and public art Total FY19 New CPA Revenue $1,916,403 Surcharge $1,781,590 State match $204,883 City appropriaƟon** $0 (CPA admin funds) ($99,324) Total FY19 New Project Funding $1,887,149 Total FY18 Unexpended Revenue $210,000 FY18 City appropriaƟon $0 Land acquisiƟon earmark $210,000 Total Available in FY19 $2,097,149 Table 6. Projected FY18 CPA Funding City of Somerville, 1925 **FY18 City appropriaƟon not ﬁnalized when report was ﬁnalized; FY19 City appropriaƟon determined in Spring 2019.

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