Matters ▸ Attachment
CPA FY15 BUDGET MASTER — File 197116
SPECIAL REVENUE FUND: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT FUND
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City of Somerville, MA – FY2015 Municipal Budget
The Community Preservation Act (CPA) Fund was established after the voters of Somerville adopted the CPA
(M.G.L. Ch. 44b) by an astounding margin of 76% in November 2012. The CPA creates a new funding source
for the City to invest in historic preservation, affordable housing, and open space and recreation projects. Key
annual revenue sources for the Fund include a 1.5% surcharge on net property taxes, discretionary
appropriations into the Fund by the City, and matching funds from the state. State matching funds are
distributed in November of each year and match total local funding (surcharge revenue and City
appropriation) for the previous fiscal year. Somerville will receive its first distribution in FY15, which will match
FY14 local revenue. The Board of Aldermen’s approval of an appropriation of $1,355,671 into the CPA Fund
from free cash will maximize the matching funds the City receives from the state.
The Community Preservation Committee is responsible for implementing the CPA in Somerville, by working
with the community to establish priorities for how CPA funding should be spent and making recommendations
to the Board of Aldermen for specific projects to receive funding. The Committee also submits an annual
budget to the Board of Aldermen which is determined in large part by the enabling state CPA legislation. In
particular, the legislation requires the City to spend or reserve at least 10% of estimated annual CPA revenue
for each of open space and recreation, historic resources, and community (affordable) housing. It also allows
the City to devote up to 5% of estimated annual CPA revenue to the administrative and operating expenses of
the Committee (the majority of which is accounted for by the salary of the Community Preservation Act
Manager, who carries out all work related to the Act and the Committee), and it allows the City to place the
remaining estimated revenue in a budgeted reserve, which allows the City to spend the funding after the tax
recap.
Community preservation projects, which must receive approval from the Board of Aldermen upon
recommendation from the Community Preservation Committee, will be funded out of the four reserve
accounts and the Fund’s balance of unspent FY14 revenue.
FUND REVENUE:
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT FUND
FY2014
BUDGET
FY2014
ACTUAL THRU
MAY 29
FY2015
ESTIMATED
% CHANGE
SURCHARGE REVENUE
1,150,000
1,316,187
1,316,187
14.5%
CITY APPROPRIATION
0
1,355,671
(approved June 5)
0
0%
ESTIMATED STATE MATCH OF PREVIOUS YEAR’S
SURCHARGE REVENUE & CITY APPROPRIATION
0
0
662,621
N/A
TOTAL
1,150,000
2,671,858
1,978,808
72%
SPECIAL REVENUE FUND: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT FUND
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City of Somerville, MA – FY2015 Municipal Budget
FY2015 BUDGET:
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT FUND
FY2014
BUDGET*
FY2014
ACTUAL THRU
MAY 29*
FY2015
PROPOSED
% CHANGE
OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION RESERVE
(10% OF ESTIMATED ANNUAL REVENUE)
115,000
267,186
197,881
72%
HISTORIC RESOURCES RESERVE
(10% OF ESTIMATED ANNUAL REVENUE)
115,000
267,186
197,881
72%
COMMUNITY HOUSING RESERVE
(10% OF ESTIMATED ANNUAL REVENUE)
115,000
267,186
197,881
72%
ADMIN AND OPERATING EXPENSES
(5% OF ESTIMATED ANNUAL REVENUE)
57,500
54,231
98,940
72%
FY15 BUDGETED RESERVE/FY14 FUND BALANCE
(UNDESIGNATED PROJECT FUNDING)
747,500
1,812,801
1,286,225
72%
TOTAL
1,150,000
2,671,858
1,978,808
72%
*The CPA legislation does not require a budget in the first year of program operation (FY14). The City Auditor will make the required
10% reservations from final FY14 CPA revenue to comply with the legislation. The remaining revenue will become fund balance.
TOTAL CPA FUNDING:
FY2014
ESTIMATED
FY2015
ESTIMATED
FY14 & FY15
CUMULATIVE
REVENUE
2,671,858
1,978,808
4,650,666
SURCHARGE REVENUE
1,316,187
1,316,187
2,632,374
CITY APPROPRIATION
1,355,671
0
1,355,671
ESTIMATED STATE MATCH OF PREVIOUS YEAR’S
SURCHARGE REVENUE & CITY APPROPRIATION
0
662,621
662,621
EXPENDITURES
‐57,500
‐98,940
‐156,440
ADMIN AND OPERATING EXPENSES
(5% OF ESTIMATED REVENUE)
‐57,500
‐98,940
‐156,440
PROJECT FUNDING TO DATE
0
0
0
FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR CPA PROJECTS
2,614,358
1,879,868
4,494,226
OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION RESERVE
267,186
197,881
465,067
HISTORIC RESOURCES RESERVE
267,186
197,881
465,067
COMMUNITY HOUSING RESERVE
267,186
197,881
465,067
UNDESIGNATED PROJECT FUNDING
1,812,801
1,286,225
3,099,026
PERSONNEL LIST:
POSITION
NAME
CURRENT
BASE
FISCAL YEAR
BASE
TOTAL
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT MANAGER
MONEA, EMILY
1,471.16
76,794.35
61,435.48