Community Preservation Act
Nov. 9th, 2005 11:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dancerjodiIt passed by 9 votes in Waltham: http://www.dailynewstribune.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=64938
Thoughts? Does your city have something like this in place (I'm curious what people's experiences have been). Its seemed to have worked well in nearby Newton since it was passed a few years ago.
Given Waltham's obscenely low tax rate, I figured that a 2% increase wouldn't kill me. Low income and Senior residents are exempt from it, and $ is matched by the state. Given the (imo) overdevelopment happening in some parts of the city and the plethora of property coming up for potential public use (old schools, closing hospitals) I think that community development is going to be especially important.
I'm curious if this passed in Watertown (my browser keeps crashing each time I try and get anywhere on the News Tribune site), also.
Thoughts? Does your city have something like this in place (I'm curious what people's experiences have been). Its seemed to have worked well in nearby Newton since it was passed a few years ago.
Given Waltham's obscenely low tax rate, I figured that a 2% increase wouldn't kill me. Low income and Senior residents are exempt from it, and $ is matched by the state. Given the (imo) overdevelopment happening in some parts of the city and the plethora of property coming up for potential public use (old schools, closing hospitals) I think that community development is going to be especially important.
I'm curious if this passed in Watertown (my browser keeps crashing each time I try and get anywhere on the News Tribune site), also.
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Re: Eminent domain
Date: 2005-11-09 04:36 pm (UTC)A good deal of the property being eyed for development of large scale projects right now is either owned by the city (old schools) or state (Fernald, Metropolitan State Hospital). I think that's why this has had little public outcry against the CPA in Waltham - there isn't any kind of official organized group (only this 1 guy that owns woody property in North Waltham).
I am curious if changing demographics in the city (i.e. increase in yuppies) has anything to do with this passing (it didn't the last time around, 2001 iirc).