[MassHistPres] LHD fee

[Dennis De Witt]

Brookline has been able to have neighborhoods fund study reports because, except for unusual situations, the push for the LHD has been driven by the neighborhood not the Commission.  The Commission limits its role to technical and professional guidance and support.  The neighborhood leadership knows that if they don’t have at least something like 80% owner support within the LHD boundary it is unlikely to pass Town Meeting.  

That said, there has never been an attempt to do a non-residential area LHD.

Dennis De Witt
Brookline

> On Oct 1, 2024, at 8:23 AM, Michael Roughan <historychair at hopkintonma.gov> wrote:
> 
> Hopkinton used a Mass Historic grant to fund the LHD study. Even though this effort was proposed to be an expansion of the existing Downtown Historic District, we didn’t do a good job of convincing residents of the benefits and it hasn’t gone anywhere.
> 
> My advice is to minimize the impediments and maximize the benefits throughout the process or you’ll end up where we are, in a stalemate.
> 
> ......Mike
> 
> Michael Roughan
> Chairman, Historical Commission
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 5:16 PM Dennis De Witt via MassHistPres <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu <mailto:masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>> wrote:
>> Albeit with no explicit formal policy, Brookline has generally requested that neighborhood LHD proponents fund and/or significantly participate in the drafting of most LHD study reports as there have not been staff resources to do it.  Absent that, there has been no fee charged.
>> 
>> Dennis De Witt
>> Brookline
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 30, 2024, at 2:44 PM, Frank Messina via MassHistPres <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu <mailto:masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>> wrote:
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>>> 
>>> We used get CPA funds, via the CPC...but they now only fund actual restoration..
>>> 
>>> No fees, obtain funding from Community Development dept...i.e. Town funding..
>>> 
>>> Frank Messina
>>> Chatham Historical Commission 
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>>> Subject: [MassHistPres] LHD fee
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>>> Do any communities charge a fee to owners or neighborhood groups requesting a local historic district? Do any communities require an owner or neighborhood group to pay the cost of drafting the Preliminary Report?
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>>> Bob McCarroll
>>> Springfield
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