Dolan Pond & Forte Property

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Dolan Pond 76 Webster Park
West Newton, MA 02465

Goals

Add to the Dolan Pond Conservation Area a permanent conservation restriction on approximately 35,000 square feet of wooded open space.

On the remaining approximately 15,000 square feet of this property, create 3 units of housing, with a total of 8 bedrooms, that are permanently affordable for households at up to 80 percent of area-wide median income: 1 Newton Housing Authority rental unit in a preserved 1925 historic home that previously belonged to beloved Newton music teacher Irene Forte; and 2 Habitat for Humanity owner-occupied units, on a rear-lot subdivision.

Funding

$377,400	CPA funds appropriated for community housing
$729,349	CPA funds appropriated for open space
$500,000	Inclusionary zoning funds
$400,000	Approx. value of owners' sweat equity and of donated time & materials for Habitat for Humanity units
$2,006,749	Total Project Cost (estimated)

Contact

Newton Conservators, Newton Conservation Commission, & Newton Housing Authority
c/o Newton Housing Authority
82 Lincoln St.
Newton Highlands, MA 02461
617-552-5501

Proposal Review & Appropriations

14 May 2003 - Proposal (may load slowly)
10 July 2003 - CPC funding recommendation
14 July 2003 - Board order (original appropriation)
30 June 2004 - Project plan, revised
8 July 2004 - CPC funding recommendation, revised
4 September 2004 - Board order (revised conditions, no new funds appropriated)

Project News

2005-2007 - Deeds, plans, conservation easement & restriction for South Middlesex Registry of Deeds registered land certificate 240347, including:
- Conservation easement held by City of Newton on housing parcels, recorded 7 July 2006, S. Middlesex Registry of Deeds book 1323, page 140
- Conservation restriction held by Newton Conservators on land added to Dolan Pond Conservation Area, recorded 4 September 2007, S. Middlesex Registry of Deeds book 1343, page 146
- 18 January 2008 - Conservation land - note discharged
July 2006 - Deed & affordability restriction for existing home, transferred to Newton Housing Authority as rental housing
2007-09 - Deeds & permanent affordability/resale restrictions for 2 new housing units, built through Habitat for Humanity (large file, may load slowly)
31 January 2009 - Dolan Pond/Forte Property Project Summary - Nomination for CPA Kuehn Award (large file, may load slowly)