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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">The Town of Stoneham (about 24,000 residents with 1/3 of town land being open space/green space/DCR property) spent $20,000 less than five years ago. It was
the first OSRP in over 20 years (and the last one was done by community members). We were funded through the Community Compact program and were awarded a PARC grant the following year with an updated OSRP. Happy to share my experience if anyone wishes to connect.
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Laura Brennan via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 7, 2021 11:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] OSRP Costs?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This cost sounds in line with what Berkshire Regional Planning Commission estimates for OSRPs in our region currently. Depending on the size of the community and the complexity of recreational asset needs, it may be more or less.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Community Compact Best Practices program is also a good funding source for these plans, especially if CPA is not available or would not permit this use in a given town.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Laura<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5pt;text-indent:-1.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#244C5A">Laura Brennan, Economic Development Program Manager</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3D3C3F"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org">massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Joseph Laydon via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 7, 2021 11:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Maren Toohill <<a href="mailto:MToohill@littletonma.org">MToohill@littletonma.org</a>>;
<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] OSRP Costs?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Maren and fellow planners,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When I was in Grafton, we retained CMRPC to update our open space plan. The cost of our contract was $17,975. We funded this with CPA funds.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It was good to work with CMRPC because as we found out through the process, we found we needed additional assistance with mapping (we found we did not have accurate information on town owned parcels) and we used technical assistance hours
to off-set the added work that was needed. I’d say to that would have added a few thousand for the extra mapping and analysis work.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope that helps.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">_________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Joseph Laydon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Town of Littleton<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Assistant Town Administrator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">37 Shattuck Street<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Littleton, MA 01460<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jlaydon@littletonma.org">jlaydon@littletonma.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">978-540-2460<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org">massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Maren Toohill via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 7, 2021 11:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Massplanners] OSRP Costs?<o:p></o:p></p>
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**THIS EMAIL WAS SENT BY AN EXTERNAL SENDER** <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi All – <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Looking for information on the cost to update your Open Space and Recreation Plan? Any pitfalls or successes?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for sharing,<br>
Maren<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Maren A. Toohill, AICP<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Town Planner<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">978/540-2425<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:MToohill@littletonma.org">MToohill@littletonma.org</a>
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