Broad Brook Gap 2013 final report
Broad Brook Gap (CPA #55) 2013 CPA Report
Conservation Commission project
The Broad Brook Gap project has funded the acquisition of the this key conservation land
1. Leveraging: These funds leveraged grants and donations covering nearly 66% of the cost of the
project.
2. Acquisition: The project has funded the acquisition of the Broad Brook Gap parcels‐ Vollinger and
Kubosiak Brothers.
3. Soft Costs: The project has funded much of the soft costs for the project, form survey work to costs
related to the CPA required conservation restriction and related stewardship.
In 2013, the project funded:
1. Acquisition of the two parcels (Kubosiak Brothers, which closed last spring, and Vollinger, which will
close in late winter.
2. Soft costs related to those two projects and a third Broad Brook Gap parcel (Gleason), which will be
partially funded from the CPA Conservation Fund and other sources.
Current Status
All but $3,384.71 of the $290,000 CPA grant has been expended. The balance of these funds will be
spend in spring 2014 on final Vollinger and Gleason soft costs and, if funds remain, Gleason acquisition
cost.
Submitted, on behalf of the Conservation Commission, by Wayne Feiden, FAICP, Director of Planning
and Sustainability.