Source: http://www.newtonma.gov/gov/planning/cpa/projects/kesseler.asp
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Newton, MA - kesseler
near 200 Vine Street (bordered by La Grange St.), Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Preserve 21 acres of open space and habitat through public ownership, either of the land itself or of easements and restrictions, and provide a trail system and formal public access for passive recreation.
All CPA funding for Kesseler Woods was counted as for the acquisition of open space. However, the CPC’s recommendation for open space funding was contingent on permanent affordability for at least 11 units or 15% of all townhouses or multi-family housing developed by the City's private bidding partner in this acquisition.The final special permit granted in April 2015 for 88 units of rental housing in one multi-family building required 13 of those units to be permanently affordable, as follows:
Affordable Housing at Kesseler Woods
Rents must be permanently affordable to households at these percentages of area median income (AMI):
unit sizes ≤ 50% AMI ≤ 65% AMI ≤ 80% AMI
1 bedroom 2 units 1 unit 2 units
2 bedrooms 4 units -- 4 units
$5,218,375 CPA funds appropriated by Board order (open space)
$6,007,115
CPA funds spent, including both principal and interest on debt financing
allocation by spending purpose:
$118,000 planning, consulting and legal costs (small unspent balance returned to Newton's Community Preservation Fund)
$5,000,000 land acquisition - debt principal
$889,115 land acquisition - debt issuance and interest
c/o Senior Environmental Planner
617.796.1134
http://www.newtonma.gov/gov/planning/conserv/default.asp
Project Maps, Timelines & Summaries
2003-2014 - portfolio of successive maps & plans for Kesseler Woods
10 August 2015 - final OVERVIEW MAP (draft) of open space rights acquired with CPA funds, plus multi-family housing
Planning staff updates & summaries:
November 2005 - projected project timeline, for presentation to Weston, Massachusetts Case Estates Committee
19 January 2010 - update for Newton CPC
26 January 2014 - update for Newton CPC
19 September 2014 - summary for Board of Aldermen Land Use Committee: project history, revised plan for housing
11-21 February 2003 - CPC recommendations for funding of land use planning & other professional services
March-June 2003 - Board orders for land use planning & professional services (appropriations)
February-May 2003 - City of Newton RFQs & consulting services:
appraisal: Request for Quotations (February 2003) and summary of conclusions (May 2003)
land use planning: Request for Quotations (February 2003), response to RFQ by consultant chosen (February 2003, Sasaki), and maps of site constraints & development scenarios (March 2003) prepared by Sasaki & provided to developers as part of RFI below (large file, may load slowly)
bid preparation & agreement
28 March 2003 - City of Newton Request for Expressions of Interest (RFI) for developer as City bidding partner (large file, may load slowly)
15 April 2003 - City of Newton RFI for developer - staff analysis of responses (developers’ identities omitted)
10 April 2003 - City of Newton RFI for developer - response by developer chosen as City’s bidding partner (Cornerstone)
14 May 2003 - CPC memorandum of understanding with the Mayor, confirming commitment to both open space and affordable housing
June 2003-March 2009 - City of Newton bidding agreement with partner (Cornerstone):
30 June 2003 – original bidding agreement
June 2003-March 2009 - bidding agreement amendments 1-6
May 2002-June 2003 - part 1, initial land acquisition funding:
12 May 2003 - proposal for CPA acquisition funding, part 1
13 May 2003 - CPC recommendation for acquisition funding, part 1
2 June 2003 - Board order (appropriation) for acquisition funding, part 1
August-November 2003 - part 2, supplemental land acquisition funding:
26 August 2003 - proposal for CPA acquisition funding, part 2
September-November 2003 - CPC recommendation for CPA acquisition funding, part 2, with additional letters of support from the Planning Dept. and CPC
17 November 2003 - Board of Aldermen denial of CPA acquisition funding, part 2
September 2003-March 2004, debt issuance & initial debt service (interest):
September 2003-January 2004 - CPC recommendations for debt issuance & initial debt service
November 2003-March 2004 Board orders for debt issuance & initial debt service (appropriations)
May 2003-June 2004 - City of Newton request for matching funds through Massachusetts Self-Help program (denied)
11-12 August 2003 - City of Newton – Cornerstone joint bid accepted (letter from Mayor to Board of Aldermen, article in Newton Tab)
land acquisition as recorded at the South Middlesex Registry of Deeds
7 April 2004 - in Registry book 42435
deed for land acquired by developer (Cornerstone/Kesseler LLC), page 200
deed for land acquired by City of Newton, page 203
public access easement granted by developer (Cornerstone/Kesseler LLC) to City of Newton, page 220
development agreement between developer (Cornerstone/Kesseler LLC) and City of Newton, page 225
27 January 2005 - in Registry book 44541
deed for restricted parcel conveyed by developer (Cornerstone/Kesseler LLC) to City of Newton (landlocked, north of LaGrange Street, Lot 11 [eleven]), page 253
3 April 2006 - in Registry book 47213
conservation restriction granted by developer (Cornerstone/Kesseler LLC) to City of Newton (Brookline Street and Harwich Road, Lot H), page 317
conservation restriction granted by developer (Cornerstone/Kesseler LLC) to City of Newton (Brookline Street and Harwich Road, Lot J), page 328
2 March 2015 - in Registry book 64987
deed for restricted parcel conveyed by developer (Cornerstone/Kesseler LLC) to City of Newton (fronting on Harwich Road, between numbers 149 and 152, Lot 9B), page 546
Access points, trails, etc. will be finalized upon completion of construction for multi-family housing.
Permitting for Multi-family & Affordable Housing
Many of the files below are large and may load slowly.
In 2017, project developer Chestnut Hill Realty renamed this development Hancock Estates. For their project website, click here or go to www.chr-apartments.com/hancockestates/.
Many of the files below are also available on the Planning Department's webpage for Kesseler Woods, under High-Interest Projects. For that Kesseler Woods page, click here or go to: www.newtonma.gov/gov/planning/current/devrev/hip/kesseler.asp
2006-09 Cornerstone/Kesseler Development LLC:
31 January 2006 - developer site plans for multi-family housing (for special permit application)
16 October 2006 - special permit for multi-family housing, Board order 102-06(03)
17 November 2008 - revised special permit for multi-family housing, Board order 102-06(09)
7 December 2009 - extended special permit for multi-family housing, Board order 102-06(10)
2014-17 Chestnut Hill Realty:
August-November 2014 - developer summary plans for multi-family housing (for special permit application)
24 October 2014 - developer full site plans for multi-family housing (for special permit application)
September-October 2014 - Board of Aldermen Land Use Committee special permit process, Board orders 102-06(11) & (12)
11 March 2015 - final inclusionary housing plan, including number of bedrooms and income levels for affordable units, tenant selection plan (affirmative marketing), and monitoring
21 April 2015 - special permit for multi-family housing, Board order 102-06(15)
2017 Chestnut Hill Realty proposal to substitute off-site for on-site affordable housing:
8 May-13 June 2017 - request to substitute affordable housing off-site, at 219 Commonwealth Avenue (Chestnut Hill) for affordable units required on-site by 2015 special permit; includes building descriptions by realtor and Newton Assessing Dept.
9 June 2017 - Planning Dept. memo on this request
2 October 2017 - withdrawal of this request