[Adopted 4-15-2004 ATM by Art. 56]
[Amended 11-1-2021 STM
by Art. 2]
A.
There is hereby established a Community Preservation
Committee consisting of nine voting members pursuant to Massachusetts
General Laws, Chapter 44B. The Committee shall be appointed by the
Select Board and shall consist of the following members:
(1)
One member of the Historical Commission as designated
by the Commission for an initial term of three years and thereafter
for a term of three years.
(2)
One member of the Housing Authority as designated
by the Authority for an initial term of one-year and thereafter for
a term of three years.
(3)
One member of the Conservation Commission as designated
by the Commission for an initial term of two years and thereafter
for a term of three years.
(4)
One member of the Planning Board as designated by
the Board for an initial term of two years and thereafter for a term
of three years.
(5)
One member of the Recreation Commission as designated
by the Commission for an initial term of one-year and thereafter for
a term of three years.
(6)
One member of the Open Space Preservation Commission
as designated by the Commission for an initial term of three years
and thereafter for a term of three years.
(7)
One member of the Southborough Housing Opportunity
Partnership Committee (SHOPC) as designated by the Commission for
a term of three years.
(8)
Two members at large to be appointed by the Select
Board, for an initial term of one-year and thereafter for a term of
three years.
B.
After the initial appointments, terms will begin on
July 1 of each year.
C.
Members at large may not also be members of the Historical
Commission, Housing Authority, Conservation Commission, Planning Board,
Open Space Preservation Commission, Southborough Housing Opportunity
Partnership Committee, Recreation Commission or the Select Board.
D.
Should any commission, authority or board designating
a member for the Community Preservation Committee cease to exist for
whatever reason, the Select Board will determine the appropriate alternative
designating commission, authority or board, subject to any applicable
state statute.
A.
The Community Preservation Committee shall study the
needs, possibilities and resources of the Town regarding community
preservation. The committee shall consult with existing Town boards,
including the Historical Commission, Housing Authority, Conservation
Commission, Planning Board, Recreation Commission, Open Space Preservation
Commission and the Select Board, in conducting such studies. As part
of its study the Committee shall hold one or more public informational
hearings on the needs, possibilities and resources of the Town regarding
community preservation possibilities and resources, notice of which
shall be posted publicly and published for each of two weeks preceding
a hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town.
[Amended 11-1-2021 STM
by Art. 2]
B.
The Community Preservation Committee shall make recommendations
to the Town Meeting for the acquisition, creation and preservation
of open space; for the acquisition, rehabilitation, restoration and
preservations of historic resources; for the acquisition, creation
and preservation of land for recreational use; for the creation, preservation
support of community housing; and for the rehabilitation or restoration
of such open space, land for recreational use and community housing
that is acquired or created as provided in this section. With respect
to community housing, the Community Preservation Committee shall recommend,
wherever possible, the reuse of existing buildings, or construction
of new buildings on previously developed sites.
C.
The Community Preservation Committee may include in
its recommendations to the Town Meeting a recommendation to set aside
for later spending funds for specific purposes that are consistent
with community preservation, but for which sufficient funds are not
then available in the Community Preservation Fund to accomplish that
specific purpose, or to set aside for later spending funds for general
purposes that are consistent with community preservation.
The Community Preservation Committee shall not
meet or conduct business without the presence of a quorum. A majority
of the members of the Community Preservation Committee shall constitute
a quorum. The Community Preservation Committee shall approve its actions
by majority vote. Recommendations to the Town Meeting shall include
their anticipated costs.
This Bylaw may be amended from time to time
by a majority vote of the Town Meeting, provided that the amendments
would not be in conflict with Chapter 44B of the Massachusetts General
Laws.
In case any section, paragraph or part of this
bylaw be for any reason declared invalid or unconstitutional by any
court of competent jurisdiction, it is intended that every other section,
paragraph or part shall continue in full force and effect.
