Community Preservation Committee - Establishment of - 2005 ATM Article 8

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§ 29-24 § 29-27 a majority of its members. The Community Preservation Committee shall approve its actions by majority vote. § 29-25. Responsibilities; study; hearing; recommendations. A. The Community Preservation Committee shall study the needs, possibilities and resources of the Town regarding community preservation. In conducting such study, the Community Preservation Committee shall consult with the appointing bodies identified in § 29-23 of this bylaw and shall hold at least one annual public informational hearing 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 the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town. B. The Community Preservation Committee shall make recommendations to the Town Meeting for the acquisition, creation, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of properties and real property interests, as provided in the Act, which recommendations may include setting aside funds for later spending for purposes that are consistent with the Act. The recommendations made by the Community Preservation Committee shall include the anticipated costs of such recommendations. § 29-26. Warrant articles. The Board of Selectmen shall insert an article in the warrant for each Annual Town Meeting, and for any Special Town Meeting upon the written request of the Community Preservation Committee, to enable Town Meeting to make appropriations for community preservation purposes recommended by the Community Preservation Committee for the current or next fiscal year. The community preservation purposes recommended by the Community Preservation Committee to be funded from the Community Preservation Fund shall be in addition to and coordinated with the annual report of recommended capital expenditures prepared by the Capital Expenditures Committee, and the Capital Expenditures Committee shall state whether it endorses each recommendation of the Community Preservation Committee. § 29-27. Construction. At all times this bylaw shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the Act. In case any section, paragraph or part of this bylaw be :2