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ARTICLE VII
Community Preservation Committee
[Added 3-30-2005 ATM by Art. 81 ]
§ 29-23. Establishment; membership; terms; vacancies.
A. There is hereby established a Community Preservation
Committee pursuant to Section 5 of Chapter 44B of the General
Laws (the "Act") consisting of nine members. The Board of
Selectmen shall appoint three members of the Community
Preservation Committee and the following bodies shall each
select one of its members for membership on the Community
Preservation Committee: the Conservation Commission, the
Planning Board, the Recreation Committee, the Historical
Commission, the Housing Authority and the Housing Partnership.
Each appointing body shall make the required appointments of
members to serve the initial term on the Community Preservation
Committee not later than 30 days after the effective date of this
bylaw and shall make the required appointments to serve each
subsequent term not later than the date on which the term of the
previously appointed member expires.
B. The initial term of each member of the Community Preservation
Committee shall commence upon appointment and expire on June
30, 2007. The terms of each member of the Community
Preservation Committee appointed thereafter shall be for two
years commencing on June 30 in the year in which they are
appointed and expiring on the second anniversary thereof. Mid-
term vacancies shall be filled by the body that appointed the
member who created the vacancy by appointing another member
in accordance with this section to serve on the Community
Preservation Committee for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Each appointment of a member to the Community Preservation
Committee shall be by majority vote of the appointing body, a
certified copy of which vote shall be sent by the clerk of the
appointing body to the Town Clerk.
§ 29-24. Organization; meetings.
The Community Preservation Committee shall not meet or conduct
business without the presence of a quorum, which shall consist of
1. Editor's Note: The motion adopting this bylaw also provided that the bylaw shall not take
effect unless and until such time as Sections 3 to 7, inclusive, of Chapter 44B of the
General Laws (the Massachusetts Community Preservation Act) are accepted by the Town.
Said MGL c. 44B, §§ 3 to 7 were accepted by the Town 3-30-2005 ATM by Art. 7. This
action was submitted for acceptance to and approved by the voters of the Town at the
Annual Town Election held 3-6-2006.
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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
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for any reason declared invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
last resort, every other section, paragraph or part shall continue in
full force and effect.
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