[Adopted 4-9-2001 ATM by Art. 47, approved
8-2-2001]
[Amended 6-25-2020 ATM by Art. 70, approved 10-27-2020; 6-5-2021 ATM by Art. 81, approved 10-7-2021]
The Community Preservation Committee is established
in accordance with MGL c. 44B, §§ 3 through 7. The
Committee shall consist of nine members. The members shall include
an appointed designee from each of the following boards, commissions
or authorities: the Conservation Commission; the Historic District
Commission; the Land Bank; the Planning Board; the Park and Recreation
Commission; the Nantucket Housing Authority; the Select Board. The
respective board, commission or authority shall appoint each designee
and, whenever necessary, fill unexpired terms. These members shall
serve for three-year terms. There shall also be two members-at-large
elected for three-year terms by the voters of Nantucket.
A.
The Community Preservation Committee shall study the
needs, possibilities and resources of the Town regarding community
preservation. The Committee shall consult with various agencies, organizations
and/or individuals, and particularly those represented on the Committee,
in conducting such studies. The Committee shall make recommendations
to Town Meeting for the acquisition, creation and preservation of
open space; for the acquisition and preservation of historic resources;
for the acquisition, creation and preservation of land for recreational
use; for the creation, preservation and support of community housing;
and for rehabilitation or restoration of such open space, historic
resources, land for recreational use and community housing that is
acquired or created as provided in this section. With respect to community
housing, the Committee shall recommend, whenever possible, the reuse
of existing buildings or construction of new building on previously
developed sites.
B.
The Committee shall make recommendations to Town Meeting
for funding community preservation acquisitions, initiatives and administration.
The Committee may propose appropriations or reservations from fund
financing sources for specific projects or categories of projects,
or for other purposes that are consistent with community preservation
but for which sufficient revenues are not then available in the Community
Preservation Fund.
As part of its study, the Committee shall hold
at least one public information hearing on the needs, possibilities
and resources of the Town regarding community preservation possibilities
and resources of the Town. Notice of the annual hearing must be posted
at least two weeks before the hearing date and advertised in a local
newspaper of general circulation for each of the two weeks before
the hearing date.
