Pursuant to the authority of General Statutes
§ 7-131r, there is hereby established the Hebron Land Acquisition
Fund to be used for the purposes of the preservation of open space,
the acquisition of land (or any interest in land, including but not
limited to easements and development rights) to be used for open space
and for recreational or agricultural purposes. The fund shall not
lapse at the close of the municipal year.
There shall be deposited into the Land Acquisition
Fund such sums as the Town may from time to time appropriate for that
purpose, not to exceed in any fiscal year that amount which would
be generated by the imposition of a tax of two mills against the property
subject to municipal property tax in the Town. There shall also be
deposited into the fund all payments in lieu of the provision of open
space made pursuant to any regulations adopted by the Planning and
Zoning Commission under the authority of General Statutes §§ 8-25
and 8-25b and any other funds acquired by the Town, whether by gift,
bequest, grant or otherwise, for the purposes to be served by the
fund.
[Amended 2-20-2020]
The Board of Selectmen shall appoint an Open
Space Land Acquisition Committee to consist of three citizens at large
and one member of each of the following: Board of Selectmen, Board
of Finance, Planning and Zoning Commission, Conservation Commission
and Parks and Recreation Commission. The persons appointed shall serve
at the pleasure of the Board of Selectmen. The Open Space Land Acquisition
Committee shall elect its Chairman and a Secretary and shall meet
periodically, but not less frequently than quarterly. Its charge shall
be to identify potential acquisitions of land or interests in land
for open space or recreational or agricultural purposes, to make recommendations
to the Board of Selectmen regarding acquisition of such land and other
proper uses of the Land Acquisition Fund and to perform such other
tasks relating to the use and administration of the fund as the Board
of Selectmen may direct.
[Amended 2-19-2009]
Appropriations from the fund for the purposes
for which it is created may be made upon the recommendation of the
Board of Selectmen and the approval of the Board of Finance, and where
the proposed appropriation is for the purpose of acquiring land (or
any interest in land, including but not limited to easements and development
rights) upon review by the Planning and Zoning Commission pursuant
to General Statutes § 8-24, by any Special Town Meeting
after due warning.