[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Greenfield 3-17-2021 by Order No. FY 21-065. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby established a Community Preservation Committee, in accordance with Chapter 267 of the Acts of 2000, Massachusetts Community Preservation Act.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See MGL c. 44B, § 1 et seq.
A. 
The Community Preservation Committee shall, pursuant to MGL c. 44B, consist of nine voting members. The composition of the Committee, the appointment authority, and term of office for the Committee members shall be as follows:
(1) 
One current member of the Conservation Commission as designated by said Commission for a term of three years.
(2) 
One current member of the Historical Commission as designated by said Commission for an initial term of two years, and thereafter for a term of three years.
(3) 
One current member of the Housing Authority as designated by said Authority for an initial term of two years, and thereafter for a term of three years.
(4) 
One current member of the Recreation Commission as designated by said Commission for an initial term of one year and thereafter for a term of three years.
(5) 
One current member of the Planning Board as designated by said Board for an initial term of one year and thereafter for a term of three years.
(6) 
Two members of the general public, not City employees or currently holding an elected or appointed position, to be appointed by the Mayor. One member to be appointed for a term of two years and thereafter for a term of three years, one member to be appointed for a term of three years.
(7) 
Two members of the general public, not City employees or currently holding an elected or appointed position, to be appointed by the City Council President. One member to be appointed for a term of one year and thereafter for a term of three years, and one member to be appointed for a term of three years.
B. 
The commissions, boards, or persons who have appointment authority under this chapter shall appoint such Committee members within 45 days of the effective date of this chapter.
C. 
Should there be a vacancy or resignation in any of the Community Preservation Committee positions, the commissions, boards, or persons who have appointment authority under this chapter shall appoint a new Committee member within 45 days of the first date of vacancy or resignation.
D. 
Should any of the commissions, boards, or persons who have appointment authority under this chapter be no longer in existence for any reason, the appointment authority for that commission, board, or person shall become the responsibility of the Mayor, subject to approval by a majority vote of the City Council.
E. 
Officers. The Committee shall annually elect one of its members as Chair and one of its members as Vice Chair. In the event a Chair is unavailable, the Vice Chair shall run the meeting, and in the event the Vice Chair is unavailable, the most senior member of the Committee shall chair the Committee.
The Community Preservation Committee shall study the needs, possibilities, and resources of the City regarding community preservation. The Committee shall consult with existing municipal boards, including the Conservation Commission, the Historical Commission, the Planning Board, the Recreation Commission and the Housing Authority, or persons acting in those capacities or performing like duties, 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 City 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 City.
A. 
The Community Preservation Committee shall make recommendations to the legislative body for the acquisition, creation and preservation of open space; for the acquisition, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of historic resources; for the acquisition, creation, preservation, rehabilitation, and restoration of land for recreational use; for the acquisition, creation, preservation and support of community housing; and for the rehabilitation or restoration of open space 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. With respect to recreational use, the acquisition of artificial turf for athletic fields shall be prohibited.
B. 
The Community Preservation Committee may include, in its recommendation to the City Council, a recommendation to set aside for later spending funds for specific purposes that are consistent with community preservation but for which sufficient revenues are not then available in the Community Preservation Fund to accomplish that specific purpose or to set aside for later spending for general purposes that are consistent with community preservation.
C. 
As provided in the Massachusetts Community Preservation Act, no expenditures shall be made from the Community Preservation Fund without the approval of City Council.
D. 
In each fiscal year and upon the recommendation of the Community Preservation Committee, the City Council shall spend, or set aside for later spending, not less than 10% of the annual revenues in the Community Preservation Fund for open space, not less than 10% of the annual revenues for historic resources, and not less than 10% of the annual revenues for community housing. The Community Preservation Committee will submit an annual administrative and operating budget for the Community Preservation Committee, which cannot exceed 5% of the annual revenues in the Community Preservation Fund, to City Council for approval.