[Adopted 12-18-2006 by Order No. 2006-296 (Ch. 2.256 of the
1993 Code)]
[Amended 5-6-2013 by Order No. 2013-070; 6-1-2020 by Order No. 2020-012]
There shall be a Community Preservation Committee in accordance
with Chapter 267 of the Acts of 2000, as amended,[1] which shall consist of nine members: one member of the
Conservation Commission as designated by the Commission; one member
of the Planning Board as designated by the Board; one member of the
Historical Commission as designated by the Commission; one member
of the Housing Authority, established under MGL c. 121B, as designated
by the Authority; one member of the Park and Recreation Board as designated
by the Board; one member of the City Council as recommended by the
City Council President and appointed by the Mayor; and three citizens
not currently holding elected or appointed office appointed by the
Mayor. Any vacancy shall be filled by the respective board, commission,
Housing Authority or Mayor for the remainder of the unexpired term.
[1]
Editor's Note: See MGL c. 44B, the Community Preservation
Act.
[Amended 9-6-2011 by Order No. 2011-093]
The term of office shall be for three years. To stagger the
terms of the members, initially, the Historical Commission member,
the Planning Board member and the Housing Authority member shall serve
for two years, and the members from the Conservation Commission, City
Council and Park and Recreation Board shall serve for one year. In
the event that a designee of a multimember body no longer serves on
the board he or she represents on the Community Preservation Committee,
that position shall be vacant and filled by the appropriate multimember
body.
A.
The Community Preservation Committee shall study the needs, possibilities
and resources of the City, including the consideration of regional
projects, regarding community preservation. The Committee shall consult
with the Mayor, City Council, and existing municipal boards, including
the Conservation Commission, the Historical Commission, the Planning
Board, the Park and Recreation Board and the Housing Authority, or
persons acting in those capacities or performing like duties, in conducting
such studies.
[Amended 5-6-2013 by Order No. 2013-070; 6-1-2020 by Order No. 2020-012]
B.
As part of its study, the Committee shall annually 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.
C.
By November 1 of each year, the Community Preservation Committee
shall provide a list of anticipated capital projects needing City
Council action during the fiscal year. Such submittal should include
all recommendations for the acquisition, creation, preservation, restoration
and rehabilitation of all allowable assets pursuant to MGL c. 44B.
[Amended 5-6-2013 by Order No. 2013-070; 6-1-2020 by Order No. 2020-012]
D.
Twenty-one days before the date the Mayor is required to submit a
proposed City budget to the City Council, the Community Preservation
Committee shall submit its budget to the Mayor. The budget may include
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 funds for general purposes that are consistent with community
preservation.
E.
For each fiscal year at least 10% of the estimated annual fund revenues
must be appropriated or reserved for acquisitions and initiative in
each of the following categories:
F.
Annual appropriations for the administrative and operating expenses
of the Community Preservation Committee may not exceed 5% of the year's
estimated annual Community Preservation Fund revenues.
