[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:
(1) 
Open space, including land for recreational purposes.
[Amended 5-6-2013 by Order No. 2013-070]
(2) 
Community housing.
(3) 
Historic resources.
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.