There is hereby established an Open Space, Recreation, and Farmland
and Historic Preservation Committee which shall consist of seven members
appointed by the Mayor, whose terms and powers are hereinafter set
forth.
All of the members of the Open Space, Recreation, and Farmland
and Historic Preservation Committee shall be residents of the municipality
and shall serve without compensation. One member shall be the Mayor
and one member shall be a member of the Municipal Council. The membership
may include, but shall not be limited to, a representative from each
of the Planning Board, Environmental Commission, and Recreation Committee,
as well as other citizens of the municipality. The terms of the members,
other than the Mayor, shall end on December 31 of the year in which
such membership is made. A vacancy shall be filled by appointment
for the unexpired term only.
The Open Space, Recreation, and Farmland and Historic Preservation
Committee shall hold public meetings, which public meetings shall
be held in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, and the Committee shall give appropriate notification
of said meetings.
The Open Space, Recreation, and Farmland and Historic Preservation
Committee shall select from among its members a Chairman to serve
as the presiding officer. The Committee shall also select a Secretary
whose function shall be to maintain minutes of the Committee's meetings
and records of the proceedings of the Committee.
The Open Space, Recreation, and Farmland and Historic Preservation
Committee shall hold its initial organization meeting shortly after
this article takes effect.
No property acquired with funds from the trust fund shall be
leased or sold until the sale or lease of the same has been authorized
by an ordinance adopted by the Municipal Council, and provided that
the Municipal Council shall replace any land conveyed under this section
with land of at least equal fair market value and of reasonably equivalent
usefulness, size, quality and location to the land conveyed. Any monies
derived from the conveyance shall be deposited into the trust fund
and used for the purposes authorized by this section. Any such conveyance
shall be made in the manner prescribed by law.