[Amended 5-25-2022 ATM by Art. 5]
A. 
There is hereby established a Community Preservation Committee, consisting of nine voting members pursuant to MGL Chapter 44B. The composition of the Committee, the appointment authority and the term of office for the Committee members shall be as follows:
(1) 
One member of the Conservation Commission as designated by the Commission for a term of three years.
(2) 
One member of the Historical Commission as designated by the Commission for a term of three years.
(3) 
One member of the Planning Board as designated by the Board for a term of three years.
(4) 
One member of the Recreation Council as designated by the Council for an initial term of one year and thereafter for a term of three years.
(5) 
One member of the Housing Authority as designated by the Authority for an initial term of two years and thereafter for a term of three years.
(6) 
One member of the Open Space Committee as designated by the Committee for an initial term of one year and thereafter for a term of three years.
(7) 
Three members, who are residents of the Town, to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen, one member to be appointed for a term of one year and thereafter for a term of three years and two members to be appointed for a term of two years and thereafter for a term of three years.
B. 
Should any of the commissions, boards, councils or committees which have appointment authority under this article be no longer in existence for whatever reason, the appointment authority for that commission, board, or council shall become the responsibility of the Board of Selectmen.
A. 
The Community Preservation Committee shall, at least annually, study the needs, possibilities and resources of the Town regarding community preservation. The Committee shall consult with existing municipal boards, including the Conservation Commission, the Historical Commission, the Planning Board, the Recreation Council 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 Town 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 Town.
B. 
The Community Preservation Committee shall, at least annually, make recommendations to the Town Meeting for the acquisition, creation and preservation of open space, for the acquisition and preservation of historic resources, for the acquisition, creation and preservation of land for recreational use, for the creation, preservation and support of community housing and for rehabilitation or restoration of such open space, historic resources, land for recreational use 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. Recommendations to the Town Meeting shall include their anticipated costs.
C. 
The Community Preservation Committee may include in its recommendation to the Town Meeting 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 funds for general purposes that are consistent with community preservation.
The Community Preservation Committee shall not meet or conduct business without the presence of a quorum. A majority of the members of the Community Preservation Committee shall constitute a quorum. The Community Preservation Committee shall approve its actions by a majority vote of the entire committee membership.
This bylaw may be amended from time to time by a majority vote of the Town Meeting; provided, however, that the amendments would not cause a conflict to occur with MGL Chapter 44B.
In case any section, paragraph or part of this article is for any reason declared invalid or unconstitutional by any court of last resort, every other section, paragraph or part shall continue in full force and effect.