[Adopted 4-2-2002 as Art. XXIX of the General Bylaws]
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 Sudbury Historical Commission as designated by the Commission for an initial term of two years and thereafter 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 Park and Recreation Commission as designated by the Commission for an initial term of one year and thereafter for a term of three years.
(5) 
One member of the Sudbury 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 Finance Committee as designated by the Committee for an initial term of one year and thereafter for a term of three years.
(7) 
One member of the Select Board as designated by the Board for a term of three years.
(8) 
Two members who are Sudbury residents, to be appointed by the Select Board, 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 two years and thereafter for a term of three years.
B. 
Should any of the Commissions, Boards, Committees or Authorities who have appointment authority under this article be no longer in existence for whatever reason, the appointment authority for that Commission, Board, Committee or Authority shall become the responsibility of the Select Board.
A. 
The Community Preservation Committee shall study the needs, possibilities and resources of the Town regarding community preservation, including the consideration of regional projects for community preservation. The Committee shall consult with existing municipal boards, including the Conservation Commission, the Sudbury Historical Commission, the Planning Board, the Park and Recreation Commission and the Sudbury 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.
[Amended 10-23-2023 STM by Art. 2]
B. 
The Community Preservation Committee shall make recommendation 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 MGL Chapter 44B. 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; provided, however, that any project approved by the Town for the acquisition of artificial turf for athletic fields prior to July 1, 2012, shall be a permitted use of community preservation funding.
[Amended 10-23-2023 STM by Art. 2]
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.
A. 
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 majority vote.
B. 
Recommendations to the Town Meeting shall include their anticipated costs.
In case any section, paragraph or part of this article be 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.
Each appointing authority shall have 10 days after approval by the Attorney General to make their initial appointments. Should any appointing authority fail to make their appointment within that allotted time, the Town Manager shall make the appointment.