Community Preservation Committee Requests for 2010 Annual Town Meeting

Published November 10, 2009 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 1/28/2010

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The CPC will hold public hearings on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 and Wednesday, December 2, 2009 to discuss and receive public comments on the list of projects submitted for funding under the Community Preservation Act for the 2010 April Annual Town Meeting. All interested residents are encouraged to attend this meeting to learn about the new proposals.

The following proposals will be discussed on November 18, 2009 at 7:30 P.M. at the Lower Town Hall:

2010 Woods Walk Sanctuary – $250,000 to create 5 units of affordable special needs housing

2010 Town Hall Lighting – $4,980 to restore antique lighting at Town Hall

2010 Town Hall Design Study – $50,000 for design and architectural services for renovations/restoration of Town Hall into town offices

2010 Walkways – $200,000 for construction of new walkways town-wide

2010 Town Hall Window Extension – extension of time to complete project approved in 2008

The following proposals will be discussed on December 2, 2009 at 7:30 pm at the Flynn Building, 2nd Floor Conference Room:

2010 Sudbury Housing Trust Allocation – $185,500 for the preservation and creation of affordable housing

2010 Town Clerk New Vault, plus 2010 Town Clerk Vaults Supporting Documentation– $401,880 to construct a new vault to provide permanent protection for Town records and artifacts

2010 Town Clerk Vault Upgrade, plus 2010 Town Clerk Vaults Supporting Documentation – $67,795 to upgrade existing Town vaults with climate control, fire suppression and more efficient shelving

2010 Revolutionary War Cemetery Radar Survey – $20,000 to conduct ground penetrating radar survey of the Revolutionary War Cemetery

2010 Tomb Door Restoration – $30,000 to restore vandalized tomb doors on Concord Road and in Wadsworth Cemetery

2010 CSX Acquisition – $275,000 in additional funds to complete the purchase of the CSX corridor from Crumble Station to the Framingham Town Line.

2010 Historic Asset Assessment – $25,000 to complete an inventory and assessment of the town’s historic assets.

2010 Hosmer Paintings Restoration – Up to $3,000 to restore Florence Hosmer paintings.

The proposals can be viewed and downloaded by clicking the above links, or copies can be obtained at the Planning and Community Development Department, 978-639-3387.

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Under the provisions of the Community Preservation Act (CPA), Sudbury established a Community Preservation Committee on 2002.

This Committee consists of 9 members, including a member designated from each of the following commissions or boards: Select Board, Conservation Commission, Historical Commission, Planning Board, Park and Recreation Commission, Finance Committee, and Housing Authority; and 2 members at large appointed by the Select Board.

The Duties of said Community Preservation Committee shall be to:

(1) 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 Sudbury Historical Commission, the Planning Board, the Park and Recreation Commission, 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.

(2) Make recommendations to the legislative body for the acquisition, creation and preservation of open space; for the acquisition, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of historic resources; for the acquisition, creation, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of land for recreational use; for the acquisition, creation, preservation and support of community housing; and for rehabilitation or restoration of open space and community housing that is acquired or created as provided in this section; provided, however, that funds expended pursuant to this chapter shall not be used for maintenance. 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.

(3) 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.