Community Preservation Committee Public Forum

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December 8, 2004

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The CPC will be conducting a Public Forum on Wednesday, December 15, 2004, at 7:30 P.M. at the Lower Town Hall, to discuss the list of semi-finalist projects for funding under the Community Preservation Act.

The finalists include the following projects:
1. Acquisition of Libby property
2. Affordable unit buy downs in pending c.40B development
3. Extension of Housing Authority 2003 TM Article
4. Feasibility Study for Rail Trail
5. Purchase/Installation of dock for Willis Pond
6. Environmental Study of Willis Pond
7. Davis Field Restoration, Phase I
8. Hosmer House Restoration Phase II
9. Historic Structures survey

At the conclusion of the public forum, the CPC will select project finalists and will begin work on a budget proposal and drafting warrant articles for presentation at the 2005 Annual Town Meeting. All recommendations for funding will require approval at Town Meeting. All expenditures will come from the Community Preservation Act fund. The Community Preservation Act fund currently has approximately $2,800,000 on reserve and approximately $1,800,000 in additional funds are expected in 2005.

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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.

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