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CPC Public Hearings for FY20 Funding

Published November 15, 2018 | Community Preservation Committee

Wednesday, December 5, 2018 & Wednesday, December 19, 2018 @ 7:00 PM in Town Hall More →

CPC to Hold Public Hearings for FY20 Funding

Published November 15, 2018 | Community Preservation Committee

CPC Proposals Under Review for FY20 Funding More →

Community Preservation Committee Seeks Proposals for FY20 Projects

Published September 4, 2018 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 10/17/2018

Proposals due Thursday, October 4, 2018. More →

Public Hearing-Community Preservation Committee FY19 Funding

Published November 9, 2017 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 1/31/2018

Wednesday, December 6, 2017 & Wednesday December 20, 2017 @ 7:30 PM at Town Hall More →

CPC to Hold Public Hearings for FY19 Funding

Published November 9, 2017 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 2/28/2018

CPC Proposals Under Review for FY19 Funding More →

FINAL WEEK – Community Preservation Committee Seeks Proposals for FY19 Projects

Published October 30, 2017 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 11/8/2017

The Community Preservation Committee (CPC) is now soliciting proposals for projects that may qualify for Community Preservation Act funding to be presented at the May 2018 Annual Town Meeting. Proposals can be submitted under any … More →

Community Preservation Committee Seeks Proposals for FY19 Projects

Published October 12, 2017 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 10/30/2017

Public Hearing-CPC Fall Special Town Meeting

Published September 28, 2017 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 10/13/2017

Thursday, October 12, 2017 @ 7:30 PM at Town Hall More →

CPC to Hold Public Hearing for Fall Special Town Meeting

Published September 25, 2017 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 10/17/2017

CPC Proposal Under Review for Fall 2018 STM Funding More →

At-large Position on Community Preservation Committee Open

Published September 11, 2017 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 11/7/2017

At-Large Seat for the Community Preservation Committee Open More →

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Appointment Application

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: Board of Selectmen, Conservation Commission, Historical Commission, Planning Board, Park and Recreation Commission, Finance Committee and Housing Authority; and 2 members at large appointed by the Board of Selectmen.

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.