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Remote Participation for Meetings Under Emergency Order

Published February 16, 2022 | Town Manager

EXTENDED THROUGH 7/15/22. Sudbury has implemented “remote participation” procedures under Governor Baker’s Emergency Order for all boards, committees, and commissions until further notice. More →

Community Preservation Committee-Public Hearing for FY23 Funding

Published October 19, 2021 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 12/2/2021

Public Hearing Dates: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 & Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 7:00 PM More →

Community Preservation Committee Application Submissions for FY23 Funding

Published October 19, 2021 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 1/11/2022

Public Hearing Dates, Wednesday, November 17, 2021 & Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 7:00 PM More →

Community Preservation Committee Seeks Proposals for FY23 Funding

Published October 6, 2021 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 10/20/2021

Applications Deadline, Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 12:30 PM.. More →

Sudbury Community Preservation Committee Seeks New Member

Published May 3, 2021 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 7/2/2021

Opportunity to serve your Town More →

Sudbury Community Preservation Committee Seeks New Member

Published March 31, 2021 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 4/30/2021

Opportunity to serve your Town More →

Public Hearing- Community Preservation Committee FY22 Funding

Published October 23, 2020 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 12/3/2020

Public Hearing Community Preservation Committee, November 24 & December 2, 2020

Community Preservation Committee-Application Submissions-FY22 Funding

Published October 23, 2020 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 1/31/2021

Public Hearing Dates, Tuesday, November 24, 2020 & Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 7:00 PM More →

Community Preservation Committee Seeks Proposals for FY22 Projects

Published September 28, 2020 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 10/21/2020

Application deadline is 12:30 PM on Friday, October 9, 2020. More →

Community Preservation Committee Public Hearings for FY21 Funding

Published October 30, 2019 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 2/9/2020

Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 7:00 pm & Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 7:00 pm both in Town Hall 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: 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.