Community Preservation Committee

The Community Preservation Committee consists of seven voting members pursuant to M.G.L. Ch. 44B, the Community Preservation Act. The Committee studies the needs of the town regarding community preservation. The Committee shall consult with existing municipal boards, including the conservation commission, the historic commission, the planning board, and the housing authority. As part of its study, the Committee shall hold one or more public informational meetings regarding community preservation possibilities and resources. 

The Committee shall make recommendations to the Town Meeting for the acquisition, creation and preservation of open space; for the acquisition, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration 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 the rehabilitation or restoration of open space, land for recreational use and community housing that is acquired or created as provided in this section. With respect to community housing, the Committee shall recommend, wherever possible, the reuse of existing buildings or construction of new buildings on previously developed sites.

The 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 (the Fund) to accomplish that specific purpose or to set aside for later spending for general purposes that are consistent with community preservation.