Community Preservation Committee
Under the provisions of the Community Preservation Act (CPA), Sudbury established a Community Preservation Committee.
This Committee is required to have 5-9 members and include a member designated from each of the following commissions or boards: Conservation Commission, Historical Commission, Planning Board, Park and Recreation Commission, and Housing Authority. The Committee shall study the needs, possibilities and resources of the Town regarding community preservation.
The Duties of said Community Preservation Committee shall be to:
(1) The Community Preservation Committee shall 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) Community Preservation Committee shall make recommendation to the Town Meeting for the acquisition, creation, and preservation of open space; for the acquisition and preservation 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 rehabilitation or restoration of such open space, historic resources, land for recreational use and community housing that is acquired or created as provided in MGL Chapter 44B. 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.
(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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Latest News 
- Feasibility Study Underway for Proposed Bus Rapid Transit Corridor and Bike Trail
- MBTA rail line investigated for dual purpose corridor
- Sudbury CPA Facts
- Pocket guide to the Community Preservation Act in Sudbury.
- FinCom Analysis of Article 40, Reduce CPA Surcharge
- Analysis leads to FinCom vote against Article 40.
- CPA Matching Fund Projections for 2010
- State revenue up slightly, Sudbury expects 32-35%.
- State Announces CPA Matching Funds for FY09
- CPC reports match is larger than expected.
General Information
- Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Four Season Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Complete
- Study to be used to create concept designs
- 2009-2013 Open Space and Recreation Plan Complete
- Lists goals and priorities for next 5-10 years
- Walkway Planning Initiative
- Town Seeks Resident Assistance with Walkway Planning
- Design Studio and Research Data of Melone Property Now Available
- The final materials from the UMASS and ARC of Innovation project ‘Density by Design’ project are available
- Sudbury Heritage Landscape Inventory Report 2007
- The Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation has partnered with Freedom's Way Heritage Association to conduct a Heritage Landscape Inventory Program in Sudbury.
Documents
Community Preservation Committee makes several documents available for download.
Links
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Members
Click here for a list of the members of the Community Preservation Committee.
Past Meetings:
Click here for a list of the Community Preservation Committee meetings that have already occurred.