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Board of Selectmen Meeting 10-19-09
Part One (BOS 10-19-09): Citizen concerns - Taylor and Minot Rd. truck restriction request; Chairman's update (3:10) - Rep. Atkins event; Operational Minutes (4:50) - flu clinics - Elm tree plantings on Windsor Ave (6:00) - School St. playing fields lease not entered into because of no response from the state; consent agenda (8:00); Selectmen Reports (10:20) - WRAC - TAC - Comprehensive Community Plan (13:10) - EDC (15:35) - Historical commission - Powder House (formerly known as the Doll House) - possible new locations - conditions on applications concern (20:05) - Council on Aging (22:15) - Sidewalk Committee update (22:55) - secondary sidewalk project list - solar panels on DPW bldg by Green Acton - Legislative Breakfast update (24:15) - zoning legislation; Community Preservation , municipal projects (30:40) - recusal of BOS members and policy - necessary to leave the room? Dean Charter explains three municipal project proposals for CPA funding - Building project for fire station on Windsor Ave, windows for Town Hall, windows for 428 Main st. - space needs study by FinCom (48:30) - citizen comments on municipal CPA projects - continues to Part 2. All times approx.
Part Two (BOS 10-19-09): Dean Charter discusses CPA municipal projects (continued) - total costs for Windsor Bldg, $340k; Town Hall windows $100k; 428 Main windows $22k; Recreation Commission oversight meeting (11:20) - cultural groups to use NARA park? (25:30); Memorial Library update (28:35) - questions from audience (40:00) - questions from board - ALG comparable communities and what they invest in their libraries (44:00) - state cuts to library budgets (47:20); Zoning Board of Appeals oversight review (48:35). All times approx.
Part Three (BOS 10-19-09): Green Advisory Board oversight - solar panel installations - stretch code proposal - energy benchmarking - questions from BOS (11:25); OLEC - Outdoor Lighting Education Comm. (23:10) - committee sunsetted (disbanded). All times approx.
Part Four (BOS 10-19-09): ALG Budget discussion; Advanced Life Support regionalization proposal (4:30) - town manager and fire chief discuss Emerson Hospital's elimination of ALS ambulance and need to group 11 towns together to provide this important service - Questions from Board (14:20) - Question from Dr. Mary Donald in audience (22:40); Landfill area groundwater concept design from W.R. Grace (25:40) - discussion by Mary Michelman of ACES (26:25). All times approx.
BOS Agenda 10-19-09
BOARD OF SELECTMEN & SEWER COMMISSIONERS’
MEETING AGENDA
Francis Faulkner Hearing Room
October 19, 2009
7:00 PM
EXECUTIVE SESSION, 6:00 P.M. — 7:00 P.M. ROOM 126
6:00 P.M EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
I. CITIZENS’ CONCERNS
II. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND APPOINTMENTS
1. 7:00 CHAIRMAN’S UPDATE
The Chair will briefly update the Board on Topics of interest
2. 7:15 OPERATIONAL MINUTE
The Town Manager will provide a brief report on topics of interest
3. 7:30 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION PROJECTS – MUNICIPAL PROPERTIES
ISSUE: The Director of Municipal Properties will make a presentation in the subject regard
4. 7:45 RECREATION COMMISSION ANNUAL OVERSIGHT MEETING
ISSUE: Oversight Meeting
5. 8:00 ACTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY STATE OF THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
ISSUE: Status report
6. 8:15 BOARD OF APPEALS OVERSIGHT MEETING
ISSUE: Oversight Meeting
7. 8:30 GREEN ADVISORY BOARD OVERSIGHT MEETING
ISSUE: Oversight Meeting
8. 8:50 OUTDOOR LIGHTING EDUCATION COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT MEETING
ISSUE: Oversight Meeting
9. ALG UPDATE I BUDGET DISCUSSION
Enclosed please find materials in the subject regard
10. SELECTMEN’S REPORTS
Members will update the Board on committees and meetings attended
11. ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (ALS)
Enclosed please find materials in the subject regard
12. PRELIMINARY COMMENTS, LANDFILL AREA GROUNDWATER CONCEPT DESIGN, W.R. GRACE
Enclosed please find materials in the subject regard
13. MMA’S LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST, BOARD DISCUSSION ABOUT POSITIONS REGARDING PENDING LEGISLATION AND ZONING BILLS
Enclosed please find materials in the subject regard
14. OTHER BUSINESS
III. CONSENT AGENDA
15. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF AUGUST 10 & 24 AND SEPTEMBER 14 & 21 REGULAR AND EXECUTIVE SESSION
Enclosed please find materials in the subject regard
16. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT, KIM MONTELLA, ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE PLANNING BOARD, TERM TO EXPIRE 6/30/10
Enclosed please find materials I the subject regard
17. ANNUAL THANKSGIVING EVE BON FIRE REQUEST, ACTON BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Enclosed please find materials in the subject regard
18. SIDEWALK EASEMENT, 442 MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Enclosed please find materials in the subject regard
19. SIDEWALK EASEMENT, 74 CHARTER ROAD
Enclosed please find materials in the subject regard
20. AMENDMENT TO REGULATORY AGREEMENT, RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, COMPREHENSIVE PERMIT OWNERSHIP PROJECT, LALLI PLACE, 442 MASSACHUSETTS AVE.
Enclosed please find materials in the subject regard
21. AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURE FROM THE CABLE TELEVISION ACCOUNT OF $750.00 TO BE USED TO REIMBURSE CHRISTINE JOYCE FOR FILING FEE
No materials enclosed
22. CONFIDENTIAL REQUEST TO REDUCE TRANSFER STATION FEE
Enclosed please find CONFIDENTIAL materials in the subject regard
23. ACCEPT GIFT, RECREATION DEPARTMENT
Enclosed please find a gift of $180.00 from Nashoba Valley Ski Area, to be used to support the Monsterbash at NARA Park
24. ACCEPT GIFT, RECREATION DEPARTMENT
Enclosed please find a gift of $150.00 from Roche Brothers to be used to support the Monsterbash at NARA Park
25. ACCEPT GIFT, RECREATION DEPARTMENT
Enclosed please find a gift of $100.00 from 421 Gas, Inc. to be used to support the Monsterbash at NARA Park
26. ACCEPT GIFT, RECREATION DEPARTMENT
Enclosed please find a gift of $30.00 from Donelan’s Supermarket to be used to support the Monsterbash at NARA Park
27. ACCEPT GIFT, RECREATION DEPARTMENT
Enclosed please find a gift in the amount of $30.00 from Benjarong Restaurant to be used to support the Monsterbash at NARA Park
28. ACCEPT GIFT, RECREATION DEPARTMENT
Enclosed please find a gift of $59.99 from Papa Gino’s to be used to support the Monsterbash at NARA Park
29. ACCEPT GIFT, WEST ACTON LIBRARY
Enclosed please find a gift of $250.00 from Gerald and Barbara Browne to be spent as the Librarian and Trustees see fit
30. DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE MATERIALS, ACTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Request for disposal in the subject regard
V. EXECUTIVE SESSION
6:00 P.M. Room 126, Collective Bargaining
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Enclosed please find additional correspondence that is strictly informational and requires no Board action
FUTURE AGENDAS
To facilitate scheduling for interested parties, the following items are scheduled for November 2 & 16 December 7 & 21
MINUTES PENDING VOTES
August 10, and August 24, Regular and Executive Session
September 14 and 21 Regular and Executive Session
October 5, 2009
PENDING COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Joy Madden — Cemetery Commissioner — has been send to VCC for interview
Adam Hoffman — Cemetery, Board of Appeals and Cable Advisory has been sent to VCC
Ronald Rose — Historic District Commission, Design Review — his application has been sent to VCC and interviewed by VCC
Barbara Walsh — Cemetery Commissioner — Has been interviewed by VCC Applicant wants to review it more closely
Betsy Fowler — Cemetery Commissioner — has been sent to VCC for interview
Peter Shanahan — WRAC — sent to VCC for Interview
