Coming Up on Town Meeting Day 2 Tonight

Coming Up on Town Meeting Day 2 Tonight

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Documents:

  1. Unpaid Bills from Previous Fiscal Years – Transfer from free cash the sum of $5,047.60 – Motion to RECONSIDER tabled until Tuesday.
  1. Fiscal 2016 Operating Budget – $72 million – TABLED until Tuesday
  1. Department of Public Works Facility – $14.1 million
    Town & School Building Survey Results 2012
  2. Fire Truck Replacement – $680,000
  3. Purchase of Dump Truck – $240,000
  4. Purchase of Water Utility Vehicle – $87,000
  5. Water Main Replacement – Cedar Street – $260,000
  6. Fruit Street Water Facility Engineering – Well Blending – $100,000
  7. Grove Street Water Facility – Engineering – $75,000
  8. Fruit Street Auxiliary Facility – Construction – Appropriation Committee Recommends No Action
  9. Joint Information Technology – $200,000
  10. School Safety & Security – $200,000
  11. Joint Safety and Security Upgrades – $300,000 – Appropriation Committee Recommends No Action – Alternate Motion for $103,471
  12. Fire Alarm Upgrades – Middle School – Approx. $170,000
  13. Roof Repairs – Hopkins and High Schools – $1,114,000
  14. Resurfacing Basketball & Tennis Courts – $70,000
  15. Community Preservation Recommendations
    1. Preservation of Town Records – $15,000
    2. Acquisition of Rail Bed South of Granite St – $135,000
    3. Trail Head Signage – $7,500
    4. Sylvan Way Conservation Restriction & Endowment – $2,500
    5. MacFarland Sanger House Historic Repairs – $50,000
    6. Fruit Street Parking Engineering Study – $50,000
    7. Access & Parking for Legacy Farms Engineering Study – $34,000
    8. Cemetery Records Preservation – $33,000
    9. Toll House Historic Site – $30,000
    10. Hopkins School Pavilion for Shade & Shelter $30,000
    11. Claflin Memorial Fountain $20,000
    12. Fruit Street Athletic Complex Building – Amended to Concession Area, Restrooms & Storage – $500,000
  16. Amend Open Space Mixed Use Overlay District to allow 180 more units, age restricted – Legacy Farms
  17. Adjust boundary line between Downtown Business District & Residence A District off B Street
  18. Amend Industrial B District to allow indoor recreation uses by right, and to adopt a definition of indoor recreation uses
  19. Housekeeping article to move definition of Lots in Two or More Residential Districts – Action: Housekeeping item to clarify zoning.
  20. Amend Downtown Business District to allow parking between principal buildings and the street by special permit
  21. Amend Open Space and Landscape Preservation Development
  22. Amend site plan review bylaw pertaining to site lighting
  23. Housekeeping article on modifying Design Review Board Bylaw
  24. Sign bylaw amendments
  25. Housekeeping article to consolidate and coordinate special permit language
  26. Adjust boundary line between Residence Lake Front District & Rural Business District Hayward Street – Citizen’s Petition by Property Owner, William C. Tetlow
  27. Tax Collector Tax Authority – Motion for No Action PASSED on Consent Agenda on 5/4
  28. Secondhand Dealer Bylaw
  29. Acquisition of Property at 135 Hayden Rowe Street – Irvine Site – 28.7 Acres – $1.8 million
  30. Acquisition of Property at 147 Hayden Rowe Street – Todaro Site – 23.8 acres – $1.5 million
  31. Gift of Easement – 85 West Main Street – to create exclusive right hand turn lane onto Lumber Street – Action: To accept a small easement to create an exclusive Eastbound right turn lane. PASSED Consent Agenda on 5/4
  32. Acquisition of Easement – 91 West Main Street – to create exclusive right hand turn lane onto Lumber Street. – Motion for No Action PASSED on Consent Agenda 5/4
  33. Acquisition of Property at 15 Claflin Avenue (to be used for a cemetery) – 3.5 acres – $310,000
  34. Acquisition of Property at 102 Fruit Street – 43 acres -Purchase of the Pratt Estate for the purposes of open space, scouting and other municipal purposes. $2.5 million
  35. Grant of Utility Easements – 98 Hayden Rowe Street – Action: Housekeeping item. For electricity to the Hopkinton Center for the Arts. PASSED on Consent Agenda on 5/4
  36. Gift of land – Legacy Farms Athletic Field – Action: To enact a condition of the Host Community Agreement.
  37. Gift of land – Legacy Farms Municipal Parcel – Action: To enact a condition of the Host Community Agreement.
  38. Gift of Property at 123 East Main Street – “Toll House” Historic Site – Pending CPC Funds Approval in Article 29.
  39. Gift of Drainage Easement at 287 Hayden Rowe Street – Action: Housekeeping item. Drainage easement. PASSED on Consent Agenda on 5/4
  40. Street Acceptances – Action: The Town will accept seven roads as public ways; increased state revenue. PASSED on Consent Agenda on 5/4
  41. Ashland-Hopkinton Fire and Emergency Services District – Motion for No Action PASSED on Consent Agenda
  42. Fruit Street Conceptual Master Plan
  43. Trustees of the School Trust Fund in the Town of Hopkinton – Action: Appointing Michael Contino and Kathryn Tighe to the Committee. PASSED on Consent Agenda on 5/4