List of Articles for Town Meeting 2016

eHop will provide more details and links next weekend prior to Town Meeting, but for now here are the key documents and the list of articles.

• Read the 2016 Town Meeting Warrant

REPORTS:

1. Acceptance of Town Reports

FINANCIAL – FISCAL YEAR 2016:

2. FY 2016 Supplemental Appropriations
3. FY 2016 Budget Transfers
4. Unpaid Bills from Previous Fiscal Years

FINANCIAL – FISCAL YEAR 2017:

5. Property Tax Exemption Increase
6. Personal Property Tax Bill Threshold
7. Set the Salary of Elected Officials
8. Fiscal 2017 Operating Budget $70,846,691, which is a +3% Tax Impact (net of new growth)
   • FY17 Comprehensive Budget Transmittal Letter from Town Manager to BOS 2-29-16
   • FY17 Town Manager Recommended Comprehensive Budget & Financing Plan
9. FY 2017 Revolving Funds
10. Chapter 90 Highway Funds
11. Transfer to General Stabilization Fund
12. Other Post Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund $612,647

CAPITAL EXPENSES AND PROJECTS:

13. Pay-As-You-Go Capital Expenses
    • Highway F-350 Pickup $60,000
    • Fire Apparatus/Vehicles $46,394
    • IT Equipment Replacement $100,000
    • Replacement of Police Cruisers $74,000
    • Systemwide School Security Upgrades (FY17 Upgrade intrusion alarm systems at Elmwood and High School) $100,000
    • Hopkins School Boiler Replacement (Replace boiler #2 at Hopkins – town received insurance proceeds $42,088 in FY16) $55,000
    • Middle School Water Heater Replacement (Replace water heater installed in 1996) $33,000
    • High School Athletic Center Scoreboard Replacement $25,000
    • Systemwide School Technology Upgrades (FY17 New student information system & wiring upgrades) $100,000
    • Replacement of Tractor $81,000
    • Middle School and High School Bleacher Upgrades and Repairs $85,000
14. Weed Control at Lake Maspenock $60,000
15. Sidewalk Master Plan Phase II
16. Transfer Funds to Purchase Fire Vehicle and Equipment
17. Transfer Funds to Purchase Fire Vehicle
18. Transfer Funds to Reequip/Reconfigure Fire Vehicle and Equipment
19. Purchase of Dump Truck $200,000
20. Grove Street Water Tank Replacement $1,530,000 from DPW Water Enterprise Fund
21. Water Main Replacement – Hayden Rowe Street $260,000 from DPW Water Enterprise Fund
22. Water Source of Supply $1,000,000 from DPW Water Enterprise Fund
23. Biological Filtration Wells #4 & #5 $50,000 from DPW Water Enterprise Fund
24. Middle School Auditorium Upgrades (Install air conditioning, repaint stage floor, replace curtains, stage rigging, control console, & light board) $167,000
25. School Bus Parking Lot (Construct gravel parking lot for buses at the proposed new elementary school – results in estimated annual positive imnpact of $111K ) $320,000
26. School Building & Grounds Storage Facility – Design & Feasibility $25,000
27. Artificial Turf Field with Lights – Design & Feasibility $100,000
28. Signage for Historical Sites
29. Transfer Funds for New Capital Projects
30. Cemetery Roadway Opening

COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUNDS:

31. Community Preservation Recommendations – CPC Project Narratives:
    1. $20,000 from funds reserved for Historic Preservation to preserve Town records
    2. $2,500 from funds reserved for Open Space for Boundary Markers/Medallions to be acquired and installed on Town owned parcels
    3. $50,000 from Budgeted Reserve Funds to improve the public trail and create a dog park on 192 Hayden Rowe Street (Hughes Property)
    4. $50,000 from funds reserved for Open Space to acquire approximately 6 acres of land located at 0 East Main Street and shown as parcel U12-23-0 on the Assessors Map
    5. $60,000 from funds reserved for Historic Preservation to rehab and restore the McFarland Sanger House
    6. $75,000 from funds reserved for Historic Preservation to rehab and restore the Rte 85 Stone Bridge
    7. $25,000 from Budgeted Reserve Funds to construct a recreational path from Rte 85 to the Stone Bridge
    8. $10,000 from Budgeted Reserve Funds to install fencing around the Claflin Fountain
    9. $50,000 from Budgeted Reserve Funds to install protective netting at the Fruit Street Athletic Complex
    10. $20,000 from Budgeted Reserve Funds to install a boat dock at Sandy Beach

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENTS:

32. Amend Open Space Mixed Use Development Overlay District Site Plan Review and OSLPD Bylaws draft 2-2-16
33. Amend Garden Apartments in Residential Districts and Village Housing in Residential Districts Bylaws Garden Apartments and Village Housing bylaws draft 2-2-16
34. Repeal Senior Housing Development Bylaw Senior Housing Development Bylaw draft 2-2-16
35. Amend Site Plan Review and Open Space and Landscape Preservation Development Bylaws
36. Amend Sign Bylaw Sign Bylaw draft 2-2-16, Document depicting proposed changes to Sign Bylaw 2-2-16
37. Amend Hotel Overlay District Hotel Overlay District draft 2-2-16
38. Elmwood Park Business District Elmwood Park Business District draft 2-2-16, Proposed Elmwood Park Business District Map
39. Dog Day Care Dog Day Care Facilities draft 2-2-16
40. Animal Shelters Animal Shelters draft 2-2-16

GENERAL BYLAW AMENDMENTS:

41. Repeal Sex Offender Residency Requirement

LAND ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS:

42. Acquisition of Easement – 91 West Main Street
43. Acquisition of Easement – Leonard Street
44. Gift of Land – Connelly Hill Estates
45. Gift of land – Hilltop Road
46. Gift of land – Legacy Farms Recreation Parcel
47. Street Acceptance
    • Connelly Hill Road, from Smith Road to Bowker Road
    • Valleywood Road, from Erika Drive to dead end
    • Carol Ann Drive, from West Elm Street to dead end
    • Kerry Lane, from Eastview Road to dead end
    • Nancy Lane, from Teresa Road to dead end
48. Street Discontinuance
    • Frankland Road from its intersection with East Main Street to its intersection with Legacy Farms Road
49. Disposition of Property

ADMINISTRATIVE:

50. Solar Tax Agreements
51. Town Clerk
52. Trustees of the School Trust Fund in the Town of Hopkinton