Town Meeting Results Day 2 (unofficial)

25. School Bus Parking Lot (Construct gravel parking lot for buses at the proposed new elementary school – results in estimated annual positive impact of $111K ) $320,000 (A motion for No Action FAILED on Day 1 of Town Meeting.) An alternate motion for $320,000 FAILED on Town Meeting Day 2.

COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUNDS:

31. Community Preservation Recommendations – ALL CPC ITEMS PASSED
    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). – Some of the maintenance will fall under the DPW budget and the Parks & Rec Budget. The goal is also to set up a volunteer group of dog owners in town to help with some of the maintenance and to think of fundraising ideas.
    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 to allow “Cultural Uses” by Special Permit in the Residential Subdistrict, for example an International Marathon Center. PASSED
33. Amend Garden Apartments in Residential Districts and Village Housing in Residential Districts Bylaws PASSED
34. Repeal Senior Housing Development Bylaw PASSED
35. Amend Site Plan Review and Open Space and Landscape Preservation Development Bylaws PASSED
36. Amend Sign Bylaw PASSED
37. Amend Hotel Overlay District PASSED
38. Elmwood Park Business District FAILED
39. Dog Day Care PASSED
40. Animal Shelters – PASSED

GENERAL BYLAW AMENDMENTS:

41. Repeal Sex Offender Residency Requirement – PASSED

LAND ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS:

42. Acquisition of Easement – 91 West Main Street – PASSED
43. Acquisition of Easement – Leonard Street –  PASSED
44. Gift of Land – Connelly Hill Estates – PASSED
45. Gift of land – Hilltop Road – NO ACTION voted on the  Consent Agenda
46. Gift of land – Legacy Farms Recreation Parcel – PASSED
47. Street Acceptance – PASSED
    • 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 PASSED
    • “Frankland Road” from its intersection with East Main Street to its intersection with Legacy Farms Road
    • The entirety of the private way known as “Peach Street”
49. Disposition of Property – the discontinued portions of Frankland Road and Peach Street. – NO ACTION

ADMINISTRATIVE:

50. Solar Tax Agreements – to authorize the Board of Selectmen to negotiate a Tax Agreement for payments-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT Agreement) with the owner(s) of a solar photovoltaic facility on East Main Street. – PASSED
51. Town Clerk – to change the position of Town Clerk from elected to appointed (hired). FAILED (Voted on Day 1 after Article 7)
52. Trustees of the School Trust Fund in the Town of Hopkinton – to appoint Jeanne Bernardin (7 Kimball Road) as a Trustee – PASSED in the Consent Agenda on Day 1

Meeting Adjourned at 10:08 PM.