Select Board Actions Taken 10/22/19

Temporary Alcohol License Hopkinton Center for the Arts  • Temporary Alcohol License South Asian Circle of Hopkinton Festival of Lights • Legacy Farms HCA Amendment • Appointments • Town Manager Report

The meeting video is available on the HCAM YouTube Channel and the Actions Taken are posted in blue below.

TOWN OF HOPKINTON
SELECT BOARD MEETING AGENDA
Hopkinton Town Hall, 18 Main Street, Hopkinton, MA – Room 215/216
(Executive Session will be held in Room 211)

Tuesday, October 22, 2019 6:00

ACTIONS TAKEN

6:00 PM  CALL TO ORDER
1. EXECUTIVE SESSION

i. Minutes: The Board will consider approving executive session minutes for 10/8/19. ii. To discuss strategy with respect to contract negotiations with Fire and Dispatch Communications unions. iii. To consider the purchase, lease or value of real estate relative to the Upper Charles Trail.

6:30 PM PUBLIC SESSION – CALL TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

6:31 PM PUBLIC FORUM

Residents are invited to share ideas, opinions or ask questions regarding Town Government.

6:40 PM CONSENT AGENDA (ACTION)

1.

i. BOARD MINUTES
The Select Board will consider approving the 10/8/19 Select Board Meeting Minutes.
ii. GIFTS
The Select Board will consider accepting a $500 gift to the Hopkinton K9 gift account from The Happy Retriever in Holliston from a fundraising event at Weston Nurseries.

The Select Board approved the Consent Agenda. (4-0)

6:45 PM SPECIAL TEMPORARY ALCOHOL LICENSE – HOPKINTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS FUNDRAISER ANNUAL GALA

2. The Select Board will consider approving a Special Temporary Alcohol License application for all alcoholic beverages, from Kelly Grill on behalf of the Hopkinton Center for the Arts, for its annual Fundraiser Gala, to be held at the HCA, 98 Hayden Rowe on Saturday, November 2, 2019 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Estimated number of attendees is 120. Tickets will be sold for this event. Alcohol will be served by TIPS certified servers from Metrowest Catering. Supporting Exhibits: Application and supporting documents; Permitting Team Comments

The Select Board approved a Special Temporary Alcohol License, all alcoholic beverages, for the Hopkinton Center for the Arts Annual Gala on 11/2/19 from 7 pm to 11 pm at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts, 98 Hayden Rowe. (4-0)

6:50 PM SPECIAL TEMPORARY ALCOHOL LICENSE – SOUTH ASIAN CIRCLE OF HOPKINTON – FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS – DIWALI GALA AT HOPKINTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS

3. The Select Board will consider approving a Special Temporary Alcohol License application for wine and beer only, from Meena Kaushik on behalf of South Asian Circle of Hopkinton for a Festival of Lights Diwali Gala, on Saturday, November 9, 2019 from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Expected number of attendees is 120. Startline Brewery will be supplying the alcohol for the event and will be served by TIPS certified servers. Supporting Exhibits: Application and supporting documents; Permitting Team Comments

The Select Board approved a Special Temporary Alcohol License, wine and beer, for the Festival of Lights Diwali Gala on 11/9/19 from 5:30 pm to 10 pm at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts, 98 Hayden Rowe. (4-0)

6:55 PM LEGACY FARMS HCA AMENDMENT 7 (ACTION)
4. The Select Board will consider approving an amendment to the Legacy Farms Host
Community Agreement. Supporting Exhibit: Legacy Farms Host Community Agreement as amended through September 2019

7:15 PM APPOINTMENTS (ACTION)

5. The Select Board will consider making the following appointments:
a. TRAFFIC CONSTABLE – Brittney Remillard for a term to expire June 30, 2022. Brittney is employed as a part-time Public Safety Dispatcher in Hopkinton.

The Select Board appointed Brittney Remillard as Traffic Constable, to a term expiring 6/30/2022. (5-0)

7:20 PM TOWN MANAGER REPORT

6.
a. 2020 Boston Marathon Invitational Waiver Process: The Select Board will review
and set the 2020 Boston Marathon Invitational process.
b. Pratt Farm Master Plan Update
c. Main Street Corridor Project Update
d. Annual Town Meeting Timeline Supporting Exhibits: Town Manager Staff Report; Conceptual Site Plan Option 2-Pratt Farm; CSA; ATM Timeline

The Select Board approved the 2020 Boston Marathon Invitational waiver policy and process. (5-0)

7:40 PM LIAISON REPORTS/BOARD INVITES

7. Supporting Exhibits: 2019-2020 Liaison Assignment List; Board Invites; List of Board
Invites for October 22, 2019

7:45 PM FUTURE BOARD AGENDA ITEMS

7:50 PM ADJOURN

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Correspondence to Select Board

1. Xfinity TV Channel Updates
2. Email from Elizabeth Meehan – Budget concerns
3. Extension for Installation of the Traffic Signal at Legacy Farms Road North/South and East Main Street Intersection
4. Certificate of Planning Board Action – “Whisper Way”
5. DEIR Circulation cover letter
6. DPU Notice of Public Hearing – Petition of NSTAR Gas Company dba Eversource Energy for Approval of its 2016-2018 Energy Efficiency Three Year Term Report
   
7. DPU Notice of Public Hearing – Petition of NSTAR Gas Company dba Eversource Energy for Approval of its 2016-2018 Energy Efficiency Three Year Term Report
   
8. Municipal Elections to the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization
9. MEPA Hearing Notice – I-495/I-90 Interchange Improvements Project – Oct. 30, 2019

Upcoming Board Meetings

1. 1. November 5, 2019
   2. November 19, 2019
   3. December 3, 2019
   4. December 17, 2019

The listed matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair to be discussed at the meeting. Not all items may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. Unless an agenda item is a posted public hearing, the matter may be considered earlier than the indicated time if there are last minute cancellations or other unforeseen events which cause the Board to move more quickly through the agenda.

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