Select Board Actions Taken 08/01/23
Agenda Items & Actions Taken:
6:00 PM CALL TO ORDER
1. EXECUTIVE SESSION
a. Pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, §21(a) (purpose 3) to consider strategy with respect to negotiations with the Fire union.
b. Pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, §21(a) (purpose 6) to consider the purchase, lease, sale or value of real estate in relation to properties in the vicinity of Town Hall and South Street, and parcels owned by Umina off Chestnut Street, because an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the Board;
c. Approval of Executive Session Minutes of June 6, 2023 and July 20, 2023.
6:30 PM CALL TO ORDER – OPEN SESSION
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
6:31 PM PUBLIC FORUM
3. Residents are invited to share ideas, opinions or ask questions regarding Town Government
6:40 PM SPECIAL TEMPORARY ALCOHOL LICENSE APPLICATIONS – HOPKINTON CENTER FOR THE
4. ARTS – 98 HAYDEN ROWE
The Select Board will consider approving two special temporary alcohol licenses for the Hopkinton Center for the Arts-
â For August 26, with a rain date of August 27, 2023 for a play pint and pie festival. The event will be held from 5:30 pm to 9 pm.
â The second license will be for August 18, 2023 for an indoor concert from 7-9:30 pm being held at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts.
Supporting Exhibits: Applications & Permitting Team Comments
The Select Board approved special temporary alcohol licenses for the Hopkinton Center for the Arts, for events on August 26, 2023 (rain date August 27) and August 18, 2023. (5-0)
6:45 PM NEW TOWN EMPLOYEE
5. The Select Board will consider confirming the Town Managerâs appointment of Poonam Rijhsinghani, Assistant Town Accountant.
Supporting Exhibits: Resume
The Select Board confirmed the Town Managerâs appointment of Poonam Rijhsinghani, Assistant Town Accountant. (5-0)
6:50 PM POLICE OFFICER INTERVIEW
6. The Select Board will interview cadet Noah Buentello, currently in the police academy who has successfully completed preliminary interviews and background reviews with the Town of Hopkinton.
Supporting Exhibits: Resume
The Select Board voted to conditionally offer Noah Buentello a position as a Police Officer for the Town of Hopkinton subject to the successful completion of Academy training. (5-0)
7:00 PM HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD APPOINTMENT/JOINT MEETING WITH HOUSING
7. AUTHORITY BOARD
The Select Board will hold a Joint meeting with the Housing Authority Board to fill a vacancy on the Housing Authority Board, with the term expiring at the 2024 annual town election. Applicants: Beth Malloy, Amit Tandon.
Supporting Exhibits: Applications
The Select Board and the members of the Housing Authority Board appointed Beth Malloy to the Housing Authority Board, to a term expiring at the 2024 Annual Town Election. (8-0)
7:05 PM ANNUAL APPOINTMENTS – BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS; OFFICIALS
8. The Select Board will consider making annual appointments:
â Board of Appeals, Cultural Council
â William E. Pickett, Jr. as a Special Constable, to a 3 year term ending on 6/30/2026
Supporting Exhibits: Applications & Resumes
The Select Board appointed William E. Pickett, Jr. as a Special Constable, to a term ending 6/30/2026. (5-0)
7:10 PM 2023 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
9. The Select Board will receive a Legislative update from Senate President Spilka and Representative Arena-DeRosa. The School Committee is invited to join the meeting.
7:35 PM ADOPT ORDER OF TAKING FOR BOX MILL RD.
10. The Select Board will consider adopting an Order of Taking for Box Mill Road, which was accepted as a public way at the May 1, 2023 Annual Town Meeting.
Supporting Exhibits: Order of Taking – Box Mill Road
Pursuant to Article 36 of the May 1, 2023 Annual Town Meeting, the Select Board voted to execute an Order of Taking of the private way known as âBox Mill Roadâ; together with easements for drainage, utility, and other purposes. (4-0)
7:40 PM DISCUSSION OF TOWN TRAILS RELATED COMMITTEES AND THEIR POTENTIAL
11. MODIFICATIONS
The Select Board will consider discussing the Townâs existing trails-related committees and may consider revisions to the Charges of the Upper Charles Trail Committee and the Trail Coordination and Management Committee and/or disbanding the Upper Charles Trail Committee and creating a new committee(s).
Supporting Exhibits: Upper Charles Trail Committee Public Survey; Memo from Peter LaGoy 2023-07-26 TCMC Vote on UCTC status
The Select Board voted to direct Town staff to be thinking the two committee structure with reformatted structures and Charges that accommodate the information the Board is receiving from Town residents, to reinstate the Upper Charles Trail Committee for the purposes of engaging in these conversations about what has been accomplished and what is still in front of them and how the Committee envisions the Charge, and to take a position that the Select Board does not support a trail along Hayden Rowe as it was presented unless a future Town Meeting changes this vision. (5-0)
8:00 PM SELECT BOARD FY24 GOALS
12. The Select Board will continue its discussion on the FY24 goals.
Supporting Exhibits: Select Board Goals
8:30 PM CONSENT AGENDA
13. The Select Board will consider the following Consent Agenda:
a. MINUTES – The Select Board will consider approving the Minutes of the July 11 and July 20, 2023 meetings.
b. PARADE PERMIT APPLICATION- 24TH ANNUAL MICHAELâS RUN/WALK- The Select Board will consider approving a parade permit application for the 24th Annual Michaelâs Run/Walk 5K, held by the Respite Center in the memory of Michael Lisnow. The event is to be held on October 21, 2023 at 10 a.m. The starting point of the race will be Ash Street and the ending point will be the Town Common. There are road closures requested at Ash St. (starting at Center School to Thayer Heights Rd), Park St. (Hayden Rowe St.) and Thayer Heights (Ash St. corner). The applicant requests the fee for this permit waived, as they are a nonprofit organization.
c. ACCEPT GIFT OF LAND – The Select Board will consider accepting a gift of land for open space purposes in the Turkey Ridge subdivision, in accordance with the vote under Article 37 of the 2023 Annual Town Meeting.
d. ACCEPT GIFT OF LAND – The Select Board will consider accepting a gift of land for open space purposes in the Chamberlain-Whalen subdivision, in accordance with the vote under Article 43 of the 2022 Annual Town Meeting.
e. RESIGNATION- The Select Board will consider accepting the resignation of Kerry Reed from the Conservation Commission.
Supporting Exhibits: Parade Permit Application & Supporting Documents; Chamberlain-Whalen Deed; Turkey Ridge Deed
The Select Board approved the Consent Agenda. (5-0)
8:35 PM TOWN MANAGER REPORT
14. Town Manager will report on the following:
a. Main Street Corridor Project
b. Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) treatment project
c. Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) Southborough Interconnection project
d. Affordable Housing Committee: Town Manager will introduce the need to create the Affordable Housing Committee.
e. Lake Maspenock Dam License: To facilitate the repairs of the Maspenock Dam, the Select Board will consider voting to authorize the Town Manager on behalf of the Board, to execute a Construction Access License with the Town of Milford to access a certain parcel of land off of Pine Island Road in the Town of Milford.
Supporting Exhibits: Town Manager Report
The Select Board authorized the Town Manager to execute a Construction Access License with the Town of Milford to access a certain parcel of land off of Pine Island Road in the Town of Milford. (5-0)
8:45 PM LIAISON REPORTS/BOARD INVITES
15. Supporting Exhibits: FY 24 Liaison Assignments
8:55 PM FUTURE BOARD AGENDA ITEMS
16. Board members will identify future agenda items.
Supporting Exhibit: Board Member Future Agenda Items
9:00 PM ADJOURN
Correspondence to Select Board
1. Board of Appeals Decisions – 17 Whirty Cir., 166 Winter St., 46 East Main St.
2. Xfinity Newsletter about Emergency/Trouble reporting procedure
Upcoming Select Board Meetings
1. September 5, 2023
2. September 19, 2023
3. October 3, 2023
4. October 17, 2023
5. November 14, 2023
Materials for this Meeting:
Related News Articles:
- Read “Select Board roundup: UCTC to remain as separate but restructured committee; legislators provide update” in the Hopkinton Independent