List of Articles with Links & Details

Educate Hopkinton 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.

Documents:

• Read the Full 2015 Town Warrant
• Annual Town Meeting Article Tracker (live document, updated frequently)

1. Acceptance of Town Reports
2. FY 2015 Supplemental Appropriations
3. FY 2015 Budget Transfers
4. Tercentennial Funds
5. Unpaid Bills from Previous Fiscal Years
6. Property Tax Exemption Increase
7. Set the Salary of Elected Officials
8. Fiscal 2016 Operating Budget
   • FY16 Operating Budget Narrative
   • FY16 Town Financial Model & Comprehensive Budget Recommendation
   • FY16 Comprehensive Budget Town Manager Transmittal Letter
9. FY 2016 Revolving Funds
10. Chapter 90 Highway Funds
11. Transfer to General Stabilization Fund
12. Other Post Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund
13. Local Hotel Tax Amendment
14. Pay-As-You-Go Capital Expenses
    • Purchase of Portable Radios – Police Chief – $49,500
    • Replacement of Police Cruisers – Police Chief –  $78,000
    • Replacement Cardiac Monitor – Fire Chief – $28,099
    • Purchase Public Safety Dispatch Equipment – Town Manager –  $16,250
    • Upgrades to Roadway Light System to Energy Efficient LED Lighting – DPW – $175,000
    • Cleanup of Snow Dump – DPW – $140,000
    • Purchase of Loader Mounted Snow Blower – DPW – $115,000
    • Sewer System Capacity and Business Analysis – DPW – $140,000
    • Fruit Street Aquifer Analysis – DPW – $75,000
    • Whitehall Wells Test Wells Installation – DPW – $35,000
    • Elmwood Farm Parking Area – Town Manager – $40,000
    • Expansion of Police Department Parking Lot – Town Manager – $75,000
15. Department of Public Works Facility – $14.1 million
16. Fire Truck Replacement – $680,000
17. Purchase of Dump Truck – $240,000
18. Purchase of Water Utility Vehicle – $87,000
19. Water Main Replacement – Cedar Street – $260,000
20. Fruit Street Water Facility Engineering – Well Blending – $100,000
21. Grove Street Water Facility – Engineering – $75,000
22. Fruit Street Auxiliary Facility – Construction
23. Joint Information Technology – $200,000
24. School Safety & Security – $200,000
25. Joint Safety and Security Upgrades – $300,000
26. Fire Alarm Upgrades – Middle School – Approx. $170,000
27. Roof Repairs – Hopkins and High Schools – $1.1 million
28. Resurfacing Basketball & Tennis Courts – $70,000
29. Community Preservation Recommendations
    • Preservation of Town Records – $15,000
    • Acquisition of Rail Bed South of Granite St – $135,000
    • Trail Head Signage – $7,500
    • Sylvan Way Conservation Restriction & Endowment – $2,500
    • MacFarland Sanger House Historic Repairs – $50,000
    • Fruit Street Parking Engineering Study – $50,000
    • Access & Parking for Legacy Farms Engineering Study – $34,000
    • Fruit Street Athletic Complex Building – Amended to Concession Area, Restrooms & Storage – $500,000
    • Cemetery Records Preservation – $33,000
    • Toll House Historic Site – $30,000
    • Hopkins School Pavilion for Shade & Shelter $30,000
    • Claflin Memorial Fountain $20,000
30. Amend Open Space Mixed Use Overlay District to allow 180 more units, age restricted – Legacy Farms
31. Adjust boundary line between Downtown Business District & Residence A District off B Street
32. Amend Industrial B District to allow indoor recreation uses by right, and to adopt a definition of indoor recreation uses
33. Housekeeping article to move definition of Lots in Two or More Residential Districts
34. Amend Downtown Business District to allow parking between principal buildings and the street by special permit
35. Amend Open Space and Landscape Preservation Development
36. Amend site plan review bylaw pertaining to site lighting
37. Housekeeping article on modifying Design Review Board Bylaw
38. Sign bylaw amendments
39. Housekeeping article to consolidate and coordinate special permit language
40. Adjust boundary line between Residence Lake Front District & Rural Business District Hayward Street – Citizen’s Petition
41. Tax Collector Tax Authority
42. Secondhand Dealer Bylaw
43. Acquisition of Property at 135 Hayden Rowe Street – Irvine Site – 28.7 Acres – $1.8 million
44. Acquisition of Property at 147 Hayden Rowe Street – Todaro Site – 23.8 acres – $1.5 million
45. Gift of Easement – 85 West Main Street – to create exclusive right hand turn lane onto Lumber Street.
46. Acquisition of Easement – 91 West Main Street – to create exclusive right hand turn lane onto Lumber Street.
47. Acquisition of Property at 15 Claflin Avenue (to be used for a cemetery) – 3.5 acres – $310,000
48. Acquisition of Property at 102 Fruit Street – 43 acres -Purchase of the Pratt Estate for the purposes of open space and other municipal purposes.
49. Grant of Utility Easements – 98 Hayden Rowe Street
50. Gift of land – Legacy Farms Athletic Field
51. Gift of land – Legacy Farms Municipal Parcel
52. Gift of Property at 123 East Main Street – “Toll House” Historic Site – Pending CPC Funds Approval in Article 29.
53. Gift of Drainage Easement at 287 Hayden Rowe Street
54. Street Acceptances
55. Ashland-Hopkinton Fire and Emergency Services District – The Selectmen are expected to make a motion to take NO ACTION on this article.
56. Fruit Street Conceptual Master Plan
57. Trustees of the School Trust Fund in the Town of Hopkinton