TA Blog: 2008-04-28 BOS
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Below is the TA's summary of the Board of Selectmen's meeting on April 28, 2008, posted just after the meeting adjourned. See the official minutes of that meeting. | April 28, 2008 Board of Selectmen Meeting Summary 1. Read Mail/Sign Warrant 2. Public Input 3A. Road Layout Hearings – MGL C.82 Renoticed: Manchester Drive, Norfolk Drive, Grist Mill Road, Surrey Road: vote, pursuant to MGL C.82, to approve the layout of the private ways, which have been constructed to the satisfaction of the Planning Board: (1) "Manchester Drive": Forty feet in width, from the Southerly side line of Norfolk Drive, a distance of one thousand two hundred and fifty feet, more or less in a southerly and easterly direction to the easterly side line of Tulip Road, this being a portion of the road as shown on a plan entitled "Map B of Long lake, Town of Littleton," recorded with the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 362 as plan number 27; (2) "Norfolk Drive": Forty feet in width, from the southerly side of Shaker Lane, a distance of three hundred and twenty feet, more or less, in a southeasterly and easterly direction to the westerly side line of lot 3967, this being a portion of the road, all as shown on a plan entitled "Map B of Long Lake, Town of Littleton," recorded with the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 362 as plan number 27; (3) "Grist Mill Road," 50 feet in width, from the northerly sideline of Great Road (Route 2A/110), a distance of approximately 3,793 feet to the portion of Grist Mill Road previously accepted; as shown on a plan entitled: "As-Built Plan of Apple D’Or Subdivision – Littleton, Mass" dated April 12, 2004, as last revised February 14, 2007 (4) "Surrey Road," 50 feet in width, from the westerly sideline of Grist Mill Road, a distance of approximately 2,150 feet; as shown on a plan entitled: "As-Built Plan of Apple D’Or Subdivision – Littleton, Mass," dated April 12, 2004, as last revised February 14, 2007 3B. Road Layout: New Hearing: Whitetail Way - vote, pursuant to MGL C.82, to approve the layout of the private way known as "Whitetail Way" as shown on a plan entitled, "Whitetail Way-Definitive Subdivision of land in Littleton, Mass. Prepared for Tidan Corporation" dated July 1994 by David E. Ross Associates, Inc. and recorded at the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds as Plan No.314 of 1995, said street having been constructed to the satisfaction of the Planning Board 4. May 5, 2008 Annual & Special Town Meetings 4A. Police Facility - see presentation at http://www.littletonma.org/content/53/531/2179/default.aspx 4B. Roadway Improvements Plan - see presentation at http://www.littletonma.org/content/53/531/2806/default.aspx 5A. MIIA Health Benefits Trust Agreement - vote, pursuant to MGL C.32B,§3, to adopt the unanimous recommendation of Insurance Advisory Committee that the Town consider the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association (MIIA) Health Benefits Trust as the health insurance provider for the period of June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2010; and to adopt a resolution authorizing and empowering the Town of Littleton to participate in the MIIA Health Benefits Trust and authorizing execution of the MIIA Health Benefits Trust Agreement. 5B. Community Preservation Committee: statement of qualifications - vote to adopt a statement of qualifications for appointments to the Community Preservation Committee, as follow: "By statute, the Community Preservation Committee contains representation from five town boards whose jurisdictions include open space, historic resources, community housing, and recreation. To these valuable skill sets the Board of Selectmen wishes to add, by its four at-large appointments to the CPC, a broad knowledge of the community’s infrastructure needs and the financial management challenges the Town faces in meeting those needs within the limits of Proposition 2½." 5C. Approval of Appointment of Tax Collector - vote, pursuant to Section 3A of the Department of Finance and Budget By-law, to approve the appointment by the Town Administrator and Assistant Town Administrator for Finance and Budget of Rebecca Jean Quinn as Tax Collector for the Town of Littleton, effective following the May 10, 2008 Annual Town Election. 6. Appointment: Permanent Municipal Building Committee - vote to pursuant to §§13-16 and 13-17 of the Town Code to appoint Ronald Catella, 480 Netown Road, as a member of the Permanent Municipal Building Committee, for a term expiring June 30, 2010. 7A1. New England Forestry Foundation APR-Muni Application - vote to authorize the chairman to execute and submit to the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture an application under its Agricultural Preservation Restriction (APR) Municipal Grants program for property owned by the New England Forestry Foundation off Wilderness Road. 7A2. Eagle Scout Project Approvals: (1) Evan Burnett; (2) Jon Toohill - vote to grant permission for the following Eagle Scout projects: (1) for Evan Burnett to build a 12-foot long by 10-foot wide bridge across a brook on the Morgan property conservation land, Assessors Map U-18, Parcel 108; and (2) for Jon Toohill to replace a series of boards spanning across a wet area of the Two Brothers’ Trail with a wooden walkway, in both cases subject to the approval of the Conservation Commission 7A3. Charles Ridge Amended Regulatory Agreement - vote to execute a First Amendment to the Regulatory Agreement for Charles Ridge by and among the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting by and through the Department of Housing and Community Development ("DHCD"), the Town of Littleton (the "Municipality"), and Littleton Ridge Estates, LLC ("Littleton Ridge"), a Massachusetts limited liability company having its address at 17 Progress Avenue, Chelmsford, MA, and its successors and assigns ("Project Sponsor"). 7B. Minutes Approval - vote to approve the minutes of the April 11, 2008 regular meeting. 8. Executive Session: Non-Union Contract Strategy - vote, pursuant to MGL C.39,§23B clause 3 to go into executive session for the purpose of conducting strategy for contract negotiations with non-union personnel, and to convene in open session thereafter [Roll call vote: 3-0] - vote to ratify a tentative agreement reached with Chief of Police John Kelly for a new three-year contract commencing July 1, 2008 and ending June 30, 2011. [3-0]
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