TA Blog: 2008-06-23 BOS
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Below is the TA's summary of what transpired at the Board of Selectmen's regular meeting of June 23, 2008. Questions or comments? Contact the Town Administrator. Official meeting minutes will be posted when approved by the Board. | June 23, 2008 Board of Selectmen Meeting Summary 1. Read Mail/Sign Warrant - Notice of TIP Committee meeting this Thursday, 6/26/08 at 10 AM in Boston to adopt FY 08 TIP amendment adding $4.2-million for Goldsmith Street. - schedule an agenda item for future Board of Selectmen meeting on the road improvement project. 2. Police Dispatcher Interview/ Appointment - vote to appoint Brian Casey of Pepperell, MA to a position as a full-time dispatcher for the Littleton Police Department. - have Chief and TA review recruitment procedures for public safety dispatch; explore regionalization of the dispatch function. 3. Public Input 4. Public Hearing: Adoption of Goals for FY 2009 - vote to adopt goals for Fiscal Year 2009 as follows: - Economic Development - Promote economic development that is consistent with community character by focusing development and redevelopment efforts on properties that are already zoned for business or industrial uses, including consideration of expanded uses for those lands; while preserving open space and agricultural lands. Establish a visioning process to present a "conceptual design"-- a picture-- of what the Common and other business areas of town might look like after redevelopment, including design guidelines; and identifying challenges in achieving that vision. Promote economic development that provides a net financial benefit for the community. Pursue appropriate state funding for any necessary infrastructure improvements. Address commuter rail / public transportation needs. - Environmental Preservation and Conservation - preserve five to ten acres of prime farmland, establish green initiatives - Town Government Study Committee - continue to implement TGSC's recommendations. - Roadway Improvement Plan - reconstruct Goldsmith Smith during the coming fiscal year; undertake design of further roads on the priority list - Public Safety - prepare design plans for anew police station designed with maximum energy efficiency; seek construction funding from Town Meeting, continue to pursue outside funding sources - Fiscal Management issues - exercise budget restraint; develop multi-year fiscal projections to guide strategies for budgeting and collective bargaining; increase the senior citizen property tax work-off program - Regulatory issues - sign by-laws, junk & debris - Information/Communication issues - improve lines of communication with other local boards and committees, state officials, televise more town board meetings, increase volunteer participation ********************* - schedule a future Board of Selectmen agenda item on proposed adoption of U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, including impact/costs/benefits of its implementation. http://www.usmayors.org/climateprotection/documents/mcpAgreement.pdf - it is not the Board's intent to pursue a by-law on junk & debris. - TA to provide quarterly updates to the BOS on progress towards implementation of all goals, in addition to specific agenda items on particular goal topics. 5A. PMBC: Police Station Design Change Order – The Carell Group - $300,000 - vote, pursuant to Article 5 of the May 5, 2008 Special Town Meeting, to approve a Change Order with The Carell Group, Inc., Architects, of Hopkinton, MA in the amount of $300,000 for schematic design development, construction documents, and bidding to complete the design of a new police station to be located on Town-owned property at 500 Great Road. 5B. PMBC: Town Hall Roof: (1) Construction Contract - vote to award a construction contract for partial roof replacement for the Town Offices to low bidder S.O.M. Construction of Dudley, MA in the amount of $90,970. (2) Construction Monitoring - vote to approve a resident engineering services agreement with Gale Associates, Inc. of Weymouth, MA in the amount of $13,000 for full-time monitoring of the construction of the partial roof replacement for the Town Offices. 5C. PMBC: Middle School Sign - vote to grant permission to the Permanent Municipal Building Committee to build and place a variable message sign for Littleton Middle School on Town-owned property at 55 Russell Street. 6A. Economic Development Update - report on 6/18/08 Economic Development Steering Committee meeting with IBM's team - Town staff to review infrastructure needs which might be met by MORE grants. 7A. Appointments: School Building Committee - vote, as chief executive official and “eligible applicant” under 963 CMR 2.02, to formulate a School Building Committee for the Russell Street School building project comprised of the following voting members: all members of the Permanent Municipal Building Committee, the Superintendent of Schools, the Russell Street School Principal, the School Business Manager, a member of the Finance Committee, and the Town Administrator; with the formulation of said committee to be subject to approval by the Massachusetts School Building Authority. 7B. Annual Appointments Process Update - vote, pursuant to MGL C.40,s.8C, to reappoint Sarah Seaward and Peter Tierney to three-year terms on the Conservation Commission expiring June 30, 2011 - vote, pursuant to MGL C.40A,s.12, to reappoint John Cantino and Jeffrey Yates to three-year terms on the Zoning Board of Appeals expiring June 30, 2011 - vote pursuant to MGL C.40,s.8D, to appoint five members to the Historical Commission as follows: John Bowers and Pamela Campbell for three-year terms expiring June 30, 2011; Walter Higgins and Donna White for two-year terms expiring June 30, 2010; and Ronald Goddard for a one-year term expiring June 30, 2009. - schedule further appointments/reappointments for next Board of Selectmen meeting on 7/13/08 8A1. Street Vendor License Application: Littleton Youth Baseball - vote to approve the application of Ed Howard, Littleton Youth Baseball, for a Street Vendor License for July 5 and 6, 2008 at the Shaker Lane Fields for selling of food at a baseball event. 8A2. MassHighway Utility Agreements: Ayer Road at King Street - vote to execute an agreement with Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting by and through its Massachusetts Highway Department for the installation of a new fully actuated traffic control signal relative to the intersection of Routes 2A & 110 (Ayer Road) and King Street, contingent upon the Board's receipt of written concurrence of the Planning Board, Fire Chief, Police Chief, and Highway Operations Manager. 8A3. The Farms: MDHCD Regulatory Agreement - table until next Board meeting on 7/13/08. 8B. Minutes Approval – vote to approve the minutes of 6/2/08. 9. Executive Session: MGL C.39,§23B clause 6 - value of real property - vote, pursuant to MGL C.39,§23B clause 6 to go into executive session to consider the value of real property AND NOT to convene in open session thereafter [Roll call vote: 4-0]
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