TA Blog: 2009-04-13 BOS

Below is the TA's summary of what transpired at the Board of Selectmen's meeting of April 13, 2009. Questions or comments? Contact the Town Administrator. Official meeting minutes will be posted when approved by the Board.

April 13, 2009 Board of Selectmen Meeting Summary 

1. Read Mail/ Sign Report - voted to approve the Police Chief's request to petition MassHighway for a traffic/speed limit study for the area of Great Road (Rt 2A) between Old Pickard Lane and the Acton town line.

1A. MassDevelopment – BSC Group – Traffic & Transportation Study - The Board of Selectmen and Planning Board heard a presentation from MassDevelopment and BSC Group on a transportation study of the Town’s Priority Development Sites, IBM and Cisco. Read the report. Read more about the study .Comments on the report? Email the Planning Board office.

1B. MAPC Overlay District scope – Cisco/ IBM/ Littleton Common - vote to approve the revised scope of services with MAPC under the District Local Technical Assistance (DLTA) relative to the preparation of an overlay district by-law for the Cisco/IBM/Littleton Common area, including up to Beaverbrook Road, with the addition to the stretch along Route 2A from Littleton Common to the light at Power Road [4-0]

• next steps will be to engage the affected property and business owners in this planning process. Target is to prepare an overlay district proposal for a Fall 2009 Special Town Meeting.

2. Sign-Bylaw Review Committee – Update - The Committee anticipates completion of its charge by July 1, 2009. Got an opinion about signs in Littleton? Fill out the survey form prepared by the Sign By-law Review Committee. Read more. 

3. Henry Christle – Petitioned Zoning Article - Prohibit Use Variances -  Vote to support the petition for May 4, 2009 Annual Town Meeting Article 12 [5-0].

4A. May 4, 2009 Annual & Special Town Meeting – assign articles, adopt recommendations - vote to recommend the following articles for the May 4, 2009 Annual and Special Town Meetings, and direct the preparation of motions to be moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen for said articles:

• Special Town Meeting: support Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8. Hold Article 6 for discussion on 4/27/09. 
• Annual Town Meeting: support Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, and 27. Hold articles 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 24, 25 for discussion on 4/27/09. 

5. Appointments

• vote to appoint the following eight individuals as members of the Littleton MBTA Advisory Committee established by the Board’s vote of March 30, 2009, as amended: William Cole, Steve Sussman, Lori Grant, Russell Mullin, Ruth Liebowitz, Dave Derrig, Keith Carroll, and Donald MacIvar.
• vote to appoint the following individuals as at-large members to the Littleton Green Initiatives Subcommittee established by the Board’s vote of March 16, 2009: Lynn Bourgue, Alvin Rasmus, and Ken Smith.
• vote to appoint business owner Joseph Noonan as a member of the Sign By-law Review Committee established by the Board’s vote of July 14, 2008

6A1. Nagog Hill Orchard – Signage - Table again the matter of installation of signage on public property, since lessee Charles J. Auger of Morrison/Nagog Hill Orchard Lessee, Nagog Fruiters, Inc., has still not yet submitted a request to the Board of Selectmen pursuant to Littleton Sign By-law §173-34(C).

6B. Minutes Approval - table until next meeting.

7. Executive Session - Collective Bargining - vote, pursuant to MGL C.39,§23B clause 3 to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing strategy with respect to collective bargaining, and not to convene in open session thereafter [Roll call vote: 5-0]