Monday, May 4, 2009 Town Meetings

The May 4, 2009 Town Meetings are history. Read the results of the Special and Annual Town Meetings. 

Date/Time:	Monday, May 4, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Location:	Charles Forbes Kaye Gymnasium, Littleton Middle School, 55 Russell Street, Littleton, MA 01460
Reports:	TOWN MEETING BOOKLET: Articles, Motions, Recommendations, Consent Calendar, FinCom Report
	Finance Committee Report for FY 2010
	Planning Board Reports
Warrants/Motions	Annual Town Meeting -  PDF of warrant as posted
	Special Town Meeting- PDF of warrant as posted
	Town Meeting Guidelines
Resources:	ATM-4 FY 2010 Operating Budget
	ATM-5 Electric Light Operating Budget for CY 2009
	ATM-22 Tax Increment Financing – 151 Taylor Street [Curtiss-Wright - See Nov 2008 PPT]
	STM-4 Russell Street School Repair Project
	STM-6 Lucy"s Land Apraisals - Avery - Green
	STM-7 Roadway/Water Improvements - memo

Voter-Petitioned Zoning Articles	ATM-12 Prohibit Granting of Use Variances
	ATM-13 Rezone Certain Parcels to Business District [Fletcher property] - petition - Update 5/1/09 - article being withdrawn by petitioners ATM-13 Map of the Fletcher Property  ATM-13 Property owners' draft development agreement
	ATM-14 Crematory Prohibition - petition

May 4, 2009 Special Town Meeting

Bills of Prior Years FY 2009 Line Item Transfers FY 2009 Capital: Police Cruisers 5/5/08 ATM Article 9 – amend vote Russell Street School Repairs – MSBA borrowing Hougton Memorial Building Roof Replacement   CPC/GF Borrowing/ Land Acquisition: Lucy’s Land – 53.6 acres Roadway and Water Improvements – Board of Water Commissioners Pension Obligation Bond Borrowing authorization per Chapter 517, Acts of 2008. Read the results of the May 4, 2009 Special Town Meeting

May 4, 2009 Annual Town Meeting

Town Officers Annual Report Borrowing Authorization. FY 2010 Operating Budget Electric Light Operating Budget Water Enterprise Fund Operating Budget FY 2010 EMS Enterprise Fund FY 2010 Capital Items from Available Funds Subsurface Disposal for Town-owned Properties - 20 Foster, 4 Rogers Community Preservation FY 2010 Budget Voter Petition - Track Feasibility Study Voter Petition - Zoning - Prohibit Granting of Use Variances Voter Petition - Rezone Certain Parcels to Business [Fletcher property] Voter Petition - Zoning - Crematory Prohibition By-law Amendment - Public Consumption of Marijuana/ Tetrahydrocannabinol Personnel By-law Amendments Revolving Funds  Use of Chapter 90 MassHighway Funds MGL C.60,§15 Demand Charges for Delinquent Local Taxes Compensating Balance Agreement Senior Work Program - $50,000 Tax Increment Financing – 151 Taylor Street [Curtiss-Wright] By-law Amendment – Procurements  By-law Amendment - Finance and Budget By-law Amendment - Appointment of Employees in Town Administrator Departments Home Rule Petition - LELD Rubber Gloves Gift of Land in Lieu of Taxes – Whitcomb Ave/Porter Rd (redo 5/7/07 ATM Art. 34) Read the results of the May 4, 2009 Annual Town Meeting

Voter-petitioned zoning amendments. Voter petitions for zoning amendments were due by Tuesday, February 3, 2009 for consideration at the May 4, 2009 Annual Town Meeting, per the policy adopted by the Board of Selectmen. Voter-petitioned zoning articles on the May 4, 2009 Annual Town Meeting are Prohibit Use Variances (referred to Planning Board on 9/29/08); and Fletcher property rezoning, Prohibit Crematories (referred to the Planning Board on February 5, 2009). 

Selectmen's Policy on Zoning Amendment Warrant Articles - WHEREAS, MGL Chapter 40A, section 5 affords the Board of Selectmen up to fourteen (14) days to refer voter-petitioned zoning amendment warrant articles to the Planning Board; and WHEREAS, said section 5 further affords the Planning Board up to sixty-five (65) days thereafter to convene its public hearing on said zoning amendment proposals; and WHEREAS, both the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board desire that an adequate amount of time be afforded to the Planning Board to formulate its recommendation to Town Meeting on all proposed zoning amendments; THEREFORE, it shall be the policy of the Board of Selectmen to require that voter-petitioned zoning amendment warrant articles shall be received by the Board of Selectmen no later than ninety (90) days prior to the date of a town meeting."