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Selectman office hours tomorrow 9-10AM

Posted on November 1, 2018 | Comments Off on Selectman office hours tomorrow 9-10AM

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Selectman Office Hours

My regular monthly selectman office hours are at The Center on the first Friday of every month from 9:00 to 10:00 AM (this Friday).

Residents are welcome to stop by to talk in person about any town matters. Residents can also have coffee and see the Council on Aging in action (a vibrant organization with lots going on).

I can be reached via my cell phone at 508-359-9190 or my blog about Medfield matters, where any schedule changes will be posted

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Bridge Street water is back

Posted on November 1, 2018 | Comments Off on Bridge Street water is back

Bridge Street water is back.  See below on how to subscribe to Town of Medfield alerts –

Update

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November 01, 2018 04:32 PM

Water service to Bridge Street residents has been restored. Read on
November 01, 2018 12:57 PM

Water Break on Bridge Street

  
DPW is reporting a water service break on Bridge Street. Water Service to all residents on Bridge Street has been turned off. Read on  
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ATM will be first Monday of May starting 2020

Posted on November 1, 2018 | Comments Off on ATM will be first Monday of May starting 2020

The annual town meeting (ATM) will change from the last Monday in April to the first Monday in May, starting in 2020, per the special town meeting (STM) vote, which has been approved already by the Attorney General’s office (copy attached below).

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION 10MECHANIC STREET, SUITE 301 WORCESTER,MA01608 (508) 792-7600 (508) 795-1991 fax www.mass.gov/ago October 31, 2018 Board of Selectmen Town of Medfield 459 Main Street Medfield, MA 02052 RE: Medfield Special Town Meeting of October 29, 2018 - Case # 9180 Warrant Article # 9 (Charter Amendment) Dear Board of Selectmen Members: Article 9 - Pursuant to the provisions of General Laws Chapter 43B, Section 10, this Office has reviewed the proposed charter amendment vote taken under Article 9 at the October 29, 2018, Special Town Meeting. Chapter 43B, Section 10 (c), requires the Attorney General to furnish “a written opinion setting forth any conflict between the proposed amendment and the constitution and laws of the commonwealth.” We do not find any conflict between the charter amendment vote adopted under Article 9 and the Constitution or laws of the Commonwealth (“state law”). Our review is confined to the proposed charter amendment reflected in Article 9 and submitted to us for review and does not include a review of the existing text in the Town’s charter. The Town should consult with Town Counsel to ensure compliance with the charter amendment procedures established under G.L. c. 43B, §§ 11 and 12, including the filing requirements for approved charter amendments which states in relevant part: Section 12. Certificates in quadruplicate shall be prepared setting forth any charter that has been adopted or revised and any charter amendments approved and shall be signed by the city or town clerk. One such certificate shall be deposited in the office of the state secretary and shall be kept under the custody of the archivist of the commonwealth, one shall be deposited in the office of the director of housing and community development, one shall be deposited in the office of the attorney general and the other shall be recorded in the records of the city or town and deposited in its archives. 2 Very truly yours, MAURA HEALEY ATTORNEY GENERAL Kelli E. Gunagan By: Kelli E. Gunagan Assistant Attorney General Municipal Law Unit 10 Mechanic Street, Suite 301 Worcester, MA 01608 (508) 792-7600 cc: Town Counsel Mark G. Cerel Town Clerk Carol Mayer20181031-AG-ltr from-Medfield9180SCharterAmendments_app (002)_Page_2

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Water Service to Bridge Street turned off.

Posted on November 1, 2018 | Comments Off on Water Service to Bridge Street turned off.

ALERT from Town of Medfield this afternoon –

November 01, 2018 12:57 PM

Water Break on Bridge Street
DPW is reporting a water service break on Bridge Street. Water Service to all residents on Bridge Street has been turned off. Read on

 

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Proposed Zoning Amendments for ATM 2019

Posted on October 30, 2018 | Comments Off on Proposed Zoning Amendments for ATM 2019

Emailed from Sarah Raposa, Town Planner, today about upcoming hearings on possible annual town meeting (ATM) zoning changes – 20181030-SR-mlu-form7pbn – HEARING NOTICE – ATM 19 – 12-03-18 w Maps

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Administration

Board of Selectmen

Warrant Committee (bcc)

Building Commissioner (cc)

Town Counsel

Planning Board (bcc)

 

RE: Proposed Zoning Amendments for ATM 2019

  • Proposed “Upper Spring Street Overlay District” (series of 4 articles) – proposes to revert this area to pre-2017 zoning for a portion of Spring Street / Rt 27 where increased density may actually be appropriate (with added review criteria). The Planning Board heard some opposition to the density reduction in 2017 from a group of residents in this neighborhood and agreed that while they did have a uniqueness to their area, it was too late to try to pull their neighborhood from the RU district in the months leading up to ATM 2017. The Planning Board pledged to revisit the topic after town meeting (and has since discussed informally at public meetings amongst themselves and the neighbors). The Planning Board thinks this overlay district provides the options that the neighbors were after without creating a burdensome zoning amendment. There are some advantages to having at least one by-right multi-family zoning district and is worth the broader discussion.
  • Rezone the West Street / Peter Kristof Way area from Residential Suburban (RS, 20k sf single family house lots) to Business Industrial (commercial) which will make the area more compatible with surrounding land uses.
  • Update the Use Table with proper citations (provides consistency in the terminology used within the Medfield Zoning Bylaw which should have been updated in 2014 with the codification process; “housekeeping”)

Hard copies of the proposals are in your mailboxes and a pdf version is attached as well as on the Planning Board’s webpage.

 

There will likely be one more proposal but it hasn’t been advertised yet. Its an update of the ZBA’s special permit criteria (to match the PB’s SP criteria adopted in 2017). Mark Cerel provided the draft amendment last week and the PB and ZBA are holding a joint meeting next week to review.

Best,

Sarah

Sarah Raposa, AICP

Town Planner

 

^/ MARTHA COAKLEY ATTORNEY GENERAL THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS DlVISION 10 MECHANIC STREET, SUITE 301 WORCESTER,MA01608 (508)792-7600 (508)795-1991 fax www.mass.eov/aeo Notice ofPlanning Board Hearing Relative to Proposed Zoning By-Law Amendments Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 40A, §5 —i The Planning Board ofthe Town ofMEDFIELD will hold a public hearing to discuss proposed ameg^mefits to the town's zoning by-laws. The public hearing will be held as follows: ,0 co Place: Date: Time: Town Hall. 2nd Floor, Chenerv Room "-io-n o-n m ^—)^3rT-. t'T? "-l^. r»ir-ft -5cr 3 3> t20181030-SR-mlu-form7pbn - HEARING NOTICE - ATM 19 - 12-03-18 w Maps_Page_220181030-SR-mlu-form7pbn - HEARING NOTICE - ATM 19 - 12-03-18 w Maps_Page_320181030-SR-mlu-form7pbn - HEARING NOTICE - ATM 19 - 12-03-18 w Maps_Page_420181030-SR-mlu-form7pbn - HEARING NOTICE - ATM 19 - 12-03-18 w Maps_Page_520181030-SR-mlu-form7pbn - HEARING NOTICE - ATM 19 - 12-03-18 w Maps_Page_620181030-SR-mlu-form7pbn - HEARING NOTICE - ATM 19 - 12-03-18 w Maps_Page_720181030-SR-mlu-form7pbn - HEARING NOTICE - ATM 19 - 12-03-18 w Maps_Page_820181030-SR-mlu-form7pbn - HEARING NOTICE - ATM 19 - 12-03-18 w Maps_Page_9

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BoS tonight

Posted on October 30, 2018 | Comments Off on BoS tonight

Revised agenda for the Board of Selectmen tonight – 20181030-agenda-2.jpg

TOWN OF MEDFIELD POSTED: TOWN CLERK MEETING NOTICE 11.·:........til~ f 1 L.,.V . ;,; i1n uf MEDFIELD. MASS Zul8 UCI 30 A IQ: 21 POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF M.G.L. CHAPTER 39 SECTION 23A AS AMENDED. ,., ... ,.·-,c-.,-- n,,.. THE '!i·'·1 t. Ji .. i- ·n· h~/, 1 r,· ER ll' Board of Selectmen '{__ 'f;1 ~ •_r ... _ f' Board or Committee *REVISION* PLACE OF MEETING DAY, DATE, AND TIME Town Hall, Warrant Room, 1st floor, Executive Session Tuesday October 30, 2018@ 6:00 PM Town Hall, Chenery Meeting Room, 2nd floor Tuesday October 30, 2018@ 7:00 PM AGENDA (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) 6:00 PM Declare meeting open 6:00 PM Vote to go into Executive Session: Exemption #2: To conduct strategy session in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel: discussion and possible vote on compensation and other terms and conditions of an employment agreement to be offered to new Town Administrator Kristine Trierweiler (if necessary) 7:00 PM Call to order Disclosure of video recording We want to take a moment of appreciation for our Troops serving in the Middle East and around the world Action Items Vote to authorize Chairman Marcucci to sign MSBA Dale Street Elementary School Study Enrollment Certification Vote to sign Lease Agreement between the Town, as Landlord, and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless as pertains to cell tower on new water tower at hospital site Discussion Items Discussion concerning Assistant Town Administrator position and organization and structure of Town Administration upon the appointment of Kristine Trierweiler as Town Administrator Selectman Murby would like to discuss signs within the public way /.~::: ; / I r i f I

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STM – 3rd try

Posted on October 30, 2018 | Comments Off on STM – 3rd try

Thank you Bill and Patti for alerting me to the blog being off line.  When I looked into it this morning, it turned out to be because I had upgraded to a paid subscription to eliminate the ads, and WordPress had asked me to verify things via an email sent to a gmail account I never use, so the account had been suspended.  Now all verified and back in business.

Not sure why all the pages have not been posting, but here is the missing first page.  Since posting all of the pages seemed to cause the problem, I will just post the one page that got dropped before.

20181019-STM VOTES Oct 29 2018_Page_1

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STM votes – 2nd posting – with all the pages

Posted on October 30, 2018 | 1 comment

This is a PDF of Carol Mayer’s posting this morning – 20181029-STM VOTES Oct 29 2018, and below are JPG’s of it –

 

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STM actions

Posted on October 30, 2018 | 1 comment

Posted this morning by the still elected town clerk, Carol Mayer –

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Never have so few . . .

Posted on October 27, 2018 | Comments Off on Never have so few . . .

To paraphrase Winston Churchill –

Never have so few,

caused so many,

to lose so much sleep!

red sox

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