Author Archives: Select Board member Osler "Pete" Peterson

Congratulations to MCPE (& thanks to Middlesex Savings Bank)

Posted on January 25, 2018 | Comments Off on Congratulations to MCPE (& thanks to Middlesex Savings Bank)
MEDFIELD COALITION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION

MCPE is excited to announce that we have been chosen by

Middlesex Savings Bank 
as one of 24 local educational foundations to
receive a generous donation of
$50,000!
A huge heartfelt thank you to Middlesex Savings Bank for their support and recognition!
 
Read more about their $1.2 million donation here!
 
Please visit www.medfieldcoalition.org to learn about our foundation and the educational grants we fund to all five of Medfield’s public schools.

MCPE’s Treasured Experiences Auction is happening now!
Click here to bid on over 170 priceless experiences generously donated by Medfield K-12 teachers, administrators, and community members.
Act quickly! This online auction ends on Friday, February 2nd! Bid Now!

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Medfield in Gov’s budget

Posted on January 24, 2018 | Comments Off on Medfield in Gov’s budget

The following are our $ figures in the Governor’s proposed budget that was released today.  Our state aid is up about $101K, and our assessments are down about $40K.  The Governor committed to an increase that matches the state’s 3.5% projected revenue increase, but that only applies to the unrestricted general governmental aid category, which has gone up 3.5%.

If all of our state monies went up 3.5%, we would be getting $272K more, instead of $101K more.  As time goes by, the state seems to transfer more of the cost of providing municipal services to the towns.

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CPA

Posted on January 23, 2018 | Comments Off on CPA

Per the letter below, that I received this week, from Bill O’Donnell, our Norfolk County Register of Deeds, the residents of the Town of Medfield paid $46,790 in surcharge fees at the Norfolk Registry of Deeds for recordings in 2017 to support the Massachusetts Community Preservation Act (CPA).

However, because Medfield has not yet adopted the CPA, the fees we paid were in turn paid over to other towns that have adopted the CPA.

The CPA for me is all about getting the state matching monies, so that our town monies can go further in the three categories where the CPA requires the monies to be spent:

  • open spaces and recreation
  • historic preservation
  • affordable housing

Originally the state matching monies were 100%, but as more towns joined the CPA the match declined.  In recent years the legislature has even added monies to the match to make it more attractive.  Last year the state matching money was 17%.

WILLIAM P. O'DONNELL REGISTER OF DEEDS ASSISTANT RECORDER OF THE LAND COURT Selectman Osler L. Peterson Medfield Board of Selectmen l 0 Copperwood Road Medfield, MA 02052 Dear Selectman Peterson, COUNTY OF NORFOLK COUNTY OF PRESIDENTS REGISTRY OF DEEDS NORFOLK REGISTRY DISTRICT OF THE LAND COURT January 19, 2018 As Register of the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds, I thought the chart on the reverse side would be of interest to you. It provides an illustration of the funds generated by the Community Preservation Act (CPA) in your community based on recorded real estate filings during the 2017 calendar year. The Community Preservation Act was signed into law on September 14, 2000. Today there are 172 Massachusetts communities that have adopted the Community Preservation Act. Just over 1.75 billion dollars has been raised to date statewide. The Registry of Deeds, at no additional cost to the Commonwealth or local communities, collects these revenues for the state once a document is recorded. The monies are then forwarded to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue on a monthly basis. The funds collected by the Commonwealth are then redistributed back to the communities that have adopted the CPA through a variety of formulas. The Norfolk County Registry of Deeds which is located at 649 High Street, Dedham, is the principal office for real property in Norfolk County. The Registry is a resource for homeowners, title examiners, mortgage lenders, genealogists, municipalities and others with a need for secure, accurate, accessible land record information. For assistance please contact our Customer Service Center at (781) 461-610 I, or visit our website at www.norfolkdeeds.org. I hope you find this data to be timely, informative and useful. In the meantime, ifl can be of assistance to you, please do not hesitate to contact me at 781-461-6116 or by email at registerodonnell@norfolkdeeds.org. I wish you a healthy New Year. Sincerely yours, ~411?7~ William P. O' Donnell Norfolk County Register of Deeds WPO/aag 649 HIGH STREET. DEDHAM . MASSACHUSETTS 02026 T E L EPHONE 78 1·461 ·6 1 16 FAX 7 81 -326·4246 EM A IL registerodonnel l@norfolkdeeds.org www .norfolkdeeds.org ~ facebook.com/NorfolkDeeds ~ twitter.com/NorfolkDeeds You£m youtube.com/NorfolkDeeds Linked linkedin.com/company/Norfolk-County-Registry-of-Deeds (@ @NorfolkDeeds NORFOLK COUNTY REGISTRY OF DEEDS COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT (CPA) SURCHARGES BY TOWN FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2017 TOWN TOTAL AVON $18,030 BELLINGHAM $68,890 BRAINTREE $124,580 BROOKLINE $166,930 CANTON $94,080 COHASSET $42,810 DEDHAM $90,580 DOVER $29,780 FOXBOROUGH $62,360 FRANKLIN $117,830 HOLBROOK $47,080 MEDFIEI,n $46,790 MEDWAY $48,810 MILLIS $34,740 MILTON $95,820 NEEDHAM $108,540 NORFOLK $40,180 NORWOOD $83,730 PLAINVILLE $35,410 QUINCY $273,240 RANDOLPH $110,070 SHARON $60,270 STOUGHTON $105,140 WALPOLE $94,180 WELLESLEY $103,680 WESTWOOD $54,980 WEYMOUTH $215,200 WRENTHAM $53,87020180119-Wm O'Donnell-ltr from_Page_2

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MMA annual meeting

Posted on January 20, 2018 | Comments Off on MMA annual meeting

Gus and i attended the Massachusetts Municipal Association’s annual meeting both yesterday and today at the Hynes Convention Center.

Governor Baker told us yesterday that his administration will continue to increase the state local aid by the same percentage that state revenues increase, meaning that it will increase 3.5% next year, because that is the consensus projection, even though the revenue increases may not actually be that high.

Senators Warren and Markey stayed in DC to deal with the government shutdown, and appeared only by videos.

Lots of good information from other selectmen, state officials, and service providers.

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Eagle Scouts

Posted on January 13, 2018 | Comments Off on Eagle Scouts

Daniel Whelan and Tadhg Matthews this afternoon were celebrated at their Eagle Scout Court of Honor at the UCC this afternoon. Here they are shown with their parents.

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BoS 1/16 materials

Posted on January 12, 2018 | Comments Off on BoS 1/16 materials

These are the back up materials for the 1/16/18 meeting – 20180116-materials

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Affordable Housing Trust meeting

Posted on January 9, 2018 | Comments Off on Affordable Housing Trust meeting

At the affordable housing trust committee meeting this evening at the Public Safety Building, the Committee and about 35 residents heard an update on the Tilden Village expansion and the 41 Dale Street project by John Kelly (in the photo). Mr. Kelly was complimented by those neighbors that had attended his three neighborhood meetings with doing what the neighbors had asked.

The Tilden expansion is at about 45 units, but osler realistically five years off due to the financing backlog. The Dale Street project was presented a either a 36 unit all rental, or a 12 unit sale combined with a 24 unit rental project The preference appears to be for the latter. The Dale site is 2.93 aces.

The town already has two LIP projects lined up that will give the town a second year of safe harbor after May from unfriendly 40B projects, and we seem to have a variety of options on other projects to keep us in a safe harbor beyond that.

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10th Anniversary Celebration of The Center

Posted on January 7, 2018 | Comments Off on 10th Anniversary Celebration of The Center

Senator Feeney addressing the celebration of the 10th anniversary of The Center.

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Latest Dale Street 40B plan

Posted on January 6, 2018 | 1 comment

Developer John Kelly has been vetting his 40B proposals for his Dale Street and Rte. 27 site with the neighbors, and he will present his latest iteration (copy attached below) to the Affordable Housing Trust next Tuesday –  36 units (12 sale and 24 rental), and nothing on the cemetery side of Rte. 27.

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Per Mr. Kelly: “this design has the entrance to both the sale and rental element is from N. Meadows, with emergency ingress/egress from Joseph Pace Rd. Otherwise, the plan is quite similar.”

The town is currently in a 40B safe harbor, that precludes unfriendly 40B projects, through this spring, but has enough Subsidized Housing Inventory (SHI) units lined between the two approved and pending LIP’s to provide the town another year of safe harbor.  The approved LIP’s are Bob Borrelli’s North Street 8 units next to his current 8 unit LIP and the other Borrelli’s 16 units rental LIP next to the Goddard School. If the Tilden Village expansion or the Lot 3 housing proceed, either one of those could provide two years of additional safe harbor, as the town needs to permit and build 21 SHI per year to stay in our safe harbor status.

Given the town’s safe harbor status, for Mr. Kelly’s proposed 40B to be able to proceed, it must be endorsed by the town.

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Refinished floor at The Center

Posted on January 5, 2018 | Comments Off on Refinished floor at The Center

I held my monthly office hours this morning at the Center, and Roberta showed me their newly refinished hardwood floors in the Fellini Hall. The floor was beautiful, and slippery (with the water on my shoes).

The Center will celebrate its 10th anniversary this Sunday at 2 pm.

Office hour discussions about dog parks, maple sugaring, affordable housing, new Saturday hours at The Center starting in March, and more.

 

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