Mike Sullivan emailed yesterday the motions that are to be used at the annual town meeting (ATM):
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Consent Calendar
Move that Articles 2,3,4,5,6,7 8,28,31 and 32 be voted as set out in the warrant and that Articles 20, 22, and 23 be dismissed.
Move that Article __ be voted as set out in the Warrant.
Move that Article __ be dismissed.
Article 9. Move that , $1,495 be appropriated for the purpose of paying a fy16 medical bill incurred by the Medfield Police Department and that to meet said appropriation $1,495 be raised on the fy18tax levy.
Article 10. Move that $_____________ be appropriated to the fy17 Reserve Fund, Account 01-997-2 and that to meet said appropriation $_______________ be raised on the fy18 tax levy.
Article 11. Move that Article 11, fixing the salary and compensation of elected officers be voted as set out in the Warrant.
Article 12. Move that the PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION PLAN and CLASSIFICATION OF POSITIONS AND PAY SCHEDULE be voted as set out in the warrant, to take effect as of July 1, 2017.
Article 13. Move that the sum of $_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ to defray the operating expenses of the Town for the fiscal year commencing July1, 2017 be appropriated as set out in the warrant and/or as amended on the floor of the Town Meeting and that to meet said appropriation the following sums be raised on the fiscal 18 tax levy and/or transferred from other available funds as follows:
Cemetery – Perpetual Care Interest $———————$20,000
Water Enterprise Fund $__________$1,942,715
Sewer Enterprise Fund $__________$1,650,000
Pension Reserve Fund $_____________ 75,000
Free Cash $___________ -0-
Sewer Betterment Stabilization Fund $____________400,000
Bond Premium Sawmill Brook $______________1,042
Bond Premium June’07 Issue $______________3,357
Bond Premium Red Gate Farm $______________2,408
Bond Premium HS Field Renovation $______________3.000.
Bond Premium Solar Array $______________3,683.
Use of School Property Revolving $_____________30,000.
MWPAT Title V Septic Loan Receipts $______________4,100.
MA Schl Bldg. Authority BAN Int.reimb. $_____________44,501.
MSBA grant to Offset School Debt $__________1,183,535.
Sub-total Other Revenue Source $ 5,364,086
Fy18 Tax Levy $________________________________________
Total Appropriation_____________________________________
Article 14. Move that the Town appropriate $_______________________________________________
to fund the fy18 Capital Budget, as set out in the warrant and/or as amended, and that the meet said appropriation the following sums be transferred from available funds and/or raised on the fy18 tax levy as follows:
Park & Recreation Revolving Funds $____________37,123 Unexpended Appropriation Funds (as set out in the Warrant Report) $____________72,694 fy18 Tax Levy $ __________ 361,006
Total $__________________
Article 15. Move that the Town appropriate $_______________________________________________
for the purpose of providing Advanced Life Support services, said sum to be raised on the fy18 tax levy, and that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to expend said funds, provided that the appropriation authorized under this article be contingent upon approval of a so-called Proposition 2 ½ operating override in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 59, Section 21C.
Article 15. Move that Article 15 be dismissed.
Article 16. Move that the Town accept Mass G.L., Chapter 44, Section 55C, and establish a municipal affordable housing trust fund, to be known as the Medfield Affordable Housing Trust Fund and amend the Code of the Town of Medfield to add a new Chapter: Chapter 15 Medfield Affordable Housing Trust Fund , to read as set forth in the Warrant.
Article 17. Move that the Town appropriate One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)for the purposes of acquiring public land and/or public property, designing and/or constructing affordable public housing within the Town, and for the payment of all costs incidental and related thereto, said sum to be transferred to the Medfield Affordable Housing Trust Fund for said purposes; and that the Treasurer/Collector, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, be authorized to borrow in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. c.44, s.7(1) or any other enabling statute, as may be appropriate, and that the Medfield Affordable Housing Trust Fund be authorized to expend said funds, to enter into contracts with federal, state and/or private parties, and to apply for and accept federal, state and/or private grants to accomplish said purposes, provided that all appropriations authorized under this article be contingent upon approval of a so-called Proposition 2 ½ debt exclusion, in accordance with M.G.L. c.59, s.21C.
Article 17. Moved that Article 17 be dismissed.
Article 18. Move that the Town appropriate $100,000. said sum to be raised on the fy18 tax levy, for the purpose of providing ongoing maintenance and security at the site of the former state hospital.
Article 19. Move that the Town appropriate $100,000, said sum to be raised on the fy18 tax levy, for the purpose of hiring consultants, engineers, and/or attorneys to assist the Town with ongoing preparation of a master plan for reuse of the former hospital and surrounding areas and to advise the Town on matters concerning the site’s disposition, reuse and environmental remediation, said funds to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, with the understanding that the Board of Selectmen may authorize any other Town board, commission, committee or department to expend a portion of said funds for such purposes.
Article 20. Move that Article 20 be dismissed.
(No Report)
Article 21. Move that the Town appropriate $15,000,, said sum to be raised on the fy18 tax levy, for the purpose of making improvements to the downtown, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 22. Move that $16,000 be appropriated, said sum to be raised on the fy18 tax levy, for the purpose of preparing a downtown Phase II Parking Study, said funds to be expended under the direction of the Economic Development Committee, and that and that said Committee be authorized to apply for and accept grants, loans or gifts from the state and federal government or private agencies, and to enter into contracts with such.
Article 22. Move that Article 22 be dismissed.
Article 23. Move that Article 23 be dismissed.
Article 23. Move that $10,000 be appropriated, said sum to be raised on the fy18 tax levy, for the purpose of making repairs and improvements to the Dwight-Derby House, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Facilities Manager, in consultation with the Friends of the Dwight-Derby House.
Article 24. Move that $3,000. be appropriated, said sum to be raised on the fy18 tax levy, and that said sum be used with funds from the Bay Circuit Rail Trail Association (BCRTA) to prepare plans for a bike trail on an abandoned Massachusetts Bay Transportation rail line, which runs in Medfield from Ice House Road to the Dover town line.
Article 24. Move that Article 24 be dismissed.
Article 25. Move that the Town appropriate $67,626, said sum to be raised on the fy18 tax levy, to purchase the existing street lights, brackets and other associated fixtures and equipment located in the public ways of the Town from Boston Edison, and/or Eversource, or their successor entities and to pay for the purchase and installation of LED streetlights, said lights, brackets and other associated fixtures and equipment, to be owned and maintained by the Town of Medfield, and further, to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract/contracts and to accept grants, loans or gifts from private contractors, state, federal and or private parties to accomplish said purposes and to effectuate the transfer of ownership,
Article 25. Move that Article 25 be dismissed.
Article 26. Move that the Town appropriate $5,000, said sum to be raised on the fy18 tax levy, for the purpose of trapping beavers and removing beaver dams and lodges throughout the Town, said sum to be expended under the jurisdiction of the Town Administrator.
Article 27. Move that the Town name the bridge crossing Mill Brook at Elm Street the “Colonel Douglas C. MacKeachie Bridge, and appropriate $500 to fund a sign designating this bridge as such and to fund appropriate ceremonies in recognition of the occasion.
Article 28. Move that the Town transfer $158,287 from sewer betterments paid-in-advance to the Sewer Stabilization Fund, established under Article 31 of the 2004 ATM in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5B, as amended by Chapter 46 of the Acts of 2003.
(Consent Calendar)
Article 29. Move that the Town appropriate $50,000 from the Ambulance Revolving Fund, to the General Fund Stabilization Fund to reimburse that fund for a temporary loan from said Stabilization Fund in fy17 to cover the purchase of a replacement ambulance for the Medfield Fire Department.
Article 30. Move that the Town appropriate $400,000 to the Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Trust, fund 81-001, said sum to be raised by transferring $41,299 from the fy17 County Retirement Contribution Budget, account 01-911-2, $7,154 from the Water Enterprise Fund, $33,400 from the Sewer Enterprise Fund, $200,000 from Free Cash and by raising $118,147 on the fy18 tax levy, for the purpose of setting aside monies to cover the unfunded retiree health insurance costs.
Article 31. Move that the Town accept a public right-of-way over a portion of the following street:
Vinald Road, between Mitchell Street and Cottage Street, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and also, as shown on a plan captioned “Plan of Land Medfield, Mass. Scale 1” = 40’ Dated: January 20, 2016 Carlson Survey Company 261 Union Street Millis, Mass. 02054” recorded at Norfolk County Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 652 at Page 16 and authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by eminent domain or otherwise, such rights, titles and easements, including drainage easements, as may be necessary to accomplish such purposes.
(Consent Calendar)
Article 32. Move that the Town accept as public ways all or a portion of the following streets:
Quarry Road Extension from Station 8+88.09 to Station 16+97.87
Erik Road Extension from Station 0+00.0 to Station 9+00.00
, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and as shown on a plan referred to in the Order of Layout on file with the Town Clerk’s Office and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by eminent domain or otherwise, such rights, titles and easements, including drainage and trail easements, as may be necessary to accomplish such purposes.
(Consent Calendar)
Article 33. Move that the Town amend the Code of the Town of Medfield Chapter 270 Water Article I Water Conservation by striking the existing article in its entirety and replacing it, as set out in the Warrant.
Article 34. Move that the Town amend the Code of the Town of Medfield, Division 2: Regulations, 270 Water, by adding a new Article II Public Water Supply System and a new Section 270-15 Water Department Access, thereunder, as set out in the Warrant.
Article 35. Move that if the Town appropriate $275,000, said sum to be transferred from the Water Enterprise Fund, Unreserved Fund Balance, for the purpose of hiring an engineering firm to conduct studies and/or design an Iron/Manganese Treatment/Removal facility for wells three (3), four (4) and/or five (5) of the Town’s water supply system.
Article 36. Move that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to lease space to private wireless providers on the new Town water tower on the site of the former state hospital property for the location of wireless facilities.
Article 37. Move that the Town will vote to amend the Code of the Town of Medfield to add a new chapter 235, Stormwater Management, as set out in the Warrant.
Article 38. Move that the Town amend the Code of the Town of Medfield Chapter 270, Water, by adding a new Article III, Water Pollution Abatement, as set out in the Warrant.
Article 39. Move that the Town amend the Medfield Town Code Chapter 300 Zoning Attachment 1 Table of Use Regulations, by adding the following symbol and definition:
SPPB – A use which may be permitted in the district by a special permit from the Planning Board in accordance with appropriate By-Laws.
Article 40. Move that the Town amend the Medfield Town Code Chapter 300 Zoning Attachment 1 Table of Use Regulations, by adding the sections in bold as set out in the Warrant.
Article 41. Move that the Town amend the Medfield Town Code Chapter 300 Zoning Attachment 3 Table of Height and Bulk Regulations, by adding the sections in bold as set out in the Warrant.
Article 42. Move that if the Town amend the Medfield Town Code Article 300 Zoning by adding a new Section 300-14.15 to create requirements for special permits by the Planning Board, as set out in the Warrant.
Article 43. Move that the Town amend the Medfield Town Code Chapter 300 Zoning Article 2 Definitions, by striking the existing definition of DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY and replacing it in its entirely with the following definition of DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY shown in bold in appropriate alphabetical order:
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY
A building containing three or more dwelling units.
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY A residential development consisting of three or more dwelling units on one single contiguous parcel, not necessarily contained in one building.
Article 44. Move that if the Town amend the Medfield Town Code Chapter 300 Zoning Attachment 1 Table of Use Regulations, Section 1.4 by striking “PB” and replacing with “SPPB”, as shown in bold, as set out in the warrant.
Article 45. Move that if the Town amend the Medfield Town Code Chapter 300 Zoning Attachment 2 Table of Area Regulations by adding in the “Use” column “(4+ units)” and by striking the existing numbers shown in the ”Area” column and replacing them with the numbers set out in the Warrant.
Article 46. Move that if the Town amend the Medfield Town Code Article 300 Zoning by adding Section 300-14.16. Inclusionary Zoning Bylaw, as set out in the Warrant.
Article 47. Move that the Town vote to amend the Medfield Town Code Chapter 300 Zoning Attachment 3 Table of Height and Bulk Regulations by adding the language and numbers set out in the Warrant.
Article 48. Move that if the Town will amend the Code of the Town of Medfield, Division 1: Bylaws, Part II General Legislation, Chapter 175. Marijuana and Tetrahydrocannabinol by adding a new Section 175-3 as set out in the Warrant.
Article 49. Move that the Town amend the Code of the Town of Medfield Chapter 300 Zoning Attachment 1 Table of Use Regulations by adding a new section 4.10b NON-MEDICAL MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENTS with the designation “NO” in all zoning districts, as set out in the Warrant.
Article 50. Move that the Town will authorize the Board of Assessors to use $_____________________________________________________________________________from free cash in the Treasury for the reduction of the tax rate for the fiscal year 2018.
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![To my friends and neighbors in the Medfield community: As a sure sign of spring, it is my honor and pleasure to invite you to attend our Annual Town Meeting to be held on Monday evening April 24, 2017 at 7:30pm at the Amos Clark Kingsbury High School Gymnasium. Please join us and participate as a member of Medfield’s legislative branch. Our collective determinations on the 24th will become the laws, regulations, and budgets of the Town of Medfield. This April we have a particularly robust and weighty agenda of Warrant Articles. I have issued an ‘advisory’ to the Board of Selectmen and to the School Department declaring a reasonable chance we may not be able to conduct and complete all of the town's business in one evening. If that determination is made necessary because of time constraints, then the Annual Town Meeting will adjourn on Monday the 24th and reconvene on Tuesday evening, April 25, at 7:30pm. Every meeting I’ve moderated requires the balance of ‘due consideration’ with ‘due expedience.’ But this year the efficiency and pace of the meeting will need to be closely monitored to make sure that we are allowing for appropriate town dialogue, debate, and discussion on a range of important issues. Consistent with past practice, reasonable and necessary time limitations will be placed on certain discussions. In order to address the Articles in an expedient and well-ordered fashion, we have grouped the articles in eight (8) cohorts for consideration and action together: Standard Town Business (called first); Town Budgets; Zoning & Planning; former Medfield State Hospital property; Commercial Sale of Recreational Marijuana; Advanced Life Support; Affordable Housing; and Independent Articles. We will use our traditional lottery system to determine the timing and order of the treatment of the seven (7) groupings of Articles after conducting the referenced Standard Town Business (please see the preliminary meeting agenda (page 2) and meeting ‘architecture’ (page 3). Here in Medfield, we have a special place to call our home. We value education, community, open space, safe streets and homes, the well-being of the young and the old, quality municipal services, and the advancement of local commerce. But we’ve learned it takes hard work, open and active communication, and a deep commitment to the town’s best interests for us to achieve these common objectives. Our Annual Town Meeting, even with all of its imperfections, is the night we gather to speak with one another, deliberate as a law-making body, and demonstrate our pledge to balance and advance the forces which continue to make Medfield a ‘special place.’ We need a minimum quorum of 250 ‘citizen legislators’ -- please join us at town meeting and be a part of the dialogue, deliberations, and determinations. Engagement in this forum provides you with an important opportunity to contribute to the future of Medfield. It is an important time for Medfield. Change comes in waves – advances come in steps. It is easy to feel and appreciate the change and growth evidenced by: current and future change in key personnel and contributors; the current and future growth and development of town facilities and schools; the opportunity and challenges afforded by ownership of the former state hospital property; generational evolution; and evolving expectations of the residents of the town. These, and other forces and factors, tell me we are living in ‘transformative times’ in 2017 in Medfield. We are blessed by a very rich heritage reaching back for over three and a half centuries; and, going forward, our community will continue to benefit by thoughtful, informed, and clear thinking people engaging in open dialogue, meaningful discussion, and making sound decisions. As for procedures, the law of the Commonwealth provides: "The moderator shall preside and regulate the proceedings, decide all questions of order, and make public declaration of all votes." At the beginning of our meeting on the 24th, I will describe the guidelines for our dialogue and deliberations. My guidance at the meeting will come from the traditional blend of fairness, prudence, expedience, respectful communication, and consideration of the best interests of the community. In the weeks ahead, I ask that you review your Report on the 2017 Warrant (will arrive in the mail before the meeting). Please bring your copy with you to the Annual Town Meeting as a guide and “scorecard” as we address the warrant articles and the town’s operating and capital budgets. I look forward to seeing you on Monday evening, April 24. And please hold Tuesday evening April 25 on your calendar in the event we need part of a second evening to fully address the range of issues before the town. Respectfully, Scott Scott F. McDermott Town Moderator TOWN OF MEDFIELD Scott F. McDermott Town Moderator 1 2017 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Amos Clark Kingsbury High School Gymnasium Monday April 24 6:50 Medfield High School Musical Presentation 7:28 Quorum Announced (250 Registered Voters Required) 7:30 Welcome National Anthem & Pledge Moment of Silence Introductions Meeting Guidelines Highlighted Town Financial Snapshot Standard Town Business Consent Calendar Miscellaneous Business Personnel Matter Public Ways Water & Sewer Dept. Dept. of Public Works LOTTERY FOR DETERMINING ORDER OF CONSIDERATION OF GROUPED ARTICLES Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 Time Checks 10:00pm, 10:30pm and 10:45pm* *Moderator required determination of completion of all articles within 30 minutes DISSOLUTION OF MEETING [OR ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING IF REQUIRED]. If required, adjournment of Meeting will be to Tuesday April 25 at 7:30pm Moderator Advises Residents to Reserve this Date for Possible Meeting Continuation and Completion The schedule above and the grouping of articles on the following page are preliminary and may be subject to further refinement before town meeting. TOWN OF MEDFIELD Scott F. McDermott Town Moderator 2 Please see the Groupings of Articles on Page 3 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 2017 GROUPINGS OF ARTICLES FOR TOWN CONSIDERATION Former Medfield State Hospital Brief Update Presentation from MSH Master Planning Committee Article 18 Maintenance & Security Article 19 Consultants & Engineers Town Budgets Article 13 Operating Budget Article 14 Capital Budget Commercial Marijuana Article 48 Adopt New General Bylaw Article 49 Ament Zoning Bylaw Zoning & Planning Article 39 Article 40 Article 41 Article 42 Article 43 Article 44 Article 45 Article 46 Article 47 With reports from the Planning Board Advanced Life Support Article 15 Advanced Life Support Affordable Housing Article 16 Establish Trust Fund Article 17 Appropriate Funds for Trust Independent Articles Article 21 Downtown Improvement Article 24 Rail Trail Article 25 Street Lights Article 26 Beaver Dams Article 27 Bridge Naming Subject to Lottery Subject to Lottery (cont.) Article 50 Free Cash Consider Last Standard Town Business Consent Calendar: Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 28, 31, and 32 for passage. Articles 20, 22, and 23 for dismissal Miscellaneous: Articles 9, 10, 29 Personnel: Articles 11, 12 OPEB Trust: Article 30 Water & Sewer: Articles 33, 34, 35, 36 Public Works: Articles 37, 38 Considered First 3](https://medfield02052.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20170411-sm-medmod-2017-annual-town-meeting-moderator-announcement_page_1.jpg?w=500)
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