BoS agenda for 6/21

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Girl Scouts turn 100

Medfield Girl Scouts turned 100 years old today, and were congratulated by Representative Denise Garlick, above, amongst others, at the Gazebo. It is officially Girl Scout day in town.

Scanned history

For some fascinating history of Medfield, go to https://archive.org/ and type in the search term “Medfield.”  That website is home at the Boston Public Library to a project that is scanning old books, including Medfield town reports.

I was just reading the speech given in 1872 when the Town House was originally dedicated, which recounted the town’s history, back to its burning by the native Americans in King Phillip’s War in about 1675.  The speaker was surprised that Medfield was so badly impacted, where he said there was advance notice of the attack , such that there were lots of soldiers garrisoned in two garrisons in town.

Based on recent discussions with Medfield Historical Society members, MHS yearbooks are being scanned soon and will be available online.

My newsletter

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Osler “Pete” Peterson
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Dear Pete,Drinking remains the number one cause of accidents and deaths from impaired driving. However, an increasing number of drivers are testing positive for marijuana. Here are the latest reports on this growing public safety concern.

Information that makes us safer
These newsletters are based on a simple idea – the more each one of us knows, the better off each us will be. Each newsletter focuses on a topic that relates to the health, wellness, and safety of each of us, our families, and our friends. I hope that you will find the information both interesting and informative, and that each month you can take away at least some nugget, that can make you or your family more secure.

Remember, the safer you remain, the less likely is that you will need the courts, as legal claims are generally only needed when proper safety measures were missing.

Pete

Elizabeth Kemble, a widely admired advocate for kidney health in Oregon, was out for a walk following her third kidney transplant when she was killed by a driver who admitted to smoking marijuana minutes earlier. Debra Majkut, an Ohio mother of two, was sitting on her couch with her children and a nephew when a woman high on pot crashed into Majkut’s home, killing her and seriously injuring her infant son.

Nightmare scenarios like these are exactly what safety advocates predict will become commonplace on our nation’s roads as the list of states legalizing marijuana for either recreational or medicinal use continues to grow. But instead of clearing the smoke, conflicting studies and a patchwork of state laws have complicated this issue for all of us concerned about impaired driving.

Learn the latest here. >>>

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The number of drivers with marijuana in their systems grew nearly 50 percent from 2007 to 2014, according to a national roadside survey.

1 in 8
Seniors

A recent study of high school seniors showed that one in eight admitted to using marijuana before driving.

18%
Drugged

Nationwide in 2009, 3,952 fatally injured drivers were tested for the presence of drugs; 18 percent tested positive. [Download report]

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Couric Follows the Path to Legalization

Katie Couric walks us through the change of mindset and laws surrounding the legalization of marijuana. 
View video.

New Simulator Tests Drivers on Pot

A new, first-of-its-kind driving simulator is helping researchers study the effects of marijuana use on driving. View video.

Fatal Crashes Involving Marijuana Double

According to a new AAA study, fatal crashes involving a driver who recently used marijuana nearly doubled in the year since legalization in Washington state. View video.

Sneak Peek: Let’s Ride Safely

Statistics show that the percentage of intoxicated motorcycle riders in fatal crashes is greater than the percentage of intoxicated drivers on U.S. roads. Next month: motorcycle safety.

Learn more

More Drivers Using Marijuana

An NPR investigation finds that more drivers are using marijuana, but experts can’t agree on what that means for traffic safety.

Listen now

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40B site walk

The Larkin Brothers are doing a 48 unit 40B condo development on Hospital Road, and have now filed with the state to proceed.  It will be like their Grover Place development on North street.  As part of their state filing, there will be a site walk on 6/22/16 at 10AM.

Town of Medfield 459 Main Street Medfield, MA 02052 (508) 906-3027 Memorandum To: Town Officials, Boards and Commissions From: Sarah Raposa, Town Planner Date: June 10, 2016 Re: Country Estates of Medfield 40B – MassHousing Site Visit Scheduled for 6/22/16 at 10 am On June 8, 2016 the Town of Medfield received notice that MassHousing is currently reviewing an application for Site Approval submitted by Country Estates of Medfield, LLC (the “Applicant”). The proposed development will consist of 48 non-age restricted condominium units comprised of 1- and 2-unit buildings with driveways, roadways and associated infrastructure. Access to the site will be provided by a 20 ft. wide roadway with two access points from Hospital Road. The condominiums have been designed by Axiom Architects and range in square footage from 1,700 to 2,900 sq. ft. All units will have either 1- or 2-car garages and will consist of 3- and 4-bedrooms. The project will access the utility infrastructure located on Hospital Road, including sanitary sewer, water, gas, electric, telephone and cable. The stormwater management system will be designed to fully comply with all the standard of the MA DEP Stormwater Management Regulations. The Applicant is proposing that twenty five (25%) percent, or twelve units will be identified as affordable units and will blend with the proposed market rate homes and will be evenly distributed throughout the development. Should MassHousing deem the conceptual design appropriate for the site, the Applicant is then allowed to submit a formal comprehensive permit application to the Medfield Zoning Board of Appeals for this project. As part of its review, MassHousing will conduct a site visit, which Local Boards1 may attend. The site visit for Country Estates of Medfield has been scheduled for Wednesday, June 22nd at 10 a.m. Please meet at the project location (at or near 21, 25, 29 Hospital Road). A municipality has an opportunity to submit comments to the agency within 30 days. The public may also wish to submit comments. The Town has requested an extension of this deadline to MassHousing which has been accepted. The new deadline for comments is no later than July 29, 2016. Departmental or local board comments should be submitted to me by Friday, July 15th so that they can be compiled in advance of the Board of Selectmen’s meeting on July 19th. Please inform us of any issues that have been raised or are anticipated in the review of this application. 1 Local Board – means any local board or official, including, but not limited to any board of survey; board of health; planning board; conservation commission; historical commission; water, sewer, or other commission or district; fire, police, traffic, or other department; building inspector or similar official or board; city council or board of selectmen. All boards, regardless of their geographical jurisdiction or their source of authority (that is, including boards created by special acts of the legislature or by other legislative action) shall be deemed Local Boards if they perform functions usually performed by locally created boards.

Amilia’s Light plant sale Saturday AM

This remarkable charity, combating human traffic in Africa from Medfield, is worthy of support – http://www.amiliaslight.org/  – what a wonderful legacy created from a horrendous tragedy.

Amilia's Light

Plant Sale and Garden Tour Sat 9-11 26 Loeffler Lane Medfield
$10 – Medfield, MA (02052)

Saturday, June 11th from 9-11 several gardeners will host a plant sale to benefit survivors of human trafficking at 26 Loeffler Lane, Medfield.

So far we have dug and potted foxglove, bleeding heart, peony, sedum, Rose of Sharon, Kousa dogwood trees, astilbe, hosta, lady’s mantle, moonbeam coreopsis, butterfly weed, lamb’s ear, evening primrose, tall phlox, Solomon seal, perennial geranium, day lilies, wisteria, Siberian iris, vinca and more is still being dug and potted.

Please spread the word! It’s a great way to buy plants and a worthy cause.

At the same time, you can be enchanted by the fairy house villages that were created as the theme of the Amilia’s Light annual garden party. Tours of the garden and fairy villages will be available until 11am.

Energy use by building

The following data on energy use by the various town buildings was presented to the selectmen Tuesday evening by Andrew Seaman, Facilities Manager.  I found the second graph especially interesting, as it presents the energy use per building size.  Andrew indicated that there  were start up problems at the Garage which hiked up the natural gas usage, and that this past winter I believe he indicated the usage was about half what is noted here.  The Pfaff Center is not surprising, given its age.  The national average energy usage for schools Andrew as being 59 KBTO/sqft/year, but many of those schools do not have our winters.  The Center had high usage for a new building.  The Wheelock school is amazing at how energy efficient it is, given that it has single pane windows and has to be fifty years old.

On the first slide I noted the high energy use by water pumps, and Andrew said that is almost entirely well 6 (off Rte. 27 at the Charles River), which is our most productive well and most used well – it takes a lot of energy to move that water up into the water tower.

The third slide was the real reason for Andrew’s presentation, as the town needs to have a plan to reduce our energy usage by 20%, over our base line year, as the last item needed for our qualifying under the Green Communities Act.  Andrew was gathering the actual energy use data in order to craft the plan on where that next 20% savings could be found, and that is what he has started to set forth in that third slide.

The Energy Committee made the current 20% reduction task tougher for the town by virtue of the fact that the Energy Committee’s initiatives have already reduced the town energy usage by 30%.

Finally, please know that I did rotate the slides before I saved and uploaded them, but still ended up askew.

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BoS calendar update

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Tuesday evening Mike Sullivan handed out an update of his planned calendar for the selectmen meetings through the summer, copy below.

Selectmen put off until our June 21 meeting (the third Tuesday) making the appointments to all the town committees.  If you are interested in serving on any town committee, get us know by then.  All existing committee members are supposed to advise of their interest in continuing on their committees before June 21 to be reappointed.

The following new committees are looking for all their members:

  • Medfield Youth Outreach Advisory Board
  • Senior Housing Study Committee

Calendar for Board of Selectmen

May 3, 2016 to August 31,2016

Selectmen’s Meeting Dates: May 3rd, 17th, June 7th, 21st, July 5th, 19th, August 2nd, 16th.

May 3rd

Lyme Disease Study Committee, annual update

Transfer Station and Recycling Committee, Food Composing, Mattress Collection and Swap Area operation

May 17* –

Housing Authority, Planning Board, Council on Aging – Tilden Village expansion, Draft Housing Production Plan, Senior Housing Study Committee, 40B Housing.

June 7th

Board, Commission and Committee Appointments

Committee to Oversee Outreach Program

Discussion on Stormwater Management Act Permit requirements

June 21st

Permanent Planning and Building Committee update on Public Safety Building

Park & Recreation Commission, Programmatic Needs Study discussion

Cultural Alliance, update on Straw Hat Park

July 5th –       Fourth of July week –  no meeting

July 19th

School Department update on Wheelock Boiler project and track/field replacement

Water and Sewerage Board, update on water tower, iron/manganese treatment facility and other issues

August 2nd

Meeting with Legislative Delegation, update on budget, legislation, other items of interest

Treasurer/Collector bonding schedule for track/field replacement project

August 16th

State Hospital Buildings and Grounds Committee, update on maintenance issues

State Hospital Reuse Committee, update on Master Plan

Youth Outreach’s new advisory board

The Board of Selectmen met with the Medfield Youth Outreach Director, Dawn Alcott (above left) and worker, Chelsea Goldstein-Walsh (above right), at our regular first Tuesday of the month BoS meeting.  They discussed the Medfield Youth Outreach plan to establish a new advisory board, to whom Medfield Youth Outreach would report in the future.  Formerly MYO was slotted under and reported to the Board of Health.  All parties agreed that it was not a food fit having the Medfield Youth Outreach being placed under the Board of Health.

If anyone is interested in being part of the MYO advisory board, they should contact Medfield Youth Outreach at 508-359-7121 or medfieldyouthoutreach@medfield.net.  The Medfield Youth Outreach proposal for the new advisory board is set forth below.

Proposed Advisory Board Structure for Medfield Youth Outreach Membership: + Diverse representation with both appointed members and citizens at large + 7-9 voting members appointed by the Selectmen, 4-6 non-voting members + Term limits consistent with other town boards Municipal: (Some or all of the following) • Law Enforcement • Department of Recreation • Public Library • School Department /School Committee • Council on Aging/Veteran Services At Large Membership: (Some or all of the following sectors) • Youth Representative (1 or 2) • Parents • Clergy • Prevention Services • Pediatrician/Pediatric NP • Child and Family Clinician/mental health service provider • After School Service Providers/Young Child Services • Other: Marketing professionals, Grant Writers, etc. Non-voting Associate Membership/ Also in attendance: • Board of Health Liaison (as the BOH oversees the Advisory Board to MYO and MYO)? • Warrant Committee Liaison • Friends of Medfield Youth Outreach/Fundraising group (through MFi) representative • Additional qualified/interested parties if seats are filled from other categories • Consultants to Medfield Youth Outreach (as able attend) Purpose: + Build collaboration between Medfield Youth Outreach and town departments, community groups, and residents • Guide policy, approve budget, advocate for the needs of the department, support department goals, provide input about the needs of the community, protect the position from funding or· political change, receive updates and provide feedback on the services provided • Explore youth and family service trends and issues as they pertain to the department and community at large Responsibilities: + Complete/contribute to the Performance Evaluation of Director • Attend one meeting per month September through June for 1-1.5 hours monthly + Represent the Medfield Youth Outreach budget to the Warrant Committee/Selectmen annually (2 additional meetings) + Keep the Board of Health informed about the Medfield Youth Outreach Department /Advisory Board functioning and progress

The Board of Selectmen will ultimately make appointments to the new Medfield Youth Outreach advisory board at a later meeting.

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6/18 March for Mattresses

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