Tuesday January 19, 2016@ 7:00 PM
AGENDA (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
7:00 PM Senator Timilty, Representative Garlick, Representative Dooley
Discuss community issues
Superintendent Kenneth Feeney
Discuss proposed sidewalk priorities
FYl 7 Budget Review, Superintendent Feeney
DPWbudgets
Other business that may arise
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Public Input Sought for Medfield
Downtown Summit
‘Downtown Action Plan’ will identify strategies and actions
for economic growth, development
Medfield – Do you live or own a business in Medfield? Are you interested in helping to shape the community’s vision and strategy for economic development and growth in Medfield’s downtown?
Join the Economic Development Committee for the Town of Medfield and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) for a public “Open House” meeting on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 that will take place between the hours of 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Medfield Public Library located at 468 Main Street. The meeting will give the public an opportunity to identify strategies to increase the economic vitality and overall vibrancy of the downtown area.
The event will be an Open House between the hours of 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Participants can come between those hours at any time that is convenient. Expect to stay between 30 to 45 minutes.
Participants – residents, business owners, property owners, anyone interested in the downtown – will be able to voice opinions that will help MAPC and the Town develop and prioritize community and economic development goals and strategies for the downtown; take part in mapping and visual preference exercises that will help to prioritize potential opportunities for retail, housing or office development, as well as improved connections in and to the downtown; and view findings from the current conditions and market analysis report.
An overview presentation will kick off the event and will be replayed throughout the evening to accommodate attendee schedules.
Funding for the Medfield Downtown Summit is provided by the 2016 District Local Technical Assistance (DLTA) program enables MAPC to work with individual communities, or groups of communities, as we engage the public in responsible stewardship of our region’s future.
For more information about the project, contact Steve Winter at 617-933-0753 or swinter@mapc.org.
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Today I learned that the WordPress links to my Facebook and LinkedIn accounts were not working, so if you get my posts via those ways, you have been missing them for some time.
You can catch up on what you have missed at the blog’s home page https://medfield02052.wordpress.com/ . Unfortunately, WordPress does not let me know the links are not working.
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Carol Mayer related at the selectman meeting on Tuesday evening last week that she was not aware that anyone had taken out nomination papers as yet for the town election on 3/26/16, other than one unknown person who picked up papers while she was out.
Teresa James relates that Steve Browne was already collecting nomination signatures for re-election to the planning board.
Open seats exist for selectman and assessor.
The deadline to submit the nomination signatures in early February.
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Here is the complete schedule for the Massachusetts Municipal Association’s annual meeting that as your selectman I will attend on your behalf on January 22 & 23, to learn how to make Medfield’s town government better.
Let me know if there is anything you especially think I should be sure to get to – I highlighted the concurrent sessions that strike me as especially interesting.
All events are held at the Hynes Convention Center and the Sheraton Boston Hotel.
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Friday, January 22, 2016
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| 8 a.m.-5 p.m | Conference Registration | Hynes, Hall C foyer, 2nd floor |
| 9:30-11 a.m. |
Opening Session Keynote Speaker: Guy Raz |
Hynes, Ballroom B, 3rd floor |
| 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Municipal Trade Show | Hynes, Hall C & Auditorium |
| Noon-1:30 p.m. |
WEMO Luncheon (preregistration required) Speaker: Attorney General Maura Healey |
Hynes, Ballroom C, 3rd floor |
| 2-3:30 p.m. |
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS – Friday session • Developments and Initiatives in Municipal Finance • Economic Development Opportunities for Small Towns • Eight Minutes With a Highly Effective Manager • Employer Rights in a New Era of Workplace Monitoring • Labor Law Update • Making the Case for Regional Emergency Dispatch • Municipal Land Use and Zoning Update • Municipal Liability: What Every Manager Should Know • New Technology in Pavement Management and Snow and Ice Operations • Shaping Age-Friendly Communities for All Generations to Come |
Hynes, 2nd floor meeting rooms |
| 3:45-5:15 p.m. |
EMERGING ISSUES FORUMS • From Airbnb to Zipcar: The Impact of the Sharing Economy on Communities • Future Shock: What’s in Store for Our Electricity Needs? • Successfully Riding the Data Wave |
Hynes, 3rd floor meeting rooms |
| 6-7 p.m. | Opening Reception | Sheraton, Constitution Ballroom foyer, 2nd floor |
| 7-9 p.m. |
Banquet Dinner, MMA President’s Address Special guest speaker: Don Orsillo (Preregistration required) |
Sheraton, Grand Ballroom, 2nd floor |
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Saturday, January 23, 2016
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| 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m | Conference Registration | Hynes, Hall C foyer, 2nd floor |
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Member Associations Breakfast | Hynes, Ballroom B, 3rd floor |
| BUSINESS MEETINGS FOR MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS | ||
| 8:30-10 a.m. | • Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association | Hynes, room 306 |
| 8:30-10 a.m. | • Massachusetts Selectmen’s Association | Hynes, Ballroom C, 3rd floor |
| 8:30-10 a.m. | • Massachusetts Mayors’ Association | Hynes, room 300 |
| 8:30-10 a.m. | • Massachusetts Municipal Management Association | Hynes, room 304 |
| 10 a.m.-2 p.m. | Municipal Trade Show | Hynes, Hall C & Auditorium |
| 10:15-11:50 a.m. | MMA Annual Business Meeting (incl. President’s Address) |
Hynes, Ballroom A, 3rd floor |
| 11:50 a.m.-noon | MMA Board of Directors Meeting: Election of Officers | Hynes, Ballroom A, 3rd floor |
| noon-1:30 p.m. | MIIA Luncheon and Business Meeting (by reservation only) | Hynes, Ballroom B, 3rd floor |
| 2-3:30 p.m. |
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS – Saturday session • Capital Planning: Buying the Big Stuff • Communities at Work: Safety Regulations for Municipal Workers • Community Impacts of Cable, Broadband and Over-the-Top Content • Complete Your Streets: Preparing for Policy and Action • Critical Issues in Modern Municipal Policing • Getting Ready for a New Public Records Law • Media Relations Concepts for Municipal Officials • Municipal and Open Meeting Law Update • Municipal Leadership in the Opioid Crisis • Understanding the Cadillac Tax |
Hynes, 2nd floor meeting rooms |
| 3:45-5 p.m. | Closing Session Speaker: John F. Harris |
Hynes, Ballroom A, 3rd floor |
| 6-7:15 p.m. | Presentation of Innovation, Municipal Website and Town Report Awards; President’s Reception | Sheraton, Constitution Ballroom, 2nd floor |
| 7:15-9:15 p.m. |
Annual Banquet (preregistration required) Entertainment: Paula Poundstone |
Sheraton, Grand Ballroom, 2nd floor |
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Each January I find it useful to attend the MMA’s annual meeting to share ideas with other municipal officials. This year it takes place in two weeks. I always skip the dinners and staying at the hotel to save the town money.
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This month my regular monthly office hours at The Center will be from 9:00 to 10:00 AM on January 8, since The Center was closed New Years Day, my usual first 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 508-359-9190 or my blog about Medfield matters https://medfield02052.wordpress.com/, where any schedule changes will be posted.
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Bob Meany and Mark Fisher return to the MHS stage for Alumni Jam this Saturday, Jan. 9!
(photo on right is Mark while at MHS)
Selectman Mark Fisher likes to joke that when he and Police Chief Bob Meaney were in the band together at Medfield High School, Bob sat behind him with his sousaphone causing trouble, while he was the “good kid” on saxophone and clarinet. While Mark and Bob won’t be playing their old instruments at the Alumni Jam, this Saturday, Jan. 9, in the Medfield High School auditorium, they will be reunited on stage as emcees for the community event to benefit the Lowell Mason House.
The event starts at 7 p.m., and throughout the evening you can be sure to hear a lot more bantering between the two former band mates/current town officials, in addition to hearing great music from nearly 25 MHS alumni from across band, orchestra, choir and jazz ensembles representing a range of graduating classes from 1984 through 2015.
Our musicians include Essentially Ellington and Mingus jazz players, All-State and Gold medal Orchestra and Band recipients, students leading college orchestras and a cappella groups, Berklee College of Music students, and many other alumni who are either actively engaged in music in college, or working in the field. Music Director Doug Olsen will also be performing on trumpet, and we’ll also have some current students joining in. Also directing will be alumni Keith Curbow and Nick DeSantis.
All proceeds from the Alumni Jam benefit the Lowell Mason House to help it realize its vision of being a nationally recognized cultural hub, and an active, artistic venue in our town of Medfield for educators and music aficionados nationwide — as well as for our own community.
Alumni Jam tickets are on sale now at Park Street Books, Rock ‘N Roll Rib Joint, and Keith Curbow Studio. Tickets are $10 for regular adult admission, and $5 for students and senior citizens; $10 tickets are also available online at http://bit.ly/1Of0fNg. You can also pay at the door.
The event is sponsored by the Medfield Music Association in partnership with the Medfield High School Alumni Association.
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2014 -town meeting
The window is soon closing to add warrant article for the upcoming annual town meeting (on the last Monday in April). Mike Sullivan emailed the selectmen today to ask the selectmen to get any ideas we have submitted (a copy of that email appears below).
Please be prepared tomorrow night to request any articles that you would like to place on the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting. The Warrant Committee wants to get an early start on the special articles. I’ve been trying to put together a draft warrant, but so far have received very few actual requests to put articles on the warrant.
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Medfield Green’s
Reminder – Styrofoam Collection at the Transfer Station
tomorrow, Sat. Jan 2nd 9-1
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Medfield Select Board member
I started this blog to share the interesting and useful information that I saw while doing my job as a Medfield select board member. I thought that my fellow Medfield residents would also find that information interesting and useful as well. This blog is my effort to assist in creating a system to push the information out from the Town House to residents. Let me know if you have any thoughts on how it can be done better.
For information on my other job as an attorney (personal injury, civil litigation, estate planning and administration, and real estate), please feel free to contact me at 617-969-1500 or Osler.Peterson@OslerPeterson.com.
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