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Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes – January 25, 2019
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Town Hall, 18 Main Street, Hopkinton MA 1:00 PM
Board of Selectmen Members Present: Claire Wright, Chair, John Coutinho, Brian Herr, Irfan
Nasrullah (1:15 PM)
Board of Selectmen Members Absent: Brendan Tedstone
Officials Present: Town Manager Norman Khumalo, Director of Land Use and Town Operations
Elaine Lazarus
CALL TO ORDER: Ms. Wright called the public meeting to order at 1:00 PM in Room
215/216 of the Town Hall with the Pledge of Allegiance.
PUBLIC FORUM: Tom Terry, 17 Maple St., stated that he attended the Permanent Building
Committee meeting this week and is concerned that the plan appears to be to relocate all town
offices to Center School. He referred to a plan used at the meeting showing new office space
locations and questioned the process and decision making relative to the plan. He asked who
who has made this decision. Ms. Wright noted that the Board turned the Center School ReUse
Advisory Team report over to the PBC and has not heard an update. It was noted that Mr. Terry
will follow up with Mr. Khumalo.
PROCLAMATION: The Board thanked Sandra Altamura for her many years of service to the
Town on various boards and committees, noting that she will be missed. Ms. Altamura stated
that she loved serving the Town. MOVED by Mr. Herr and SECONDED by Mr. Coutinho to
reject Ms. Altamura’s planned move out of town. Vote to Approve: Yes-4; No-0. MOVED by
Mr. Coutinho and SECONDED by Mr. Herr to sign a Proclamation for Sandra Altamura, for her
many years of service to the Town. Vote to Approve: Yes-4; No-0.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT: Ms. Wright read the titles of the 6 articles on the
Warrant for the Feb. 11, 2019 Special Town Meeting. MOVED by Mr. Herr and SECONDED
by Mr. Coutinho to sign the Feb. 11, 2019 Special Town Meeting Warrant. Vote to Approve:
Yes-4; No-0.
LYKAN BIOSCIENCES LLC - TAX INCREMENT FINANCE (TIF) AGREEMENT
UPDATE: The Board reviewed the draft TIF Agreement and a summary document. Mr.
Khumalo reviewed the 10 year draft Agreement and the tax exemptions included. It was noted
that during the life of the TIF, Lykan would save $416,788 and the Town would receive an
additional $228, 512 in revenue. The Board discussed the terms of the draft Agreement.
MOVED by Mr. Coutinho and SECONDED by Mr. Nasrullah to adjourn the meeting. Vote to
Approve: Yes-4; No-0.
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Adjourned: 1:43 PM
Approved: Approved February 5, 2019
Documents used at the meeting:
● Proclamation for Sandra Altamura
● Town of Hopkinton Special Town Meeting Warrant, Monday, February 11. 2019
● Draft Tax Increment Finance Agreement between Lykan Bioscience LLC, Southfield Properties I LLC and the
Town of Hopkinton
● Summary document