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TOWN OF HOPKINTON
BOARD OF SELECTMEN’S MEETING AGENDA
TOWN HALL, 18 MAIN STREET, 2ND FLOOR
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
6:00 PM CALL TO ORDER
1.EXECUTIVE SESSION (ROOM 211)
i. EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES (ACTION)
The Board will consider approving minutes of executive sessions.
ii. CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, LITIGATION AND REAL PROPERTY
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
6:30 PM PUBLIC SESSION (Room 215)
2.PUBLIC FORUM
Residents are invited to share ideas, opinions or ask questions regarding town
government.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Hopkinton has now achieved Bio-Ready "GOLD" status with the Mass Biotech Council.
6:40 PM CONSENT AGENDA
3. i. PUBLIC SESSION MINUTES (ACTION)
The Board will consider approving the following public session minutes: 10/29/12,
11/2/12, 11/8/12, and 11/26/12.
ii. PROCLAMATIONS (ACTION)
The Board will approve two Eagle Scout proclamations.
iii. MARATHON FUND REQUESTS (ACTION)
i.The Board will consider two requests: 22 hockey bags for the varsity ice hockey
team and funding for the 2013 post prom party. Fund balance here.
ii.Accept earmark gift donated in Joe Pratt's memory for the youth of Hopkinton.
iv. RESIGNATION (ACTION)
i. The Board will accept the resignation of Caroline McManus as an Associate
Member of the Sustainable Green Committee.
6:45 PM TROPICAL STORM SANDY UPDATE (ACTION)
4. The Board will hear a brief update and consider the financial impacts of Tropical
Storm Sandy.
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7:15 PM HOPKINTON ARTS CENTER (DISCUSSION)
5.The Board will hear a short presentation and discuss the progress on the Hopkinton
Center for the Arts project.
7:45 PM LAND CONVEYANCES (ACTION)
6. i. Abbott Realty Trust
Intent to Enter into a Drainage Easement Agreement
Ash Street
The Board will review review and execute a Drainage Easement Agreement with
Abbott Realty Trust, Kenneth and Margaret Weismantel, and Colin and Marilyn
Stearman for property located on westerly side of Ash Street across from Thayer
Heights Road. Town Counsel email.
ii. Trust for Public Lands & Open Space Preservation Commission: Elmwood Farm
Acquisition
Purchase and Sale Agreement and Donation Agreement
Ash Street
The Board will review review and consider executing a Purchase and Sale Agreement
and Donation Agreement with the Trust for Public Land to acquire approximately 70
+/- acres of real property consisting of portions of Hopkinton Assessor Parcels U20-
30 and R25-47, in accordance with the vote taken on Article 40, Item g of the May 7,
2012 Annual Town Meeting.
iii. Eileen M. McIntyre & Open Space Preservation Commission
Purchase and Sale Agreement and Donation Agreement
Whisper Way Acquisition
The Board will review and consider executing a Purchase and Sale Agreement
with the Eileen M. McIntyre to acquire approximately 6 +/- acres of real property
described in a deed recorded with the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in
Book 23940, Page 286, in accordance with the vote taken on Article 40, Item e of the
May 7, 2012 Annual Town Meeting. Map here.
8:15 PM LIAISON REPORTS
7.For Board liaison assignments, click here.
8:20 PM TOWN MANAGER’S REPORT
8.a. Staff Vacancies Update
b. HR Initiatives
8:25 PM FUTURE BOARD AGENDA ITEMS
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9.
8:30 PM ADJOURN
10.
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Correspondence to the Board of Selectmen
1. Westborough Treatment Plant Board Meeting Minutes for October 10, 2012.
2. Westborough Treatment Plant Board FY14 Budget.
3. MassDOT response to MWRTA advocacy letter (November 9, 2012).
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