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Home My Public Portal About20100525 - Select Board - Agenda AGENDA Board of Selectmen 5_25_10 agenda.doc 1 TOWN OF HOPKINTON Board of Selectmen’s Meeting Agenda Town Hall, 18 Main Street, 2nd Floor Tuesday, May 25, 2010 ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 6:00 p.m. Call to Order 1. Executive Session (Room 211) Placeholder a. The Board will consider accepting executive session minutes. b. Union Contract Negotiations 6:30 p.m. Public session (Room 215) Pledge of Allegiance 2. Board of Selectmen: Re‐Organization The Board will re‐organize and vote a Chairman and Vice‐Chairman. 3. Public Forum Residents share ideas, opinion or ask questions regarding town government. 4. Accomplishments Hopkinton Police Department: Sergeant John Porter and Officer John Moran were recognized by MADD Massachusetts on Tuesday, May 11, 2010, for their commitment to enforcing drunk driving laws in Massachusetts. Sealer of Weights and Measures: The Commonwealth of MA Division of Standards awarded the Town a grant in the amount of $10,000 for the purpose of enforcing the item pricing law including scanner accuracy. 5. Consent Agenda a. Public Session Minutes (Action) The Board will consider approving the public session minutes 4/20/10, 4/27/10, 4/29/10. b. Parade Permit Request (Action) The Michael Carter Lisnow Respite Center 112 Main Street The Board will consider approving a parade permit request from The Michael Carter Lisnow Respite Center, 112 Main Street, for the 13th Annual Michael’s 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, October 16, noon, Town Common. The Police Chief’s approval of the permit includes blocking traffic access on Park Street from the Hayden Rowe Street end and Ash Street from Park Street to Marathon Way. The Chief also recommends the permit to allow the police to close or block roads on the race route, as needed. The road would re‐open as soon as it is safe for motorist and race/walk participants. The Fire Chief, DPW Director, and Director of the Land Use, Planning & Permitting Department have reviewed the request and endorse granting this request. AGENDA Board of Selectmen 5_25_10 agenda.doc 2 c. Ambulance Gifts (Action) The Board will accept gifts into the Ambulance Gift Account from the following: 1. In memory of Evelyn Swener: ‐ The Whitehall Learning Group ($100) ‐ Tom’s Auto Body, Inc. ($100) ‐ L. Elizabeth Barclay Living Trust ($25) 2. In memory of Catherine Bartlett: ‐ Ann Deluise ($100) 3. In memory of Gladys Wright: ‐ Mary Pratt ($25) 4. Mike and Pricilla Dolan: ($50) d. Veteran’s Celebration Committee appointment (Action) The Board will appoint Michael Whalen to the Veteran’s Celebration Committee for to complete a three‐year term to 2011. Members of Veteran’s Committee endorse Mr. Whalen’s appointment. e. Hopkinton Historic District commission Resignation (Action) The Board will accept Richard H. Brousseau’s resignation from the Hopkinton Historic District effective immediately. f. Street Name Request (Action) The Board will consider approving a new street name, Hickory Lane, requested by homeowner, Christian Nealon, 30 North Mill Street. The street as approved will look more like a driveway than a traditional “street”; therefore, the Planning Board’s approval indicated that the Director of Municipal Inspections would determine whether the new lot would have a North Mill Street address or an address on the new street. The Municipal Inspector, Chuck Kadlik, has reviewed the matter and determined that the new street is between #30 and #32, and no numbers are available without significant renumbering. Therefore, Mr. Kadlik recommends (and has assigned a number to) a new street name for the lot. The street name, Hickory Lane, has been endorsed by Fire Chief Clark, Police Chief Flannery, Elaine Lazarus, Director of the Land Use, Planning & Permitting Department, JT Gaucher, DPW Director, and Mr. Kadlik, Municipal Building Inspector. g. Parade Permit Request (Action) The Board will consider a parade permit request from the Ashland Lions Club’s Triathlon on Sunday, June 13, 2010 at the Warren Conference Center located at 529 Chestnut Street, Ashland from 6:00 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. The race runs through a section of Chestnut Street to Rte. 85 to Hayden Rowe to Rte. 135 to Ashland. Police Chief Flannery, Fire Chief Clark, Elaine Lazarus, Director of the Land Use, Planning & Permitting Department, Chuck Kadlik, Municipal Building Inspector, and JT Gaucher, DPW Director have reviewed the request and endorse the parade permit. h. Municipal Elections to the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Org (MPO) (Action) The MPO Election will be held on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. The Ballot rules for the Chief Elected Official (CEO) to cast a ballot either in person on June 2nd or by a designee with the signed ballot or a letter by the CEO by 10 a.m. on June 2. If the CEO or designee is unable to attend the election, an absentee ballot must be filed and received by the Boston Region MPO by 5 p.m. on June 1, 2010. AGENDA Board of Selectmen 5_25_10 agenda.doc 3 1) The Board will consider nominating Ginger Esty, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Town of Framingham, and Mayor Joseph Curtatone, City of Somerville, to the 2010 Boston Region MPO. 2) The Chairman of the Board will designate an alternate to cast the ballot for the Town of Hopkinton. 6. Future Agenda Items The Board will present its future agenda items. 7. Liaison Reports The Board will review its liaison list to include the new membership of the Board. 6:50 p.m. 8. Eagle Scout Presentations Mark James Garner and Thomas Reimonn The Board will recognize Mark James Garner, Troop 1, and Thomas Reimonn, Troop 18, for accomplishing the rank of Eagle Scout. 7:05 p.m. 9. John Warren 150th & Hopkinton Flag Retirement Ceremony and Parade Permit Request (Action) Town Common; Sunday, June 27 at 6:30 p.m. John Warren Masonic Lodge 6 Main Street, Hopkinton a. Mr. Doug Freeman, John Warren Masonic Lodge, will give an overview of Hopkinton’s Flag Retirement Ceremony scheduled on Sunday, June 27 at 6:30 p.m. on the Town Common. b. Parade Permit Request (Action) The Board will consider a parade permit for the Flag Retirement Ceremony. Police Chief Flannery met with Mr. Freeman to work out the Police details for the closing of the road. Fire Chief Clark, Police Chief Flannery, JT Gaucher, DPW Director, and Elaine Lazarus, Director of the Land Use, Planning & Permitting Department have reviewed the request and endorse granting this request. c. Proclamation (Action) The Board will present a Proclamation proclaiming Sunday, June 27, 2010 as John Warren Masonic Lodge Day. 7:15 p.m. 10. Fruit Street ‐ Verizon Easement (Action) The Town Manager will present a request to the Board to consider an Easement to Verizon New England, Inc. and Boston Edison Company on the easterly sideline of Fruit Street. 7:30 p.m. 11. Public Hearing (con’t from April 27, 2010) (Action) Administrative Order: Permanent Building Committee The Board will continue the public hearing from April 27, 2010 to consider an Administrative Order that will create a new Town agency known as the Permanent Building Committee whose purpose is to provide an efficient and professional mechanism for overseeing the design, construction, reconstruction, alteration or enlargement of buildings or other facilities owned by the town or undertaken on land owned, leased or operated by the Town. AGENDA Board of Selectmen 5_25_10 agenda.doc 4 8:00 p.m. 12. Town Manager’s Report (forthcoming) a. Introduction of the Town Engineer/Facilities Coordinator, Dave Daltorio b. Treasurer/Collector: three (3) year re‐appointment effective May 22, 2010. c. Deputy Assessor’s position: Request to lift the hiring freeze d. Sealer, Weights and Measures Fee adjustment e. Special Police Officer f. Selectmen’s meeting schedule (June through December) g. Town Meeting update h. Hopkinton Public Library 8:45 p.m. 13. Old Business 9:00 p.m. 14. Meeting adjourned AGENDA Board of Selectmen 5_25_10 agenda.doc 5 Correspondence May 25, 2010 1.1 Memorial Day Ceremonies: The Veteran’s Celebration Committee extends an invitation to the Board to join them for the Memorial Day Ceremonies on Monday, May 31, 2010 beginning at 9:45 a.m. at Evergreen Cemetery in Woodville and concluding at the Town Common at 12:00 Noon. Light refreshments will follow the event at St. John’s Parish Center on Church Street. In the event of rain, the entire ceremony will be hold at St. John’s Parish Center at 11:00 a.m. For more information, contact Jim Mirabile, Chairman, at 508-277-5800 or jmirab@yahoo.com. 1.2 Framingham Fire Department (FFD): Fire Chief Gary Daugherty sent a letter to Fire Chief Clark to thank him for aiding FFD by loaning them Hopkinton’s fire engine, after a catastrophic accident on April 10, 2010, when one of the FFD’s engines was completely destroyed. 1.3 Senior Whole Health Invitation: Senator Karen Spilka will host a program about Senior Whole Health, a new type of health plan for elders eligible for MassHealth and Medicare. The event is scheduled at the Raymond J. Callahan Senior Center, 535 Union Ave., Framingham on June 15 at 10:00 a.m. 1.4 Massachusetts Muncipal Association (MMA) - Statewide Leadership Conference for Selectmen: The MMA is holding a Statewide Leadership Conference for Selectmen at the Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, MA on Saturday, June 12, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This event is free of charge. 1.5 Westborough Treatment Plant Board: April 14, 2010 meeting minutes 1.6 Reorganization of the Board of Assessors (BOA): Effective May 18, 2010, John Palmer will serve as Chairman of the BOA with John Duffy serving as the Clerk.