Select Board packets for May 12th and May 14th

Select Board packet – received Thursday, May 8th for Monday, May 12th meeting:

•  Agenda for Monday’s meeting

•  The motion sheet for Monday’s meeting:  this contains suggested motion language and a way to record the votes for motions anticipated by the scheduled agenda topics.

•  Background materials (e-mails, copies of ordinances from Northampton and Easthampton, and relevant  Mass. General Law sections) related to Article 47, a petition to create fees for repeat false burglary alarms, (discussed at the February 4th Select Board meeting) and material related to assessing local fines for speeding (also discussed February 4th.)

•  A report to Town Meeting from the Agricultural Commission regarding Article 46, the proposed Right to Farm Bylaw.

•    Background materials (a December memo to the Health Department from the Town Manager inquiring about Town Meeting’s 1978 bylaw regarding recombinant DNA, and a January letter from Town Counsel) related to Article 39 – a proposal to rescind the 1978 rDNA bylaw.  [Edited 5/12/08 to correct error:  had previously said that the December memo was from the Health Dept to the Town Manager, explaining the 1978 bylaw.]

•  An explanation from the petitioner about Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards, in support of Article 33, a petition to request that the Planning Board develop a bylaw amendment to require LEED standards for certain development projects.

•  Draft minutes from the April 23rd, 28th and 30th Select Board meetings

•  A sheet showing the 2008 calendar

Select Board packet – received Thursday, May 8th for Wednesday, May 14th meeting:

•  Agenda for Wednesday’s meeting

•  Motion sheet for Wednesday’s meeting

•  Information describing the goals and main details of Article 40, the proposed “Nuisance House” bylaw

•  Map and property description for Article 42, proposed street acceptance for Moody Field Road

•  Map, property description, and an e-mail for Article 43, proposed street acceptance for Rosemary Street and Lilac Lane

•  Map, deed and release information regarding Article 45, a proposal to abandon a mislocated sewer easement on West Street, and to acquire a new easement in the correct location.

•  A sheet showing the 2008 calendar

•  Notice of ZBA public hearings on May 22nd to renew Special Permits for flag lots on Potwine Lane and North East Street

•  Notice of the filing of a ZBA Special Permit decision for renovations to two apartments at Village Park Apartments

•  Notice of the ZBA granting a Special Permit for the renovations at Village Park

•  “The Beacon” – the newsletter of the Massachusetts Municipal Association

•  A letter from the Main South Alliance for Public Safety in Worcester, expressing that group’s opposition to a potential state-wide ballot initiative to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, and copies of two newspaper articles on the subject

•  “Chamber Connection” – the newsletter of the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce