Select Board packet for June 23rd

Select Board packet – received Friday, June 20th for Monday, June 23rd meeting:

•  The agenda

•  The motion sheet

•  A document titled “A Proposal to Facilitate Biking Within Amherst,” from “The Commons Group,” proposing more parking spaces for bikes and setting the speed limit at 25 mph for all Town-owned streets; and a copy of a May 30, 2008 Gazette column called “Driving ourselves toward disaster” by James Howard Kunstler.

•  An application for a lunch cart license, with copies of the applicant’s State hawker/peddler license, “ServSafe” certification, and Board of Health permit

•  A memo and supporting documentation for a change of manager request for Bertucci’s

•  A packet of information related to the Fourth of July parade discussion, including: an e-mail string including the request for this info packet, information from Town bylaws and the Town Government Act, a Bulletin letter from July 2005, e-mail copies from the Amherst Democratic Town Committee from July 2005 and from a Town Meeting list from June 2005; Select Board e-mails on the subject from April 2008; the Fourth of July Parade Committee’s rules for participation and mission statement, letters from the committee to the Town Manager, the Town’s press release regarding the 2009 parade and the Town’s parade permit application; a letter from the American Civil Liberties Union to the Town Manager, the preliminary rules for the participation in the Amherst 250th anniversary celebration parade, the standards and regulations for Northampton’s 350th celebration parade.

•  A list of summer agenda items compiled from Select Board member submissions

•  The form used for the Town Manager’s evaluation

•  A memo regarding an error in the term length for a recent committee reappointment

•  A sheet with the 2008 calendar

•  A memo from Town Counsel regarding recent changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act regarding military service

•  The minutes of the May 7th Planning Board meeting

•  The Town Manager’s response letter to the ACLU letter, and another copy of the ACLU letter

•  A follow-up letter to the Chair from a resident concerned about the removal of chairs from Bangs Center and bicycles riding on downtown sidewalks

•  An invitation to a farewell reception for the Superintendent of Schools

•  A letter from the PVTA Administrator regarding the Town’s share of PVTA assessments for FY07, which is $815,746, an increase of $48,913 from the original estimate

•  A packet of information regarding a marketing group called “Prepare Don’t Despair” that seeks to use the Internet and joint community purchasing power to raise money for public programs

•  A letter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection regarding State loans for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projects

•  A copy of a letter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection to Western Massachusetts Electric Company regarding the company’s liability as a “potentially responsible party” regarding the release of 4 gallons of transformer oil from a pole-mounted transformer on North Whitney Street, damaged during a recent storm

•  A copy of a June 20th letter to the Town Clerk from Anne Awad, announcing her resignation from the Select Board, effective September 1st

•  My first quarterly pay check for serving on the Select Board -- $75 total, $64.74 after deductions

•  My new parking pass for “official business” for FY09