Select Board packets for July 7th

Select Board packet – received Friday, June 27th for Monday, July 7th meeting:

•  Latest version of the Zoning Bylaw booklet

•  A June 25th memo from the Conservation Commission to the ZBA regarding ConCom’s vote to support requiring a hydrological analysis for proposed development on South East Street, to evaluate potential impact on sub-surface drainage on surrounding agricultural lands.

•  Minutes from the June 4^th Planning Board meeting

•  Notice of a July 10^th ZBA public hearing for a Special Permit application to convert a storage building on Grove Street to a two-family residence

•  Agenda for the June 25^th Conservation Commission meeting

Select Board packet – received Thursday, July 3rd for Monday, July 7th meeting:

•  Agenda for the Monday, July 7th meeting (not posted yet, but includes:  a WMECO pole hearing at 6:45; change of manager for Bertucci’s at 6:55; Big Brother Big Sister use of Boltwood lot at 7:05; “Prepare Don’t Despair” discussion at 7:15; COLA recommendations from the Personnel Board at 7:35; Town Manager’s report on SunEthanol, collective bargaining, Hadley Ambulance fees and Business Improvement District at 8:05; plus untimed items

•  The motion sheet for the July 7th meeting

•  Information related to a proposed new utility pole on Snell Street, to be jointly owned by WMECO and Verizon, to provide power for an Amherst College building

•  Information regarding a change of manager license request for Bertucci’s

•  A letter from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County requesting use of the Boltwood Parking lot from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 12th, to register vendors for that day’s craft fair, and e-mail approvals from the Police Department, Fire Department and Public Works Department

•  A cover memo from the Town Manager to the Select Board regarding the 501c3 organization, Prepare Don’t Despair, which seeks to direct a percentage of proceeds from purchases made through its Internet set back to the Town; copies of communication from the group to the Town Manager; a copy of a marketing postcard; a copy of the organization’s Articles of Incorporation and 501c3 application, and some recent stats for its web site, AmherstFirst.org.

•  Notes from a June 18th Personnel Board meeting, related to COLA increases for non-union employees

•  A special liquor license application for a July 11 reception at the UMass Fine Arts Center and one for a July 14 Chamber event at Atkins. (I added the Atkins one 7/7, having missed it the first time through the packet.)

•  Draft minutes from the June 16th and June 23rd  Select Board meetings

•  Memos from the Town Manager and related Citizen Activity forms for a Planning Board re-appointment and appointment, and a CAF application for the Committee on Homelessness

•  A sheet with the 2008 calendar

•   A letter to the Select Board Chair requesting a bench a the bus stop in front of the Jones Library

•  A letter from Comcast regarding the transition to all-digital television broadcasts, with suggestions as to how the Select Board can help inform the public about the change, coming in February 2009

•  An insert for the updated Zoning Bylaw with a footnote that was left out of the original printing

•  Agenda for the July 9th Conservation Commission meeting

•  Information about Special Permits granted by the ZBA, decisions, and notice of the filing of the decisions for a 6-foot stockade fence on East Pleasant Street and for a flag lot renewal on Potwine Lane

•  A sheet listing the Hampshire Council of Governments’ FY09 committee assignments