Select Board packet for August 18th
Select Board packet – received Friday, August 15th for Monday August 18th meeting:
• Agenda for the meeting
• Motion sheet
• Letter from the Select Board Chair and Town Manager to the abutters of 118 Sunset Avenue – a note says it went to those within 500 feet of the property – inviting them to a discussion at the Select Board meeting about “how the Town might assist in managing the behavior of the occupants.” The property is a fraternity. Hmmmm.
• A copy of the warrant for the September 16th
State Primary election for the following offices: Senator in Congress (for this Commonwealth),
Representative in Congress (1st Congressional District,) Councillor (8th
District,) Senator in General Court (Hampshire and
• The proposed wording of the ballot question and summary language for the November 4th vote on increasing the Community Preservation Act surcharge. It is unclear if this is from the Town Clerk, the Town Counsel or someone else.
• A letter from a Hills Road resident requesting permission to close Hills Road for the 30th annual neighborhood block party Sunday August, 31, with a Monday September 1 rain date, and recommendations for approval from the Police Chief, Fire Chief and DPW Superintendent
• A request for Special Municipal Employee status for the Public Works Committee, and the committee’s membership list and charge
• Draft minutes from the August 11th Select Board meeting
• Special Liquor License applications for two receptions at UMass in September
• A sheet with the 2008 calendar
• A ZBA decision on a request to seek renewal of a Special Permit allowing the conversion of a residence into multiple apartments and the removal of a condition that the Special Permit expires upon change of ownership for a property on Lincoln Avenue; the applicant ultimately requested withdrawal of the application without prejudice, and that was approved.
• Notice of two ZBA public hearings on August 28: 1) for renewal of a Special Permit for a two-family dwelling on North Pleasant Street and removal of a two-year expiration condition; and 2) to modify a Special Permit for Chez Albert restaurant, seeking to modify a condition related to its hours of operation
• A letter from the Select Board Chair to PVTA regarding the appointment of the Town Manager to serve on the PVTA Advisory Board
• A letter from the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development to the Select Board Chair, announcing Amherst’s $799,957 “Mini-Entitlement” Community Development Block Grant award
• A ZBA decision granting renewal of a Special
Permit for a flag lot on
• A letter of resignation from a member of the Community Choice Committee
• The 2008-09
