Select Board packet for October 14th
Contents of the packet received Friday, October 10th for the Tuesday, October 14th (8:00 a.m.) meeting:
• The agenda
• The motion sheet
• The draft Town Meeting warrant
• A draft checklist for the 2009 Annual Town Meeting
• A copy of the 2007 Annual Town Meeting and Election calendar, for reference as we set 2009 dates
• Draft minutes of the October 6th 6:00 meeting (brief meeting preceding the 6:30 meeting)
• Sheets with the 2008 and 2009 calendars
• Agenda for the 10/15 Planning Board meeting
• October issue of the Massachusetts Municipal Association Newsletter, The Beacon
• Notification of a ZBA Public Hearing October 23rd for a Special Permit to convert a barn at Pine Street Cohousing to a dwelling unit, and seeking modification to an existing Special Permit to allow the dwelling unit and seek waivers for certain dimensional and driveway requirements
• A memo to the Town Clerk from the Town Manager,
putting on file an attached report from the
• A letter from the Friends of the Jones Library System, summarizing its programs and fundraising of the past year
• A letter to the Town Manager from Kathleen Anderson, announcing her resignation from the Planning Board
• A notice from the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts (PHENOM) announcing the 2008 Higher Education Summit, November 14-15 at UMass Boston
• A Fall Town Meeting checklist
• An announcement from the Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies about the performance of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, October 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19
• A letter from the Center for Ecological Technology regarding an October 28th seminar at the US Fisheries and Wildlife office in Hadley, on “Greening Your Community: Leading By Example”
• A ZBA Special Permit and Decision allowing an
800-foot driveway for five lots and one supplemental apartment on
• A ZBA Special Permit and Decision
allowing a cell phone tower at the transfer station on
• Notice of filing of the two decisions above with the Town Clerk’s office