Select Board, January 9, 2018

The town published an agenda for this meeting. No minutes have been published; the recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

capitalgrantspublic commentpublic safetyroads and dpwtown departments

Present: Town Manager (town manager); the chairman (chair); Scott Medeiros (presenter); Heather (presenter); Jack (DPW director); the police chief (police chief). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

1. ▶ 1:45:41Warrants read: accounts payable, payroll and another warrant; vote called but result not in captionsnot audible

And 1 procedural: adjournment (▶ 1:47:26).

The money

1. ▶ 2:27Complete Streets technical assistance grant

   Approval of the policy made the town eligible for state technical assistance, used to hire the consultants.

   as heard:$50,000

2. ▶ 32:43MassDOT Complete Streets construction funding

   Consultants said the town can apply for contributory funds for projects on the prioritization list.

   as heard:four hundred thousand dollars

3. ▶ 34:50Chapter 90 funds

   A board member said Chapter 90 funds are woefully inadequate and wants to know what the town must contribute before projects are pursued.

   as heard:woefully inadequate

4. ▶ 37:21Pavement management plan / debt exclusion

   Staff suggested tying small sidewalk and striping projects to roads already funded for paving.

   as heard:$400,000$380,000

5. ▶ 1:42:34Design costs and striping upkeep

   Town pays for design; the cost spreadsheet will carry design and construction estimates. Striping adds to annual maintenance.

   as heard:up to four hundred thousands

6. ▶ 1:45:41Warrants

   Accounts payable and payroll warrants were read.

   as heard:546 thousand six hundred forty two thousand seventy eight centstwo hundred thirty three thousand nine hundred fifty five dollars and fifty six cents

Settled without a vote

• ▶ 1:34:12Consultants will compile staff and public project lists, issue a public survey in the coming weeks, and draft a prioritization plan with cost estimates.
• ▶ 1:47:04Next meetings noted for January 16 and January 23.

Documents and exhibits

State law asks minutes to list the documents and exhibits used at a meeting (M.G.L. c.30A §22(a)). Names from the recording are the caption model’s hearing; the two sides are matched by name, by script, so a document named two different ways can be missed. A place to look, not a finding.

Public comment

1. ▶ 1:38:10A resident who lives on Highland Street said the police force is short-staffed and speed enforcement is limited, and asked that protection of persons and property be considered.
2. ▶ 1:00:35A resident described high speeds on Lancaster Avenue and asked for sidewalk extension toward the center of town.
3. ▶ 57:42Residents raised a damaged sidewalk from Turkey Hill Road toward Chestnut Street and Highland as the route to the baseball fields.

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

• roads and dpw104 min · 97%
• grants66 min · 62%
• public safety38 min · 35%
• public comment38 min · 35%
• capital27 min · 25%

The whole meeting, in order

1. ▶ 0:02Opening and workshop formatinformational · 1:23 long
2. ▶ 1:25Complete Streets presentation and fundinginformational · 29:15 long · grants, roads and dpw
3. ▶ 30:40Funding questions and who paysinformational · 26:40 long · grants, capital, roads and dpw
4. ▶ 57:20Public input on problem locationsinformational · 37:40 long · roads and dpw, public safety, public comment
5. ▶ 1:35:00Next steps, prioritization plan and maintenance costsinformational · 10:21 long · grants, roads and dpw
6. ▶ 1:45:21Warrants, comments and adjournmentwarrants read; adjourned · 2:19 long

What the captions could not carry

• Result of the warrant vote and the adjournment vote are not in the captions.
• Long stretches of the presentation and location discussion are garbled, with speakers unidentified.

Reports this meeting suggests

Our reading of the discussion: questions where numbers were in play and a page laying them out would have helped. Every meeting’s suggestions are merged into one register.

• ▶ 32:02Complete Streets fundingHow much would Complete Streets projects cost the town after state grants, and where would the match come from?

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