BOARD OF SELECTMEN’S MEETING AGENDA**
SEPTEMBER 28, 2010
I. CALL TO ORDER/SALUTE THE FLAG
II. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
a. Harbormaster – update on status and plans for town dock
b. Open Space & Recreation Committee – update support letter for submission of the Newbury Open Space & Recreation Plan – Dan Streeter
III. CITIZEN’S CONCERNS
a. Gene Palumbo (Hanover Street)
IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS – NONE
V. TOWN ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
a. Special Town Meeting Draft Warrant – Discussion
b. Highway Maintenance Facility Feasibility Study – Update
c. FY12 Preliminary Revenue Projections - Discussion
d. Plum Island 5.4 Acre Land Sale RFP – Vote
VI. NEW BUSINESS
a. Proposed public boardwalk-8 39th Street (see letter)
b. Proposed zoning change –Planning Board – request to place two articles (see attached) on the warrant for the STM
c. Request from the Save the Lower Green Committee to hold a “Harvest Festival” on the Lower Green over Columbus Day weekend (Sat, Sun, Mon) (see letter)
d. Jeffrey Janvrin/Fish Commissioners – violation for taking of small clams
e.. Appointment of a “Town Owned Surplus Property Dissolution Committee” – Selectman Keller (see e-mail)
f. Create a “Joint Task Force” to determine actions needed for short and long term fiscal stability of the Town – Selectman Keller (see e-mail)
g. Father Sears Park Committee reappointments – John Bursaw, Lorraine Connelly, Barbara Murray and Elizabeth Szymanski (see e-mail)
h. Vote to officially set the date for the STM – October 26, 2010 @ 7 p.m. @ NES
i. Request for permission to hang a banner on the Upper Green backstop – Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center – to advertise their 19th Annual Walk Against Violence and 5K run (see e-mail)
j. Request for use of Upper Green on Oct. 17th from 10-1 for a “Blessing of the Animals Service” – First Parish Church (see e-mail)
k. Memorial for September 11th – Selectman Keller
l. Permission to include notices of the polling change in Byfield with the tax bills for Byfield residents (see notice)
m. Minutes of September 7th and September 16th meetings
VII. COMMUNICATIONS
VIII. SIGN WARRANTS
IX. MEETING UPDATES – SELECTMEN
X. EXECUTIVE SESSION
XI. ADJOURN
** “The listing of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.”
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