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Board of Selectmen Agenda 7-14-2015
792015_31332_0.pngTown of Newbury
Board of Selectmen
25 High Road
Newbury, MA  01951
978-465-0862, ext. 301
PUBLIC NOTICE POSTING REQUEST
TO OFFICE OF TOWN CLERK

                                                                                
ORGANIZATION:  BOARD OF SELECTMEN                                       
                
MEETING X                       PUBLIC HEARING X                 (Please circle/check appropriately)

DAY and DATE:  Tuesday, July 14, 2015   TIME: 7:00 P.M.                 

LOCATION:                        25 HIGH ROAD, NEWBURY, MA  01951                             
               
PURPOSE:    GENERAL BUSINESS                                                                                                                                                                            

REQUESTED BY:  GEOFFREY WALKER, CHAIRMAN                                                

ALL MEETING NOTICES MUST BE FILED AND TIME STAMPED IN THE TOWN CLERK’S
OFFICE AND POSTED ON THE MUNICIPAL BULLETIN BOARD 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE
MEETING (in accordance with Chapter 303 Acts of 1975).  This may not include Saturday, Sunday or legal holidays.

Newbury Town Hall business hours are Mon., Wed. and Thurs. 8-4 and Tuesday from 8-7.  Faxed or E-mailed postings must reach the Clerk’s office during business hours 48 hours prior to the meeting.
                                                                                                

Agenda:

Call to Order

Board and Committee Reports

Citizen’s Concerns

Public Hearings

  • 7:15 p.m. Application of Pizza Factory, Inc. d/b/a Plum Island Provisions, 29 Plum Island Blvd, Transfer of Liquor License #079400009 from Robert C. Ducott, Jr. d/b/a Dick’s Variety, 29 Plum Island Blvd and to approve the Petition for Change of License/Alteration of Premises.
        (Note: “Alteration” means any increase or decrease in the size, change in the character of the  licensed premises or changes in the entrance/exit locations.)

        Vote to approve and sign ABCC Form 43, Transfer of License and Alteration of Licensed   
        Premises for Pizza Factory, Inc. d/b/a Plum Island Provisions 29 Plum Island Blvd.

Executive Session  
  • To discuss complaints brought against a public officer, employee, staff member or individual.

Town Administrators Report      

New Business:

  • Review, approve and sign – 2015 NEW Business Licenses as follows:
Angelo Giannopoulos, President, Pizza Factory, Inc. d/b/a Plum Island Provisions, 29 Plum Island Blvd, Common Victualler

Lisa Porter, Seacoast Horse & Pet sitting, 48 Old Rowley Road, General Business/Dog Boarding/Dog Daycare/Pet Sitting

  • Vote to approve Petition for Change of License and to sign ABCC Form 43 for Ould Newbury Golf Club, 319 Newburyport Turnpike, change of manager to James M. Hilton
  • Vote to approve Petition for Change of License and to sign ABCC Form 43 for The Butchery, Inc. d/b/a Newbury Butchery 2 Morgan Ave, change of manager to Ryan E. Crowley
  • One-day Liquor License – Mercury Brewery and Distribution Company, Inc. –  Sunday, July 26, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. – Vintage Base Ball at Spencer Pierce Little Farm, 2 Little’s Lane, Newbury
  • One-day Liquor License – Mercury Brewery and Distribution Company, Inc. – Saturday, August 8, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. – Fiber Revival and Vintage Baseball at Spencer Pierce Little Farm, 2 Little’s Lane, Newbury
  • One-day Liquor License – Mercury Brewery and Distribution Company, Inc. – Saturday, August 22, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. – Vintage Base Ball at Spencer Pierce Little Farm, 2 Little’s Lane, Newbury
  • One-day Liquor License – Mercury Brewery and Distribution Company, Inc. – Sunday, August 30, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Vintage Base Ball at Spencer Pierce Little Farm, 2 Little’s Lane, Newbury
  • One-day Liquor License – Mercury Brewery and Distribution Company, Inc. – Saturday, September 12, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Ipswich Ale Harvest Festival with  Vintage Base Ball at Spencer Pierce Little Farm, 2 Little’s Lane, Newbury
  • One-day Liquor License – Mercury Brewery and Distribution Company, Inc. – Saturday, September 26, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. – American Music Festival with Vintage Base Ball at Spencer Pierce Little Farm, 2 Little’s Lane, Newbury
  • One-day Liquor License – Mercury Brewery and Distribution Company, Inc. – Sunday, September 27, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. – American Music Festival with Vintage Base Ball at Spencer Pierce Little Farm, 2 Little’s Lane, Newbury
  • One-day Liquor License – Mercury Brewery and Distribution Company, Inc. – Sunday, October 4, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. – Vintage Base Ball at Spencer Pierce Little Farm, 2 Little’s Lane, Newbury
  • One-day Liquor License – Mercury Brewery and Distribution Company, Inc. – Saturday, October 17, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. – Vintage Base Ball Fundraiser at Spencer Pierce Little Farm, 2 Little’s Lane, Newbury
  • One-day Liquor License – Tigerlily’s Events, Friday, July 31, 2015 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. – Midsummer Night’s Feast at Colby Farm, 50 Scotland Road, Newbury
  • One-day Liquor License – Tigerlily’s Events, Saturday, August 1, 2015 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. – Midsummer Night’s Feast at Colby Farm, 50 Scotland Road, Newbury
  • Request for Public Property Use/Special Permit – Request of On Stage, Inc. d/b/a Theater in the Open, Newburyport MA  and Circus Barn, Inc. d/b/a Circus Smirkus - use of Manter Field, 81 Central Street, Byfield to host Circus Smirkus of Greensboro, VT, July 31st through August 2, 2015
  • Planning Board Appointments:
James Robinson, 8 Knobb Hill, Byfield  - Planning Board Member, to fill the Planning Board seat vacated by Richard Moss until the May 10, 2016 Town Election
Peter Paicos, 4 Orchard Street, Byfield – FY16 One year term as the Planning Board’s Associate Member

  • Planning Board Appointments – FY16 Master Plan Committee:
Planning Board:  John Weis, George Morse, John O’Connell, Elizabeth Mitchell,
                 James Robinson & Peter Paicos

Town Planner:  Martha Taylor

Finance Committee:  Marshall Jespersen

Resident Members:  Ron Barrett, Robin Lawson, Steve Mangion, Marlene Schroeder,
                        Charles Stefanidakis, Dan Streeter, Paige Sullivan & Fred Thurlow

Student Member:  Casey Brown, Triton Regional High School

  • Planning Board Appointment – Master Plan Committee
        
Board of Selectmen member designation
                        
  • Jon D. Rausch, Manager, Scotland Woods, LLC – Request for acceptance of Livingston Lane as a Newbury Town Road and Pursuant to MGL Ch. 82, section 22, request to refer same to the Planning Board
  • Discussion with the Fish Commission for a proposed plan for the opening of moderately contaminated clam flats
  • FY16 Police Department Appointments
  • FY16 Fire Department Appointments
  • Vote to authorize and sign Request for Appropriation Transfer
  • Vote to sign the Lease  Agreements between the Town of Newbury and Protection Fire Company No. 1 and No. 2
  • Vote to set time for the Special Election of September 15, 2015 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
  • Vote to approve date of October 20, 2015, @ 7:00 p.m. for Special Town Meeting
  • Selectman Bear – Discussion regarding forming a committee to look into conflicting and redundant Town Bylaws
  • Discussion re: Becoming part of the State of Massachusetts/Governor Charlie Baker’s “Community Compact” program                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Old Business:

  • Discussion with Johanna True, Newbury School Committee Representative for Whittier Regional Technical High School re: the subcommittee formed by the  Board of Selectmen from Merrimac, Groveland and West Newbury regarding  policies at Whittier of admission, school choice and busing.
  • Discussion and review of a proposed charter change which must come before Town Meeting allowing Selectmen to be elected for a term of five years. (An act amending Chapter 460 of the Acts of 2008 establishing a Selectmen-Administrator form of government for the Town of Newbury)
Correspondence:

  • Letter of petition to Selectmen from Rosemary Loveday re: her home at 3 35th Street
  • Letter to Sam Joslin from Mr. & Mrs. Brian Sholler re: Sean Pearson’s outdoor wood furnace
  • Press release – Eastern Essex District department of Veterans’ Services
  • E-mail from Veteran’s Services Director, Karen Tyler re: Senate award for former Veteran’s Services Director, Terry Hart
  • E-mail correspondence  from Donald Jarvis, Grave Registration Officer regarding First Parish Cemetery project
  • Decision letter from ABCC  re: Violation by Parker River, Inc. d/b/a Parker River Pub & Grille on 3/30/15
  • Letter from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) re: Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) Discovery Meeting for the Merrimack Watershed in northeastern MA and southeastern NH
  • Letter from Giusti, Hingston & Co., CPA re: Standards adopted by the American Institute of Certified Public  Accountants (Statement on Auditing Standards #114)
  • E-mail correspondence from Cynthia L. Lewis, Director of Intergovernmental Relations & Special Projects, Office of Senator Bruce E. Tarr re: 6/19/15 Meeting of Northeast Coastal Coalition
  • Letter from Triton Regional School District re: Schedule of assessments, Newbury’s annual and monthly obligations for the FY2016 Operating Budget
  • Copy of letter to State Representative Lenny Mirra re: Town of Newbury, Plum Island emergency access road
  • Merrimack Valley Planning Commission - Notice of Public Hearings/Availability for Review and Comment
  • Notice of training session presented by The Massachusetts Office on Disability “Make your Community More Accessible” August 18 & 19, 2105 at Salem State University
  • Thank you e-mail from Essex Heritage
  • Friends of Newbury Town Library newsletter
        
Review of Meeting Minutes

  • May 26, 2016
Warrants

Meeting Updates



Executive Session

  • Contract negotiations
Adjourn

The matters listed are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair to 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.