ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Article 1 Omnibus Budget Fiscal 2005
Article 2 Omnibus Budget Fiscal 2006
Article 3 Collective Bargaining: Fiscal 2004 – Police, Dispatchers
Article 4 Collective Bargaining: Fiscal 2005 – Police, Dispatchers
Article 5 Elected Officials Salary
Article 6 Morse Institute Library
Article 7 Bacon Free Library
Article 8 Personnel Board
Article 9 Title V Assistance Program
Article 10
Article 11 Board of Assessors: Increase Personal Exemption
Article 12 Adjustment FY05 Retirement System Funding
Article 13 School Bus Transportation
Article 14 Amend Bond Authorization:
Article 15 Council on Aging Revolving Fund
Article 16 Conservation Wetlands Revolving Fund
Article 17 Surplus Vehicle Revolving Fund
Article 18 Unpaid Bills
Article 19 Lease/Repair
Article 20 Fire Chief: Increase to Annual Fire Alarm Master Box Fee
Article 21 Commission on Disability: Increase Allocation of Handicapped Parking
Fines & Provide for Handicap Improvements
Article 22 Increase in Handicapped Parking Violation Fees
Article 23 Sewer Betterment – Natick Mall
Article 24 Amend Zoning By-Laws: Noncriminal Disposition of Violations of
Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals Decisions
Article 25 Amend Zoning By-Laws: Increase in Fines
Article 26 Amend Zoning By-Laws: Natick Mall Project
Article 27 Street Acceptance:
Article 28 Capital Equipment
Article 29 Capital Improvement
Article 30 Capital Improvement – Schools
Article 31 Planning and Constructing of New
Article 32 Major Capital Project Review Committee
Article 33 Home Rule Petition: Removal of Police Chief Position from Civil Service
Article 34 Home Rule Petition: Removal of Fire Chief Position from Civil Service
Article 35 Citizen Petition: Increase Senior Exemption Eligibility
Article 36 Citizen Petition: Increase Tax Work Program Limit
Article 37 Moderator: Referrals at Previous Meetings
Article 38 Citizen Petition: Reinstatement of Public Works Commissioners
Article 39 Citizen Petition: Community Preservation Act Study Committee
Article 40 Town Meeting Member Handbook Revision Committee
Article 41 Committee Article
(Town Administrator)
To determine
what sum or sums of money the Town will appropriate and raise, or transfer from
available funds, for the operation of the government of the Town of Natick,
including debt and interest, and to provide for a reserve fund for Fiscal Year
2005 (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005), or take any action relative thereto.
(Town Administrator)
To determine
what sum or sums of money the Town will appropriate and raise, or transfer from
available funds, for the operation of the government of the Town of Natick,
including debt and interest, and to provide for a reserve fund for Fiscal Year
2006 (July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006), and to see what budgets for Fiscal 2006
will be reduced to offset said additional appropriations, or take any action
relative thereto.
(Town Administrator)
To see if the
Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or otherwise provide, the funds
necessary to implement the Terms of Agreements reached between the Town and the
following collective bargaining units for Fiscal 2004:
a)
b) International Brotherhood of Police
Officers, Local 622
c)
SEIU Local 888 AFL-CIO (Dispatchers)
(Town Administrator)
To see if the
Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or otherwise provide, the funds
necessary to implement the Terms of Agreements reached between the Town and the
following collective bargaining units:
a)
b) International Brotherhood of Police Officers,
Local 622
c)
SEIU Local 888 AFL-CIO (Dispatchers)
(Town Administrator)
To see if the
Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of
the Town of
(Morse Institute Library
Trustees)
To see what
sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or otherwise
provide, for the maintenance and operation of the Morse Institute Library, for
the Fiscal Year
(Bacon Free Library
Trustees)
To see what
sum of money the Town will vote to raise, borrow or transfer and appropriate
for the maintenance of the Bacon Free Library, or otherwise act thereon.
(Town Administrator)
To see if the
Town, pursuant to the authority contained in Section 108A of Chapter 41 of the
General Laws, will vote to amend the by-laws by adding to Article 24, Section
3, a new paragraph deleting certain position titles, adding new position titles
and effecting changes in the salary ranges as presently established and will
provide the money necessary therefore, or take any action relative thereto.
(Board of Health)
To see if the
Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of financing the
following water pollution abatement facility projects: repair, replacement
and/or upgrade of septic systems, pursuant to agreements with the Board of
Health and residential property owners, including without limitation all costs
thereof as defined in Section1 Chapter 29C of the General Laws; to determine
whether this appropriation shall be raised by borrowing from the Massachusetts
Water Pollution Abatement Trust or otherwise, or to take any other action
relative thereto.
(Town Administrator)
To see if the Town will vote, pursuant
to Chapter 114, Section 34 of the Massachusetts General Laws, to allow the land
located at
or otherwise act
thereon.
(Board of Assessors)
To see if the Town will vote to
increase the Personal Exemption Amounts by 22.5% under the provisions of
Chapter 126 of the Acts of 1988 which provides for “Optional Additional
Property Tax Exemptions” allowing an annually determined, uniform increase in
the amount of exemption in General Laws, Chapter 59 Section 5 Clauses 17D, 22,
22A, 22B, 22C, 22D, 22E, 37A and 41C (elderly person, disabled veteran, or
blind person).
(Town Administrator)
To determine
what sum or sums of money the Town’s General Fund will appropriate and raise,
or transfer from available funds, for the purpose of funding the over
assessment of Water and Sewer pension liability, originally assessed to the
Water and Sewer Enterprise and/or take any action relative thereto.
(School Committee)
To see what
sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the purpose of operation and
administration of the school bus transportation system, and to reduce or offset
fees charged for students who elect to use the school bus transportation system
for transportation to and from school; or otherwise act thereon.
(Town Administrator)
To see if the
Town will vote to amend the vote of the Town passed under Article 13 of the
October 19, 2004 Annual Fall Town Meeting which appropriated and authorized a
borrowing of $352,000 to construct a system of sewer mains, lateral lines,
trunk mains, and pump stations to service the areas of Clubhouse Lane and Saddlebrook Road, to reduce the amount of the borrowing to
$262,000 and provide that $90,000 shall be transferred from available funds; or
take any other action relative thereto.
(Council on Aging)
To see if the
Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 44, Section 53E l/2 of the
Massachusetts General Laws which allows towns to authorize separate revolving
funds to which shall be credited receipts received in connection with the
programs supported by such revolving fund.
The Council on Aging would establish a revolving fund for a subsidized
transportation program with receipts credited to this revolving fund, expended
by the Council on Aging Director with oversight by the Council on Aging and not
to exceed $15,000 expenditures in a fiscal year.
(Town Administrator)
To see if the Town will vote, pursuant
to Chapter 44, Section 53E l/2 of the Massachusetts General Laws, to establish
a revolving fund in order to utilize fees paid to the Conservation Commission
by applicants pursuant to the Natick Wetlands Protection By Law for the purpose
of hiring consultants; to authorize the Conservation Commission to expend money
from said revolving fund for consultant services regarding applications to the
Conservation Commission under Chapter 131, Section 40 of the Massachusetts
General Laws and under the Natick Wetlands Protection By Law; to establish a
limit on the total amount which may be expended from such fund in the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2005;
or otherwise act
thereon.
(Town Administrator)
To see if the Town will vote, pursuant
to Chapter 44, Section 53E l/2 of the Massachusetts General Laws, to establish
a revolving fund in order to utilize revenue from the sale of surplus vehicles
to fund the purchase of vehicles and equipment at auction; to authorize the
Department of Public Works, with the approval of the Town Administrator, to
expend money from said revolving fund for the purchase of vehicles and
equipment at auction; and to limit the total amount which may be expended from
such fund to $15,000 for the fiscal year
beginning on July 1, 2005 or to act otherwise thereon.
(Town Administrator)
To see if the
Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or otherwise provide such sums of
money as may be required for the payment of unpaid bills of previous years,
incurred by the departments, boards and officers of the Town of
(Town Administrator)
To see if the
Town will vote to appropriate and raise, or otherwise provide, a sum or sums of
money as may be required for the lease and/or repair of equipment for various
departments of the Town of Natick, or otherwise act thereon.
(Fire Chief)
To see if the Town Meeting would
approve an increase to the annual fire alarm master box fee. Increase the current fee of $150.00 to
$300.00 or otherwise act thereon.
(Commission on Disability)
To see if the Town will vote to
increase from 75% to 100% the amount of monies allocated to the Commission on
Disability as the result of fines generated from violations of handicapped
parking laws
And further
To see if the Town will vote to
appropriate and raise, or otherwise provide a sum of money not to exceed $5,500
for the purchase and installation of audio tactile push button walk signals at
various intersections in Natick, curb cuts and access route installations and
repairs, and to provide for disability awareness/educational materials to be
used with the public and private sector or otherwise act thereon.
(Commission on Disability)
To see if the Town in accordance with
Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40:
Section 22A, will vote to raise the amount of
fines for handicapped parking violations in the following amounts:
1) Handicapped
Parking Violations: from $100.00 to
$200.00
2) Access
Aisle Violations: from $200.00 to
$300.00
(Town Administrator)
To see if the Town will amend Article
71 of the General By-laws of the Town as follows:
1. To
modify the first sentence of Section 2 of said Article 71 to read as follows:
Other than in respect to the West Speen Street Pumping District, the Town Administrator shall
assess sewerage construction costs to all properties receiving benefit of
advantage on the basis of the unit method as hereinafter defined.
2. To add the following sentence at the end
of Section 2 of said Article 71:
In the West Speen
Street Pumping District, the Town Administrator shall assess the West Speen Street Sewer Construction Costs based upon the unit
method to the properties in the West Speen Street
Pumping District; or in case of other sewerage construction costs, shall assess
sewerage construction costs in accordance with this By-Law.
3.
To add the following two definitions to
Article 71 respectively as Items (14) and (15):
(14)
West Speen
Street Pumping District: the land
compromising Assessor’s Map 16,
(15)
West Speen
Street Sewage Construction Cost: all
sewer improvements required to be constructed to accommodate sewage flow from
the West Speen Street Pumpting
District as part of the redevelopment and expansion at the Natick Mall as approved
by the Planning Board in Decision 16-04 dated July 19, 2004, as the same may be
modified, or as approved by an Approved Use Development Plan adopted by Town
Meeting.
4.
To modify the last two sentences of the
first paragraph of Section 4 of said Article 71 to read as follows:
Other than for West Speen Street Sewer Construction Costs, betterments shall be
assessed for seventy-five percent (75%) of the cost of special and general
benefit facilities with twenty-five percent (25%) of the cost to be paid by the
Town. In the West Speen
Street Pumping District, betterments shall be assessed for one hundred percent
(100%) of the cost of special and general benefit facilities for West Speen Street Sewer Construction Costs with no cost to be
paid by the Town.
5.
To modify the fourth paragraph of
Section 4 of said Article 71 to read as follows:
Commercial
and industrial and semi-public uses and all properties within the West Speen Street
Pumping District shall be converted into sewer units on the basis of the minimum frontage and depth
requirements of the nearest single family
residential district with the largest common frontage.
or take any other
action relative thereto.
(Planning Board)
To see if the Town will vote to amend
the Zoning By Laws by adding a new second paragraph to
Section VI-F which reads:
“Whoever
violates any provision of these Zoning By Laws, any of the conditions under which a permit is issued,
or any decision rendered by the Board
of Appeals or the Planning Board, the violation of which is subject to a specific penalty, may be penalized by a noncriminal disposition as provided in Massachusetts General Laws Chapter
40, Section 21D. A noncriminal
disposition
under this provision shall not preclude further judicial proceedings
regarding continuing violation of the Zoning By Laws
beyond the date of
said noncriminal disposition.”
or otherwise act
thereon.
(Planning Board)
To see if the Town will vote to amend
Section VI-F of the Zoning By Laws by adding in the first sentence the words
“or the Planning Board” after the words “Board of Appeals” and by deleting the
word “twenty” in the first sentence and inserting in its place the words “two
hundred” so that said Section VI-F would read:
“Any
person violating any provisions of this by law, any of the conditions under which a permit is issued, or any
decision rendered by the Board of Appeals
or the Planning Board, may be fined not more than two hundred dollars for each offense. Each day that such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.”
or otherwise act
thereon.
(Prince Okyere, et al)
ZONING PETITION RE: NATICK MALL
To
see if the Town will amend its zoning by-law in the
following respects, or otherwise act thereon:
Item
1: The following shall be added as definitions, in
alphabetical order, in Section 200:
Approved Use Development: The
use of a parcel for shopping mall use in accordance with an Approved Use
Development Plan, including the provisions for parking contained therein.
Approved
Use Development Plan: A development plan described in Section
VII of the Bylaw, the plans for which are on file with the Town Clerk and the
Community Development Director;
Item
2: There shall be added at the end of Section
II.A.1. the following Use District: “Regional Center
Planned Use Overlay District RCP.”
Item
3: Insert a new Section II.B.7.d. that
follows Section II.B.7.c. to read as follows: “There shall be a Regional Center Planned Use
Overlay District RCP within the following described area: Town of
Item
4: In Section 321, cancel the second sentence
and substitute the following therefore:
There are four such overlay districts: Regional
Center Planned Use Overlay District (RCP), the Mall Center Overlay (MC)
district, the Regional Center Overlay (RC) district and the Highway Corridor
Overlay (HC) district. The
Item
5: In Section 323, Use and Other Zoning
Regulations, delete the first line following the title and substitute the
following: “323.0 Uses prohibited in the
MC, RCP and RC Districts.”
Item
6: Insert new Sections 323.1.7., 323.1.8, 323.1.9 and
323.1.10 as follows:
323.1.7
The RCP
Overlay District is an overlay district established in respect of land which,
because of its location and an existing developed condition, can be redeveloped
intensively for commercial purposes without a material impact on natural
resources and with financial benefits to the Town that will result in
substantial contributions to the acquisition and preservation of open space and
improvement of the infrastructure of the Town and the region as a whole.
323.1.8 To the extent that there is inconsistencies between the provisions of this By-law applicable to the RCP Overlay District and the underlying district (including the RC Overlay District, the MC Overlay District and the APD District), the provisions applicable to the RCP Overlay District shall govern even if such provisions are more permissive in the RCP Overlay District than in underlying and other overlay districts.
323.1.9 All uses permitted or allowed in the underlying zoning districts (including the RC Overlay District and the MC Overlay District) shall be permitted or allowed respectively on land in the RCP Overlay District. In addition, Approved Use Development shall be permitted in the RCP Overlay District. No special permit or site plan approval under Section 320 or Section VI-DD of this By-Law shall be required for an Approved Use Development. An Approved Use Development for a shopping mall use shall also be permitted, as a phase of a shopping mall development for which special permits and site plan approval have been issued under Section 320 and Section VI-DD and such phase may be constructed and used as an Approved Use Development independent of such special permit. If the Approved Use Development Plan is proposed to be modified, before any such modification may be made, the owner of the parcel for which such plan has been approved, shall seek a determination from the Planning Board whether such modification is material or minor. If the Planning Board determines that the modification is material, then no such modification shall be permitted unless the Planning Board grants a special permit therefore. If the Planning Board determines that such modification is minor, then no action approving the modification shall be required but the modification shall be filed with the Approved Use Development Plan then on file with the Town Clerk.
323.1.10 Before any building permit may issue for an Approved Use Development, the Building Inspector must receive approval from the Planning Board of the exterior lighting, signage and final elevations of buildings within the Approved Use Development.
Item 7: In Section 324.6, Areas Excluded from FAR
Computations, insert
in the third line: “RCP:
Item 8: In Section
324.6.6, insert “and RCP” after “MC.”
In Section 325.1.1, in the
first line after the word District, insert “(other
than in a RCP Overlay District).”
Item 9: Insert a new
Section 324.11 as follows:
324.11 FAR for Approved Use Development
The FAR for an Approved Use Development shall be as set forth in the
Approved Use Development Plan, including provisions for contributions on
account of Section 328 Bonus Density Provisions to be made to the Town’s
open-space fund and on account of municipal infrastructure reflected in such
Approved Use Development Plan. If the
parcel of land for which the Town has approved an Approved Use Development
either has been or is included in the special permits and site plan approval
issued under Section 320 and Section VI-DD, the combined FAR of the parcels
shall not exceed the FAR permitted under the special permits and site plan
approval. Any FAR payments payable under
the terms of an Approved Use Development plan shall be credited against those
otherwise payable under such special permits and site plan approval.
Item 10: Insert a new Section 325.1.4
as follows:
325.1.4 The base landscape surface ratio
(LSR) in any RCP Overlay District shall be as set forth in the Approved Use
Development Plan.
Item 11: Insert a new
Section 326.13 as follows:
326.13 The height limitation for an Approved Use
Development shall be as set forth in the Approved Use Development Plan.
Item 12: Insert in Section
326.5 as follows:
326.5 Dimensional Regulations in RCP Overlay
District: In lieu of the dimensional
requirements of the underlying zoning district (including the RC and MC Overlay
Districts as part of the HOD District), the following dimensional requirements
shall be applicable:
326.5.1 For an Approved Use Development, the dimensional
requirements shall be as set forth in the Approved Use Development Plan.
Item 13: At the end of Section 327.1,
add the following:
“The landscaping for an
Approved Development Use shall be as set forth in the Approved Development Use
Plan and the provisions of this Section 327 shall not be applicable to an
Approved Use Development Plan.”
Item 14: Insert a new Section VII-Approved Use
Development Plan for the Regional Center Planned Use Overlay District as
follows:
“Section VII. Approved Use Development Plan for the
Statement of Facts:
This Approved Use Development
Plan (the “Development Plan”) relates to the development for shopping mall use,
including the provision for parking, at
The Development Plan is
intended to encourage the redevelopment for retail use in a Regional Center
Planned Use Overlay District RCP. The
Site is located within the RCP Overlay District. The Zoning By-Laws, as amended, allow as of
right development pursuant to a Development Plan in the RCP Overlay
District. The provisions of the RCP
Overlay District, the Development Plan (including its Table and Schedules) and
the Plans (as defined below) govern the development of the Phase I Mall
Project.
The Phase I Mall Project will
be constructed in conformance with the Development Plan. The Development Plan incorporates mitigation
anticipated to mitigate the impacts anticipated from the shopping mall use.
The Phase I Mall Project is
shown on the following plans prepared by Vanasse Hangen Bustlin of
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Sheet Number |
Drawing Title |
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C-1 |
Legend and General Notes |
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C-2 |
Overall Site Plan |
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C-3 |
Phase I Parking Plan |
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C-4 |
Traffic Striping and Signage Plan |
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C-5 |
Layout and Materials Plan |
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C-6 |
Grading Drainage and Erosion Control Plan |
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C-7 |
Utility Plan |
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C-8 |
Ring Road Link Plan and Profile |
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C-9 |
Wetland Restoration Plan |
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C-10 |
Sanitary Sewer Pump Station |
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C-11 |
Site Details |
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C-12 |
Site Details |
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C-13 |
Site Details |
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C-14 |
Site Details |
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C-15 |
Site Details |
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