3 May, 2022
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Article 22: MWRA Connection Design Work; Sponsor: Director of Public Works and Town Manager - Passed (Clear Majority)
-$1,300,000 for connection to MWRA Water Supply. (1 Mill for MWRA Connection through town of Ashland, $145,279 for Main Street Water Main, $56,517 for Fruit Street Well Blending Facility, $50,965 for Main Street Water Main.)
-$44,000,000 cost to keep water supply as is, $25,000,000 cost to connect to MWRA.
Article 23: PFAS Filtration System - Well #6; Sponsor: Director of Public Works and Town Manager - Passed
-$600,000 from Water Enterpise Fund retained earnings for the installation of a PFAS Filtration system in Well #6.
Article 24: Fruit Street Well Facility Roof Replacement; Sponsor: Director of Public Works and Town Manager - Passed
-$40,000
Article 25: Fire Engine 2 Replacement; Sponsor: Fire Chief and Town Manager - Passed
-$736,318 for replacing fire truck.
Article 26: Woodville Fire Station Repair Work; Sponsor: Fire Chief and Town Manager - Passed
-$400,000
Article 27: Air Handling Unit Replacement; Sponsor: School Committee - Passed
-$475,000
Article 28: Fruit Street Turf Field Replacement; Sponsor: Park and Recreation Commission - Standing Vote: Passed 168-7
-$1,271,543
Article 29: Marathon School Addition Cost Increase; Sponsor: School Committee - Standing Vote: Passed
-$695,900
Article 30: Lake Maspenock Dam Area Repair Work; Sponsor: Town Manager - Passed Unanimously
-$400,000
Article 31: Community Preservation Funds; Sponsor: Community Preservation Committee - Passed
Article 32: Community Preservation Recommendations; Sponsor: Community
Preservation Committee - Passed
-Motion 1 Passed, Motion 2 (No Action) - Passed
-Motion 1: $23,000 affordable housing, $20,000 - Historical Record restoration, $18,000 for drainage improvements, $15,000 for Pond Street Parking. $50,000 for skate park at EMC park, $775,000 for pickleball and tennis courts at Fruit St., $50,000 for EMC park skate park sewer line, $10,000 for boundary marking of Cameron Woods.
-Motion 2: No Action recommended
Article 33: One Single-Family Dwelling per Lot; Sponsor: Planning Board - Passed Standing Vote
-To amend Article I, General Provisions, Section 210-3, General Applicability, by inserting
the following at the end of the section:
No lot may be used for more than one single-family dwelling, except as may be
otherwise permitted herein.
2. To amend Article I, General Provisions, Section 210-4, Definitions, by inserting the following after the definition for “Off-Street Parking”:
Principal Use - The primary or main use of land, building, or structure, as distinguished from an accessory use, building, or structure.
Article 34: Maximum Gross Floor Area, Industrial A District; Sponsor: Planning Board - Passed Standing Vote
-Maximum gross floor area increase from 50% to 80%.
Article 35: Off-Street Parking; Sponsor: Planning Board - Passed Unanimously
Article 36: Housekeeping/Gender Neutral References; Sponsor: Planning Board - Passed
Article 37: Housekeeping, Plural Uses; Sponsor: Planning Board - Passed
Article 38: Dimensional Table, Appendix; Sponsor: Planning Board - Passed
Article 39: Housekeeping/Gender Neutral References; Sponsor: Select Board - Passed
Article 40: Amend General Bylaws Section 62-2 - Dog Licensing; Sponsor: Town Clerk - Passed
-$25 late fee prior to $50 failure to license fee.
Article 41: Accept Easement - 2 Oakhurst Road; Sponsor: Select Board - Passed Unanimously
-Allow Select Board to acquire 2 Oakhurst Road as proposed bus-stop easement.
Article 42: Accept Gift of Land - Fitch Ave.; Sponsor: Select Board - Passed
-0.98 acre parcel as shown as Lot E on a plan entitled “Plan of Land Hopkinton, Massachusetts” prepared by GLM Engineering Consultants, Inc. and dated
September 2, 2021.
Article 43: Accept Gift of Land - Chamberlain-Whalen Subdivision; Sponsor: Planning
Board - Passed
-44.804 acre parcel of land as shown as “Open Space Parcel A” on a plan entitled “Definitive Subdivision Plan, Chamberlain Street and Whalen Road, Town
of Hopkinton”
Article 44: Land Acquisition - Conroy Property, Saddle Hill Road; Sponsor: Open Space Preservation Commission - Passed
-No Action recommended
-88.29 acres, more or less, identified as Assessor’s Parcels R7 5 0 and R7 7 0
and more particularly described in a certain deed recorded in the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds in Book 70082, Page 23 and Book 76408, Page 400.
Article 45: Land Acquisition - 0 & 71 Frankland Road, Rear; Sponsor: Citizens Petition - Standing Vote: Article Fails 26-87
-To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select Board, pursuant to Chapter 79 of the Massachusetts General Laws, to acquire by eminent domain, for any municipal or lawful purpose, the property known and numbered as 0 and 71 Frankland Road, Hopkinton Assessors Map.
-Acquire land by Eminent Domain (private property taken by government and converted to public use).
-Select Board, Appropriations Committee recommends disapproval
-Capital Improvements recommends approval
-$700,000
Quorum Count - Failed, Town Meeting will continue Wednesday at 7pm with Article 46.
