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REPORTS OF SELECTMEN
AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE

on the
Articles in the Warrant 
for the 

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING

to be held in the High School Auditorium
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 at 7:00 P.M.

Final Results (PDF)

 


Click on the Article Number to Open in Adobe (PDF) Format

 

ARTICLE # TITLE
ARTICLE 1 Approval of unpaid bills. (Selectmen)

 

ARTICLE 2 Approval of collective bargaining agreements. (Human Resources Director)

 

ARTICLE 3 FY2008 Budget Amendments. (Selectmen)

TM Tables

 

ARTICLE 4 Elimination of the Refuse Fee. (Petition of Stanley Wayne)

 

ARTICLE 5 Amendment to Section 3.5.3 of the Town By-Laws – General Responsibilities (Audit Committee) -- reports to Town Meeting. (Petition of Stanley Wayne)

 

ARTICLE 6 Amendment to the Town By-Laws -- establish a new Section 3.21 – Readily Accessible Electronic Meeting Notices, Agendas, and Minutes. (Petition of Martin Rosenthal)

 

ARTICLE 7 Amendment to Section 8.5.9 of the Town’s By-Laws – Defacing Property -- preventing and controlling graffiti (tagging) on private and public property. (Selectmen)

 

ARTICLE 8 Amendment to the Town By-Laws -- establish a new Article 8.28 – Mandatory Bicycle Registration. (Petition of Seymour Ziskend)
Supplement 01 - Motion to be Offered by the Petitioner

 

ARTICLE 9 Amendment to the Town By-Laws -- establish a new Article 8.29 – Foundation Permits. (Petition of Frederick Lebow)

 

ARTICLE 10 Amendment to the Town By-Laws -- establish a new Article 9.2 – Coolidge Corner District Council. (Petition of Patricia Connors)

 

ARTICLE 11 Amendment to the Zoning Map -- proposed F-1.0 Zone additions. (Director of Planning and Community Development)
Supplement 01 - Board of Selectmen's Supplemental Report

 

ARTICLE 12 Amendment to the Zoning Map and the Zoning By-Law – Coolidge Corner Design Overlay District -- requiring design review of building demolition within the District. (Director of Planning and Community Development)

 

ARTICLE 13 Amendment to Section 4.07 of the Zoning By-Law – Principal Use 5 and Dimensional Table -- limits the development of town-houses in T zones. (Director of Planning and Community Development)

 

ARTICLE 14 Amendment to Section 5.21 of the Zoning By-Law – Exceptions to Maximum Floor Area Ratio Regulations (Public Benefit Incentives) -- modifications to calculations of public benefits. (Director of Planning and Community Development)

 

ARTICLE 15 To Authorize the Selectmen to Convey a Parcel of Land Adjacent to Kerrigan Place and to Accept a Parcel of Land Adjacent to Davis Path, Both Conveyances Being Made Upon Certain Terms and Conditions. (Petition of Karl Neubauer)

 

ARTICLE 16 Legislation to Authorize a 30-Year Lease of 86 Monmouth Street to the Brookline Arts Center. (Petition of Marilyn Berliner)

 

ARTICLE 17 Legislation Providing for a Zoning Enforcement Officer. (Petition of A. Joseph Ross)

 

ARTICLE 18 Legislation to Amend Chapter 317 of the Acts of 1974 -- authorization to clarify the Transportation Board’s authority to regulate valet parking. (Selectmen)

 

ARTICLE 19 To Re-name the “Brookline Golf Club at Putterham” the “Robert T. Lynch Municipal Golf Course at Putterham Meadows”. (Naming Committee)

 

ARTICLE 20 Resolution on Electronic Voting at Town Meeting. (Petition of Frank Caro)

 

ARTICLE 21 Resolution to Establish a Committee to Study the Taking of Certain Land Adjacent to the Hoar Sanctuary. (Petition of Kenneth Kurnos)

Conservation Commission On Article 12 of the 2007 Annual Town Meeting

 

ARTICLE 22 Resolution to Support Tax Exemptions and Incentives Legislation for Certain Property Owners Using Wind and Solar Power. (Petition of Hugh Mattison)

 

ARTICLE 23 Resolution to Support Statewide Legislation to Encourage the Purchase of Fuel-Efficient Vehicles. (Petition of Donald Weitzman)

 

ARTICLE 24 Reports of Town Officers and Committees. (Selectmen)
Report to the 2007 Special Town Meeting
From the Brookline Conservation Commission
On Article 12 of the 2007 Annual Town Meeting