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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-01-13 Special Town Meeting WarrantBy virtue of this Warrant, I, on notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote on Town affairs, to meet at the place and at the time specified by posting attested copies of this Town Meeting Warrant in the following public places within the Town of Reading: Precinct 1 J. Warren Killam School, 333 Charles Street Precinct 2 Registry of Motor Vehicles, 275 Salem Street Precinct 3 Reading Police Station, 15 Union Street Precinct 4 Joshua Eaton School, 365 Summer Avenue Precinct 5 Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street Precinct 6 Alice M. Barrows School, 16 Edgemont Avenue Precinct 7 Reading Library, Local History Room, 64 Middlesex Avenue Precinct 8 Arthur W. Coolidge Middle School, 89 Birch Meadow Drive The date of posting being not less than fourteen (14) days prior to January 13. 2003, the date set for the Special Town Meeting in this Warrant. I also caused an attested copy of this Warrant to be published in the Reading Chronicle in the issue of A true copy. Attest: Cheryl A. Johnson, Town Clerk Daniel W. Halloran Jr., Constable 1 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING (Seal) COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. To any of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the Reading Memorial High School Auditorium, 62 Oakland Road in said Reading, on January 13, 2003, at seven-thirty o'clock in the evening, at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by Town Meeting Members in accordance with the provisions of the Reading Home Rule Charter. ARTICLE 1 To hear and act on the reports of the Board of Selectmen, Town Accountant, Treasurer-Collector, Board of Assessors, Director of Public Works, Town Clerk, Tree Warden, Board of Health, School Committee, Contributory Retirement Board, Library Trustees, Municipal Light Board, Finance Committee, Cemetery Trustees, Community Planning & Development Commission, Conservation Commission, Town Manager and any other Board or Special Committee. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 2 To choose all other necessary Town Officers and Special Committees and determine what instructions shall be given Town Officers and Special Committees, and to see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate for the purpose of funding Town Officers and Special Committees to carry out the instructions given to them, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 3 To see if the Town will vote to amend the FY 2003 - FY 2012, Capital Improvements Program as provided for in Section 7-7 of the Reading Home Rule Charter and. as previously amended, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 4 To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing, or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate for the purpose of making extraordinary repairs and/or additions to the Reading Memorial High School at 62 Oakland Road, including the costs of engineering and architectural fees, plans, documents, cost estimates, and related expenses incidental thereto and necessary in connection therewith, said sum to be expended by and under the direction of the School Committee; and to see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Building Committee, the School Committee, or any other agency of the Town to file application for a grant or grants to be used to defray the cost of all or any part of the cost of the project; and to see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to enter into all contracts and agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Article; provided f however that any borrowing authorized by this Article and any appropriation subject to 2 this Article shall be contingent upon the passage of a debt exclusion referendum question under General Laws Chapter 59 s 21c within 90 days of the close of this Special Town Meeting; or take any other action with respect thereto. School Building Committee ARTICLE 5 To see what additional sum the Town will raise by borrowing, ,or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate for the purpose of constructing a new school and associated recreational facilities: On land off Dividence Road shown on Reading Board of Assessor's Rev. January 1, 1981 Map 207 as Lot 3 consisting of 2.0 acres and Lot 4 consisting of 9.6 acres, which land was acquired by the Town for school and recreation purposes by order of taking dated April 13, 1970, recorded in the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 11831, Page 432, including the costs of original furnishings and equipment, landscaping, paving and other site improvements, engineering and architectural fees, plans and specifications, inspection fees, relocation costs, contingencies and related expenses incidental thereto and necessary in connection therewith, said sum to be expended by and under the direction of the School Committee, as an addition to, and in conjunction with, the sum authorized by vote under Article 4 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting of December 7, 1998; and to see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee or any other agency of the Town to file applications for a grant or grants to be used to defray all or any part of the cost of construction and related matters of said new school and associated recreational facilities, and to see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to enter into all contracts and agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Article; provided however that any borrowing authorized by this Article and any appropriation subject to this Article shall be contingent upon the passage of a debt exclusion referendum question under General Laws Chapter 59 s 21c within 90 days of the close of this Special Town Meeting; or take any other action with respect thereto. School Committee ARTICLE 6 To see if the Town will vote to amend one or more of the votes taken under Article 12 of the Warrant of the Annual Town Meeting of April 22, 2002, relating to the Fiscal Year 2003 Municipal Budget, and see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate as the result of any such amended votes for the operation of the Town and its government, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 7 To see if the Town will vote to raise by borrowing, whether in anticipation of reimbursement from the State under Chapter 44, Section 6, Massachusetts General Laws, or pursuant to any other enabling authority, the sum of one million eight hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000) for the improvement to Walkers Brook Drive and related areas pursuant to the approved PWED grant for this purpose, or take any other action with respect thereto. 3 and you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least one (1) public place in each precinct of the Town not less than fourteen (14) days prior to January 13, 2003, the date set for the meeting in said Warrant, and to publish this Warrant in a newspaper published in the Town, or by mailing an attested copy of said Warrant to each Town Meeting Member at least fourteen (14) days prior to the time of holding said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time appointed for said meeting. Given under our hands this 17th day of December, 2002. Camille W. Anthony, Chairman Matthew Cummings, Vice Chairman Richard W. Schubert, Secretary George V. Hines Gail F. Wood SELECTMEN QF READING Daniel W. Halloran Jr., Constable 4