From jscltully at yahoo.com Fri Apr 6 16:26:29 2007 From: jscltully at yahoo.com (Joe Tully) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 13:26:29 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Town Meeting] Articles 22 and 23 Message-ID: <247196.76543.qm@web51112.mail.re2.yahoo.com> if you are the proponent of one of these articles (home rule legislation for individuals seeking to become firefighters), please contact me. 781-641-0466. Thanks. --------------------------------- 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with theYahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rlcarr at animato.arlington.ma.us Fri Apr 6 22:39:41 2007 From: rlcarr at animato.arlington.ma.us (Rich Carreiro) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 22:39:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Town Meeting] Refesher course on this list Message-ID: As the admin of the list, I wanted to remind people of its purpose. It is an announce-only, distribute-only list. No discussion is to occur here. All posts are moderated by me. I will not edit any posts -- rather, if I don't believe it is appropriate I will reject it with a brief explanation. The purpose of this list when David Coletta created it remained the same when he handed it off to me -- to in essence be a virtual "town meeting member chair in the auditorium to put papers on". The sort of thing you'd be handing out on people's seats is the sort of thing to be sending to this list. It is recommended (but certainly not required) that documents be sent as either plain text ot PDF whenever possible -- that way people without Word, Excel, etc. can see your document. That said if a post is a spreadsheet it would be good to attach both the spreadsheet and PDF of it to the same email, so that people with spreadsheets can more easily analyze your data. Once the TMM election results are final, I'll purge the addresses of people who are no longer TMMs and I'll make an announcement on opening night about the existence of and purpose of the list and that new TMMs and TMMs whose email addresses have changed who want to be on the list should get in touch with me with their desired email addresses. This list is a completely private endeavor and is not associated with the Town or Town Meeting, and uses no Town resources. -- Rich Carreiro rlcarr at animato.arlington.ma.us From rlcarr at gmail.com Mon Apr 16 10:02:10 2007 From: rlcarr at gmail.com (Rich Carreiro) Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:02:10 -0400 Subject: [Town Meeting] Time to clean the list in preparation for this year's TM Message-ID: <8819fc490704160702l1ff34155ga32ebb13c3b33d0b@mail.gmail.com> Hello. With the election over and TM hard upon us, it's time to clean the list for the upcoming TM. So if you're either no longer a TMM or no longer want to be on this list, could you please do *one* of the following: (1) Use the information in the footer of this email to unsub. (2) Go to http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/townmeeting then scroll to the bottom, enter your email address next to the "Unsubscribe or edit options" button, hit that button and follow the directions to unsub. (3) Send me an email telling me you want to unsub, and mention the email address you're subbed under. Thanks! -- Rich Carreiro rlcarr at gmail.com From vze27qbd at verizon.net Mon Apr 16 15:58:28 2007 From: vze27qbd at verizon.net (John Belskis) Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:58:28 -0400 Subject: [Town Meeting] document Message-ID: <008501c78061$9a8e7980$0201a8c0@Johnnew> The below document will be on the seats at Town Meeting WHY WE NEED WARRANT ARTICLE 12 Susette Kelo, et al. v. City of New London, Connecticut, et al. was a case decided June 23, 2005 by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the use of eminent domain to transfer land from one private owner to another to further economic development. The case arose from the condemnation by New London, Connecticut of privately owned real property so that it could be used as part of a comprehensive redevelopment plan. The Court held in a 5-4 decision that the general benefits a community enjoyed from economic growth qualified such redevelopment plans as a permissible "public use" under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Dissenting opinions: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote the principal dissent, joined by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Justice Antonin Scalia, and Justice Clarence Thomas. Justice O'Connor suggested that the use of this power in a reverse Robin Hood fashion-take from the poor, give to the rich-would become the norm, not the exception: "Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random. The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including large corporations and development firms." She argued that the decision eliminates "any distinction between private and public use of property - and thereby effectively delete[s] the words 'for public use' from the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Clarence Thomas also penned a separate originalist dissent, in which he argued that the precedents the court's decision relied upon were flawed and that "something has gone seriously awry with this Court's interpretation of the Constitution." He accuses the majority of replacing the Fifth Amendment's "Public Use" clause with a very different "public purpose" test: "This deferential shift in phraseology enables the Court to hold, against all common sense, that a costly urban-renewal project whose stated purpose is a vague promise of new jobs and increased tax revenue, but which is also suspiciously agreeable to the Pfizer Corporation, is for a 'public use.'" Thomas also made use of the argument presented in the NAACP/AARP/SCLC amicus brief on behalf of three low-income residents' groups fighting redevelopment in New Jersey, noting: "Allowing the government to take property solely for public purposes is bad enough, but extending the concept of public purpose to encompass any economically beneficial goal guarantees that these losses will fall disproportionately on poor communities. Those communities are not only systematically less likely to put their lands to the highest and best social use, but are also the least politically powerful. Subsequent history: The wider effect of Kelo remains to be seen. It will have little effect in the eight states that specifically prohibit the use of eminent domain for economic development except to eliminate blight: Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, South Carolina and Washington. As of July 4, 2005, The Washington Times claims that the decision has spurred action by officials in Newark, New Jersey and Arnold, Missouri. As of August 4, 2005, Alabama has banned takings like those authorized by Kelo, while such laws have been proposed in sixteen states and are likely to be proposed in seven more. Additionally, Alabama, California, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey and Texas are all considering constitutional amendments for the same purpose. This is expected to be a pivotal issue in the 2006 elections. As of March 2006, the town of Scituate, Massachusetts, in its annual town meeting, voted to limit its own eminent domain power to cases where the property in question is seized only for public ownership and public use. John Belskis TMM Pct - 18 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rlcarr at gmail.com Wed Apr 18 12:40:50 2007 From: rlcarr at gmail.com (Rich Carreiro) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:40:50 -0400 Subject: [Town Meeting] No warrant review this year Message-ID: <8819fc490704180940i12548bfcj70fe424c46884295@mail.gmail.com> A couple of people have sent in emails to this list asking if there was going to be a warrant review this year. I felt that was a good question to ask and wanted to provide an answer. Before the election, as Mr. Worden was sharing with Mr. Leone and myself the preparations that Mr. Worden had made for TM to make it easier on whomever would be the new Moderator, I asked Mr. Worden if there was going to be a review. He replied that the Arlington League of Women Voters, which puts the review on, had decided that with only one week between the election and TM, there was not enough time to have a warrant review this time around. -- Rich Carreiro rlcarr at gmail.com From annie at lacourt.net Wed Apr 18 19:25:19 2007 From: annie at lacourt.net (Annie LaCourt) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:25:19 -0400 Subject: [Town Meeting] Moderator and the start of town meeting References: Message-ID: <008501c78210$d4c66d50$0301a8c0@Ann> Dear Fellow Town Meeting Members: As I am sure you are all aware, the newly elected Town Moderator John Leone lost his son Paul in a car crash this tuesday. Here is the text of the obituary from the Boston Herald: Paul J. Leone, of Arlington, accidentally, April 17, 2007. Beloved son of John D. and Carla Leone of Arlington. Brother of Laura Leone of Arlington. Survived by his grandparents David A. and Lorna Leone of Arlington, Patricia and Richard O'Brien of New York. He also leaves his many uncles, aunts, cousins and friends. Relatives and friends are invited to visit in The DeVito Funeral Home, 1145 Massachusetts Avenue, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS on Thursday from 2:00 P.M.-4:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. and to a Funeral Mass Friday at 12:00 in St. Agnes Church. Interment to follow Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. In lieu of flowers expressions of sympathy may be made in Paul's memory to The Arlington Boys & Girls Club, 60 Pond Lane, Arlington, MA 02474. John and his family need our prayers, love and support at this time. Please reach out in whatever way you can. Town meeting will not be delayed. Mr. Worden is legally the moderator until the new moderator is sworn in by the town clerk. Mr. Worden will preside on Monday night. John will assume his duties as moderator when he is able to do so. The town clerk will swear him in whenever he feels ready. We are following John's wishes in this regard. If you have questions about the above information concerning the start of town meeting please feel free to email me at Annie at lacourt.net or to call or email the town manager, the town counsel or the selectmen's office whatever is most convenient. yours, Annie LaCourt Chair, Arlington Board of Selectmen From adam.auster.arlington at gmail.com Sun Apr 22 21:41:03 2007 From: adam.auster.arlington at gmail.com (Adam Auster) Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:41:03 -0400 Subject: [Town Meeting] Document Message-ID: <05839a9b8ae5cbe6f371c5020e1ea344@gmail.com> The attached PDF file includes the wording of a motion under this article and some supporting materials. Please note that the motion is a simple resolution, not a bylaw amendment, and also that the wording is slightly different from that printed in the Selectmen's Report. I can't account for the difference, but the attached language was the version approved by the Selectmen and is the motion that I plan to bring under Article 16. 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Here is footprint data for recently constructed houses: AddressFinished Area, square feetHome Footprint, square feet 4 Knowles Farm Circle34561392 6 Knowles Farm Circle30801143 8 Knowles Farm Circle37441248 10 Knowles Farm Circle2368992 12 Knowles Farm Circle21841352 59 Scituate33601472 61 Scituate33601472 All data from Town of Arlington Assessors? Database NOTE: ALL OF THESE HOUSES ARE UNDER 1500 SQUARE FEET AND SO WOULD HAVE BEEN EXEMPT FROM PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 10 HAD IT BEEN IN FORCE To address this problem the following amendment will be submitted: MOVED: that in Paragraph A of Section 2 of the Arlington Selectmen?s vote on Article 10 the figure 1500 be replaced with the figure1000 Patricia B. Worden Town Meeting Member Precinct 8 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Ron Spangler Pct. 15 ------------------------------------------------------------ VOTED: That the Town Meeting supports the prime recommendation of the School Facilities Working Group which includes the following actions: (1) Letters of interest for the Thompson and Stratton Elementary Schools be submitted to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) prior to June 30, 2007, (2) That since it is likely that it will be 3 to 5 years until the MSBA provides funding for the Thompson School that such amounts of monies be spent on the school to ensure that the facility meets the basic needs of the students and faculty using the facility. This includes $120,000 in the Capital Budget for fiscal 2008, (3) That since it is likely that it will be 15 to 20 years until the MSBA provides funding for the Stratton School that the Town appropriate approximately $150,000 per year over the next 10 years in the Capital Budget to upgrade the facility over that period. (4) That the School Facilities Working Group shall continue to discharge its duties, as laid out in the unanimous vote of the 2006 Annual Town Meeting under its Article 65, fully and completely, including, but not limited to, revising plans and reporting to the Thompson and Stratton communities, and to Town Meeting, annually until construction has commenced on the seventh elementary school. (5) That the School Facilities Working Group?s membership shall be redefined as: the Superintendent, the Town Treasurer, the Town Manager or his/her designee, the Director of Planning, the chair of the Permanent Town Building Committee or his/her designee, the chair of the School Committee or his/her designee, the chair of the Board of Selectmen or his/her designee, the chair of the Finance Committee or his/her designee, the chair of the Capital Planning Committee or his/her designee, and Town Meeting Members representing the Thompson and Stratton school districts. From paul at schlichtman.org Wed Apr 25 17:43:44 2007 From: paul at schlichtman.org (Paul Schlichtman) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:43:44 -0400 Subject: [Town Meeting] Proposed substitute motion - Article 19 Message-ID: I, Paul Schlichtman (TMM Precinct 9) offer the following SUBSTITUTE MOTION under Article 19: Voted that the Town does hereby establish a Parking and Traffic Management Review Committee. Said committee shall: ? Examine the administrative structure of the Town pertaining to the establishment, enforcement, administration, and local adjudication of parking and traffic regulations. ? Research successful practices and administrative structures for other communities of similar size, density, and demographics. ? Research potential regional solutions for providing needed signs, equipment, and services. ? Prepare a report of its findings for presentation to the 2008 Annual Town Meeting. Said committee's findings and minutes shall be published on the Town's website. Said committee shall have nine members: ? The Chair of the Board of Selectmen or her designee. ? The Town Manager or his designee ? The Director of Planning or his designee ? The Town Treasurer or his designee ? The Police Chief or his designee ? The Chair of the Transportation Advisory Committee or his designee ? The Chair of the School Committee or her designee ? Two Town Meeting Members appointed by the Moderator Said committee shall dissolve upon the completion of its report. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Article 19.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 68486 bytes Desc: not available Url :