May 9 2022 meeting

Chair Crawford called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. He announced that the meeting was being recorded for cable television and led those in attendance in the Pledge of Allegiance.

A Healthy Lynnfield update

Mr. Crawford reviewed the plans for the Healthy Living Expo on the common for May 14 and urged residents to attend.

Intermunicipal agreement with Town of Wakefield and Town of Reading for the sharing of assessing director services

Assistant Town Administrator Robert Curtin explained that the Board of Assessors last week voted, subject to approval of the intermunicipal agreement before the Board tonight, to enter into an arrangement by which the Town of Lynnfield would join with the Towns of Wakefield and Reading to share the services of an assessing manager.

Victor Santaniello is an experienced and well-respected assessor who already serves as the Director of Assessing in those two communities. He comes highly recommended by his current employers. The Lynnfield Board of Assessors has appointed him as interim assessing manager until all three Towns ratify the intermunicipal agreement, after which Lynnfield will pay a share of his salary and his benefits.

The assessing office at Town Hall will remain open and the departmental clerk, Donna Perry, will remain a fulltime Town of Lynnfield employee. The Town will save $38,000 annually through the elimination of its full-time assessing manager position and the provision of those services under the proposed agreement.

Mr. Santaniello reviewed his work history and how he manages multiple communities. Mr. Crawford said he is highly recommended by Town Administrator Robert Dolan.

MOTION by Mr. Crawford, duly seconded by Mr. Connell I move that the Board vote to approve the three -year intermunicipal agreement with Town of Wakefield and Town of Reading for the sharing of assessing director services as presented.

Mr. Curtin said the assessing office will remain open at all hours Town Hall is open, as the full-time clerk to the department will remain on hand.

Recommendation on town meeting warrant articles

Assistant Town Administrator Bob Curtin explained that the town administrator is prepared with recommendations draft motion on all warrant articles except two, the FY 2022 transfers and the payment of prior year bills. He reviewed the warrant articles. The Board has already voted to recommend no action be taken on Article 16, the proposed rezoning of a portion of Ramsdell Way to elderly housing zone, which the petitioner will not move forward.

ARTICLE 1. To act on reports of town officers and special committees as published.

ARTICLE 2. To choose all Town officers not required to be chosen by ballot: viz.; three field drivers, one pound keeper and three wood measurers. Submitted by SELECT BOARD

ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to FIX THE COMPENSATION of each of the Elective Officers of the Town as required by General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 108, as amended.

ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, sums of money to supplement certain accounts in the current 2022 Fiscal Year where balances are below projected expenditures for various reasons; or to take any other action in connection therewith.

ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate by transfer from available funds, sums of money to pay overdue bills of a prior fiscal year, or to take any other action in connection therewith.

ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate by transfer from available funds, or otherwise, a sum of money for the necessary Town charges and expenses; or to take any other action in connection therewith.

ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or from any or all such sources, sums of money for the purchase of various equipment and items in the nature of capital expenditure and to give authority to credit the value of the various old equipment to be turned in toward the purchase price of said items, said sums of money to be expended under the direction of various Town boards, committees, or officers; or to take any other action in connection therewith.

ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or appropriate by transfer from available funds a sum of money for the Town’s Capital Facilities Fund; or to take any other action in connection therewith. Submitted by SELECT BOARD

ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or appropriate by transfer from available funds a sum of money for the Town’s Stabilization Fund, or to take any other action in connection therewith. Submitted by SELECT BOARD

ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from Emergency Medical Service Enterprise receipts to pay expenses and contractual services required to operate the emergency medical service in the Town of Lynnfield, said Enterprise Fund to be credited with all fees and charges received during Fiscal Year 2023 from persons using said service; or to take any other action in connection therewith.

ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from Golf Enterprise receipts and/or Golf Enterprise Retained Earnings to pay expenses and contractual services required to operate the Reedy Meadow Golf Course and King Rail Golf Course, said Enterprise Fund to be credited with all fees and charges received during Fiscal Year 2023 from persons using the golf courses; or to take any other action in connection therewith.

ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or borrow a sum of money, to be expended under the direction of the Select Board and the Public Safety Building Committee, for architectural and engineering designs, plans and other specifications, bid documents, permitting and any associated costs related to the renovation of the existing Police and Fire Station and Town Hall at 55 Summer Street and the building of a new Public Safety Building, and for any costs in connection therewith and, for the purpose of meeting such appropriation, to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Select Board, to borrow said sum in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 7(1) of the Massachusetts General Laws, or any other enabling authority and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, or to take any other action in connection therewith. Submitted by SELECT BOARD

ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to establish, with respect to each of the following revolving funds, the following limits on the total amount that may be expended from each such fund in Fiscal Year 2023.

ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 143 of the General Bylaws, entitled “Fees,” by making the following changes and additions.

ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote, pursuant to G.L. c. 41, s. 81U, to appropriate from the proceeds of a bond posted by Hannah’s View Estates, LLC as security for the construction of ways and the installation of municipal services in the Sagamore Place subdivision, the sum of $167,372 for the purpose of completing such construction and installation, and to authorize the Planning Board to take all such other and further measures as may be necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purpose of this Article; or to take any other action in connection therewith.

ARTICLE 16. To amend the Zoning District Map of the Town of Lynnfield entitled “Zoning District Map of the Town of Lynnfield dated September 18, 2019” as amended to date by changing from Single Resident District B to Elderly Housing District (EH), the parcel of land off Ramsdell Way, Lynnfield, containing 182,471 Square Feet, or 4.189 Acres as shown on a plan entitled “Sketch Plan of Land in Lynnfield” dated March 24, 2022 drawn by Hayes Engineering, Inc., being a portion of Lynnfield Assessor Parcel ID 0055 0944, a copy of which is on file with the Town Clerk, and bounded and described as follows:

Description of Area to be Rezoned to “Elderly Housing District” Beginning at the easterly corner of the parcel at a point on the southerly sideline of Ramsdell Way; thence running

S56°55'04"W a distance of 176.96 feet; thence turning and running N68°37'28"W a distance of 34.62 feet; thence turning and running S87°04'04"W a distance of 74.70 feet; thence turning and running S65°12'22"W a distance of 41.00 feet; thence turning and running S36°07'18"W a distance of 212.45 feet; thence turning and running N60°14'15"W a distance of 307.01 feet; thence turning and running N39°50'03"E a distance of 504.47 feet; thence turning and running S42°09'27"E a distance of 40.00 feet; thence turning and running S75°40'19"E a distance of 198.25 feet; thence turning and running N74°56'26"E a distance of 50.00 feet to a point on the southerly sideline of Ramsdell Way; thence turning and running

S15°03'34"E along said sideline a distance of 89.66 feet; thence running Southeasterly along said sideline on a curve turning to the left with an arc length of 133.39 feet, with a radius of 220.00 feet, to the point of beginning.

 MOTION by Mr. Dalton, duly seconded by Mr. Connell: I move that the Board vote to recommend Articles 1, 2, 3. Vote was unanimous.

 MOTION by Mr. Dalton, duly seconded by Mr. Connell: I move that the Board vote to defer its recommendation on Articles 4 and 5. Vote was unanimous.

 MOTION by Mr. Dalton, duly seconded by Mr. Connell: I move that the Board vote to recommend Article 6. Vote was unanimous.

Chair Crawford asked if the capital budget reflects the additional road funding approved by the Board at its last meeting. Mr. Curtin confirmed it was.

MOTION by Mr. Dalton, duly seconded by Mr. Connell: I move that the Board vote to recommend Article 7. Vote was unanimous.

MOTION by Mr. Dalton, duly seconded by Mr. Connell: I move that the Board vote to recommend indefinite postponement of Article 8. Vote was unanimous.

MOTION by Mr. Dalton, duly seconded by Mr. Connell: I move that the Board vote to recommend Article 9. Vote was unanimous.

MOTION by Mr. Dalton, duly seconded by Mr. Connell: I move that the Board vote to recommend Article 10. Vote was unanimous.

MOTION by Mr. Dalton, duly seconded by Mr. Connell: I move that the Board vote to recommend Article 11. Vote was unanimous.

Mr. Curtin said Article 12 would provide for $3.85 million in funding for the design and of the public safety and Town Hall building project. The borrowing would be accomplished under the existing levy; there will be a request at a future town meeting for funding for the construction of this project, which will require a debt exclusion.

MOTION by Mr. Dalton, duly seconded by Mr. Connell: I move that the Board vote to recommend Article 12. Vote was unanimous.

MOTION by Mr. Dalton, duly seconded by Mr. Connell: I move that the Board vote to recommend Article 13. Vote was unanimous.

Mr. Curtin explained that Article 14 would increase the rates charges for the Town’s ambulance services to keep pace with those of other communities and to ensure that the enterprise remains self-sustaining.

MOTION by Mr. Dalton, duly seconded by Mr. Connell: I move that the Board vote to recommend Article 14. Vote was unanimous.

Mr. Curtin said Article 15 would allow the Planning Board top use funds from the bond posted by the developer of Hannah’s Estates subdivision if the developer does not fulfill its obligation.

MOTION by Mr. Dalton, duly seconded by Mr. Connell: I move that the Board vote to recommend Article 15. Vote was unanimous.

Mr. Curtin said the Board has already voted to recommend no action on Article 16, which was a rezoning article submitted by petition. The petitioner no longer seeks to move forward, and as it is the last article on the warrant, the plan is to adjourn the meeting without taking action ion this article.

Liaisons for 2022-2023

Chair Crawford presented his appointments to liaison positions, as is done annually when a new chair is elected.

MOTION by Mr. Dalton, duly seconded by Mr. Connell: I move that the Board vote to approve the appointment of liaisons as listed. Vote was unanimous.

Use of facilities and banner applications

The Town has received a Use of Facilities request from Lynnfield for Love for their Race Amity Day event and from the Think of Michael Foundation for their Trivia Night event.

MOTION by Mr. Dalton, duly seconded by Mr. Connell: I move that the banner requests from Lynnfield for Love and the Think of Michael Foundation be approved as presented.

Proclamations

Mr. Crawford read the proclamations prepared for Arbor Day, Pride Month, Race Amity Day, and Juneteenth.

MOTION by Mr. Dalton, duly seconded by Mr. Connell I move that the proclamations for Arbor Day, Pride Month, Race Amity Day and Juneteenth be approved.

MOTION by Mr. Dalton, duly seconded by Mr. Connell: I move that the Board adjourn. Vote was unanimous.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:23 p.m.