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2008 Town Meeting Action

Town Meeting has been dissolved, a total of Eleven (11) session have been held from March 19 to May 5, 2008.

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Session

Action
2 Reports of Town Boards, Officers, Committees    
  Report of Cary Lecture Committee 3/19/08 Accepted & Placed on File
  Report of Town Manager (& Director of Facilities) 3/19/08 Accepted & Placed on File
  Report of School Superintendent 3/19/08 Accepted & Placed on File
  Report of Minuteman Vocational School Superintendent 3/19/08 Accepted & Placed on File
  Report of Appropriation Committee 3/24/08 Accepted & Placed on File
  Report of Schools Financial Review Committee 3/24/08 Accepted & Placed on File
  Report of Housing Partnership Board 3/26/08 Accepted & Placed on File
  Report of Tourism Committee 3/31/08 Accepted & Placed on File
  Report of LexHab 4/7/08 Accepted & Placed on File
  Report of Capital Expenditure Committee 4/7/08 Accepted & Placed on File
  Report of Community Preservation Committee 4/7/08 Accepted & Placed on File
  Reports of Planning Board 4/9/08 Accepted & Placed on File
  Report of Transportation Advisory Committee 4/16/08 Accepted & Placed on File
  Report of Council on Aging 4/28/08 Accepted & Placed on File
3 Appointments to Cary Lecture Series 3/19/08 Adopted
4 Appropriate FY2009 Operating Budget  ( * ) 3/24/08 & 5/5/2008

Adopted/

Amended
     1100 - Education 3/24/08 Adopted/NOR
     1100 - School Bus Transportation 3/24/08 Adopted/NOR
     1200 - Regional School 3/24/08 Adopted/NOR
   * 2300 - Reserve Fund 3/31/08 Adopted/NOR
   * 7300 - Economic Development PS & Exp 3/31/08 Adopted/NOR
5 Appropriate FY2009 Enterprise Funds Budgets 3/26/08 Adopted/NOR
6 Appropriate for Senior Service Program 3/26/08 Adopted/NOR
7 Appropriate for Street Trees 3/31/08 & 5/5/2008 Adopted/ Amended
8 Continue & Approve Departmental Revolving Funds 3/31/08 Adopted/NOR
9 Appropriate FY2009 Community Preservation Committee Operating Budget & CPA Projects    
  Part I a - d 4/7/08 Adopted/NOR
  Part II a: Survey and Define Affordable Housing Assistance Programs 4/7/08 Adopted/NOR
  Part II b: Belfry Hill Tree Restoration 4/7/08 Adopted/NOR
  Part II c: Hancock-Clarke House Restoration 4/7/08 Adopted/NOR
  Part II d: Old Reservoir Management 4/7/08 Adopted/NOR
  Part II e: Vynebrook Village Windows 4/7/08 Adopted/NOR
  Part II f: Archive Record Management and Conservation 4/7/08 Adopted/NOR
  Part II g: Parker Manor Condo Purchases 4/7/08 Adopted/NOR
  Part II h: Senior Center Design, Renovation and Expansion 4/7/08 Indefinitely Postponed
  Part II i: Harrington Pre-School Playground 4/7/08 Adopted/NOR
  Part II j: School Administration Building/Old Harrington 4/7/08 Adopted/NOR
  Part II k: Town Office Complex Building Envelope 4/14/08 Adopted/NOR
  Part II l: East Lexington Fire Station 4/14/08 Adopted/NOR
  Part II m: ADA Accessible Bathrooms and Signs for Town Office Building 4/14/08 Adopted/NOR
  Part II n: Town Office Building Use Study and Renovation Design 4/14/08 Adopted/NOR
  Part II o: Stone Building Renovation 4/14/08 Indefinitely Postponed
  Part II p: Land Acquisition 4/14/08 Indefinitely Postponed
  Part II q: Munroe Fire Prevention System Replacement 5/5/2008 Adopted/NOR
  Part II r: Administrative Expenses 4/14/08 Adopted/NOR
10 Land Purchase - Off Marrett Rd 4/30/08 Indefinitely Postponed
11 Land Purchase - Off Hartwell Ave 4/30/08 Indefinitely Postponed
12 Land Purchase - Off Lowell St 4/30/08 Indefinitely Postponed
13 Land Purchase - Off Cedar St & Off Hartwell Ave 4/30/08 Indefinitely Postponed
14 Appropriate for Recreation Capital Projects 4/14/08 Adopted/NOR
15 Appropriate for Municipal Capital Projects & Equipment    
  a, b c, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n 4/14/08 Adopted/NOR
  d (CBD Sidewalks) 4/14/08 Not Adopted/ NOR
16 Appropriate for Water Distribution Improvements 4/28/08 Adopted/NOR
17 Appropriate for Sewer Improvements 4/28/08 Adopted/NOR
18 Appropriate for School Capital Projects & Equipment 4/28/08 Adopted/NOR
19 Appropriate for Public Facilities Capital Projects    
  a, b, c, d, f 4/28/08 Adopted/NOR
  e (Munroe Fire Prevention System) 5/5/2008 Indefinitely Postponed
  g (Senior Center Design, Renovation and Expansion) 4/28/08 Indefinitely Postponed
20 Appropriate for Affordable Housing Purposes 3/26/08 Adopted/NOR
21 Appropriate Money - Laconia St (Citizen's Petition) 3/26/08 Adopted/NOR
22 Appropriate for Post Employment Benefits 3/26/08 Adopted/NOR
23 Rescind Prior Borrowing Authorizations 3/31/08 Adopted/NOR
24 Establish & Appropriate to Specified Stabilization Funds 3/24/08 Adopted/NOR
25 Appropriate to Stabilization Fund 3/26/08 Adopted/NOR
26 Appropriate for Prior Years' Unpaid Bills 3/26/08 Indefinitely Postponed/NOR
27 Amend FY2008 Operating Budget 5/5/2008 Adopted
28 Appropriate for Authorized Capital Improvements 4/28/08 Adopted/NOR
29 Use of Funds to Reduce the Tax Rate 3/26/08 Indefinitely Postponed
30 Amend General Bylaw - Stormwater 3/31/08 Adopted/NOR
31 Amend General Bylaw - Authority to Issue Trench Excavation Permits 3/19/08 Adopted
32 Amend General Bylaw - Abatement of Interest 3/26/08 Adopted
33 Amend General Bylaw - Terms for Certain Contracts 3/31/08 Adopted
34 Amend Non-Criminal Disposition Bylaw (Burglar & Other Alarms) 3/31/08 Adopted
35 Amend General Bylaw- Deputy Moderator 3/31/08 Adopted
36 Amend General Bylaw - Snow/Ice Removal (Citizens' Petition) 3/31/08 Not Adopted/ NOR
37 Amend Code for Fees to Remove Protected Trees (Citizens' Petition) 3/19/08 Adopted
38 Moderator Rulings Subject to Appeal (Citizens' Petition) 4/9/08 Not Adopted/ NOR
39 Amend General Bylaw - Tourism Committee 3/19/08 Adopted
40 Double Utility Poles (Citizens' Petition) 4/28/08 Adopted
41 Municipal Electric Utilities (Citizens' Petition) 3/26/08 Adopted
42 Resolution - Climate Change (Citizens' Petition) 4/7/08 Adopted
43 Resolution - Petroleum Supply Impacts (Citizens' Petition) 4/7/08 Adopted
44 Reconfirm Votes Petitioning the General Court 3/19/08 Adopted
45 Sale of Land to Abutter 4/28/08 Adopted/NOR
46 Accept Gift of Land - Schumacher Family 3/19/08 Adopted/NOR
47 Accept Gift of Land - Wheaton Family 3/19/08 Adopted
48 Munroe School Disposition 4/30/08 Indefinitely Postponed
49 Amend Zoning By-Law, Special Permit Residential Development 4/9/08 Adopted/NOR
50 Amend Zoning By-Law, Height of Buildings & Structures    
  Part I: Height of Building 4/9/08 Not Adopted/ NOR
  Part II: Determining Number of Stories 4/9/08 Adopted/NOR
  Part III: Elevation and Grade 4/9/08 Adopted/NOR
51 Associate Planning Board Member 4/9/08 Adopted/NOR
52 Amend Zoning By-Law, CRS Zone 303, 311-325 Woburn St; 400 Lowell St (Owners' Petition)    
  Part I: Plaza - RO to CRS 4/16/08 Adopted
  Part II: House - RO to CRS 4/16/08 Not Adopted/ NOR
53 Amend Zoning By-Law, CM District Floor Area Ratio (Citizens' Petition) 4/30/08 Not Adopted/ NOR
54 Amend Zoning By-Law, Mixed Uses in CM District (Citizens' Petition) 4/30/08 Not Adopted
55 Amend Zoning By-Law, CRO District Floor Area Ratio (Citizens' Petition) 4/30/08 Adopted
56 Amend Zoning By-Law, Traffic By-Law (Citizens' Petition) 4/30/08 Not Adopted
57 Amend Zoning By-Law, Development Standards (Citizens' Petition) 4/30/08 Indefinitely Postponed
58 Amend Zoning By-Law, Transition Areas & Setbacks (Citizens' Petition) 5/5/2008 Indefinitely Postponed
59 Amend Zoning By-Law, Parking & Bicycle Facility Standards for Office Use (Citizens' Petition) 5/5/2008 Adopted
60 Amend Zoning By-Laws - Parking Standards for Retail Sales (Citizens' Petition) 5/5/2008 Indefinitely Postponed
  Dissolution of 2008 Annual Town Meeting 5/5/2008 Meeting Dissolved