Speed Limit, School Upgrade: Special Town Meeting

SUDBURY, MA—Sudbury voters will say yay or nay to eight warrant articles that include regulating speed limits, money for Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School and designing the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail. Note: the article regarding buying the Melone property has been removed from the warrant and is postponed, according to officials.

Special Town Meeting takes place on Monday, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. A resident must be registered to vote by Friday, Oct. 5, at 8 p.m. in order to vote at this Special Town Meeting.

Here's a quick look at the articles on the Special Town Meeting warrant:

ARTICLE 1. MELONE PROPERTY DISPOSITION (THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN POSTPONED)
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the board or officer with custody of the land to the Board of
Selectmen for the purpose of conveyance, and authorize the Board of Selectmen to convey some or all of
the town-owned land commonly known as the Melone property, located off North Road and currently the
site of the Town’s gravel pit, on such terms and conditions as may be established by the Board Selectmen.

ARTICLE 2. ACQUISITION OF BROADACRES FARM
To see if the Town will vote, under the Community Preservation Program or otherwise, to authorize the
Board of Selectmen to acquire, by purchase, gift, eminent domain or otherwise the fee or lesser interest in
all or a part of the land located at 82 Morse Road (Parcels F09-0002 and 0004), comprising
approximately 34.5 acres.

ARTICLE 3. FAIRBANK COMMUNITY CENTER DESIGN FUNDS

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds or borrow the sum of
$1,900,000, or any other sum, to be expended under the direction of the Permanent Building Committee
and the Town Manager, for the design of a new and/or renovated Community Center and all other
appurtenances thereto to be constructed on Town-owned land at the current site of the Fairbank
Community Center and Atkinson Pool, 40 Fairbank Road.

ARTICLE 4. DISSOLUTION OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE PRESERVATION
AND MANAGEMENT OF TOWN DOCUMENTS
To see if the Town will vote to dissolve the Committee for the Preservation and Management of Town
Documents, formerly the Committee for the Preservation of Ancient Documents adopted under Article 36
of the October 26, 1956 Special Town Meeting, and last amended under Art.25 of the April 3, 1993
Annual Town Meeting.

ARTICLE 5. 420 LINCOLN ROAD FUNDING
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School’s Excess and
Deficiency account, its proportionate share of $350,000 or any other sum, to be expended under the direction
of the Lincoln Sudbury School Committee for the purpose of renovating the building at 420 Lincoln Road for
educational purposes.

ARTICLE 6. ACCEPT GENERAL LAW REGULATING SPEED LIMITS
To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of G.L. c.90, §17C, which allows the Board of
Selectmen to establish a speed limit of 25 miles per hour in any thickly settled or business district in the
Town that is not a state highway, or take any other action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 7. BRUCE FREEMAN RAIL TRAIL DESIGN FUNDING
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, $650,000, or any other
sum, to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager for the purpose of advancing the ongoing
design of the 4.4-mile Bruce Freeman Rail Trail to Massachusetts Department of Transportation standards, or act on anything relative thereto.

ARTICLE 8. TAX RATES FOR ABOVE-GROUND POLES AND WIRES
To see if the Town will vote to request that the Assessor’s Office petition the Department of Revenue to
allow the Town to separately classify underground personal property versus above-ground personal
property owned by Utility Corporations or Telephone and Telegraph Companies, and enable the Town to
adopt an 'above-ground factor' and a 'grandfathered above-ground factor' used to determine the
percentages of the local tax levy to be borne by each class of real and personal property, such that the tax
rate for above-ground personal property owned by Utility Corporations or Telephone and Telegraph.

Get the full warrant here.

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