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Town Warrant - May 4, 2010

11. Sewer – Capital Equipment & Projects (DPW Manager)

Thursday, 15 April 2010 20:58

ARTICLE 11. Sewer – Capital Equipment & Projects (DPW Manager)

To see what action the Town may take on the following items, A through E, which may be voted as a block, or singly, or in any combination, but however voted, will be treated for accounting purposes as if each item were voted as a separate article:

A. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow pursuant to any applicable statute or transfer from available funds, the sum of Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars ($55,000.00), or such other amount as the Town Meeting may approve, for the repair, replacement, upgrade, design and installation of various facilities within the sewer system,

B. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow pursuant to any applicable

statute or transfer from available funds the sum of Fifty-Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or such other amount as the Town Meeting may approve, for the engineering services to extend the municipal sewer system to the areas of Town which includes, but is not limited to Belknap Street Cross Country to Fox Lane and Fox Lane to Crownridge Circle and to purchase, accept as a gift, or take by eminent domain under the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 79, as amended, or otherwise acquire parcels of land and/or easements for said sewer system,

C. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow pursuant to any applicable

statute or transfer from available funds the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00), or such other amount as the Town Meeting may approve, to update the Town’s digital mapping includes, but is not limited to updating the ESRI surface (GIS Software), re-rectifying imagery, updating planimetric features, including any related incidental tasks,

D. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow pursuant to any applicable statute or transfer from available funds the sum of One Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,600,000.00), or such other amount as the Town Meeting may approve, to extend the municipal sewer system to the areas of Town which includes, but is not limited to Summer Street Extension, Weld Street, Whitney Street, Irving Street, Folly Lane, Cross Country from Whitney Street to Armstrong School, Belknap Street, Hopkinton Road, Maynard Street, Mohawk Circle, Mohawk Drive, and Adams Street including construction and engineering services associated with the project and to purchase, accept as a gift, or take by eminent domain under the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 79, as amended, or otherwise acquire parcels of land and/or easements for said sewer system, and further that the Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen is authorized to borrow all or a portion of such amount from the Massachusetts Water pollution Abatement Trust established pursuant to MGL Ch 29C and in connection therewith to enter into a loan agreement and/or security agreement with the Trust and otherwise to contract with the Trust and the Department of Environmental Protection with respect to such loan and for any federal or state aid available for the project or for the financing thereof; that the Manager of the Department of Public Works is authorized to enter into a project regulatory agreement with the Department of Environmental Protection to expend all funds available for the project pursuant to any necessary contracts approved by the Board of Selectmen and to take any action necessary to carry out the project,

E. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds or borrow pursuant to any applicable statute, the sum of Fifty Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty One Dollars ($53,751), or such other amount as the Town Meeting may approve for the fourth of five yearly lease/purchase payments for a sewer/water vacuum truck for the DPW,

or to take any other action thereon.