HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - TM - 06/25/2009 INDEX SPECIAL TOWN MEETING—JUNE 25, 2009
Article # Description of Article
1 Turf Field Project. Adopted by required 2/3's.
2 Citizen's Petition Wind Energy Bylaw Amendments. Indefinitely
postponed.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, THURSDAY,JUNE 25, 2009
At the Special Town Meeting held on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at the Cohasset High
School Sullivan Gymnasium the following articles were contained in the warrant and
acted upon as follows.
Checkers sworn in by the Town Clerk, Marion L. Douglas at 6:30 p.m. were Carol St.
Pierre, Debra Krupczak, Sandra Murray, Abigail Alves and Christina St Pierre. Tellers
were appointed and sworn in by the Moderator, Daniel Evans.
The Moderator called the meeting to order at 7:25 p.m. and a quorum of 100 was present
at that time. The registered voters checked in on the voting list totaled for Precinct 1 —
158 and Precinct 2— 159 for a grand total of 317.
Members of the meeting called the pledge of allegiance.
Voted unanimously to dispense with the reading of the call of the Meeting and Return of
Service having been examined by the Moderator and found to be in order.
ARTICLE 1: TURF FIELD PROJECT
To see if the Town will vote to amend the vote taken pursuant to Article 13 of the 2008
fall Special Town Meeting to change the conditions upon which the town may borrow
money or expend money for the purpose of a synthetic turf field and track at the Clark
Chatterton Athletic Complex, or take any other action related thereto.
ARTICLE 1: TURF FIELD PROJECT
MOVED that the appropriation voted pursuant to Article 13 of the 2008 fall Special
Town Meeting, no part of which has been spent or borrowed, be changed as follows:
delete the existing language entirely and substitute the following:
MOVED that Nine Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($975,000), be hereby
appropriated, with the intention that these amounts be available in FY 09 and beyond, to
be expended by the Town Manager, to construct a synthetic turf field and track at the
Clark Chatterton Athletic Complex; and that to fund this appropriation, the Treasurer,
with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, is hereby authorized to borrow Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 7 of the
Massachusetts General Laws, as amended, and to issue bonds and notes of the Town
therefor, such borrowing to be a general obligation of the Town; and Four Hundred
Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($475,000) to come from donations of cash and in-kind
contributions of materials, goods and services to be received by the Town as gifts,
provided however, that no money shall be borrowed under this vote unless the following
condition is met: that the Cohasset Sports Partnership will have raised a sum of at least
Four Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($475,000), and delivered in cash and
documented paid receipts for goods, materials and services to the Town Manager, by
December 31, 2010 it being the understanding of the Town that said Four Hundred
Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($475,000) in cash and in-kind contributions shall be
given to the Town by the Cohasset Sports Partnership for this purpose.
Motion adopted by the required 2/3's.
ARTICLE 2: CITIZEN'S PETITION—WIND ENERGY CONVERSION
FACILITY BYLAW AMENDMENT
The undersigned request that the following article be included in the warrant for the
Special Town Meeting scheduled to be held in June 2009. The purpose of the article is to
see if the Town will vote to amend Section 19, of the Cohasset Zoning Bylaws, the Town
of Cohasset Wind Energy Conversion Facility Bylaw, inserting the following: All
provisions of Section 19 and any other provisions of the Cohasset Zoning Bylaws which
would allow an application for and consideration of a special permit for the placement
and/or construction of one or more commercial wind turbines in Town shall cease in their
effect and operation, as a whole and severable, upon passage of this paragraph by action
of Town Meeting, such that no further special permits for the placement and/or
construction of one or more commercial wind turbines in Town may be applied for by
any person, partnerships, corporations, or other entity following the date of first public
advertisement of the amendatory town meeting warrant article containing this paragraph.
NAME ADDRESS NAME ADDRESS
Nathaniel Palmer 9 Little Harbor Road Gary Cohen 27 Cedar Street
Vaughn Littlejohn 39 Hill Street Jill Littlejohn 39 Hill Street
Melissa Schorr 27 Cedar Street Jeffrey Patterson 10 Sanctuary Pond
James Huse 34 Cedar Acres Lane Conrad Langenhagen 24 Sanctuary Pond
H. Shields Day,Jr. 96 Fairoaks Lane Nora Speer 100 Pond Street
ARTICLE 2: CITIZE'S PETITION—WIND ENERGY CONVERSION
FACILITY BYLAW
MOVED, that Section 19 of the Zoning Bylaws be amended by adding the following
new Section 19.10:
All provisions of Section 19 and any other provisions of the Cohasset Zoning Bylaws
which would allow an application for and consideration of a special permit for the
placement and/or construction of one or more commercial wind turbines in Town
shall cease in their effect and operation, as a whole and severable, upon passage of this
paragraph by action of Town Meeting, such that no further special permits for the
placement and/or construction of one or more commercial wind turbines in Town may be
applied for by any person, partnerships, corporations, or other entity from the date of
first notice of the Planning Board's public hearing, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 40A, Section 5,
on the amendatory town meeting warrant article containing this paragraph until the earlier
of the following: the effective date of any additional amendments to Section 19 or thirty
five (35) days after the Cohasset Town Meeting to be held in Spring 2010. The purpose
of this Section 19.10 is to allow the Town to consider further amendments to the Zoning
Bylaws to improve the process by which wind energy conversion facilities are permitted
in the Town.
Moved by Jeffrey Patterson that this meeting be adjourned to Monday, September 21,
2009 at 7 p.m. at the Cohasset High School Sullivan Gymnasium. Hand count was taken
to adjourn- Yes 113: No 134. Motion is defeated.
Moved by Paul Carlson, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen that the article be
indefinitely postponed.
Motion adopted.
It was moved and seconded that this Special Town Meeting be dissolved at 8:30 p.m.
A True Record, ATTEST:
Marion L. Douglas
Town Clerk