SELECT BOARD Meeting Agenda
6:00 p.m. October 12, 2021
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Powers Hall
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1. 6:00 Approval of 2020 Census Redistricting for the Town of Needham
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Theodora Eaton, Town Clerk
2. 6:15 Citizens’ Petition: Climate and Ecological Emergency
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Rebecca Phillips (Zoom)
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Stephen Frail
3. 6:30 Citizens’ Petition: Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
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Oscar Mertz
4. 6:45 Planning Board Discussion on Zoning Articles and Positions on Warrant Articles
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Lee Newman, Director of Planning & Community Development (Zoom)
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Paul Alpert, Chair and members of the Planning Board
5. 7:00 Response to Community Recommendations Update
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John Schlittler, Chief of Police
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Chris Baker, Deputy Chief of Police
6. 7:30 Outdoor Dining Policy & Alcohol License Fees
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Katie King, Assistant Town Manager
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Amy Haelsen, Economic Development Manager
7. 7:45 Town Manager
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Transportation Planning and Review Committee
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Public Participation in Meetings Policy
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Special Municipal Employee Vote
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Select Board Calendar
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Position on Special Town Meeting Warrant Articles
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Town Manager Report
8. 8:15 Board Discussion
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Committee Reports
APPOINTMENTS
1. None
CONSENT AGENDA
1.* Approve minutes of September 28, 2021 (Open session)
2.* Approve a request from Sabiha Shah with the Indian Community of Needham (ICON) to hold an ICON Diwali Car Parade in Needham. The event is scheduled for Sunday, November 7, 2021 with a rain date of Sunday, November 14, 2021. The event has been approved by the following departments: DPW, Police, Fire and Park and Recreation.
3. Accept the following donations received by the Needham Public Library for the Period of July 1, 2021 – September 30, 2021. An anonymous person gave the library a $5.00 gift. It will be used for book purchasing; Faith Fuller Wilcox gave the library a copy of her book, Hope is a Bright Star: A Mother’s Memoir of Love, Loss, and Learning to Live Again ($16.95); Linda Asher donated fifty new condition children’s books ($300.00); The following people have made donations totaling $200.00 in memory of Kevin Doherty: Lois and Bill Bacon, Ann MacFate, Kathryn Euart; The AAPI Alliance-Needham and Surrounding Areas gave the library twelve racially diverse children’s books ($180.00); Lisa Downey gave the library a copy of her new book, The Introverted Artist: Defending My Art, My Way, Myself. ($15.95); Tara Jordan donated 265 children’s books ($4,250); Linda Asher donated 50 children’s books ($850); Willard and Darragh Foster gave the Children’s Room boxes of toy trains and tracks for the train table ($1,000); Paula Pitman Brown gave the library $287.50, 10% of the price for selling two paintings that were displayed in the Friends’ Gallery; Narinder Mehta donated a copy of his new book, Jobs and COVID-19: The Pathway to a Happy Career ($14.95); The following people have donated $150 in memory of former trustee Sally Powers: Lois and Bill Bacon, Lois Sockol, Ann MacFate.
4. Accept a $100 donation made to the Needham Health Division’s Traveling Meals Program from Jerald Owen.
5 Accept the following donations made to the Needham Youth & Family Services Department for future programming needs; $35 Velde Family, $45 Sanom Family, $50 Braude-Most Family.
6. Grant permission for the following residents to hold block parties:
Name Address Party Location
Party
Date Party
Rain
Date
Party
Time
Kilpatrick Carroll 101 Fair Oaks Park Fair Oaks Park b/t May and GPA 10/16/21 10/23/21 3:30pm-7pm
Mia Rizzo 64 Pinewood Road Pinewood Road 10/30/21 N/A 4pm-10pm