Prep for Special Town Meeting ~ Tuesday, November 13 ~ in the BHS Auditorium at 7:30 pm

Compiled by The Bedford Citizen

All registered voters are invited to Bedford’s Special Town Meeting on Tuesday, November 13 at 7:30 pm in the BHS auditorium, 9 Mudge Way. Sixteen articles of business before the town will be discussed and voted. While it is anticipated that all articles will be decided in one night, a second session will be held on Wednesday, November 14 if needed.

To aid voters in preparing for the meeting, The Citizen offers links to background on several of the warrant articles over time and offers links to those reports as well as others for deeper background.

Copies of the warrant were mailed to each resident, and an electronic copy is provided in the link below along with the Finance Committee recommendations that will be given at the Town Meeting.

Article 2 – General Bylaw Amendment – Amend Historic District Commission Bylaw to Authorize Solar Panels Within the Historic District

In The Bedford Citizen ~ 2018

Letter to the Editor, November 7, 2018: Every Building Within the HDC has Significance ~ Nov 7, 2018
Letter to the Editor, November 5, 2018: A Perspective from a Member of the Historic District Commission ~ Nov 6, 2018
Special Town Meeting 2018 – Finance Committee Recommendations ~ Nov 2, 2018
Hearing on Solar Panel Petition Concludes with Few Answers ~ Oct 5, 2018
Selectmen to Hold Solar Panel and Cable TV Hearings on Monday Night ~ Sep 29, 2018
September 21, 2018: Letter to the Editor: The Importance of Civil Discourse ~ Sep 21, 2018
Letter to The Editor ~ September 20, 2018: Looking Back to 2016, Christopher Weisz’s HDC Decision ~ Sep 20, 2018
Letter to the Editor, September 18, 2018: Solar Panels ~ History in the Making ~ Sep 18, 2018
First Parish Solar Panels: Deadline to Appeal Affirmative Court Decision is Set for September 17 ~ Aug 20, 2018
Superior Court Rules in Favor of First Parish in Bedford’s Solar Panel Project ~ Aug 13, 2018

History In The Bedford Citizen ~ 2017

Hearing at Middlesex Superior Court Considers Solar Panels for Bedford’s Historic Meeting House ~ Dec 9, 2017

History In The Bedford Citizen ~ 2016

Article 3 – General Bylaw Amendment – Cable Television Committee – To determine whether the Town will vote to approve the following amendments to the Bedford General Bylaws, relating to the Cable Television Committee:

In The Bedford Citizen

Selectmen to Hold Solar Panel and Cable TV Hearings on Monday Night ~ Sep 29, 2018
Letter to the Editor ~ September 26, 2018: Hearing on Proposed Changes to Cable Television Committee Charter Scheduled for October 1 ~ Sep 26, 2018
Short Takes from the Selectmen’s Meeting on August 20, 2018 ~ Aug 25, 2018

Article 7 – Carleton-Willard Village Conservation Restriction Amendment – To determine if the Town of Bedford acting by and through its Selectmen will vote to approve and accept an Amended and Restated Conservation Restriction on property owned by Carleton-Willard Homes, Inc., Old Billerica Road, which will replace the Conservation Restriction recorded in Middlesex County South Registry of Deeds in Book 14366, Page 209, as amended, and vote to authorize the Selectmen to petition the Massachusetts General Court pursuant to Article 97 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for legislation to permit the Amended and Restated Conservation Restriction to replace the existing Conservation Restriction as Amended, which Amended and Restated Conservation Restriction will remove approximately 1.86 acres of the land subject to the existing Conservation Restriction as Amended and add 3.34 acres of additional land to the Amended and Restated Conservation Restriction, thereby resulting in a net gain in conservation value, or take any other action appropriate thereto.

In The Bedford Citizen

Carleton-Willard Village Expansion Moves Ahead ~ Feb 28, 2018

History In The Bedford Citizen ~ 2017

Planning Board Supports Carleton-Willard Village Bylaw Change Request ~ Sep 15, 2017
Carleton-Willard Village Proposes Zoning Amendments to Allow Expansion ~ Apr 12, 2017
Carleton-Willard Village Exploring Expansion ~ Mar 3, 2017

History In The Bedford Citizen ~ 2016

Carleton-Willard Village Proposes Expansion Along Old Billerica Road ~ Nov 18, 2016

Article 8 – John Glenn Middle School Design and Construction Document Bond Authorization – To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate $126,000, or any other sum, to pay costs of the schematic design of additions and improvements to the Bedford High School, costs of construction documents, and the payment of all costs incidental and related thereto; and to determine whether this appropriation shall be raised in the tax levy, transferred from available funds, borrowed, appropriated from the Stabilization Fund, or by any combination of these methods; pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 8 – John Glenn Middle School Design and Construction Document Bond Authorization – To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate $426,265 or any other sum, to pay costs of the schematic design of additions and improvements to the John Glenn Middle School, costs of construction documents, and the payment of all costs incidental and related thereto; and to determine whether this appropriation shall be raised in the tax levy, transferred from available funds, borrowed, appropriated from the Stabilization Fund, or by any combination of these methods; pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.

In The Bedford Citizen