Annual Town Meeting

To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $34,396 from the ESCO Stabilization Fund to the Fiscal Year 2017 Debt Service expense account for the purpose of funding ESCO related debt service, or act in any manner relating thereto.

To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elected officers of the Town, provide for a Reserve Fund, and determine what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate, including appropriation from available funds, to defray charges and expenses of the Town including de...

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $2,522,849 for the maintenance of the Water Department Enterprise Fund as follows, or to act in any manner relating thereto: Direct Costs May 8, 2017 Amount Salaries $ 697,603 Expenses 611,100 Debt 946...

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $1,659,630 for the maintenance of the Sewer Department Enterprise Fund as follows, or to act in any manner relating thereto: Direct Costs Amount Salaries $ 250,427 Expenses 1,050,250 Debt 242,832 Direct...

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of $1,633,234 to operate the Solid Waste/Recycling Department Enterprise Fund as follows, or to act in any manner relating thereto.

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $865,645 to operate the Ambulance Enterprise Fund as follows, or act in any manner relating thereto.

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,717,954 from Certified Free Cash for the purpose of funding the following capital and other items, including associated engineering, personnel, maintenance and legal service costs; said appropriations to be expended by June 30, 2018, with une...

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $74,400 from Certified Free Cash for the purpose of funding initial land acquisition costs, including but not limited to any legal and technical costs associated thereto, for the purpose of implementing a redevelopment and/or urban renewal plan ...

May 8, 2017 To see if the Town will vote to repurpose the sum of $45,000 previously voted under Article 4 of the May 2014 Special Town Meeting, originally for a Community Development Program, for the purpose of providing for technical and consulting services for the 2019 Update of the Medway Master ...

To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Sewer retained earnings the sum of $50,000 for Fiscal Year 2018 from the Sewer Enterprise Fund for the purpose of funding the following project(s), including associated engineering, personnel, maintenance and legal services costs: Project Department Cost...

To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Water retained earnings the sum of $73,000 for Fiscal Year 2018 from the Water Enterprise Fund for the purpose of funding the following project(s), including associated engineering, personnel, maintenance and legal services costs: Project Department Cost...

To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $100,000 from Certified Free Cash to the General Stabilization Fund, or act in any manner relating thereto.

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $263,200 for the procurement of self- contained breathing apparatus for the Medway Fire Department, and to meet this appropriation the Board of Selectmen is authorized to enter into a lease-purchase agreement with a qualified vendor and financin...

To see if the Town will vote to Raise and Appropriate the sum of $150,000 to the Health Care Reimbursement Account, or act in any manner relating thereto.

To see if the Town will vote to accept Mass. General Law Chapter 32B, Section 20, as recently amended, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $100,000 to the Town of Medway Other Post- Employment Benefits (OPEB) Trust account, or act in any manner relating thereto.

May 8, 2017 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $9,500 for Medway Day, or act in any manner relating thereto.

To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $50,000 from the Parks Revolving Fund to the Athletic Fields Stabilization Fund, or act in any manner relating thereto. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION

To see if the Town will vote to act on the report of the Community Preservation Committee for the Fiscal Year 2018 Community Preservation budget and to appropriate, or reserve for later appropriations, monies from the Community Preservation Fund annual revenues or available funds for the administrat...

To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available Community Preservation Act Fund Open Space Reserves the sum of $10,000 to the Open Space Committee to fund the costs of producing identification and wayfinding signage for Medway’s various open space areas and trails, or to act in any manner relating thereto.

To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available Community Preservation Act Fund Open Space Reserves the sum of $2,000 to the Open Space Committee to fund the costs of natural surface materials for developing a small parking area at the Adams Street meadow site, or to act in any manner relating thereto.

To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Community Preservation Act Fund Open Space Reserves the sum of $25,000 to the Community and Economic Development Department to fund the costs to update the Town of Medway’s official Open Space and Recreation Plan, or to act in any manner relating thereto.

May 8, 2017 To see if the Town will vote to re-purpose $34,000 of unexpended bond proceeds originally voted under Article 9 of the 2015 Annual Town Meeting and, further, to transfer the proceeds to make improvements to the property and to purchase fixtures and equipment at the Medway Public Library, or act in any manner relating thereto.

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase, eminent domain or otherwise and to accept the deed to the Town of a fee simple interest in all or a portion of a parcel of land located at 0R Crooks Street, Assessors Map 50, Parcel 50-003, containing 1.5 ...

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase, eminent domain or otherwise and to accept the deed to the Town of a fee simple interest in all or a portion of a parcel of land located at 13R Chestnut Street, Assessors Map 51, Parcel 51-007, containing 0...

To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of the following paragraph of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 138, Section 12: “A common victualler, who holds a license under this section to sell wines and malt beverages may, upon written approval, also sell liqueurs and cordials pursuant t...

To see if the Town will vote pursuant to the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44, Section 53E½, as most recently amended, to authorize revolving funds for fiscal year 2018, and/or to amend the General Bylaws by inserting a new bylaw establishing various revolving funds, specifying th...

To see if the Town will vote to amend Medway General Bylaws Article XVI, License or Permit Denial, Section 16.1, to conform to recent amendments to Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40, Section 57, as follows: Section 16.1: insert after the word “annually”, the following: “, and may periodically”; a...

To see if the Town will vote to amend Medway General Bylaws, Article III, Fire Department, by eliminating in its entirety the wording in Section 3.2.1 and replacing it with the following: “Any call firefighter of the Medway Fire Department must be a resident of the Town of Medway or a municipality w...

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Medway General Bylaws Stormwater Management Article XXVI by replacing the language in its entirety with the proposed text dated March 24, 2017 as found on file in the Office of the Town Clerk and at the Medway Public Library, or act in any manner related thereto.

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 5.5. Paragraph B Nonconforming Uses and Structures of the Zoning Bylaw as follows: B. Commencement of Construction or Operation.

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw, Sub-Section 5.6.1 Flood Plain/Wetland Protection District by revising Paragraph C. Applicability as follows: C. Applicability.

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw at various locations throughout to correct the numbering of internal cross references to other sections or sub-sections of the Bylaw as follows: In Sub-Section 5.6.2 Adaptive Use Overlay District, Paragraph E. Medway Mill Conservation Subdistrict.

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw, SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS by adding certain new definitions in alphabetical order, by revising other definitions, and inserting Figure A as follows: (deletions are noted with a strikethrough): May 8, 2017 Assisted Living or Congregate Living Facili...

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw, Section 5.4 Schedule of Uses, TABLE 1: Schedule of Uses as shown below: NOTE: Table 1 Legend Y: A use permitted by right N: A prohibited use SP: A use that may be allowed by special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals TABLE 1: SCHEDULE OF U...

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw, Section 8.4, Open Space Residential Development (OSRD) as described below: By inserting a new Paragraph D. Affordable Housing as follows and relabeling Paragraphs D through J to become E through K. D. Affordable Housing. An OSRD is subject to Sub-Section 8.6 Affordable Housing of this Bylaw.

May 8, 2017 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw, SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS by amending the definition for Adult Retirement Community Planned Unit Development (ARCPUD) in SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS as follows: Adult Retirement Community Planned Unit Development (ARCPUD): A master-planned de...

To see if the Town will vote to amend Paragraphs B, C and D in Section 3.4. SPECIAL PERMITS of the Zoning Bylaw as follows: 3.4 SPECIAL PERMITS B. Public Hearing.

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw, SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS by deleting the existing definition of Accessory Building or Use and by inserting the following definitions instead: Accessory Building or Use: A building or use customarily incidental to and located on the same lot with ...

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw, Section 6.2 General Provisions by revising Paragraph E. Lot Frontage, item 2. Measurement of Lot Frontage as follows: E. Lot Frontage 2. Measurement of Lot Frontage. a.

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw by adding or revising the definitions in SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS as follows: Affordable Housing Unit: A dwelling unit that is affordable to and occupied by a Low or Moderate Income Household and meets the requirements for inclusion on the Subsidized Housing Inventory.

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw, SECTION 8. SPECIAL REGULATIONS, by adding a new Section 8.10 as follows: 8.10 TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON NON-MEDICAL MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENTS A. Purposes.

To see if the Town will vote to rezone the following parcels as shown on a map titled “Proposed Changes to AR-I & AR-II Zoning Districts, January 3, 2017, MAP 5 OF 7” on file with the Town Clerk and to amend the Zoning Map accordingly, such that: The following split parcels shall be rezoned so that ...

To see if the Town will vote to rezone the following parcels as shown on a map titled “Proposed Changes to AR-I & AR-II Zoning Districts, January 3, 2017, MAP 6 OF 7” on file with the Town Clerk and to amend the Zoning Map accordingly, such that: The following split parcels shall be rezoned so that ...

To see if the Town will vote to rezone the following parcels as shown on a map titled “Proposed Changes to AR-I & AR-II Zoning Districts, January 3, 2017, MAP 7 OF 7” on file with the Town Clerk and to amend the Zoning Map accordingly, such that: The following split parcels shall be rezoned so that ...

To see if the Town will vote to rezone the following parcels as shown on a map titled “Proposed Changes to AR-I & VC Zoning Districts, January 3, 2017” on file with the Town Clerk and to amend the Zoning Map accordingly, such that: The following split parcel shall be rezoned so that the portion whic...

To see if the Town will vote to rezone the following parcels as shown on a map titled “Proposed Changes to AR-II & IND-III Zoning Districts, January 3, 2017” on file with the Town Clerk and to amend the Zoning Map accordingly, such that: The following split parcels shall be rezoned so that the porti...

To see if the Town will vote to rezone the following parcels as shown on a map titled “Proposed Changes to IND-II & AR-II Zoning Districts, January 3, 2017” on file with the Town Clerk and to amend the Zoning Map accordingly, such that: The following split parcel shall be rezoned so that the portion...

To see if the Town will vote to rezone the following parcels as shown on a map titled “Proposed Changes to CB & AR-II Zoning Districts, January 3, 2017” on file with the Town Clerk and to amend the Zoning Map accordingly, such that: The following split parcels shall be rezoned so that the portion wh...