TOWN OF ACTON TOWN TOWN OF ACTON 2019 ANNUAL TOWN REPORT

2019 ANNUAL TOWN REPORT

Celebrating 20 Years of NARA Park Town of Acton

Incorporated as a Town: July 3, 1735

Type of Government: Open Town Meeting - Board of Selectmen/Town Manager

Location: Eastern Massachusetts, Middlesex County, bordered on the east by Carlisle and Concord, on the west by Boxborough, on the north by Westford and Littleton, on the south by Sudbury, and on the southwest by Stow and Maynard.

Elevation at Town Hall: 268’ above mean sea level

Land Area: Approximately 20 square miles

Population: Year Persons 1950 3,510 1960 7.238 1970 14,770 1980 19,000 1990 18,144 2000 20,331 2010 21,936 2011 22,012 2012 21,650 2013 21,584 2014 21,597 2015 21,386 2016 22,204 2017 21,511 2018 21,463 2019 21,674

Front Cover: NARA Park Beach and Picnic Pavilion. Photo courtesy: Maura Haberman, Recreation Division 2019 Annual Reports Town of Acton, Massachusetts

Two Hundred and Eighty Fourth Municipal Year For the year ending December 31, 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Administrative Services Economic evelopment Committee 80 Board of Selectmen 7 elley’s Corner Committee 81 Town Manager 8 Land Stewardship Committee 83 atural esources ivision 84 2. Financial Management Services Open Space Committee 85 Board of Assessors 11 lanning ivision 85 ouse Sales 12 ecreation epartment 86 Elia beth White und 18 Acton og ar Committee 97 inance Committee 18 Town Accountant 19 8. Public Works W/ ighway 90 3. Human Services reen Advisory Board 91 ousing Authority 30 ublic acilities 93 Acton ursing Services 31 Commission on isabilities 33 9. Community Safety Community ousing Corporation 34 Animal Control Officer 94 Community Services 36 Emergency Management Agency 94 Council on Aging 36 Explorer ost/Crew 7 Search and escue 94 Council on Aging Board 38 ire epartment 95 ealth nsurance Trust 39 Auxiliary ire epartment 101 eterans’ Services 39 olice epartment 101 olunteer Coordinating Committee 40 10. Legislative 4. Education and Libraries Annual Town Meeting, April 1, 2019 108 Acton Boxborough egional Special Town Meeting, ecember 3, 2019 136 Schools eport 41 Special Town Meeting, ecember 10, 2019.136 Minuteman egional ocational Technical School 60 11. Town Elections and Statistics Acton Memorial Library 62 Annual Town Election, March 26, 2019 140 West Acton Citie ns’ Library 66 Special Town Election, ecember 17, 2019..142

5. Cultural and Historical Activities 12. Other Information Acton-Boxborough Cultural Council 67 egistered oter Statistics 144 istoric istrict Commission 69 og Statistics 144 istorical Commission 70 ital Statistics 144

6. Community Development 13. Acton Information Cable Advisory Committee 71 National, State, and County Officials 148 ublic Ceremonies and Celebrations...... 72 Elected Town Officials 149 Transportation Advisory Committee 73 Board by Selectmen Appointments 150 Official Appointments by Moderator 155 7. Land Use and Economic Development Appointments by Town Manager 155 Land se epartment 74 Street/ recinct List 158 Board of ealth 74 Map of Acton 161 Building ivision 76 E-mail istribution roups 163 Cemetery Commission 77 olunteer Application 165 Community reservation Committee 78 Town of Acton Official Website 167 esign eview Board 79 At our Service 168 CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF NARA PARK

The athaniel Allen ecreation Area A A is twenty years old this year. or some our spectacular par has always been there, but long-time residents, who voted the funds for its transformation, well remember the vacant quarry pit, a route to the Town’s honey-pots, a site once considered suitable for a landfill.

The complete transformation of the abandoned area where A A now stands is a tribute to those who saw an opportunity, who wore d for shared consensus to invest in Acton’s future, and who enlisted the volunteer force to mae it a reality. A A represents the epitome of a cooperative effort between essential volunteers, Town staff and a future vision shared by the entire Amphitheater Hill community.

rior to A A Acton had no suitable place for outdoor swimming. n the early 1970s children were bussed to Walden ond for swim lessons, but the cold water caused many to drop out. The pond behind the Auto Auction was found to be fed by leachate from the Town dump. While the high school pool provided an indoor facility for children to learn to swim, residents still wanted a source of clean, fresh water not beholden to school hours and schedules.

People knew the North Acton site was filled with gravel that could be applied for other purposes. Bruce Stamsi gathered information from consultants and developed a plan for removal of the gravel and mai ng of a par. Although there was frustration at the length of time it too to commence the pro ect, it culminated in a boon. ravel mined from the A A land was sold to Boston’s Big ig --- a wonderful outlet for over 180,000 cubic yards and ma or offset to excavation costs. Bathhouse Site Under Construction

However, there was still another problem: Fill was needed to finish the site. Several years prior, the Town had dredged the Ice House Pond, and under direction of DPW director, Dickie Howe, the fill was put in storage. This provided the necessary dirt at a huge savings.

inally, after nearly 20 years of planning, hoping, and diligent wor, the Town voted 1.6m for excavating the pond, building the bathhouse and paving the pari ng lots. A A ar was brought to fruition under the guidance of atural esources director, Tom Tidman.

A A is unique in other ways t is self-sustaining under a 53 revolving fund with fees from A A Beach, A A Summer Camp and the concert and special events series mai ng the whole a user-based enterprise. The ecreation epartment obtains donations and sponsorships to cover expenses for A A’s concerts and special events. Swimming Pond and Beach Under Construction 3 Summer Concert Event at the Amphitheater

n the intervening years, A A has grown through the or Acton residents as well as people from all over the ecreation epartment’s innovative programs and with MetroWest region, A A is the destination for outdoor assistance from C A grants. The icnic avilion has recreation and family fun. The addition of the Bruce become a popular site for private parties and weddings. reeman ail Trail has opened A A to the cycling Concerts are held for every musical taste along with community. A A is more than a listing of its parts special events such as Winter Carnival. Wale rs and a compilation of the activities. A A is a beautiful frequent the one-mile perimeter trail. The extensive place. erennial gardens surrounding the bathhouse fields are heavily employed for a variety of sports. The are stunning spring through fall; flowering trees and Town’s annual July 4th Celebration is held at A A wildflowers grace the grounds. Wetland areas provide hosting thousands of regional visitors. t is home to homes for amphibians and turtles. egardless of the A A Summer Camp for ages 4-15 and a place where season, there is always something to appreciate and families view the night sy , as well as being a haven en oy. Acton is lucy to have A A ar for birders. estivals celebrate Acton’s ethnic diversity and the accessible Joseph Lalli Miracle ield. A A espectfully submitted, serves a wide population of children and families with Ann Chang special needs.

4 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

BOARD OF SELECTMEN evelop measurable goals in relation to the sustainability policy This year there were significant changes to the Board Adopt a policy of Board communication with of Selectmen. Both atie reen and Janet Adachi did residents not see re-election. Both have served the Town for dentify suitable sites for solar including evaluating many years in various positions and we are grateful the proposal for the commuter lot for their many contributions. ean Charter and avid Wor with the Town Manager to implement Martin were elected to the Board March. There were participation improvements for the 2020 Annual staff changes as some left, and new personnel oined Town Meeting us. Town Manager John S. Mangiaratti and Executive Change the name of the Board of Selectmen to Assistant Lisa Tomyl supported the Board in many the Select Board ways.Town Meetings, the annual and two more Special Town Meetings in ecember too up much of our Long term goals included attention. Evaluate and support organia tion improvements for effectiveness and efficiency mprove intersections at Acton Center, ayward and Main, and Central Street nitiate tree planting of 30 trees per year for iscal ear 2021 eview the status of the W. . race property and plan for future re-use

DECEMBER TOWN MEETINGS

ecember was the highlight of the year with a citie n petition Town Meeting held on ecember 3rd, a Special Town Meeting held on ecember 10th and an election Pictured L to R: Peter J. Berry, Dean A. Charter, Joan Gardner, on ecember 17th. At the ecember 10th Special Town Jon Benson, and David Martin Meeting there were three articles Acton-Boxborough egional School istrict School esign Construction BOARD MEMBERSHIP CHANGES Twin Schools , orth Acton ire Station esign Construction, and Sewer istrict Expansion West n April, the Board of Selectmen reorganie d and Acton. Both the Twin School esign Construction welcomed ean Charter and avid Martin as new and orth Acton ire Station esign Construction members. Joan ardner was elected Chair, John were approved, and the Sewer Article was defeated. Benson as ice-Chair, and ean Charter as Cler. At the election, uestion 1 regarding the paying costs associated with the design and construction of the new ANNUAL GOAL SETTING twin elementary schools, uestion 2 regarding costs for the design and construction of the proposed orth The newly constituted Board met in May for the annual Acton ire Station, and uestion 3 regarding costs of goal setting. Both short and long term goals were set. designing and construction associated with the new Short term goals included Minuteman egional School istrict igh School all Secure funding and authoria tion for elley’s passed. Much effort and the support of many citie ns Corner right of way acquisitions at the 2020 Annual went into these three articles and we congratulate all Town Meeting those who wore d so hard to obtain the successful Secure funding for the orth Acton ire Station outcomes for both the schools and the fire station. Evaluate sewer feasibility study and determine next steps COLONEL FRANCIS FAULKNER AWARD eview of town boards and committees FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE Evaluate and adopt recommendations from the commuter pari ng feasibility study n May, the Board held it’s second annual olunteer ecognition Event at A A ar to than the many 5 volunteers who serve the Town on doe ns of Boards and Committees. At the event, the Selectmen also presented the Colonel rancil auln er Awards for Exemplary olunteer Service. Each Selectmen chose a volunteer from one of the Town Boards and Committees to recognie their service to the Town. The 2019 awardees included Stephen oone, inance Committee and ealth nsurance Trust lorence oss, Acton ursing Services Advisory Committee, riends of Acton ursing on Bec, Water esources Advisory Committee ancy Tavernier, Acton Community ousing Association, Board of Selectmen Ann Chang, Memorial Library Trustee, Economic evelopment Committee, West Acton Sewer Action Advisory Committee, Acton Leadership roup transportation efforts. Than you to Senator Eldridge, The Board of Selectmen relies on the Town Manager epresentative Benson, and epresentative ouveia for his leadership and support as well as Lisa Tomyl for for supporting local priorities. her continued support daily. With all the energy and determination of so many people of the Town, Acton is On April 1, Acton Town Meeting overwhelmingly a wonderful community to both live and wor in. supported appropriating town funds for the elley’s Corner nfrastructure pro ect, with an 89 percent espectfully submitted, affirmative vote solidifying Acton’s commitment to seeing Joan ardner, Chair the pro ect through to completion. Massachusetts epartment of Transportation Mass OT has TOWN MANAGER’S REPORT committed to funding the remaining design costs for the pro ect. The town funded the cost of the design through 2019 was a very active year for the Town Manager’s the 25 phase. Mass OT committed to expending Office. Several projects and grants have highlighted additional funding to pay for the infrastructure design the 2019 calendar year. As always, continue to be costs and responsibilities as of July 1. The town will impressed with the professionalism of our staff. One still be responsible for acquisition costs along portions of my priorities when started as Town Manager was of Main Street and Community Lane, but will no longer to wor with our team to improve the communication bear the remaining design costs. from Town all to help more residents learn about the exciting and important wor that is happening in our This year we established a Town Manager monthly local government. We have made progress using our community engagement and informational sessions website, publishing a monthly newsletter, providing at the Acton Senior Center called Java with John to information through social media, and participating interact on a regular basis with the senior community. in various other forms of community outreach such Below is a photograph from a Java with John that as public forums or events. We also started to use also included questions and answers with the Acton- videos in collaboration with ActonT to help provide Boxborough egional School istrict Superintendent information to the public as shown at right. eter Light.

We appreciate the successful efforts of our legislative At the April 2019 Annual Town Meeting, Community delegation for several 2020 State Budget reservation Act funding was approved for phase one amendments that benefit the Town of Acton’s projects of the rehabilitation of this structure which will include and services. Amendments such an increase in the selective demolition of non-historic parts of the building. match for Community reservation Act funding to As part of this pro ect, the Town has hired a professional nearly 30 , pro ect support in the amount of 150,000 abatement contractor to remove the haa rdous building for facility improvements at Miracle ield, and 100,000 materials that are inside this structure. for the Asa arlin ouse pro ect. inally, 100,000 for the Maynard-Acton-Stow ail Shuttle to will help our In May, we hosted our first internship program in collaboration with Acton-Boxborough egional igh 6 ousing and Economic evelopment to Acton. eputy Secretary Mc ourthy, along with our legislative delegation and additional stae holders, toured the Town of Acton and proposed site development at owder Mill oad in our Cross-Acton Transit van, highlighting several pro ects and the economic development potential in Acton. A photograph from the visit is shown below.

n August, the Board of Selectmen voted to update the pari ng rules and regulations to establish a fee schedule that is consistent with other communities. The Board also set the pari ng fees for the new pari ng lot School. Several epartments hosted students property that the Town acquired on July 1st located at including the olice epartment, lanning epartment, 19-21 Maple Street. Engineering epartment, Building epartment, and the Town Manager’s Office.

n August, the Town of Acton has earned state approval to establish a eterans’ Services istrict in partnership with the Town of Boxborough. The new Acton-Boxborough eterans’ Services istrict will be overseen by istrict irector James Mac ae, who had previously served as Acton’s Veterans’ Services Officer.

n July, Acton Town all implemented a pilot program to modify the hours of operation to better serve residents. Town all opened for extended hours on Tuesdays while closing earlier on ridays starting on July 1. n September, the Acton Economic evelopment The new schedule was designed to mae Town all Committee and Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce more accessible to residents who might otherwise are sponsoring Acton’s first-ever “Restaurant Week”. have difficulty visiting department offices during the opular restaurants such as apscallion, True West, traditional word ay. After positive feedbac from El iupil, and many others had participated. residents, volunteers, staff and businesses the pilot program was implemented permanently and the Town On ecember 10th, more than 900 voters attended Hall hours were officially changed. Acton’s Special Town Meeting at Acton-Boxborough egional igh School. oters approved both the Also in July, we created a irector of ntergovermental proposed ouglas- ates Twin School and orth Acton Affairs position and hired Austin Cyganiewic with a ire Station pro ects and did not approve a proposal for focus on transportation services, and the Cross Town hase 1 of the West Acton Sewer pro ect. The school and Connect celebrated its 5th year anniversary. fire station projects also received approval at the ballot on ecember 17th. Below is a photograph from Town n August we welcomed Timothy Mc ourthy eputy Meeting and a rendering of the proposed fire station and Secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of a map that were shown to Town Meeting voters.

n October, the orth Acton Cemetery was added to the ational egister of istoric laces.

Acton continues to serve as a leading voice in seei ng changes in the natural gas industry in particular related to how leas are managed by public utilities in Massachusetts. The Town is a member of nternational Council for Local Environmental nitiatives CLE and also wors closely with local environmental advocacy groups. Below is an art installation created local 7 Continued to expand and train staff in Mental ealth irst Aid Expanded town presence on social media to reach a broader audience Awarded nearly 1.2 million in grants for various pro ects and initiatives Celebrated the 20th anniversary of A A ar Attended the rand Opening and ribbon cutting advocacy group Mothers Out ront Acton which was ceremony at nsulet Corporation with overnor installed in front of the Acton Memorial Library for a few Bae r in attendance wees in May. Established and ber and Lyft pilot program in con uction with neighboring communities On ecember 11, 2019 more than 100 town employees Entered into a municipal energy aggregation attended a worsh op entitled iversity, Equity and agreement with Constellation offering more energy nclusion presented by Marta T. osa, resident of choice options commonly n own as Acton ower MT Consulting Services. Marta discussed concepts Choice related to diversity and unconscious bias in the worp lace and beyond. Below is a picture of staff attending this unique and special training.

The Town of Acton was elected to serve as member of the Boston egion M O representing the Minuteman Advisory roup on nterlocal Coordination MA C subregion

uring this year we also successfully

Maintained the Town’s AAA Bond ratings osted a statewide worsh op for the Women Leading overnment Series sponsored by the Massachusetts Municipal Management Association Established a eterans’ Service istrict with Boxborough inalie d our acquisition of 19-21 Maple Street for municipally-owned commuter train station pari ng Achieved state certification from the Massachusetts State olice Established a amily Services position for Acton olice epartment 8 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES

BOARD OF ASSESSORS The Board of Assessors regular scheduled meetings are on the first Wednesday of each month at 6:00 The Town’s tax base continues to increase, growing .M. in the Town all. Additional meetings are held 3.3% over the prior fiscal year. A majority of the change as needed. ates and times are posted 48 hours in was mare t driven based on calendar 2017 sales as advance. well as new construction put in place on July 1, 2018 which exceeded 33 million dollars. At the annual Tax Rates classification hearing, the Board of Selectmen voted a residential factor of 1 which resulted in a single tax rate esidential Com/ nd/ of 19.37. 19.37 19.37 iscal ear 2019 aluation Summary Assessors

Carol Leipner Srebnic, Chairman Property Class Valuation % of Total Susan Miller

esidential 3,957,544,127 88.9 Commercial 325,522,106 7.3 ndustrial 91,685,100 2.1 ersonal 76,750,242 1.7 roperty

Total Taxable 4,451,501,575 100 alue

The Assessors granted 526 in exemptions a 9.6 increase over the prior year

9 HOUSE OF SALES

Sale Date St Address Sale Amount 1/12/17 55 ALCOTT ST 660,000 1/12/17 1 O EST 520,000 1/13/17 8 CO A T ST 487,000 1/19/17 5 STO L 1,380,000 1/20/17 9 AT OTS 651,000 1/24/17 10 MO OE 1,155,000 1/27/17 5 L TTLE EL 482,000 1/30/17 8 MA 485,000 2/1/17 123 A WA 890,040 2/10/17 36 AS OBA 567,500 2/16/17 5 BA TE 375,000 2/21/17 14 B CEWOO 560,000 2/27/17 399 CE T AL ST 606,000 2/27/17 5 TE E C 715,000 2/28/17 39 O T O 645,000 2/28/17 3 AL O 515,000 2/28/17 19 A BO WOO 650,000 2/28/17 182 A L TO ST 755,000 3/3/17 311 SC OOL ST 552,825 3/16/17 3 A MLE 743,000 3/17/17 3 SWEE E A M L 855,000 3/24/17 63 MA ST 340,000 3/30/17 41 OL LLA E 720,000 3/31/17 23 A L TO ST 645,000 3/31/17 25 LE TO 759,500 4/7/17 2 TC SO W 925,000 4/10/17 2 CO ST T T O 1,010,000 4/12/17 8 SAM EL A L 640,000 4/14/17 16 JE E SO 634,000 4/14/17 104 MA ST 495,000 4/18/17 60 E 512,000 4/27/17 12 T TTLE 490,500 4/27/17 7 E ESSE 575,000 4/28/17 5 LA EL CT 390,000 4/28/17 5 CO CO L 975,000 5/1/17 6 A OTA 839,500 5/2/17 11 OWLTO 760,000 5/2/17 198 CE T AL ST 630,000 5/5/17 7 OB WOO 575,000 5/8/17 10 T LL 669,000

10 5/10/17 159 W LLOW ST 636,000 5/10/17 4 T O EA 660,000 5/12/17 186 SC OOL ST 610,000 5/15/17 16 W LSO L 617,000 5/15/17 15 O EST 499,000 5/17/17 17 CA A E 539,500 5/19/17 8 A E 565,000 5/19/17 11 MA OL A 592,500 5/19/17 3 O LL 490,000 5/19/17 6 W EELE L 659,000 5/23/17 162 W LLOW ST 416,250 5/23/17 8 OCO A A 459,200 5/24/17 6 LA 740,000 5/25/17 2 B C E 460,000 5/25/17 16 BE E L 450,000 5/26/17 73 L BE T ST 826,000 5/30/17 4 WAM A OA 637,000 5/30/17 76 MA ST 440,000 5/31/17 301 A O LL 965,000 5/31/17 8 S E CE 497,500 5/31/17 15 E TA E 566,000 5/31/17 4 B OA EW ST 567,000 5/31/17 6 TC SO W 920,000 6/1/17 98 S MME ST 495,000 6/1/17 14 S E CE 535,000 6/6/17 14 COOL E 565,000 6/6/17 24 ASS O E L 1,102,250 6/9/17 108 EWTOW 742,000 6/13/17 5 A MSTEA W 900,000 6/14/17 171 O E 1,107,500 6/14/17 14 W EME E 645,000 6/14/17 2 TO TO L 640,000 6/15/17 211 A L TO ST 822,500 6/16/17 15 BALSAM 660,000 6/16/17 32 OSME ST 590,000 6/16/17 107 STOW ST 613,500 6/16/17 89 CA TE B LL 1,160,000 6/21/17 18 COOL E 849,500 6/21/17 312 CE T AL ST 645,500 6/22/17 51 A L TO ST 557,000 6/22/17 14 BALSAM 835,000 6/22/17 131 W LLOW ST 455,000 6/23/17 47 STO E MEA E W 1,048,000 11 6/23/17 18 S L E LL 745,000 6/26/17 34 ABOA 565,000 6/27/17 100 A S ST 550,000 6/27/17 88 S MME ST 485,250 6/27/17 45 L T 560,000 6/28/17 23 E E EE 700,000 6/28/17 3 SE ECA CT 645,000 6/28/17 14 E E EE 581,000 6/28/17 24 CA T B OW S L 775,000 6/28/17 198 A L TO ST 360,000 6/28/17 100 CA TE B LL 1,038,000 6/29/17 5 EE OM A ME 725,000 6/29/17 20 WAS TO 668,000 6/29/17 7 A E 475,000 6/30/17 28 CA L SLE 423,000 6/30/17 17 O T B A 710,000 6/30/17 2 JESSE 905,000 6/30/17 1 ET A ALLE 550,000 6/30/17 15 CO A T ST 420,000 6/30/17 111 A E ST 490,000 6/30/17 177 EWTOW 965,000 6/30/17 3 CO ST T T O 1,028,000 7/5/17 53 L T 550,500 7/5/17 9 TTE 730,000 7/10/17 102 W SO A 695,000 7/11/17 4 S LL 700,000 7/11/17 1 JA MES W 664,500 7/11/17 12 EAT E LL 630,000 7/12/17 12 WAC SETT 546,000 7/13/17 2 A E BELT 440,000 7/14/17 448 MASS A 500,000 7/17/17 5 MA SO L 775,000 7/17/17 23 A WA 735,000 7/20/17 13 A L E E E 455,000 7/20/17 5 M S ET 750,000 7/21/17 4 OT E AME 452,000 7/21/17 2 JA MES W 759,900 7/24/17 821 MA ST 567,000 7/24/17 380 CE T AL ST 379,100 7/24/17 106 EWTOW 628,000 7/24/17 169 A L TO ST 583,000 7/24/17 1 ESCOTT 601,000 7/25/17 85 CA TE B LL 1,125,000 12 7/26/17 8 B C E 610,000 7/27/17 50 MO AW 543,000 7/27/17 42 MO AW 610,000 7/27/17 53 ALCOTT ST 725,000 7/28/17 4 CA T O B S L 850,000 7/28/17 7 TA LO 591,000 7/28/17 13 ST M LL 631,000 7/28/17 14 T TTLE 490,000 7/31/17 17 E E EE 415,000 7/31/17 7 C E E 507,500 7/31/17 4 MALLA 605,000 7/31/17 121 W LLOW ST 310,825 7/31/17 4 B CEWOO 574,000 7/31/17 6 T O EA 570,000 7/31/17 140 E ST 462,000 8/1/17 25 JAC SO 850,000 8/3/17 106 O E 722,500 8/3/17 2 E AL C 705,000 8/4/17 12 JAC SO 733,500 8/4/17 16 WAS TO 740,000 8/4/17 8 CA T O B S L 690,000 8/4/17 17 B OM EL 665,000 8/7/17 20 E LE 507,000 8/7/17 104 O E 765,000 8/8/17 262 SC OOL ST 526,000 8/8/17 73 CA TE B LL 1,008,000 8/10/17 21 S L E LL 664,000 8/11/17 66 W SO A 780,000 8/15/17 7 TTE 725,000 8/16/17 169 A O LL 833,500 8/16/17 3 JA MES W 769,900 8/17/17 232 EWTOW 840,000 8/17/17 20 COW E L 580,000 8/17/17 33 S EL LL 860,000 8/18/17 15 O T O 760,000 8/18/17 21 SLE 525,000 8/21/17 3 EAT E LL 610,000 8/22/17 18 B C E 524,000 8/24/17 74 MA ST 446,000 8/24/17 4 TA 680,000 8/25/17 7 M LBE L 1,050,000 8/25/17 8 E LE 810,000 8/28/17 228 A E ST 792,000 13 8/29/17 6 MA 515,000 8/29/17 4 CO CETTA C 722,000 8/30/17 41 A L E LL 497,500 8/31/17 7 MA SO L 745,000 9/6/17 7 S E CE 447,500 9/8/17 32 T TTLE 670,000 9/8/17 90 MA ST 450,000 9/8/17 693 MA ST 612,000 9/14/17 11 W TT E 692,500 9/15/17 3 OL E S E 395,475 9/15/17 13 LAWSB OO 495,000 9/15/17 7 A MLE 775,000 9/21/17 59 E 564,000 9/22/17 81 ST AWBE LL 955,000 9/26/17 895 MA ST 410,000 9/26/17 8 OWLTO 820,000 9/27/17 6 C E E 508,000 9/27/17 8 CA TE B LL 1,075,000 9/28/17 5 O C A 490,000 9/28/17 78 CE T AL ST 340,000 9/28/17 31 CO A T ST 655,000 9/29/17 35 AS OBA 480,000 9/29/17 274 CE T AL ST 435,000 9/29/17 6 EME SO 661,000 9/29/17 27 A E ST 539,000 10/2/17 5 A E S W 880,000 10/2/17 1 A EL E W 663,000 10/2/17 9 A EL E W 669,900 10/3/17 9 AWT O E ST 721,000 10/4/17 144 OS ECT ST 351,000 10/4/17 148 OS ECT ST 351,000 10/4/17 150 OS ECT ST 351,000 10/5/17 10 WOO C ESTE 737,500 10/5/17 3 A EL E W 656,685 10/6/17 11 A EL E W 669,900 10/8/17 8 A AWAM 580,000 10/10/17 9 MO AW 618,000 10/10/17 5 A EL E W 660,000 10/13/17 19 OA WOO 516,000 10/18/17 158 A L TO ST 779,000 10/20/17 387 CE T AL ST 455,000 10/24/17 62 L BE T ST 735,000 10/25/17 10 OL E S E 585,000 14 10/25/17 2 A EL E W 200,200 10/26/17 12 S L E LL 667,500 10/27/17 29 M TEMA 390,000 10/27/17 2 W EME E 659,000 10/27/17 44 OS ECT ST 530,000 10/27/17 305 SC OOL ST 462,900 10/30/17 497 MA ST 509,000 10/30/17 6 A EL E W 200,200 11/2/17 5 B OA EW ST 545,000 11/3/17 48 WOO L 523,500 11/3/17 7 A EL E W 669,000 11/6/17 6 C OSS ST 329,500 11/6/17 255 SC OOL ST 425,000 11/7/17 4 CA LTO 752,000 11/9/17 26 WAS TO 755,000 11/9/17 7 EME SO 645,000 11/14/17 165 A E ST 525,000 11/14/17 213 EWTOW 600,000 11/15/17 27 STO E MEA E W 1,040,000 11/15/17 17 WAS TO 805,500 11/17/17 5 A E 570,000 11/17/17 31 E TA E 627,000 11/21/17 74 CE T AL ST 406,500 11/28/17 15 M OT A 569,000 11/28/17 38 A L E LL 558,000 11/30/17 18 O E A 475,000 11/30/17 230 ST 507,000 12/8/17 5 A EW 1,049,000 12/12/17 4 O C A 510,000 12/15/17 84 CE T AL ST 360,000 12/15/17 290 SC OOL ST 385,000 12/16/17 10 T AM 737,000 12/19/17 897 MA ST 605,000 12/19/17 99 AMMO ST 555,000 12/28/17 1 EE WOO L 525,000 12/28/17 37 STO E MEA E W 972,500 12/28/17 21 JAC SO 1,140,000

15 ELIZABETH WHITE FUND n 2019, the inance Committee sought to wor in collaboration with the constituent Boards as the budgets A permanent fund was bequeathed to the Town of were developed. We engaged in the independent Acton by eorge . White 1847-1922 , in memory of examination of the ma or budget expense drivers and his mother, Elia beth. The income from the fund is to be the availability of revenues to assess the base budget used only in relieving the necessities of the deserving prior to the discussion of new initiatives. esulting poor and unfortunate. t shall be the duty of the Town from this wor was the publication of the inance to anticipate such necessity of aid and assistance by Committee’s oint of iew which we presented to our inquiry and investigation, in advance of the claims as budget partners as guidance. far as possible, in order that sensitive and deserving people may receive assistance, who might, because As a part of our community outreach program, inance of publicity, refrain from mai ng an application for aid. Committee members have visited arent/Teacher groups as well as the Acton Senior Center, and otary n 2019 the Elia beth White und trustees requested Club to tal about the role of the committee, the oint and the Board of Selectmen approved 2825.00 for of View” and to answer questions on finances. distribution to 30 applicants. Enhancing our wor this year were presentations on Trustees financial operations by both Town and School staff, Mary Ann Ashton presentations by the Superintendent of Schools and Jo-Ann Berry Schools inance irector, as well as the senior staff Andrea Miller of the Minuteman School. The inance Committee significantly benefits from this high level of interaction with the Town’s elected officials and staff and we FINANCE COMMITTEE believe this model contributes to a greater understanding of all sides of the financial challenges before us. The charter of Acton’s inance Committee as stated in the Town bylaws is to consider any and all municipal This year the inance Committee engaged in an effort questions for the purpose of mai ng reports and by all members, to analye a variety of important recommendationst he inance Committee shall issues facing the town especially those dealing with include in its duties the review of and recommendations the Acton-Boxborough egional Schools twin school concerning the budget for the annual meeting, the building pro ect, orth Acton ire Station, West Sewer review of and recommendations concerning any istrict, and the Minuteman egional ocational other matter of financial nature arising at the annual Technical School istrict ebt. meeting or at any special meeting, and the preparation of long-range fiscal plans for the Town.” The Finance The Chair and ice-Chair represent the inance Committee fulfills this role in a variety of ways. Committee on the Acton Leadership roup AL . This group, which includes members of the Board The inance Committee generally meets twice monthly of Selectmen, the Acton-Boxborough egional and more frequently in preparation for the annual Town School Committee Acton members only , as well as Meeting or for Special Town Meetings as appropriate. representatives of the town and school administrations. inance Committee members serve on many standing This group utilie s a consensus process to formulate committees and tas forces including the ealth the annual budget proposal for Town Meeting and nsurance Trust, the Acton 2020 Committee, and develops pro ections for planning purposes. the South Acton Train Station Advisory Committee, the School Building Committee, and the Capital This year, as in past years, the inance Committee mprovement lanning Committee, among others. We continued to concentrate on long-range planning and have regular observers for the Board of Selectmen, the has developed guidelines on the use of the Town’s Economic evelopment Committee, the Community reserve funds, recommended appropriate levels of reservation Committee, and the Acton-Boxborough operating cost increases, and encouraged the Town egional School istrict committee. and The Acton-Boxborough School istrict to continue to move ahead with their capital assessment and needed capital pro ects.

16 espectfully submitted, oland A. Bourdon , Chair Christi Andersen, ice Chair Christine ussell, Cler

Members Steve oone, Mie Ma ors, Jason Cole, Thomas arley, Sahana urohit Associate Member Al la inac

TOWN ACCOUNTANT

respectfully submit the following for the 2019 Annual eport for the Town of Acton

inancial eports for the period ending June 30, 2019

1. Statement of evenues, Expenditures and Changes in und Balances eneral und

2. epartmental Ob ect Budget

3. Trust und Activity rincipal and ncome

The accuracy and completeness of the data presented is in good standing with the Town.

My sincere thans to the inance department for all their dedication and hard wor.

espectfully Submitted,

Lisa Wojick

Lisa Wo ic Town Accountant

17 TOWN OF ACTON DEPARTMENT OBJECT BUDGET

SUB ACCT DESCRIPTION FY2019 BUDGET FY2019 EXPENDED PERCENT EXPENDED AB CULTURAL COUNCIL 5200 Services - 1,450 100 5400 Supplies 2,000 466 23.30 E A TME T TOTAL 2,0000 1,916 95.80

ACCOUNTANT/COMPTROLLER 5100 ersonal Services 340,785 278,553 81.74 5200 Services 3,500 1,461 41.75 5400 Supplies 1,000 1,003 100.27 E A TME T TOTAL 345,285 281,017 81.39

ASSESSORS 5100 ersonal Services 272,480 270,565 99.30 5200 Services 21,200 16,114 76.01 5400 Supplies 1,600 1,391 86.93 E A TME T TOTAL 295,280 288,070 97.56

BUILDING INSPECTOR 5100 ersonal Services 229,805 222,674 96.90 5200 Services 4,284 5,899 137.70 5400 Supplies 5,050 2,407 47.66 5700 Other - 10 100.00 E A TME T TOTAL 239,139 230,990 96.59 TOWN CLERK 5100 ersonal Services 161,304 142,641 88.43 5200 Services 1,200 150 12.50 5400 Supplies 3,500 5,103 145.81 E A TME T TOTAL 166,004 147,895 89.09 COA/COUNCIL ON AGING 5100 ersonal Services 327,718 332,137 101.35 5200 Services 13,100 12,620 96.34 5400 Supplies 13,600 8,897 65.42 5600 ntergovernmental 4,055 800 19.73 E A TME T TOTAL 358,473 354,453 98.88 COLLECTOR 5100 ersonal Services 148,001 125,616 84.88 5200 Services 19,950 14,883 74.60 5400 Supplies 550 211 38.37 E A TME T TOTAL 168,501 140,711 83.51

COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES 5200 Services 1,900 461 24.29 5400 Supplies 100 258 258.14 E A TME T TOTAL 2,000 720 35.98 18 SUB ACCT DESCRIPTION FY2019 BUDGET FY2019 EXPENDED PERCENT EXPENDED

ANIMAL CONTROL 5100 ersonal Services - - 5200 Services 23,000 21,125 91.85 E A TME T TOTAL 23,000 21,125 91.85

DISPATCH 5100 ersonal Services 616,957 613,834 99.49 5400 Services 6,500 4,781 73.55 E A TME T TOTAL 623,457 618,615 99.22

ELECTIONS 5100 ersonal Services 59,300 59,541 100.41 5200 Services 20,900 21,157 101.23 5400 Supplies 10,600 8,074 76.17 E A TME T TOTAL 90,800 88,772 97.77

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 5100 ersonal Services 23,000 23,000 100.00 5200 Services 5,550 7,340 132.25 5400 Supplies 20,000 17,897 88.48 E A TME T TOTAL 48,550 48,237 99.36

ENGINEERING 5100 ersonal Services 154,793 155,988 100.77 5200 Services 42,380 35,185 83.02 5400 Supplies 2,600 1,377 52.96 5800 Capital Outlay - - - E A TME T TOTAL 199,773 192,550 96.38

FINANCE DIRECTOR 5100 ersonal Services 294,866 222,486 75.45 5200 Services 147,300 281,869 191.36 5400 Supplies 57,000 65,757 115.36 5600 ntergovernmental - - - 5700 Other Appropriations 7,638,403 7,213,874 94.44 5900 ebt Service 2,990,463 2,946,416 98.53 E A TME T TOTAL 11,128,032 10,730,403 96.43

FINANCE COMMITTEE 5200 Services 272 280 102.94 E A TME T TOTAL 272 280 102.94

19 SUB ACCT DESCRIPTION FY2019 BUDGET FY2019 EXPENDED PERCENT EXPENDED FIRE 5100 ersonal Services 3,049,764 3,109,630 101.96 5200 Services 48,000 42,830 89.23 5400 Supplies 177,980 168,616 94.74 5600 ntergovernmental 5800 Capital Outlay 75,000 74,246 98.99 5900 Other Appropriations E A TME T TOTAL 3,350,744 3,395,322 101.33

GREEN ADVISORY BOARD

5100 ersonal Services 15,065 14,082 93.48 5200 Services 277 - 0.00 5400 Supplies 212 - 0.00 E A TME T TOTAL 15,554 14,082 90.54

HEALTH 5100 ersonal Services 42,111 41,655 98.92 5200 Services 76,900 66,626 86.64 5400 Supplies 1,500 4,159 277.24 E A TME T TOTAL 120,511 112,440 93.30

HIGHWAY 5100 ersonal Services 1,293,519 1,266,537 97.91 5200 Services 502,877 425,663 84.65 5400 Supplies 482,231 429,003 88.96 5700 Other Appropriations 9,500 7,865 82.79 5800 Capital Outlay 470,609 433,478 92.11 E A TME T TOTAL 2,758,736 2,562,546 92.89

HISTORICAL COMMISSION 5200 Services 200 - 0.00 5400 Supplies 176 - 0.00 E A TME T TOTAL 376 - 0.00

HUMAN RESOURCES 5100 ersonal Services 254,548 250,736 96.00 5200 Services 80,685 52,591 65.18 5400 Supplies 5,150 577 11.20 5700 Other Appropriations 94,000 94,703 100.75 E A TME T TOTAL 439,383 398,606 90.72

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 5100 ersonal Services 439,415 405,657 92.32 5200 Services 1,142,950 1,172,213 102.56 5400 Supplies - 197 100.00 5800 Capital Outlay 70,000 68,710 98.16 E A TME T TOTAL 1,652,365 1,646,777 99.66 20 SUB ACCT DESCRIPTION FY2019 BUDGET FY2019 EXPENDED PERCENT EXPENDED LAND USE/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 5100 ersonal Services 265,234 230,057 86.74 5200 Services 10,000 10,433 104.33 5400 Supplies 500 260 52.00 5800 Capital Outlay - - - E A TME T TOTAL 275,734 240,749 87.31

TOWN MANAGER

5100 ersonal Services 669,917 649,957 97.02 5200 Services 811,500 757,891 93.39 5400 Supplies 18,100 17,607 97.27 5800 Capital Outlay 2,189 100.00 E A TME T TOTAL 1,499,517 1,427,643 95.21

MEMORIAL LIBRARY 5100 ersonal Services 1,140,515 1,002,634 87.91 5200 Services 54,700 93,574 171.07 5400 Supplies 221,125 311,167 140.72 5700 Other Appropriations - - - E A TME T TOTAL 1,416,340 1,407,375 99.37

TOWN MEETING MODERATOR 5100 ersonal Services - 40 100.00 5200 Services 26,800 24,080 89.85 5400 Supplies 17 - 0.00 E A TME T TOTAL 26,817 24,120 89.94

PUBLIC FACILITIES DIVISION 5100 ersonal Services 792,738 712,269 89.85 5200 Services 893,559 945,646 105.83 5400 Supplies 64,200 48,408 75.40 5800 Capital tems 21,000 47,100 224.29 E A TME T TOTAL 1,771,497 1,753,422 98.98

NATURAL RESOURCES/CEMETERY 5100 ersonal Services 838,959 809,161 96.45 5200 Services 30,750 112,711 366.54 5400 Supplies 32,700 28,716 87.82 5800 Capital tems - - - E A TME T TOTAL 902,409 950,588 105.34

NURSING SERVICES 5100 ersonal Services 391,471 307,741 78.61 5200 Services 139,615 130,663 93.59 5400 Supplies 19,500 10,290 52.77 5700 Other Appropriations 4,600 5,010 108.91 E A TME T TOTAL 555,186 453,705 81.72 21 SUB ACCT DESCRIPTION FY2019 BUDGET FY2019 EXPENDED PERCENT EXPENDED PLANNING BOARD 5100 ersonal Services 263,099 262,102 99.62 5200 Services 6,413 9,102 141.93 5400 Supplies 3,819 773 19.18 E A TME T TOTAL 273,331 271,936 99.49

POLICE

5100 ersonal Services 4,267,190 4,311,721 101.04 5200 Services 99,700 88,513 88.78 5400 Supplies 82,800 91,699 110.75 5800 Capital Outlay 189,500 223,165 117.77 E A TME T TOTAL 4,639,190 4,715,097 101.64

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 5100 ersonal Services 149,890 123,755 82.56 5200 Services 2,500 875 35.00 5400 Supplies 25,462 24,670 96.89 E A TME T TOTAL 177,852 149,300 83.95

PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS 5100 ersonal Services - - - 5200 Services 8,900 6,195 68.82 5400 Supplies - 1,445 100.00 E A TME T TOTAL 8,900 7,570 85.05

VETERANS SERVICE 5100 ersonal Services 81,544 81,552 100.01 5200 Services 3,300 2,824 85.57 5400 Supplies 5,100 4,791 93.95 5700 Other Appropriations 110,000 77,465 70.42 E A TME T TOTAL 199,944 166,632 83.34

WEST ACTON LIBRARY 5100 ersonal Services 53,613 52,184 97.33 5200 Services 8,800 8,026 91.21 5400 Supplies - - - E A TME T TOTAL 62,413 60,210 96.47

TOTAL $33,837,365 $32,903,873 97.24%

22 TOWN OF ACTON, MASSACHUSETTS Statement of evenues, Expenditures and Changes in und Balances eneral und iscal year Ending June 30, 2019 naudited

evenues General roperty Taxes 85,429,891 Tax Liens 181,549 Excises 3,832,537 enalties and nterest 296,618 Licenses and ermits 1,188,926 ees and Other epartmental 171,527 ntergovernmental 2,517,213 Charges for Services 450,677 ines and orfeits 95,275 Earnings on nvestments 215,224 n Lieu of Taxes 46,476 Contributions - Miscellaneous 97,476

Total evenues 94,523,389

Expenditures Current eneral overnment 7,766,000 ublic Safety 8,871,452 Education 61,285,774 ntergovernmental 312,130 ighways and ublic Wors 2,941,917 uman Services 2,095,291 Culture and ecreation 1,423,802 Employee Benefits and Insurance 7,822,616 ebt Service rincipal 1,843,464 nterests 348,964 Capital Outlay -

Total Expenditures 94,711,410

Excess of evenues Over nder Expenditures 188,021

Other inancing Sources ses Transfers n 202,187 Transfers Out 478,654

Total Other inancing Sources ses 276,467 et Change in und Balance 464,488

und Balance, Beginning 12,112,445

und Balance, Editing 11,647,957

23 TOWN OF ACTON EXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS FY19

ACCOUNT BEGINNING EXPENDITURES NET CHANGE ENDING EXPENDABLE INCOME UNREALIZED EXPENDABLE 6/30/18 GAIN/LOSS 6/30/19 EL ABET W TE 7002 14,359.84 $(2,870.00) 1,780.62 1,821.23 15,091.69 A M T TTLE MEM L 7003 144,422.66 7,343.43 8,308.03 160,074.12 BETS BALL C A T 7004 41,451.02 2,451.22 2,773.22 46,675.46 EO A W T E C A 7005 33,927.52 2,282.65 2,582.49 38,792.66 C A LOTTE OO OW 7006 879.12 184.47 208.70 1,272.29 ACTO O T 7007 10,742.27 1,513.94 1,712.81 13,969.02 JAMES SLE 7008 9,086.83 479.69 542.68 10,109.20 M T CE TE AL 7009 1,134.67 53.98 61.05 1,249.70 CO SE AT O 7012 52,318.60 2,487.95 2,814.78 57,621.33 EO A W T E 7013 29,491.92 2,115.77 2,393.70 34,001.39 WATSO 7014 8,309.84 (141.00) 513.24 578.07 9,260.15 O T SCOTT 7015 1,177.23 (30.00) 79.72 89.90 1,316.85 OBE T A S 7016 3,880.24 (30.00) 232.02 262.22 4,344.48 A A WA 7017 12,392.26 (51.00) 636.14 718.01 13,695.41 EO E AMES 7018 934.83 66.60 75.34 1,076.77 EO A W T E 7019 2,566.72 (30.00) 193.37 218.46 2,948.55 OBB S AMES 7020 84,466.62 (31,963.71) 3,475.33 2,331.38 58,309.62 CA TA OBB S 7021 23,173.81 1,220.89 1,381.27 25,775.97 OBB S WOO LA 7022 4,017.87 (30.00) 262.35 296.53 4,546.75 JE S AM L 7023 86,244.83 (413.20) 10,861.77 12,284.58 108,977.98 EL E OBB S 7024 2,877.78 (30.00) 184.35 208.28 3,240.41 MA T A ESMO 7025 8,915.87 (66.00) 565.90 638.41 10,054.18 EW E ET AL CA E 7026 206,243.63 (2,769.40) 80,868.99 93,440.17 377,783.39 A MO MO ME T 7027 17,024.77 842.89 953.61 18,821.27 OL E ET AL CA E 7028 263,275.19 (1,453.20) 20,994.86 23,738.60 306,555.45 A LETTE A LE A 7029 6,977.07 (81.00) 426.12 480.12 7,802.31 A MO CA E 7030 6,578.29 (66.00) 407.21 458.85 7,378.35 MA SM T 7031 3,523.53 (60.00) 262.55 296.49 4,022.57 OSME 7032 215,800.82 (404.20) 15,122.92 17,104.29 247,623.83 WET E BEE 7033 159,791.76 (198.00) 8,072.10 9,126.89 176,792.75 E EST JO ES 7034 2,728.07 (15.00) 177.27 200.41 3,090.75 BLA C A 7035 9,314.99 (66.00) 557.28 628.64 10,434.91 AB CO A T AM L 7036 3,294.75 (30.00) 204.19 230.72 3,699.66 A OWLTO 7037 2,482.46 (30.00) 165.59 187.03 2,805.08 M S O E L 7038 2,155.04 120.19 135.99 2,411.22 WELLS 7039 36,815.24 (66.00) 1,892.66 2,139.41 40,781.31 O TE JE S 7040 435.50 3,681.27 4,164.84 8,281.61 SC OOL 7041 3,246.78 (66.00) 344.62 389.88 3,915.28 AT E E M. SLE 7042 9,756.45 913.89 1,033.95 11,704.29 W LL AM A W L 7043 8,450.38 830.12 939.16 10,219.66 S SA /L T E CO A T 7044 5,814.19 349.33 395.22 6,558.74 L E T TTLE 7045 2,140.44 111.28 125.91 2,377.63 EWELL B TA TE 7046 11,580.45 1,114.20 1,260.56 13,955.21

24 L B A LA TE 7047 2,780.19 179.78 203.37 3,163.34 M L E MOO E 7048 3,560.10 264.43 299.14 4,123.67 MA CLA 7049 1,061.39 104.81 118.54 1,284.74 AM J A OO 7050 1,311.23 71.89 81.30 1,464.42 C A LOTTE CO A T 7051 3,391.94 232.62 263.20 3,887.76 M E A S 7052 673.56 48.01 54.34 775.91 LO E CE A E 7053 5,260.09 1,233.21 1,395.18 7,888.48 EO E AS BA 7054 4,971.86 236.45 267.48 5,475.79 ACTO MEM L LB 7055 403,063.59 19,167.31 21,685.09 443,915.99 OLA LE S T ST 7057 2,272.64 583.49 660.32 3,516.45 ACTO E TE S 7058 202,947.69 10,181.00 11,518.33 224,647.02 EL E O AL E A 7059 4,732.80 1,176.13 1,330.65 7,239.58 OBB S T ST LALL ME T AWA 7061 2,075.14 (1,000.00) 1,476.43 1,660.65 4,212.22 LALL BL C SA ET AWA 7062 235.25 1,367.90 1,547.57 2,680.22

$2,192,069.12 $(41,959.71) $212,768.39 $240,817.04 $2,603,694.84

NOTE: Beginning and Ending expendable include unrealized gain/loss

25 TOWN OF ACTON NON-EXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS FY19

ACCOUNT BEGINNING REVENUES ENDING BALANCE BALANCE 6/30/18 6/30/19 EL ABET W TE 7002 25,000.00 25,000.00 A M T TTLE MEM L 7003 10,000.00 10,000.00 BETS BALL C A T 7004 10,095.26 10,095.26 EO A W T E C A 7005 14,073.70 14,073.70 C A LOTTE OO OW 7006 3,000.00 3,000.00 ACTO O T 7007 21,094.00 21,094.00 JAMES SLE 7008 1,000.00 1,000.00 EO A W T E 7013 15,000.00 15,000.00 WATSO 7014 2,500.00 2,500.00 O T SCOTT 7015 500.00 500.00 OBE T A S 7016 1,000.00 1,000.00 A A WA 7017 1,000.00 1,000.00 EO E AMES 7018 465.49 465.49 EO A W T E 7019 1,500.00 1,500.00 OBB S AMES 7020 21,210.08 21,210.08 CA TA OBB S 7021 2,500.00 2,500.00 OBB S WOO LA 7022 1,500.00 1,500.00 JE S AM L 7023 142,176.26 142,176.26 EL E OBB S 7024 1,000.00 1,000.00 MA T A ESMO 7025 3,000.00 3,000.00 EW E ET AL CA E 7026 1,472,759.00 53,650.00 1,526,409.00 A MO MO ME T 7027 700.00 700.00 OL E ET AL CA E 7028 178,259.92 178,259.92 A LETTE A LE A 7029 2,000.00 2,000.00 A MO CA E 7030 2,000.00 2,000.00 MA SM T 7031 2,000.00 2,000.00 OSME 7032 102,238.95 102,238.95 WET E BEE 7033 10,000.00 10,000.00 E EST JO ES 7034 1,000.00 1,000.00 BLA C A 7035 2,419.24 2,419.24 AB CO A T AM L 7036 1,000.00 1,000.00 A OWLTO 7037 1,000.00 1,000.00 M S O E L 7038 372.39 372.39 WELLS 7039 3,000.00 3,000.00 O TE JE S 7040 76,977.01 76,977.01 SC OOL 7041 4,000.00 4,000.00 AT E E M. SLE 7042 9,461.75 9,461.75 W LL AM A W L 7043 9,006.00 9,006.00 S SA /L T E CO A T 7044 1,532.00 1,532.00 L E T TTLE 7045 200.00 200.00 EWELL B TA TE 7046 11,849.79 11,849.79

26 L B A LA TE 7047 1,000.00 1,000.00 M L E MOO E 7048 2,000.00 2,000.00 MA CLA 7049 1,142.00 1,142.00 AM J A OO 7050 200.00 200.00 C A LOTTE CO A T 7051 1,500.00 1,500.00 M E A S 7052 336.50 336.50 LO E CE A E 7053 20,672.34 20,672.34 OLA LE S T ST 7057 10,000.00 10,000.00 ACTO E TE S EL E 7058 11,145.00 11,145.00 O AL E A OBB S T ST 7059 20,000.00 20,000.00 LALL ME T AWA 7061 29,000.00 29,000.00 LALL BL C SA ET AWA 7062 29,000.00 29,000.00

$2,295,386.68 $53,650.00 $2,349,036.68

27 HUMAN SERVICES

ACTON HOUSING AUTHORITY ACTON HOUSING AUTHORITY WAIT LIST T T E TOTAL TOTAL A L CAT O The M SS O of the Acton ousing Authority A A is to A L CA TS LOCAL ATE O provide safe, decent and affordable housing to low and O L ST A L CA TS LOCAL TO moderate-income households. The A A accomplishes O L ST this mission by offering one-hundred and sixty 160 O E- 500 85 8/27/2013 affordable housing units that we own and operate for BE OOM O E 60 rent and by providing housing vouchers to another O E- 344 4 3/20/2019 one-hundred and seventy-five (175) households which BE OOM assists them in paying rent in the private housing E 60 mare t. SABLE TWO- 500 32 6/6/2016 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEED IN ACTON BE OOM T EE- 500 18 4/28/2016 After a multi-year process on a plan to develop the BE OOM Town owned land n own as the Wale r roperty, SECT O 8 216,956 348 1/10/2003 located at 348-364 Main Street, the AHA was gratified when the Main Street Committee recommended and MAINTAINING OUR EXISTING UNITS AND Town meeting members approved the development of PROPERTIES affordable senior housing on the site. The A A has been advocating for new housing units to meet this Most of the A A’s developments and units are over need since it was founded in 1970. We are currently forty years old and are cared for by implementing wori ng with the community and housing consultants our maintenance and capital improvement plans. to put together an application for tax credits and State This year we were fortunate to be the recipient of financing for this project and would like to thank the funding the Town of Acton received by applying for a community for their support. Seniors represent the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ousing Choice largest number of local applicants waiting for affordable grant. Only municipalities with an approved ousing housing that we own, and we loo forward to being able roduction lan who are meeting their housing to better meet this need. production goals, are eligible to apply for these funds. This grant provided 165,000 to the A A which was Currently, the A A provides affordable housing to used to repave the driveway and pari ng lot at our three-hundred and thirty-five (335) households. elderly complex on Sachem Way and extend the Through turnover of our housing units and vouchers we sidewal to our family units. Other modernia tion were able to assist twenty-three 23 new households pro ects completed from our capital plan in 2019 were in 2019. ourteen 14 of the new households were flooring and roofing/skylight replacement. assisted with vouchers to rent apartments in the private mare t. ine 9 of the new households were The A A also maintains our existing units and assisted in apartments that we own. Of the households properties with the help of our maintenance staff we provided new assistance to in 2019 nine 9 were and vendors. Last year we completed 1,265 wor families, seven 7 were seniors and seven 7 were orders for preventive, routine and vacancy turnover disabled households. Below is a chart representing our maintenance. current waiting list.

28 ASSISTING HOUSEHOLDS IN OUR HOUSING AND 1. uality of care VOUCHER PROGRAMS 2. rocess measurement implementation process measures are used to assess adherence to clinical The Acton ousing Authority assists residents who live practice recommendations in our units or use one of our vouchers with accessing 3. inancial performance services. We have a Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) 4. atient Experience CA S program which provides an escrow account incentive 5. uality mprovement to families who increase their employment income. n 2019 there were thirty 30 families participating in the These ran ings are developed using publicly available SS and escrow programs with several graduating data. OCS Homecare identifies agencies that enhance with escrow balances, including families who moved the quality of patient care so that a path to better out of assisted housing into the private rental mare t outcomes and to patient satisfaction can be achieved. and/or homeownership. The Acton ursing Service is proud of the recognition it has received, than s to the wor and dedication of The Family Self-Sufficiency/Tenant Services position its staff. am extremely proud of the A S staff for their is funded through a ousing and rban evelopment continued hard wor and commitment to eeping our grant and the Acton-Boxborough nited Way. Our patients safe in the community and by delivering the Family Self-Sufficiency/Tenant Services Coordinator best care imaginable to them. Acton ursing Services wors with other service providers to assist our believes that continuity of care is a huge factor in our residents in accessing the support they need such consistently high patient satisfaction scores. as fuel assistance, social security, food assistance, holiday donations and campership programs. She Acton ursing Services provides home health care, also assists families with ob and continuing education including s illed nursing physical, occupational and information. The A A is very grateful to the community speech therapy medical social services and home and organia tions that assist our residents throughout health aide assistance. f you or a loved one needs the year. services after a hospitali ation, an in ury or a change in your medical condition, be sure to as your doctor to The Acton ousing Authority was established by Acton’s refer to Acton ursing Services. Annual Town Meeting in 1970. The Authority is governed by a five-member board of Commissioners who serve Acton ursing Services continues to provide ublic five-year terms. The operation of the Authority is Health services at our office for adult and childhood administered by the Executive irector and staff. vaccinations under the epartment of ublic ealth accine for Children guidelines, podiatry clinics, wellness Board of Commissioners discussions, m ACT testing, and blood pressure obert Whittlesey, Chair clinics. We encourage people to call before stopping in yan Bette , ice Chair to assure the availability of a nurse. Bernice Baran, Treasurer ancy olb, Secretary or the fourth year in a row, Acton ursing Services has elley Cronin, Executive irector provided the m ACT concussion baseline assessment program at Acton-Boxborough igh school for all ACTON NURSING SERVICES incoming freshmen. ImPACT is the most scientifically validated computeri ed neurocognitive test used by The Acton Public Health Nursing Services is dedicated more than 7,400 high schools and 1,000 colleges and to fostering individual and community health in the universities to help evaluate and manage suspected town of Acton. To this end, the Acton Nursing Services concussions. The m ACT test trac s students provides Public Health and Certified Home Healthcare symptoms and measures multiple aspects of cognitive to the residents of Acton. functioning, including attention span, wor ing memory, sustained and selective attention time, non-verbal The Acton ursing Services is proud to announce that problem solving and reaction time. At the beginning of we have been recogni ed to the list of the Top 25 of the school year, all incoming freshmen ta e a Baseline home health care providers in the country again this year m ACT Test that assesses their cognition at their norm. This listing of successful providers is compiled by OCS f a student sustains and is diagnosed with a head in ury omeCare and ecision ealth these two organi ations by their physician, the Baseline mpact results can be evaluate agencies on five domains of performance to given to their physician and be compared with a ost- determine those agencies in the Top 25 Concussion test to help determine neurocognitive 29 deficits, set up a plan of action for recovery, and help beginning of 20 and continuing each quarter so that determine bac to school and bac to play guidelines. A we can eep our residents safe total of 369 tests have been performed since the 2019- 2020 school year began. Our third quarter program will start at the end of January, as well as a new Maintenance Class that will be offered We have expanded our odiatry Clinic and are now twice a month. holding three to four clinics in our offices monthly! We are lucky enough to have a contract with a Certified Foot olunteers and other town departments continue to Care urse, Sarah inghorn BS , , C C , and her provide assistance to Acton ursing Services. The staff for providing these successful clinics. Watch for the riends of Acton ursing Service A S provides dates of the clinics in the COA newsletter during the last ongoing financial and volunteer support. The FANS are wee of each month for the following month’s dates. always loo ing for new members to assist with their efforts f you have any interest in oining A S please Our lu Clinics ept us busy in October and ovember contact our department and we will put you in touch with with 1,072 residents vaccinated for the 2019-2020 them. We continue to wor closely with the Council on season and as the year ended we are still vaccinating Aging to provide services to senior citi ens, as well as those who missed our clinics We held three town-wide attend monthly Senior at is meetings at the COA in clinics at Acton-Boxborough egional igh School and con unction with the Acton olice epartment, Acton two clinics in our offices at the Human Services and Fire Department, the Veteran Services Officer, Acton Senior Center building. Our ublic ealth urse, Linda ousing and Minuteman Senior Services. Cullen MS , provides clinics at the senior housing buildings in town as well as provides home visits for those Than you, residents in Acton who are unable to leave their homes eather or ursing irector for a flu vaccination. Thank you to the ANS staff and the AB S ursing staff who assisted with set up, brea down and staffing of these important clinics. Also, a huge Acton Nursing Services Statistics FY2019 than you to Weiyuan Sun, from the ealth epartment, Home Visits who assists with scheduling and translating to the Asian egistered urse 1,031 population during our senior clinic at Windsor reen. ome ealth Aide 1,191 The C C reports that every year 3 million seniors are hysical Therapy 746 treated in Emergency epartments for a fall, one out Occupational Therapy 64 of five falls cause serious injury including broken bones Speech Therapy 0 and head in uries and falls have increased 30 from Total ome isits 3,032 2007-2016 which could mean that by 2030 there will be seven deaths every hour in the nited States that Health Promotion Activities will be caused by a fall. Acton ursing Services wanted TB Testing 10 to help reduce falls with our senior population within Acton by starting a balance training program. Starting Blood ressure Checs 620 in June 2019 Acton ursing Services staff member, odiatry Clinic 274 Karen Patterson PT, Board Certified Clinical Specialist Influenza Vaccinations 1,071 in eriatric hysical Therapy began providing balance Other accinations 52 evaluations and six wee Balance Matters classes. aren’s classes focus on increasing strength, balance, flexibility, and confidence in performing activities of daily m ACT Baseline Testing 369 living. rior to the classes, aren meets with each client individually to assess their balance to determine if they 2,627 are appropriate for a group class. Those residents that may need a more one on one program and agree with aren’s determination will have a call and referral made to their C by aren with the results of her balance evaluation and recommendation for outpatient physical therapy. Acton ursing Services would li e to than the riends of the Acton ursing who have been extremely generous in funding the Balance Matters rogram at the 30 COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES SOCIAL/ISOLATION ISSUES n January 2019, the Board appointed Leslie Johnson to investigate opportunities for the disabled community OUR MISSION to utilie the newly completed bie trails by developing resources for adaptive bie rentals. To this end, Leslie The Commission on isabilities CO mission is to CO Treasurer spearheaded the development of mae Acton a better place for the disabled to live by a multi-town organia tion of the Bruce reeman rail trail supporters. This new group AABC hosted a Advocating for the rights and interests of citie ns successful event in May 2019 at edal ower, to residents with disabilities and their families showcase many types of adaptive bie s. This group will Ensuring that Acton meets the laws, regulations, continue to wor toward the goal of providing adaptive and guidelines set down by federal, state, and bie s for reasonable rental. The CO is indebted to regional bodies pertaining to the rights of citie ns Leslie for her wor on this valuable contribution to the with disabilities community. Acting as a resource for education around the needs of people with disabilities and their families The Commission started the all with two events that Striving to build a solid community of people with focused on Accessible Acton, Scarecrow Mai ng and disabilities to increase our visibility and lobbying an October icnic. The Scarecrow was to support power and to decrease the sense of isolation that AM ational Alliance on Mental llness as mental comes from living in a rural area health is seen as the invisible disability and a picnic at A A ar to showcase a recreation area that GOALS supports use by the disabled community. n early Our 2019 goals were to continue to advocate for ecember, in partnership with the ealth epartment, inclusion of people with disabilities and disability the Commission organie d a learning carrousel for rights to build on our self-education in order to expand both town employees and disabled residents to learn our service to the community and to see ways to from each other about the challenges of being disabled insure inclusion and social activities for the disabled and the resources available in Acton. community.

CITIZENS’ CONCERNS SELF-EDUCATION As has been a regular practice of the CO , we continue Over the year we have invited presentations from to hear concerns of individual residents as they aris, Acton’s lanning epartment, ousing epartments, and assist them in resolving their issues by referring and og ar Committee to better understand them to the proper resources within Acton, or within their roles and their commitment to providing those the Commonwealth. We also requested and received resources necessary to meet the needs of the disabled directives from the Massachusetts Office on Disabilities community. MO on how to handle these cases. HOUSING Our liaison to the housing board/committees Lisa VARIANCES n 2019 we received 2 Applications for ariances ranl in regularly attends their meetings to bring to regarding 521 CM the access code portion of those meetings our perspective, and in return, reports the Massachusetts epartment of ublic Safety to the commission all relevant progress of their wor. regulations . This is a regular, ongoing tas of the CO . irector of ntergovernmental Affairs Austin TRANSPORTATION Cyganiewic, Commission members esha oi s Transportation continues to be a e y issue of concern and Jim Snyder rant attended a multi-day program to persons with disabilities. While Acton has multiple for training commission members on the rules and ride and van options, more options are needed. n regulations of this crucial component of the duties of July of 2019, the Town hired Austin Cyganiewic as the Commission. Joan Burrows continues to direct the irector of ntergovernmental Affairs and oversees and organie the tass involved in completion of our the transportation service and to loo at all needs of responsibilities. the town, including night and weee nd service. We are wori ng with the appropriate sources, and our liaison and member of the Transportation Advisory Committee MEMBERSHIP In June 2019, new officers were elected: Ann Corcoran ranny Osman, e eps us regularly informed, and, in was elected Chair, Lisa ranl in ice-Chair, ranny turn shares our concerns with TAC. Osman Secretary, Leslie Johnson Treasurer, and Joan 31 Burrows as Archivist. The CO is greatly indebted to AC C meets on a monthly basis to review proposed Maddie arvey, who served the CO for over a decade, affordable housing pro ects, discuss ways to acquire most recently as its chair. Both Maddie and anny additional affordable units, develop programs to assist actor completed their service to the commission as first time homebuyers and act as the liaison to the town their terms expired in June 2019. To fill these vacancies, for affordable housing developers. AC C currently esha oi s and Jim Snyder rant were appointed by has five full members and two associate members. the Selectmen in August 2019 Regional Housing Services Office TOWN MEETING ACCESS, VOTING, AND n 2012, the Town of Acton, at the recommendation REPRESENTATION of AC C and funded through the C A, oined the An ongoing issue for the CO has been access and ease Regional Housing Services Office now based in the of voting at Town Meetings for persons with disabilities. Town of Concord. The program has provided part-time rogress has been with the video interpretation of all support to the Town and AC C by assisting in meeting dialogue and presentations, electronic voting, better the administrative, compliance, and monitoring chec in procedures and more seating designated requirements for the Town’s existing affordable housing for the disabled all of which have enabled disabled units, and furthering regional housing goals and efforts. members of the Town to fully participate in and easily The towns of Acton, Bedford, Concord, Lexington, vote at Acton’s Town Meetings. rovisions for EE Lincoln, Sudbury, Wayland, and Weston participate transportation to Town meetings have also been added, in the egional ousing Services group to manage and are wori ng to improve this service. affordable housing from a municipal perspective. oland Bartl, the Town lanner, sits as a member of the At the ovember meeting, the Board voted to publici e Advisory Committee for the SO. The program is now support of only those warrant articles that directly in its eighth year and greatly benefits the Town. It has impact the lives of disabled residents. been funded with Community reservation Act funds through 2020. The SO website is full of valuable MEMORIAL information on housing https //www.rhsohousing.org/ n September 2019, two scented Aa lea bushes were placed in the understory garden at the Acton Arboretum Independent Audit in memory of Steve Baran and Cindy atton. Both were AC C is audited annually by the Town Auditor in Commission members and individuals who faced huge con unction with the Town’s annual audit. challenges with their disabilities but continued to give to others throughout their lives. Affordable Housing Developments in 2019

John Braco, a member of the Commission from 2000 446 Mass Avenue (Residences at Kelley’s Corner) to 2012, succumbed to MS on October 29, 2019. John a 31, 1B unit rental building for seniors over 62 and the served as chairman as well as other board positions disabled was approved by the BA in September 2018. during his tenure on the Commission. e was an The non-profit group Common Ground, developers of advocate for service dogs and the families of the the Old igh School, are hoping to get funding and state disabled. A suitable memorial for John will be planted in approvals over the next two years. t has submitted the Spring at the Arboretum. Access to the Arboretum its second round of funding to the C . AC C has was one the first projects for the Commission and will agreed to help fund pre-development expenses as part be a part of the Town public area for years to come. of a local share.

espectively Submitted, Post Office Crossing This 12 unit 40B located at 6 Ann Corcoran, Chair Post Office square was approved in 2014 and finally began construction in 2017. Construction is proceeding ACTON COMMUNITY HOUSING slowly, one affordable unit has sold. CORPORATION Martin Street A 28 unit development was approved for 31, 39, 45 Martin Street. t is a combination of 2 The Acton Community ousing Corporation AC C is existing homes, 2 duplexes, and 22 new construction appointed by the Board of Selectmen in accordance single-family homes, with a total of seven affordable with special legislation granted by ome ule petition units. This is a Mass ousing pro ect that started in 1996. AC C’s mission is to facilitate the creation of construction in ovember 2017 and is nearing the end affordable housing opportunities with priority given to of the development with 5 of 7 affordable units sold. Acton residents and employees wori ng in Acton. 32 Craftsman Village, 184 Main Street A development Acton Housing Authority, 348-364 Main Street The of 8 units in two, 4 unit buildings, 3B townhouses, was Acton ousing Authority has proposed to construct 31, approved in August 2018 and is beginning construction 1 B and some 2B units in a 3-story building with at the end of 2019. an elevator on town-owned land at 348-364 Main St. All units would be affordable, serving seniors 62 and 146 Prospect Street A 4 single family home older, and disabled adults, at incomes of 30-60 of development with 4B units was approved in June the Area Median ncome. iven the long waiting list 2018 and finished construction in December 2019 with of seniors needing housing that is currently held by the the occupancy of one affordable unit. Acton ousing Authority, there is no question about the need for these rental units. The proposal by the 43-45 School Street abitat for umanity A A received overwhelming support at the April 2019 rehabilitated a duplex in South Acton that was tae n for Town Meeting. This will be a Low ncome ousing bac taxes and purchased from the town by abitat. Tax Credit pro ect that will tae up to 3 years to be These were renovated into 2, 3 units creating 2 financed. ACHC has voted to provide funding for pre- affordable units. Two families were selected and are development costs. settled into their new homes. Safe Harbor Proposed Affordable Housing Developments in 2019 The community has met C ’s recent progress threshold. This means that within the last 12 months, Powder Mill Place, Powder Mill Rd. on the Acton/ the community has created new affordable units equal Maynard line The development is proposed to be a to or greater than 0.5 percent of the total year-round 230 unit rental family housing in Acton. There will be housing units reported in the most recent federal multiple buildings 3-5 stories high with pari ng on the census. n Acton, 0.5 percent is 42 units for one year 1st level. egotiations between the developers and of Safe arbor or 85 units for 2 years of Safe arbor. the Town are ongoing on the issue of a tie-in to the The new Avalon pro ect will provide 86 units. Safe Acton sewer system. The Acton Board of Selectmen arbor was granted by C starting on 7/19/19, it has approved the L application. They are awaiting will go for 2 years. C approval and then it will be submitted to the oning Board of Appeals. Reaching 10% f the number of low or moderate-income housing Avalon Bay Expansion 86 rental apartments will be units in the town is more than 10 percent of the total added to the existing 300 unit Avalon Acton site in orth number of housing units reported in the most recent Acton, approved in the spring. These will be upscale federal census (8475 units) a Town can officially reach apartments, each will have a front door and most will 10 . n Acton this would be 848 affordable units, the have garages. 22 of the units will be affordable but all Town currently has 654 units. The proposed owder will count toward the town’s 10 . The approval of this Mill Apartments pro ect would provide 230 new units development put the town in Safe arbor for two years. which, when added to the 86 Avalon units, would put us at 884 which exceeds 10 at least until the next Piper Lane A proposed development is located on census results. Achieving 10 isn’t the end-goal 6.48 acres of land off of School Street and iper Lane where affordable housing production terminates, rather in Acton. The development will consist of 32 townhouse it allows the Town to have more leverage in planning, style buildings in triplex or four 4 unit structures. design, location, collaborating and otherwise managing Twenty-five percent (8) of the units will be affordable, the creation of affordable housing. sold to families earning 80 or less of the area median income. There is significant neighborhood opposition Down Payment/Closing Cost assistance. to this proposal. There have been numerous delays Assistance was granted to two first time home buyers. including traffic and environmental peer reviews. Housing & Economic Development Study Grandview Acton A proposal for an age-restricted AC C helped fund the study that the lanning 55 development has been approved by C as epartment has been wori ng on with consultant Judi a riendly 40B L pro ect. 32 condo units will be built Barrett. The lanning ept. presented the results of in a garden-style design at 363 reat oad, 8 of them the study in June. will be affordable. The pro ect will be submitted to the BA early in 2020. Housing Production Plan AC C is funding the required 5-year update of the 33 Housing Production Plan first completed in 2015. COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR The final updated Housing Production Plan that will emerge provides Acton with housing and programming The position of Community Services Coordinator was guidance to target those with unmet housing needs, created in 2009 to connect residents in need with build capacity and community awareness, guide social service resources. equests for assistance housing production to priority development areas, and are frequently in the areas of emergency food, health amend o ning to advance housing production. insurance, fuel assistance, behavioral health, and The is to be completed by June 2020. affordable housing. There was a total of 658 encounters

that includes in-person, email and telephone. CPA Requests AC C was granted 150,000 in C A funds to continue The Community Services Coordinator also continues its programs which include assistance for pre- to have a strong commitment and involvement with the development of senior housing proposals from the AB Cares Coalition to provide suicide prevention and Acton ousing Authority and Common round. awareness worsh ops and resources to the community. Sincere thans and appreciation are extended to the Community Initiative Pilot Program following departments Acton ursing, olice ire n 2018, C A A sponsored an effort to engage more of epartments, Council on Aging along with the Board the community on housing-related issues and selected of Selectmen and Town Manager for their ongoing Acton as a pilot community. A group was formed and support of this position. monthly meetings have been held with 10-25 residents attending regularly. The meetings are constructive and espectfully submitted, informative. The informal group has now chosen a name, ousing for All, and has created a Mission Statement. Laura ucharme, Community Services Coordinator Attendees are ept informed about housing issues and opportunities for them to attend meetings and hearings to lend support. Bob an Meter is the Chair. COUNCIL ON AGING

Affordable Unit count toward 10% for 2019 The mission of the Acton Council on Aging is to The current total of subsidie d housing units in Acton advocate for seniors by enhancing their quality of life as of ecember 2019 is 654 of these 77 are affordable and independence through programs and services homeownership units. Other affordable units in the designed to address their health and economic inventory are privately developed rental units, Acton concerns as well as social and cultural interests. ousing Authority units, and state group homes. This represents 7.72 of the 8475 total housing units in the The Senior Center is located to 30 Sudbury oad town counted toward the 10% as officially affordable. with the other Town uman Services Acton ursing Services, the Veterans Services Officer, Community We would lie to than the Board of Selectmen and Services Coordinator, and liaisons from the olice Town Staff, especially the lanning Staff, for their department. ongoing support of the AC C. As Chairman, would especially lie to than our very loyal and talented The Council on Aging provides programs and services committee members. Without their dedication, there to Acton residents 60 and over as well as information would be little progress made in the affordable housing and referrals for residents of any age with concerns effort. AC C is going to undergo some ma or changes about aging relatives, neighbors and friends. Acton’s in membership next year. senior population continues to grow with over 5,000 residents age 60 or older. Since relocating to our new ull Members facility we have seen an increase in participation and ancy Tavernier, Chairman this year has provided services to 30 of the seniors Bob an Meter, ice Chairman in Town. Jennifer atenaude, Treasurer Bernice Baran, Co-Cler Lara laso n, Co-Cler

Associate Members an Bucl ey Corrina oman- reue 34 Average COA attendance per day by month:

St. Patrick’s Day Lunch by the Lions Club Services amily Services etective Michael Eracleo visits the Senior Center on a regular basis. The COA wors closely with the ire epartment who have written grants providing smoe and CO detectors to the Programs seniors in Acton. Acton seniors have a strong interest in lifelong learning and a variety of offerings are scheduled throughout the ealth insurance counseling and worsh ops are year. itness classes are available to Acton seniors on provided through Minuteman Senior Services by the a drop in basis. The Senior Center has gym equipment S E program Serving ealth nformation eeds to meet the demand from Acton older adults to exercise. of Everyone . The COA Senior Service Coordinator Art classes, Bridge, Chess, Boo Club, enealogy, provides resource information in areas of housing, ealth and Wellness programs and Movies are ust legal and financial assistance, adult day care, home a few of the activities that happen on a regular basis. health services, residential care facilities, and dementia Monthly support groups for randparents raising care. esidents receive help preparing fuel assistance randchildren, Widows and Widowers and a Memory applications as well as accessing other state and local Caf tae place at the Center. We have collaborated assistance programs. The andy elper program with Acton ursing Services to provide arden Therapy meets the requests of seniors for minor home repairs. and Balance Matters classes.

Funding The COA is funded primarily by the Town. An annual grant from the State Executive Office of Elder Affairs funded additional health and wellness classes and a part-time Activity Assistant.

The riends of the Council on Aging sponsor numerous classes, programs, special events, and day trips. They also administer an Emergency Assistance und. Their active fundraising and strong support enable almost all of our programs to be offered free of charge to Acton seniors. The riends receive support from the community and area businesses. Cookie Making at the Senior Center

Meals Volunteers Minuteman Senior Services hosts weed ay lunches at The Senior Center has over 300 volunteers who the Senior Center and this year provided over 11,600 together wore d over 6,000 hours this year. Without home-delivered meals to seniors. Catered lunches from our incredible volunteers, we would not be able to Benchmar Senior Living at obbins Broo, Life Care provide the services we do. Volunteers answer office Center of Acton and ewbury Court are brought on-site phones, monitor the gym, deliver meals to homebound for the seniors to en oy. Once a month a different Town seniors, serve special luncheons, teach classes and do epartment volunteers to coo and serve a delicious minor home repairs. They also provide tax assistance, meal at the Center. arious groups from the community legal counseling, organie our library, provide medical have also volunteered to prepare meals. The eteran’s transportation and tae care of our outdoor planters. Service Officer, James MacRae, hosts a monthly breaf ast at the Senior Center. 35 The Council on Aging or pice d up at the Senior Center which cuts down on Board meets the distribution costs. second Tuesday of each month at 10 00 This year Judy Peters, the Office Manager for over 13 in the Senior Center. years, retired and Li aley the ealth and Wellness Those currently Coordinator moved on after 9 years. We wish them serving on the Board both the best. are Chair Bonnie Lobel, ice-Chair The hard wor and dedication of the Council on Aging Alma Sandman, Staff and uman Services eceptionists should be Secretary Ellen commended. einsand, einsand, MichaelMichael Left: Chess lessons at the Senior Center Rosie Atherton – Office Manager Right: Seniors enjoying a trip to Plymouth Chris Chiroa s- rogram Manager Beverly utchings Senior Services Coordinator Chautin, Lori Cooney, Ann Corcoran, Chunsheng Bill Mary Morgan - uman Services eceptionist u, Jacquie riedman, associate members Jeff Bergart Bernice icoll Activity Assistant and irupama elana r and liaison from Board of iona Starr Staff Assistant Selectmen, ean Charter. would lie to than Marion Terri aborowsi - Exercise nstructor Maxwell who stepped down this year as an associate member and Board member eter uran who recently espectfully Submitted, passed away for their dedication. Sharon Mercurio Council on Aging irector The Acton Lions Club and Acton-Boxborough otary Club provide seasonal dinner events for over 100 COUNCIL ON AGING BOARD seniors. igh school students assist with a day of rai ng in the spring and fall. The Salvation Army, ood antry, The Council on Aging Board is made up of town riends of the Acton COA, Open Table, ousehold residents who have first-hand knowledge of the needs oods and A riend in eed assist seniors in need. of seniors. t does not mae policy, but serves in an School groups, area church groups, and private citie ns advisory capacity to the Center’s irector and the donate gifts for the holidays and throughout the year. Board of Selectman.

Each year the Board identifies unmet needs of Acton seniors, sets specific goals, and works toward achieving them.

The Board has been wori ng to publicie senior tax relief for several years. Taxes are going up, and this adversely affects seniors, many of whom live on fixed incomes. The Town Assessor has the ability to provide relief to some seniors by granting tax exemptions that lower the total amount of taxes paid to the town. Seniors must apply to the Assessor to see if they are eligible, and many seniors are not aware of this opportunity. One indication of the Board’s success in this area is Acton Fire Department Hazard House at the Senior Center that the Assessor has reported a forty percent rise in exemptions in the last five years. Our work on this Than you to all who have volunteered their time, issue continues every year. energy and si lls to enhance the well being of Acton’s seniors. Transportation is a primary need of seniors because some of us have had to give up our cars due to medical nformation about all programs, classes, and services issues. While the Board advocates for the town to is detailed in the Acton Senior Center ewsletter which provide adequate transportation, it also publicie s is sent to all Acton seniors. The newsletter, available existing transportation services. on the COA’s website, actoncoa.com, can be emailed 36 Many Acton seniors have not yet discovered the Senior The Trust maintains a reserve to buffer against volatility Center. Because of the health programs and social and in claims. When the reserves unrestricted assets of educational opportunities to be had there, it must be the Trust are in an appropriate range nominally 10-30 assumed that many people do not attend because they of expenses, the health insurance rates are set so that are not aware of these benefits, most offered for free. revenues will equal expected expenses. When assets n 2020, we are undertai ng a campaign to spread the exceed the target range, rates are set below expected word to the larger community of all Acton seniors. expenses to reduce the Trust reserve.

As of June 2019, 286 individuals and 517 families ACTON HEALTH INSURANCE TRUST excluding Medicare received health insurance through the Trust. Most enrollment is in MOs with a The Acton ealth nsurance Trust is a oint purchasing significant enrollment in HSAs. For retirees, the Trust agency of the Town of Acton and the Acton-Boxborough offers self-insured Medex as well as a premium-paid egional School istrict. The Trust provides health Medicare advantage lan. n these two plans, the insurance for the town and school employees and premiums are split 50/50 between the retiree and the retirees. Approximately 80 percent of the employees former employer. As of June 2019, 540 retirees were insured are school employees and the remainder of enrolled in Medex and 43 retirees were enrolled in a the insured are municipal employees. There are five Tufts premium based plan. Trustees, the treasurers of the Town and the egional Schools and a member of the Board of Selectman, the The Trust expenses exceeded revenues during 19 egional School Committee, and the Acton inance as planned. Total operating expenses were 17.64 Committee. The Trust employs a health insurance million resulting in an increase of 1.15 million. Claims consultant, Coo and Company, whose representative, and administration expenses were 16.92 million. This Sue Shillue, attends the monthly meetings of the Trust. was also an increase of 1.15 million over 18. This The Trust employs an accountant, Borgatti arrison resulted in a reduction of unrestricted assets at the to provide treasury services including receipt and end of 19 to 6.85 million which is 38.8 percent of disbursements of funds, billing of retirees, investment 19 operating costs. These reserves exclude funds of cash and provision of monthly income statements set aside to pay claims incurred during 19, but not and balance sheets to Trustees. The Trust is annually yet submitted for payment (IBNR). Additional financial audited by Bill raher, C A. details may be seen in the annual audit.

The Trust offers five different insurance products to John etersen, Chair active employees and non-Medicare retirees, a Blue Steve Barrett, Secretary Cross O an indemnity plan , two MOs and two eter J. Berry SAs, one each with Blue Cross and one with arvard Margaret ennehy ilgrim. The plan designs have been negotiated by Steve oone the Town Manager and the School Committee with the various unions. The SA plans and associated ealth VETERANS’ SERVICES Savings Accounts were added in 19 Master ealth lus has been discontinued. or all these plans the Trust is self-insured. That means that all employee health OVERVIEW OF SERVICES costs are paid by the Trust and employee copays not by the insurance companies which administer the plans The Veterans’ Service Officer’s job is to help veterans for the Trust. The companies are paid a percentage learn about, apply for, and in some cases, receive fee for their administrative services. ownside ris to benefits. Veterans’ Agents are knowledgeable the Trust is minimie d by the purchase of stop-loss about an array of federal, state and local benefits to insurance for claims over 125,000, which the Trust which you may be entitled. These services include bids and buys on a yearly basis. The Trustees set assistance submitting service-connected in ury claims the premium rates annually based on municipal and and eteran pension claims to the epartment of school experience. or the O the premium is split eterans Affairs. The primary duty of a eteran’s Agent between employees and their employer 50 /50 . or is to help administer Massachusetts State Chapter 115 the MOs and SAs the split is 75 for the employer Veterans’ Benefits to eligible Acton residents. Chapter and 25 for the employees. 115 provides a needs-based means-tested program of financial and medical assistance for indigent veterans

37 and their dependents, including un-remarried surviving At the July 8 meeting, the CC elected reg utchins spouses. ualifying veterans and their dependents and art Millett to successive terms as Chair and ice- receive financial assistance for food, shelter, clothing, Chair, respectively. ang ang assumed the duties of housing supplies, and medical care. Cler. Mie Brandt was welcomed as a new member in October. e brings a wealth of experience as a Veterans Day Annual Breakfast uman esources Executive in the business world.

2019 mare d the 7th Annual eterans ay breaf ast ecruitment of new volunteers is a continuing challenge. for Acton and Boxborough eterans. This was a In addition to staffing a table with a handout at Annual collaborative effort of the Acton- Boxborough otary Town Meeting on April 1 uan ong ang ang and Club and the Acton-Boxborough egional igh School. 2 reg utchins , we had a table with a new handout There were roughly 250 eterans in attendance and at the Special Town Meeting ecember 10. At the over 100 high school students greeting people and April 1 opening night of ATM, the Moderator appealed serving breaf ast. to those present for more volunteers for both the town and school system. Appeals for new volunteers STA continue to be included in the Municipal uarterly sent James Mac ae, irector with property tax bills. Additionally, the Town Manager Beverly utchings, Staff Assistant agreed to add a new column in the Municipal Monthly to recognie new and long-serving volunteers. This feature was introduced in the ovember issue with three new volunteers. Two more new appointees were featured in ecember.

On October 21, reg utchins and uan ong attended a meeting of the Board of Selectmen at which a discussion of volunteer term limits was on the agenda. The CC had requested such a discussion in a brief conversation with Selectman eter Berry on ecember 10, 2018. The result is that the CC will James MacRae speaking at the Veterans’ Day Breakfast now accept applications and interview the applicants even for boards with no current vacancies. Suitable candidates will be placed onto a reserve/waiting list for their committee choice until the end of the fiscal year. At that point, the CC will poll all committee members whose terms are about to expire to as if they wish to be reappointed. f any expiring term members have served at least two terms, and there are names on the reserve/waiting list, the CC will notify the Selectman liaison to that board of the particulars so that they can mae a decision regarding any potential replacement or reappointment. Veterans and Family enjoying the Veterans’ Day Breakfast Throughout 2019, we saw twenty-four volunteer VOLUNTEER COORDINATING appointments that flowed through the VCC. One person was appointed to two committees as an COMMITTEE associate member. Eleven volunteer applications were either withdrawn, not completed by the applicant, A variety of pro ects begun in 2018 continued during not forwarded by the CC, or denied. As of year-end, 2019. The updating of the olunteer Application orm there were nine applications in various stages of the tried to emphasie the online application process over process. The number of board positions that come the printable .pdf document. There were discussions open, primarily due to resignations, is not presently of further revisions to both applications wording. trace d.

38 inally, the CC would lie to recognie the invaluable espectfully submitted, assistance of town staff to our efforts, particularly the office of the Town Manager, the Town Clerk, regory utchins, Chair the ecreation epartment, Municipal roperties artley Millett, ice-Chair epartment, the COA/Senior Center staff, and the ang ang, Cler nformation Technology epartment. uan ong Michael Brandt

EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT The high school enrollment increased from 1827 to 1837 students. There were six school choice students at the high school a decrease of seven students INTRODUCTION from the previous year. There were 64 students who received special education services in grades 7 12 The Acton-Boxborough egional School istrict AB while attending out-of-district schools. is governed by an eleven member School Committee with representatives from Acton and Boxborough. uring the 2018-2019 school year, AB served the PERSONNEL learning needs of nearly 5600 students in grades Staffing changes for the 2018-19 school year were re -12 and employed approximately 1,000 full- and affected by the June 2018 retirements of eighteen part-time staff. The district completed its fifth year of teachers, twenty-two resignations, and five leaves of full regionalia tion. absence granted to Acton-Boxborough School istrict teachers. The district hired 59.7 full-time equivalent AB is comprised of eight schools Acton-Boxborough teachers to fill these vacancies and additional openings. egional igh School, J rey Junior igh School, The total number of sections from i ndergarten through Blanchard Memorial Elementary School, Conant sixth grade increased by two, due to additional students Elementary School, ouglas Elementary School, ates in fourth and fifth grade. Elementary School, McCarthy-Towne Elementary School, and Merriam Elementary School. n addition, the Carol uebner re- School rogram is housed TEACHING AND LEARNING in the Administration Building located on the main campus. Summer Leadership Retreat and Institute The summer 2018 Leadership etreat provided time A more detailed account of the highlights, activities for the istrict Leadership Teams to hear from eter and accomplishments for the 2017-2018 school year Light, our new superintendent, engage in activities to follows. reconnect and build team camaraderie, learn about the components of the ata nquiry Cycle as it relates ENROLLMENT to the new MCAS lowest quartile data, and begin to develop actionable items related to the Long- ange As of October 1, 2018 the elementary school enrollment Strategic lan and district goals. increased from the previous year by three students, from 2,703 to 2,706. There were nineteen students who received special education services while attending Wellness and Equity out-of-district schools one student less than the AB S ’s core values are wellness, equity, and previous October 1. indergarten enrollment decreased engagement. Below is an overview of some of the by twenty-two students, from 352 to 330. There were ways that the istrict has continued to support these four school choice students at the elementary level. values. The unior high school enrollment for October 1 The district is in its third year of its partnership with decreased from 964 to 923. There were eight school Stanford niversity’s Challenge Success team and its choice students.

39 focus on three high-leverage areas a fund to provide resources to assist students living in the district who are homeless or disadvantaged. 1. Homework/Workload: n 2018, the district approved a new homework policy that identified Professional Learning developmentally appropriate amounts of homewor per grade, as well as homewor- free “To learn with passionate intensity . . . children need weee nds, holidays, and breas. models. They need teachers who are avid learners.” 2. Family engagement: Over the last several years, -Ellin Keene the district has co-sponsored a variety of family learning events, along with Acton-Boxborough The Acton-Boxborough egional School istrict’s nited Way, Acton-Boxborough Special Education rofessional Learning rogram exists to provide arent Advisory Council, AB TSO/ TO/ T , and opportunities for all educators to be learners and to anny’s lace outh Services. improve our practice. 3. Schedule: This year marked the first year that we began unior high and high school a half hour later Research and Development (R&D) than ever before. Starting in 2019, the high school will implement a new bell schedule that has a rotating n the summer of 2018, the s completed schedule with fewer courses meeting per day. demonstrate the district’s ongoing commitment to ensuring that our curriculum and instructional practices n spring 2019, 79 of high school students and 71 of meet the needs of our students. 6th 8th graders report having a trusted adult in school. n the Carol uebner Early Childhood rogram, Speech and Language athologists investigated n 2017, the AB Cares coalition was formed as a alternative methods of direct and indirect service community-based collaborative effort that sees to delivery. prevent suicide across the life span and support all At the elementary level the focus areas were again who are impacted by suicide. n 2018, ten individuals science and mathematics, along with visual arts from various community agencies, including three from and literacy, with pro ects Teaching Artistic ABRSD and two school resource officers, became Behavior (TAB) Philosophy; Articulating Vertical trainers for uestion, ersuade, efer and Progression of Matter and Energy in Grades provide training to community members. 3-5; Articulating Vertical Progression of Physical Science in Grades 1-2; Rich Mathematical Tasks n 2018-19, the School Wellness Advisory Committee – Grade 6; and Interactive Reader’s Notebooks. SWAC studied healthy device usage/screentime and n anticipation of the new MA istory and Social sleep and start time and presented its findings to the Science ramewor, educators at the unior high School Committee. participated in an entitled Expanding the Civics Portion of Seventh-Grade Social Studies. Seei ng Educational Equity iversity SEE is Integrating Science Skills Into the Curriculum and peer-led professional learning for staff that focuses on Teaching Spanish Through Poetry rounded out change through individual self-reflection and dialogue the unior high s. to build capacity for more equitable schools. As of June uite a few of the high school s created new 2019, 36% of certified staff, including administrators courses and units to continue to offer to students a and School Committee members, were trained. broad range and varied range of course offerings. These included An ntroductory erforming We continue to ensure that our hiring practices result Arts mprovisational Course Integrating in increased educator diversity. uring the 2018 and Theatre Sports in Theatrical Curriculum; isual 2019 hiring seasons, we have been successful in Arts Illustration Curriculum Development and adding several teachers of color to our schools. Sculpture and Advanced Project in Visual Arts Through our 20 budgeting process, the district Curricula Development; English Senior Course earmare d funds for each building to offset the cost of Development and Topics-Based Redesign; Social parental contributions, such as field trips. Starting in Studies Transitioning from Grade 8 to Grade 9 September 2019, the district will also provide school Social Studies: A New Unit on India; and Science supplies for all elementary students. Creating “I Can” Statements and Overarching Concepts for the Physical Science Curriculum; Through generous donations by a few anonymous World Language The Path to Proficiency. members of our community, AB S has established 40 Mentorship sing igital Tools for Social Studies Learning Children’s dentity as American Citie ns or new mentors, a worsh op was held in anticipation etting to now our Students with igital Tools of meeting and wori ng with their prot g s. The Engaging with Science Essential uestions worsh op focused on peer observations, feedbac, Literacy Across the Content Areas protocols, classroom management, and district policies Engaging with Science Essential uestions, with and procedures. guest r. Ethan Baxter gr. 4 Engaging with STEAM Beginning Teacher Support Program (BTSP) TE C ocus on Energy follow-up session Looi ng at Student Wor and Curriculum Mapping ABRSD Teacher Orientation, Day 1 esources for Mathematics Media Literacy All new educators to the AB S spent a day together evisiting Essential uestions getting to n ow one another, hearing from the istrict Leadership Team, touring the towns of Acton and All elementary educators also engaged in learning Boxborough, en oying lunch sponsored by the ABEA, of their choice to further their individual or collective and wori ng in the afternoon with the Beginning professional practice or student learning goals Teachers Support rogram Co-Coordinators, arin during the district-wide early release Thursdays for rowne and Maureen Lin, and their individual mentors. professional learning. Educators either chose one full- year worsh op or one fall and one spring semester New ABRSD Teacher Orientation, Day 2 worsh op. lease see the listing of the worsh ops, below. On the second day, all new AB S educators spent a second orientation day either at their respective school Full-Year Workshops and Facilitators for J and S educators or together as an elementary cohort. There they learned specific information about Mindfulness Matters am essler, ounder of the schools, technology tools, had time to orient Stress esources and Clinical Assistant rofessor, themselves to the buildings, and also had a bit of fun Tufts niversity learning together Maximii ng esilience for ou and our Students ana Chudnofsy from the Benson enry nstitute Elementary Early Release Thursdays esilient Schools Media Literacy Cultivating Engaged, Mindful, uring the 2018-2019 school year, the district Critical-Thini ng Learners in a Multimedia World continued to implement elementary early releases eggy arvey, -12 igital Literacy Curriculum every Thursday for professional learning and parent- Coordinator, and Megan Bowhers, Merriam teacher conferences. The professional learning and McCarthy-Towne nstructional Technology designated days were organie d by the following Specialist structures building-based grade level/collaborative Adapting the rinciples of Music Therapy to the teams, building-based professional learning, district- Classroom im Ward, ates Music Educator wide grade level/district-wide department teams, and Orchestrating Mathematics Conversations district-wide professional learning. eather aines, -6 Mathematics Curriculum Coordinator At the district-wide grade level meetings, all grades The Smorgasbord Series nstructors from participated in a variety of discipline specific and Middlesex artnership for outh instructional practice/resource worsh ops, including Fall/Spring Workshops and Facilitators ow to ncorporate lay into Mathematics indergarten S S , rades 1-3 enee ill, Merriam Special Engaging with STEAM at the iscovery Museum Educator and atty arrison, Blanchard Special Curriculum Mapping Writing ertical Alignment Educator Strength-based and nclusive ractices S S , rades 4- 6 Lindsay ussey, ates lay and Choice Time indergarten English Language Educator, and Eria Cormier, sing the Big deas and Student Wor to Engage ates rade 5 All Learners in Mathematics Exploring Social Justice Through Children’s

41 Literature ate Contini, Blanchard rade 6, and Professional Learning Day – November 6, 2018 Sydney Chaffee, 2017-2018 ational Teacher of the ear This year, rofessional Learning ay was planned and Better nderstanding the hysical Science organie d by individual schools and/or departments and Engineering ou Teach, art 1 orces and to support the learning and wor of their goals. Below Motion, Waves, and Energy nstructors from the are the rofessional ay summaries submitted by the Museum nstitute for Teaching Science M TS respective rincipals. Executive unction Strategies to Enhance Elementary Classroom and rograms offered Blanchard School [submitted by Dana Labb] twice ail essler-Walsh, Blanchard Counselor, Our day began with a morning in the woods behind and Sarah Ward, Co- irector of Cognitive campus. Staff were greeted with coffee, hot chocolate Connections and a mae -your-own trail mix bar. ourth grade sing Mentor Texts and uicw rites to evelop teacher Erin Whyte i ce d things off with a read- Our Own Writing Lives and mpact Student Writing aloud of a new staff favorite, The Day You Begin by Sharon yan, -2 Literacy/SS Curriculum Jacqueline Woodson. The agenda that followed was Coordinator, and ora Sanche, 3-6 Literacy/SS an all-staff conversation about ositive Behavior Curriculum Coordinator nterventions and Supports B S . This framed our nvestigating nclusion ractices for STEAM big themes for the day’s wor around equity, wellness Jean Oviatt- othman, -6 STE Curriculum and engagement. The staff participated in the What’s Coordinator, and Betsy Johnston, ouglas Special in a Name” activity, which I first encountered during my Educator training with Seei ng Educational Equity and iversity Boo- Based Seminar Series Lost at School SEE . uring the activity, staff members shared Carolyn mperato, Merriam sychologist our names and the stories associated with them and Strategies to Support Culturally and Linguistically explored the ways in which we construct our identities. iverse Learners Mary Ann oung, -12 ELE This wor connects with our efforts to get to n ow epartment Chair our students and see them beyond a single story, utting the deas of Becoming the Math Teacher approaching all students with a strength-based lens. You Wish You’d Had into Action Tina Bloom, Additionally, Leigh and shared a few articles with staff Blanchard Math Assistant, and Tracy ager, that related well to our school improvement goals of Author and Mathematics Consultant Culture and Climate and Social Emotional Learning. Boo- Based Seminar Series The Joyful Classroom They prompted a great deal of reflection and discussion. Elia beth itp atric, Blanchard indergarten We rounded out the day with time and attention spent Boo- Based Seminar Series The ower of on practical application of our academic programs. Agency: How to Gain Confidence, Make Effective ncluded in the curriculum portion of the day were ecisions, and Create a Life on our Own worsh ops on phonics instruction and conferring with Terms ao apper, 2018 r. Anthony ao, readers led by eading Specialist erry Cusic, time sychologist, Behavioral Solutions for Math curriculum mapping with math assistants Tina Motivational and nstructional Strategies for Bloom and egina ite, and opportunities for grade eading in the Middle- rade Classroom Sara level lesson planning and collaboration. ob uilmette Wilcox, Conant rade 6 had us all laughing hysterically as we ended with a sing the W A Collaboration Tool to Support All team-building activity, ee- a-Who Students Maryann oung, -12 ELE epartment Chair ate Contini, Blanchard rade 6 and Conant School [submitted by Damian Sugrue] anielle rederics, Blanchard rade 6 Conant’s PL day involved day-long meetings to finalize Student Engagement Supporting eluctant, standards for a new online report card. Teachers met in esistant, and esitant eaders athy Collins, grade level teams and then in vertical teams to ensure Author and Literacy Consultant, and Sharon yan, proper alignment of standards. We also had a croc pot -2 Literacy and SS Curriculum Coordinator coo- off for lunch, which was a great way to reconnect Boo Based Seminar Series Learning Together the staff after a long start to the school year. About Difficult Conversations Ed aufman, etired Merriam School rincipal Douglas School [submitted by Chris Whitbeck] What’s ext in uided eading erry Cusic, The ouglas School staff wore d on two goals during Blanchard eading Specialist rofessional Learning ay in ovember Teaching isiting Artist Master Classes isiting Artists Tolerance and Mai ng Learning isible. We collected coordinated by Leo Muellner, irector for isual Arts data from students on their own views of tolerance at 42 ouglas, using a survey based on Teaching Tolerances math problems ourselves we were then able to tal Standards for elementary schools. At a staff meeting, about small strategies that push children to a higher we identified two standards we would work on that level of thini ng and the importance of rigor and high reflected need in our student data. We also identified expectations. activities and practices that could be used at morning meetings to engage students in improving tolerance. RJ Grey JH School [submitted by Andrew Shen] or rofessional ay, the entire Junior igh staff Our second goal continued from the wor we have including paraprofessionals participated in a 3-hour done on the research and writing of isible Learning morning wor shop led by Thin ids, an organi ation by John attie. We completed our study of his boo based at the Massachusetts eneral ospital. The and spent time analyi ng his recommendations for the focus of this presentation was on exploring ideas most effective teaching practices to improve student that can help our staff continue thin ing about and learning. We studied his wor on teacher collaborative considering different approaches to wor ing successfully efficacy and helped teachers understand what that with students who demonstrate chronically challenging meant and what wor we have to do to build teacher behaviors. One goal for this presentation was to provide collaborative capacity. an opportunity to reflect on that work and be presented with ideas for us to consider in the future. Gates School [submitted by Lynne Newman] At the ates School we are focusing on the n the afternoon, the staff participated in a brief implementation of the Responsive School Discipline to discussion led by Andrew Shen regarding a possible ensure that positive behavior and productive learning instructional technology plan for the school, and tae place throughout the school. We reviewed the then the remainder of the afternoon was devoted to esponsive Classroom time-out, which is a valuable department-based trainings and meetings. strategy for helping students learn how to regulate their own emotions and behaviors by tai ng a positive brea ABRHS [submitted by Larry Dorey] in the classroom. We also discussed how to expand The high school day was scheduled around worsh op- time-out with the support of Buddy Classrooms. based peer-led sessions. During the first two sessions, educators had the opportunity to learn more about what McCarthy-Towne School [submitted by David colleagues are doing in the classroom related to equity Krane] and diversity, wellness and balance, and instruction uided eading. ata. All Things L to Support and assessment. uring the third morning breao ut eaders’ ndependence. session, they had the opportunity to focus on activities that positively contribute to their own well-being Our time together began with a quic return to analyi ng running records to use to move deeper into The goals of the day were uided eading as a structure and tool. We explored To hear how colleagues are implementing the flow of a guided reading session alongside the strategies related to equity and diversity, wellness strategy lesson wor we had already laid out together. and balance, and instruction and assessment. This time included an exploration of text characteristics To do some planning related to equity and and ways of planning out along with delivering guided diversity, wellness and balance, and instruction reading experiences. We then transferred into time for and assessment. grade levels and individual teachers to choose how To get some feedbac from colleagues related to best to carry forward conference note data and reading our planning and classroom instruction. assessment data by planning for the upcoming wees To have the opportunity to do an activity that fuels of instruction, including guided reading sessions or our personal well-being with colleagues from strategy lessons. Our eading Specialist helped grade across the school. level teams explore the boo room in rotation. Each session included thini ng, practice, and planning to A sampling of session topics at the high school included support upcoming reading worsh op days. elping Students Build a esiliency Toolbox iscussing dentity in the Classroom Merriam School [submitted by Juliana Schneider] Supporting Equity and iversity in the Classroom We had conversations based on the boo, Becoming Collaborating with Classroom Assistants the Math Teacher ou Wish ou ad, which included ocusing on Academic and Tiered ocabulary to thini ng about being precise when so often we’re Support Content Learning moving children toward a process. We wore d out ames as ormative Assessment 43 evision and edemption eaching All earners sing Can o Statements and Learning SEE Seminars 3 sessions Creating More Ob ectives Equitable and lobally nformed Classrooms and Mindfulness and esiliency Techniques in the Communities Classroom SEE Seminar for the istrict Leadership Team Culturally esponsive Teaching Si llful acilitation esearch for Better Teaching Tools to ave Conversations elated to Equity esponsive Classroom The Joyful Classroom and iversity in the Classroom and the ower of Our Words esign Thini ng in Action Being the Change offered twice iscussion Techniques Learning About Autism Considering ew Ways to Engagement Strategies ractice 2 sessions ata elated to and Support for Students Who Learning About Autism Si lls eeded for a ave Been ospitalie d for Mental ealth Successful Life easons Student-Centered Coaching Cycles Strategies for Supporting Students with Anxiety in the Classroom Long-Range Strategic Plan (LRSP) and 2017-2018 District Goals The day concluded with a presentation by eter Light as part of his entry process to the district. Vision To provide high-quality educational opportunities that In-district Professional Learning Workshops inspire a community of learners. (taught by outside consultants and ABRSD staff) Values ellness • Wellness We partner with families to prioritie Mindfulness ellowship social/emotional wellness, which is necessary for urturing Joyful Learning in -2 Educational learning and developing resilience. Settings • Equity We ensure all students have equitable educing Anxiety in the Classroom with Jessica access to programs and curricula to reach their Minahan potential. ostering esilient Learners • Engagement We provide engaging educational opportunities where students develop passion and iteracy ocial tudies oy for learning. Elementary Writing Curriculum Self- egulated Strategy evelopment S S for Mission grades 1-3 To develop engaged, well-balanced learners through Self- egulated Strategy evelopment S S for collaborative, caring relationships. grades 4-6 The ole of rammar The district established strategic actions for the first romoting Ownership of eading and Literacy two goals of the L S related to teaching and learning. Student Choice, Engagement, and Empowerment These strategic actions and outcomes are outlined • Reader Come Home, a Boo- Based Seminar below.

M Goal #1: Understand and respond to our students’ Effective ractices for Advancing the Teaching social-emotional needs and Learning of Mathematics Engaging All Learners with 3-Act Tass trategic Actions: ather data to monitor the impact of changed start D ech times at each level. igital Learning Leaders Solicit feedbac from stae holders to inform ostering School-to- ome Communications with continued implementation of the homewor policy igital Tools and consider homewor through an equity lens. oogle Apps 2.0 for J rey Educators eview practices around homewor policy Summer Tech Camp implementation. Support families in helping children develop

44 healthy habits around device use, screen time and Goal #2: Our students will have equitable social media. opportunities and tools to learn.

The district accomplished a significant amount of work trategic Actions over the last few years in understanding and responding ncrease the diversity of our educator worf orce. to students’ social and emotional needs. This year was Continue to build educator capacity to reach and focused on supporting the implementation of prior years, teach all students. planning and gathering data to inform ad ustments to Train new hires, administrators, and educators implementation. The district conducted an analysis throughout the district using the Seei ng of the transportation changes this fall and presented Educational Equity and iversity SEE the conclusions and recommendations to the school professional learning. Continue to build capacity committee as part of the budget process. This analysis to provide this training in-house using the Train- informed the decision to add two additional busses to the-Trainer model. our routes. The homewor policy implementation was Through an equity lens, review existing practices monitored on the following ways in each building around family contributions.

all 2018 Collaborated with Challenge Success The district conducted a hiring worsh op focused on and WestEd to develop W survey questions for increasing the diversity of our worf orce, attended grades 3-12. diversity ob fairs, and conducted outreach with higher April 2019 Administered W survey to teachers, education institutions focused on training educators of grades 3-12. color. We also communicated with all staff about our April 2019 Administered Challenge Success goals in the hiring process and provided them with survey to grades 6-12 students and families. sample interview questions as a resource to support this April 2019 Administered W survey to students work. This was a first step in increasing the diversity of and families in grades 3-5. our worf orce, and we will be able to provide data about Completed Administration of Challenge Success our success in all 2019. We also spent considerable and W Surveys in April 2019. time focused on educator evaluation calibration lanned June 2019 T ata ialogue to identify activities that included a worsh op for district leaders, root causes and develop recommendations. ongoing observation calibration during SLT meetings lanned for all 2019 pdate school committee this spring, and the formation of a Steering Committee with key findings of CS and HW surveys. to lead future wor in this area. The SEE worsh ops resulted in 96 certified staff (18%) trained as of 2/1/19. To support families in helping students develop healthy The target to train two more trainers in the summer of media habits, the district, along with SWAC, developed 2019 will bring the number of district trainers to seven. parent materials and recommendations. eggy The School Committee and Superintendent will also arvey, -12 igital Literacy Curriculum Coordinator, participate in training in the summer of 2019. planned an evening event 11/5/18 with r. Sharon Maxwell Who’s aising Our ids urturing uman We reviewed our existing family contributions by alues on a igital World and coordinated meetings with counselors and school psychologists. Elementary athering and reviewing data on existing assistant principals and high school students also practices around ways that families are ase d coordinated family evenings. to financially contribute to their child’s school, through suggested’ and required’ school supplies While not an action step originally outlined in our goals, and annual field trips. the Budget Proposal requested additional staffing to Completing a data dialogue process with the address identified needs related to social and emotional istrict ata nquiry Team. learning. n addition, information was presented during Presenting findings to the school committee on Budget Saturday that reflected an ongoing analysis of Budget Saturday. our students’ social emotional needs that supported Mai ng recommendations for the 20 budget. our budgetary requests. We will have an opportunity to learn more about the impact of these changes when n the future we will consider expanding this goal to survey data is analye d later this spring and shared include wor related to iversity, Equity and nclusivity with the school committee next fall. E . Additionally we will consider expanding our district’s definition of equity to include outcomes

45 for students. This will be further discussed with the Two school-wide outdoor days, one outdoor leadership team as we use the feedbac gained professional learning day, and increased use of from the school committee worsh op to continue the campus learning spaces helped staff build their development of our district’s strategy for improvement. n owledge base about outdoor teaching. amilies participated in a boo group focused on Seal of Bi-Literacy race, culture, and equity. Blanchard’s rade 5 estination magination The Seal of Bi-Literacy is an award given by a school or Team won the State Championships and 3rd place district in recognition of students who have studied and at lobals in ansas City, MO. attained proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in The Blanchard Band won its 13th M CCA old two or more languages by high school graduation. The Medal in a row. Seal promotes the learning of languages in addition Over 70 children participated in the before-school to English by encouraging enrollment in language running club. learning opportunities and program, shaping attitudes Seven Blanchard students placed in the and informing students about language diversity, and Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and prepares students with 21st century si lls that will Middle Schools. benefit them in our global society. In the spring of 2019, eight students attained the Bi-Literacy Achievement ana Labb, rincipal Award, twelve students attained the Massachusetts Leigh Whiting-Jones, Assistant rincipal Seal of Bi-Literacy showing ntermediate igh language proficiency, and eleven students attained Conant believes: the Massachusetts Seal of Bi-Literacy with istinction showing advanced second language proficiency. Each person should feel valued and respected as an individual in order for learning, teaching, and ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ris- tai ng to tae place. Because every individual is part of a community, Blanchard’s STARR values: each person should tae responsibility for himself/ herself and the group in order to contribute to its Support success. Teamwor Lifelong learning is essential. A stimulating and Attitude nurturing environment should be provided so espect that students experience success and feel the esponsibility challenges and oy associated with learning.

The families, staff, and students at Blanchard Memorial The Conant School learning community values effort School feel our STA values help to create a and respect, creating an environment where students nurturing, inclusive environment in which everyone are able to learn from mistae s and move on with a feels welcome. We reinforce these values through deep understanding of our rich curriculum and the our school events, monthly community meetings, and ability to persevere. cross-grade buddy times. They are also reflected in our school-wide and classroom expectations for behavior. As a staff, we wore d together to plan monthly activities around the themes of growth mindset and resilience. Some of the highlights from the year at Blanchard Students are becoming more focused on their learning have been ourney than the end products they create. Our students Learning experiences rooted in real-world contexts and staff continue to shine. emphasie d academic discourse and allowed students to tae an active role in leading their own ighlights of the year included learning. Students and staff wore d to give bac to the Literacy Wee events and activities included a community through service learning activities hygge coi ness day and class boo- themed lie supporting the Action ood antry, Toys for door decorating. Tots, and sending alentines to Senior Citie ns. Building-based professional learning focused on social emotional learning, equity, literacy Our Conant reen Team led the way with instruction, math instruction, academic discourse, presentations at All School Meetings to educate and technology integration. everyone about conserving energy, recycling and 46 supporting the environment. un in 1919 ’ Special visitors, lie author ora ooley and the Third graders demonstrated erseverance Tanglewood Marionettes, came to enrich our Through Self-Tal. students’ experiences here at school. ourth graders learned about Community and Our Student Council wore d hard to bring an showed how to Leave our eighborhood School exciting All School Meeting to us all every month a Little Better Than ou ound t.’ showcasing a different grade each time and mixing ifth graders shared their answers to the questions in solo performances with informative videos and Why o eople o West ’ and What s the ower messages. of ood ’ The Conant TO continues to support our Sixth graders performed several plays, including community and student learning by offering Aladdin, Aesop’s Fables, Peter Pan, A Year with activities and bringing in enrichment programs. Frog and Toad. They sponsored many events lie our Movie ights, Brea fast with amilies, The ce Cream Chris Whitbec, rincipal Social, and our new Conant Celebrates evening. Jenna Larrenaga, Assistant rincipal

amian Sugrue, rincipal Gates Core Values are: Abigail ressler, Assistant rincipal enerosity Douglas School believes every student should: Acceptance Trust espect Experience oy and wonder. Enthusiasm ave the opportunity to be brave. Scholarship eel valued. Be proud of the wor they do. n 2018-2019 the ates School celebrated its 50th anniversary The ouglas School is a pro ect-based school organie d around two fundamental principles We are a community of learners that value high expectations for all, respect individual differences, Studying real-world problems that require the and celebrate the diversity of our school population. flexible application of knowledge and skills. At the ates School we believe that it is important to dentifying and developing ids’ passions, grow a caring community through civility, respect and academic abilities, growth mindset and creativity. i ndness. We gather together at monthly All School Meetings, sharing songs, performances, stories and ouglas students learn to as big questions, plays. We also tae pride in giving bac to the larger collaborate and create, and wor to change the world. community through our Student Council-sponsored ouglas teachers see out student passions in order to community service pro ects. design rich learning experiences, combining structure and discovery. Student learning is in service to solving ighlights of the year included complex problems and sharing solutions with a global or our 50th Anniversary, every class placed audience. special items into the ates 50th time capsule, which will be opened in 2068 This year ouglas students produced two very exciting The ates reen Team won a ational Award exhibitions of learning. n addition we celebrated our from the ational Energy Education evelopment diverse population with a festival of cultures featuring EE ro ect for their ates School composting booths from many different countries, food, music and initiative. dancing. isiting author Andrea avis inn ey spoe with students in all grades about writing, illustration, The following are some examples of the exhibitions research, family, and storytelling. and other interactive community events at ouglas At the annual Celebrate the Arts ight, there were this year. over 2,000 pieces of student artwor on display and a performance of the ates School chorus. irst graders displayed the Emotions of Music, indergarten students performed Stone Soup Colors, and Shapes. at the indergarten Medieval east, which also Second graders ase d What id Children o for included performances from the igh School 47 Madrigal Singers. of the philosophy and wori ng structure of the Storyteller alerie Tutson shared tales from African esponsive Classroom. traditions with students in grades -2. The second-grade team wore d with state Students in grades 3-6 had the special opportunity naturalists to raise an endangered species of to meet civil rights icon uby Bridges. turtles in the classroom with the intent of releasing Students in grades 4-6 performed in the annual them into the wild in the spring. The i ds had the ates Talent Show. opportunity to observe the growing process of the Two students were selected to participate in the turtles before the release. All-State Treble Chorus. The entire school community came together The Student Council sponsored a variety of at monthly Community Assemblies to share community service pro ects this year, collecting achievements and learning and to oin in song donations in support of the ousehold oods together. ecycling Ministry, the Acton ood antry, and the Sterling Animal Shelter, as well as boos for the avid rane, rincipal Acton Memorial Library’s sed Boo Sale. Matt Mc owell, Assistant rincipal

Lynne ewman, rincipal Merriam Core Values: riscilla oty, Assistant rincipal is tai ng McCarthy-Towne values: ersistence in One’s Own Learning espect is tai ng Collaboration At Merriam School, experiential, hands-on, pro ect- ersistence based learning provides opportunities for students to lexibility develop skills, self-confidence, a sense of responsibility, Trust and enthusiasm for learning. Math, science, language arts, social studies and the arts are integrated into Everyone at McCarthy-Towne is considered both a interesting, challenging pro ects. Merriam emphasie s student and a teacher. ntegrated curricula and thematic community building, supported by activities lie our approaches stress cooperation, active participation, weel y All School Meetings, as well as special activities and experimentation. Asi ng questions is considered with our multi-age family groups’ such as Community as important as giving answers teachers and students ay, Theme ay and ield ay. Students stay with the value the process of learning. Children are given same family groups throughout their time at Merriam, the responsibility for learning independently, solving gradually assuming leadership roles as they progress problems, and mai ng decisions. They are encouraged through the grades. to tae riss and are acn owledged for their unique talents, si lls and ideas. Students’ individual needs, ighlights of the year personal strengths and learning styles are always This was Merriam School’s first year with new supported. principal, Juliana Schneider, at our helm. Our theme for the year was water, which was Maintaining a learning community that is mindful of incorporated into pro ects and activities, including the needs of families, students, and staff requires the a amily Theme ight’ in ebruary where families participation of all teachers and families are expected explored water through engineering, poetry, to be part of the decision-mai ng process for running painting, math games and storytelling. the school and exploring new possibilities. Second graders completed pro ects about islands. ifth and sixth graders wore d on a reen City ere are some highlights of our past year esign pro ect. ifth grade went to Merrowvista for a three-day, We added a new technology lab/mae r space to two-night adventure in teamwor, leadership, and support our Technology ntegration Specialist. ris- tai ng. rofessional learning emphasi ed four Almost three hundred of our family members social competencies social self-awareness, attended an experiential amily orum Evening perspective ta ing, self-regulation and social- where they participated in the inner wori ngs of emotional understanding. the Wor shop model in eading, Writing, and At a parent wor shop, parents learned about Mathematics, Art ntegration, and the application the social competencies and how they apply to 48 the home setting, allowing families to bridge the from Acton antry food drives and the Cradles language and approach between home and school. to Crayons program to increasing recycling and composting practices. Juliana Schneider, rincipal Bryant Armitrano, Assistant rincipal Andrew Shen, rincipal Allison Warren, Assistant rincipal R. J. GREY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL James Marcotte, Assistant rincipal avid Lawrence, Assistant rincipal The vision at . J. rey Junior igh School is to create a community of thine rs, learners, and responsible ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL citie ns. n addition to the strong academic programs and many This year, J rey Junior igh School inaugurated a extracurricular opportunities at Acton-Boxborough new rotation of electives, offering students a choice of egional igh School, much of this year’s wor 12 different electives for their rey bloc’ schedule. We focused on student wellness, equity and diversity. Staff also began our transition to having 1 1 Chromeboos examined student worl oads and assessment and by the fall of 2019. Our focus on the district goals of many of the student advisory topics revolved around wellness, equity and engagement included classroom wellness strategies and resiliency. A new bell schedule discussions about racism, discrimination and substance will begin next year, supporting the goal of student use and abuse. Speae rs addressed our students wellness. ew programs were initiated to increase on issues such as the olocaust and anti-semitism, equity, diversity and inclusion, including a partnership Islam, and the difficult topic of suicide awareness and with the A L World of ifference rogram that trains prevention. rofessional learning for staff focused on students to lead group discussions on identity-based teaching with a growth mindset. bias, staff professional training using the Seei ng Education Equity and iversity SEE program, and ere are some of the highlights and achievements of bringing in olocaust survivor ena inder to spea to the year students and community members.

This year’s annual Junior igh school musical, ere are a few of the year’s achievements and Annie, included over 75 students on the cast and highlights crew. 8th-grade student aniel Mai was named the 2019 World Language Wee offered students and others aytheon ational MathCounts Champion in May. a variety of opportunities to celebrate different Students in our STE program participated in the cultures and languages. MetroWest Unified Games on May 3rd at Bowditch The “Artification” of A-B was an effort led by the ield in ramingham. undreds of participants ine Arts epartment to display our artists’ talents arrived at the field, representing schools from all in common areas throughout the high school. over the MetroWest area of Massachusetts. n need of a i dney, a young teacher’s best match 8th-grade students Bi Broos and Marion Stunt turned out to be another A-B teacher. The surgeries served as our Ambassadors for the statewide took place in October and both are doing fine! Project 351 service program. The Academic ecathlon team won their 19th This May students in our ELL program took a field consecutive state championship and represented trip to the State ouse where they watched an Massachusetts at the national competition in informal voting session on the floor of the House Bloomfield, MN. of epresentatives. The Speech ebate group garnered individual Three J rey students were part of the team that and group awards and sent fifteen students to won this year’s urvit Cup Chess Championship. the Catholic orensic League’s rand ational Congratulations to aaga ulva, rachi ayal, Championships in Milwaue e, W in May. Three and Curtis ing. seniors received the ational Speech ebate This past winter twelve members of our J rey Association’s Academic All American Award Cooking Club hosted an talian amily inner for their competition and service in Speech and event for friends and family in the J rey ebate events. cafeteria. The club and its members were profiled The A-B Science Team again won the in a nice story written by the Acton Beacon. Massachusetts Science Olympiad and participated Student community service activities ranged in the national competition in thaca, . 49 The ui Bowl Team placed second in the W B Larry orey, rincipal igh School ui Show. ew student groups this Beth Bae r, Associate rincipal year included OSA uture ealth rofessionals, Maurin O’ rady, Associate rincipal whose members have already earned awards Michael Csorba, ean at the state level as well as groups to support red orn, ean interests from gardening to coo ing to fashion to podcasting. STUDENT SERVICES nder the direction of eorge Arseneau, the district’s new erforming Arts epartment uring the 2018-19 school year, the Student Services Chairperson, the band, chorus, and orchestra at epartment continued to create school environments AB S performed doe ns of live performances in that support student wellness, equity and engagement, and around our community. The chorus performed the district’s three core values. Our specialie d staff, in Austin, T . The band performed at parades, which includes special educators, English Language civic events, and as special guests of the M T wind Education teachers, and related service providers such ensemble in Cambridge. The a band performed as speech-language pathologists and occupational as the opening act at the Middlesex County Ja therapists, counselors, school, social wore rs, and estival in Concord, and the orchestra program nurses, provided a wide range of services to students continued to grow in number and strength. between the ages of three and 22 across the district. roscenium Circus put on its usual impressive array of theatrical performances this year The arly Childhood Program Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Book of Everything The Carol uebner Early Childhood rogram (took first place in the Massachusetts Educational C EC continued to provide an integrated learning Theatre uild one-act festival , Rosie the Riveter environment for preschool-aged children. Children best show at the Massachusetts Thespian with identified special education needs and those who competition , and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. without special needs learn and play together, meeting At the 19th annual Community Service Awards required ndividuals with isabilities Education Act ight in January, 760 students were recognie d EA regulations to educate children in the least for completing 25 or more hours of volunteering restrictive environment. One hundred and eleven over 76,000 hours in all. students were enrolled in the program by the end of n May, a record 144 seniors spent three wees at the school year. Additionally, the program supported internships as part of their Senior Seminar. Many 19 preschoolers with drive-in related services that of these students will continue at their sites in included speech-language therapy, physical therapy summer obs or internships. and occupational therapy. The otary Club-sponsored interactive eality air introduced the whole sophomore class to Throughout the 2018-2019 school year, C EC some basics of income and expenses they will staff wore d in collaboration with parents and area face as they approach adulthood. preschool/daycare teachers and directors to provide The ACE Special Education rogram ran a evaluations, observations, screenings, consultation, weel y coffee shop for faculty in which students visitations and support to students in the community. gained hands-on experience in food service, uring the 2018-2019 school year C EC wore d money-handling, and customer relations. to support early literacy development for the district’s The high school’s A Citi enship Award winner youngest learners. Little ree Libraries were this year went on to win the Massachusetts A established this year at both of the C EC sites. Citi enship Scholarship. The same student also The goal of each of these Little ree Libraries is to placed as writer of one of the ten best high school build community, spar creativity, and inspire the essays in the ilder Lehrman Civil War Essay Contest. love of literacy through increased access to high- Two students from the Science Team were named quality, developmentally-appropriate boos. C EC to the list of top 300 young scientists in the 78th also continued its collaboration with r. Joan elley, egeneron Science Talent Search. Educational esearcher and eveloper of the arent At the Massachusetts Science and Engineering air ptae ro ect , to support our students’ early in May, two A-B students placed first and second. literacy si lls. We invited all families to participate in Over 800 student-athletes participated this year the program, which provides families with age- on 59 teams in 31 sports. ine teams won league appropriate ideas to help their child’s early literacy championships, with several teams and individuals si lls and social emotional learning si lls. advancing to state and national championships. The girls tennis team won the state championship. 50 C EC also encouraged a celebration of diversity by developing strategies to support student generalia tion inviting parents to come into the classroom to read a and independence across learning environments. story or share a hobby or family tradition. Some classes also scheduled family potlucs to build community and The motor staff, which includes physical and share a wide variety of favorite meals/foods. occupational therapists, provided motor services throughout the district. Therapists continued ecial ducation incorporating collaborative strategies and movement The Special Education epartment has a dedicated staff opportunities for students. Staff have also increased of special educators, speech-language pathologists, their data collection measures for students in order to school psychologists, occupational therapists, consistently document si ll progression. physical therapists, and behavioral specialists. These professionals address student needs in both general The special education department engaged regularly and special education settings. Our leadership team with parents to support open dialogue between facilitates meetings and supervises special education families and school personnel. The Acton-Boxborough in each building to support consistency and coherence Special Education arent Advisory Council http // across the district. abspedpac.org/ is an integral support for families, meeting regularly with the special education director to AB S offers a continuum of speciali ed services from provide suggestions and parent input on a wide variety preschool to age 22. Our staff provided support through of issues. Monthly A-B SE AC meetings supported learning center programs, specialie d programs, parents/guardians, offering learning, networi ng, and related services to meet the needs of individual resources, and other family supports. learners. Our services emphasie s ill development and self-advocacy to ensure students gain greater Counseling ervices independence and responsibility for learning. Our counselors continue to place the highest value on creating school environments that support student Our psychological services team continues to place wellness, equity, and engagement. Counselors wor the highest value on creating an environment that is with students to anticipate daily student stressors safe and nurturing for every student to learn and grow. that may contribute to potential problems and refer sychologists wor with students to anticipate daily students and families to appropriate agencies and student stressors that might contribute to potential supports as needed for issues that include attendance, problems and crises. stress management, and a wide range of mental health issues. Our staff know from firsthand experience that At the elementary level, psychologists wore d closely the partnership between outside agencies, home, and together to review the most current assessment school is paramount to each student’s success. practices and fine-tune their skills to respond to student stress and anxiety. Many psychologists continue to Each school has a Child Study or Student Support support mindfulness practices by teaching yoga and Team that allows counselors, psychologists, school providing students time to use positive self tal. At social wore rs, general educators, special educators, the secondary level, school psychologists are also and administrators to meet regularly to problem-solve an essential part of the student support teams, where around students who are at-ris and to promote a safe staff meet regularly to problem solve around students school culture. This year, the district was able to add who are at-ris. uring the school year, our school another school social wore r at the high school to psychologists at J rey and AB S continued support students and families. providing our annual Signs of Suicide SOS lessons and screeners in grades 7, 9 and 12 within small This past year, our counselors learned more about instructional groups to teach students on the warning 504 guidelines, trauma-informed practices, and social signs of depression and suicide. thini ng, to name a few topics. To promote continued success after graduation, high school counselors Our speech-language pathologists SL s engaged assisted students in the college application process in professional learning opportunities that focused on and other post-secondary planning activities to ensure evaluation and eligibility for students who are English they have a plan after graduation with coordinated learners. istrictwide, the SL s continued to wor personal goals. Additionally, our unior and senior collaboratively to reflect on evaluation procedures high school counselors continued to annually train and share professional resources. SL s focused on students in grades 7, 9 and 12 on the warning signs

51 of depression and suicide through the Signs of Suicide nglish anguage ducation Program SOS curriculum and the screener in small instructional The English Language Education rogram ELE groups. Counselors also supported the administration continued to address the ever-growing number of of the 2018 outh is Behavior Survey to students in students requiring support from the ELE program. grades 6, 8, and 9-12. n order to support general education teachers in Health and Nursing meeting the ESE requirements for continuing uring the 2018-19 school year, our nurses logged licensure, the ELE team presented Strategies for 44,092 student visits to the health offices and over 571 Culturally Diverse Learners to elementary staff staff visits. The total number of students with at least across three of the elementary professional learning one visit to the health offices over the year (excluding Thursdays. This year, our ELE staff also continued to mandated screening visits was 4,621. Our nurses create an English language education curriculum, as continue to note a trend in the need to assess and treat mandated by ESE. students with anxiety. They support these students in collaboration with our counseling colleagues using a Because of our moderate incidence rate of English range of techniques and strategies. learners, AB S continued to receive federal grant funding under Title . This grant supplements Other nursing initiatives included updates to the Life programming for students who are English learners Threatening Allergy rocedures, the creation of a and supports parent engagement and professional comprehensive on-line School ursing esource Tool learning. Through this grant, we offered English as a i t for use by anticipated new nursing staff. Second Language ESL beginner and intermediate classes to parents of English learners. This grant also n collaboration with our elementary schools registrar, provided summer programming for many students we developed an immunia tion/ medical requirement for the sixth summer in a row. Additionally, the ELE letter with resources for non-English speai ng families. department hosted its annual Bac- to-School- ight in t was translated into many languages so that the October for our families. registrar could give it to families as they presented to register their children. Conclusion uring the 2018-19 school year, the AB S Student Among the classroom lessons that the nurses Services epartment supported district students, staff, developed and taught at the elementary level were and families with specialie d services, professional Celiac disease sensitivity, food allergy sensitivity, learning opportunities, regulatory guidance, and more. smoi ng/vaping awareness, tic precautions, dental We continued our focus on supporting wellness, equity, and hygiene lessons, a grade 5 review of infectious and engagement across the district. disease, diabetes lesson for peers of a student with type 1 diabetes. HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

At the unior and high school level, the nurses were hysical Education at the Acton-Boxborough egional instrumental in developing a plan for implementation of igh School is an integral part of the education SB T for 7th and 9th grade students. Screening, Brief process. hysical and ealth Education are graduation ntervention, and eferral to Treatment SB T is a requirements, meeting the Massachusetts epartment health approach to early identification and intervention of Elementary and Secondary Education state looi ng at alcohol and drug use. They collaborated with requirements and following the ational Standards for administration, counseling and the E department. hysical and ealth Education curriculum. The high school and unior high school nurses were involved in collaborating with the athletic department itness for Living is our rade 9 integrated ealth and to implement the new amily program. This program hysical Education course. The goal of this wellness eliminates the need for paper athletic participation education program is for students to learn about and forms and streamlines the process for families and develop accurate information about health and fitness. coaches. n collaboration with the Acton town nursing They will learn about and discuss ris prevention topics, services, the high school nurses again implemented Stress Management, Teen ating, L BT A, Birth the m ACT test for ninth grade students, as well as Control, ST s, elationship iolence, Sports ealth, ran the flu clinic for staff and the community. ecision Mai ng, C and irst Aid, Substance Abuse, Media Literacy, Cardiovascular itness, and utrition.

52 Students in grades 10-12 are instructed in a variety ability to self-turn a ump rope throughout the year. n of physical education and movement activities. These addition, all 4th-grade students are assessed on their activities are designed to develop emotional well-being, si ll of overhand throwing. All six elementary schools strength of character, sensitivity to the differences of hosted Bac to School hysical Education ights. others, as well as a sense of citie nship, self-worth, and These were family events where parents and students identity. Students have the opportunity to participate came to the gyms at night to experience a typical day in team games, group fitness, and cooperative in physical education. t was fun and exciting to see activities. Some examples of the sports and activities parents playing alongside students. include archery, aerobics, body bar and step aerobics, badminton, flag football, Frisbee, dancing, disc golf, PERFORMING ARTS soccer, speedball, tennis, softball, volleyball, fitness center, mixed games, water aerobics, ilates, and The AB S band, chorus, and orchestra programs oga. Bii ng was piloted to chec its interest and had an excellent year of music and community mai ng. manageability during a class period. Once a year, the The string program is continuing to reach an entire new AB S hysical and ealth Education epartment population of students from grades 4-12. Enrollment in organie s a ealth and itness ay, which is dedicated orchestra is continuing to progress with our high school to encouraging more physical fitness and involves orchestra reaching 30 students for the first time. In the entire high school community. Students and staff addition to marching in our own Acton Memorial ay members get up and move by wali ng around the arade, the band marched in a number of parades trac, umba, and playing games of risbee. outside of our community and also collaborated with the M. .T. wind ensemble at resge Auditorium in The Junior igh hysical Education experience Cambridge. The band also welcomed a number of complements the total educational development that professional clinicians to the school for masterclasses students follow during their two years at J . Students with our woodwind, brass and percussion artists. The follow a curriculum that guides them through a host of a band traveled and performed at the Endicott experiences centered on developing a healthy lifestyle. College Ja estival in April. The choral department S ills and activities are introduced through progressions, continued the tradition of their talent-show style and each unit builds upon previously learned s ills. Cabaret in ovember, and the AB Madrigal Singers Students experience a wide variety of life-long activities produced a sold-out and exceptional evening of that they can carry with them the rest of their lives these authentic renaissance dinner theater at ndian ill include tennis, basketball, floor hockey, and volleyball. Arts in Littleton. The Chorus also built community at The J rey Junior igh welcomed a new hysical AB, performing Singing alentines for students and Education staff member this year. teachers. The string program put on an end-of-the- year string performance with students from all grades ealth Education at J promotes the resiliency of in attendance. its adolescent students. ealth educators facilitate lessons that encourage positive decision-mai ng with At . J. rey Junior igh, the eighth-grade band, regard to mental, physical, and social health. Students chorus, and orchestra put on two concerts per group are challenged to examine the short-term and long-term that were well attended and professionally presented. effects of health-related decisions. The ultimate goal All three groups also participated in the reat East Music is for adolescents to act independently in promoting Festival, held at Springfield Central High School, MA their own health, see resources when necessary, and in May. Each group performed very well and received contribute to public health issues. A new highlight this positive critique from their panel of professional year was cooi ng in the classroom. Classes made udges. The seventh-and eighth-grade band marched salsa, stir fry, and pancae s after researching recipes in the Boxborough Memorial ay arade. The band, and planning ingredients. chorus, and orchestra also performed for their peers and teachers at both the Thansg iving and Blue At the elementary schools, hysical Education is a old ay assemblies at .J. rey. meaningful experience for students, who are exposed to a wide variety of exercises, games, si lls, rules At the elementary schools, the 5th and 6th grade for sports, and some adventure challenges. The bands performed very well for their peers and teachers Elementary hysical Education epartment follows our at the Winter and Spring Concerts, as well as Memorial State and ational uidelines for curriculum. ollowing ay Ceremonies. The choruses performed at the an state mandates, two assessments were added to the Choral Concert with members of the unior high and curriculum. All 2nd-grade students are trace d on their high school choruses. The combined Acton Elementary 53 School Bands marched in the Acton Memorial ay or several years the seventh-grade art teacher at J arade, while the Blanchard Memorial Elementary rey has organie d an Empty Bowls pro ect where School Band marched in the Boxborough Memorial grade 7 students create hand-built ceramic bowls that ay arade. The Blanchard Band once again earned are used and sold during an ice cream social held at the highest mars for their performance at the M CCA the school. The proceeds from the sale of these bowls Concert estival, earning a gold medal. are donated to the Acton Community Supper and Acton ood antry. n collaboration with building administrators, members from the erforming Arts department formed a hiring n ecember the high school art students and teachers committee and welcomed a new band teacher to teach organie d a sale of both student and faculty wor. at the Acton elementary schools, J rey J S, and The proceeds were donated, by student choice, to the assist at ABRHS. Finally, for the first time, the Acton- ational mmigration Law Center’s Justice und. Boxborough egional School istrict was recognie d as one of the Best Communities for Music Education The eighth-grade art teacher at J rey continued the by the AMM foundation. This recognition is reserved tradition of the otunda ro ect. This pro ect involves for communities that have a proven trac record of all sections of Art 2 students creating artwor that is outstanding support for music education. AB was one of displayed in the rotunda in the main entrance area of 14 communities in Massachusetts recogni ed in 2019. the school. This installation changes yearly.

VISUAL ARTS Professional Development Last year’s professional development focused largely on 2018-19 saw a deepening of visual arts integration student choice and empowerment. articular time and throughout the community. We also began a ma or new attention was devoted to learning about and piloting the initiative to promote student choice and empowerment TAB Teaching for Artistic Behavior curriculum. This is across the -12 curriculum. a method of teaching that transitions from a curriculum based on a set of teacher-determined pro ects and Exhibitions and Community Events experiences to one where student inspiration guides As always, student artwor was exhibited throughout the pro ects in essence turning the classroom into our eight schools, and AB students participated in a an art studio where the student is the artist and the number of exhibitions throughout the community and teacher is in much more of a coaching role. To this end across the Commonwealth. the following initiatives and activities were undertae n n July two teachers attended the TAB Summer ighlights included nstitute at MassArt. The TAB curriculum was fully The waiting room outside the superintendent’s implemented at the Conant and ates schools and, in office at the Administration Building was converted part, at ouglas. into a gallery space. Student artwor will be rotated on a bi-monthly basis. Elementary teachers participated in six two-hour The ates and Conant Elementary schools staged sessions devoted to learning about and planning for spring arts nights school-wide showcases the transition to a TAB curriculum. This professional involving all students in visual and performing arts development was co-led by the visual arts director and exhibitions and performances. the Conant and ates visual arts teachers. The public murals pro ect continued at the high The high school art teachers went on a day-long rogram school. our new murals were installed, including of Study retreat. n preparation for the addition of the a 100-foot spray painted mural in the school’s ndustrial Arts program to the isual Arts epartment, garden. woodwori ng and design engineering classes were McCarthy-Towne School second graders exhibited revised and new courses were introduced, including their wooden sculptures of house facades at esign Engineering in Wood and Woodwori ng . allery Seven in Maynard. All teachers visited classrooms in Oxford, eading, Students from all grade levels across the district ewton, and Chelmsford to see TAB and other choice- participated in outh Art Month, exhibiting wor based teaching models in action. n addition teachers at statewide shows at the Worcester Art Museum visited the two TAB classes at ates and Conant. and the State Transportation Building in Boston. n March, all isual Arts teachers attended the AEA There were district-wide shows at the Acton Senior Conference in Boston. Center and the Sargent Memorial Library.

54 INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION n order for digital learning to be most effective in the classroom, it is important that our educators, staff, nterdisciplinary collaboration between visual arts and students have ubiquitous access to up-to-date teachers and core classroom teachers continued hardware/software that can provide quic assessments to varying degrees at every elementary school. n of student learning and differentiate instructional addition, the art teacher at ates wore d with a local practices, while allowing students to demonstrate artist who visited the school to share his sculptural their various learning methods. Over the course of wor and career as an artist. the 2018-2019 school year, E Tech deployed new computers to educators in the elementary schools to Three interdisciplinary pro ects were completed at the replace their devices that were over seven years old high school. Advanced rawing ainting students and no longer wori ng properly. That pro ect enabled once again collaborated with the ELA department on the teachers to begin utilii ng new technology tools in the Broadside pro ect creating illustrations to accompany classroom and enabled new professional learning poems selected by the ELA students. n a roscenium L opportunities to tae place that focused on one Circus isual Arts collaboration, actors from the cast essential question “How can we revise our curriculum of The Hunchback of Notre Dame posed in costume to be more engaging?” ealii ng that technology while Studio Art ortfolio students drew them with in, mae s learning engaging for our students, this guiding paint, and charcoal. The resulting wor was displayed question helped curriculum leaders develop and outside the theater. A number of uniors and seniors offer new L opportunities that were directly aligned also created dramaturgy for the C productions. These with the istrict’s core values Wellness, Equity, and too the form of graphic novel excerpts illustrating e y Engagement. scenes from the plays. The visual arts director also wore d with the English department to integrate graphic One example of our supporting the istrict’s goal novel mai ng into the 9th-grade ELA curriculum. of increasing student engagement was E Tech’s Summer Technology Camp. This one-day event was EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY densely pace d with 24 technology-based worsh ops taught by teachers and staff throughout the istrict. “When carefully designed and thoughtfully applied, Each participant was able to choose four worsh ops technology can accelerate, amplify, and expand the that included innovative use of applications and impact of effective teaching practices. However, to be highlighted techniques to accommodate niversal transformative, educators need to have the knowledge esign for Learning strategies for all grade levels. and skills to take full advantage of technology-rich eedbac from the event was overwhelmingly positive learning environments.” based on completed evaluation forms. With almost 60 participants in attendance, teachers noted that the “Learning principles transcend specific technologies. workshops specifically helped provide strategies to However, when carefully designed and thoughtfully assess student learning, increase communication with applied, technology has the potential to accelerate, amplify, parents, increase engagement, and more with tools and expand the impact of powerful principles of learning.” such as oogle orms, ear ec, adlet, and lippity.

ational Education Technology lan Alongside professional learning opportunities, teachers The istrict’s 2021 Technology lan was implemented continued to need on-demand support for the use in the 2018-2019 school year, and subsequently, the of technology in the classroom. n the 2018-2019 epartment of Educational Technology E Tech school year, collaboration with the office of Teaching has much to share with the residents of Acton and and Learning yielded the igital Learning Leaders Boxborough. As a three-year district-wide digital initiative. This initiative fostered the effective integration literacy blueprint, the technology plan provides a of digital learning tools into the classroom by having collaborative approach to digital teaching and learning specific digital learning leaders (DLLs) be available to and supports the vision and goals of our schools, model best practices, communicate current educational departments, and the istrict. To provide an overview technology trends, identify resources, and collaborate of accomplishments in the 2018-2019 school year, with teachers in their building. The teachers encouraged this report will outline the prominent highlights from innovative teaching based on the SAM model1 by throughout the year. To read the complete plan, please serving as a liaison between classroom teachers, the visit the Acton-Boxborough egional School website at igital Learning Coordinator Curriculum Specialists, www.abschools.org. and building-based nstructional Technology staff.

1 uentedura, . 2016 . SAMR Model. etrieved from https //sites.google.com/a/msad60.org/technology-is-learning/samr-model 55 They provided guidance to colleagues to identify and up on-site security of our networ resources based on integrate tools to meet specific student learning goals third party networ penetration assessments, while our and shared these ideas at staff meetings, grade level/ physical safeguards were assessed by mai ng sure team meetings, and other common planning times. only designated staff have access to the datacenter and various networ closets. The range of diverse learners in our classrooms continues to grow, and in 2018-2019, the istrict focused The 2018-2019 school year was completed with on shifting the mindset of our educators to a strength- networ upgrades at both the are r- amon Building based approach honoring this diversity. To support this and Junior igh School. Through the Schools and mindset, E Tech provided educators with technology Libraries program, also n own as the federally funded tools focused on creating learning environments E-rate program, E Tech updated Cisco networ to better support the students’ individual learning switches throughout both buildings at a 40 savings. aptitudes. Students learn differently, most notably in These upgrades provided for a faster and more reliable how they process and comprehend information. f a networ and nternet connection for all of our students student is an auditory learner, they learn by hearing and staff members. and listening. Another student may be a visual learner, who learns by reading or seeing pictures. Technology COMMUNITY EDUCATION can assist students’ learning preferences by providing multiple means of access to academic content, The Community Education office is located in the therefore offering more opportunities for our students Administration Building, 15 Charter oad, Acton. to engage deeply in their understanding of complex ts staff organie s, staffs, and directs the following topics, while thinking critically and reflectively on their programs and activities wor. roviding access to the technology tools that support student learning continued in 2018-2019 with ay and Evening Classes uring the 2018-2019 chromeboo carts in all of our 3rd-6th grade classrooms. school year Community Ed. offered 1291 classes owever, as indicated in the 2021 Technology lan, the and activities for children, teens and adults 12,000 need for more access to technology in the upper grade participants enrolled in classes. nfo about all our levels continued to be a struggle for educators, as well programs can be found on the Community Ed. website as the need for more hands-on STEAM-based learning http //abce.abschools.org and in INTERACTION, the opportunities. The 2018-2019 school year provided course catalog that is mailed four times a year to over E Tech the opportunity to collaborate with education 21,000 area homes. leaders at the unior and senior high schools to prepare to expand the istrict’s 1-to-1 initiative to the upper Extended ay uring the 2018-2019 school year, grade levels. At J rey, the 2019-2020 school year all before- and after-school programs merged under will introduce a chromeboo for each student to be Community Ed. The program now operates at six used throughout the day to support their learning. sites the Administration Building, Blanchard School, The high school will begin their 1-to-1 initiative in the Conant School, ouglas School, ates School and the 2020-2021 school year. are r amon Building. Community Ed. provided high- quality childcare to more than 600 children in grades At the core of any successful digital learning environment -6. The program offers them the opportunity to play, is a robust and secure technology infrastructure explore, create, and mae friends in a safe, stimulating that supports computer hardware, data networs , environment. We also provide enrichment activities information resources, and nternet capabilities. Our through mini-classes and special events, including infrastructure is deftly supported by professionals field trips. These programs are self-sustaining, funded responsible for its development, maintenance, security, entirely by the tuition and fees. and management. With cybersecurity continuing to rivate Music Lessons Community Ed. offers private be on the forefront of technology headlines, E Tech music lessons for both children and adults. uring presented on this topic to the School Committee in 2018-2019, fifteen professional music instructors March. The presentation addressed three overarching provided lessons to approximately 165 students. safeguards that the istrict implemented to help reduce ris. Administrative safeguards included focusing on Summer ay rogram Located at the J rey Junior end-user training, updating policies and procedures, igh, this program served 80 children entering and engaging with vendors to learn their cybersecurity grades -6 each wee. Activities included Arts and incident plans. Technical safeguards included shoring Crafts, Music and rama, Cooperative ames, ed

56 Cross Swim Lessons, ree Swim, and Special Events. sustaining basis. Monies are returned to the district to The Summer ay rogram also offered a Leader- n- support space and equipment. or more information Training course for teens entering grades 7 and 8 and about Community Education and the programs that it a Counselor- n-Training program for students entering offers, call 978 266-2525 or visit our website, abce. grades 9 and up. abschools.org

acation Wee rograms uring ebruary and FACILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION April school vacations and on some of the district’s no school days e.g. Election ay, eterans ay , The acilities epartment spent much of the year Community Ed. ran childcare programs that provided developing a schematic design and feasibility study for unique enrichment activities, free swim at the high the proposed ouglas- ates school building pro ect. school pool, and all sorts of fun and games. We have The current design is based on ero et Energy also added early and late summer dates to provide goals, as well as exploration about e ro net water an option for families needing childcare at the beginning and e ro net waste options. This process is supported and end of the summer. via funding approved at Special Town Meetings for both Acton and Boxborough in ecember 2017 after outh Winter Base tball League Over a 12-wee an extensive planning and public outreach process. period, more than 700 boys and girls in grades 3-12 easibility study expenses will be reimbursed in part participated in weel y practices and league play. The by the Massachusetts School Building Authority, as league is staffed by more than 150 volunteer coaches the pro ect has been accepted into the MSBA core and league directors and over sixty paid student and building program. This wor is supported by Sa nsa adult referees. (Owners Project Management firm) and Arrowstreet (architectural firm). Extensive information about the river Education Community Ed. runs a egistry- process to date and next steps is available on the approved driving school. n 2018-2019, approximately istrict’s website under the school building pro ect. 300 students participated in it. Energy efficiency and conservation are high priorities ool rograms Throughout the year, Community for the istrict with robust results. Electricity use for Ed. ran a wide variety of classes and activities at the 2018 was down 36 below the 2009 benchmar . AB S pool. These included year-round children’s atural gas use for 2018 is down 22 below swim lessons, winter and summer youth swim teams, the 2009 benchmar weather-normalie d . These master’s competitive swimming, morning and evening achievements yield significant cost savings, a reduced lap swim, adult swim lessons, water wali ng and carbon footprint, and rich opportunities for student exercise classes, and lifeguard certification classes. learning and engagement. More than 30 students and approximately 10 adults wor for Community Ed. as lifeguards and swim The istrict stipulates that 80 of our electricity supply instructors. via Eversource must be from renewable sources. As a result of shrini ng our electricity use overall and this itness Center Community Ed. sponsors public renewable commitment, the istrict has dramatically hours at the AB S itness Center. The program is cut our use of fossil fuel-based electricity an 85 staffed entirely by volunteers within the community. reduction from the 2009 benchmar and has also uring the school year, community hours are open on substantially cut energy costs. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, as well as Saturday mornings. uring the summer, hours shift The istrict was awarded 85,000 in reen to ween ights only. Communities grant funding for energy efficiency pro ects, accompanied by 15,000 in utility incentives. Scheduling se of School acilities The use of all More than 1.46 million in total has been received by school facilities outside of school hours is scheduled the istrict through this program over the past eight through Community Ed. The buildings and fields years in both grant funding and utility incentives . The are heavily used by the community, with hundreds pro ect funded with this most recent round includes of reservations booe d each year. equests are LED lighting upgrades to 20 classrooms and office submitted via an online system. spaces at the high school.

Community Education receives no funding from the AB is now the host and off-tae r for a solar photovoltaic school district or towns and runs all programs on a self- array in Woburn that will generate ongoing revenue 57 for the istrict thru virtual net metering credits inally, we recognie that our staff is the bacb one of approximately 50,000 per year is anticipated in annual our school district. AB is fortunate to have dedicated revenue. administrators, faculty and staff who wor hard every day on behalf of the children they serve. The istrict anticipates hosting a 2MW/4MW battery Than you all. storage array on the central campus, funded through a 1,250,000 grant from the Commonwealth. This eter Light, Superintendent of Schools storage array will generate cost savings for the istrict On Behalf of the School Committee by shaving pea demand in electricity use. Enel January 2020 formerly Ener OC is managing the pro ect and is moving through the lengthy process of interconnection MINUTEMAN HIGH SCHOOL approvals from Eversource and the MA epartment of ublic tilities. Grand Opening of the New Minuteman Regional Vocational High School ates initiated collecting compostables and recyclables at school lunch this year with robust The rand Opening and ibbon Cutting Ceremony of enthusiasm and support from the ates reen Team. the new 145 million Minuteman igh School building As a result, students in all of AB schools are now on October 4 mare d a pivotal and historic moment in sorting their compostables and recyclables at lunch. the school’s history, launching the next chapter of state- The Boston Globe featured this achievement with of-the-art college and career academy-style education their article Composting becomes commonplace in for students to learn essential si lls for school- and Acton-Boxborough schools which helps describe wor- based environments for years to come. a pathway for other districts to move forward with a similar initiative. t too a momentous effort over the past several years to arrive where we are today. espite the many expected All of our AB schools now use compostable plates and unexpected challenges involved with opening a at lunchtime instead of Styrofoam , and these widely comprehensive career technical high school compostable plates are added to the compostable such as Minuteman, there were many stae holders collection. This has dramatically reduced the volume of who were unyielding in their determination to succeed, trash generated in lunchrooms and helps to green the including Superintendent- irector r. Edward A. istrict’s footprint. Bouquillon and Mr. ord Spalding, over representative to the Minuteman istrict School Committee and Chair Single stream recycling is in place in all classrooms of the Minuteman School Building Committee, who and offices with support from student recycling teams. spearheaded the construction pro ect. Student reen Teams are active in our schools, helping to promote energy conservation and/or recycling and At the forefront of the campaign for a new Minuteman composting with support from the Energy Manager. for years was r. Bouquillon, who, lie so many others This provides a hands-on opportunity for students associated with the school, is ubilant at the outcome to participate in building a culture of conservation in an architecturally stunning building with every amenity, our schools, yielding a more sustainable footprint one that fosters collaboration, provides a safe and for the District and significant avenues for student secure environment, and will serve as a showplace engagement, in addition to cost savings. where exceptional technical and academic learning is offered to Minuteman students for decades to come. IN CONCLUSION We have all built a school that n ows things change, Educating the children of Acton and Boxborough r. Bouquillon said in his remars to the audience at is a responsibility that the School Committee, the October 4 ceremony. We have built a school that administration, faculty and staff of the AB schools tae unites the disciplines and promotes our commitment very seriously. We than the community for its continued to deep integration of academics and high-quality strong support of our students, both financially and career and technical education. We have built a school otherwise, in the endeavor of providing them with the that lets us dream big and be brave. We have a place best education possible. The School Committee also that gives us all a chance to answer the two critical recognizes the significant contribution of our parents questions we want our students to answer What do and guardians in many different ways that mae our love to do, and what do do well district special and unique. 58 or those of you who have been with us since the was one of only three high schools in Massachusetts beginning, r. Bouquillon added, than you from the to be thus honored, and was the sole vocational school bottom of my heart. to earn this prestigious and coveted distinction.

The new Minuteman igh School has been designed Brian Crossman Named Middle School Teacher to support a robust college and career academy of the Year by MassTEC model. The academy model was adopted by staff and administration to create smaller schools within a On September 27, 2019, Mr. Brian Crossman received school thereby promoting more personalie d learning the Middle School Teacher of the ear Award from the founded upon close relationships between students Massachusetts Technology Education / Engineering and teachers. The Minuteman college and career Collaborative MassTEC during that organia tion’s academy model integrates rigorous academics with annual conference at itchburg State niversity. relevant technical programming in occupational areas providing individual economic opportunity. Along with instructor Andrew atenaude, he teaches engineering at .J. rey Junior igh School in Acton. The new facility accommodates pro ect-based learning Mr. Crossman is actually employed by Minuteman igh across disciplines, requiring students to learn how School in Lexington, and wors at .J. rey as part to wor on a diverse team, solve problems and thin of Minuteman’s Middle School Outreach artnership, critically. These are essential 21st-century si lls that which includes schools in Stow, Lancaster, and Bolton students practice and apply in a variety of school and ashoba istrict , and .J. rey Acton-Boxborough wor- based environments. istrict .

As an accredited member of the ew England Mr. Crossman attributes his success to a strict regimen Association of Schools Colleges EASC , of preparation, a n ac for mai ng the learning process Minuteman inspires all students to attain their full en oyable and memorable, and a tai ng the time potential, accelerate their learning, and become to understand students’ individualie d needs when purposeful citie ns in the global community. they are encountering difficulties. A key tenet of his philosophy is mae it fun and real. Mr. Crossman said, Minuteman Superintendent Dr. Edward A. fool them into learning. ’m tal ing about the fun of Bouquillon Semi-Finalist for 2019 National discovery. ids run to my class. That’s a big pleasure. Superintendent of the Year Minuteman High School Students Participate in r. Edward A. Bouquillon, who has been Youth Remodeling Career Day Superintendent- irector of Minuteman igh School since 2007, was named semi-finalist for the 2019 A group of about 40 Minuteman students in the Electrical, ational Superintendent of the ear Award given by lumbing, Carpentry and Metal abrication programs the ational Association of School Superintendents at Minuteman participated in outh emodeling Career ASS . ay at the Bolton airgrounds in Lancaster, Mass., an event which allowed them to learn about careers The award criteria included encouraging the success in the remodeling industry and have moc interviews of students and staff creation of a safe learning with experts. The hands-on, practical nature of this environment collaborating with family members and endeavor made it especially valuable for the students, people in the community acting in an ethical and as did the chance for them to spea one-on-one with exemplary manner, and displaying leadership. representatives from prominent companies specialii ng in all aspects of remodeling. Seventeen other schools n his nomination, r. Bouquillon was lauded for his too part as well. leadership and accomplishments, and demonstrating inclusion, an open-minded process of wori ng About Minuteman alongside constituencies and stae holders, innovation, boldness, and thoughtful, dynamic leadership. Minuteman is an award-winning regional career and technical high school and continuing education n 2018, Minuteman received the ultimate accolade institution that integrates robust academic and technical from the .S. epartment of Education when it was learning. As an accredited member of the ew England named a ational Blue ibbon School. Minuteman Association of Schools Colleges EASC , Minuteman

59 challenges all students to aspire to their full potential, drawings that were gifted to the library by ichard accelerate their learning, and achieve success in the ylander. This wor is being completed with funding 21st-century global community. Located in Lexington from the Community reservation grant. in a new state-of-the-art facility, Minuteman’s member towns are Acton, Arlington, Bolton, Concord, over, Adult programs offered included movies, concerts, boo Lancaster, Lexington, eedham, and Stow. discussions, and presentations. rograms and classes on technology included introductions to aceboo r. Edward A. Bouquillon using Microsoft Word, Excel, ower oint, and Superintendent- irector ublisher and using devices and programs effectively. Some presentations focused on library resources, ACTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY such as language learning programs and downloading e-boos, audioboos, music, and streaming movies. Acton Memorial Library continued to be a center of community activity in 2019. Over 227,000 people came isplays on the upper level included an art exhibit titled to the library. eople of all ages en oyed 363 library Am More by Amy err, a photo exhibit featuring the programs throughout the year. Meeting rooms were bald eagles of agog ond by Ainslie Sheridan, and an used 892 times. There were 11 days when more than origami display by a local irl Scout troop. Additionally, 1,000 people came to the library. The number of people numerous boo displays are created by staff throughout subscribing to email notifications of library events is the year. 3,125. The eference epartment wore d on growing access CHANGES AND HIGHLIGHTS to digital resources. With the T epartment, 40 reels The library had a visit from Delilah the life-sized inflatable of microfilm containing historical Town records were orth Atlantic right whale in October. Over 100 children digitie d. Also, a new digital newspaper platform was and adults toured elilah and learned all about whales offered through reservation Archives. from the Whale and olphin Conservation. A board and strategy game collection was added to the oung Adult collection in July. n September an introduction to ungeons ragons program was offered. A group of students 7th grade and up continue to meet bi-monthly at the library to e ep playing.

The Children’s oom continued to be a very active area. n addition to three storytimes a wee through most of the year, programs included a Stuffed Animal icnic, family entertainment programs, craft worsh ops, pop- up boo, game, and Lego afternoons. Ed the Music Man presented his interactive programs regularly and the popular summer craft programs, the riday Morning layers, and monthly amily Movie nights continued. The theme of the summer reading program was A Delilah the inflatable whale sits outside the library waiting to meet visitors. niverse of Stories.

The Long ange lanning Subcommittee completed “Reading to a Dog” continued with Molly, a five-year- the next plan to guide the library through fiscal years old Labradoodle. Molly is a therapy dog who comes 2020-2024. n creating the plan they sought feedbac from the ets and eople oundation. n ovember on the library through a community survey, staff survey, another therapy dog, Luna, oined the program in order and interviews with the staff. n October the Board of to offer Saturday reading sessions. Children improve Trustees voted to adopt the plan. The Long ange their reading si lls when the listener is a friendly, non- lan is available on the library’s website at https // udgmental dog. www.actonmemoriallibrary.org/uploads/page-body/ AML L 2020-2024.pdf LIBRARY HOURS AND SERVICES

Wor continues on the cleaning, restoration, and The library is a seven-day-a-wee service 67 hours framing of the nearly 100 Arthur avis etchings and a wee most of the year and a six-day-a-wee 60 service during the summer mid-June through early The library offers boos, newspapers, magai nes, September. s, C s, large print materials, graphic novels, recorded boos, museum passes, local history and Monday through Thursday 9-9 genealogy collections, telescopes, a microscope, riday and Saturday 9-5 wireless hotspots, birding kits, a scientific calculator, Sunday 2-5 and a collection of artwor by Arthur avis. The Speed iew collection is provided through the support Summer ours As above, except of the riends of the Acton Libraries. There is an Saturdays 9-1, closed Sundays extensive Chinese language collection, along with smaller rench, u arati, indi, orean, ortuguese, The library is closed on state and federal holidays, ussian, Spanish, and Tamil collections and a multi- Easter, and the day after Thansg iving. format ESL collection. Electronic collections include e-boos, audioboos, magai nes, newspapers, music, Acton Memorial Library offers a wide range of services video, and a broad range of research databases. for children and adults, many accessible from home. n 2018, Minuteman Library etwor established Online services include the ability to place requests for reciprocal lending of Overdrive collections with other items, renew materials, download or stream audioboos, library networs in the state, greatly increasing access e-boos, magai nes, music, and videos search the to electronic titles. Minuteman catalog with Chinese, Japanese, orean, or Russian input, pay fines for lost materials, create otable additions to the collection this year include personal reading lists, and reserve museum passes. canvas tote bags, board games, charging pacs for Through the website, www.actonmemoriallibrary.org, mobile devices, and anopy, a streaming video service. users can sign up for emails of library news and events, follow the library through aceboo, Twitter, nstagram, rofessional reference and children’s librarians are and interest, access subscription databases and available for assistance on-site, by phone, and via curated web lins, view the Events Calendar and email whenever the library is open. eserve collections register for some activities, access numerous online for school assignments can be arranged. State and local history resources including a Civil War website, federal tax forms are available, and the library hosts view a monthly list of new items and numerous bool ists tax volunteers who help low and moderate-income line d to the catalog through the Bool etters service, households prepare tax returns. request items through interlibrary loan, and lin to the Minuteman Library etwor catalog. Materials can be Twelve public computers are provided in the adult obtained from other libraries and staff are happy to area, with support for international language scripts, assist users who need help with the process. Some of including ussian, Chinese, orean, and other Asian these services are also offered through the Minuteman languages. Computers offer nternet access and Library etwor Mobile App which can be downloaded Microsoft Office. Printers, color and black and white to a personal mobile device and includes the option to photocopiers, a microfilm reader/printer/ scanner, two carry a digital library card. Minuteman also offers a text scanners, a typewriter, and mobile phone chargers messaging service to help users conveniently manage are available. Wireless internet access is available their library accounts. throughout the library.

Library users have access to small study rooms, and there are two meeting rooms available for community groups. The Civil War Exhibit, housed in the oldest part of the building, is a unique resource for people interested in local history and is a solemn reminder that the Memorial Library was founded to honor those who fought in that conflict. The library offers a book discussion group, volunteer opportunities, and the chance for non-profits to raise funds through bake sales in the lobby. Special programs include film series, speae rs on a range of topics, author visits, technology classes, and concerts. There are children’s storytimes for two-year-olds and under two-year-olds, Library Staff ready to kick off the summer reading program, “A Universe of Stories.” 61 daytime and evening drop-in storytimes for three to Staff oined in the W’s Arbor ay celebration in seven-year-olds, a monthly amily Movie ight, and September by presenting storytime to youngsters. extra activities during school vacation wees. uring the summer reading program, there are drop-in craft One weee nd in July the library stayed open with programs for children and opportunities to perform in limited services to be a cooling center and offer respite a short play. from the extreme temperatures.

LIBRARY STATISTICS n the fall, library meeting space was offered to the .S. Calendar ear 2019 Census for a ob recruitment program. Circulation 526,658 down 2.4 ew teachers were given pace ts on library services. Traffic Count: 227,704 (down 5.2%) nformation emailed to teachers raised awareness of Meeting oom se 892 down 11.2 library activities and increased program attendance. Staff spoe to school classes and gave them tours. iscal ear 2019 July 2018-June 2019 Staff spent time at AB S during September to sign Acton residents with active registrations 15,440 students up for library cards. The meeting room was up 6.8 reserved to provide additional study space during Collections total items 243,200 down 10 exams and the library stayed open one Sunday evening eference questions 19,448 up 6.8 in June to provide study space for students preparing se of electronic collections 50,391 down 56 for final exams. Classes were held at the library for se of public nternet computers 18,096 down 2.2 parents whose primary language is not English and Children’s programs 305 up 3.4 who have children in local schools. eading list titles Children’s program attendance 8,088 up 40.6 for high school students were highlighted in the oung A programs 1 Adult area. Library copies of unior and high school A program attendance 18 textboo titles were reviewed and updated and they Adult programs 57 down 40.6 and were available to students for in-house use. Adult program attendance 716 down 56.5 tems received from other libraries 55,252 up 8 n partnership with the Massachusetts Board of Library tems provided to other libraries 50,800 down 3.4 Commissioners, the library participated in the Boston umber of volunteers 95 up 86 Bruins J rive for the third year. This drive collects ayments sent to inance 35,102 down 4.5 children’s pajamas to benefit DCF Wonderfund and Cradles to Crayons. Sixty pairs of pa amas were COMMUNITY INTERACTION collected. n addition to mai ng available meeting and bulletin board space for doe ns of community and area groups, MUSIC COMMITTEE space is provided for ESOL tutoring, tutor training, Trustee Miriam Lea is chair of the Music Committee. student assessment, and conversational practice groups. rograms were co-hosted with the Acton There were three concerts in 2019 agtime Jac Building epartment and the Council on Aging. adcliff in March, Sivan Etedgee in ovember, and the AB S Madrigal Singers in ecember. To help the public become more aware of its services, information on library activities appeared regularly in When concerts are held, the meeting room is available the Council on Aging newsletter and Municipal Monthly for quiet study. as well as local papers and websites. The library had a table at the armer’s Mar et in West Acton twice. The piano was given to Acton igh School on its opening in 1926 by John . oney it itg erald and Ten local non-profits took advantage of the December his wife Mary Josephine annon itg erald, who was mini-fair to fundraise and identify people interested in born in Acton. Their daughter ose was the mother their activities. A number of school or community-based of resident John ennedy and Senator Edward groups held bae sales in the lobby to raise funds for ennedy. After several moves and some idle years, their organia tions or had bins in the lobby to collect the piano was restored through a 2006 Community food, clothing or other necessities for good causes. reservation rant and placed in the library by the Board of Selectmen in 2009. The arden Club created a display in the lobby of the library in April. They also donated arrangements for the The library policy for use of the itg erald iano is circulation des from late fall through early spring. available on the library’s website. 62 ARTS COMMITTEE FRIENDS OF PINE HAWK The Arts Committee is charged with ma ing arrangements The library continued to be the primary venue for for the exhibitions in the library’s meeting room, and the the riends of ine aw, which sees to increase Solarium display case. The committee is co-chaired by understanding and awareness of the archaeological artist ay artung and Trustee Ann Chang. and human stories behind the ative American artifacts found when the South Acton sewer treatment plant was The process of recruiting and selecting the artists built. amed for the site and begun in 2002, the group starts in January when a notice of the opportunity goes has offered over 100 programs for children and adults out via print press, email, website, social media, and in the years since. Members include private citie ns brochures. The deadline for submissions is March 1. A and professionals from the library, the iscovery ury composed of local artists and the Arts Committee Museums, and the Acton school district. co-chairs reviews the entries and selects artists for two-month solo exhibitions. This year the ury included The library hosted six riends of inehaw events for photographer Andrew Child, artist wen Murphy, and State Archeology Month in October. reference librarian Susan a u. Tonya Largy dissed several interesting archaeological Many of the artists hold opening receptions where they pro ects in our locality. avid eMello spoe about meet with the public and discuss their wors. These the ourney of the irst eople in the ortheast as receptions have been special opportunities for the interpreted from the archaeology record. Eric Johnson community to learn about different artistic techniques. provided a retrospective on the 1980 laboratory analysis and results from the excavation of The lagg Swamp The artists for 2019 were ocsh elter. oug alley described the discovery of January- ebruary Carol issman, clay March-April the Pine Hawk archaeological site and its significance. rene Stapleford, painting May-June Bruce Magnuson, en eder discussed claims of hidden history in various archaeological oddities found in orth America. The annual boo discussion group focused on Atlas of a Lost World.

STAFF The Trustees recognie and appreciate the dedicated effort that members of the library staff mae to create a welcoming environment.

Staff as of December 31, 2019 30-40 hours/week Library irector anielle Savin Assistant irector Megan Warren Library staff dressed in pajamas to promote the Annual Boston Bruins PJ Drive. ead of Circulation ristin MacLeod ead of eference Susan a u photography July-August Brittney Ciccone, painting ead of Children’s Services Lee onohue September-October John aly, oil painting ovember- Outreach, rogramming and ecember eborah rummond, mixed meda. Technology Librarian vacant eference Librarian eather Murray isplay in the glass case in the solarium Mary . Library Assistant Eunice orman Mooney, figurative sculpture. Library Assistant Joy amel Library Assistant Anshu Sood nformation on the display and exhibition procedures is on the library’s website at https //www.actonmemorial 20-29 hours/week library.org/events-programs/art-exhibits/artists- Technical Services exhibition-opportunity. The library and community Librarian Stephanie nowland have benefitted from these exhibitions and we thank Children’s Librarian Elise at the artists for sharing their talents with the Acton Administrative Assistant Mary atis community. Library Assistant vacant

63 10-19 hours/week Thomas unn Children’s Librarian Clare Seaton Joseph lannon Library Assistant Melissa ona le Carol nowles Library Assistant Amelia Coleman Miriam Lea , ice resident Library Assistant annah rae e amela Lynn Library Assistant Carolyn Lombardo Sampada Salunh e, resident Library Assistant Carolyn Malloy Sua nne Shanahan Library Assistant vacant Library Assistant onna White WEST ACTON CITIZENS’ LIBRARY age ristine idder age acant Citie ns’ Library is often described as a hidden gem in Acton. or 135 years we have quietly served Less than 10 hours/week members of the community who have discovered our Children’s Librarian acant little library with its wonderful collection of best sellers eference Librarian Jeremy obichaud and children’s boos. or the most part, publicity was eference Librarian Leslie uffy done almost entirely via word-of-mouth, and it wore d. eference/Children’s owever, over the past several years we have realie d Librarian Jane landers that is no longer the case. or better or worse, people Library Assistant Barb loss find what they are looking for on the internet, so in Library Assistant Mary Wile 2019 Citie ns’ Library oined the party. A few months age Andre Arau o- erry ago, we launched a brand new website, aceboo age Jingyi Se page, nstagram and Twitter accounts and started the age Sandra eirce process of removing the word hidden from hidden age Mitali rishnamurthy gem”. For the first time ever, we now have a way to directly communicate with the public and publicie all n ebruary, Circulation Assistant , ristin MacLeod was we have to offer. promoted to ead of Circulation. Circulation Assistant , Melissa ona le was promoted to Circulation As we expanded our outreach to residents, we Assistant in July. Carolyn Malloy and annah rae e also sought a closer connection with the business were both promoted from age to Circulation Assistant community that surrounds us in West Acton Center. By in July. Also in July, Amelia Coleman and Carolyn oining the West Acton illage Merchants Association Lombardo started as Circulation Assistant . Technical we hope to learn how we can better serve the small Services Assistant , aren Anderson retired in August businesses in the area and wor with them on continued after almost 28 years wori ng for the Town. improvements in the illage.

Staff attended professional meetings or programs n addition to our publicity campaign, 2019 mar ed the offered by the Massachusetts Library System, the start of our strategic planning process. A survey was Minuteman Library etwor, Massachusetts Library conducted and we collected some great feedbac on Association, and other professional organia tions. ways we can better serve the community. The results of this survey will form the basis for decisions regarding our VOLUNTEERS collections, programs, operating hours and much more. Many volunteers give their time and s ills to assist the library. The Trustees and staff sincerely than each and n collection development this year we accomplished every one for their invaluable support. A yearly event is a ma or weeding of our adult mystery and children’s organie d by the Trustees to recogni e the volunteers picture boo collections, mai ng room for many new and to than them for their dedication and service. titles on the shelves. We also opened our new seed library, mai ng 22 varieties of mostly organic vegetable TRUSTEES seeds available for free to patrons. The program quicl y Carol nowles was voted in for another three-year attracted local gardeners who not only too seeds but term at the spring Town elections. also brought extras from their gardens to add to our collection. We loo forward to expanding our seed arvey Berliner, Secretary offerings in the coming years. Ann Chang

64 n day to day operations, we circulated over 11,000 olunteers boos, audio-boos and s and the library served uth Bechtel as an active community center in the heart of West ebbie Elliot Acton. Throughout the year, we provided an oasis for ail lister parents and young children, elementary-age students aleta raie r wali ng home from school, apartment dwellers and Lucy Misi n homeowners in the surrounding neighborhoods and Charlene Twente seniors both from Windsor reen and other parts of Elia beth alente town. As West Acton Center has grown and flourished over the past few years, the library remains a popular Submitted by stop for those living, wori ng or shopping in West Jennifer riedman Acton. eople come in regularly for boos and movies, Library irector to use computers and often, ust to sit in a quiet space to read or get wor done.

Trustees Melissa Lo orto Chair Tara Leuci- Secretary ot Curtis- Member

CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL ACTIVITIES

ACTON-BOXBOROUGH CULTURAL This Annual eport gives preliminary results of our COUNCIL 20 rant Cycle in which we plan to support 44 individuals, schools, libraries and arts organia tions using state funds allocated to us by the Massachusetts About the Acton-Boxborough Cultural Council Cultural Council. This report will also highlight the The Acton-Boxborough Cultural Council ABCC , local events, programs and collaborations the ABCC established in 1982, has as its mission to award and was able to undertae in 2019 thans to the continued administer Massachusetts Cultural Council MCC financial support from our Towns. rant funds, to promote the arts, and to help develop cultural programs in the Acton and Boxborough communities. olunteers are appointed to the Council ABCC Members by the selectmen of each community, but it functions as member throughout 2019 unless a single entity undertai ng these activities Voting Members specified) eview of grant applications from individuals, libraries, schools, and arts and community Acton: ivian Birchall organia tions and awarding MCC grant funds riya Eramath-Murali ublicity Coordinator to projects that provide a local public benefit. yanne lynn started ovember 2019 The ABCC is one of 329 Local Cultural Councils aren Myers Secretary LCCs that are funded by the Massachusetts iana estorova through May 2019 Cultural Council through an annual appropriation Judy omatelli by the state legislature. Joan ubin- eutsch started ecember 2019 Sponsorship of cultural programs for the Acton Jin ong ang oreign ilm Series Coordinator and Boxborough communities using funds starting June 2019 generously designated by Town Meeting of each community. These funds have been used by the

ABCC to encourage diverse culture by presenting Boxborough: ancy Evans through May 2019 - a, classical, and world music concerts, vocal oreign ilm Series Coordinator performances, films, opera, and public art Sharon arde Chair installations. Sheila anrahan Treasurer Advocacy for the arts through community outreach Aparna amasundar Webmaster and publicity. 65 Non-Voting High School youth members Local Funding and Council-Initiated Events Tal assau The ABCC was once again generously supported by both atalie awn Acton and Boxborough town funds via warrant articles and line items. The dedication of the voters, boards and Recruitment: We wor closely with the Acton and public officials in both towns is truly remarkable. Once Boxborough Select Boards, town staff and other Town again, Acton provided the ABCC with 2000 through a volunteers on our continued membership efforts. We Warrant Article, while Boxborough provided 1,400 for can currently accept one additional member from exclusive use in Boxborough. ew local cultural councils Acton. And we can always accept more members en oy this level of local support. We are extremely from Boxborough. We are proud to have high school grateful and see every opportunity to ac nowledge the youth members in our council who are actively and support of our two towns. We are grateful also for the energetically participating in our activities. physical support that the two towns provide meeting spaces, access to town equipment screens, pro ectors, etc . We are also than ful for the continued support and active involvement of our liaisons, Boxborough Select Board member Wes owl s and Acton Selectmen Janet Adachi and ean Charter.

The ABCC sponsored and collaborated on several exciting events in 2019. ere are some highlights

leventh Annual ur orld in Film nternational Film eries Each spring since 2009, we have offered an annual month-long series of acclaimed international films. All films are shown at Acton Town Hall and are Council members and Senator James Eldridge at the 2019 Grantee Reception free and open to the public. ABCC past members reg utchins and Beth avis Acton , and Todd avis MCC Funding Boxborough coordinated the series with Boxborough members Nancy Evans and Jin Hong Yang. The first The ABCC is one of 329 Local Cultural Councils wee is our Short ilm ight, which includes short LCCs funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council documentary films by local and Massachusetts-based MCC through an annual appropriation by the state filmmakers. The next three weeks are international films. legislature. Each fall, we are required to distribute this This year’s films included A Man Called Ove (Sweden), annual allocation through a grant process. We review our ame Japan , and The nsult Lebanon . each application and award monies considering the quality, originality, creativity, planning, budget, and Introductions to each film were provided by various most importantly, community benefit, of each proposed committee members, and tals by visiting directors and pro ect. discussions were led by local residents familiar with the culture shown in the film. The films shown have been n August 2019 the ABCC was allotted 12,500.00 from donated to both towns’ libraries for their collections. the MCC to give out during our grant season. And it was ree riday ight un Every riday night during the a very competitive grant season. We publicie d the summer, the Acton iscovery Museums are open free availability of grants through emails, flyers, bookmarks, of charge, partly because of our funding. aceboo, our website, the town websites, and press releases in The Beacon and Action Unlimited. We also A nter retation for ittle Mermaid n March, provided telephone and email consultation to several we gave some money to Open oor Theater for their applicants. We received 51 applications requesting a production of Little Mermaid. They used it so some of total of 33,915 in funding. The number of applicants their performances could be interpreted into American has been inching slightly higher over the past few years. Sign Language. After very difficult and lengthy deliberations, the ABCC chose to fund 44 projects that give the greatest benefit Dancing hrough the Decades ith Dance Caliente n to our communities including pro ects at the public June we helped sponsor this program at the Acton Senior libraries, ecreation epartment, Acton-Boxborough Center. t was an interactive dance show, showcasing igh School, Acton-Boxborough armers’ Mare t, many different types of dance, all in full costume. eople Boxborough arvest estival, cultural festivals, and of all physical abilities were able to participate. t loo ed many other activities. li e everyone was having a great time. 66 performance at the Boxborough arvest estival in September. This concert was supported solely by the Boxborough und.

chool vents We sponsored several events at the schools, including the Massachusetts Thespian estival, bringing in a guest artist to direct a production of osie the iveter, 2019 ro ect raduation, a program called Combating ate and re udice , and a performance of Brai lian Beats as part of World Language Wee.

Fifer s Day, Harvest Festival, and Farmers Market This year ABCC set up display tables at Boxborough’s ifer’s ay, the Boxborough arvest estival, and the Acton-Boxborough armers’ Mare t. We spoe to many people, advertising the grant season and raising awareness about us and the events that we sponsor. Liquan Luo at Chinese New Year Celebration with Acton Housing Authority

Promoting Diversity Mom s letters n May we sponsored a program Some of the events that we have sponsored which at the Boxborough library called econstructing promote diversity are Oriental Lantern Art Worsh op at istory and enealogy Mom’s WW Letters . t was both the Acton and Boxboro libraries, Stories of ndia, a 90-minute tal and slide show describing a stash of Chinese ew ear Celebration at the Acton ousing more than 100 letters from 16 servicemen whom she Authority, and the Chinese Music and ance ight. communicated with during WW . espectfully Submitted,

FY 20 rantee Rece tion The ABCC held its Sharon arde, Chair 14th Annual rantee eception at Sargent Memorial ivian Birchall Library in Boxborough. This event provides a valuable Tal assau opportunity for grantees to meet, to publicie their atalie awn pro ects and to networ with other arts-minded riya Eramath-Murali individuals and groups. n addition to our 2019 yanne lynn grantees, our state and local legislators and officials Sheila anrahan were also invited to attend. Each grantee had a aren Myers chance to speak briefly to acknowledge supporters, Aparna amasundar collaborating artists, and organia tions and to highlight Judy omatelli upcoming events. Senator Jamie Eldridge attended Joan ubin- eutsch and presented citations to past members Sunanda Jin ong ang Sahay, awn Wang, and Linda Mayer erformances by 2019 grantees included Liquan Luo performing on a Bawu Chinese lute, a violin HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION performance by a member of the Concord Orchestra, roperties within the statutory istoric istricts carry and ABCC member ivian Birchall performing a the distinction of protected status, which enhances the traditional gandan ance. value of both the property and the community in which it is located. High chool Magai ne and Ne sletter To support and encourage writing and ournalism among high We are very fortunate to have three historic districts in school students, ABCC has funded the high school the Town of Acton South Acton, West Acton and Acton literary magai ne, Window Seat, and the newsletter, Center which include about 200 properties. These The Spectrum. ABCC is also proud to support The districts were established to preserve the architectural obert Creeley Award Activities. significance and rich character of these neighborhoods. Each district is administered by the istoric istrict Nashoba alley Concert Band Performance The Commission C according to the rules and ashoba alley Concert Band gave a well-received regulations set forth in Massachusetts eneral Laws, 67 Chapter 40C, and the Chapter bylaw of the Town Certificate); flags and flagpoles, and minor repairs and of Acton as enacted at Special Town Meeting in 1990. maintenance which do not alter the visible appearance C procedures are intended to permit appropriate of a property. architectural changes while protecting neighborhoods from alterations that might lower the economic and The C is a statutory board consisting of volunteers aesthetic values of individual properties. appointed by the Selectmen and whenever possible include property owners or residents of each district, a The historic districts continue to be desirable places to real estate agent and typically other citie ns interested live and wor. Several historic properties came onto the in preserving and enhancing Acton’s character. By law, mare t and were quicl y purchased in 2019, including an architect licensed in the Commonwealth is required properties on School and Main Streets. Throughout the to be on the Commission. The Acton C has two districts, properties continue to be renovated, added to architect members. We are currently looi ng for three and renewed for future generations to en oy. new members. Commission members do not need to live in one of the three districts. The Commission meets n 2019, the C received and reviewed 34 applications the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. All the same number of applications that were received meetings are open to the public and we warmly invite in 2018 and several requests for preliminary reviews you to attend. lease contact us by email at hdc on areas ranging from the proposed ardner ield acton-ma.gov. The 7 30 M time slot at each of our rehabilitation to roofing, signage, fencing, mechanical regularly scheduled meetings is available for Citie n equipment screening, restoration and replacement uestions. This is a drop-in time for members of the of windows and doors to complete property public to as questions and share feedbac without transformations. Minor demolitions of non-contributing mai ng an appointment. buildings at 25-27 School Street were approved. An unusual application involved the approval of a We also offer worsh ops, lectures and wali ng tours. temporary art installation involving natural gas leas in Acton. n an acn owledgment of changing times, the C Members Commission approved the first geothermal installation avid onn Chair at a residence on ewtown oad. Additionally, the Anita ogers ice-Chair C continued to monitor the progress of the 53 iver avid Shoemae r Secretary Street Master lanning Committee. ran Arsenault Art Leavens Lastly, the C endorsed three Community on egan reservation Committee C C fund requests-for tree planting within the historic districts and the repointing ACTON HISTORICAL COMMISSION and waterproofing repairs for the Isaac Davis Monument and the chimney of the Acton Memorial Library. The Commission clarified and strengthened its Chapter ’ emolition elay Bylaw with approval at the 2019 The C is required by law to review the architectural Spring Town Meeting. appropriateness of most proposed exterior design changes in the three districts, whether they are The Commission is creating approximately 35 survey alterations, new additions or removal of structures. forms and updating approximately 30 survey forms for These rules apply to all buildings in the districts, even properties on the Commissions Cultural esource List’. those you might not consider historic . n addition, the Commission plans to transfer the current Cultural esource List to MAC S Massachusetts Items typically requiring a Certificate of Appropriateness Cultural esource nformation System for easier on- COA include changes visible from a public way, line access by the town residences and inspectors. such as installing new siding, additions, demolitions, removing or altering porches, windows, balconies or The Commission has members on the Community other building elements, and features. Examples of reservation Commission, the 53 iver Street items which require a Certificate of Non-Applicability Commission, the Main Street lanning Commission, C A include color of paint, storm windows, storm and the istorical Society. doors, window air conditioners, planting or removal of trees, shrubs and other plants except when required The Commission reviewed and commented on hase for screening, as specified as a Condition on a 2B of the Bruce reeman ail Trail.

68 The Commission is wor ing on an Archeological By-Law. The Commission is administering the Commemorative The commission is studying the possibility of sponsoring laque rogram for structures on the Cultural a new pedestrian bridge at Old avis oad, by the esource List. They provided plaques for the Morrison pencil factory. armhouse, Old South Acton ire Station, and the Municipal roperties Building. The Commission reviewed a Mass OT pro ect at Taylor and iper oad. The Commission held demolition delay hearings on

The Commission voted to add 361 and 363 reat oad 34 Elm Street ranted demolition request to the Cultural esource List. Commission Members The Commission reviewed and supported the sub- Bill ici nson Chair division of 127 Strawberry ill oad. oug erric ice Chair Bill lauer The Commission wore d with the developer and the Tory Beyer lanning Board to subdivide the non-conforming 66 Brad Maxwell Maple Street lot allowing the current historic home to Jillian Oman be saved. avid Martin BOS Liaison

The commission reviewed the 90 School Street 40B development application and wrote a letter to the Massachusetts istorical Commission requesting a Section 106 historical review of the property.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

CABLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE eld a ublic earing related to the erio n Contract enewal to which the ublic and other The Cable Advisory Committee CAC serves to advise stae holders such as the Town, Acton Schools, the Board of Selectmen BoS in matters pertaining to and others were invited Cable Television in the Town of Acton and to assist with Assessed and cataloged the existing town and license negotiations. We also address Cable T related school video delivery system infrastructure, with concerns and wor with the two Cable companies that special attention to the dependencies on services serve Acton. The CAC also serves as a bridge between provided by the cable operators the Town and citie ns and the community access Plan to add Digital TV delivery configuration to station Acton T , addressing issues as necessary. We forthcoming Contract enewal documents generally receive many more citie ns’ concerns than we are chartered to address because our authority n addition to the above, the CAC addressed and extends to only Cable Television related issues internet responded to the citie ns’ concerns as they arose. and telephony are beyond the charter of the CAC. Survey of Acton Citizens The focus of CAC in 2019 was to initiate the contract n order to prepare for future license negotiations, the renewal process with the two cable carriers, Comcast Cable Advisory Committee surveyed Acton residents in 2020 and erio n in 2021. To that end, we undertoo on various aspects of Cable T service. We received the following activities over 100 responses and while there are areas of improvement that were identified, citizens of Acton are Completed the on-line survey for Acton citie ns to generally happy with their Cable service. gauge their experience with the Cable roviders Advised the BoS to engage an attorney to manage Contract Renewal Preparation the contract renewal and recommended the The current license agreement with Comcast will attorney who was hired by the Town and held a expire in 2020 and the license agreement with erio n meeting with the attorney to discuss the contract will expire in 2021. istorically, the negotiation process renewal process. of cable T licenses is lengthy and complex. To aid

69 with the renewal process, CAC recommended that the at the Town all. n addition, we can be reached via BoS hire an attorney to help us in the negotiations and Email cac acton-ma.gov. identified a suitable individual. CAC continues to work with the hired attorney. Members Oleg olinsy , Chair Public Hearing Steve avidson, ice-Chair n order to identify any issues or areas of improvement Terrence Lobo, Cler that can be incorporated in the Contract enewal, Lori Cooney CAC held a ublic earing which was attended by John Covert representatives of the BoS, Acton Schools, CAC, Acton ichard Logan T , and the public. Christine Simone

Assessment of Existing Video Infrastructure PUBLIC CEREMONIES AND As part of the current cable license with Comcast, the town utilie s - et video distribution infrastructure to CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE deliver public access, broadcast and selected cable The Acton ublic Ceremonies and Celebrations channels to all municipal and school buildings. This Committee would lie to than all those who have infrastructure is also used to support broadcasts of helped put together the Ceremonies and Celebrations the Town Meeting, Board of Selectmen and School for the 2018. Committee meetings on ActonT . Because of changes in the cable industry since the last Comcast contract On atriots ay in April, Scouts and Citie ns followed negotiations, the CAC anticipates that some of these the Acton Minutemen as they retraced the saac avis services may no longer be required. n order to ensure Trail to the orth Bridge in Concord. This was the 59th that we are prepared, the CAC partnered with Town retracing of the Line of March. and School information technology personnel to do a comprehensive architecture analysis which was The Memorial ay arade was well attended by completed in 2019. Citie ns, Scout troops Acton Minutemen, Bands from the Schools and eterans. Charles Aaronson was the Digital Delivery by Acton TV rand Marshall this year. n 2017 the committee, together with Acton T , wore d with erio n and enabled erio n ios T customers eterans ay was observed Monty rob as the to enjoy the benefits of a fully-digital Acton TV signal. speae r. The overnor’s roclamation was read and The Committee continues to wor with Comcast in State epresentative Tami ouveia along with the order to identify a delivery configuration that would aughters of the American evolution spoe . be acceptable and economically viable for all parties. We plan on including this as a requirement for the All these events were successful due to the efforts of upcoming Contract negotiations. individual volunteers and civic-minded groups that

pitched in to help us commemorate the history of our Citizen Concerns community and our country. One of the e y services the Committee provides is addressing citie n complaints, issues, or simply The Acton ublic Ceremonies and Celebrations answering questions regarding cable T service. The Committee needs your help in planning these important Cable Advisory Committee maintains a relationship events. lease oin the Committee and add your with the overnment Affairs Managers from both talents to our celebrations. Comcast and eri on and meets with them periodically to discuss these concerns. The committee assists ail Sawyer the citie ns of Acton by elevating customer service Chairperson complaints when citie ns have exhausted their own customer service channels. The committee also participates in engagements and issue resolutions between the Town and cable service providers.

All citie ns are welcome to attend the CAC meetings, which are held on the third Thursday of each month

70 TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY CrossTown Connect COMMITTEE Acton is one of the founding members of CrossTown Connect. This is a unique transportation management Acton’s Transportation Services assist and provide association made of public members Acton, Concord, residents access to public transportation with door to Littleton, Maynard, Sudbury and Westford, and door trips within the Town of Acton and in ad acent private members Associated Environmental Systems, communities. our handicapped-accessible vans are uiterre Company, BM, aart Corporation, Juniper dispatched Monday through riday providing trips for etwors, Mill and Main, otpourri nc, ed at TC Seniors, eople With isabilities, Special opulations Aerospace Systems. and the eneral ublic. Trips can be booe d by calling dispatch at 978-844-6809 any time between 8 30 AM The CrossTown Connect members focus on wori ng and 4 00 M. closely with public agencies and stae holders, establishing employee transportation networs , ixed oute services for commuters, employees advocating for transportation resources and legislation, and shoppers are also provided. Acton’s ail Shuttle facilitating last mile connections, providing commuter connects two off-site pari ng lots to the South Acton services and mare ting programs. Commuter Rail Station. Its first run in the morning and in the afternoon also includes stops in orth Acton Acton, Boxborough, Littleton, and Maynard receive Avalon, agog Woods, reat oad Condominiums, dispatch services from CrossTown Connect for Sachem Way and onelan’s laa . their Council of Aging ans and other door to door services. tili ation of a common dispatch center has More information regarding Acton’s transportation increased ridership for each van by having longer services can be found at http //www.actonma.gov/ hours and being more accessible for the riders. t transportation. has also reduced cancellations of trips as riders previously overboo ed in case they couldn’t reach Transportation Year in Review dispatch services when they needed the ride. n 2019, more than 20,000 rides were dispatched from the n July 2019, longtime ealth irector and Transportation CrossTown Connect dispatch center. Coordinator oug alley retired after more than 40 years of service to the community. oug’s contribution to public health-related efforts, and more recently, steadfast leadership regionally regarding transportation will be greatly missed. Austin Cyganiewic was hired as irector of ntergovernmental Affairs to oversee transportation.

Acton’s Transportation Services demonstrated impressive ridership growth in 2019 see igure 1 . oor to door trips increased nearly 5 over 2018, with more than 14,000 trips made. Over 30 of the door-to- door trips were classified as “Social/Recreation,” which includes trips to the Senior Center at 30 Sudbury oad. The door-to-door service remains critical for seniors, which accounted for more than 70 of ridership in 2019.

ixed- oute service ridership grew more than 18 over 2018, with more than 20,000 riders The most popular fixed-route service remains to be Acton’s Commuter Rail shuttle, which provides service to South Acton MBTA station via two remote par ing lots, conveniently located at Mount Calvary Church and West Acton ire Station.

71 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

LAND USE DEPARTMENT The ealth ivision also received 1,460 to attend the ational ealth Conference from July 9-12th. There The Land se epartment was created in 2015 by were over 45 classes to choose from during the course merging the Building, ealth, atural esources and of each day. Two employees attended the conference lanning ivisions. The Land se epartment is and each went to different programs in order to expand located in the north wing of Town all, which underwent our n owledge and share what was learned with other a ma or renovation in 2015 to improve customer service staff upon our return. These classes covered from youth and create a home for the new department. to elder issues and encompassed a broad definition of health and further increased our n owledge to help the Matthew Selby was hired in January 2016 as Acton’s residents of Acton. first Director of Land Use and Economic Development. Selby reports to the Town Manager and provides These two grants were funded through a grant by professional, technical, administrative, and supervisory C A 15, and were made possible by etermination support in organii ng and coordinating epartment of eed funds received from Lahey ospital Medical operations. Selby provides direct staff support to the Center and Winchester ospital. Economic evelopment Committee, the Acton 2020 Committee and special committees created to master AB Cares plan recently-acquired municipal properties located at The ealth ivision continues to participate in AB 348-364 Main Street and 53 iver Street. Cares. AB Cares is a community based collaborative effort that sees to prevent suicide across the life span Land se epartment staff provides support to a wide and support all who are impacted by suicide. This range of volunteer boards and committees. Each group offered valuable trainings to many including, division has a division head in charge of furthering uestion, ersuade, efer trainings that teach the goals of their team. More in-depth reports of the three simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life. Land se divisions and the boards and committees This group continues to meet regularly so please be on they support can be found in this section of the Annual the looo ut for additional trainings we will be offering in eport. the coming years.

espectfully submitted, Plastic Checkout Bag Ban Annual Town Meeting voted a new bylaw that went into Matthew Selby effect on January 1, 2020. The purpose of the bylaw Land se and Economic evelopment irector is to eliminate the use of Thin- ilm single use plastic checo ut bags. This ban will have positive impacts on the environment by reducing solid waste, minimii ng BOARD OF HEALTH litter, protecting local waterways and reducing the carbon footprint. ou can help by bringing your own Land Use reusable bags to the retail shops you frequent. or The ealth ivision continues to be an integral part more information or to donate reusable bags you can of the Land se epartment. As a ivision of this also contact BantheBagActon gmail.com. epartment we are now part of a large group that can provide our residents with one-stop information and Tobacco Regulations Update improved customer service. At a ublic earing, the Acton Board of ealth voted to amend the current Tobacco egulations to increase Grants the distance from 10 feet to 30 feet in which smoi ng is ey, Acton, it’s time for a Checu p - 6,000 We prohibited from an entryway at any publicly accessible recently completed a survey that was completed by building. n addition, the Board also voted to restrict the over 700 residents. Our residents identified four top sale of lavored Tobacco roducts, including mint and categories that included Mental ealth/Wellness, menthol, to all retail establishments except in smoi ng hysical Wellness, Environmental Awareness, and bars and adult-only retail tobacco stores. ood and utrition. The Board of ealth thans the residents for helping to guide the division’s decisions in Translation Services/Weiyuan Sun focus areas for the coming years. The ealth ivision is fortunate to have an Administrative Assistant, Weiyuan Sun, who is fluent in 72 Taiwanese and Mandarin. The ealth ivision is able to attended and successful. We are grateful to be able to reach out to the Asian population because of Weiyuan. continually provide this low-cost service to the Town. She has been instrumental in helping these residents Than you, Matthew ow, for coordinating this day navigate the Minute an service by conducting tours of Acton so they can utilie this service on their own. She 2019 Permits has spent numerous hours educating these residents Wastewater Premits on their septic systems, Title 5, and ood Safety. The Title 5 nspections 223 Board is grateful for her service. Weiyuan also assists ew Construction Septic 30 the Acton ursing Services, Council on Aging, ire ew Construction Commercial 0 and Police Departments with translation services at flu eplacement Construction Septic 53 clinics and various trainings. orta- otties 6 Minor epair Septic 85 Digitizing Health Division Files The Health Division spent time digitizing files and Wastewater Misc Premits improving customer access to our many files. A special isposal Wors nstallers 55 thans to our Senior Wore r, embusubramanian Title 5 nspectors 40 Muthusamy, for his assistance with the cumbersome Wastewater Treatment lant 10 tas Septage aluer 16 Septic Tan umpings 2058 Pre-Occupancy Housing Inspections The ealth ivision continues to offer pre-occupancy Food Preparation Service Permits housing inspections to anyone who would lie their 0 seats 21 vacant units inspected prior to placing a new tenant 1 to 40 seats 25 in the unit. This service provides the occupant with 41-100 seats 15 legal, safe and sanitary apartments, as well as 100 seats 8 education. Landlords benefit from health professionals’ Cafeterias 9 documentation of the condition of the unit at the beginning of occupancy, protection against consumer lawsuits for renting sub-standard units, and issuance of Speciality Food Service Permits a certificate of fitness once the unit has been inspected. ot Bar 8 The ealth ivision is pleased to offer this service to Cold Bar 5 ensure that Acton residents live in rental units fit for eli 6 habitation and are compliant with the Massachusetts Bul ood 7 ousing Code. Food Retail Service Permits Food Safety/Choke Saving Certification Less than 5,000 sq ft 13 The Health Division certified approximately 35 food 5,000 - 10,000 sq ft 6 service wore rs in ood Safety and approximately 22 Over 10,000 sq ft 5 food service wore rs in Choe Saving. We also held Temporary ood 45 a mandatory training for all food establishments due to roe n essert 3 the implementation of the 2013 ederal ood Code. esidential itchen 2 This was very successful with over 130 attendees. These programs are an important part of the Board Misc Food Service Permits of ealth’s wor to ensure that Acton residents and tility itchen 18 visitors are protected from foodborne diseases and Sundries 15 illnesses and enable diners to en oy the Town’s variety Catering 18 of food service establishments with peace of mind. Mobile ood 7 Tobacco 18 Rabies Clinic armer’s Mare t 17 The ealth ivision would lie to than r. Jonathan Bae ry 7 elman of reat oad eterinary ospital and Shared Space 6 John and Julie Seeley of ogStar Activity Center for volunteering their professional services for a very Hazardous Materials - Generator/User Permits successful abies Clinic that was held on Saturday, Large Waste enerator 0 January 26, 2019. We are so appreciative of their Small Waste enerator 39 help and expertise to ensure these events remain well 73 Hazardous Materials - Storer Permits Board of ealth Members Large ndustry Storer 23 Joanne Bissetta, Chairman Small ndustry Storer 86 William Taylor, ice Chairman Mar Conoby, Member Hazardous Materials - Generator/User Permits William Mc nnis, Member Materials enerator 4 Michael reue , Member Materials ser 99 eh a Singh, Associate Member emediation ischarge 1 Thomas Jacoby, Associate Member emediation 1 Waste ser 9 BUILDING DIVISION

Hazardous Materials - Storer Permits The calendar year 2019 was another busy one for the Large etail Storer 1 Building ivision of the Land se epartment. Small etail Storer 7 Waste Storer ndustry 59 ich Annese was hired as our part-time Building Waste Storer etail 1 Inspector to fill the position left open when Joe Atchue resigned last year. ich had served as a part-time Miscellaneous Health Permits inspector for the Town of Andover prior to coming Body Art ractitioner 5 to Acton. ich has over 30 years of construction Body Art Establishment 2 experience and has proven to be a great asset to the Commercial auler 10 Building ivision and the Town of Acton. nfortunately underal irector 4 ich ust informed me that his personal commitments rain Layer 12 are making it difficult to continue working for Acton and will be leaving us soon. ermits Beach 1 ivian Birchall has tae n on a full-time position with Swimming ools 20 the Land se epartment, and we are happy to report Wading ools 3 that one of ivian’s primary duties will continue to be Tanning Salon 0 supporting the Building ivision. Complaints 7 Insulet Corporation has completed its first phase of Sealer construction, as well as an additional warehouse Over 10,000 lbs 1 addition and a three-level pari ng garage. 100 - 1 lbs. 19 10 100 lbs. 126 Avalon has obtained building permits for the 10 lbs. 6 construction of 86 new dwelling units over 13 separate Metric 34 buildings ad acent to their current development. They Apothecary 24 have begun site wor and foundations have a pro ected as umps 209 completion date of October 2020. etail Scanners 4 32 etail Scanners 4-10 11 Overall construction continues to be busy in Acton. or etail Scanners 11 3 the calendar year 2019, permits issued breas down everse ending 23 as follows

The Board thans its staff Sheryl Ball, ealth irector Building permits 1388 Evan Carloni, Senior ublic ealth nspector and ew esidential welling nits 26 eputy Sealer of Weights and Measures Matthew lumbing ermits as ermits 928 ow, ealth nspector and Sealer of Weights and Electrical permits 949 Measures and Administrative Assistant Weiyuan Sun. On a personal note, Evan Carloni and his wife Total alue of Construction 63,873,098 welcomed a beautiful baby girl in ebruary A special thans to John Chalmers, Stream Sampling Monitor espectfully Submitted, and atric almer, Animal nspector for assisting the ran amsbottom Board in achieving so many goals this year. Building Commissioner 74 CEMETERY COMMISSION appropriation from the Cemetery Land und for the construction and paving of a new road around The three-member Commission, established in 1864, the section, and to use whatever remains for oversees three Town-owned cemeteries, plantings.

Woodlawn est. 1738 , 104 Concord oad, Acton Mt. Hope activities: Center, orest est. 1750 , 10 orth Street, orth Acton, and At the south end, the ongoing beautification of Section Mt. ope est. 1848 , 162 Central Street, West Acton, 9, the most recent section to be opened, included the planting of four donated trees and the addition of two and is responsible for the expenditure of funds from hedgerows. various cemetery trust funds. uring 2019, the following amounts were paid to the Town Treasurer Also The Commission has been considering whether and how Cemetery Trust unds could be used to offset eneral und 69,705.96 Town costs while still servicing the cemeteries. n Cemetery Land und 13,150 ecember, the Commission authorie d an amount not erpetual Care und 53,650 to exceed 175 for purchase, under the supervision of the Superintendent, of two fully-equipped cemetery uring 2019, the Commission provided oversight to trucs to replace cemetery vehicles that are old and the following inadequate.

Forest Cemetery listed in the National Register:

orest Cemetery was listed in the ational egister of istoric laces on August 15. Such listing provides recognition, assists in preserving our nation’s heritage, and assures protective review of actions that might affect the character of the property. The Town commemorated the listing on October 17 with a special ceremony on site. The application for listing was submitted by the Acton istorical Commission and was funded by a Community reservation Act C A grant. The Commission is considering pursuit of a similar listing for Woodlawn in 2020. nformation on green burials was shared with the Commission by n owledgeable guests. The Woodlawn activities: Commission will loo further into green burials by watching current efforts in nearby towns such as Wor was done on the ennedy Service Building to Westford and Stow. help bring it into compliance with the Americans with isabilities Act. The building was completely refurbished The Cemetery epartment staff has been given on the inside main floor, including a new floor plan responsibility for some activities on historical lands designed to benefit cemetery patrons and staff. The abutting Woodlawn. uring 2019, the staff oversaw renovations were financed by Town, Cemetery Trust, the rehabilitation of the foundation of the obbins and C A funds. homestead at 110 Concord oad.

Another C A grant funded the rehabilitation of The Cemetery epartment, part of Acton’s atural Woodlawn’s three entry gates. esources epartment, includes Once through the gates, new signs direct visitors to and from the ennedy Building. Tom Tidman, irector, whom the Commission lans are underway, with the assistance of thans for his help and advice. Engineering, to open Section 15 for interments Shawn O’Malley, Superintendent of Cemeteries, beginning in 2020. The section has been mapped and his dedicated crew of four, who are directly and the pinning of lots has begun. lans include responsible for e eping the three cemeteries in seei ng 2020 Town Meeting approval of a 100 their excellent shape and providing fine oversight

75 of vital cemetery operations and maintenance. ivision - Acton Arboretum A A Compliant im Clar, atural esources Administrative Entrance Assistant. 5,000 to the Town of Acton - atural esource ivision - Acton Arboretum China Trail and arden The Cemetery Commission is here to serve Acton and lanting welcomes citi en attendance at its 2 .M. meetings on 75,000 to the 53 iver Street Master lan the second Wednesday of each month at the ennedy Committee - 53 iver Street istoric ar Service Building in Woodlawn Cemetery, 104 Concord oad. Citi ens can also ma e inquiries and/or comments t added the following amounts to set-aside funds: through a visit to the Cemetery Office in the Kennedy 450,000 to the Open Space Set-Aside und for Building, a phone call to 978-929-6642, and by way of the Acquisition, Creation, and reservation of Open the Town’s website at www.acton-ma.gov. Space, and its ehabilitation and estoration

Commissioners And, it funded the following ongoing programs/pro ects Joe Will, Chair 81,600.00 to the Wright ill Open Space Land William A. lauer Acquisition - ebt Service ana Snyder- rant To date, C C funds have supported more than 105 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION community preservation pro ects throughout the COMMITTEE community. Some community preservation pro ects that were completed during 2019 were orest Cemetery Consultant ro ect The Community reservation Committee C C is Acton Arboretum rrigation responsible for the administration of the Community istoric istrict Consultant reservation und, the selection of pro ects for Morrison arm Well recommendation to Town Meeting for funding, and J S osmer ouse the monitoring of the progress of funded community Camp Acton Site Access preservation pro ects. By statute, Community reservation unds may be allocated to acquire, As of ovember 22, 2019, the Town raised create and preserve open space acquire, preserve, 1,033,473.82 from the local C A surcharge for rehabilitate and restore historic resources acquire, 2019 and in ovember received 145,335 in State create, preserve and support community housing matching funds. n addition, total available funds at acquire, create, preserve, rehabilitate and restore the end of calendar year 2019 include 14,245.59 land for recreational use and rehabilitate open space in the eneral C A fund, 54,533.63 in recaptured and community housing acquired or created with C A funds from previous pro ect appropriations, and funds. 2,339,204.52 in the Open Space Set-Aside und, 0 in the istoric reservation Set-Aside und, and 0 in n April, the Annual Town Meeting appropriated the Community ousing Set-Aside und. 1,770,753.95 from the Community reservation und. n ovember, the Committee received twelve pro ect The appropriation funded 10 new pro ects and program applications for funding in 2019, for a total 150,000 to the AC C - Community ousing request of 2,731,097.75. The C C reviews all pro ect rogram proposals and interviews with each applicant. The C C 162,656 to the Acton ousing Authority Windsor then deliberates and decides which pro ects and at reen Sliding oors which funding level to recommend to the 2019 Annual 20,000 to the Acton istorical Commission - Town Meeting. n its deliberations, the C C considers Acton istoric Survey Convert to MAC S available funding, the applicants’ proposals, legal 125,000 to the ron Wors arm - Window opinions, applicant interviews, input from Town Boards, reservation ro ect including the Selectmen and inance Committee, and 40,000 to the Mill lace Condominium Association comments from the general public. 175,000 to the Town of Acton Manager epartment - Asa arlin ouse The Community reservation Committee generally 269,000 to the Town of Acton - ecreation meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month in epartment - Jones ield layground the Acton Memorial Library meeting room. All C C 55,000 to the Town of Acton - atural esource 76 meetings are open to the public and the Committee n addition to reviewing pro ects the esign eview welcomes public participation throughout its annual Board was engaged in the following process. Townspeople may e-mail the Committee at cpc actonma.gov or contact the Town Planning office We e pt abreast of elley’s Corner streetscape at 978 929-6631 with questions, comments, and progress and had a meeting with the landscape feedbac. or additional information and to view the architects to review the proposed streetscape current Community reservation proposals, citie ns schemes and provided feedbac. Our comments may visit the Community reservation page on the helped fine-tune the public presentation and we Town website at www.actonma.gov. The C C would believe this was a very fruitful meeting and that it lie to than the lanning ivision, which provides epitomie d the role of the B. Town staff support to the Committee. Our goals for 2020 are to continue to improve the pro ect 2019 C C Members review process and followthrough during construction. ay acouby lanning Board, Chairman We have seen a smoother process this year and have ictoria Beyer istorical Commission, ice Chair reviewed a variety of pro ects. We had the opportunity ean Charter Board of Selectmen, Cler to review a municipal building (the new fire station), Stephen Trimble ecreation Commission fulfilling one of last year’s goals. Amy reen Conservation Commission ancy olb Acton ousing Authority nfortunately, the B did not have any opportunity Walter oster At Large to provide input during the design development of the Bill Alesbury At Large new ates- ouglas school complex. We believe that Carolyn ilpatric At Large the B should review all ma or pro ects proposed in Jim Snyder- rant, Associate the Town. This complex will have a significant impact Alissa icol, Associate on the surrounding area, and we believe it was a missed opportunity for the Town that the B was not DESIGN REVIEW BOARD involved. The B could have either sent a liaison to the School Building Committee or at a minimum, could The esign eview Board spent the ma ority of our have had a few design review meetings. t is our hope time reviewing pro ects and providing comments to the that for future ma or pro ects, there will be a way for the Board of Selectmen, lanning epartment and. Since B to be involved. all members are professionals in the design field or a related field, we rely on our professional experience to The Design Review Board meets the first and third evaluate pro ects and to provide helpful guidance to Wednesday of the month in Town all, in oom 126. the requesting Board oning Board of Appeals, Board lease drop in and oin us. Our email is drb acton- of Selectmen, lanning epartment, or other Town ma.gov. epartments The Board has had one member resign at the end The pro ects reviewed in 2019 included of this year, im Montella, and we than her for her generous service. We are down to three members eviewed and provided feedbac for a duplex and are actively looi ng for one to two new members. pro ect on 257 Central, we succeeded in improving Current members include the siting of the duplex further away from an abutting neighbor. olly Ben-Joseph Landscape Architect , Chair iper Lane 40B pro ect application for a eter arlow, Architect , LEE A - ice-Chair comprehensive permit, this was the third review avid onn, Architect - Associate Member meeting. eviewed several schemes for the orth Acton The B’s BoS Liaison is ean Charter, and lanning fire station, provided feedback Board liaison is Emilie ing and we than them for eviewed a L 40B at 361-365 reat oad. their efforts on our behalf. Emilie will be stepping down We suggested slight ad ustments in siting and at the end of this month which is a great loss. Emilie orientation of the building. stated that she may not be replaced and that there is eviewed proposal for the Middlesex Ban at 279- a discussion within the lanning Board to eliminate the 285 Main Street. liaison position to the B. The B strongly believes eviewed proposal for an expansion for a pari ng that maintaining a direct connection to the lanning log at 8 & 10 Post Office Square. Board is very beneficial to both boards and hope the 77 position is maintained. The E C is currently wori ng in the following areas. Business uide Best egards, Wor with Other Committees Business Census olly Ben-Joseph, B Chair E C Counsel and Support

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Business Guide Selby is writing a Business uide for the Town of Acton. COMMITTEE This guide will help new business owners navigate the certificates, permits, and licenses that may be required The E C wore d closely with Matthew Selby, irector for the business. of Land se and Economic evelopment, to achieve BoS and E C goals. The E C will provide editorial and writing support for this pro ect. EDC Mission Statement elp attract, retain, and grow businesses and obs Work with Other Committees in Acton and improve the economic environment The E C continued its participation in the current elp increase the value and desirability of our Master lan Acton 2020 via representation on the community by supporting the needs of the current elley’s Corner Steering Committee CSC . commercial and industrial businesses romote the appropriate development, The E C lent its support to the elley’s Corner article redevelopment, and renewal of commercial at Spring 2019 town meeting. The article was passed property. by a wide ma ority of town meeting voters.

2019 Accomplishments The E C is wori ng with CSC and other committees ere are some economic development activities that on proposed plans for the future development of the too place in 2019. mart property in elley’s Corner. This effort tae s n cooperation with the Middlesex West Chamber on a heightened urgency now that the mart store is of Commerce, the E C co-sponsored Acton’s closing in ebruary 2020. first-ever Restaurant Week in September estaurant Wee was viewed a success by The E C lent its support for bringing sewers to West participating restaurants. They loo forward Acton businesses. The article failed at Special Town to another estaurant Wee in 2020. Meeting in ecember 2019. Continued wor started in 2018 with Mass ire to further the wor of the Acton Area Manufacturing Business Census Collaborative for worf orce development to help The E C is wori ng on a census of all of the businesses area manufacturing employers in town. The census is being conducted by volunteers Organie d tours of Acton’s three largest who visit each business and collect a small amount of manufacturing companies for students from information about each business. The census made Minuteman Tech studying engineering, robotics little progress in 2019 but will resume in 2020. and advanced manufacturing Applied to the Massachusetts acant Storefront The next phase of the pro ect will include healthcare, Program for funds to assist landlords in filling professional, and other office businesses. The storefronts that have been vacant for more than a information that is collected will be available when the year unfunded pro ect is complete. Visits to Acton Manufacturing Firms EDC Counsel and Support n June, members of the E C attended the rand The E C will continue to wor with Selby to support and Opening of the Methods Machine Tools manufacturing advise businesses interested in relocating to Acton. facility located on Main Street in orth Acton. E C ro ects for 2020 Several members of the E C visited nsulet, located Listed below are E C pro ects for the coming year. in agog ar, and too a tour of the now operating manufacturing lines. Business uide ongoing Current Projects 78 Business Census ongoing Map for Bruce reeman ail Trail

Map for Bruce Freeman Rail Trail The committee is looi ng at creating a map of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail (BFRT) through Acton that identifies local businesses along the trail that might be of interest to cyclists and other users of the B T.

Membership and Meetings The E C currently has ten members and one vacancy. The EDC meets on the first Thursday of every month and also the third Thursday in January through March Image showing the new signalized intersection at 7 00 pm in oom 9 of Acton Town all on oute 27. of Charter Road and Massachusetts Avenue

EDC Members Ann Chang ave idrise n avid oley ice Chair erric Chin lanning Board Jon Benson Board of Selectmen Josh ischel Cler Larry enah Chair Mie Ma ors inance Committee eter aniel Chamber of Commerce Shirley Ming

KELLEY’S CORNER STEERING COMMITTEE

The Committee oversees and guides the Town’s efforts towards completing the infrastructure improvements in Image showing a proposed entrance into Kelley’s Corner elley’s Corner. The State has committed to fund this with street trees, raised landscape island, new protected 15 million dollar construction pro ect in ederal iscal crosswalks, and bike lanes ear 2022 through the Transportation mprovement rogram T . The Committee’s focus is on assuring n 2019, eleven public outreach opportunities were that (1) the project reflects the goals of the Acton2020 held to provide pro ect updates and gather public plan, 2 responds to the community’s desires expressed feedbac on the progress of the infrastructure plans. over the past four years of public outreach, and 3 the On March 5, 2019, the Massachusetts epartment of pro ect engineering is completed on time to secure the Transportation Mass OT held the duly advertised 15 million in ederal and State leveraged funds. 25 esign ublic earing to provide the public with the opportunity to become fully acquainted with the The infrastructure plan for elley’s Corner will create proposed pro ect and to gather formal public comment. a wala ble, safer area with an accessible pedestrian Over 90 members of the public were in attendance. networ, bicycle lanes, streetscape amenities and properly functioning intersections to support safe At the April 1, 2019 Annual Town Meeting, residents access to local businesses and reduce congestion. voted 89 in favor to fund supplemental engineering t will also realign and signalie the Massachusetts services that became necessary to implement the Avenue entrance to the Acton-Boxborough School changes in the pro ect scope that are responsive to istrict campus and signalie Community Lane community needs expressed during public outreach previously o ame oad at Massachusetts Avenue sessions held by the Committee funding also included and the new C S driveway entrance. appraisal services for the Town’s ight of Way obligations.

79 ollowing the overwhelming support of the Acton residents at the 2019 Annual Town Meeting, Mass OT has committed to expending additional funding to pay for the infrastructure design costs and responsibilities which began in July 2019. The Town is still responsible for acquisition costs along portions of Main Street and Community Lane, but will no longer bear the reaming design costs.

The Committee hosted a Landscape and Streetscape esign wor shop on August 15, 2019 with the consultant design engineers, Greenman Pedersen Inc. to refine the preliminary landscape design plans in preparation Open House Event March 19 and 21 for the 75 design submission to Mass OT. The Community provided valuable feedbac which was implemented into the 75 design plan submitted to Mass OT on ecember 9, 2019.

The Committee will be supporting two items in the Board of Selectmen’s 2021 budget which are necessary for elley’s Corner infrastructure pro ect success authoria tion for the Board of Selectmen to acquire the necessary right of way strips along portions of Main Street and Community Lane, and to fund the acquisition cost of said right of way. More information Image from the Landscape Design Workshop on August 15 on the pro ect can be found at http //www.acton-ma. gov/628/ elleys-Corner- ro ect

espectfully submitted,

Andrew Brocw ay, Chair

The Committee is comprised of the following volunteer members

Andrew Brocw ay, Chair Christi Anderson, inance Committee Erin Bette erric Chin, lanning Board eter arlow, esign eview Board Larry enah, E. .C. Bob an Meter Jon Benson, Selectman Liaison ean Charter, Associate atricia Clifford, Associate

80 ACTON LAND STEWARDSHIP solve a problem and address a need in the community. COMMITTEE The boys interviewed members of the Commission on isabilities to inform their pro ect and site selection. The all-volunteer Land Stewardship Committee is al- olunteers and neighbors constructed a new cedar per- lowed 9 voting and 15 associate members. t is spon- gola at the Arboretum butterfly garden, funded through sored by the Acton Conservation Commission. t is re- a 2017 Community reservation Act grant. These sponsible for the care of over 1,800 acres of Acton’s same volunteers, in addition to a group of 4 dedicated conservation lands and 30 miles of trails. The com- high school students, helped construct a 180’ board- mittee is currently chaired by Bruce achman, who wal and observation platform at the too over in June from Joe olmes. Each conservation Assabet River pari ng and trailhead on Old land has a mapped and blae d trail system and an as- Blue and reen rail igh Street over the summer months. signed steward. A team of 100 students from the roton School helped Land stewards wor assiduously to e ep our trails in transport lumber and layout hundreds of feet of bog top shape by pruning, blai ng, mowing meadows, sup- bridges at agog ill conservation land with steward plying maps, removing trash, running word ays, clean- ale Chayes. ing up vandalism and storm damage, reporting en- croachment and/or illegal dumping. A subgroup wors Bob uba, a 92-year-old land steward who has dedi- on improving trail map accuracy and ease of naviga- cated over 30 years volunteering for Acton’s conserva- tion. Other volunteers manage the trails.actonma. tion lands, built a 20’ truss bridge in his driveway with gov website. There is a dedicated team of chain saw the assistance of 5 volunteers. atural esources i- safety-trained volunteers who clear fallen trees bloc - vision installed the bridge across the historic obbins ing trails. Stewards generously use their own equip- Mill sluiceway at ashoba Broo conservation land. A ment lie tractors, saws, and mowers to improve our solid oa, post and beam i os was constructed and conservation lands and habitats. Additional equipment, installed at ashoba Broo conservation land as part staff support, and supplies are provided by the atural of the info hub. t will support 4 esources ivision. rail hrough ime info panels that explain the rail hrough ime and its heritage sites. An accessible walw ay was constructed Projects: through that i os. Some of the woodland trails at Mor- Community volunteer pro ects are the hallmar of the rison arm were blae d. Blai ng will continue weather Land Stewardship Committee. Bruce achman con- permitting. structed an Asian-style bridge for the Arboretum China Trail in his garage last winter and spring. t was painted The land stewards and volunteers go over and above, red and installed by atural esources crew members spending countless hours to restore areas overtae n in July. ive Eagle scouts completed pro ects on conser- by invasive plants. The committee voted to adopt the vation land this year. The following 4 were supervised into their pur- by Bruce achman Collin Cooper and enry Starr Assabet River Blue and reen rail view, even though this trail is on municipal wastewater each built boardwal s connecting to the new Chinese treatment plant rather than conservation land. bridge for accessibility Stephen oulet built an acces- sible boardwal at Camp Acton Barrett enovese built a fire ring and new kiosk at Camp Acton’s new acces- Thanks Than you to this incredibly dedicated group of stew- sible campsite. Sean Cannistraro built 3 accessible pic- ards who care deeply about Acton’s open space and nic tables for the Canoe Launch, reat ill, and Camp natural resources, braving the heat, cold, mud, insects, Acton conservation lands. poison ivy, and thorny bushes. Than you to all the volunteers, Eagle Scouts, and community groups who Bruce achman also supervised the construction of a help out on the conservation lands. 120’ boardwalk along the Acton Arboretum Wildflower Trail in May, built by 3 Acton Boxborough egional Acton Land Stewards maintain a list of those who have igh School seniors an Matthews, Chad Sullivan, and volunteered to participate on a variety of trail pro ects. Jacso n amilton. an and Chad applied for and re- o experience is necessary. lease visit their website ceived a 1,000 grant from anny’s lace to build their trails.actonma.gov and clic on the blue OL TEE boardwal, which improves accessibility along a steep button on the home page. section of the trail. The purpose of their pro ect was to

81 NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION Scant water chestnut invasive plants were seen on ce ouse ond and obbins Mill ond this summer. Staff The atural esources ivision is comprised of members continue to monitor the status of trapa natans. Conservation, ecreation, and Cemetery and its staff staff members wor with other conservation groups is directed by Tom Tidman, atural esources irec- and land trusts in the SuAsCo watershed to monitor and tor. lease refer to the ecreation epartment and control invasive plants and collaborate on open space the Cemetery Commission reports for further details. protection and other conservation topics. lease refer to the Land Stewardship Committee An- nual eport for information on Acton’s conservation Other intensive wor to remove invasive plants at land improvements. A A ar and a ma ority of Acton conservation lands is ongoing by volunteer wor crews who dig, cut and/ uantitative ata for Conservation Commission/Wet- or pull out glossy buct horn, garlic mustard, n otweed, lands ilings in 2019 burning bush, honeysuckle, multi-flora rose, barberry, 25 equest for etermination A includes 5 purple loosestrife, tree of heaven and orway maple municipal seedlings. Civic volunteer crews such as the ew Eng- 24 otice of ntent O includes 5 municipal land Aquarium Blue Ambassadors, Cub Scouts, Boy 7 Abbreviated otice of esource Area elineation Scouts and church groups conducted multiple invasive A A includes 5 municipal plant removal and community service word ays on Ac- 15 Certificate of Compliance (CoC) ton trails this year. lease see the Acton Land Stew- ardship Committee’s annual report for more details. Commission Members are as follows Terry Maitland, Chair James Colman, ice-Chair Amy reen, Tim Land Stewards, assisted by community volunteers, Mc innon, ywia Chadyn sa , Sua nne lint and Car- regularly remove dangerous or fallen trees from trails, olyn iely. cut and remove overgrowth, mulch trails, repair and build boardwals, and repair/rebuild i oss. Eagle Administrative and conservation pro ect support for Scout Stephen oulet built an accessible boardwal atural esources is maintained by two part-time staff, at Camp Acton as part of a C A ro ect to build an Bettina Abe and ran ortante. accessible campsite. Eagle Scout Barrett enovese built a fire ring and new kiosk at the same Camp Acton A number of pro ects were underta en in the Arboretum. site. A new 180’ long boardwal was constructed by A new cedar pergola, funded through the dedicated adult and student volunteers at the Assa Community reservation Act C A was installed bet River Blue and reen rail located on Old igh at the Acton Arboretum with help from volunteers, Street in South Acton near the owdermill am. A 5’ staff, and a local contractor. long recycled plastic bench was donated by former Se- A red, Chinese style bridge was built by lectwoman auline nibbe and will be installed on the volunteer and current chairman of the Acton boardwal’ s observation platform. This trail leads along Land Stewardship Committee Bruce achman. the Assabet iver shoreline for one mile into Maynard, The bridge was built off-site, at Bruce’s home terminating at a cul-de-sac on Colbert Avenue, and and transported by atural esources staff provides ample vistas for wildlife viewing. artial fund- to the Arboretum where it was installed onto ing for the trail was provided by a 2015 Massachusetts footings they prepared last year. Two Eagle Scout ecreational Trails rogram rant co-written by candidates, Collin Cooper and enry Starr, built and OA S3 ivers.org. 60’ boardwal s leading to the bridge from either side. ourteen trees, paid for by the C A grant As always, the three Acton Cemeteries Woodlawn, award, were planted by volunteers along the China Mount ope, and orest were immaculately main- trail. The trees were watered throughout summer tained this year. lease see the Cemetery Commission and fall by a cadre of volunteers from the Acton report for further details. orest Cemetery in orth Ac- Chinese Community, who fundraised for the trail’s ton is now included on the ational egister of is- construction. toric laces. The town celebrated the designation with a special ceremony on October 17. orest Cemetery ootings were created by for a new pedestrian bridge is the oldest cemetery in Acton. Established in 1750, over the ain arden at the main entrance as part of a it contains 96 gravestones, including at least seven 2019 C A grant award to improve accessibility. evolutionary War and two Civil War soldiers’ graves. Acton citie ns were interred at the cemetery between

82 1758 and 1948. The ational egister of istoric lac- brought to future Town Meetings. The Committee has es is the country’s official list of historic places worthy been greatly assisted in its efforts by the Acton Conser- of preservation. unding for the ational egister ap- vation Trust, and expresses thans to this private, non- plication was provided through the Community reser- profit organization led by Susan Mitchell-Hardt. The vation Act and the application was completed by The Committee also thans the Sudbury alley Trustees, a ublic Archaeology Laboratory, nc. regional non-profit land protection organization, for its ongoing advice and support of the Committee’s land The WildAware program continues to educate the protection endeavors. community through nature wals and programs at the elementary schools and posting of local wildlife stories The Commonwealth-approved Town of Acton and photos on social networs. Acton WildAware can Open Space and Recreation Plan is available on- be found on aceboo as well as archived newspaper line at http //doc.acton-ma.gov/dsweb/ et/ ocu- articles on the trails.actonma.gov website. ment-50377/2015 20Acton 20OpenSpace.pdf. n addition to offering a wealth of information on the Thans to the volunteers who serve on the ecreation Town’s natural and recreational resources, Common- Commission, Land Stewardship Committee, Conserva- wealth approval of the plan allows the Town to apply for tion Commission and Cemetery Commission. Than s state land purchase funds, an avenue of resources the to the riends of the Acton Arboretum, nc., AB egion- Committee loos to actively pursue. al School student volunteers, and all the Boy Scouts who perform impressive pro ects on Acton conserva- Members of the Committee tion lands. Thans to all the other many community Andrew Magee, Chair members and their organia tions who wor tirelessly Terry Maitland, Conservation Commission to protect and improve Acton’s natural resources. epresentative Matt Mostoller, Water istrict epresentative OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE ay acouby, lanning Board epresentative Dick Hatfield The Open Space Committee is responsible for evalu- William ill ating open space preservation opportunities within the ave Marshall Town of Acton, acting as an advocate of land protec- tion to Town boards, and e eping the public informed Support and artners about progress made in implementing the goals of the avid Martin Selectman Liaison Town of Acton Open Space and ecreation lan, as Tom Tidman Town of Acton atural well as updating the plan on a periodic basis. The esources irector Committee advises various Town boards on specific Susan Mitchell- ardt Acton Conservation land acquisition and protection opportunities, including Trust Liaison assessment of lands associated with Chapter 61, 61A and 61B offerings, land-set asides, and land gifts or PLANNING DIVISION defaults to the Town. The Committee also acts as the municipal liaison with individuals, land protection ad- The ivision provides technical, logistical and adminis- vocacy groups, and land conservation trusts active in trative support to the lanning Board, Board of Appeals, the preservation of open space. n addition, the Open Board of Selectmen, elley’s Corner Steering Commit- Space Committee acts as the sponsor for specific open tee, and Community reservation Committee. Ongo- space protection proposals. ing ma or pro ects include the ousing and Economic evelopment mplementation rogram, egional Bie The Committee continues to wor with several Acton Share rogram, wori ng with Concord on the Bruce landowners who have expressed interest in perma- reeman ail Trail connector across oute 2, ousing nently protecting their land, either by selling the land roduction lan, and the elley’s Corner nfrastructure to the Town or having the Town buy a conservation re- mprovement ro ect. The ivision is responsible for striction for the property that would permanently pro- o ning enforcement and community development. The tect the land as open space. These include e y prop- lanning ivision, on behalf of the Town, also partici- erties abutting the reat ill, eath en Meadow, and pates in the egional ousing Services rogram with Wetherbee conservation lands, as well as several of six surrounding towns. Acton’s remaining farms. This wor is ongoing and will hopefully lead to land preservation opportunities being

83 ivision staff oland Bartl, A C , lanning irector oland Bartl, A C risten uichard, A C , Senior lanner obert um- lanning irector mel, Assistant Town lanner, and ivian Birchall, Ad- ministrative Assistant. RECREATION DEPARTMENT

Planning Board OVERVIEW Members serve 5-year terms. At the end of 2019, The ecreation epartment is a division of the Town of the Board’s members were erric Chin Chairman , Acton Land se epartment under atural esources, Emilie ing ice-Chair , ay acouby, Jon Cappetta, overseen with Conservation and Cemetery by director Anping Liu, and Sam Ba wa. There are three vacan- Tom Tidman. The ecreation epartment manages cies on the Board. Members serve as representatives the athaniel Allen ecreation Area A A , municipal and liaisons to the Acton 2020, Community reser- athletic fields, T.J. O’Grady Memorial Skate Park, mu- vation, Economic evelopment, Open Space, Water nicipal playgrounds, Camp Acton, and the indoor ec- esources Advisory Committees, and the esign e- reation Center at 50 Audubon rive. t manages A A view Board. Subdivision and o ning permit activity 8 Summer Camp and A A Beach. t issues rental per- Applications and Amendments, and 14 Approval ot mits for use of fields and facilities by individuals and equired lans A . organia tions. t also runs a well-attended year-round concert series and a variety of sports and enrichment Board of Appeals programs. We strive daily to implement our mission Members serve 3-year terms. At the end of 2019, the statement Building a sense of community through Board’s members were en oi Chairman , Adam quality recreation. offman, Scott obb, and Emilie ing. There are two vacancies. oning permit activity 15 Applications The epartment is administered by Melissa ier. ro- moted to ecreation irector in May, Melissa hires and Board of Selectmen supervises over sixty seasonal wore rs and two full- oning permit activity 7 Applications. time staff members. ecreation also relies on senior wore rs and volunteers. Seasonal employees include Housing Production Plan A A Summer Camp staff, A A Beach staff, and The Town of Acton is in the process of updating its A A ar Staff. Every person’s contribution counts ousing roduction lan . This document evalu- we are proud of our vital team ates the housing needs of a community, ensuring a mix of housing types for different income levels, and help- Self-supported through a 53 revolving account, ec- ing to wor towards a minimum of 10 of year-round reation funds and operates A A, an extensive 40- housing stoc being designated as affordable. By es- acre public par at 25 Ledge oc Way in orth Acton. tablishing a production goal for affordable housing and NARA boasts seven acres of irrigated playing fields demonstrating progress, Acton can maintain its safe and the uniquely accessible Joseph A. Lalli Miracle harbor status, even if it has not met the 10 subsi- ield. The Amphitheater accommodates over 3,000 die d housing threshold. This status allows the town’s with a grassy natural bowl, acoustically superior perfor- oning Board of Appeals to deny a 40B development if mance stage and related amenities. A A also has a it does not meet local needs. fenced playground, volleyball courts, one-mile acces- sible paved wali ng trail, 500-foot beach with shade Bike Share Program structures, nine-acre swimming pond, and the icnic The Towns of Acton and Maynard have launched a oint avilion. The Bathhouse avilion serves the Beach bi e share program -with agster. The bi e share pro- area with a snack bar, offices, changing areas, and gram is part of the Minuteman egional bi e share that restrooms. A section of the Bruce reeman ail Trail also includes the towns of Concord and Lexington. There intersects the wali ng trail on the east side of the ar. are three - bi e share stations in Acton and Maynard Mill The new Sports avilion currently under construction Main, South Acton Train Station, and West Acton. The is near the Miracle ield. bi e share program ribbon cutting was held in October 2019 with a ceremonial ride from the Mill Main in May- A A Summer Camp features arts and crafts, drama, nard to the South Acton Train Station in Acton. sports, swimming, nature studies, and field trips. Field and facility rentals are available by paid permit. More See the separate reports by the elley’s Corner Steer- than 140 programs and bus trips are also offered. Our ing, and Community reservation Committees. bi-annual program bool et is mailed to 12,000 homes and businesses in Acton and Boxborough with addi- 84 tional mare ting through social media, e-newsletters and free concerts. The ecreation Center is now open and local newsprint. egistration is in person at our for public use by rental permit. 50 Audubon Drive office, by USPS, or online at www. actonrec.com. CAPITAL PROJECTS

Acton Recreation office staff are members of the Mas- NARA Sports Pavilion: sachusetts ecreation and ars Association, ation- Located at the north end of NARA, the finished project al ecreation and ars Association, Middlesex West will feature fully-accessible restrooms, headquarters Chamber of Commerce, and nternational estival and for NARA Summer Camp, Recreation offices, and a Events Association. snac bar. ecreation is happy to have this essential resource benefit the Miracle League of Massachusetts, 2019 HIGHLIGHTS whose indispensable support has bolstered the con- struction process throughout. The orth Building with NARA Summer Camp: accessible restrooms is slated for completion in sum- ecreation runs A A Summer Camp with themed mer 2020. wees for ages 4 through 13 and a Counselor in Train- ing program for ages 14 and 15. Camp ran ten ses- Jones Field and Playground: sions this year, June 24 through August 30, with 569 The Jones enovation Committee conducted impres- registrations. irector ayla Mercurio brought her ex- sive fundraising this year with over 11,000 raised at perience to the position from many years of being part events Winter Carnival, the ishing erby, and fun-run of the A A Camp community. Beach and Camp typi- obstacle courses and by soliciting local businesses cally employ about 60 seasonal staff. and residents. 30,000 was gifted from Mar alla- gher of Seal arbor, the contractor for Anthem illage NARA Beach: on Martin Street. ecreation was granted 269,000 As the sole public swimming beach in Acton, A A from the Community reservation Act toward a fully ond offers an oasis for people to cool off in fresh, accessible playground at 54 Martin Street, the pres- clean water while en oying the lifeguarded beach, boat ent site of Jones ield and layground. The pro ect rentals, Bathhouse avilion, and snac bar. There will be built in two phases hase , a new playground were 286 members 4,174 daily passes were issued. with pari ng and, hase , base tball court, picl eball The season opened on Saturday, May 25, closing courts, volleyball courts, and wali ng trail. The Jones on riday, August 30. The Bathhouse was also used enovation Committee is continuing to raise funds for weed ays by A A campers. Water Safety nstruc- the project in hopes to build the first fully inclusive play- tors taught American ed Cross roup Swim Lessons ground in Town. hase of the pro ect is expected to to the public and to our Mighty Mini campers. Board be completed in summer 2020. of ealth water quality test results May through August showed a sustained safe level -- there were no beach T.J. O’Grady Skate Park: closures. Adding a s ate pla a to the existing par went out to bid in September. nfortunately, the bid came in over bud- Joseph A. Lalli Miracle League Field: get however recogni ing its importance to youth, this The Joseph A. Lalli Miracle League ield remains one pro ect is rated high priority to ecreation and the com- of New England’s few accessible ball fields. Hats off to munity. The ecreation epartment is rewor ing the Lauren ichardt, the driving force behind its phenom- pro ect scope and coming up with plans that are within enal growth, for her innovative vision founding The Mir- budget but still adding new components and features to acle League of Massachusetts The Miracle League’s the par . The addition will be constructed in 2020. wor is carried out in large part by a strong base of devoted volunteers. Gardner Field and Playground: At the beginning of 2019, a new 501 c 3 was formed Acton Recreation Center: riends of ardner ield. A group of Acton residents Our popular ecember, ebruary, and April School a- and business owners established this non-profit to cation Wee programs continued their success. The raise funds to renovate ardner ield and layground ecreation Center also hosted a variety of gatherings located in the heart of West Acton. Within the past year, and evening meetings. Our first indoor event was a the riends group raised over 30,000 through events sold-out concert featuring Studio Two--The Beatles Be- and donors. n the fall, ecreation with riends of fore America. Other events included marionette shows ardner ield applied for a C A grant to fund a Master

85 lan for the par . The renovation of ardner ield and Journey and ood and loyd est featuring layground is expected to happen within three phases ilmour’s Breaf ast with laser light show. hase Master lan and easibility Study. hase all and winter Monsterbash, A ery Merry Construction of a new playground and par ing area. ollyday Celebration and Caroling with Canines. Phase III: Construction of Acton’s first splash pad. Rec- reation and the riends group are excited about these n addition to our own events, ecreation actively sup- future plans for ardner ield and layground. ported Emerson ospital’s 5 , MC ids, The Miracle League’s 5 , Old old ugby Tournament, ite lying Morrison Farm: estival, the Acton Lions Club Town air, and many more. In spring 2019 Recreation finalized a significant CPA pro ect at Morrison arm. A new well was installed on SPONSORS the property with an irrigation system serving the Com- munity arden plots. The new watering arrangement We appreciate the sponsors who funded our concerts eliminated the use of Town water, a ma or cost sav- and events and than them for mai ng these programs ings. The new system also added more water hoo- possible. Over 40,000 was given collectively by ups, mai ng it easier for the gardeners to set up hoses Donelan’s, Gould’s Clothing, Enterprise Bank, close to individual plots. Roche Brothers, Boston Bijoux Fine Jewelry, Cambridge Savings Bank, Emerson Hospital, EVENTS Insulet Corporation, Middlesex Savings Bank Revolution Community Yoga, Sechrest & Bloom, The generous support of business sponsors, donors LLC, Sorrento’s Pizza, TD Bank, Acton Pharmacy, and onsite contributions made for a rewarding season DCU Credit Union, Loyal Companion, Pro-Tech of concerts and events. Companies, Acton Boxborough Cultural Council, Winter Carnival, ebruary 2 Saw its largest Massachusetts Cultural Council, Acton Ford, attendance ever, with great sa ting conditions at Adesa-Concord, American National Insurance- the A A lower par. Donald Ludwig, Agent, Century Bank, Concord ndoor winter events at the ecreation epartment Teacakes, Danny’s Place Youth Services, Dunkin’, appealed to all ages Studio Two--The Beatles Life Care Center of Acton, SoVital Fitness, Visiting Before America Tanglewood Marionettes Scooby Angels-Acton, Workers’ Credit Union, 1 on 1 Self Snax Band aren . and The Jitterbugs Ben Indulgence Day Spa, Acton Medical Associates, udnic riends and Tony unches of The and Stop & Shop-Acton. latters. 6th Annual Chinese Music and ance ight, June ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 14 eld in partnership with the Acton Chinese Language School and underwritten by a grant Each year on ndependence ay, ecreation recog- from the Acton-Boxborough Cultural Council. nie s its outstanding volunteers. Jonathan err was ashmir Led eppelin Tribute, June 28 A tice ted awarded ecreation olunteer of the ear for his ex- concert with an enormous audience. ceptional effort at every ma or event. Jon’s commit- Classical Music Concert in the ar, June 26 ment is greatly valued. ylan ambone of Acton was With professional performers from the ensemble awarded Student olunteer of the ear for his steady, A ar Cry. Many thans to the orton family for reliable wor. The recipients were honored by Senator underwriting classical music over the years we James Eldridge with a Senate Citation and a Congres- loo forward to continuing this tradition. sional Citation by epresentative Tami ouveia. Acton’s ndependence ay Celebration, July 4 The largest event ever at A A, with amily un THANK YOU! Time, a free concert by the Blushing Brides olling Stones Tribute and spectacular fireworks by Atlas We than the volunteers who assisted our mission Ac- yrotechnics. We are grateful to onelan’s and ton-Boxborough youth and adult sports leagues Acton ould’s Clothing for their continued support. Lions Club Acton-Boxborough otary Club Middlesex Additional Concerts A Tribute to Sinatra and West Chamber of Commerce Acton arden Club Ac- eggy Lee Jumpin’ Juba Best riends irl the ton-Boxborough amily etwor Acton-Boxborough Cars Experience ellow Bric oad Tribute to Beacon Action nlimited ActonT Wice d Local Elton John nto the Mystic an Morrison Tribute Town lanner and the lobe West Acton-Boxborough Tus, ltimate leetwood Mac Tribute on’t students Andy Magee, birder, Steven T. epucci, pho- Tell Jac Loose Connection Band oreigners tographer the ecreation Commission. Our Town of 86 Acton co-wore rs Municipal roperties, olice, ire, ublic orum held June 25th, 2019 at 7 M ealth, Building, ighway, T and Emergency Manage- ment Services. Than you, atural esources crew, resented several sites and collected for maintaining our parks, fields and playgrounds year- feedbac. round, and Bruce Carley, A A groundse eper. ec- nitial focus was on using a portion of the reat reation staff members feel privileged to wor alongside ill area this was dismissed for a variety of these individuals and organia tions. logistical and political reasons. While the committee learned a lot, a consensus ecreation activities are open to all for residents and on a single site unfortunately did not emerge. non-residents alie , are inclusive and calculated to re- BoS presentation on 9/9/19 recommending a lan main affordable -- often at no charge. Scholarships A site portion of W land at end of uarry through the oli Atamian Campership rogram, nc. oad and a lan B site at 70 uarry oad. Both enable qualifying Acton and Boxborough applicants to sites would be between 1-2 acres with pari ng attend A A Summer Camp, A A Beach, American additional. Additionally recommended and later ed Cross roup Swim Lessons and other ecreation received approval for a 2 increase in dog license summer programs. We are grateful to AC for hav- fees for dog par maintenance. ing made these opportunities possible this year for chil- Shortly after 9/9, added 348 and 352 Main Street dren from twenty local families. (open field to the south of the Kennedy operation) to the BoS recommendations We wish to extend special recognition to Catherine L. While generally well received by the BoS, there ochtman who retired in ebruary after 12-1/2 years as was more work identified for all possible sites ecreation irector. nder her guidance, the depart- before an expected return to the BoS in 2020. ment grew to become the thriving, multi-faceted orga- nia tion it is today. Than you, Cathy, for your tireless Other Accomplishments endeavor and for always e eping community at heart BoS approved a 2 increase in dog license fees to be channeled through the ecreation epartment ecreation Commission for ongoing dog par maintenance fess with Mr. Christopher ardy potentially some 2020 fees going to dog par Mr. Edward olcomb design/construction. Ms. ema Santhanar ishnan Established a fund-raising group external to the Mr. Stephen Trimble Chair committee, with gratitude headed by Cathy Mr. Joe Will ochtman Some attempts at recruiting a new member or two ecreation epartment Staff Ms. Melissa ier, ecreation irector Town Support/Liaisons included Ms. Maura aberman, Event rogram Coordinator Tom Tidman atural esource irector Ms. Mary Lou Repucci, Office Manager Matt Selby irector of Land se and Economic evelopment ACTON DOG PARK COMMITTEE ecreation ept Melissa ier ecreation irector Purpose Joan ardner BoS Liason John Mangiaratti Town Manager The purpose of the Acton og ar Committee is to fa- Committees Land Stewardship, Open Space, cilitate the design and construction of one or more dog Commission on isabilities, Board of Selectmen pars within the Town of Acton, and to promote their Other SA A, A A ongoing use and maintenance. ublic Outreach included After spending previous years developing the criteria Winterfest for a og ar in Acton, and evaluating multiple pos- Spot/interview on Acton Community T channel sible municipal properties, 2019 was focused primarily Beacon articles and announcements on securing an approved, acceptable site Bars and Brews event sponsored by owdermill Animal ospital ocus in on approx. 4 possible sites, gathering data, armer’s Mare t prelim designs, etc. Octoberfest

87 Canine Caroling 2020 oals aceboo page and substantial e-mail list thans BoS approval of a suitable site to ec ept admin help rant applications Stanton, C C Stretch solicit design bids Anticipated unding much of this is really gated by Continued public outreach site selection Stanton oundation rant Members 100 of design costs espectfully submitted by Tom illispie, Chair 90 of construction costs up to 225,000 since 11/19 C A rant 2021 Clare Sisa former Chair undraising and sponsorships aren Martin, ice Chair since 11/19 red inch Mie erry

PUBLIC WORKS AND ENVIRONMENT

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT uron d, Algonquin d, Lillian d, Autumn Ln, Summer St, Woodfield Rd, Shady Ln. SNOW Fall aving eefe d, A alea Court, ris Court, Last winter our crews were called upon 37 times to Bayberry d, hlox Ln, Myrtle r, Magnolia r, fully treat the road surfaces. The department plowed ose Court, Stoneymeade Way, roctor St, Jay the roads 8 times and scraped roads of slush and Ln, armstead Way, Anders Way, Ayer d, Maillet packed snow. The first snowfall of the winter arrived r, Country Club, airway d. on ovember 15, 2018, and the last snowstorm was on March 10, 2019. Total snowfall for our area was ust DRAINAGE over 48 . Between storms, the ighway crew continued The ighway crew performed their annual tas of to remove snow from sidewals, intersections, and flushing and replacing drainage pipes, as needed. cul-de-sacs. am very proud and appreciative of the All sluiceways were cleaned. A culvert was replaced dedication and hard wor the crew put in during this on Strawberry ill oad. 200 feet of old drain pipe time. nformation regarding the town’s snow plowing was replaced on rospect Street, 25 feet on ioconda and mailbox replacement policy is available on the Avenue, and 25 feet on ennessey rive. town web site. The ighway epartment purchases salt off of the Massachusetts State Contract which SIDEWALKS/SPECIAL PROJECTS proves to be very cost-effective. The ighway crew continued to wor on igh Street, constructing new stonewalls and 350 feet of new ROADS sidewal. The crew also assisted with test pits for the oads, sidewals and town pari ng lots were swept elley’s Corner ro ect. Also completed, was the re- in the spring. avement mari ngs on streets and in stripping and numbering of the Central St. commuter pari ng lots were also painted during the spring. As lot as well as 4 new E charging stations. A recent time allowed, lawn damage from plowing was repaired. addition to the W’s responsibility is the maintenance Asphalt berms were installed in numerous areas around and upe ep of roughly 6.5 miles of the B T and town to resolve severe erosion that was undermining A T, which the highway crew installed 2000 feet the road edges. of new curbing either side of the T. 2A overpass to address an erosion problem on the rail trail. nder our avement reservation rogram, all roads were evaluated. Before milling and paving, all drainage MACHINERY structures were evaluated and repaired as necessary. The ighway epartment is responsible for the The following roads were milled, leveled and fully maintenance of all town-owned vehicles and equipment resurfaced at a total of 8.5 miles. excluding the School ire ept whether it is ring aving ewtown d, John Swift d, performed in-house or sent out for specialie d repairs. Eliot Circle, Cowdrey Ln, Captain orbush Ln, There are 161 vehicles/pieces of equipment that are Captain Brown’s Ln, atric enry Circle, Wood maintained by the ighway epartment including Ln, aynes Court, Seminole d, ashoba d, many smaller pieces of equipment. 88 The ighway epartment is also responsible for ACA T, Crew Leader- ighway epartment maintaining the fuel pumps for the town and school onald awe, eavy Equipment Operator departments in addition to purchasing the fuel for all Mie icard, eavy Equipment Operator town vehicles excluding the School ept . uel is Jason idder, eavy Equipment Operator purchased off the Massachusetts State Contract. ACA T, eavy Equipment Operator ACA T, eavy Equipment Operator RECYCLING AND TRANSFER STATION Tom armon, Light Equipment Operator The ighway epartment operates the transfer station Jon Bailey, Truc river/Si lled Laborer and recycling area. efuse n own as Municipal enato Savi, Truc river/Si lled Laborer Solid Waste or MSW was accepted at our site and eith Martine, Truc river/Si lled Laborer transferred to Wheelabrator in orth Andover, MA. Steve owell, Truc river/Si lled Laborer Mie acitto, ead Mechanic The ay As ou Through A T program began its Willie Wili e, Equipment epair erson fourth year in September. Since its implementation, Matt Luntinsi , Equipment Maintenance erson we have seen a significant increase in recycling and a Joe Borey, Crew Leader- Transfer Station decline in MSW. Jeff ewcomb, eavy Equipment Operator

We have made significant progress in the recycling espectively submitted, area. We accept CRTs, fluorescent light bulbs, Carl J. Maria, W Operations Superintendent clean styrofoam paci ng materials, small stones, rocs, concrete, batteries, hard drives for shredding, GREEN ADVISORY BOARD mattresses, heavy plastics, and food waste. Leaves, Christmas trees, clippings, and brush are also accepted Since 2009, the reen Advisory Board AB has at the Transfer Station. andouts are available at the served in an advisory capacity to the ublic acilities gatehouse that will answer your refuse and recycling Municipal roperties and School istrict staff. The questions. nformation is also available on the town’s AB endeavors to investigate and prioritie energy web site. efficiency improvements and renewable energy sources for Acton’s municipal and school properties. The Swap Shop is open May to ovember. t is solely The reen Advisory Board was created by the Board run and operated by volunteers and the hours are of Selectman to help the town accomplish the goals dependent on the availability of the volunteers. set by the reen Communities program, principal among which was reaching a 20 energy reduction in Compost bins and i tchen scrap buce ts are available municipal and school operations this was achieved in for purchase at the Transfer Station and ighway 2016. Financial aid has been received for efficiency epartment during normal business hours. pro ects through the Massachusetts epartment of Energy esources’ reen Communities rant C The Transfer Station and landfill are inspected quarterly rogram the C accepts proposals from the Town, by an outside engineering firm and annually by the which also submits grants on behalf of the egional epartment of Environmental rotection. School istrict.

t is a combined effort to e ep the ighway epartment n 2019, the AB launched a Carbon eutral nitiative running smoothly. wish to than all of the other C to help move Acton towards carbon neutrality departments for their help and assistance during the This initiative supports the Town’s Sustainability year. A special than you goes to the ighway crew oals as established by the Town Manager and the for the many pro ects undertae n and completed Board of Selectman , actions and efforts by reen throughout the year. Acton a town citie n advocacy group , and the momentum established by other reen Communities HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT STAFF: in Massachusetts to tae the lead in reducing Corey or, W irector greenhouse gas emissions on a local and state level. Carl Maria, W Operations Superintendent As part of this pro ect, the AB will wor with the Town aren Swite r- eff, ighway epartment and consultants to reduce the energy consumption Office Manager and emissions from transportation, buildings, and evin arrell, Assistant ighway Superintendent other sources such as outdoor lighting . The initiatives Bill Murphy, Crew Leader ighway epartment are expected to include Town/municipal and school

89 operations, residential and commercial heating and LE lighting upgrades to portions of the cooling, and residents’ transportation as well as those Administration Building. who travel through the town. The first major step of this pro ect was completed in 2019 with the support These energy efficiency projects were also completed and direction of the AB, a reenhouse as nventory in 2019 report was completed by Cadmus roup, an energy Boilers at Blanchard upgraded to high efficiency conservation consulting firm. condensing boilers ield lighting at Leary ield converted to LE TOWN MUNICIPAL ym lighting at are r amon and J rey J converted to LE . Additional financial support has come from incentives from the local utilities Eversource and ational n addition, the istrict was awarded 76,940 in rid. n 2019, Acton was awarded a total of 2019 by the C program for future LE lighting 139,461 in C funding with an additional amount upgrades at AB S. of 40,328 in incentives from the utility companies totaling 179,789 . This year’s grant award mae s a Solar and Renewables cumulative total of 1,400,720 received since Acton The istrict is committed to reducing its carbon footprint was designated as a reen Community in 2010. This and has eliminated most fossil fuel-based electricity funding has enabled our community to continue with 85 reduction since the 2009 benchmar from our significant progress towards the carbon reduction and energy mix while also substantially cutting energy costs. energy conservation goals of both the Town of Acton This has been accomplished through conservation, and the Acton-Boxborough egional School istrict. efficiency, and renewable sourcing.

Municipal Energy Efficient Lighting Upgrades Currently, the istrict requires 80 of all purchased Through the C funding awarded in 2018 plus electricity to be from renewable sources as part of utility incentives, the Town completed five LED lighting the supplier contract. The istrict anticipates moving upgrades in early 2019 in the following five Town- to 100 renewable electricity with the next supplier owned buildings Acton Town all, W Building, and contract. ire Stations 1, 2 and 3. Three photovoltaic solar arrays on school roofs 280 W total at AB S, J rey J S, and ouglas With C funds totaling 62,521 awarded in 2019 Elementary School generated 305,000 W h of the Town also completed LE lighting upgrades to the electricity in 2019, which is 6 of the istrict’s ublic Safety acility and 50 Audubon rive in late electricity use. The istrict also receives net metering ovember 2019. credit payments as the host and off-tae r for a 400 W solar pari ng lot array in Woburn, MA. Solar Production and Renewables In FY2019, the Landfill Solar Array produced 1,757,291 Engagement and Excellence W h and the W Building solar rooftop produced istrict electricity use is down 38 from the 2009 81,334 W h. benchmar in 2019, the tenth year in a row of reductions, with a strong focus on energy efficiency and The Town municipal electric account is enrolled in the student and staff engagement in energy conservation. Acton ower Choice rogram Standard currently at istrict natural gas use is down 20 from the 2009 26 renewables and is also investigating options to benchmark (weather-normalized). These significant increase the percentage of renewables. reductions in energy use yield both substantial cost savings and a smaller carbon footprint for the istrict. REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Vehicle Fuel Use Lighting and Mechanical istrict school buses are fueled with ultra-low sulfur The District completed the following efficiency projects diesel reducing particulate and nitrogen oxide in 2019 with 173,000 in C funding awarded in emissions), and the bus fleet is equipped with clean 2018 plus 67,000 in utility incentives Selective Catalytic eduction technology further LE lighting upgrades to 20 classrooms and reducing emissions . The istrict has a no idling nearby spaces at AB S policy for vehicles on school grounds, and buses are LE lighting upgrades to 20 classrooms and equipped with a shut-off mechanism that enforces no nearby spaces at Merriam and McCarthy-Towne idling beyond five minutes. Elementary Schools 90 FUTURE RESEARCH AND GOALS Completed the Memorial Library AC/ oof eplacement pro ect under budget. n the calendar year of 2020, the AB will continue its assistance to the Town and School istrict as they plan In Fiscal Year 2019 the landfill solar photovoltaic for and implement reen Communities rant pro ects electric facility produced 1,757,291 W h which and develop and implement a C for the town. continues to benefit the Town with a fixed rate for electricity supplied to Town-owned municipal buildings, Green Advisory Board Members: street lights, including the sewer treatment plant and Eric udson, Chair pump stations. The W Building solar rooftop panels ennis Loria, ice Chair produced 81,334 W h. Mary Smith Cameren Cousins By means of the 2019 reen Communities rant award Stephen Lowe overseen, administered and implemented by the ublic Mona Chandra, Associate acilities ivision completed LE lighting upgrades to eter Berry, Selectman Liaison the ublic Safety acility and 50 Audubon rive. Andrea istine, Superintendent, ublic acilities Kim Gorman, Office Manager, Public Facilities Oversaw and administered the contract for the town- ate Crosby, Energy Manager, Acton-Boxborough wide greenhouse gas - carbon neutrality inventory egional School istrict initiative.

PUBLIC FACILITIES Acton Center, ire Station 1 has shown a 23 weather normalie d reduction in natural gas consumption since The Municipal roperties epartment has transitioned the completion of the AC/Boiler upgrade in 2017. to the ublic acilities ivision within the epartment wish to mae a very special acn owledgment of of ublic Wors W , along with this transition the gratitude for the dedication of ayle Mac illivary, who Tree Warden and the rounds/Tree Crew are now retired in ovember 2019 he was employed by this overseen by the ighway ivision. department for 35 years. ayle was a very loyal and devoted employee he was a cornerstone to our full- ublic acilities implements the following functions service department. t has been an honor to have been able to wor with him during my 33 years of service 1. esign, construction, renovation, custodial and n closing, special thans go to the various civic building maintenance including mechanical organia tions, volunteers, and other departments who systems, elevators, generators, utilities and snow have assisted Municipal roperties in the past year removal around Town-owned buildings excluding with particular appreciation to the Acton arden Club’s those controlled by the egional School istrict. continued contribution to beautifying more than several 2. Maintenance of public street lights. public areas owned by the Town of Acton throughout 3. Assist other Town epartments as needed in the seasons. the areas of purchasing, moving of equipment furniture including assistance with town meetings reat appreciation is given for the hard wor and and voting set up. dedication shown by the Municipal roperties staff 4. Maintains data and reports to maintain the Town’s reen Community status and grant eligibility. ody Bailey, Building Maintenance 5. Staff support to the reen Advisory Board. Ed Clapp, Building Maintenance Crew Leader John leming, Building Maintenance DEPARTMENT PROJECTS AND HIGHLIGHTS Kim Gorman, Office Manager Clar ayward, Senior Wore r AC upgrades that included boiler replacements and avid Marderosian, Building Maintenance installation of new ductless heating and cooling split avid Theriault, Building Maintenance systems were completed within budget at both South Christopher West, Craftsman ire Station 2 and West ire Station 3. Completed asbestos abatement at the Asa arlin Andrea istine, Superintendent House and remaining portions of flooring at the DPW Building.

91 COMMUNITY SAFETY

ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER Throughout the year members have tae n courses through the ederal Emergency Management n 2019, 44 animals were quarantined for rabies during Agency EMA and the Massachusetts Emergency the past year. The quarantined animals consisted of 22 Management Agency MEMA . dog bites, and 4 cat bites. 18 additional domestic animals were quarantined for wounds they sustained from Our members have provided many volunteer hours to encounters with wildlife other than a domestic anuimal. the Town of Acton beyond our regular meetings and trainings. The Agency is ready to respond to help All animals under quarantine were released after mae a difference in times of need and is available 24 the necessary duration of quarantine and all were hours a day. We can be contacted by calling 978-929- determined to be free from the rabies virus. 1 person 7730, leave a brief message along with your name and reported being bitten by an animal suspected of being phone number. A member will get return your call as a coyote, but could not be located for confirmation. soon as possible. The individual was advised to see medical attention and to get the rabies vaccination. The Acton Emergency Management Agency is always happy to accept applications for more As in past years, 6 horse barns were inspected, and all volunteers. were found to be free of contagious diseases. A total of 118 horses were counted during the inspection process. Officers of Acton Emergency Management ald, Mar irector espectfully submitted, Sawyer, ail eputy irector, B1- C - ACES atric almer Operator, Explorer/ enture Advisor Animal Control Officer

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ACTON EXPLORER POST/VENTURE CREW 7- SEARCH AND RESCUE The Acton Emergency Management Agency AEMA consists of the following The Explorer ost/ enture Crew is a division of the Boy Scouts of America, Sponsored by the Acton Communications/ ACES am adio Operators Lions Club in con unction with the Acton Emergency Auxiliary ire, Management Agency. ehab/Support Services Team, Shelter Management and Explorer ost/ enture Members Crew 7 BSA . ail Sawyer- Advisor All members are expected to tae irst Aid/C Wayne iemi- Associate Advisor annually and irst esponder Courses so that their Chris Ouellette Committee Member training is up-to-date. Our members provide irst Aid services and Logistical Support at many of our Town’s celebrations including atriots ay, Memorial ay, the ourth of July Celebration, A A events, and other events.

92 ACTON FIRE DEPARTMENT Retired Personnel:

Firefighter/Paramedic The Acton ire epartment is committed to delivering atric Mc ntyre 6years of service the citizens of Acton comprehensive fire protection, 12/02/2013 - 12/16/2019 fire suppression, rescue and emergency medical service paca ge that provides life safety and property The Acton ire epartment regrets the sudden passing protection at the highest level possible. of Acton Firefighter/Paramedic Luke Magnant. Luke was a young energetic person who lived life to the The Acton ire epartment’s ALS Advanced Life fullest while serving his country in the nited States Support program completed the second year of Army as well as his time here with the Town of Acton advanced emergency medical service since its launch ire epartment. in September of 2017.

This service is staffed 24/7 365 with Firefighter/ New Equipment: aramedics bringing to a patient’s bedside the highest 2019 Seagrave Engine and a 2019 utility tas vehicle level of medical treatment that can be performed T outside of the hospital environment. The Acton ire epartment relies on the membership Through the support of the citie ns, the Town will be to assist in many aspects of e eping this department building a much-needed orth Acton ire Station located operating. Along with performing their shift wor, on arris Street. t is anticipated that construction will many aid in the following divisions. t is their hard begin in the fall of 2020. The ire epartment continues wor in these various areas that e ep the Acton ire to support an all-haa rds response model, in 2019 epartment operating to the best of its ability providing Firefighters responded to 42 fire type incidents, 202 the best service to the citie ns of Acton. haa rdous condition incidents and 483 alarm sounding calls. These are ust a few examples of the many different types of calls we mitigate. Training Division: Firefighter/EMT Gage Cummings Thank you to all Acton Fire Officers, Firefighter/ Firefighter/EMT Mike Doherty Paramedics and Firefighter/EMTs who work together, Firefighter/EMT Jim Kissane hand in hand to serve the community with pride and compassion. Public Relations:

Personnel Changes to the Department: Firefighter/EMT Shaun Shattuck Firefighter/EMT Jim Ruggiero New Personnel:

Firefighter/Paramedic Radio/Communications: Shawn es ardins 9/29/2019 Firefighter/EMT Brian Whalen Firefighter/Paramedic Thomas all 9/30/2019 Firefighter/Paramedic Paramedic Oversight Committee: Stacey Meade 12/4/2019 ALS Medical Coordinator Firefighter/

aramedic Wade Messamore Resigned Personnel: Captain/ aramedic Anita Arnum Firefighter/Paramedic Peter Imhof atric Byrne 5 ears 9 months of service Firefighter/Paramedic Alex Pouliopoulos 1/3/2014 10/11/2019

Brett Lisa 2 ears 2 months of service 5/14/201 7/27/2019 Apparatus Purchase Committee: Leo ogers 18 Months of service Captain/EMT obert Smith 3/5/2018 - 9/20/2019 Lieutenant/EMT Eric Mathieu Firefighter/EMT Shaun Shattuck

93 Apparatus Maintenance: Acton Fire Personnel:

Captain/EMT obert Smith Chief obert art Firefighter/EMT Shaun Shattuck eputy Chief obert anderhoof Fire Alarm Division: ALS Coordinator Firefighter/Paramedic Lieutenant/EMT ris Ellics atric Mc ntyre Lieutenant/ aramedic Jim Byrne Acting ALS Coordinator Firefighter/Paramedic SAFE / Senior SAFE Program: Wade Messamore

Firefighter/EMT Brent Carter Administrative Firefighter/EMT Tom Matthews Assistant A J ele y Firefighter/EMT Jim Ruggiero Captain/ aramedic Anita Arnum Captain/EMT Jac White Firefighter/EMT Richard (Sully) Sullivan Captain/EMT Chris Sammet Lieutenant/EMT Eric Mathieu Captain Anita Arnum Deployment to Lieutenant/ aramedic Jim Byrne Hurricane Dorian: Firefighter/EMT Tom Matthews Firefighter/EMT Brian Whalen Captain Arnum serves as a member of EMA’s Firefighter/EMT Josh DeFelice ational rban Search escue esponse System Firefighter/EMT Brent Carter that remains ready to respond whenever the nited Firefighter/EMT Mike Doherty States or its Territories are threatened by disaster. Firefighter/EMT Gage Cummings Firefighter/EMT Dennis Munroe n September of 2019, urricane orian, one of the Firefighter/EMT Jared Crowley most powerful hurricanes recorded in the Atlantic Firefighter/EMT Steve DiMeco Ocean, reaching category 5 strength, threatened to Firefighter/EMT Richard Sullivan strie uerto ico and the eastern seaboard of the Firefighter/Paramedic Jason Nichols nited States from lorida to orth Carolina. Captain Firefighter/ Paramedic David Gershen Arnum was deployed to uerto ico as a ivision/ Firefighter/Paramedic Shawn Desjardins roup Supervisor on EMA’s ncident Support Team Firefighter/Paramedic Alek Pouliopoulos ST to prepare for the impact on this island territory Firefighter/Paramedic still recovering from urricanes rma and Maria that Firefighter/Paramedic struc in 2016. Captain/ aramedic Anita Arnum Captain/EMT obert Smith After passing over uerto ico with minimal impact, Lieutenant/EMT ris Ellics urricane orian threatened the S mainland after Lieutenant/EMT Jae bio wsi passing directly over the rand Bahamas with Firefighter/EMT Chuck Dunnigan tremendous devastation. eaded directly towards Firefighter/EMT Shaun Shattuck lorida, rban Search Tas orces from throughout Firefighter/EMT Bob Smart the nited States were deployed along the path of the Firefighter/Paramedic Matt Seely storm from lorida to orth Carolina and the ncident Firefighter/EMT James Kissane Support Team relocated ahead of the storm. ortunately, Firefighter/EMT Clem Tyler orian too a path ust si rting along the east coast, Firefighter/EMT Pat Judge eventually mai ng landfall on Cape atteras, orth Firefighter/EMT Ed Daigneault Carolina as a much-weae ned category 1 hurricane Firefighter/EMT Sean Sheridan on September 6th, again with minimal impact. ad Firefighter/EMT Jim Ruggiero orian struc a ma or metropolitan area as a Category Firefighter/Paramedic Peter Imhof 5 storm, it is unn own what catastrophic damage could Firefighter/Paramedic Dave Sukerman have occurred. Firefighter/Paramedic Thomas Hall Firefighter/Paramedic Stacey Meade Firefighter/Paramedic Firefighter/Paramedic 94 Fire Prevention: manufacturer and mae s a recommendation to the The ire revention ivision continues to conduct Fire Chief for approval taking into account, best fit, commercial and residential inspections. Captain apparatus longevity and reliability, types of construction, Robert Smith oversees flammable, combustible liquids dealer services and safety records. and gases. This includes the annual inspections of the gas stations in town, biennial inspections After a manufacturer is selected, the committee of tan trucs garaged in Acton, propane storage meets with a sales representative and begins the permits, and all aspects of oil burner repairs and purchase process. A preconstruction meeting at the tan installations. eputy anderhoof oversees manufacturing facility is facilitated; the specifications the entire ire revention division and personally and blueprints are then reviewed by the committee handles commercial and residential plan reviews, and engineers. When the o is given the construction rough and final inspections for sprinkler work, alarm process begins and tae s approximately 8 months to wor, remodeling, new construction, and commercial complete. cooi ng hood systems. urther, he issues blasting and welding/hot-wor permits. Shift Commanders are After completion, the committee returns to the responsible for conducting safety inspections for the manufacturing facility for 2 days and performs a detailed issuance of a liquor license, and the residential smoe / inspection of the new apparatus. All aspects of the carbon monoxide detector inspections for issuing the specifications are reviewed, all systems of apparatus Certificate of Compliance necessary for the sale of a are tested including the water pump, electrical home in Acton. components, paint, and a test drive is completed. At this time any discrepancies are corrected by the Acton’s building growth and development continue to manufacturer. The apparatus is then delivered to the put increased demand on the ire revention ivision. local dealership where the committee does another With the completion of the nsulet building, other large inspection and oversees tool and equipment mounting. pro ects are underway and some are proposed that will The apparatus purchasing committee is intensely keep the Fire Prevention office busy. involved over a two year period for each piece of apparatus purchased. Each member volunteers over Schools: one hundred hours of their time to ensure the Town of Overseen by Captain Jac White, the Acton ire Acton along with its Firefighters have the best, safest epartment along with the Building epartment and most reliable equipment available today. conducted safety inspections of all Acton ublic Schools, Junior igh, and Senior igh Schools before espectfully submitted, their opening in August. We are happy to report that all schools complied with the required safety codes. Any Lieutenant/EMT Eric Mathieu minor issues/repairs were addressed promptly and re- inspected by the epartment. Apparatus and Equipment:

The required fire/evacuation drills were also conducted The ehicle Maintenance ivision had a productive in all schools. Thans to the students and staff in each year. The Town purchased a new Engine E23 school, each evacuation drill was performed swiftly, which was placed in service January 2019 running efficiently and without any issues. out of station 3. Engine 23 was purchased to include new equipment such as a battery-operated Amu s Safety nspections at all preschools and child daycare extrication equipment Jaws of Life , battery ventilation facilities were also conducted. Each facility complied fan, thermal imaging camera, gas meters, ventilation with safety codes and follow-up inspections were saw, new hose and nol es, etc. This equipment was performed to address any minor issues. much needed and we than all who support us.

Apparatus Purchasing Committee: The Small Engine Maintenance ivision has wore d hard to e ep all equipment maintained and serviced. The Acton ire epartment apparatus purchasing All equipment is performing well. We too delivery of a committee consists of Captain/EMT obert Smith, new utility tas vehicle T . This vehicle was placed Lieutenant/EMT Eric Mathieu, and Firefighter/EMT in service mid-2019. This vehicle is used to assist with Shaun Shattuc. The committee evaluates the needs operations in remote and difficult to access areas, i.e. - of the department and how to best meet those needs rail trail, conservation, and recreational areas. with new fire apparatus. The committee selects a 95 The retired antique Engines 3 and 4, are now pare d We continue to wor with the Massachusetts inside at Station 2 at the corner of School Street epartment of Transportation on proposed intersection and Main Street. The Town purchased these Engines improvements with planning the relocation of our from Seagrave in 1936. or many years the aart systems utilities. Corporation stored these Engines. Than you to the aart Corporation for the storage. We maintain and espectfully submitted, service these vehicles so they are available for parades and special events. LT/EMT ris Ellics ire Alarm Superintendent espectfully submitted, Captain/EMT obert Smith Public Education: The ublic Education team continues to focus its efforts Educational Classes Attended by our Firefighter/ on educating school-age children about the dangers of EMT’s Include: fire. This year, we visited over forty classrooms and C nstruction, Advanced Cardiac Life Support daycare centers. We also were able to wor with local (ACLS), Fire Instructor courses, Fire Officer I, ll and Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to educate them on fire l classes, ire nvestigation Seminars, Mass ire safety and first aid. We also conducted cooking safety Academy ecruit Training 10 Wees , Commanding classes for all of the cafeteria staff in the school i tchens. the Mayday class, Life light training, Chain Saw The team continues to be very involved with the Senior training, ire nvestigations training, Weel y EMS Center, offering a smoe detector installation program, trainings, Emergency ehicle Operators Class E OC senior C classes, cooi ng safety, and a senior and others. luncheon. The Senior SA E team has recently wore d at installing house numbers, medical locb oxes, and Fire Alarm Division: stovetop fire extinguishing devices for seniors. We The Municipal Fire Alarm system has 470 fire alarm also continue to hold our annual Open ouse during boxes 230 master boxes, 197 street boxes, 24 medical fire prevention week. This allows the public to come boxes, and 19 radio boxes . The ire Alarm ivision to visit us and ask any questions they have about fire maintains the wiring that runs on the utility poles, and safety. The SA E program continues to be successful the decoding equipment in the three stations and in applying for and receiving state and federal grants, ublic Safety Building. The ire Alarm ivision does which allows us to provide public education to the pole transfers transfer of wires from old poles to new Acton residents. poles . Throughout the year, we refurbish the boxes on the system replacing wiring, painting, internals, and espectfully submitted, oiling and greasing the moving parts . We assist the nformation Technology epartment T with pole Firefighter/EMT Brent Carter transfers of their fiber optic cable. Team Leader

ersonnel attended continuing education classes for CPR: municipal fire alarm systems provided by L W Bills, and The Acton ire epartment continues to provide C the nternational Municipal Signal Association. Cardiopulmonary esuscitation , AE Automatic External Defibrillator), and First Aid Training to the Last year’s installation of the COMS T 50 decoder Townspeople, as well as all Town employees. We offer has proven itself and has met the operational need for American eart Association and American ealth and the dispatch center. With this decoder, we were able to Safety nstitute C , AE and irst Aid classes. We set up three remote wor stations, therefore, increasing continue to put the word out that we offer these classes the efficiency of the dispatch center’s handling of to the public. Stop the Bleed. Save a Life program is alarms received via the municipal fire alarm system. something we are going to start to offer. ecently we had 2 firefighters and a few police officers trained as The ire Alarm ivision also installs and removes the Stop the Bleed instructors. overhead banners that announce various community and civic activities. Together with other town to the Bleed background: departments, we wor on pro ects throughout the town Motivated by the 2012 tragedy in Sandy oo and including hanging the chain falls at A A ar , wor ing multiple tragedies that have occurred in the ensuing on traffic lights, Holiday Lights, American Flags, and years, what has become n own as the artford changing the light bulbs on the pole lights in the town lots. Consensus was convened to bring together leaders 96 from law enforcement, the federal government, and Investigation Association, as well as various online the medical community to improve survivability from accredited organia tions. The ire nvestigation nit is manmade or natural mass casualty events. The resulting responsible for determining and documenting the Origin in uries from these events generally present with severe and Cause of a fire. Data gathered from investigations bleeding which, if left unattended, can result in death. is used to improve public awareness, modify regulatory The participants of the artford Consensus concluded requirements for buildings and products, provide input that by providing first responders (law enforcement) into firefighting tactics/operations and to prevent or and civilian bystanders the si lls and basic tools to mitigate similar occurrences. stop uncontrolled bleeding in an emergency situation, lives would be saved. The first responder program has Captain Arnum and Firefighter Crowley continue to received a very good response and is widely being be active members of the Massachusetts District used across the country. The next step is to focus on 14 Regional Fire Investigation Team. This team the needs of civilian bystanders. consists of 40 nvestigators representing Communities of ire istrict 14 and wors in cooperation with the Need for training: Massachusetts State olice ire and Explosion Civilians need basic training in Bleeding Control nvestigation nit. principles so they are able to provide immediate, frontline aid until first responders are able to take over Firefighter Crowley was recently elected President care of an in ured person. ue to many situations, of the Metro Arson/Fire Investigation Association. there may be a delay between the time of in ury and the This group is comprised of fire investigators from the time a first responder is on the scene. Without civilian reater Boston area and surrounding cities and towns. intervention in these circumstances, preventable nformation is shared and monthly training conducted deaths will occur. to provide education and a strong networ for the investigative community. Mission b ective: The American College of Surgeons Committee on espectfully Submitted, Trauma is leading the effort to save lives by teaching the civilian population to provide vital initial response Firefighter/EMT Jared Crowley to stop uncontrolled bleeding in emergency situations. Lead nvestigator This will be accomplished by the development of a comprehensive and sustainable bleeding control Hazardous Materials: education and information program targeted to civilians that will inform, educate and empower the 300 million On any given day, haa rdous materials are safely citie ns of the nited States. utilie d and transported throughout our community. Materials ranging from gasoline and fluids in vehicles, f you would lie to attend any of our classes please household paints, and cleaners, pool chemicals, tan feel free to contact us or e ep a loo out for a schedule trucs carrying fuels and industrial chemicals, are on the town website. utilized in fixed facilities and transported over our roadways and railways. Acton Firefighters, trained espectfully submitted, as Operations Level Responders, assess and initiate Firefighter/EMT Tom Matthews defensive operations in the event of a spill or haa rdous materials incident. Fire Investigations Unit: The Acton ire epartment ire nvestigation nit is The Acton ire epartment maintains a am at Trailer comprised of Firefighter Jared Crowley and Captain with supplies and equipment including absorbent Anita Arnum etective Chris Brown of the Acton pads and booms, drain covers, overpac drums, and olice is also on this team . Together, they conducted personal protective equipment. They are prepared to multiple fire investigations during 2018 within the Town respond to a variety of haa rdous materials incidents. of Acton. These incidents included appliance, vehicle, In addition, first-line apparatus has been equipped with structure and outdoor fires. The team further assisted am at esponse Spill its to enable initial operations with mutual aid fire investigations and has continued to begin as soon as possible should a ham at incident their education and training by attending meetings and occur. f necessary, additional resources are available seminars sponsored by the International Association from the Massachusetts aa rdous Materials of Arson Investigators (IAAI) and Metro Fire/Arson esponse System.

97 The Massachusetts Department of Fire Services Operational Support to other district teams and Hazardous Materials Response Division is one of the to other agencies as requested most well respected haa rdous materials response Fire Ground Air Monitoring at large fire scenes programs in the nation. esources are strategically Special Event Monitoring such as the Boston located throughout the Commonwealth and available Marathon and other large public events to respond to any Massachusetts community 24 hours a day in the form of Hazardous Materials Response n addition, there are three types of specialie d Teams. Massachusetts is divided into six am at aa rdous Materials esponse Teams within the State esponse istricts, and Acton lies at the northern am at esponse system including end of District 3 which is comprised of a total of 48 Joint aa rd ncident esponse Teams J T communities. esources within District 3 include an collaborating with the state police bomb squads Operational Response Unit (ORU) that carries the main for incendiary devices cache of equipment a Technical Operations Module Maritime ncident esponse Teams M T (TOM) that serves as a science and research vehicle Technical Support nits TS with meters and limited equipment and a Technical Support Unit (TSU) that carries additional specialty n 2019, District 3 responded to 30 aa rdous Materials equipment. ncidents in 20 communities

aa rdous Materials esponse Teams are comprised 13 Chemical ncidents of Hazardous Materials Technicians who are active 1 Clandestine Lab career firefighters from local fire departments within 3 Mercury Spills the district. All aa rdous Materials Technicians 8 White owder Calls assigned to district teams receive initial training 1 nn own for analysis through the Massachusetts Fire¬fighting Academy. 2 Special Service Calls The intensive 6-wee, 305-hour aa rdous Materials 2 Mutual Aid esponses to other istrict Technician course far exceeds national standards. The curric ulum includes didactic and hands-on training espectfully submitted, involving meters, specialie d equipment, personal protective equip ment, vehicles, and scenarios. Captain/ aramedic Anita Arnum There are currently 270 active aa rdous Materials District 3 aa rdous Materials Team Member Technicians throughout the state, 45 on each istrict Team. Training is held monthly and all team members Radio/Communications: must meet an annual minimum training requirement of 88 hours to remain active. Acton currently has one This year, the adio ivision continued to maintain and member assigned to the District 3 aa rdous Materials upgrade our radio fleet. Maintenance included solving Team. some minor issues, as well as maintaining regional and national frequencies in our radios to increase the am at esponse Teams are activated at the request number of agencies with whom we can communicate. of the local fire department and respond with a tiered- These frequencies will serve as a bacu p to our main level approach. There are five tiers ranging from a tier fire frequency in the event that our main frequency goes 1 lowest level response comprised of one TOMs nit out of service for any reason. They will also be used and 5 responders to a tier 5 highest level response to communicate with other Local, State and ederal which is a multi-team, multi-vehicle response. am at Agencies in the event of a large scale incident. Teams have the required technology, resources and expertise available to mitigate a wide variety of We have also wore d closely with the ire and olice incidents and they wor collaboratively with additional dispatch center to streamline some of our dispatching state agencies. Each incident is unique, but haa rdous procedures, as well as standardi ing our guidelines to materials events can be classified into the following provide the highest level of service to the Townspeople. general categories chemical incidents, mercury These efforts have proven to be an effective way spills, white powders, radiological incidents, biological of bringing the epartments together to mae the incidents, special services, mutual aid and classification communications process as seamless as possible. of unn owns. We would lie to than the Citie ns of Acton for their aa rdous Materials esponse Teams participate in support in providing us with the tools necessary to additional functions that include e ep our members, as well as the townspeople as 98 safe as possible in both emergency and non-emergent ACTON POLICE DEPARTMENT situations. Chief’s Report espectfully submitted, our olice epartment processed almost 30,000 calls for service last year. The biggest issues we continue to Firefighter/EMT Brian Whalen respond to are domestic violence, mental health, and substance use. We partner with community groups, Fire Department Incidents: non-profits, coalitions, mental health providers and others to try and effectively respond to these issues and n 2019, the Acton ire epartment responded to 4969 more. We are now certified and plan to be accredited incidents. in 2020 to ensure that we are meeting industry best practices and to deliver effective and professional Summary of responses police services.

1906 Emergency Medical responses would lie to than the men and women of the Acton 3063 Emergency ire/ escue responses and olice epartment for their professional, dedicated, non-emergent incidents and caring response to calls all year. 4969 Total ire epartment responses ichard C. Burrows In Conclusion: olice Chief

The residents and those who wor, pass through or C E O OL CE visit Acton can rest assured that all the Firefighters/ ichard Burrows EMT’s who serve this community are well-si lled, compassionate and caring individuals who come E T C E together as a team to deliver the best fire and EMS James Cogan services to the Town of Acton. The epartment is proud to provide ALS advanced life support level L E TE A TS of care and is equally proud of all the programs and ouglas Sturniolo services we offer the community. Than you to Town Edward Lawton Jr. Manager John Mangiaratti, the Board of Selectmen, Town epartment eads, and Citie ns along with all SE EA TS the ire epartment personnel for their continued help aymond rey and support. John Cooney Scott owe espectfully, aniel Silva Scott rug ire Chief obert art red entschler

ACTON AUXILIARY FIRE DEPARTMENT OL CE O CE S The Acton Auxiliary ire epartment is a division of the James oodemote Acton Emergency Management Agency. t is comprised Christopher Browne of a small group of dedicated volunteers donating their Christopher rehl time and efforts to provide support services to the Town Michael Cogan of Acton during times of emergencies. evin effernan Lue enney ue to changing times, rules and regulations, The ean eeler Auxiliary ire epartment will be merged into the Acton Leo ower Emergency Management Agency. We will still provide ardena Abramowit support services to the Town and its residents. eith Campbell Todd Mc elvie ail Sawyer Tricia Sullivan eputy irector John Collins Acton Emergency Management Agency Steven McCarthy 99 Michael Eracleo Officer In Charge of Special Services Division Jonathan Stach ouse Lt. ouglas Sturniolo avid Joachim Jesse Osterhoudt Officer In Charge of Detectives Anna apa s Sgt. aymond . rey ouglas Mahoney Sgt. red entschler athan Meuse Matt ammer epartment rosecutor Steven Stale r et. evin effernan Marc Symington Tyler ussell etectives Jacob relic et. Christopher Browne Anthony otella et. Leo ower Chris odges et. Chris odges achary Taylor oderic Wiggins Youth Officers & School Resource Ellis Corey et. eith Campbell evin ordon et. Lue enney urt Correia et. Tyler ussell

S EC AL OL CE O CE S Safety/Traffic/Crime Prevention Officers aymond L. La oche et. Christopher rehl James Mc adden et. Jonathan Stach ouse Chris urst Michael leury Training Officer OL CE MAT O S eputy Chief James Cogan eborah ichardson Becy Leblanc amily Services et. Michael Eracleo SEC ETA Allura Overstreet Administrative Division

ECO S CLE The Acton olice epartment Administrative ivision Becy Leblanc is responsible for Training, rofessional Standards, Accreditation, rants, ublic nformation, ayroll and S ATC E S E SO etail Billing, ecords and the ew iring rocess and Mary Ann McLaughlin other administrative functions of the police department.

Training S ATC E S A ma or component in this division is training. olice evin Antonelli officers are required by law to receive 40 hours oger Wallace each year of in-service training as prescribed by the aniel eane Municipal olice Training Committee. There are also Alicia Bura many certifications that must be maintained and other atric awthorne speciali ed training for detectives and members of the Joanne arpin patrol force. Training is tracked by fiscal year to match Brendan Sweite r up with our budgeting process. For fiscal year 2019, Brendan ray which runs from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018 the Chris urst department logged approximately 4346 training hours.

O E AT O AL ASS ME TS The bread own of the training was 1376 hours of Officer In Charge of Patrol Division mandatory in-service training, 2946 hours of various Edward Lawton Jr. training including but not limited to, police mountain bie training, uvenile law update, leadership, de-escalation

100 training, response to active shooter, Alh eimer’s Acton, Concord, Carlisle, Lincoln, Lexington, Stow awareness training and cybersecurity. We also include Maynard and anscom Air orce Base A B . police academy and field training for our newest officer urt Correia. n her new role, ei ec will wor in partnership with police officers in each community to provide Acton is also one of 499 police agencies throughout our resources, support and assistance to those struggling country who have pledged to the One Mind Campaign. with substance use and mental health. When police This Campaign sees to ensure successful interactions are called to incidents involving substance use and/ between our police officers and persons affected by or mental health, ei ec will also respond. As the mental illness. n 2019 we completed training of entire J clinician, ei ec will also follow up with people staff in Mental ealth irst Aid and increased the after those incidents to connect those individuals with number of officers who completed Crisis Intervention resources and programming. Training, a 40-hour course to 80 of our department this is far above the national requirement. ei ec has a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling from Assumption College and is a We also continue to host frequent trainings in the EOC certified rehabilitation counselor (CRC). For the past training room at our public safety facility. By allowing two years, she has wore d in the eace Corps in outside agencies the use of the room we are provided communities around i i, where she served as a life with the opportunity to send members of our department si lls teacher and mental health provider, developed at no cost. and led women’s empowerment camp and wore d on community development pro ects including water Professional Standards sanitation, environmental sustainability and health and We have a very professional police department that wellness programs. provides a service to our residents, business owners and visitors. We had very few complaints last year and Before oining the eace Corps, ei ec wore d at each one was thoroughly investigated. Massachusetts ehabilitation Commission in Boston as a qualified vocational rehabilitation counselor, where Accreditation she wore d with individuals suffering from psychiatric, We are continuing the process of obtaining state substance use, physical and intellectual disabilities. accreditation through the Massachusetts olice Accreditation Commission. We have a team of officers Public Information who are updating our policies and procedures and are The department provides press releases on a regular putting processes in place to be able to update them basis to the local newspapers, websites and other on a continuous basis. We continue to use the MAM news sources advising of important and timely cases, CM program. This program assists us in training the arrests, and alerting citie ns for potential scams and officers and tracking their receipt of new and updated crime trends and patterns. n 2019 our department policies. The accreditation process will ensure we also began using social media we now have the ability are using industry best practices, assist the officers in to provide timely information to our community using performing their duties, and reduce overall liability. both our Twitter and aceboo pages. Records Grants ecords management is an important function, all We applied for and received a traffic safety grant reports, forms and pictures and other items must through the State for 1 for 10,00 and 19 for be preserved for periods of time as specified by the $10,000. These grants allow us to assign officers for Supervisor of ublic ecords. ecords are also targeted traffic enforcement. Some deployments are responsible for providing copies of reports to many for safety belt usage, some for distracted driving and parties including insurance companies, court, and some were rive Sober or et ulled Over the hope residents. reedom of nformation Act requests tae s is to educate the public and reduce the accidents and a considerable amount of time to process due to the in uries on the roads of Acton. need to redact certain information. Becy LeBlanc has been our records cler for almost 12 years, Becy In June 2019 we filled the role of Jail Diversion Program has attended specialie d training and continues to do J Clinician which is funded by a grant. Mace ni e a great job processing all these requests and filing all ei ec began her role for Eliot Community uman of our reports. Services and the olice epartments of Bedford,

101 Payroll and Detail Billing department has recently achieved the status of 80 Allura Overstreet serves as our Administrative percent of its officers being trained in Critical Incident Assistant. Allura who has wore d for the town for Training involving how to handle residents suffering more than 25 years handles our payroll, billing and from mental health issues. other administrative tass. Allura was originally hired by the Town of Acton as a dispatcher in 1989, she has New Officer also wore d for our ire epartment and Cemetery epartment. We have hired a new officer, Kurt Correia; he joins the force, having previously served as a ispatcher Police officers and dispatchers cover shifts 24 hour for the department. urt is a graduate of the Western each day 7 day every wee so our payroll is complex. Massachusetts olice Academy, he has successfully There are thousands of private details wore d for private completed our Field Officer Training Program and is contractors each year. One of the first assignments presently wori ng on the evening shift. Allura too on was managing a new electronic detail paging and billing system. rior to having the TS would lie to than each member of the department detail traci ng system our dispatchers spent countless for mai ng my ob very en oyable, especially my atrol hours calling officers to fill detail assignments by phone. Sergeants.

New Hiring Process would also lie to than Chief Burrows, eputy Chief We did not hire any new police officers in 2019. Cogan, Lt. Sturniolo and Mary Anne McLaughlin ispatch Supervisor , Allura Overstreet Secretary eputy Chief James Cogan and ebecca Leblanc ecords Cler for their continued support. Patrol Division Lieutenant Edward M Lawton Jr. The atrol ivision is the largest division within the police department. The atrol ivision patrols Special Services Division approximately twenty-three square miles of roadway and serves a population of 22,000. t is currently staffed The Special Services ivision of the Acton olice with a Patrol Lieutenant, five Sergeants’ and twenty- epartment currently consists of 15 full-time Acton two Patrol Officers. olice etectives 1 Lieutenant, 2 Sergeant’s, and 12 etectives and 12 ispatchers 1 Supervisor, 9 full- The atrol ivision is divided into three different shifts time, 2 part-time . The division provides services in the day shift, evening shift, and the overnight shift. uring the following areas Criminal nvestigations, arcotics these shifts, the town is divided into five sectors. We Investigations, Traffic & Community Relations, operate with a north car, central car, west car, south car, Court rosecution, outh Services, amily Services, and a general car. The patrol division is responsible for Accreditation, and ispatch Communications. responding to all calls for service, conducting proactive patrols, preliminary investigations, and report writing. etective Sergeant aymond rey supervises Criminal Investigations, Court Prosecution, and Traffic Personnel Community elations. Sgt. rey is an B ational Academy graduate who brings over 40 years of The shifts are manned with five patrol officers and experience in law enforcement to the Special Services a sergeant. Through proactive policing, intelligent ivision. Sgt. rey has been with the department for deployment, department-wide problem-solving efforts, 39 years in which 28 of those years have been served advanced training for our officers, our community in Special Services. involvement, and the use of a team approach, we etective Sergeant rederic entschler supervises continue to see great results in the prevention and outh School esource Services, amily Services, resolution of crime in the Town of Acton. and Accreditation. Sergeant entschler has over 30 years with the Acton olice epartment. Sergeant Our patrol officers continue to impress me daily as entschler was promoted to Sergeant in 2016 and has receive praise from citie ns on how respectful, served in the Special Services ivision for 20 years. courteous, and helpful our officers can be. The patrol division prides itself on minimal officer complaints. The

102 Criminal Investigations Traffic & Community Relations Services

etective Christopher Browne is a 35 year veteran of There are two detectives assigned to the Acton olice the police force and has been assigned as a detective Department’s Traffic & Community Relations Services for over 25 years. et. Browne is the division’s senior nit, etective Christopher rehl and etective investigator and is a recipient of the rish American Jonathan Stach ouse. Both detectives participate in olice nvestigators Award 2013 . etective Browne a multitude of police activities and help facilitate vital is also trained in arson investigations and is a member support services to the department such as traffic of the egional ire nvestigation Team. enforcement, accident investigations, and community policing based functions. The Traffic Unit is dedicated etective Leo ower is a 22 year veteran of the to improving traffic safety through education and police force and has been assigned as a detective enforcement. In 2019, the traffic unit conducted for the last 15 years. n addition to conducting numerous targeted enforcement operations including criminal investigations, et. ower also conducts full istracted riving, Safety Belt Enforcement and bacg round investigations on all of the department’s edestrian Safety/Crosswal enforcement. new hires. et. ower is also resident of the atrol Officer’s Union. etective Christopher rehl is the senior member of this unit and his duties cover a vast array of responsibilities. etective Christopher odges was assigned to rimarily, et. rehl focuses on the education and Special Services as an investigator in 2017. rior to enforcement of motor vehicle law, cruiser fleet and oining the Acton olice epartment, he wore d for the equipment maintenance, and procurement for the Manchester olice epartment in Connecticut where department. et. rehl also has a relationship with the he served as a Patrol Officer, Patrol Sergeant, and AB S Transportation epartment and coordinates etective Sergeant. is duties consist of investigations, bus safety programs and investigates bus driver surveillance, bacg round investigations, and he is the safety complaints. Additionally, et. rehl oversees department’s point of contact for the Sex Offender the regulation of both Class 1 and Class 2 car sales egistry Board SO B . et. odges oversees the dealerships in town. registration and monitoring of n own sex offenders living and wori ng in Acton. etective Jonathan Stach ouse has been with the unit for over 6 years and has many duties within the As an nvestigator, you can expect to investigate department and the community. et. Stach ouse is unattended deaths, sexual assaults, assaults, responsible for the maintenance of the department’s larcenies, burglaries, and other various crimes. All of mountain bie s and electric powered police bie s. The the investigators are trained to process various types of patrol bie s increase the versatility of patrol operations crime scenes and receive specialie d training from the during A A ar events as well as the ail Trails. Middlesex District Attorney’s office in preparing search et. Stach ouse is the Middlesex County Area warrants. n 2019, the Criminal nvestigations nit Coordinator for the Law Enforcement Torch un which investigated over 175 cases. etectives assigned to benefits the Special Olympics of Massachusetts. He the C wor closely with investigators from the State also continues to serve on the new Miracle League/ olice, federal agencies, and surrounding cities and A A sports pavilion building committee. towns sharing resources, personnel, and information. Many of the cases investigated by detectives have Prosecution and Firearms Licensing been more sophisticated and highly organie d which creates a significant challenge to complete a successful n July 2016, etective evin effernan assumed the investigation. More and more the use of technology role of the department’s olice rosecutor and has and social media are presenting themselves during played a crucial role in assisting the Middlesex istrict our investigations. etectives must e ep up with the Attorney’s Office with the prosecution of criminal cases technological advances and the use of technology for the Acton olice epartment. et. effernan is on by those committing crimes. Through their training, the Central Middlesex Assessment for Safety Team n owledge, and abilities, detectives gather the CMAST which is a program dedicated to addressing appropriate evidence which allows for successful the safety of domestic violence victims. et. effernan prosecutions. is also the intake officer for all new and renewal firearms licensing applications. n 2019, the Acton olice issued or renewed 212 firearms licenses.

103 Youth Services Division Community uman Services, who have assigned Mace ni e ei ec, a grant-funded social wore r, to The outh Services ivision of the Acton olice assist our department in connecting with our community epartment is comprised of three detectives who members to provide support and resources related to are assigned to wor in collaboration with the Acton- mental health and substance use. Boxborough egional School istrict. etective eith Campbell, etective Lue enney, and etective Tyler Accreditation ussell mae up this group. Lieutenant ouglas Sturniolo, Sergeant rederic Detective Campbell has been a fixture at the Acton- entschler, etective ouglas Mahoney, and etective Boxborough igh School for well over a decade. n Marc Symington mae up the Accreditation Team recognition of his commitment and dedication to his ob, for the department. The team is currently moving etective Campbell received the 2019 Exceptional forward with the process of updating, reviewing, and Service Award at the annual conference of School creating new policies that will help to bring the Acton Resource Officers in Norwood, MA. olice epartment closer to its goal of achieving full accreditation from the Massachusetts olice etective enney continues to mae a large contribution Accreditation Commission. to the school community through his participation in countless after-school community events. e n September of 2019, the Acton olice epartment continues to collaborate with his fellow S O’s and the was officially awarded, “Certification” status by the school staff. etective enney primarily wors the Massachusetts olice Accreditation Commission. afternoon/evening shift. The Certification award is a great achievement and is one of the last steps before the department can etective ussell recently transitioned to the School become fully Accredited . The accreditation team is Resource Officer position following Detective Eracleo’s diligently moving forward with the final stages of the movement to the amily Services nit. nown to the accreditation process and we are on trac for another students as “Officer Tyler”, Detective Russell works on-site assessment by the Accreditation Commission alongside the other S O’s to provide services to the in the spring of 2020. towns’ 5,300 students within the Acton-Boxborough School istrict. etective ussell is in charge of etective ouglas Mahoney has been a full-time educating the 6th-grade students with the iSafe member of the department for over 7 years and started program, which covers topics ranging from drugs/ his relationship with the Acton olice epartment as a alcohol, online safety, and bullying. college intern. n addition to his duties as a member of the Accreditation Team, et. Mahoney is also the uring school breas and summer vacation, the S O’s department’s Property & Evidence Officer, Firearm can routinely be found at town events, youth camps at Instructor, Taser Instructor, and Field Training Officer. ara ar or even patrolling the ail Trails. The goal etective Marc Symington oined the department of the S O’s is to continue building relationships with in 2015 and transitioned from the atrol ivision our youth in and out of school. to the Special Services ivision in 2018 to oin the Accreditation Team. etective Symington has been Family Services Unit wori ng very hard writing policies and ensuring proper compliance to prepare the department for our upcoming n the late summer of 2019, the Acton olice epartment assessment. established the amily Services nit . The unit is comprised of etective Michael Eracleo. etective Dispatch Communications Eracleo has been tas ed with focusing his efforts on issues concerning mental health, domestic violence, ispatchers who wor in the Communication Center substance use, and elder services. is daily tas s include are also part of the Special Services ivision. The community outreach follow up investigations and home ispatch Supervisor, Mary Ann McLaughlin, oversees visits offering resources to our residents in need. the day to day operations in the dispatch center and oined the department in 2015. Mary Ann has been As the department’s Elder Services Liaison, etective a tremendous asset to the department and she is Eracleo will sometimes be found at his satellite office devoted to supporting the dispatch team and providing at the uman Services Building located at 30 Sudbury the highest level of service to the community. d. etective Eracleo has also partnered with Eliot 104 ispatchers are a critical part of all public safety are answered by one of four wireless ublic Safety organia tions. They are required to be si lled at Answering oints before being transferred to a local operating a variety of communications equipment, department. The Communications Center chose to including computer systems, telephones and radios, opt-in to the wireless program which is a benefit to ext eneration 911, Criminal Justice nformation the caller and the Center. The department will receive System, and monitoring Master Boxes. ublic Safety additional Wireless rant funding in the future as a ispatchers receive and handle 911 emergency calls result of answering these calls. and also non-emergency calls for service. ispatchers The ext eneration 911 system continues to provide are trained to prioritize calls for police, fire and EMS ublic Safety Emergency Communication services the assistance. ability to handle current and emerging technologies. The new system has provided high-quality mapping ispatchers use a computer-aided dispatch system all data is geographically-based. We are utilii ng the and are trained to provide pre-arrival instructions to emerging technology of Text to 911, Call if you can, callers reporting medical emergencies using ower Text if you can’t hone Emergency Medical ispatch rotocols. All dispatchers receive mandatory annual 911 in-service The Communication Center continues to train training and C and irst esponder training. The dispatchers throughout the year with continuing Communications Center is staffed by 9 fulltime and 3 education including Emergency Medical ispatch part-time dispatchers. There are two dispatchers on recertification, Mental Health Training for the Dispatcher, duty at all times in the Center. Active Shooter training, and irst esponder and C recertification among other relevant training topics. The Communications Center has a new full-time dispatcher who was hired to replace a vacancy. Brendan Lieutenant ouglas J. Sturniolo ray was hired in October of 2019 and is currently Special Services ivision Commander training and will be ready to assume full responsibilities at the beginning of the ew ear. Brendan has a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Mass Lowell with a concentration in olicing. e also completed coursewor in Criminal Justice ata Analysis and Technology and the Criminal Justice System. e previously wor ed in a customer service role.

n October of 2019, the Communications Center began utilii ng the apidSOS ortal at no cost to the town. This technology enables us to receive device location information and additional data from the apidSOS Clearinghouse. This additional real-time incident data is sent directly to our Center.

n ovember of 2019, the Communications Center began a trial of directly receiving all Wireless Cell calls. Most wireless 9-1-1 calls in Massachusetts

105 LEGISLATIVE

ABSTRACT OF THE ANNUAL TOWN n addition, Town Manager John Mangiaratti ina MEETING HELD MONDAY, APRIL 1, ice ring Coo - Town Counsel, and Eva Sa rade - Town Cler. 2019, 7:00 P.M. The Moderator introduced the Chair of the inance ACTO -BO BO O E O AL Committee Jason Cole, who then introduced the SC OOL A TO M members at the table.

W T A JO E SESS O EL A L 2, oland Bourdon Chair, Steve oone, Jeff 2019 Bergart, Christi Andersen, Christine ussell, Michael . Ma ors, Thomas arley, ave Wellinghoff and Associate members Sahana urohit and Alan la inac. MBE O E STE E OTE S ATTE TOW MEET The Moderator ase d Town Meeting to vote to allow A L 1, 2019 591 A on esident Town and egional School Staff, to A L 2, 2019 421 spea to the Articles of this Annual Town Meeting if needed. April 1, 2019 Motion carries to allow speae rs. The Moderator, Mr. eter Ashton, called the Annual Town Meeting to order on Monday, April 1, 2019, at Article 1 Choose Town Officers 7 01 M. Ma ority vote

This is the 285th Town Meeting in Acton. To choose all necessary Town Officers and Committees and to fix the salaries and compensation of all the Mr. Ashton gave an overview of the process for Town elective officers of the Town as follows: Meeting. Moderator 20.00 per Town Meeting session The Moderator noted that Town meeting will start at Board of Selectmen, Chairman 750.00 per year 6 45 on Tuesday in order to do the award presentation Board of Selectmen, Member 650.00 per year for Employee of the year. , or tae any other action relative thereto. The Moderator gave a presentation on the iClice r, the new Electronic oting equipment that we will use at this MOTION: Mr. Benson moves that the Town fix the Town Meeting. The new voting process was voted at compensation for elected officers as shown in the the Special Town Meeting held October 5, 2016, Article Article. 2, adding section A7 to the Town Bylaws. MOTION CARRIES The Moderator presented practice motion to test the iClice r. Mr. Benson nominates Jo-Ann M. Berry for the position of Temporary Moderator, term to expire 2020. ractice Motion 1 Motion All town meeting members who in any way MOTION CARRIES volunteer for the town or for the regional schools please vote yes Melissa Loporto, Trustee of the West Acton Citie ns Library, nominates Tara J. Leuci of 4 Wingate Lane, Clice r - A es - 229 62 E o - 141 38 Acton, for the position of Trustee of the West Acton Citie ns Library, term to expire 2022. Mr. Ashton introduced the chairman of the Board of Selectmen, atie reen, who then introduced the MOTION CARRIES members at the table. Joan ardner ice Chair, Jon Benson Cler, as well as eter Berry, and Andrea S. Miller, Trustee of the Elia beth White und, Janet Adachi members of the Board of Selectmen. nominates Jo-Ann Berry, of 2 eron iew oad, Acton, 106 for the position of Trustee of the Elia beth White und, Article 3 Budget Transfer term to expire 2022. Ma ority vote

MOTION CARRIES To see if the Town will appropriate from available funds a sum of money to defray necessary expenses above Robert Smith, Trustee of the Acton Firefighters’ Relief the amount appropriated at the 2018 Annual Town und, nominates obert anderhoof of 125 Willow Meeting, or tae any other action relative thereto. Street, Acton, for the position of Trustee of the Acton Firefighters’ Relief Fund, term to expire 2022. MOTION: Ms. reen moves that the Town tae no action. MOTION CARRIES MOTION CARRIES Robert Vanderhoof, Trustee of the Acton Firefighters’ elief und, nominates Thomas Matthews of 17 erget rive, epperell, for the position of Trustee of the Acton Article 4 Town Operating Budget Firefighters’ Relief Fund, term to expire 2020. Ma ority vote

MOTION CARRIES To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, transfer and/or appropriate from available funds, the sum of Thomas hols, Trustee of the Charlotte oodnow 34,746,539 to defray the necessary expenses of the und, nominates Todd enniman of 29 insley oad, departments, offices and boards of the Town, exclusive Acton, for the position of Trustee of the Charlotte of the egional School budgets, or tae any other oodnow und, term to expire 2020. action relative thereto.

MOTION CARRIES MOTION: Ms. reen moves that the Town raise and appropriate 34,746,539 to be expended by the Town Todd enniman, Trustee of the Charlotte oodnow Manager to fund the fiscal year 2020 municipal budget, und, nominates Thomas yder of 5 Old Oregon Trail, Acton, for the position of Trustee of the Charlotte And that the Town authorie the Town Manager to lease oodnow und, term to expire 2021. on such terms and conditions as he may determine vehicles and equipment for a period not to exceed MOTION CARRIES five years, and to sell, trade or otherwise dispose of vehicles and equipment being replaced and to expend Todd enniman, Trustee of the Charlotte oodnow any proceeds so received. und, nominates Allison ammer of 21 Willow Street, Acton, for the position of Trustee of the Charlotte MOTION TO AMEND: Ms. riedrichs moves to amend oodnow und, term to expire 2022. the motion by reducing the total appropriation for the Town Operating Budget by 8000 in an effort to MOTION CARRIES eliminate the purchase of Tasers or any other military equipment from said budget. Article 2 Hear and Accept Reports Ma ority vote Motion to amend fails

To see if the Town will accept reports and hear and ORIGINAL MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY act upon the report of any committee chosen at any previous Town Meeting that has not already reported, or tae any other action relative thereto. Article 5 Town Capital - Kelley’s Corner nfrastructure mprovement ro ect MOTION: Ms. ardner moves that the Town accept Ma ority vote the reports of the various Town Officers and Boards as set forth in the 2018 Town eport and that the To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, transfer Moderator call for any other reports. and/or appropriate from available funds, 525,000 to be expended by the Town Manager for design, MOTION CARRIES engineering and appraisal services related to the elley’s Corner nfrastructure mprovement ro ect, 107 including related incidental costs, or tae any other School istrict and to meet this appropriation, raise action relative thereto. 60,557,785 from general revenues, and transfer 677,469 from ree Cash. MOTION: Mr. Benson moves that the Town transfer from ree Cash and appropriate 525,000 to be MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY expended by the Town Manager for the purposes set forth in the Article, including costs incidental and Ms. Baum introduced the members of the egional related thereto. School Committee. She thane d Eileen hang for her three years of service on the Committee. She Clice r - A es - 467 89 E o - 59 11 also recognie d Mary Brolin of Boxboro for her eleven years of service. MOTION CARRIES Article 8 Acton-Boxborough Regional School Article 6 Town Capital – Sidewalks and Traffic istrict Capital mprovement lan Calming Two-thirds vote Ma ority vote To see if the Town will vote to approve of authorii ng To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, and/or the Treasurer of the egional School istrict to borrow appropriate from available funds a sum of money to the sum of 7,500,000 for the purpose of paying be expended by the Town Manager for the purchase, construction, installation and all other associated costs replacement, study, design or implementation of of providing the capital improvements identified hereof programs, improvement of facilities or infrastructure as in the egional School istrict’s Capital mprovement listed below, including related incidental costs, or tae lan, or tae any other action relative thereto. any other action relative thereto. MOTION: Ms. Baum moves that the Town of Acton A. Sidewals 130,000 approve the debt authori ed by the egional School B. Traffic Calming Measures $ 20,000 istrict in the amount of 7,500,000 for the purpose Total 150,000 of paying construction, installation and all other associated costs of providing capital improvements MOTION: Ms. reen moves that the Town transfer from identified hereof on the Regional School District’s ree Cash and appropriate 150,000 to be expended Capital mprovement lan. by the Town Manager for the purposes set forth in the Article, including costs incidental and related thereto. Clice r - A es - 354 97 E o - 11 3

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY MOTION CARRIES Declared 2/3 by Moderator* Moderator turns following articles to the Temporary Town of Acton has accepted M L C 39 Sec 15 at Moderator, Ms. Jo-Ann Berry its Annual Town Meeting April 2001, Article 43 and the amended Bylaw 5A was approved Article 7 Acton-Boxborough Regional School by the Attorney eneral on Aug. 6, 2001. istrict Assessment The Town Meeting Moderator is not required to count Ma ority vote a 2/3 required vote.

To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, transfer Article 9 Acton-Boxborough Regional and/or appropriate from available funds, the sum School District – Authorize Regional of 61,235,254, consisting of a capital assessment Ma ority vote Stabilia tion und of 2,726,396 and an operating assessment of 58,508,858, to defray the necessary expenses of the To see if the Town will approve the establishment Acton-Boxborough egional School istrict, or ta e of a Capital Stabilia tion und by the Acton- any other action relative thereto. Boxborough egional School istrict in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 71, Section 16 MOTION: Ms. Baum moves that the Town appropriate of the Massachusetts eneral Laws, as amended, 61,235,254 to be expended by the Superintendent for the purpose of providing funding for the istrict’s of Schools to fund the fiscal year 2020 operating future capital needs in con unction with its Capital assessment of 58,508,858 and capital assessment mprovement lan, or to tae any other action relative of 2,726,396 of the Acton-Boxborough egional thereto. 108 MOTION: Ms. Baum moves that the Town of Acton FY 2018 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION approve the establishment of a Capital Stabilia tion und by the Acton-Boxborough egional School FUND BALANCES istrict in accordance with the provisions of Chapter FY 2018 Community Preservation 71, Section 16 of the Massachusetts eneral Laws, Fund Revenues as amended, for the purpose of providing funding for Community reservation 1,001,384.00 the istrict’s future capital needs in con unction with its und Surcharge Collected Capital mprovement lan. in 2018 State Community 188,586.00 MOTION CARRIES reservation Trust und eceipt, October 2018 Mr. Ashton returning as moderator. Other 2018 Community reservation und Article 10 Minuteman Regional School District Components Assessment Ma ority vote nterest Earned in 2018 30,646.00 less abatements and To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, transfer exemptions and/or appropriate from available funds, the sum of nencumbered 2018 122,461.30 1,455,682 to defray the necessary expenses of the und Balance Minuteman egional ocational Technical School ecapture of unspent 257,322.79 istrict, or tae any other action relative thereto. previous years’ pro ect appropriations MOTION: Mrs. ourse moves that the Town raise Total - FY 2018 Community $1,600,400.09 1,106,994 from general revenues, transfer 348,688 Preservation Fund Balance from ree Cash and appropriate 1,455,682 to fund the fiscal year 2020 assessment of the Minuteman egional School istrict. FY 2018 Open Space Set-Aside Set-Aside und Balance from 1,970,804.52 MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY appropriations for the Acquisition, Creation, and reservation of Open Space Article 11 Community Preservation Program and its ehabilitation and Ma ority vote irect Appropriations from und estoration Balances Total FY 2018 Open Space $1,970,804.52 Set-Aside Fund Balance To see if the Town will appropriate or set aside for later appropriation, and authorie and direct the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager to expend or set FY 2018 Historic Resources aside, from the 2018 Community reservation Set-Aside und balances as set forth herein, the amounts listed Set-Aside und Balance from 0.00 below for community preservation purposes, with such appropriations for the expenditures to be sub ect to conditions listed in the Acquisition, reservation, Article’s Summary and to be further specified in award ehabilitation and estoration letters from the Community reservation Committee, of istoric esources with each item considered a separate appropriation Total FY 2018 Historic $0.00 Resource Set-Aside Fund Balance

109 . Mill lace Condominium 40,000.00 FY 2018 Community Housing Set-Aside Association Bell Tower reservation Set-Aside und Balance from 0.00 appropriations for the Acquisi- J. Town of Acton Asa arlin 175,000.00 tion, Creation, reservation, ouse reservation and Support of Community . Town of Acton Jones 269,000.00 ousing ield layground enovation Total FY 2018 Community $0.00 L. Town of Acton Acton 55,000.00 Housing Set-Aside Fund Arboretum A A Compliant Balance Entrance M. Town of Acton Acton 5,000.00 APPROPRIATIONS FROM FY 2018 COMMUNITY Arboretum China Trail and PRESERVATION FUND BALANCE arden lantings Purposes Recommended . Town of Acton 53 iver 75,000.00 Amounts Street istoric ar Set-Aside Appropriations for Administrative Appropriation A. Acquisition, reservation, 35.45 O. A fund for C C direct 59,498.50 ehabilitation and estora- expenses and for reimbursing tion of istoric esources the Town of Acton for required set-aside for meet- administrative services and ing 10 of spending from operating expenses provided 2015 revenues in support of the Community reservation Committee B. Acquisition, reservation, 100,737.00 ehabilitation and estora- Total Recommended $1,586,154.50 tion of istoric esources Appropriations from FY required set-aside for meet- 2018 Community ing 10 of spending from Preservation Fund Balance 2016 revenues C. Acquisition, reservation, 2,227.00 APPROPRIATION FROM OPEN SPACE ehabilitation and estora- SET-ASIDE FUND BALANCE tion of Community ousing . Wright ill Open Space Land 81,600.00 required set-aside for meet- Acquisition - ebt Service ing 10 of spending from Total Recommended $81,600.00 2017 revenues Appropriations from the . Acquisition, Creation and 450,000.00 Open Space Set-Aside Fund reservation of Open Space, and its ehabilitation and estoration APPROPRIATION FROM COMMUNITY HOUSING SET-ASIDE FUND BALANCE Spending Appropriations E2. Community ousing 2,227.00 E1. Community ousing ro- 147,773.00 rogram und gram und Total Recommended $2,227.00 . Acton ousing Authority 162,656.00 Appropriations from the Windsor reen Sliding oors Community Housing . Town of Acton Cultural 20,000.00 Historic Resources esource List pdates and Set-Aside Fund MAC S Conversion 1. ron Wor arm Window 24,227.55 APPROPRIATION FROM HISTORIC reservation RESOURCES SET-ASIDE FUND BALANCE 2. ron Wor arm Window 100,772.45 reservation

110 Total Recommended $100,772.45 And, whereas Town Meeting may vote to delete or Appropriations from the reduce any of the recommended amounts Historic Resources Set- Aside Fund Therefore, in the event that recommended amounts are deleted or reduced, vote to appropriate as a set- aside for future spending from the 2018 Community Resulting Fund Balances reservation und Balance the minimum necessary esulting 2018 14,245.59 amounts to allocate not less than 10 of the 2018 Community reservation Community reservation und evenues for open und Balance space 118,997.00 , not less than 10 of the 2018 Community reservation und evenues for historic esulting Balance in the 2,339,204.52 resource 118,997.00 , and not less than 10 of the Set-Aside und for the 2018 Community reservation und evenues for Acquisition, Creation, and community housing 118,997.00 , or tae any other reservation of Open Space, action relative thereto. and its ehabilitation and estoration MOTION: Mr. acouby moves that the Town esulting Balance in the 0.00 1 Transfer to and from the Community reservation Set-Aside und for the und and appropriate, re-appropriate, or set aside for Acquisition, reservation, current or later appropriation 1,770,753.95, all as set forth in the article, and ehabilitation and 2 Authorie the Town Manager to expend or set aside estoration of istoric amounts as set forth in the article, and in compliance esources with conditions to be noted in the Community esulting Balance in the 0.00 reservation Committee’s award letters. Set-Aside und for the Acquisition, Creation, old line tems - , , J reservation, and Support of Community ousing REMAINING LINE ITEMS UNDER THIS MOTION CARRIES ursuant to Town Charter Section 6-5 that the appropriation to the Community ousing rogram und Line tem - ron Wors arm Window eplacement shall not lapse three years and one month following the effective date of the vote on this article, and that Line Item CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY this appropriation and all prior appropriations to the Community ousing rogram und shall continue to Line tem - Mill lace Condominium Association Bell be available for the purpose specified until expended Tower reservation for that purpose or until the C C recommends and iClice r - A es - 202 82 E o - 44 18 Town Meeting votes to rescind the appropriation of any unspent funds appropriated for this purpose, Line Item CARRIES

And, whereas Massachusetts eneral Laws Chapter Line tem J - Town of Acton Asa arlin ouse 44B requires that the Town appropriate for spending, reservation or set-aside for future spending, from the 2018 Community reservation und evenues at least 10 Line Item CARRIES for open space, 10 for historic resources, and 10 for community housing MOTION TO ADJOURN: Ms. reen moves to ad ourn the Town Meeting at 10 39 pm until April 2nd And, whereas the recommended appropriations for at 6 45pm, at the Acton-Boxborough egional igh open space, historic resources, and community housing School Auditorium. each meet or exceed 10 of the 2018 Community reservation und evenues MOTION TO ADJOURN CARRIES

111 April 2, 2019 the Elementary and Special Education Schools and routinely addresses variety of issues including The Moderator, Mr. Ashton, called the Annual Town Security, Safe, ncident Assistance, Truancy, Meeting to order on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 6 49pm. Emergency reparedness, Threat Assessment, Educational nstruction, Student/ amily Assistance The Moderator introduced the Town Manager, and Event Support. When Mie is not wori ng with John Mangiaratti who gave the presentation for the our children he engages in direct and specialie d annual recipient of the Joseph A. Lalli Merit Award interactions with the public in matters such as endowed by the Steinberg Lalli Charitable oundation, omestic abuse, victim assistance and case follow-up, for outstanding wor of a Town of Acton Municipal Mental ealth awareness education , Substance Employee. This is the fifteenth year that this award abuse education and intervention AA and he is has been issued. The oundation gave funding eleven the primary point of contact between the COA and the years ago, to recognie ublic Safety Employees with police department in regards to our Elder’s issues and this award as well. concerns. To say et. Eracleo spins many plates at the same time would be an understatement. The Municipal Employee of the ear award for 2019 is presented to James Mac ae, the eteran’s etective Eracleo is scheduled to wor an eight hour Services Officer. day but this is hardly ever the case. t is not uncommon for him to remain at his des well past quitting or ta e James Mac ae, the Town of Acton’s SO eterans a call from a school official or parent at his home in the Service Officer) is a tireless supporter of our veterans. evening hours. f you ase d Mie why he does this he He accesses benefits on their behalf and takes a keen would say, t ust needed to be done. etective Eracleo interest in their lives, always loo ing to improve their is always upbeat, motivated and ready to serve. e quality of life. n the eight years that Jim has been on will accept any assignment, tas and or request with a staff he has directly impacted the quality of life of our smile. etective Eracleo is a truly dedicated employee veterans. e performs his duties in a quiet unassuming he is a credit to the department and to the Town. e is manner that inspires all around him. James Mac ae rightfully deserving of this recognition and award. embodies the qualities that ma e him an ideal candidate to receive the Steinberg-Lalli Employee of the ear Mie thane d the foundation for the continued award. n addition to his tireless efforts on behalf of generosity to the Town. e also thane d the Board veterans and their families, he also coordinates and of Selectmen and Town Manager for the award. Mie cooks Veterans breakfasts, hand created new flagpoles thane d Chief ich Burrows for the nomination for the and replacement of our ceremonial flags used on the award. Town Common, personally sets them up and ta es them down for events, hand delivers benefits checks to Joan ardner thane d the Board of Selectmen veterans, assists veterans personally with their transport members that will be leaving the board. to A medical appointments. e is highly successful at achieving benefits payments through advocacy and Joan thane d atie reen for her 6 years of service to research regarding federal benefit programs, coordinates the Town has been exceptional. lag etirement ceremonies, parades, speeches. n addition he coordinated the flagpole installation at the atie thane d Janet Adachi for the 9 years of service to 30 Sudbury uman Services facility. the Town. Janet has had many contributions on many committees for the Town. She will be greatly missed. James than ed all the epartments that have assisted him. e than ed everyone for the recognition for Article 12 Transfer Real Property – 53 River Street this award. Two-thirds vote

Mr. Mangiaratti honored the eleventh annual recipient To see if the Town will vote to authorie the Board of of the Joseph A. Lalli Merit Award for outstanding Selectmen to transfer real property commonly n own wor of a ublic Safety Employee. This year’s ublic as 53 iver Street in Acton, consisting of approximately Safety Employee of the ear is presented to Michael 7.26 acres, identified as Parcel 47 on the Town of Acton Eracleo, etective of the olice epartment. Assessor’s Map 3A and recorded at the Middlesex South egistry of eed at Boo 68789, age 272, Detective Michael Eracleo, has been and officer for which land is currently held for general municipal the Town for 14 years. e is assigned to wor with purposes from the Board of Selectmen to the Board 112 of Selectmen for open space, historic preservation or by the Attorney eneral on Aug. 6, 2001. recreation purposes, or tae any other action relative The Town Meeting Moderator is not required to count thereto. a 2/3 required vote.

MOTION: Mr. Berry moves that the Town authorie Article 14 Land Acquisition or Lease – 19 & the transfer of the real property as set forth in the Article 21 Maple Street from the Board of Selectmen for general municipal Two-thirds vote purposes to the Board of Selectmen for open space, historic preservation or recreation purposes. To see if the Town will vote to authorie the Board of Selectmen to 1 enter into a lease 2 acquire by MOTION CARRIES purchase, gift, eminent domain or otherwise and to Declared 2/3 by Moderator* accept a deed of fee simple interest, on such terms Town of Acton has accepted M L C 39 Sec 15 at and conditions as the Selectmen may determine, and its Annual Town Meeting April 2001, then dispose of all of a portion by entering into a lease Article 43 and the amended Bylaw 5A was approved bac to the seller or 3 acquire by purchase, gift, by the Attorney eneral on Aug. 6, 2001. eminent domain or otherwise and to accept a deed The Town Meeting Moderator is not required to count of fee simple interest, on such terms and conditions a 2/3 required vote. as the Selectmen may determine, and for general municipal purposes, arcels 42 and/or 37 as shown Article 13 Disposition of Real Property – 348-364 on the Town of Acton Atlas Map 2-A and in the deeds Main Street recorded at the Middlesex South egistry of eeds in Two-thirds vote Boo 45836, age 526 and Boo 11658, age 673, respectively and further to see if the Town will raise, To see if the Town will vote to authori e the Board of appropriate, transfer from available funds, accept gifts Selectmen to transfer the real property nown as 348, and/or borrow a sum of money to be expended by 350, 352, 362 and 364 Main Street in Acton, consisting the Town Manager for this purpose, or tae any other of a total of approximately 4.6689 acres, identified as action relative thereto. arcels 61, 61-1, 54, 32, and 33, respectively, on the Town of Acton Assessor’s Map 3 and recorded at the MOTION: Mr. Benson moves that the Town Middlesex South egistry of eed at Boo 66745, age 1 authorie the Board of Selectmen to acquire by 77, which land is currently held for general municipal purchase, gift, eminent domain or otherwise the real purposes, from the Board of Selectmen for the purpose property as set forth in the Article on such terms and of conveyance, and to authori e the Board of Selectmen conditions as the Selectmen may determine to convey such land for affordable housing purposes on such terms and conditions and for such consideration, 2 appropriate 1,100,000 to be expended by the which may be non-monetary consideration, as the Town Manager to fund said acquisition and, to meet Selectmen may determine in the Town’s interest, or ta e this appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval any other action relative thereto. of the Board of Selectmen, is authorie d to borrow 1,100,000 under Massachusetts eneral Laws MOT O Ms. reen moves that the Town authorie Chapter 44, Section 7, as amended, and further, that the transfer of the real property as set forth in the Article any premium received upon the sale of the bonds, less from the Board of Selectmen for general municipal the cost of preparing, issuing and mare ting them, and purposes to the Board of Selectmen for the purpose any accrued interest received upon the delivery of the of conveyance, and authorie the Board of Selectmen bonds may be applied to the costs of the pro ect and to to dispose of all or any portion of such real property reduce the amount authorie d to be borrowed for the for affordable housing purposes on such terms and pro ect by lie amount conditions as the Selectmen may determine. 3 appropriate and transfer 33,000 from the Commuter Clice r - A es - 320 91 E o - 31 9 Lot Parking Fees Fund to fund the first year of debt service on such borrowing and MOTION CARRIES Declared 2/3 by Moderator* 4 authorie the Board of Selectmen to dispose of a Town of Acton has accepted M L C 39 Sec 15 at portion of the real property as set forth in the Article its Annual Town Meeting April 2001, by lease bac to the current owner on such terms and Article 43 and the amended Bylaw 5A was approved conditions as the Selectmen may determine. 113 MOTION CARRIES C. ublic Safety ispatchers nternational Brotherhood Declared 2/3 by Moderator* of Teamsters Local 25 Town of Acton has accepted M L C 39 Sec 15 at . ighway, Municipal roperties and Cemetery its Annual Town Meeting April 2001, American ederation of State, County and Municipal Article 43 and the amended Bylaw 5A was approved Employees Local 1703 by the Attorney eneral on Aug. 6, 2001. The Town Meeting Moderator is not required to count MOTION: Mr. Berry moves that the Town authorie a 2/3 required vote. the first year cost items contained in the Collective Bargaining Agreements between the Town and the Article 15 # Land Acquisition – 257 Central A. Acton Police Patrol Officers Association Street, Northern Subdivided Parcel B. Acton Police Superior Officers (Massachusetts Two-thirds vote Coalition of olice Local 380 C. ublic Safety ispatchers nternational Brotherhood To see if the Town will vote to authorie the Board of Teamsters Local 25 of Selectmen to acquire by purchase, gift, eminent . ighway, Municipal roperties and Cemetery domain or otherwise and to accept a deed of fee American ederation of State, County and Municipal simple interest, on such terms and conditions as the Employees Local 1703 Selectmen may determine and for general municipal purposes, the part of 257 Central Street that will, by MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY April Town Meeting, have been subdivided from the main house. 257 Central is shown on the Town of Jo-Ann Berry will moderate the next article. Acton Atlas Map 2-B-2, and in the deed recorded at the Middlesex South egistry of eeds in Boo 14061, Financial Consent (Majority vote) age 255 and further to see if the Town will raise, Ms. reen moves that the Town tae up the eight appropriate, and/or transfer from available funds or articles in the Consent Calendar on pages 54 through accept gifts for this purpose, or tae any other action 60 of the Warrant Articles 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 relative thereto. and 24.

MOTION: Annette Lochrie moves that the Town tae 17 emand ees for Late ayments no action. 18 Commuter Lot Station Maintenance MOTION CARRIES Declared 2/3 by Moderator* 19 Septage isposal Enterprise Budget Town of Acton has accepted M L C 39 Sec 15 at its Annual Town Meeting April 2001, 20 Transfer Station and ecycling Enterprise Article 43 and the amended Bylaw 5A was approved Budget by the Attorney eneral on Aug. 6, 2001. The Town Meeting Moderator is not required to count 21 Sewer Enterprise Budget a 2/3 required vote. 22 Ambulance Enterprise Budget

Article 16 Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements 23 Transportation Enterprise Budget Ma ority vote 24 evolving und Budget To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, transfer or appropriate from available funds a sum of money eld from consent Article 21 Sewer Enterprise Budget necessary to fund the cost items contained in Collective Bargaining Agreement s between the Town and its REMAINING ARTICLES UNDER THE employee unions as filed with the Town Clerk, or take CONSENT MOTION CARRIES any other action relative thereto. Article 17 * Demand Fees for Late Payments A. Acton Police Patrol Officers Association Ma ority vote B. Acton Police Superior Officers (Massachusetts To see if the Town will authorie the Tax Collector to Coalition of olice Local 380 charge a 15 fee for each written demand issued by

114 the Tax Collector, to be added to and collected as part Law, or tae any other action relative thereto. of the tax, as authorie d by Massachusetts eneral Laws Chapter 60, Section 15, to become effective July MOTION: Ms. reen moves that the Town raise from 1, 2019, or tae any other action relative thereto. department receipts and appropriate 618,800 for the purpose of solid waste disposal and recycling, and that MOTION: Ms. Adachi moves that the Town authorie the Town authorie the Town Manager to lease on such the Tax Collector to charge a 15 fee for each written terms and conditions as he may determine vehicles demand issued as set forth in the Article. and equipment for a period not to exceed five years, and to sell, trade or otherwise dispose of vehicles and CONSENT MOTION CARRIES equipment being replaced and to expend any proceeds so received. Article 18 * Commuter Lot & Station Maintenance Ma ority vote CONSENT MOTION CARRIES

To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, or Article 21 * Sewer Enterprise Budget appropriate from available funds a sum of money to be Ma ority vote expended by the Town Manager for the service fees, operation, maintenance or improvement of facilities To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, or and infrastructure at the South Acton Commuter Lot, appropriate from available funds a sum of money for including related incidental costs, or tae any other the purpose of operating and maintaining a sewer action relative thereto. collection and treatment facility, in accordance with Massachusetts eneral Laws Chapter 44, Section MOTION: Mr. Benson moves that the Town raise from 53 , Enterprise und Law, or tae any other action department receipts and appropriate 76,900 for the relative thereto. purposes set forth in the Article. MOTION: Ms. Adachi moves that the Town raise CONSENT MOTION CARRIES 1,788,330 from department receipts, transfer 341,840 from retained earnings and appropriate 2,130,170 for Article 19 * Septage Disposal Enterprise Budget the purpose of operating the sewer system. Ma ority vote eld from consent To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds a sum of money for MOTION TO AMEND: Ms. riedrichs moves to amend the purpose of septage disposal, in accordance with to add the following language to the main motion Massachusetts eneral Laws Chapter 44, Section provide, however, that such appropriation shall not 53 , Enterprise und Law, or tae any other action be expended for the purpose of West Acton sewer relative thereto. expansion

MOTION: Ms. ardner moves that the Town raise Motion to Amend fails 137,677 from department receipts, transfer 20,000 from retained earnings and appropriate 157,677 to Motion to allow speae r from Woodard and Curran to operate the septage waste disposal program. spea.

CONSENT MOTION CARRIES Motion carries unanimously

Article 20 * Transfer Station and Recycling ORIGINAL MOTION CARRIES Enterprise Budget Ma ority vote eter Ashton will Moderate.

To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, or Article 22 * Ambulance Enterprise Budget appropriate from available funds, and transfer a sum Ma ority vote of money for the purpose of solid waste disposal and recycling in accordance with Massachusetts eneral To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, or Laws Chapter 44, Section 53 , Enterprise und appropriate from available funds, and transfer a sum

115 of money for the purpose of health care, in accordance MOTION: Ms. ardner moves that the Town with Massachusetts eneral Laws Chapter 44, Section raise 261,400 from department receipts, raise 53 , Enterprise und Law, or tae any other action 260,000 from general revenues, transfer 121,000 relative thereto. from commuter lot pari ng fees fund balance and appropriate 642,400 for the purpose of operating the MOTION: Mr. Berry moves that the Town raise transportation service. 1,030,941 from department receipts, raise 180,000 from general revenues, transfer 77,650 from retained CONSENT MOTION CARRIES earnings and appropriate 1,288,591 for the purpose of operating the ambulance service. Article 24 * Revolving Fund Budgets Ma ority vote CONSENT MOTION CARRIES To see if the Town will vote to limit the total amount Article 23 * Transportation Enterprise Budget that may be expended from the revolving funds for the Ma ority vote istoric istrict Commission, Building epartment, ealth epartment, Transportation Service, ire To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, transfer epartment and ublic Wors epartment as noted or appropriate from available funds a sum of money for in the 20 Authorie d Expense column in the table the purpose of transportation services, in accordance below, or tae any other action relative thereto. with Massachusetts eneral Laws Chapter 44, Section 53 , Enterprise und Law, or tae any other action relative thereto.

Fund Balance FY19 Budgeted FY19 Budgeted Fund Balance FY20 Estimated FY20 Authorized 6/30/2018 Revenue Expense 6/30/2019 Revenue Expense Historic District Commission 1,940 200 200 1,940 200 200 Building Department 141,767 257,483 257,483 141,767 257,962 257,962 Sealer of Weights and Measures 73,206 30,557 30,557 73,206 27,085 27,085 Hazardous Materials Inspection 22,012 29,162 29,162 22,012 55,792 55,792 Food Services Inspection 15,241 46,870 46,870 15,241 57,383 57,383 Stormwater 72,524 19,550 19,550 72,524 54,685 54,685 CrossTown Connect 0 180,000 180,000 0 180,000 180,000 Fire Alarm Network 122,288 116,415 116,415 122,288 65,115 65,115 Roadway Maintenance 0 47,000 47,000 0 47,000 47,000 Total $ 745,222 $ 745,222

116 MOTION: Mr. Benson moves that all revolving funds Section 2: Definitions be authorie d and continued in the amounts, for the purposes, and with the limits on the total amount that A. arming and agriculture shall have the same may be expended as set forth in the Article. meaning as in eneral Laws Chapter 128, Section lA. B. otwithstanding the foregoing, for the purposes of CONSENT MOTION CARRIES this eneral Bylaw, farming and agriculture shall not include the planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, Article 25 Accept Legislation - Agricultural harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, Commission producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyi ng, Ma ority vote paca ging, repaca ging, storing, or containing of marijuana, as defined in General Laws Chapter 94G, To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 40, Section 1. Section 8L of the Massachusetts eneral Laws to create an Agricultural Commission to be appointed by Section 3: Right To Farm Declaration the Board of Selectmen. The ight to arm is hereby recognie d to exist within MOTION: Ms. Adachi moves that the Town accept the Town of Acton. Agricultural activities may occur on Chapter 40, Section 8L of the Massachusetts eneral holidays, weed ays, and weee nds by night or day Laws and authorie the Board of Selectmen to create and shall include the attendant incidental noise, odors, an Agricultural Commission consisting of five (5) dust, and fumes associated with normally accepted members. agricultural practices. t is hereby determined that whatever impact may be caused to others through the MOTION CARRIES normal practice of agriculture is more than offset by the benefits of farming to the neighborhood, community, Article 26 Amend General Bylaws – Right to Farm and society in general. The benefits and protections Ma ority vote of this bylaw are intended to apply exclusively to those agricultural and farming operations and activities To see if the Town will vote to amend the eneral conducted in accordance with generally accepted Bylaws of the Town by adding Chapter AA, ight to agricultural practices. Moreover, nothing in this ight to arm, to read as follows, or tae any other action arm Bylaw shall be deemed as acquiring any interest relative thereto. in land, or as imposing any land use regulation, which is properly the sub ect of state statute, regulation, or Section 1: Legislative Purpose and Intent local o ning law.

A. The purpose and intent of this bylaw is to state with Section 4: Disclosure Notification emphasis the ight to arm accorded to all citie ns of the Commonwealth under Article 97 of the Constitution, Within 30 days after this bylaw becomes effective, the and all state statutes and regulations thereunder Board of Selectmen shall prominently post in the Town including but not limited to Massachusetts eneral Hall, Public Libraries, Town Notice Boards, the official Laws Chapter 40A, Section 3, aragraph 1 Chapter Town website, and mae available for distribution the 90, Section 9 Chapter 111, Section 125A and Chapter following disclosure t is the policy of this community 128, Section lA. We the citie ns of Acton restate and to conserve, protect and encourage the maintenance republish these rights pursuant to the Town’s authority and improvement of agricultural land for the production conferred by Article 89 of the Articles of Amendment of food, and other agricultural products, and also of the Massachusetts Constitution ome ule for its natural and ecological value. This disclosure Amendment . notification is to inform buyers and occupants that the property they are about to acquire or occupy lies within B. This eneral Bylaw encourages the pursuit of a town where farming activities occur. Such farming agriculture, promotes agriculture based economic activities may include, but are not limited to, activities opportunities, and protects farmland within the Town of that cause noise, dust and odors. Acton by allowing agricultural uses and related activities to function with minimal conflict with abutters and Town n addition to the above, copies of this disclosure agencies. This bylaw shall apply to all urisdictional notification shall be available in a public area at the areas within Town of Acton. Town all.

117 Section 5: Resolution of Disputes PROCEDURE FOR THE DEMOLITION OF HISTORICALLY OR ARCHITECTURALLY A. This section shall apply only if the Town of Acton has SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS established an Agricultural Commission in accordance with M. .L. c. 40, 8L. N1. Intent and Purpose B. Comments shall mean either written comments on behalf of or an appearance by an agent of the This bylaw is adopted for the purpose of preserving Agricultural Commission at a public hearing. and protecting significant buildings within the Town C. When a dispute within the oning Enforcement which constitute or reflect distinctive features of the Officer’s or Zoning Board of Appeals’ jurisdiction architectural, cultural, political, economic or social concerns agricultural activities, the oning history of the town to encourage owners of such Enforcement Officer or Zoning Board of Appeals shall buildings to preserve, move, rehabilitate or restore obtain comments from the Agricultural Commission or such buildings rather than demolish them or to see its agent. The Zoning Enforcement Officer or Zoning out persons who might be willing to purchase such Board of Appeals may require that those comments be buildings and preserve, rehabilitate or restore them. given in writing. To achieve these purposes the Acton istorical Commission hereinafter the Commission is . When a dispute which does not present imminent empowered to advise and authorie the Building danger or ris to public health within the Board of Commissioner with respect to the issuance of permits ealth’s urisdiction concerns agricultural activities, for demolition of significant buildings. The issuance of the Board of ealth shall obtain comments from the demolition permits for significant buildings is regulated Agricultural Commission or its agent. The Board of as provided by this bylaw. ealth may require that those comments be given in writing. N2. Definitions

E. All other Town officers and employees may request 2.1 “Building” - any combination of materials forming comments from the Agricultural Commission in a shelter for persons, animals, or property. addressing concerns or resolving disputes relating to farming or agricultural activities. Any officer or 2.2 “Demolition” - any act of pulling down, destroying, employee requesting comments may require that those removing, or rai ng a building or more than 25 comments be given in writing. of any single façade or any significant architectural or structural feature visible from the exterior of the Section 6: Severability Clause building, or commencing the wor of total or substantial destruction with the intent of completing the same f any part of this bylaw is for any reason held to be demolition does not include the mere replacement of unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect roofing, siding, windows, or trim for maintenance or the remainder of this bylaw. The Town of Acton hereby repair. For purposes hereof, “significant architectural declares the provisions of this bylaw to be severable. or structural features include but are not limited to porticos, bay windows, roof lines, dormers, or other MOTION: Ms. Adachi moves that the Town adopt the unique features of a building. eneral Bylaws amendment as set forth in the Article. 2.3 “Significant Building” - any building or portion MOTION CARRIES thereof not within an istoric istrict but which

Article 27 Amend General Bylaws – Chapter N, a. is listed on, or is within an area listed on, the ational Demolition Delay egister of istoric laces, or is the sub ect of a pending Ma ority vote application for listing on said ational egister or

To see if the Town will vote to amend the eneral Bylaws b. is included in the Cultural esources nventory of the Town by replacing Chapter , in its entirety with prepared by the Commission or on the MAC S the following, or tae any other action relative thereto. database maintained by the Massachusetts istorical Commission, including those buildings listed for which CHAPTER N complete survey forms may be pending or

118 c. has been determined by vote of the Commission application for a demolition permit is a preferably- to be historically or architecturally significant in terms preserved significant building, the Commission shall so of period, style, method of building construction, or advise the applicant and the Building Commissioner, association with a famous architect or builder, or an within ten 10 days of said hearing, and no demolition historically or culturally significant person, provided permit may be issued until at least twenty-four 24 that the owner of such a building and the Building months after the date of such determination by the Commissioner have been notified, in hand or by Commission for any significant building that falls certified mail, within ten (10) days of such vote. into one of the categories identified in Section 2.3.a. of this bylaw, or until eighteen 18 months after the 2.4 “Commission” - the Acton istorical Commission. date of such determination by the Commission for any significant building that falls into one of the categories N3. Procedure identified in Sections 2.3.b. or 2.3.c. of this bylaw.

3.1 Within seven 7 days of receipt of an application Any determination on a demolition permit application for a demolition permit for a significant building the that is made by the Commission is granted to the Building Commissioner shall forward a copy thereof owner filing the application and may not be transferred to the Commission. The Building Commissioner shall to a successor owner unless approved in writing by the also notify the Commission by e-mail or similarly Commission. At a duly called meeting, the Commission expedient means when such a permit has been sent may agree to a transfer of the determination if the to the Commission for consideration. o demolition transferee has proposed a preservation plan for the permit shall be issued at that time. Building, or upon a showing of hardship by the applicant, or for other equitable reasons, if the Commission is 3.2 Within sixty-five (65) days of the date that the satisfied with any such proposed justification(s). Commission receives the application from the Building Commissioner, the Commission shall conduct a public Any determination under Section 3.3 herein expires hearing and shall give at applicant’s cost public notice two 2 years from the date of such determination. f thereof by publishing notice of the time, place and demolition has not occurred prior to such date, a new purpose of the hearing in a local news publication at application for a demolition permit must be filed and least fourteen 14 days before said hearing and also, processed in accordance with this bylaw prior to any within fourteen 14 days of said hearing, shall mail a subsequent demolition. Any demolition permit issued copy of said notice to the applicant and to the abutters after a delay imposed under Section 3.5, including of the property. as such delay may be modified by Section 3.6, shall expire two 2 years from the date of its issuance. A 3.3 f, after such hearing, the Commission determines new demolition application shall be required thereafter that the demolition of the significant building would not and shall be processed in accordance with this bylaw. be detrimental to the historical or architectural heritage or resources of the Town, the Commission shall so notify 3.6 otwithstanding the preceding section, the Building the Building Commissioner within ten 10 days of such Commissioner may issue a demolition permit for a determination. Upon receipt of such notification, or after preferably-preserved significant building at any time the expiration of ten 10 days from the date that the after receipt of written advice from the Commission to hearing was closed if he has not received notification the effect that either from the Commission, the Building Commissioner may, sub ect to the requirements of the State Building a. the Commission is satisfied that there is no Code and any other applicable laws, bylaws, rules and reasonable lie lihood that either the owner or some regulations, issue the demolition permit. other person or group is willing to purchase, preserve, rehabilitate or restore such building, or 3.4 f the Commission determines that the demolition of the significant building would be detrimental to the b. the Commission is satisfied that for at least six (6) historical or architectural heritage or resources of the months the owner has made continuing, bona fide and Town, such building shall be considered a preferably- reasonable efforts to locate a purchaser to preserve, preserved significant building. rehabilitate and restore the sub ect building, including listing on the Multiple Listing Service MLS or 3.5 pon determination by the Commission that comparable residential property sales listing service, the significant building which is the subject of the and that such efforts have been unsuccessful.

119 All appeals from the granting of such approvals must N4. Enforcement and Remedies be concluded before the demolition permit may be issued. The Commission may, in its discretion, waive 4.1 The Commission and the Building Commissioner this provision upon a showing by an applicant that no are each authorie d to institute any and all proceedings development shall be undertaken for a minimum of five in law or equity as they deem necessary and appropriate years. pon the granting of such waiver, the applicant to obtain compliance with the requirements of this and the Commission shall enter into an agreement bylaw, or to prevent a violation thereof. to memoriali e the applicant’s commitment and such agreement may be recorded in the Middlesex County 4.2 o building permit shall be issued with respect to registry of deeds. any premises upon which a significant building has been voluntarily demolished in violation of this bylaw N5. Municipal Buildings for a period of three 3 years after the date of the completion of such demolition unless authorie d by the o provision of this bylaw shall apply to buildings Commission pursuant to Section 4.4. As used herein owned or operated by the Town of Acton or the Acton premises includes the parcel of land upon which the Water istrict. This section was inserted at the demolished significant building was located. Special Town Meeting of 11/28/90 otwithstanding the foregoing, the Town shall consult in good faith with 4.3 pon a determination by the Commission that a the Commission prior to finalizing any plans for the building is a preferably-preserved significant building, Demolition of any Significant Building owned by the the owner shall be responsible for properly securing Town of Acton or the Acton Water istrict. the building, if vacant, to the satisfaction of the Building Commissioner. Should the owner fail to secure the N6. Local Historic Districts building, the loss of such building through fire or other cause shall be considered voluntary demolition for the This Bylaw shall not apply to any proposed demolition purposes of Section 4.2. of a building which is located within a Local istoric istrict established under the Local istoric istrict 4.4 At any time, the owner of property on which a Bylaw, Chapter of the Town of Acton Bylaws. The significant building has been voluntarily demolished in istoric istrict Commission established under the violation of Sections 4.2 or 4.3 of this bylaw can apply Local istoric istrict Bylaw shall have sole urisdiction in writing to the Commission for an exemption to the over any demolition proposals within a Local istoric provisions of Sections 4.2 or 4.3, such application to istrict. state with particularity the facts and circumstances to prove to the Commission that an exemption is warranted N7. Severability due to i exigent circumstances or disasters beyond the owner’s and, if different than the owner, the permit The sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses applicant’s control, or ii documentation evidencing and phrases of this bylaw are severable, and if any the owner’s intent to complete a faithful restoration phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this of the demolished building. The Commission may in bylaw shall be declared unconstitutional or otherwise its discretion determine that the written request states invalid by the valid udgment or decree of any court sufficient grounds for exemption from the provisions of competent urisdiction, such unconstitutionality or Sections 4.2 or 4.3 and authorie an exemption from invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining phrase, this bylaw. Any exemption granted pursuant to this clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this Section 4.4 shall apply only to the voluntary demolition bylaw. for which the owner submitted a written exemption request, and not for any subsequent voluntary N8. Demolition on Account of Threat to Public demolition to which this bylaw would otherwise apply. Safety

4.5 o demolition permit for a preferably-preserved otwithstanding any other provision of this bylaw, significant building shall be granted until all approvals nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the and permits are granted for subsequent development. demolition of any building, structure or portion thereof in ecessary approvals may include but are not limited to accordance with Chapter 111, Section 127B welling building permits, oning variances or special permits, Unfit for Human Habitation) or Chapter 143, Sections 6 licenses, easements and subdivisions of the premises. through 12 nspection and egulation of, and Licenses

120 for, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs . rior to the eneral Bylaws amendment as set forth in the initiating proceedings under such statutes, the Board of Article. ealth or its agent under Chapter 111, or the Building Commissioner under Chapter 143, as the case may MOTION CARRIES be, shall notify the Commission and receive its advice. Article 29 Amend Town Charter – Planning The Commission shall be invited to the inspection, as Board Membership may be required pursuant to the aforesaid statutes, of Two-thirds vote such building or structure. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 4-2 of the MOTION: Ms. reen moves that the Town adopt the Charter of the Town of Acton, by changing the number eneral Bylaws amendment as set forth in the Article. of Planning Board members from seven (7) to five (5) and the number of lanning Board associate members MOTION CARRIES from two 2 to one 1 , or tae any other action relative thereto. Jo-Ann Berry to moderate MOTION: Ms. ardner moves that the Town amend the Town Charter as set forth in the Article. Article 28 Amend General Bylaws – Public Way Permits Clice r - A es - 236 75 E o - 78 25 Ma ority vote MOTION CARRIES To see if the Town will vote to amend Section E39 of Chapter E of the eneral Bylaws of the Town to read Declared 2/3 by Moderator* as follows Town of Acton has accepted M L C 39 Sec 15 at its Annual Town Meeting April 2001, E39. Public Way Obstruction/Destruction Article 43 and the amended Bylaw 5A was approved by the Attorney eneral on Aug. 6, 2001. o person shall brea or dig up the surface for any The Town Meeting Moderator is not required to count purpose whatever set or place any fence, post, tree, or a 2/3 required vote. edgestone, or alter or change the position or direction of any fence, post, tree or edgestone swing any door Article 30 Amend Zoning Bylaw – Detached or gate or change the grade or width in, upon, or over Accessory Apartments any public way without the written license of the Board Two-thirds vote of Selectmen or its designee, which shall prescribe the limitations or restrictions of such activity. To see if the Town will vote to amend the oning Bylaw as set forth herein [Note: Changes to this Section are reflected below by strikethrough for deletions and underline for A. n Section 3.8 - Accessory se egulations, amend additions: Subsection 3.8.1.6 - Accessory Apartments as follows

. Public ay bstruction Destruction 1. elete paragraphs l and m and replace them with the following new paragraphs l and m and n No person shall break or dig up the surface for any purpose whatever; set or place any fence, l The apartment may be located within a detached post, tree, or edgestone, or alter or change the B L that is located on the same LOT as the position or direction of any fence, post, tree or B L with the rincipal WELL T. edgestone; swing any door or gate; or change the grade or width in, upon, or over any public m f a detached B L on a LOT has been way without the written license of the Board of continuously in existence since before April 2, 2019 Selectmen or its designee, which shall prescribe and its foot print and floor area, including the area of the limitations or restrictions of such activity. ] interior garage or pari ng spaces, is not expanded or enlarged thereafter, an apartment in such a detached or tae any other action relative thereto. B L may have a OSS LOO A EA of up to 2000 square feet, not including attic or basement MOTION: Ms. ardner moves that the Town adopt areas, and up to three bedrooms. 121 n owever, in the -2, -4, -8, -8/4, -10, and Accessory apartment in a detached B L as -10/8 istricts an apartment in such a detached provided under Section 3.8.1.6 B L shall only be allowed with a Special ermit from the lanning Board. And in paragraph c delete the phrase a single AM L dwelling with one Apartment in a 2. nsert new paragraphs o , p , q , and r as follows detached B L under Section 3.3.2.10 of this Bylaw . o An apartment in a detached B L constructed after April 2, 2019 may have a OSS LOO A EA [Note – Section 3.3. currently reads 3.3 Residential of up to 500 square feet. USES – Not more than one BUILDING for dwelling purposes shall be located upon a LOT, except: p A LOT containing a B L with a rincipal nit and an Apartment within a detached B L shall a) in the following Districts: Village Districts (EAV, not be further divided resulting in the separation of the NAV, SAV, WAV); Residence A District (R-A); rincipal nit and the Apartment, unless both resulting Residence AA District (R-AA); LOTS and the B L S thereon meet all minimum area, O TA E, width and yard requirements of the b) for the following USES: Nursing Home; Full applicable o ning district. Service Retirement Community; Assisted Living Residence as defined in this Bylaw or in MGL Ch. q The apartment in a detached B L shall be 19D; and installed on a permanent foundation. c) where a special permit has been granted for r The apartment in a detached B L shall only the following: a Planned Conservation Residential be located in the side and rear yard. Community (PCRC) under Section 9 of this Bylaw; And renumber existing paragraph n to become an Independent SENIOR Residence under Section paragraph s . 9B of this Bylaw; an AFFORDABLE Housing Development under Section 4.4 of this Bylaw; a [Note – Subsection 3.8.1.6 paragraphs l) and m) single FAMILY dwelling with one Apartment in a currently read: detached BUILDING under Section 3.3.2.10 of this Bylaw; a golf course under Section 3.5.17 of this l) The apartment may be located within a detached bylaw.] BUILDING that is located on the same LOT as the BUILDING with the Principal DWELLING UNIT, if , or tae any other action relative thereto. the detached BUILDING has been continuously in existence since before 2010 and has not been MOTION: Mr. acouby moves that the Town adopt the expanded or enlarged thereafter. An apartment oning Bylaw amendments as set forth in the Article. in such a detached BUILDING may have a GROSS FLOOR AREA of up to 2000 square feet, Clice r - A es - 285 89 E o - 35 11 not including attic or basement areas, and up to three bedrooms. A LOT containing a BUILDING MOTION CARRIES with a Principal Unit and an Apartment within a Declared 2/3 by Moderator* detached BUILDING shall not be further divided Town of Acton has accepted M L C 39 Sec 15 at its resulting in the separation of the Principal Unit and Annual Town Meeting April 2001, the Apartment, unless both resulting LOTS and Article 43 and the amended Bylaw 5A was approved by the BUILDINGS thereon meet all minimum area, the Attorney eneral on Aug. 6, 2001. FRONTAGE, width and yard requirements of the The Town Meeting Moderator is not required to count applicable zoning district. a 2/3 required vote.

m) However, in the R-2, R-4, R-8, R8/4, R-10, and eter Ashton returns as Moderator. R-10/8 Districts an apartment in such a detached BUILDING shall only be allowed with a Special Article 31 # Amend Zoning Bylaw – Accessory Permit from the Board of Appeals.] Apartments Two-thirds vote B. n Section 3.3 - esidential ses beginning of section , To see if the Town will vote to amend the oning Bylaw paragraph b , insert after 19 the following phrase as set forth herein 122 A. n Section 3.8 Accessory se egulations, amend MOTION CARRIES Subsection 3.8.1.6 Accessory Apartments as follows Article 32 # Amend General Bylaws – Plastic A.1. elete paragraphs 1 and m and replace them Bag Reduction with the following new paragraphs l and m Ma ority vote l The apartment may be located within a detached B L that is located on the same LOT as the To determine whether the Town will vote to amend the B L with the rincipal WELL T. Town Bylaws by adding a Bylaw for the elimination of thin-film single-use plastic checkout bags as follows, or m f a detached B L on a LOT has been tae any other action relative thereto. continuously in existence since before April 2, 2019 and its footprint and floor area, including the area of Section 1. Purpose and Intent interior garage or pari ng spaces, is not expanded or The purpose of this bylaw is to regulate the retail enlarged thereafter, an apartment in such a detached use of single-use plastic checo ut bags and B L may have a OSS LOO A EA of up promote the use of reusable bags in the Town of to 2,000 square feet, not including attic or basement Acton. The reduction in the use of thin-film, single- areas, and up to three bedrooms, with a special permit use plastic checo ut bags by retail establishments from the oning Board of Appeals. in the Town of Acton is a public purpose that has positive impacts on the environment including, but A.2. nsert new paragraphs n , o , p , and q as follows not limited to reducing solid waste and unnecessary strains on recycling resources minimii ng litter n An apartment in a detached B L constructed reducing the carbon footprint of the Town protecting after April 2, 2019, with a special permit from the oning local waterways; avoiding the waste of finite natural Board of Appeals, may have a OSS LOO A EA resources protecting the marine environment and of up to 2,000 square feet. preserving the unique natural beauty of the Town of Acton. o A LOT containing a B L with a rincipal nit and an Apartment within a detached B L shall Section 2. Definitions not be further divided resulting in the separation of the Checo ut bag - means a carryout bag provided by rincipal nit and the Apartment, unless both resulting a store to a customer at the point of sale. Checo ut LOTS and the B L S thereon meet all minimum bags shall not include bags, whether plastic or not, area, O TA E, width and yard requirements of the in which loose produce or products are placed by applicable o ning district. the consumer to deliver such items to the point of sale or chec out area of the store. p The apartment in a detached B L shall be installed on a permanent foundation. “Thin-film single-use plastic checkout bag” – means those bags typically with handles, intended for q The apartment in a new detached B L shall single-use transport of purchases and made of film only be located in the side and rear yard, special permit less than 4.0 mils the thicn ess of four pieces of from the oning Board of Appeals. paper .

And renumber existing paragraph n to become eusable checo ut bag - means a sewn bag with paragraph r stitched handles (1) made of cloth or natural fibers that is machine-washable and designed for multiple B. n Section 3.3 esidential ses beginning of use or 2 made of plastic other than polyethylene section , paragraph b , insert after 19 the following or polyvinyl chloride 3 is durable, non-toxic and phrase generally considered a food-grade material that is more than 4 mils thic. Accessory apartment in a detached B L as provided under Section 3.8.1.6 And in paragraph c ecyclable paper bag - means a paper bag that delete the phrase a single AM L dwelling with one is 1 100 percent recyclable including the handles Apartment in a detached B L under Section 2 contains at least 40 post-consumer recycled 3.3.2.10 of this Bylaw . paper content and 3 displays this information re recyclability and content on the bag surface. MOTION: ranny Osman moves that the Town tae no action. 123 etail Establishment means any business 7.1 This bylaw shall tae effect January 1, 2020. facility (whether for-profit or not-for-profit) that sells goods directly to the consumer, including, but not MOTION: Carolyn latt moves that the Town amend limited to, retail stores, restaurants, pharmacies, the eneral Bylaws by inserting Chapter AB, lastic convenience and grocery stores, liquor stores, and Bag eduction, as set forth in the Article. seasonal or temporary businesses. MOTION CARRIES Section 3. Regulations 3.1 On or after January 1, 2020, no retail Article 33 # Non-Binding Resolution – Building establishment in the Town of Acton shall provide Moratorium thin-film single-use plastic checkout bags to Ma ority vote customers f a retail establishment provides or sells checo ut bags to customers, the bags must We, the petitioners, want to ensure that Acton does not be one of the following 1 a recyclable paper bag, build beyond the capacity that its current water, road or 2 a reusable checo ut bag. capacity, and other public infrastructure can support. There is state enabling law which allows towns to 3.2 The Board of ealth may adopt and amend enact a moratorium on new residential building. We, rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of the petitioners, request an article be placed on the this bylaw April 2019 Town Meeting warrant, to see if the Town Members want to affirm that they want the town to Section 4. Exemptions propose a building moratorium bylaw at the April 2020 4.1 Thin-film plastic bags typically without handles Town Meeting. which are used to contain dry cleaning, newspapers, produce, meat, bul foods, wet items, and other Action Requested similar merchandise are not prohibited under this bylaw. Be it resolved, that Town Meeting request the Board of Selectmen BoS to add to the April 2020 Town Section 5. Enforcement Meeting warrant, a Town Bylaw which places a 5.1 Enforcement of this bylaw shall be the moratorium for new residential building for 5 years. responsibility of the Board of ealth or his/her The purpose of the moratorium is to provide the Town designee. The Board of ealth shall determine relief from processing building permit applications, so the monitoring and enforcement processes to that the Town can prepare a new Master lan, which be followed incorporating those processes into addresses how to build sustainably with regard to other town duties as appropriate. This bylaw environmental, road capacity, school capacity and may be enforced by any lawful means in law or other public resource limits and to ensure that the equity including, but not limited to, a non-criminal Town is capable of providing the services necessary disposition as provided in the M. .L. Ch. 40, 21 to support future development. Such a moratorium, and appropriate chapter of the eneral Bylaws of may include exemptions for public necessity building, the Town of Acton. f non-criminal disposition is which the Town can define during the hearings. elected, then any retail establishment that violates any provision of this bylaw may be sub ect to the This article, is non-binding. This article, if passed, following penalties would not change law. This article, if passed, would OT commit the town to anything. While we hope that irst Offense written warning Second Offense the BoS will respect Town Meeting’s vote on this matter, 50 penalty Third and subsequent offenses 200 and prepare a bylaw for Town Meeting to consider in penalty 2020. f passed, the BoS can legally ignore the vote of this current article. The intent of this article is to inform Section 6. Severability the BoS whether this Town Meeting wants a building 6.1 Each section of this bylaw shall be construed moratorium. as separate to the end that if any section, sentence, clause or phrase thereof shall be invalid MOTION: Terra riedrichs moves that the Town adopt for any reason, the remainder of this bylaw shall the non-binding resolution as set forth in the Article. continue in force. MOTION FAILS Section 7. Effective Date 124 Article 34 # Non-Binding Resolution – We, the petitioners, request an article be placed on the Development Rate Limitation Bylaw April 2019 Town Meeting warrant, to see if the Town Ma ority vote Members want to affirm that they want the town to propose a stronger land clearing limits bylaw at the We, the petitioners, want to ensure that Acton does not April 2020 Town Meeting. build beyond the capacity that its current water, road capacity, and other public infrastructure can support. Action Requested We the petitioners want the Town to draft a bylaw, modeled after state enabling law which allows towns to Be it resolved, that Town Meeting request the Board place a limit on the number of new buildings permitted of Selectmen BoS to add to the April 2020 Town each year. Meeting warrant, a Town Bylaw which limits the amount of land cleared to a specific %. The purpose of the We, the petitioners, request an article be placed on moratorium is so that the Town can use its authority to the April 2019 Town Meeting warrant, to see if the limit unnecessary building. Town Members want to affirm that they want the town to propose a building rate limitation bylaw at the April This article, is non-binding. This article, if passed, 2020 Town Meeting. would not change law. This article, if passed, would OT commit the town to anything. While we hope that Action Requested the BoS will respect Town Meeting’s vote on this matter, and prepare a bylaw for Town Meeting to consider in Be it resolved, that Town Meeting request the Board of 2020. f passed, the BoS can legally ignore the vote of Selectmen BoS to add to the April 2020 Town Meeting this current article. The intent of this article is to inform warrant, a Town Bylaw which limits new construction to the BoS whether this Town Meeting wants a building be consistent with the Town’s capacity to accommodate moratorium. new development and provide the services needed to support that development. MOTION: Terra riedrichs moves that the Town adopt the non-binding resolution as set forth in the Article. This article, is non-binding. This article, if passed, would not change law. This article, if passed, would MOTION FAILS OT commit the town to anything. While we hope that the BoS will respect Town Meeting’s vote on this matter, Article 36 # Non-Binding Resolution – Limit Size and prepare a bylaw for Town Meeting to consider in of New Single Family Houses 2020. f passed, the BoS can legally ignore the vote of Ma ority vote this current article. The intent of this article is to inform the BoS whether this Town Meeting wants a bylaw to We, the petitioners, want to reduce the destruction limit the rate of development. of green space in Acton. We, the petitioners, request an article be placed on the April 2019 Town Meeting MOTION: Terra riedrichs moves that the Town adopt warrant, to see if the Town Members want to affirm the non-binding resolution as set forth in the Article. that they want the Town to propose a o ning bylaw to limit the sie of new residential buildings to a maximum MOTION FAILS number of square feet, and to propose that bylaw at the April 2020 Town Meeting. The purpose of this petition Article 35 # Non-Binding Resolution – Land is to avoid what is commonly n own as McMansions . Clearing Limits Ma ority vote Action Requested

We, the petitioners, want to reduce the destruction of Be it resolved, that Town Meeting request the Board green space in Acton. There is state enabling law Cape of Selectmen BoS to add to the April 2020 Town Cod Commission Model Bylaws which allows towns to Meeting warrant, a Town Bylaw which limits the sie of enact land clearing limits . Acton has a land clearing new single family homes to 4,000 square feet or less. limits bylaw already. owever, we, the petitioners, do not believe it is effective in limiting the amount of land This article, is non-binding. This article, if passed, cleared. would not change law. This article, if passed, would OT commit the town to anything. While we hope that

125 the BoS will respect Town Meeting’s vote on this matter, MOTION: Terra riedrichs moves that the Town adopt and prepare a bylaw for Town Meeting to consider in the non-binding resolution as set forth in the Article. 2020. f passed, the BoS can legally ignore the vote of this current article. The intent of this article is to inform MOTION FAILS the BoS whether this Town Meeting wants to further limit the sie of new single family homes. Article 38 # Non-Binding Resolution – Register Intent to Purchase the KMart Parcels MOTION: Terra riedrichs moves that the Town adopt Ma ority vote the non-binding resolution as set forth in the Article. Action Requested MOTION FAILS Be it resolved that this Town Meeting requests the Article 37 # Non-Binding Resolution – Do Not Board of Selectmen BoS to tae the following action Add Turning Lanes at Route 111 regarding the Mart parcels arcel numbers 3- Ma ority vote and oute 27 116, 2-129-l, 3-139 tae the necessary steps to prevent state agencies from providing o ning relief We, the petitioners, want a elley’s Corner design on the parcels, by declaring the intent of the Town of that prioritie s pedestrian, nature, and small business, Acton to exercise its authority to tae ownership of said over easing regional car congestion and over parcels by eminent domain, tai ng, or conventional accommodating developers. We request an article be land purchase, or any other purchase method. Or tae placed on the April 2019 Town Meeting warrant, to see any action relative thereto. if the Town Members want to affirm that they want a more progressive design which Reasoning

does not add turning lanes to the existing Turning elley’s Corner into a town center is a stated intersection Master lan ob ective. The Mart parcels may be the prioritie s pedestrian safety, saving the old trees, last opportunity to gain that center, when Mart’s lease and preserving existing small business pari ng ends, or it no longer can perform under that lease. over We can not leave the future of the parcels to chance. prioritii ng the goal of decreased car congestion Without the requested action, the parcels could be vulnerable to development which would not meet Action Requested the goals of this Town Meeting. oning has limited effectiveness, and can be superseded by state o ning Be it resolved, that Town Meeting request the Board relief. We have the opportunity to control our destiny of Selectmen BoS to as a town by tai ng preemptive action to ensure that prepare an alternate 25 design that would not whatever is developed on the parcels meets the needs add turning lanes to the main intersection of the town. present the design to the public no later than 90 days before the 75 design is submitted to the state. This article, is non-binding. This article, if passed, would not change law. This article, if passed, would This article, is non-binding. This article, if passed, OT commit the town to buying the parcel. This article, would not change law. This article, if passed, would if passed will not commit the town to anything. While OT commit the town to anything. While we hope we hope that the BoS will respect Town Meeting’s vote that the BoS will respect Town Meeting’s vote on this on this matter, and tae the requested action, the BoS matter, if passed, the BoS can legally ignore the vote. can legally ignore the outcome of this current article. The intent of this article is to inform the BoS whether The intent of this article is to inform the BoS whether this Town Meeting wants a change to the proposed this Town Meeting wants the BoS to tae the requested 25 design to be less car-centric. The intent of this action. article is to see if Town Meeting wishes to inform the BoS that we feel the proposed 25 design is overly The action requested is not to complete the purchase focused on moving car traffic, and not focused enough at this time. This action is to start the process, with the on minimii ng pedestrian ris, minimii ng impact to old purchase being authorie d by a binding vote at the trees, and minimii ng impact on small business. next Acton Town Meeting.

126 MOTION: Shauna Wili nson moves that the Town replace it with the following revised Section 2.2 adopt the non-binding resolution as set forth in the 2.2 This Bylaw is intended to provide design Article. standards for erosion control and stormwater management and to address gaps in urisdiction for Clice r - A es - 58 35 E o - 106 65 stormwater management requirements in the Town of Acton Bylaws and the Massachusetts Wetlands MOTION FAILS rotection Act. [Note – Section 2.2 currently reads: This Bylaw General Consent (Two-thirds vote) is intended to address gaps in jurisdiction for stormwater management requirements in the Town Ms. reen moves that the Town tae up the thirteen of Acton Bylaws and the Massachusetts Wetlands articles in the Consent Calendar on pages 81 through Protection Act.] 96 of the Warrant Articles 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51. B. n 5. Applicability, at the end of Section 5.1, delete the references to Sections 4.1 4.2 and replace it with 39 Amend eneral Bylaws Stormwater Management references to Section 6.1 7.1 respectively. evisions [Note – Section 5.1 currently reads: This Bylaw shall apply to all Land Disturbances and Development 40 Amend oning Bylaw Stormwater within the jurisdiction of the Town of Acton. Except in accordance with a Land Disturbance Permit issued 41 Amend oning Map 16 nox Trail and 585 Main pursuant to this Bylaw, no Person shall perform any Street Land Disturbance that results in one or more of the Regulated Activities defined in Section 4.1 that is 42 Amend oning Bylaw ousee eping not an Exempt Activity listed in Section 4.2.] Corrections C. n 6. egulated Activities, insert a new subsection 43 Accept Street Brabroo oad 6.1.5 as follows 6.1.5 Land isturbance or evelopment 44 Accept Land ift 49 iper oad requiring another Town pro ect approval process with requirements to meet the design standards 45 Authorie Easements of the Chapter eneral Bylaw. These approval processes include but are not limited to site plan 46 ighway eimbursement rogram Chapter special permits, comprehensive permits and 90 subdivision approvals.

47 nsurance roceeds . n 7. Exempt Activities, delete subsection 7.1.1 in its entirety, and renumber current subsections 7.1.2 48 ifts or rants through 7.1.7 to become subsections 7.1.1 through 7.1.6 respectively. 49 ederal and State eimbursement Aid [Note – subsection 7.1.1 currently reads: Activities for which all Stormwater management has been 50 erformance Bonds reviewed and approved as part of an order of conditions issued by the Acton Conservation 51 Sale of oreclosed roperties Commission.]

CONSENT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY E.1 n 7. Exempt Activities, in header paragraph of Section 7.2 delete the reference to Section 4.1 1 Article 39 * Amend General Bylaws – Stormwater and replace it with the reference to Section 6.1. Management Revisions Ma ority vote E.2 n 7. Exempt Activities, delete subsection 7.2.1 and replace it with a new subsection 7.2.1 as To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter of the follows eneral Bylaws of the Town of Acton as follows A. n 2. urpose, delete Section 2.2 in its entirety and 7.2.1 Activities for which all Stormwater management

127 has been reviewed and approved as part of an order Section 8.8. of conditions issued by the Acton Conservation Commission. [Note – Section 12.3 currently reads: Any Applicant may submit a written waiver request. Such a E.3 n 7. Exempt Activities, insert a new subsection request shall be accompanied by an explanation 7.2.2 as follows or documentation supporting the waiver request. A waiver request may be submitted with a Land 7.2.2 mprovement of Town-owned public ways and Disturbance Permit Application, but is not required appurtenances that will not result in an expansion of to be. The notice requirements of Section 5.5 apply impervious cover of more than 5,000 square feet and in either case.] do not exceed thresholds regulated under the E A MS4 ermit. .2 n 12. Within Section 12.5, delete the reference to Section 9.6 and replace it with the reference to And, renumber current subsections 7.2.2 and 7.2.3 to Section 12.6. become subsections 7.2.3 and 7.2.4 respectively. [Note – Section 12.5 currently reads: A decision on [Note – Deleted subsection 7.2.1 currently reads: a waiver request shall be made by the Implementing Improvement of Town-owned public ways and Authority within 30 days of receiving all requested appurtenances that will not result in an expansion information (or within 30 days of receiving the waiver of impervious cover of more than 5,000 square feet.] request if no additional information is requested). A copy of the waiver decision shall on the same .1 n 8. Within Section 8.3.3, delete the reference business day be filed with the Town Clerk. A waiver to Section 1.2 and replace it with the reference to request shall be deemed denied if not acted upon Section 2.1. within the aforementioned time period. Certification by the Town Clerk that the allowed time has passed [Note – Section 8.3.3 currently reads: Specify the without the action of the Implementing Authority shall performance standards for construction and post- be deemed a denial of the waiver for the purpose of construction Stormwater management measures, review as set forth in Section 9.6.] and/or the Best Management Practices for control of Stormwater, that are reasonable and appropriate n 13. Within Section 13.5, delete the reference to achieve the objectives listed in Section 1.2 of this to Section 10.4 and replace it with the reference to Bylaw.] Section 13.4.

.2 n 8. Within Section 8.6, delete the reference [Note – Section 13.5 currently reads: Non-Criminal to Section 5.3 and replace it with the reference to Disposition. As an alternative to a penalty under Section 8.2. Section 10.4 or a civil action to enforce the Bylaw, the Town of Acton may elect to utilize the non-criminal [Note – Section 8.6 currently reads: In the absence of disposition procedure set forth in G.L. Ch. 40, §21D Regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 5.3, the and the Town of Acton General Bylaws Chapter E Implementing Authority shall use the Massachusetts 45, in which case the Implementing Authority or Stormwater Standards, as elaborated in the authorized agent shall be the enforcing person. The latest edition of the Massachusetts Stormwater penalty for the first violation shall be $100 per day. Management Handbook, as the performance The penalty for the second violation shall be $200 standards for Land Disturbance Permits.] per day. The penalty for the third and subsequent violations shall be $300 per day. Each day or part n 9. Within Section 9.1, delete the reference to thereof that such violation occurs or continues shall Section 5 and replace it with the reference to Section 8. constitute a separate offense.]

[Note – Section 9.1 currently reads: Permit MOTION: Ms. Adachi moves that the Town adopt the procedures and permit filing requirements shall be eneral Bylaws amendments as set forth in the Article. defined in Regulations promulgated as provided in Section 5 of this Bylaw.] CONSENT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY

.1 n 12. Within Section 12.3, delete the reference to Section 5.5 and replace it with the reference to 128 Article 40 * Amend Zoning Bylaw – Stormwater ocumentation of compliance with Standard 3 of the Two-thirds vote Massachusetts Stormwater andboo olume 3, as amended, prepared by a Massachusetts egistered To see if the Town will vote to amend the oning Bylaw rofessional Engineer experienced in hydrogeology as follows shall be required. Where a Special ermit or Subdivision Approval is required the Special ermit A. elete Section 3.8.1.5 under Accessory ranting Authority or the lanning Board, or the oning ses - Common rives, in its entirety and replace it Enforcement officer if no Special Permit is required, shall with the following require documentation of compliance with Standard 3. 3.8.1.5 An adequate drainage design shall be This Section shall also apply in O E 4. provided meeting the design standards and submission requirements of Acton eneral Bylaw Chapter and An alternative hydrologic budget or water balance the ules and egulations adopted thereunder. calculation for the site, showing pre- and post- ote Section 3.8.1.5 currently reads Adequate development conditions, may be prepared by a drainage shall be provided. The drainage design and Certified Professional Soil Scientist (CPSS) certified by appurtenances shall prevent washout and excessive the Soil Science Society of America SSSA , or by a soil erosion and it shall prevent drainage onto a ST EET. scientist who is certified as a Professional Member of Subsurface discharge to a public drain system shall be the Society of Soil Scientists of Southern ew England allowed only if there is sufficient capacity in the public SSSS E in-lieu of the required documentation. drain system based on a 10-year design storm. ote Section 4.3.6.2 currently reads Watershed echarge The amount of annual precipitation being B. elete Section 3.11.3.6 under Special captured and recharged to the O WATE on equirements for round-Mounted Solar hotovoltaic site shall not be reduced due to development related nstallations in its entirety and replace it with the surface runoff from the site when compared to pre- following development conditions. Where a Special ermit or Subdivision Approval is required the Special ermit 3.11.3.6 Water Management and Conservation ranting Authority or the lanning Board, or the To the largest extent possible, the ground shall remain Zoning Enforcement officer if no Special Permit is pervious to rain water. or the purposes of stormwater required, shall require a hydrologic budget or water management, the Solar hotovoltaics themselves balance calculation for the site, showing pre- and shall be considered a pervious surface. n the event post-development conditions, prepared by a Certified that additional impervious areas are installed such Professional Soil Scientist (CPSS) certified by the Soil as but not limited to asphalt or other paved areas, an Science Society of America SSSA , by a soil scientist adequate drainage design shall be provided meeting who is certified as a Professional Member of the Society the design standards and submission requirements of Soil Scientists of Southern ew England SSSS E , of Acton eneral Bylaw Chapter and the ules and or by a Massachusetts egistered rofessional egulations adopted thereunder. Engineer experienced in hydrogeology. This Section shall also apply in O E 4. [Note – Section 3.11.3.6 currently reads: Water Management and Conservation – To the largest . elete Section 4.3.6.3 under the roundwater extent possible, the ground shall remain pervious rotection istrict in its entirety and replace it with the to rain water. Where necessary, adequate provision following shall be made for groundwater recharge and to prevent site runoff and erosion.] 4.3.6.3 Treatment and enovation of unoff All stormwater runoff from M E O S CO E S C. elete Section 4.3.6.2 under the roundwater shall be treated to meet water quality standards for the rotection istrict in its entirety and replace it with the first inch of runoff in areas within Zones 1-3. Runoff following within one 4 shall be treated to meet water quality standards for new and redeveloped areas as defined 4.3.6.2 Watershed echarge The amount of annual by the Massachusetts Stormwater andboo. unoff precipitation being captured and recharged to the shall be treated for the first inch of rainfall for new O WATE on site shall not be reduced due developments and for the first 0.8 inches of rainfall for to development related surface runoff from the site redeveloped areas within one 4. when compared to pre-development conditions.

129 [Note – Section 4.3.6.3 currently reads: Treatment 10.4.3.1 Stormwater unoff - An adequate and Renovation of Runoff – All water runoff from drainage design shall be provided meeting the IMPERVIOUS COVERS shall be funneled into gas design standards and submission requirements of trap catch basins. In addition, the first (1st) inch of Acton eneral Bylaw Chapter and the ules and every storm event shall be directed into a retention egulations adopted thereunder. pond(s), where it shall be retained for an average of The Board of Selectmen may authorie the use at least 3 days prior to recharge into the ground or of stormwater drainage facilities located off the discharge from the site. The retention pond(s) shall development site and designed to serve one or more be exposed to sunlight, vegetated, and lined with soil LOTS provided it finds that the applicant has retained featuring a permeability of 0.0001 cm/sec (0.1417 the rights and powers necessary to assure that the in/hr) or less. A DIVERSION BOX shall direct all off-site stormwater drainage facilities will be properly water, which falls onto the site in excess of one (1) maintained in good wori ng order. inch during a single storm event, toward additional storage, direct infiltration, or discharge from the site. [Note – Section 10.4.3.1currently reads: Storm Alternate methods of runoff treatment and renovation Water Runoff – The peak rate of storm water runoff may be approved by the Special Permit Granting from the development site shall not exceed the rate Authority if the Special Permit Granting Authority existing prior to the new construction based on a determines the intent of this Section is met, or by 10-year design storm. The storm water drainage the Zoning Enforcement officer if no Special Permit facilities on the site shall be designed to prevent any is required, if he determines the intent of this section overflow onto a STREET. The Board of Selectmen is met.] may authorize the use of storm water drainage facilities located off the development site and E. elete Section 9.6.2.6 under lanned designed to serve one or more LOTS provided it Conservation esidential Community C C in its finds that: entirety and replace it with the following 1 the pea rate of storm water runoff from such off-site 9.6.2.6 Stormwater unoff - An adequate drainage facilities does not exceed the rate existing prior to the design shall be provided meeting the design standards new construction based on a 25-year design storm and and submission requirements of Acton eneral Bylaw Chapter and the ules and egulations adopted 2 the applicant has retained the rights and powers thereunder. necessary to assure that the offsite storm water drainage facilities will be properly maintained in good [Note – Section 9.6.2.6 currently reads: Storm Water wori ng order. Runoff – The peak rate of storm water runoff from a , or tae any other action relative thereto. PCRC shall not exceed the rate existing prior to the new construction based on a 10-year design storm.] MOTION: Mr. acouby moves that the Town adopt the oning Bylaw amendments as set forth in the Article. . elete Section 9B.7 under Senior esidence in its entirety and replace it with the following CONSENT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY

9B.7 Stormwater unoff - An adequate drainage Article 41 * Amend Zoning Map – 16 Knox Trail and design shall be provided meeting the design standards 585 Main Street and submission requirements of Acton eneral Bylaw Two-thirds vote Chapter and the ules and egulations adopted thereunder. To see if the Town will vote to amend the oning Bylaw, Map umber 1, by changing the o ning district [Note – Section 9B.7 currently reads: Storm Water designation for Town Atlas parcel J3-34-5 16 nox Runoff – The peak rate of storm water runoff from a Trail from owder Mill M to Agricultural ecreation SENIOR Residence development shall not exceed Conservation A C , and to amend the oning Bylaw, the rate existing before the new construction based Map umber 1, by changing the o ning district on a 10-year design storm.] designation for Town Atlas parcel E4-11 585 Main Street from esidence 10/8 -10/8 to Agricultural . elete Section 10.4.3.1 under Site lan Special ecreation Conservation A C , or tae any other ermit in its entirety and replace it with the following action relative thereto.

130 MOTION: Mr. acouby moves that the Town adopt for its residents, such as Retail Stores, Banks, the oning Bylaw Map amendments as set forth in the Restaurants, and Services provided that not more Article. than 10% of the total NET FLOOR AREA of the development is dedicated to such uses. CONSENT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY 9B.4.8 Allowed USES on the Common Land as set forth herein] Article 42 * Amend Zoning Bylaw – Housekeeping Corrections C. Delete the first paragraph of Section 8.7 and Two-thirds vote replace it with the following new paragraph

To see if the Town will vote to amend the oning Bylaw 8.7 Special ermit to econstruct onconforming as follows Two-Family or Multifamily welling The lanning Board may authorie by Special ermit the A. elete current Section 3.3.2, Two- amily reconstruction or rebuilding of a Two-Family or welling in its entirety and replace it with the following Multifamily Dwelling, as defined in Sections 3.3.2. and revised section 3.3.4, which are nonconforming as to SE, LOT sie or other applicable dimensional requirements, when such 3.3.2 Two- AM L welling - A B L for BUILDING was destroyed by fire or natural disaster, residential use containing two WELL TS or, or by voluntary demolition, and it may authorie the as permitted under this Bylaw, two Single AM L continuation or resumption of the SE as a Two-Family wellings on one LOT but not a welling Conversion, Dwelling or Multifamily welling after completion of or an Accessory Apartment under Section 3.8.1.6. reconstruction. The following standards shall apply

[Note – Section 3.3.2 currently reads: 3.3.2 Two- [Note – Section 8.7 in its entirety currently reads: FAMILY Dwelling - A BUILDING for residential use 8.7 Special Permit to Reconstruct Nonconforming containing two DWELLING UNITS or, as permitted Multifamily Dwelling – under this Bylaw, two Single FAMILY Dwellings on one LOT; but not a Dwelling Conversion or a ingle The Planning Board may authorize by Special FAM Y D elling ith ne A artment.] Permit the reconstruction or rebuilding of a Multifamily Dwelling, as defined in Section 3.3.5, B. n section 9B.4, Allowed ses in Senior which is nonconforming as to USE, LOT size or esidence developments, delete current Subsection other applicable dimensional requirements, when 9B.4.2 and renumber Subsections 9B.4.3 through such BUILDING was destroyed by fire or natural 9B.4.8 to become Subsections 9B.4.2 through 9B.4.7 disaster, or by voluntary demolition, and it may respectively. authorize the continuation or resumption of the USE as a Multifamily Dwelling after completion of [Note – Section 9B.4 currently reads: reconstruction. The following standards shall apply: 9B.4 Allowed USES – Only the following USES shall be allowed in a SENIOR Residence development: 8.7.1 To the extent possible, the new 9B.4.1 Single FAMILY dwellings. BUILDING shall comply with the dimensional B. .2 ingle FAM Y d ellings ith one a artment. requirements applicable in the zoning district in 9B.4.3 Two-FAMILY dwellings. which the BUILDING is located. However, the 9B.4.4 Multifamily dwellings. Planning Board may authorize or require smaller or 9B.4.5 ACCESSORY USES typically associated larger dimensions as it finds appropriate to address with residential USES. public interest considerations, such as but not limited 9B.4.6 Support services to meet SENIORS’ needs, to the preservation or improvement of neighborhood such as skilled nursing service, medical and other character, historic architectural features or the spatial health service, food service, recreation and leisure relationship between buildings, and to address facilities, or a community center; including the public safety and health concerns. use of recreation, leisure, and community center facilities for commercial instruction, education and 8.7.2 The Planning Board shall consider an training in skills of all kinds for SENIORS and the application for a Special Permit under this section public at large. only if it is filed before or within 1 year from the 9B.4.7 Convenience services intended primarily date of the issuance of a demolition permit by the

131 Building Commissioner or within one year from the 259, containing 1.32 acres, more or less for general date of the fire or natural disaster which caused the municipal purposes, or tae any other action relative destruction of the BUILDING.] thereto.

, or tae any other action relative thereto. MOTION: Mr. Benson moves that the Town authorie the Board of Selectmen on such terms and conditions MOTION: Mr. acouby moves that the Town adopt the as it may determine to acquire for general municipal oning Bylaw amendments as set forth in the Article. purposes and accept fee interests in the parcel as set forth in the Article. CONSENT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY CONSENT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY Article 43 * Accept Street – Brabrook Road Two-thirds vote Article 45 * Authorize Easements To see if the Town will authorie the Board of Selectmen Two-thirds vote to layout a portion of Brabroo oad and acquire and tae , on such terms and conditions as the Selectmen To see if the Town will vote to authorie the Board of may determine, by purchase, gift, eminent domain Selectmen to grant, abandon or acquire by purchase, or otherwise and accept the deed of a fee simple or gift, eminent domain or otherwise and to grant, easement interest in the land owned by Ellsworth terminate or accept deeds of easement interests for illage, LLC, shown as arcel 1 -2 on a plan entitled streets, trails, drainage, sewer, utility or other public lan of a ortion of Brabroo oad To Be Accepted as purpose, on such terms and conditions and in a final a Town Way in Acton, Massachusetts, As Laid Out by location or locations as the Selectmen may determine, Order of the Board of Selectmen, 2015 prepared by or tae any other action relative thereto. Stamski and McNary Inc, on file with the Acton Town Cler, said acquisition and tai ng to be included in the MOTION: Mr. Berry moves that the Town authorie the layout extension of Brabroo oad as described in grant, termination or acquisition of easements as set more detail in the Order of Layout, including without forth in the article. limitation the tai ng or acceptance of easements for roadway, drainage or other purposes and further to CONSENT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY see if the Town will raise, appropriate, transfer from available funds, or accept gifts for this purpose, or tae any other action relative thereto. Article 46 * Highway Reimbursement Program Chapter 90 MOTION: Mr. Berry moves that the Town accept as Ma ority vote a public way the extension of Brabroo oad, and authorie the acquisition, transfer or tai ng of the fee To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or easement interest of arcel 1 -2 for roadway layout or appropriate from available funds, a sum of money and associated easement interests, all as described in for highway improvements under the authority of the article. Massachusetts eneral Laws Chapter 90, and any other applicable laws, or tae any other action relative CONSENT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY thereto.

Article 44 * Accept Land Gift – 49 Piper Road MOTION: Mr. Benson moves that the Town authorie Two-thirds vote the Town Manager to accept ighway funds from all sources and that such funds are hereby appropriated To see if the Town will authorie the Board of Selectmen for highway purposes. to acquire on such terms and conditions as the Selectmen may determine, by purchase, gift, eminent CONSENT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY domain or otherwise and to accept the deeds of a fee simple interest in a certain parcel of land n own as Article 47 * Insurance Proceeds 49 iper oad, shown as arcel 169 on Town Atlas Ma ority vote Map 3 and in the deed recorded at the Middlesex South istrict egistry of eeds in Boo 11657, age To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the proceeds

132 of any insurance policy reimbursements of costs or agreements on behalf of the Town, on such terms incurred as a result of any covered loss, including and conditions as the Board of Selectmen or the Town without limitation any liability insurance, property Manager may determine, or tae any other action insurance, casualty insurance, wore rs’ compensation relative thereto. insurance, health insurance, disability insurance, automobile insurance, police and fire injury and medical MOTION: Mr. Berry moves that the Town Manager is costs, and any other insurance of any name and nature authorie d to accept ederal and State reimbursement whatsoever, or tae any other action relative thereto. funds from all sources and that such funds are hereby appropriated for the purposes outlined by such MOTION: Ms. ardner moves that the Town Manager reimbursement. is authorie d to accept insurance proceeds of any name and nature whatsoever from all sources and CONSENT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY such funds are hereby appropriated. Article 50 * Performance Bonds CONSENT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY Ma ority vote

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the proceeds Article 48 * Gifts or Grants of any performance bonds for the purposes stated in Ma ority vote said bonds available as a result of any default, non- performance or other covered conditions, or tae any To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the other action relative thereto. proceeds of any gifts or grants accepted pursuant to Massachusetts eneral Laws Chapter 44, Section MOTION: Mr. Berry moves that the Town appropriate 53A as amended, and any interest thereon, and that, the proceeds of any performance bonds, for the consistent with the requirements of Massachusetts purposes stated in said bonds, available as a result eneral Laws, Chapter 40, Section 4A, the Board of of any default, non-performance or other covered Selectmen or Town Manager are authorie d to enter conditions. into an agreement or agreements on behalf of the Town, on such terms and conditions as the Board of CONSENT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY Selectmen or the Town Manager may determine, for the stated purposes of the gifts or grants, or tae any other action relative thereto. Article 51 * Sale of Foreclosed Properties Two-thirds vote MOTION: Mr. Benson moves that the proceeds of any gifts or grants from any source accepted pursuant To see if the Town will vote to authorie the Board of to Massachusetts eneral Laws, Chapter 44, Section Selectmen to dispose of foreclosed properties acquired 53A, and any interest thereon, are hereby appropriated by the Town for nonpayment of taxes in accordance for the stated purposes of the gifts or grants, and with the provisions of Massachusetts eneral Laws, or may be expended with the approval of the Board of tae any other action relative thereto. Selectmen or otherwise as stated in Section 53A. MOTION: Ms. Adachi moves in the words of the Article. CONSENT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY CONSENT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY

Article 49 * Federal and State Reimbursement Aid Ma ority vote MOTION TO DISSOLVE: Ms. reen moves to dissolve the Annual Town Meeting at 11 18pm. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate any ederal overnment and State overnment reimbursement for MOTION TO DISSOLVE CARRIES costs incurred as a result of any declared emergencies or other occurrence, and that, consistent with the requirements of Massachusetts eneral Laws Chapter 40, Section 4A, the Board of Selectmen or Town Manager are authorie d to enter into an agreement

133 ABSTRACT OF THE SPECIAL TOWN MOTION: Ms. riedrichs moves that the Town MEETING HELD TUESDAY, DECEMBER prepare comprehensive build-out and traffic analyses which detail existing conditions, lie ly and worst-case 3, 2019, 7:00 P.M. scenarios under build-out, with sewers and without sewers, before the Town holds any vote to expand ACTO -BO BO O E O AL sewers to West Acton. Such analyses should consider SC OOL A TO M the possibility of 100 residential development under o ning, and maximum density under Chapter 40B. MBE O E STE E OTE S ATTE TOW MEET MOTION FAILS ECEMBE 3, 2019 200 Clice r - A es - 75 44 E o - 95 56 December 3, 2019 MOTION TO DISSOLVE: Ms. ardner moves to dissolve the Special Town Meeting at 7 45 pm. The Moderator, Ms. Jo-Ann Berry, called the Special Town Meeting to order on Tuesday, ecember 3, 2019 MOTION TO DISSOLVE CARRIES at 7 00 pm.

Ms. Berry introduced the chair of the Board of ABSTRACT OF THE SPECIAL TOWN Selectmen, Joan ardner, who then introduced the MEETING HELD TUESDAY, DECEMBER members at the table, ean Charter, avid Martin, 10, 2019, 7:00 P.M. Jon Benson and eter Berry. n addition, Ms. ardner introduced Town Manager John Mangiaratti, ina ice ring Coo - Town Counsel, and Eva Sa rade ACTO -BO BO O E O AL - Town Cler . SC OOL A TO M

The Moderator introduced the Chair of the inance MBE O E STE E OTE S Committee, oland Bourdon, who then introduced ATTE TOW MEET the members at the table, Jason Cole, Christi Andersen, ECEMBE 10, 2019 921 Christine ussell, Michael . Ma ors, Thomas arley, Sahana urohit and Alan la inac. December 10, 2019

The Moderator ase d Town Meeting to vote to allow The Moderator, Ms. Jo-Ann Berry, called the Special on esident Town Staff and business owners, to Town Meeting to order on Tuesday, ecember 10, spea to the Articles of this Special Town Meeting if 2019 at 7 00 pm needed. The Moderator ase d Town Meeting to vote to allow Motion carries to allow speae rs. on esident Town Staff and egional School Staff, to spea to the Articles of this Special Town Meeting if Article 1 Citizens’ Petition: Non-Binding Resolution needed. – Motion carries to allow speae rs. Ma ority vote Prepare Comprehensive Build-out and Traffic Analyses JoAnn Berry nominates Mr William Mullin for the position of Assistant Moderator er Massachusetts eneral Law, we formally request Motion carries a Special Town Meeting to be held for Acton Town Meeting members to affirm whether they want the Town ractice Motion 1 Will we brea both the warm and to prepare comprehensive build-out and traffic analyses cold temperature records this winter for our town. which detail existing conditions, lie ly and worst-case scenarios under build-out, with sewers and without Clice r - A es - 357 63 E o 210 37 sewers, before the Town holds any vote to expand sewers to West Acton. Such analyses should consider Article 1 Acton-Boxborough Regional School the possibility of 100 residential development under District – School Design & Construction o ning, and maximum density under Chapter 40B. Two-thirds vote 134 To see if the Town will approve the 116,028,519.00 entitlement, discretionary program based on need, as borrowing authorie d by the Acton-Boxborough determined by the MSBA, and any ro ect costs the egional School istrict, for the purpose of paying istrict incurs in excess of any grant approved by and costs for the design and construction of a new CT received from the MSBA shall be the sole responsibility ouglas/ aul ates Elementary School and Carol of the istrict and its member municipalities provided uebner Early Childhood rogram into a single facility further that any grant that the istrict may receive on the ates School Site located at 75 Spruce St, from the MSBA for the ro ect shall not exceed the Acton including the payment of all costs incidental or lesser of 1 forty nine point seven percent 49.7 related thereto the ro ect , which school facility of eligible, approved ro ect costs, as determined by shall have an anticipated useful life as an educational the MSBA, or 2 the total maximum grant amount facility for the instruction of school children of at least determined by the MSBA provided that the approval of 50 years, and for which the istrict may be eligible for the istrict’s borrowing by this vote shall be sub ect to a school construction grant from the Massachusetts and contingent upon an affirmative vote of the Town to School Building Authority MSBA , said amount to exempt its allocable share of the amounts required for be expended at the direction of the istrict’s School the payment of interest and principal on said borrowing Building Committee. The MSBA’s grant program is a from the limitations on taxes imposed by M. .L. Chapter non-entitlement, discretionary program based on need, 59, Section 21C roposition 2-1/2, so-called and that as determined by the MSBA, and any ro ect costs the the amount of borrowing authorie d by the istrict shall istrict incurs in excess of any grant approved by and be reduced by any grant amount set forth in the ro ect received from the MSBA shall be the sole responsibility unding Agreement that may be executed between the of the istrict and its member municipalities. Any grant istrict and the MSBA. that the istrict may receive from the MSBA for the ro ect shall not exceed the lesser of 1 forty nine Clice r - A es - 695 82 E o - 152 18 point seven percent 49.7 of eligible, approved ro ect costs, as determined by the MSBA, or 2 the MOTION CARRIES total maximum grant amount determined by the MSBA Declared 2/3 by Moderator* provided that the approval of the istrict’s borrowing Town of Acton has accepted M L C 39 Sec 15 at by this vote shall be sub ect to and contingent upon an its Annual Town Meeting April 2001, affirmative vote of the Twn to exempt its allocable share Article 43 and the amended Bylaw 5A was approved of the amounts required for the payment of interest by the Attorney eneral on Aug. 6, 2001. and principal on said borrowing from the limitations The Town Meeting Moderator is not required to count on taxes imposed by M. .L. Chapter 59, Section 21C a 2/3 required vote. roposition 2-1/2, so-called and that the amount of borrowing authorie d by the istrict shall be reduced Article North Acton Fire Station Design & by any grant amount set forth in the ro ect unding Construction Agreement that may be executed between the istrict Two-thirds vote and the MSBA or tae any action relative thereto. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, MOTION: Mr. etersen moves that the Town hereby transfer from available funds, or borrow money by the approves the 116,028,519.00 borrowing authorie d by issuance of bonds or notes under the provisions of the Acton-Boxborough egional School istrict, for the Massachusetts eneral Laws c. 44, a sum of money purpose of paying costs for the design and construction to be expended by the Town Manager for the purpose of a new CT ouglas/ aul ates Elementary School of designing, constructing, equipping and furnishing a and Carol uebner Early Childhood rogram into a new fire station to be located at 66-68 Harris Street, single facility on the ates School Site located at 75 including all costs incidental and related thereto to Spruce St, Acton, including the payment of all costs determine whether the approval of any borrowing incidental or related thereto the ro ect , which for this purpose shall be contingent upon passage of school facility shall have an anticipated useful life as a roposition 2 debt exclusion referendum under an educational facility for the instruction of school Massachusetts eneral Laws c. 59, 21C to children of at least 50 years, and for which the istrict determine whether any premium received by the Town may be eligible for a school construction grant from the upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by the Massachusetts School Building Authority MSBA , vote, less any such premium applied to the payment said amount to be expended at the direction of the of the costs of issuance of such bonds or notes, may istrict’s School Building Committee that the Town be applied to the payment of costs approved by this acn owledges that the MSBA’s grant program is a non- vote in accordance with Massachusetts eneral Laws 135 c. 44, 20, thereby reducing the amount authorie d any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any to be borrowed to pay such costs by a lie amount, or such premium applied to the payment of the costs of tae any other action relative thereto. issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied to the payment of costs approved by the vote in accordance MOTION: Mr. Charter moves that the Town appropriate with Massachusetts eneral Laws c. 44, 20, thereby 9,194,548 to be expended by the Town Manager to reducing the amount authorie d to be borrowed to pay design, construct, equip and furnish a new fire station such costs by a lie amount or tae any other action to be located at 66-68 arris Street, including all costs relative thereto. incidental and related thereto, and further, that to meet this appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of MOTION: Mr. Martin moves the Board of Selectmen, is authorie d to borrow the a. that the Town appropriate 1,900,000 for the purpose appropriated amount pursuant to M. .L. c. 44, 7 1 , of financing the planning, design, and construction of, or any other enabling authority provided, however, and expansions and modifications to, sewers and the that this approval shall be contingent upon passage wastewater treatment plant, or any portion thereof, and of a roposition 2 debt exclusion referendum under related infrastructure for the expansion of the Middle Massachusetts eneral Laws c. 59, 21C and ort ond Broo Sewer istrict into a portion of West provided further that any premium received upon the Acton as shown on the plan entitled West Acton sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less Sewer ro ect ro ect Area Map hase 1 dated any such premium applied to the payment of the costs ecember 2019 the hase lan including, without of issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied limitation, the acquisition by purchase, gift, eminent to the payment of costs approved by this vote in domain or otherwise, on such terms and conditions as accordance with Massachusetts eneral Laws c. 44, the Selectmen may determine, real property interests 20, thereby reducing the amount authorie d to be in land as may be necessary or appropriate for the borrowed to pay such costs by a lie amount. expansion shown on the hase lan, and all other costs and any related expenses thereof as defined in Clice r - A es - 695 87 E o - 108 13 Massachusetts eneral Laws c. 29C, 1

MOTION CARRIES b. that to meet such appropriation the Treasurer, with Declared 2/3 by Moderator* the approval of the Board of Selectmen, is authorie d Town of Acton has accepted M L C 39 Sec 15 at to borrow 1,900,000 and issue bonds or notes its Annual Town Meeting April 2001, therefor under Massachusetts eneral Laws c. 44 Article 43 and the amended Bylaw 5A was approved and/or c.29C or any other enabling authority that the by the Attorney eneral on Aug. 6, 2001. Treasurer is authorie d to borrow all or a portion of such The Town Meeting Moderator is not required to count amount from the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust a 2/3 required vote. the Trust established pursuant to Massachusetts eneral Laws c. 29C and, in connection therewith, to Article 3 Sewer District Expansion – West Acton enter into a loan agreement and/or security agreement (Two-thirds vote) with the Trust and otherwise to contract with the Trust and the epartment of Environmental rotection with To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, appropriate respect to such loan and for any federal or state aid from available funds, or borrow a sum of money to available for the project or for the financing thereof; be expended by the Town Manager for the purpose that the Town Manager is authorie d to enter into of financing the planning, design, and construction agreement s with the epartment of Environmental of, and expansions and modifications to, sewers rotection, to expend all funds available for the pro ect and the wastewater treatment plant, or any portion and to tae any other actions necessary to carry out thereof, and related infrastructure for the expansion of the pro ect and that any premium received upon the the Middle ort ond Broo Sewer istrict into West sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less Acton including, without limitation, the acquisition the cost of preparing, issuing and mare ting them, and by purchase, gift, eminent domain or otherwise, on any accrued interest received upon the delivery of the such terms and conditions as the Selectmen may bonds or notes may be applied to the payment of costs determine, real property interests in land as may be of the pro ect approved by the vote in accordance necessary or appropriate, and all other costs and any with Massachusetts eneral Laws c. 44, 20, thereby related expenses thereof as defined in Massachusetts reducing the amount authorie d to be borrowed for the eneral Laws c. 29C, 1 and to determine whether pro ect by a lie amount and any premium received by the Town upon the sale of 136 c. that the Town shall levy sewer assessments on the owners of the land benefitting from the sewer pro ect to pay the debt service costs on the borrowing authorie d by this vote in accordance with eneral Bylaw Section 10, except that up to 800,000 of the amount appropriated for the sewer pro ect and the related debt service costs on the portion of the borrowing authorie d by this vote to meet that portion of the appropriation shall be allocable to the taxpayers at large in accordance with eneral Bylaws Section 10.1.

MOTION FAILS

Clice r - A es - 162 25 E o - 491 75

MOTION TO DISSOLVE Motion made to dissolve the Special Town Meeting at 10 09 pm.

MOTION TO DISSOLVE CARRIES

137 TOWN ELECTIONS AND STATISTICS

TOWN OF ACTON ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION MARCH 26, 2019

ote Count CT 1 CT 2 CT 3 CT 4 CT 5 CT 6 Total MACHINE 8 00 AM 7 15 36 31 27 9 125 0.81 9 00 AM 49 30 56 48 38 36 257 1.67 10 00 AM 61 91 81 65 53 50 401 2.61 11 00 AM 73 116 108 95 73 75 540 3.52 12 00 M 91 141 138 126 83 82 661 4.31 1 00 M 107 157 152 146 104 103 769 5.01 2 00 M 126 187 184 163 122 114 896 5.84 3 00 M 141 216 200 183 140 129 1009 6.57 4 00 M 149 232 231 210 166 155 1143 7.45 5 00 M 159 266 263 243 186 179 1296 8.44 6 00 M 186 312 310 279 215 210 1512 9.85 7 00 M 216 368 352 343 244 244 1767 11.51 8 00 M 243 414 395 380 271 268 1971 12.84 MACHINE TOTAL 243 414 395 380 271 268 1971 12.84 PROVISIONAL BALLOTS 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.01 HAND COUNT 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.01 TOTAL VOTED 243 416 395 380 271 269 1974 12.86

TOTAL # REGISTERED 2570 2640 2522 2685 2616 2317 15350 VOTERS

M D RA R BLA S 44 92 66 51 49 41 343 17.38 JO-A M. BE 199 320 326 328 220 226 1619 82.02 SCATTE E 0 4 3 1 2 2 12 0.61 243 416 395 380 271 269 1974 100.00%

B ARD F C MAN BLA S 97 154 120 97 78 69 615 15.58 EA A. C A TE 172 273 216 231 179 167 1238 31.36 A . MA T 116 188 186 250 153 161 1054 26.70 JAMES S E - A T 100 214 260 180 130 140 1024 25.94 SCATTE E 1 3 8 2 2 1 17 0.43 486 832 790 760 542 538 3948 100.00%

138 CH C MM BLA S 88 187 119 121 113 85 713 18.06 S EL EME 124 220 258 256 154 179 1191 30.17 A 160 194 169 176 137 110 946 23.96 JO S. ETE SE 114 230 238 207 138 162 1089 27.58 SCATTE E 0 1 6 0 0 2 9 0.23 486 832 790 760 542 538 3948 100.00%

BRARY R BLA S 45 96 71 54 49 41 356 18.03 CA OL A. OWLES 198 320 320 326 222 227 1613 81.71 SCATTE E 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 0.25 243 416 395 380 271 269 1974 100.00%

A R C MM N R BLA S 46 85 66 61 54 45 357 18.09 BA . OSE 196 331 326 316 217 223 1609 81.51 SCATTE E 1 0 3 3 0 1 8 0.41 243 416 395 380 271 269 1974 100.00%

139 TOWN OF ACTON SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION DECEMBER 17, 2019

VOTE COUNT PCT 1 PCT 2 PCT 3 PCT4 PCT5 PCT6 TOTAL % MACHINE 8 00 AM 3 13 10 11 7 7 51 0.33 9 00 AM 16 25 30 33 14 13 131 0.84 10 00 AM 29 43 74 46 36 27 255 1.63 11 00 AM 54 78 90 67 46 44 379 2.42 12 00 M 71 95 99 79 59 65 468 2.98 1 00 M 90 123 133 107 74 78 605 3.86 2 00 M 109 133 165 127 83 95 712 4.54 3 00 M 130 152 191 155 100 104 832 5.30 4 00 M 146 172 235 188 109 133 983 6.27 5 00 M 169 183 273 217 128 151 1121 7.15 6 00 M 185 205 306 244 146 163 1249 7.96 7 00 M 203 224 341 265 159 180 1372 8.75 8 00 M 219 243 361 305 168 193 1489 9.49 MACHINE TOTAL - FINAL 219 243 361 305 168 193 1489 9.49 PROVISIONAL BALLOTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 HAND COUNT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 TOTAL VOTED 219 243 361 305 168 193 1489 9.49 TOTAL # REGISTERED VOTERS 2636 2695 2571 2737 2672 2374 15685

SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION

QUESTION 1, Acton-Boxborough Regional School District Elementary School Shall the Town of Acton be allowed to exempt from the provisions of proposition two and one-half, so-called, the amounts required to pay the Town’s allocable share of the bond issued by the Acton-Boxborough egional School istrict for the purpose of paying costs for the design and construction of a new CT ouglas/ aul ates Elementary School and Carol uebner Early Childhood rogram into a single facility on the ates School Site located at 75 Spruce St, Acton including the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto

140 BLANK 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.61 YES 167 163 284 246 124 138 1122 50.03 NO 49 80 77 59 44 55 364 49.36 TOTAL 219 243 361 305 168 193 1489 100.00

QUESTION 2, North Acton Fire Station Shall the Town of Acton be allowed to exempt from the provisions of proposition two and one-half, so- called, the amounts required to pay for the bond issued in order to design, construct, equip and furnish a new fire station to be located at 66-68 arris Street, including all costs incidental or related thereto

BLANK 2 1 1 0 0 1 5 0.61 YES 183 176 277 252 133 148 1169 50.03 NO 34 66 83 53 35 44 315 49.36 TOTAL 219 243 361 305 168 193 1489 100.00

QUESTION 3, Minuteman Regional School District High School Shall the Town of Acton be allowed to exempt from the provisions of proposition two and one-half, so- called, the amounts required to pay for the Town’s allocable share of the bonds issued by the Minuteman egional ocational Technical School istrict for the purpose of paying costs of designing, constructing and originally equipping a new district school as described in Article 10 on the April 2016 Annual Town Meeting Warrant

BLANK 7 3 6 6 5 3 30 0.61 YES 155 150 251 225 127 133 1041 50.03 NO 57 90 104 74 36 57 418 49.36 TOTAL 219 243 361 305 168 193 1489 100.00

141 OTHER INFORMATION

REGISTERED VOTER STATISTICS 2019 EMOC AT 4600 E BL CA 1302 E OLLE 9658 OT E S 166 TOTAL E STE E OTE S 15726

E STE E 5948

O LAT O 21674

DOG STATISTICS O L CE SES SS E 1988 E EL L CE SES SS E 2

VITAL STATISTICS B T S ECO E 170 MA A ES ECO E 87 EAT S ECO E 165

DEATHS NAME DOD AGE B OW , JEA E 01/02/19 88 O SE , L ETTE A 01/08/19 63 MC T, ELEA O JEA 01/09/19 85 BEA SLEE, JAC EL E A 01/15/19 96 WO , S 01/16/19 87 BA ETT , MA E 01/17/19 94 AT , SA A 01/18/19 84 EEBLES J , LE TO , A TWELL 01/18/19 93 W LL S , JAMES ELSO 01/23/19 47 A EASO , L LL A MA E 01/28/19 100 OO T , JEA A E 02/04/19 65 AO , WALLEE MA O 02/03/19 53 S L , B E A 01/14/19 90 TE J , OBE T A 02/10/19 95 SOO A , A AM 02/19/19 91 C E SO , A 02/20/19 61 CA OLL, E WA J 02/19/19 80 AMO E, JOSE ELL 02/21/19 59 W LSO , MA JEA 02/20/19 79 142 T O , AT E E A 02/21/19 80 A ME T , AME O W 02/23/19 94 O B E J , MAC O AL 02/26/19 75 MA OT E , L SA L 02/22/19 50 W TE , A L 03/03/19 88 ST OBEL, MA AMEL A 03/03/19 89 E , CA L A 03/07/19 78 SA T S, ELE 03/08/19 82 S, A L E EL ABET 03/10/19 69 E E AS, E A ELOS EO E 03/11/19 91 SM T , BE CE 03/12/19 99 S A OLA, AL CE LO A E 03/13/19 95 EEBLES, JEA E O 02/26/19 88 L , C T E 03/12/19 102 SA A , ALBE T J 03/15/19 86 A TM E, CA OLE A 03/16/19 82 SA SO E, OSE M 03/18/19 91 WE ELBLAT, A 03/18/19 75 AMMO , AEME LO 03/23/19 86 M E S, EL ABET 03/25/19 99 MA , A OL 03/25/19 91 MA , EST E MCMO A 03/26/19 95 EWELL, JA ET 03/28/19 86 ABL , CA OL A 03/30/19 81 B STE , T OMAS AT A EL 03/30/19 36 E CE, M C ELLE A 04/06/19 72 BOT AM, C A LES W LL AM 04/02/19 76 O E S, C 04/11/19 73 ELLE , LO A E ELLA 04/14/19 98 ALLE , JO 04/12/19 76 E TO , MELA E A 04/15/19 60 B A LE , W LL AM JAMES LEE 04/15/19 99 WATSO , LL S A E 04/18/19 87 A , C C 04/20/19 59 LOWE, JO W LL AM 04/29/19 81 W T J , E AL A 04/22/19 64 A , EMMA 04/25/19 96 E A , E E E C 05/02/19 77 LA E CE A T BE LE 05/07/19 75 AL A AS A AM, AMJ 05/12/19 88 A B , EBO A A 05/15/19 62 E OL S J , C A LES E EST 05/14/19 89 SA TOS, C A LES E 05/16/19 78 O O , WE OL CAM BELL 05/15/19 93

143 ATTEA , JOA S E 05/20/19 73 CO TE , A AT 05/15/19 77 STA B LE, ELEA O A 05/17/19 78 A E SO , ELEA O E MA L 05/18/19 92 M STOE, W LL AM JO 05/24/19 87 W L MA , T OMAS A SO 05/23/19 63 , JOSE W 05/24/19 86 BLOC , JOSE E 05/26/19 98 BA E , WALTE 05/29/19 72 COO , JO A AM 05/31/19 83 E SO , E LEE 06/08/19 85 W , BET A JEA 06/11/19 44 TA , ETE C A 06/12/19 82 MESLE E , OSE A 06/14/19 89 O LAS, MA O 06/18/19 94 SA A , MA STE E 06/11/19 69 O O , AM S OOLMA 06/23/19 61 A A SO , MA EA E 06/21/19 89 O , CA MELLA 06/22/19 101 SWA , E ET A 06/14/19 83 A OW, E A JOSE 06/30/19 69 TA , O A 07/04/19 82 A , A B 07/12/19 59 CLA -C A ELL , A C 07/17/19 65 C ETTE, MA CE A ME 07/15/19 80 ELSO , ALLE E BE T 07/20/19 90 B A J , CA OLL A MO 07/23/19 92 MO E, S A A 07/26/19 79 A , CA OL M 07/29/19 90 EE , MA OT B 07/31/19 91 L T A , MA A 08/01/19 98 A S, SALL OLSE 08/01/19 100 ATO A, T A ES 07/31/19 101 ALLA , E SA O 08/04/19 74 LATO O A, E A 07/31/19 88 CA E ALE, JA ET M 08/10/19 77 E A EO, A T O J 08/10/19 67 O WA J , E J 07/10/19 67 ALLOWA , JAMES S 08/13/19 90 MCLA L , A J 08/20/19 73 O LE, LT 08/24/19 84 O E, JOSE E T E ESA 08/27/19 88 LT , AT C A A 08/28/19 74 M , LL E WA 08/31/19 61 A A, E 08/25/19 46 144 ES, A E 09/09/19 93 A BOTTO, BE CE A 09/10/19 96 A EL, JA ET E 09/10/19 85 M E, W E 09/10/19 97 WA ELL, AT C A E E 09/15/19 93 A SO J , A E 09/12/19 90 BASSETT, LO A E 09/16/19 90 EL C , CA L OBE T 09/23/19 79 EMA O L, T MOT 09/26/19 86 EL ME CO S , A O AL 09/28/19 66 WOO , ELE JEA ETTE 10/04/19 78 BA S A A, BELLA 10/03/19 93 B SAW, LL S C 10/07/19 87 W LCO , J T 10/04/19 78 MAT E , C A LES 10/07/19 89 W L SO , ELE JEA 10/07/19 89 MAMB O, LO S 10/08/19 85 T A O , C A JO 10/11/19 72 L , WE 10/08/19 51 M , C L J 10/18/19 93 EES, M C AEL SCOTT 10/23/19 57 B A O, JO A T O 10/29/19 54 SC , E T 10/28/19 94 W TE, TOMM E LEE 10/25/19 71 S EE A , E S JAMES 11/02/19 70 MA TELL, O AL J 10/31/19 83 BO E, MA A ET A CE A 11/03/19 92 E ALL, JO A C S 11/10/19 76 BLO ETT, E BE T M 11/07/19 95 SM T , JOSE 11/03/19 90 B A E , JA ET EL ABET 11/05/19 62 LL C , A T O AL 11/02/19 89 ETWE LE , O LAS JAMES 11/12/19 79 A ETTO, E M A 11/11/19 81 WESTE E M, SO E 11/11/19 92 MA O, JA ET A 11/14/19 79 SO C E J , C A JOSE 11/14/19 92 ALTE , BETT AL CE 11/13/19 92 LOC E J , O LAS ALLE 11/21/19 73 BEA , W LL S 11/24/19 85 O LS, T OMAS C 11/25/19 62 S A MA, AM TAB 11/24/19 42 COWLES, E ELET C 12/01/19 93 WO , AT C A A 12/01/19 64 MC EOW , MA EE C 11/28/19 82 145 S AO, S E 12/02/19 80 A T LE , W LL AM AL E 12/03/19 86 OMBLEWS , MA S 12/06/19 97 TOMES, OBE T E 12/06/19 74 MOO E, JOEL C STO E 12/02/19 49 O A O, A EL 12/11/19 54 A E , A T E 12/16/19 96 BET E, L A J 12/15/19 68 MO S, S SA STEM LE 12/13/19 62 COC A E, E E A C S 12/22/19 88 B B E , ELE CO CETTA 12/19/19 93 SM T , A L OL E 12/29/19 94

ACTON INFORMATION

NATIONAL, STATE, AND COUNTY OFFICIALS

NATIONAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY resident onald Trump Cler of Superior Court Michael A. Sullivan ice- resident Mie ence egister of eeds Maria C. Curatone Senators in Congress Elia beth Warren Middlesex South 5th Congressional Edward Mare y egister of robate Tara E. eCristofaro istrict istrict Attorney Marian yan epresentative in ii Tsongas County Sheriff eter J. outou ian Congress 3rd Congressional istrict

STATE overner Charlie Bae r Lieutenant overnor aryn olito Secretary of the William . alvin Commonwealth Attorney eneral Maura ealey Treasurer and eceiver eborah B. oldberg eneral Auditor of the Common- Sua nne M. Bump wealth Senator Middlesex/ James B. Eldridge Worcester istrict epresentative in ener- Cory Ati ns al Court 14th Middlesex epresentative istrict epresentative in ener- Jennifer Benson al Court 37th Middlesex epresentative istrict

146 ELECTED TOWN OFFICIALS Acton Housing Authority Selectman Liaison Berry OS T O AME TE M ancy M. olb-Secretary 2022 E ES Bernice Baran 2021 Moderator - 1 Year Term yan J. Bette 2020 Jo-Ann M. Berry 2020 obert B. Whittlesey 2019 William C. Mullin - Assistant Moderator 2020 State Appointed

Board of Selectmwn Acton Water District Joan ardner - Chair 2020 Selectman Liaison Charter Jon Benson - ice Chair 2021 William T. Stanford, - Cler 2020 eter Berry 2020 ichard . O Brien - Moderator 2021 ean A. Charter - Cler 2022 Eria Amir-Lin - Commissioner 2021 avid . Martin 2022 Stephen C. Stunt - Commissioner 2020 Barry . osen - Commissioner 2022 Acton-Boxborough Regional School Committee Trustees, Citizen’s West Acton Library Selectmen Liaison . Martin Selectmen Liaison J ardner Amy L. rishnamurthy 2020 Tara J. Leuci 2022 aul A. Murphy 2020 Melissa Loporto 2020 Maya Mini n 2020 orothy Curtis 2021 John etersen 2022 Angie Tso 2021 Trustees, Charlotte Goodnow Fund iane M. Baum 2021 Allison ammer 2022 inny Sine l remer 2022 Thomas yder 2021 ora Shine - Boxboro 2022 Todd enniman 2020 Tessa L. Mc inley - Boxboro 2020 Adam lein - Boxboro 2021 Trustees, Elizabeth White Fund hiyu Michael Bo - Boxboro 2020 Jo-Ann Berry 2022 Sahana urohit inCom ep MaryAnn Ashton 2021 Christine ussell inCom ep Andrea S. Miller 2020

Trustees, Acton Memorial Library Trustees, Acton Firefighters’ Relief Fund Selectman Liaison J. ardner obert Smith 2021 amela W. Lynn 2021 obert anderhoof 2022 Carole nowles 2022 Thomas Matthews 2020 arvey . Berliner - Secretary 2020 Sampada S. Salunh e - resident Miriam L. Lea - ice- resident Sua nne M. Shanahan Joseph W. lannon Ann Chang Thomas . unn

147 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Acton Nursing Service Advisory Committee APPOINTMENTS Selectman Liaison J ardner Charles adlec At Large - Chair 06/30/20 OS T O AME TE M Ellen einsand At Large 06/30/20 E ES Adrian ancoc At Large 06/30/20 Acton 2020 Phase III Implementation Committee lorence oss At Large 06/30/20 Selectman Liaison . Charter Ben amin Bloomenthall 06/30/20 Board of Appeals Shantaram ada rni 06/30/20 Selectman Liaison J Benson Ann Corcoran - Associate 06/30/22 Adam offman 06/30/21 en oi 06/30/22 Acton Boxborough Cultural Council . Scott obb 06/30/22 Selectman Liaison Charter Judith omatelli 06/30/21 Board of Assessors aren Myers 06/30/21 Selectman Liaison J Benson Jin ong ang 06/30/21 Carol Leipner Srebnic - Chair 06/30/20 riyadersini Eramath Murali 06/30/21 Susan C. Miller 06/30/21 yanne lynn 06/30/22 Leo ochtman, Associate 06/30/23 Joan ubin- eutsch 06/30/22 Sharon arde Boxborough - Chair 06/30/19 Board of Health Selectman Liaison Martin Acton Community Housing Mar Conoby 06/30/22 Corporation William Mc nnis, ice Chair 06/30/22 Selectman Liaison J Benson Michael reue 06/30/21 ancy Tavernier 06/30/20 William . Taylor - Chair 06/30/21 Bernice Baran 06/30/20 Joanne Bissetta 06/30/22 Jennifer atenaude 06/30/21 ea h Singh oting Associate 06/30/20 Lara laso n 06/30/22 Thomas Jacoby - Associate 06/30/20 obert an Meter 06/30/22 Corrina oman- reue Associate 06/30/20 Board of Registrar of Voters an Bucl ey - Associate 06/30/20 eena errara - emocratic 2022 avid . Lunger - epublican 2020 Acton Leadership Group Thomas . Beals - epublican 2021 Jon Benson - BOS

Joan ardner - BOS Cable Advisory Committee John Mangiaratti - Town Manager Selectman Liaison J Benson Steve Barrett - Treasurer/Collector Oleg M. olinsy 06/30/22 Amy rishnamurthy - School Com Terrence Lobo 06/30/22 iane M. Baum John Covert 06/30/21 Marie Altieri - Assistant Superintendent ichard Logan 06/30/20 Ann Chang - ecording Secretary Steve avidson 06/30/20 Bart Wendell - acilitator Christine Simone 06/30/21 Clare Jeanotte - School inance ir Lori Cooney 06/30/22 oland Bourdon, inCom ep Christi Andersen inCom 148 Capital Improvement Tim Mc innon 06/30/22 Planning Committee Sua nne lint 06/30/21 John Mangiaratti Manager 06/30/19 Carolyn iely 06/30/22 ean Charter BOS 06/30/19 Steve oone inCom 06/30/19 Council on Aging Jon Churchill At Large 06/30/19 Selectman Liaison Charter Steve Barrett (Municipal ex officio) Alma Sandman 06/30/22 Claire Jeanotte (ABRS ex officio) Chunsheng u 06/30/21 Bonnie Lobel 06/30/21 Cemetery Commission Jacqueline riedman 06/30/21 Selectman Liaison J ardner Ellen einsand 06/30/21 Joseph . Will 06/30/20 Michael Chautin 06/30/22 William lauer 06/30/22 Ann ancy Corcoran 06/30/22 ana Snyder- rant 06/30/20 Lori Cooney 06/30/22 irupama elana r Associate 06/30/21 Commission on Disabilities Jeff Bergart, Associate 06/30/22 Selectmen Liaison J ardner Ann Corcoran -Chair 06/30/21 Leslie Johnson 06/30/22 CPA Study Committee - 10 members Lisa ranl in, Co-Chair 06/30/21 eter Berry - BOS ep Standing Joan Burrows 06/30/22 William lauer - istorical Standing rances Osman 06/30/22 Corrina oman- reue - AC C Standing esha oi s - Associate 06/30/22 oland Bourdon - inCom Standing Jim Snyder- rant Associate 06/30/22 ay acouby - lanning Standing Walter oster - At Large Standing Community Preservation Committee Carolyn ilpatric - At Large Standing Liaison ave Wellinghoff inCom ean Charter- BOS 06/30/21 Design Review Board ictoria Beyer - istorical 06/30/20 Selectman Liaison Charter ay acouby - lanning - Chair 06/30/24 olly Ben-Joseph - Chair 06/30/22 Steve Trimble ecreation 06/30/21 eter arlow - ice-Chair 06/30/21 ancy M. olb - ousing 06/30/20 avid onn 06/30/20 Bill Alesbury - At Large 06/30/22 imberly Montella 06/30/20 Walter oster - At large 06/30/21 Emilie ing - lanning ep 06/30/21 Amy reen - Cons-Com 06/30/22 Carolyn ilpatric - At large 06/30/22 Dog Park Committee James Snyder- rant Associate 06/30/20 Selectman Liaison J ardner Alissa icol Associate 06/30/22 Tom illispie - Chair 06/30/20 Mie erry 06/30/20 Conservation Commission Clare Sisa 06/30/20 Selectman Liaison Charter aren Martin - ice Chair 06/30/20 Terry Maitland 06/30/21 red inch 06/30/20 ywia Chadyn sa 06/30/21 Amy reen 06/30/22 James Colman 06/30/22 149 Economic Development Committee Jillian Oman - Associate 06/30/21 Selectman Liaison J Benson obert . errara - Associate 06/30/22 Lawrence J enah - At Large Chair 06/30/20 avid oley - At Large Chair 06/30/20 Kelley's Corner Steering Committee Ann Chang 06/30/20 Selectman Liaison J Benson Josh ischel 06/30/21 Andrew Brocw ay - Acton 2020 Standing erric J Chin - lanning 06/30/20 Lawrence J. enah - E C Standing avid idrise n - At Large 06/30/22 eter arlow - B Standing Shirley Ming - Associate, At Large 06/30/21 erric Chin - lanning Standing Michael . Ma ors - Associate, 05/31/19 Bob an Meter - At-Large Standing inCom Erin Bette - At Large Standing eter aniel - Associate, Chamber 06/30/20 ean Charter Associate Standing atricia Clifford Associate Standing Green Advisory Board Christi Anderson - in Com ep 05/31/20 Selectman Liaison Berry avid Manalan Associate 06/30/22 ennis Loria - Chair 06/30/22 Mary Smith 06/30/20 Land Stewardship Committee Cameren Cousins 06/30/21 Selectman Liaison Charter Stephen Lowe 06/30/22 Bruce achman -Chair 06/30/22 Mona Chandra - Associate member 06/30/21 Joe Will - Cler 06/30/20 ate Crosby - School ep Laurence llmann 06/30/21 obert arra 06/30/20 Health Insurance Trustees John Watlington 06/30/22 Steve oone - in Com Joseph olmes 06/30/22 eter Berry - BOS ep 06/30/17 Jea nna ruber 06/30/21 Steve Barrett - Treasurer/Collector 06/30/18 ale Chayes 06/30/21 John eterson - School Com-Box , ary ilpatric - Associate 06/30/20 Chair an Millett - Associate 06/30/20 Margaret ennehy hilip eyes - Associate 06/30/22 Andy atesman - Associate 06/30/20 Historic District Commission Joshua aines - Associate 06/30/20 Selectman Liaison Charter Sherman Smith - Associate 06/30/20 avid onn 06/30/20 Todd Tsai ris - Associate 06/30/20 onald egan 06/30/22 James Salem - Associate 06/30/20 ran Arsenault 06/30/21 Jason Temple - Associate 06/30/20 Maria Crowley 06/30/20 Laurence Boisvert Associate 06/30/21 Arthur Leavens 06/30/22 Aaron Moore Associate 06/30/20 avid Shoemae r Alternate - Cler 06/30/22

Lowell Regional Transit Authority Historical Commission Selectman Liaison Selectman Liaison Martin Mie owing standing William lauer 06/30/20 Bradford Maxwell 06/30/20 ictoria Beyer 06/30/21 William ici nson - Chair 06/30/22 ouglas erric 06/30/21 150 MAGIC/MAPC Planning Board Selectman Liaison J ardner Selectman Liaison J ardner ay S. acouby 1st Alternate ep for BOS ay acouby - Chair 06/30/24 Anping Lui 06/30/21 MBTA Advisory Board erric J Chin - ice Chair 06/30/24 onald egan Jon Cappetta 06/30/22 Sam Ba wa 06/30/24 Minuteman Home Services Selectman Liaison Recreation Commission Charles . Aaronson standing Selectman Liaison Martin Michael . Ma ors - inCom ep 05/31/19 Joseph . Will 06/30/21 Stephen Trimble 06/30/20 Morrison Farm Master Plan Committee Edward olcomb 06/30/20 Selectman Liaison Martin Chris ardy 06/30/22 William Mullin - Chair Standing ema Santhanar ishnan 06/30/22 Mary Ann Ashton Standing Leanne Baxter Standing River Street Master Plan Special Committee Charles . Aaronson Standing Selectman Liaison Berry oug Tindal Standing eter J Berry - BOS standing atherine Cunl eman Standing Bill Alesbury standing eter rover Standing on Boyle standing Ann Chang Standing William lauer standing Jon Benson Standing eter ocn ell standing Stephanie rant standing No Place For Hate Louis or standing Selectman Liaison Route 2 Corridor Advisory Committee Open Space and Recreation Advisory Selectman Liaison Committee open - 1 member Selectman Liaison Martin Terry Maitland - Cons Com 06/30/19 Senior / Disabled Taxation Aid Committee - ay acouby - lanning 06/30/24 (STAC) Matt Mostoller - Water istrict 06/30/19 Selectman Liaison J ardner Andrew Magee - Chair 06/30/20 Steve Barrett - Town Treasurer/Col- 06/30/19 Dick Hatfield 06/30/20 lector William ill 06/30/20 Susan Miller - Assessors 06/30/18 ave Marshall 06/30/21 ancy erhardt 06/30/19

151 South Acton Train Station Advisory Committee Water District-Land Management Selectman Liaison Martin Advisory Committee Mary Michaela Moran - Chair Standing Selectman Liaison J. Adachi ave Wellinghoff - inCom ep Standing aul Malchodi - BOS Appointed 06/30/18 . Lue Evans 06/30/21 reta Ech ardt - Water ist Appointed Amanda Steinberg 06/30/21 Barry osen - 06/30/19 Ben atterson Standing Water ist Appointed Charles Olmstead - Town Meeting Improvement Committee Water ist Appointed Selectman Liaison Jon Benson John Cipar - Water ist Appointed Steve oone, Chair - 4/7/20 eg Town Meeting Attendee Water Resources Advisory Jodi Bromberg - esident 10 yrs 4/7/20 Committee at Clifford - Acton League of W 4/7/20 Selectman Liaison J ardner Ann Chang - Acton League of W 4/7/20 Barry osen 06/30/22 Mar ald - Asst Town Mgr 4/7/20 on Bec, Chair 06/30/21 uan ong - eg Town Meeting 4/7/20 Lucy irshner, ice Chair 06/30/21 Attendee Michael reue - ealth 06/30/20 Alma Sandman - COA 4/7/20 Matthew Mostoller, cler 06/30/22 Ann Corcoran - CO 4/7/20 onald arenti, oting Associate 06/30/22 Elia beth Osche 4/7/20 esident 10 yrs ay acouby, Associate 4/7/20 West Acton Sewer Action Committee Anne adlec, Associate 4/7/20 avid . Martin, Chair - BOS 2022 J ead - AB S Completion Transportation Advisory of Tas Committee Jon Cappetta - B Completion Selectman Liaison J ardner of Tas James E. arin 06/30/21 ave Wellinghoff - inCom Completion James Citro 06/30/21 of Tas rances Osman Chair 06/30/20 eter enry - W Acton Business Completion . Lue Evans 06/30/21 Community of Tas aula Walsh 06/30/22 Joanne Bissetta - W Acton esident Completion Julia ay, Associate 06/30/22 of Tas Ann Chang, ice-Chair - Completion ast Sewer Comm Member of Tas Volunteer Coordinating Committee arry McCarthy- Acton Citie n Completion of Tas Selectman Liaison . Berry Samuel ice - Engineering Completion regory utchins 06/30/22 Experience of Tas artley Millett 06/30/22 uan ong 06/30/22 ang ang 06/30/21 Michael Brandt 06/30/22

152 MODERATOR APPOINTMENTS Deputy Inspector of Wires Charles Wees Finance Committee - 9 Members - 3 Year Term Selectman Liaison J Benson Emergency Management Jason Cole 05/31/21 irector, Mar ald oland Bourdon, - Chair 05/31/22 eputy irector, ail Sawyer ave Wellinghoff 05/31/21 Stephen . oone 05/31/22 Superintendent of Municipal Properties Sahana urohit 05/31/20 Andrea istine Michael . Ma ors 05/31/22 Christi Andersen 05/31/20 Director of Public Health Thomas . arley 05/30/20 Sheryl Ball Christine ussell 05/31/21 Alan la inac - Associate 05/31/22 Animal Control Officer/Animal Inspector atric Tac almer Minuteman Regional Technical HS elba Maldonado, Assistant Selectman Liaison Charter am ourse 06/30/20 Fence Viewer Corey or TOWN MANAGER APPOINTMENTS Field Driver Public Ceremonies Committee acant ail Sawyer Fire Chief obert art Assistant Town Manager Mar ald Deputy Fire Chief Bob anderhoof Principal Assessor Captains Brian McMullen Anita Arnum Christopher Sammet Constable obert Smith Christopher rehl John Jac White Mar ald Lieutenants James Byrne Local Building Inspector ristopher Ellics Tom Moberg Eric Mathieu Jae bio wsi Deputy Inspector of Gas Piping and Gas Appliances ALS Coordinator Todd Bosselmann atric Mc ntyre, /EMT-

153 Acting ALS Coordinator Inspector of Wires Wade Messamore, /EMT- William Morehouse

Firefighter/EMT’s Local Building Commissioner atric Byrne, /EMT- rancis amsbottom Brent Carter, /EMT Jared Crowley, /EMT Natural Resources/Cemetery Director age Cummings, /EMT Thomas Tidman Ed aigneault, /EMT Josh e elice, /EMT Keeper of the Lockup Shawn es ardins, /EMT- ichard Burrows Steve iMeco, /EMT Mie oherty, /EMT Chief of Police Chuc unnigan, /EMT ichard Burrows avid ershen, /EMT- Tommy all, /EMT- Deputy Chief eter mhof, /EMT- James Cogan at Judge, /EMT Jim issane, /EMT Lieutenants Brett Lisa, /EMT- Ed Lawton Lue Magnant, /EMT- oug Sturniolo Tom Matthews, /EMT Stacey Meade, /EMT- Sergeants ennis Munroe, /EMT John Cooney Jason ichols, /EMT- ay rey Ale ouliopoulos, /EMT- Scott owe Leo ogers, /EMT- ean eeler Jim uggiero, /EMT Scott rug Matt Seely, /EMT- rederic entschler Shaun Shattuc, /EMT aniel Silva Sean Sheridan, /EMT obert Smart, /EMT Police Officers ave Sue rman, /EMT- ardenia Abramowit ichard Sullivan, /EMT Christopher Browne Clem Tyler, /EMT eith Campbell Brian Whalen, /EMT Michael Cogan John Collins Forest Warden Ellis Corey obert art urt Correia Ana apa s Inspector of Gas Piping and Appliances John ristillaris Special James . Corey Mie Eracleo Jacob relic James oodemote Leo ower 154 Matt ammer Public Ceremonies and Celebrations evin effernan ail Sawyer Christopher odges avid Joachim Public Weighers ean eeler Christopher . rehl aymond La oche Special James A. Barbato oug Mahoney obert reenough Steve McCarthy Todd Mc elvie Recreation Director James Mc adden Special Melissa eir athan Meuse Jesse Osterhoudt Sealer of Weights and Measures Lue enny Matthew ow Christopher rehl eb ichardson Special Deputy Sealer of Weights and Measures AJ otella Evan Carloni Tyler ussell Jon Stach ouse Superintendant of Streets Steven Stale r Carl Maria Tricia Sullivan Marc Syminton Town Finance Director achary Taylor Stephen Barrett oger Wallace oderic Wiggins Town Engineer aul Campbell Police Matrons ebecca Leblanc Veteran’s Agent ebra ichardson James Mac ae Allura Overstreet

Dispatchers evin Antonelli Maurice Brassard Alicia Bura Meghan Chen urt Correia an eane Joanne arpin at awthorne Mary Ann McLaughlin Lead ispatcher Chris Mc ell Michaela Taylor oger Wallace

155 STREET LIST

OF THE TOWN OF ACTON, MASSACHUSETTS

TOWN OF ACTON ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

AS OF SEPTEMBER 2019

156 A BRIDLE PATH WAY E-5 CRICKET WAY D-4 FROST DR (PVT) C-4 J MAPLE ST A-3 OLDE LANTERN RD A-1 RIVER ST B-3, B-4 SYLVIA ST A-3 ABEL JONES PL (PVT) B-3 BRIMSTONE LN (PVT) E-4 CROSS ST G-4 G JACKSON DR C-2, C-3, D-2 MARIAN RD A-1, A-2 OLDE SURREY DR B-4 ROBBINS ST A-2, A-3 T ACORN PARK DR E-3, F-3 BROADVIEW ST A-4 D GABRIEL LN (PVT) E-4 JAIME'S WAY B-2 MARSHALL PATH G-4 ONEIDA RD C-1 ROBERT RD A-4 TAYLOR RD C-3 ADAMS ST A-5 BROMFIELD RD C-4 DAKOTA DR (PVT) C-1, C-2 GERALD CIR A-4 JASMINE CIR (PVT) D-4 MARTHA LN (PVT) F-3 ORCHARD DR C-1 ROBINWOOD RD B-4, C-4 TENNEY CIR B-4 ADELINE WAY A-5 BROOK ST D-4, E-4 DAVIS RD E-4 GIOCONDA AVE B-4 JAY LN E-5 MARTIN ST A-3, B-3 OVERLOOK DR A-2 ROOSEVELT DR (PVT) C-2 THOMAS DR (PVT) B-2 AGAWAM RD C-1, C-2 BROOKSIDE CIR B-4 DEACON HUNT DR B-2, C-2 GRACE PATH E-4 JEFFERSON DR C-3 MASSACHUSETTS AVE B-1, B-2, OXBOW DR E-4 ROSE CT D-5 THOREAU RD C-4 ALBERTINE DR (PVT) A-3 BROWN BEAR CRSG (PVT) F-2 DEERGRASS LN E-4 GRANITE RD F-3 JENNIFER PATH F-3 B-3, C-3, C-4, C-5 P ROUTE 2 C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5 THUNDER WAY B-1 ALCOTT ST C-4, C5 BRUCE FREEMAN RAIL TRL C-5, D-4, DEVON DR (PVT) F-3, F-4 GRASSHOPPER LN D-4 JESSE DR (PVT) C-1 MBTA FITCHBURG LINE A-2, A-3, PALMER LN E-3 RUSSELL RD C-4, C-5 TICONDEROGA RD A-1 ALEXANDRA WAY F-3 D-5, E-4, F-3, F-4, G-3 DISCOVERY WAY C-3, C-4 GREAT ELM WAY F-2 JOHN FRANCIS LN (PVT) G-3, G-4 B-1, B-2, B-4, B-5, C-1 PARKER ST A-5, B-4, B-5 RYDER PATH E-3 TILL DR F-4 ALGONQUIN RD C-1 BRUCEWOOD RD B-3, B-4, C-4 DORIS RD B-3 GREAT RD D-4, D-5, E-3, JOHN SWIFT RD C-3, D-3 MCKINLEY DR D-3 PARKLAND LN (PVT) E-3 S TINSDALE DR (PVT) F-4 ANDERS WAY B-3 BULETTE RD D-1 DOWNEY RD A-2, B-2 E-4, F-2, F-3 JOSEPH REED LN B-2, C-2 MEAD TER B-1 PARMLEY DR (PVT) A-4 SACHEM WAY F-3 TORRINGTON LN B-2 ANDREW DR (PVT) C-2 BUTTERNUT HOLLOW (PVT) F-2 DRIFTWOOD RD B-4 GREEN NEEDLE WAY E-4 JUNIPER RIDGE RD B-1 MEADOW BROOK RD D-3 PARTRIDGE HOLLOW D-3 SAINT JAMES CIR B-3 TOWNE HOUSE LN (PVT) C-3 ANTHEM WAY (PVT) A-3 C DRUMMER RD (PVT) A-5, B-4, B-5 GREENSIDE LN (PVT) E-3 K MEADOWS EDGE (PVT) F-2 PARTRIDGE POND RD C-3 SAMANTHA WAY F-3 TOWNSEND RD A-1 APPLE VALLEY DR (PVT) A-3 CAITLAN DR (PVT) B-2 DUGGAN RD (PVT) A-1 GREENWOOD LN D-3 KATE DR F-4 MEETINGHOUSE RD (PVT) B-4, B-5 PATRICK HENRY CIR A-1 SAMUEL PARLIN DR D-2 TRASK RD D-3 ARBORWOOD RD B-4 CANDIDA LN B-4 DUNHAM LN A-5 GREGORY LN (PVT) B-1 KAYLA LN (PVT) A-3 MERRIAM LN (PVT) B-4 PATRIOTS RD D-3 SANDALWOOD RD C-4 TRIANGLE FARM LN (PVT) F-5 ARLINGTON ST A-1, B-1, B-2, C-2, D-2 CANTERBURY HILL RD F-4, G-4 DURKEE RD B-2 GREYBIRCH LN E-4 KEEFE RD C-5, D-5 MEYER HILL DR (PVT) E-3 PAUL REVERE RD A-1 SANDAS TRL (PVT) C-1, C-2 TUMBLING HAWK (PVT) F-2 ASHLEY CIR F-4 CAPTAIN BROWN'S LN B-2, C-2 DUSTON LN (PVT) E-5 GRIST MILL RD A-1 KEIZER PATH C-3 MICMAC LN (PVT) C-1 PEARL ST B-2 SANDY DR B-4 TUPELO WAY B-3 ASHWOOD RD B-4 CAPTAIN FORBUSH LN B-2, C-2 E GUSWOOD RD B-4 KELLEY RD B-3 MILBERY LN (PVT) B-1 PERKINS LN (PVT) C-2 SARAH INDIAN WAY D-1 TUTTLE DR B-2, B-3 ASPEN LN (PVT) F-2 CAPTAIN HANDLEY RD F-3 EASTERN RD F-4 H KENNEDY LN C-2 MILLDAM RD F-4 PHALEN ST C-4 SARAH JANE CT (PVT) C-3 V ASSABET CRSG (PVT) A-5 CARLISLE RD F-4, G-4 EDGAR DR (PVT) A-3 HALEY LN (PVT) B-4 KINGMAN RD A-1, A-2 MINOT AVE C-3, C-4 PHEASANT HILL (PVT) F-2 SARAH LN (PVT) B-1 VALLEY RD A-4 ASSABET RIVER RAIL TRL A-3, A-4 CARLTON DR A-4, A-5 ELIOT CIR C-3 HALF MOON HILL (PVT) B-1 KINSLEY LN B-2 MINUTEMAN RD C-3, D-3 PHLOX LN D-5 SAWMILL RD F-4 VANDERBELT RD B-4 AUDUBON DR (PVT) A-3, A-4, B-4 CARRIAGE DR B-4 ELLSWORTH VILLAGE RD (PVT) D-5 HAMMOND ST D-2, D-3 KINSLEY RD B-2 MOHAWK DR B-1, C-1 PINE CONE STRAND (PVT) F-2 SCHOOL ST B-3, B-4, B-5, C-5 W AUTUMN LN B-1 CASTLE DR A-1 ELM CT (PVT) B-1, C-1 HARRIS ST F-3, F-4 KNOWLTON DR B-2 MOHEGAN RD C-1 PINE RIDGE FARM LN (PVT) F-5 SEMINOLE RD C-1 WACHUSETT DR C-1 AVALON DR (PVT) F-2 CEDAR TER B-2 ELM ST B-1, C-1, C-2 HARTLAND WAY F-3, F-4 KNOX TRL A-5, B-5 MONROE DR C-2 PINE RIDGE RD (PVT) B-2 SENECA CT C-1 WALNUT ST E-3, F-3 AYER RD B-4 CENTENNIAL LN (PVT) A-3, A-4 EMERSON DR C-4 HARVARD CT D-4 L MONUMENT PL (PVT) F-3 PINE ST A-3 SENECA RD C-1 WAMPANOAG DR C-1 AZALEA RD D-5 CENTRAL ST A-2, A-3, B-1, B-2, B-3, C-1 ESKER WAY C-4 HATCH RD A-4 LADYSLIPPER LN E-4 MOSSY LN E-4 PINEWOOD RD B-4 SETTLEMENT WAY E-4 WAMPUS AVE E-3 B CHADWICK ST B-4 ESTERBROOK RD D-4 HAWTHORNE ST C-4 LARCH RD D-3 MUSKET DR C-3 PIPER LN (PVT) B-4 SHADY LN A-1 WASHINGTON DR C-2, C-3, D-2 BADGER CIR F-4 CHAFFIN WAY D-1 ETHAN ALLEN DR A-1 HAYNES CT B-1 LAUREL CT B-4 MYRTLE DR D-5 PIPER RD B-3, B-4, C-3 SIBEL LN (PVT) A-5 WATERSIDE CLEARING (PVT) F-2 BALSAM DR D-3 CHARTER RD B-2, B-3, C-2 EVERGREEN RD D-2, D-3 HAYWARD RD C-2, C-3 LAURENTIDE CIR (PVT) B-4 N POND RIDGE DR B-5 SILVER HILL RD A-4, A-5 WAYSIDE LN B-2 BANKSIDE HOLLOW (PVT) F-2 CHASE PATH F-4 EVERGREEN WAY D-2 HAZELNUT ST E-3 LAWSBROOK RD B-5, C-5 NADINE RD B-3 POND VIEW DR B-4 SIMON HAPGOOD LN E-5 WEST RD B-2 BARKER RD C-3 CHEROKEE RD C-1 F HEALD RD C-3, D-3 LEDGE ROCK WAY F-3, F-4 NAGOG HILL RD D-2, D-3, D-4, E-2 POPE RD D-5, E-5, F-5 SIMON WILLARD RD C-3, D-3 WESTFORD LN (PVT) F-2 BAXTER RD B-2 CHERRY RIDGE RD B-1 FAIRWAY RD A-4 HEATHER HILL RD A-2 LEXINGTON DR B-5, C-5 NAGOG PARK F-2, F-3 POST OFFICE SQ (PVT) D-3, D-4 SIOUX ST C-1 WESTSIDE DR A-5 BAYBERRY RD D-5 CHESTNUT ST E-2 FARLEY LN (PVT) A-3 HEMLOCK LN D-3 LIBERTY ST A-3 NARA RIDGE (PVT) F-3 POWDER HORN LN A-1 SKYLINE DR (PVT) E-3 WETHERBEE ST C-5, D-5 BEACON CT (PVT) A-2 CHURCH ST B-1, B-2 FARMERS ROW E-4 HENLEY RD F-2, F-3 LILAC CT B-4 NASH RD A-2, B-2 POWDER MILL RD A-5 SMART RD A-1 WHEELER LN F-4 BEECHNUT ST E-3 CINDY LN (PVT) A-5 FARMSTEAD WAY B-3, C-3 HENNESSEY DR B-3 LILLIAN RD D-1 NASHOBA RD C-1, F-2 PRESCOTT RD A-2 SOUTH ST G-4 WHEELWRIGHT LN (PVT) E-4 BELLANTONI DR B-5 CLOVER HILL RD B-4 FAULKNER HILL RD A-3, A-4 HERITAGE RD B-5 LINCOLN DR C-2, D-2 NEWTOWN RD D-1, D-2, D-3 PRESTON WAY F-3, F-4 SPENCER RD B-2 WHISPERING WAY E-4 BELLOWS FARM RD E-4 COBURN DR (PVT) B-4 FERNWOOD RD B-4 HERON VIEW RD (PVT) A-3 LISA LN B-5 NONSET PATH F-2, F-3 PROCTOR ST D-5 SPLIT ROCK DR F-2 WHITTIER DR C-4 BERRY LN C-4 COLONIAL PATH A-3 FIFE & DRUM RD C-3 HICKORY HILL TRL D-3 LITTLEFIELD RD C-1 NORTH ST G-3 PROSPECT ST B-2, B-3 SPRING HILL RD E-5, F-5 WILLIS HOLDEN DR D-2 BETH CIR (PVT) F-2 COMMUNITY LN (PVT) C-3 FISCHER PATH E-4 HIGH ST A-3, A-4, A-5, B-3 LONG RIDGE RD D-3 NORTHBRIAR RD F-4 PURITAN RD A-4, A-5 SPRUCE ST B-1, B-2 WILLOW ST A-1, A-2, B-2 BETSY ROSS CIR A-1 CONANT ST A-4 FLAGG RD D-5 HIGHLAND RD A-1 LONGFELLOW PARK C-4 NOTRE DAME RD A-1 PUTNAM RD D-3 SQUIRREL HILL RD A-1 WILSON LN C-2 BEVERLY RD B-3 CONCETTA CIR A-4, A-5 FLANNERY WAY B-2 HILLCREST DR B-4 LONGMEADOW WAY E-4 NYLANDER WAY B-3 PUTTER DR A-4 STACY'S WAY C-3 WINDEMERE DR A-1 BILLINGS ST A-2 CONCORD PL (PVT) C-4 FLETCHER CT A-3 HOMESTEAD ST B-1, B-2 LOOSESTICK WAY E-4 O Q STELLA CT (PVT) E-4 WINDINGWOOD LN (PVT) E-4 BIRCH RIDGE RD B-1 CONCORD RD C-4, D-3, D-4, D-5 FLINT RD B-2 HORSESHOE DR C-5, D-5 LOTHROP RD B-2 OAKWOOD RD B-3, B-4 QUABOAG RD C-1 STONEYMEADE WAY D-5 WINDSOR AVE B-2 BITTERSWEET LN E-4 CONNOR DRIVE (PVT) A-3 FLINTLOCK DR A-1 HOSMER ST B-4, B-5, C-4, C-5 M OLD BEAVER BROOK (PVT) F-2 QUAIL RIDGE DR (PVT) E-3 STOW ST A-2, A-3 WINGATE LN (PVT) D-5 BLACK HORSE DR A-1 CONQUEST WAY B-2 FOREST RD C-4 HOUGHTON LN B-2 MACGREGOR WAY B-4 OLD CART PATH E-4 QUAIL RUN (PVT) E-4 STRAWBERRY HILL RD D-4, E-4, E-5 WINTER ST A-1, B-1 BLUE HERON WAY E-4 CONSTITUTION DR (PVT) D-2 FORT POND RD D-1 HUCKLEBERRY LN C-3 MACLEOD LN A-1, A-2 OLD COLONY LN B-5 QUARRY RD F-3 SUDBURY RD A-5 WINTERBERRY PATH E-4 BLUEBERRY PATH F-4, G-4 COOLIDGE DR C-2, C-3 FOSTER ST B-5, C-4, C-5 HURON RD C-1 MADDY LN B-4 OLD HIGH ST A-5 R SULLIVAN LN (PVT) F-3 WOOD LN C-3, C-4, D-3 BRABROOK RD D-5 COUGHLIN ST C-3 FOX HILL RD B-4 HUTCHINSON WAY C-2 MADISON LN C-2, D-2 OLD MEADOW LN B-4, B-5 RAILROAD ST A-3, B-3 SUMMER PL (PVT) B-1 WOODBURY LN D-3 BRAMBLE WAY E-4 COUNTRY CLUB RD A-4 FRANCINE RD B-3 I MAGNOLIA DR D-5 OLD OREGON TRL E-4 REDWOOD RD B-4 SUMMER ST A-1, B-1, B-2 WOODCHESTER DR A-1 BREEZY POINT RD (PVT) E-2, F-2 COUNTRYSIDE RD (PVT) D-1 FRANKLIN PL (PVT) D-3 INDEPENDENCE RD A-5, B-5 MAILLET DR A-5 OLD STONE BROOK (PVT) F-2 REEVE ST F-3 SUTTON PL (PVT) D-2 WOODFIELD RD A-1 BREWSTER LN (PVT) A-4, B-4 COWDREY LN C-3, D-3 FRASER DR B-2 IRIS CT D-5 MAIN ST A-3, A-4, B-3, C-3, D-3, OLD VILLAGE RD D-4 REVOLUTIONARY RD C-3 SWEENEY FARM LN (PVT) A-2 WRIGHT TER B-1 BRIAR HILL RD E-4 CRAIG RD C-5 FREEDOM FARME RD C-1, C-2 ISAAC DAVIS WAY C-3 E-3, E-4, F-3, F-4, G-3, G-4 OLDE BARN WAY C-2 REX LN (PVT) F-3 SWEETBRIAR WAY E-4 WYNDCLIFF DR (PVT) E-3, E-4, F-3, F-4 BRIDGES DR (PVT) C-3 CRESTWOOD LN (PVT) B-2 FREEDOM POND (PVT) C-2 ISABELLA WAY D-1 MALLARD RD B-2 PVT = PRIVATE ROAD

157 A BRIDLE PATH WAY E-5 CRICKET WAY D-4 FROST DR (PVT) C-4 J MAPLE ST A-3 OLDE LANTERN RD A-1 RIVER ST B-3, B-4 SYLVIA ST A-3 ABEL JONES PL (PVT) B-3 BRIMSTONE LN (PVT) E-4 CROSS ST G-4 G JACKSON DR C-2, C-3, D-2 MARIAN RD A-1, A-2 OLDE SURREY DR B-4 ROBBINS ST A-2, A-3 T ACORN PARK DR E-3, F-3 BROADVIEW ST A-4 D GABRIEL LN (PVT) E-4 JAIME'S WAY B-2 MARSHALL PATH G-4 ONEIDA RD C-1 ROBERT RD A-4 TAYLOR RD C-3 ADAMS ST A-5 BROMFIELD RD C-4 DAKOTA DR (PVT) C-1, C-2 GERALD CIR A-4 JASMINE CIR (PVT) D-4 MARTHA LN (PVT) F-3 ORCHARD DR C-1 ROBINWOOD RD B-4, C-4 TENNEY CIR B-4 ADELINE WAY A-5 BROOK ST D-4, E-4 DAVIS RD E-4 GIOCONDA AVE B-4 JAY LN E-5 MARTIN ST A-3, B-3 OVERLOOK DR A-2 ROOSEVELT DR (PVT) C-2 THOMAS DR (PVT) B-2 AGAWAM RD C-1, C-2 BROOKSIDE CIR B-4 DEACON HUNT DR B-2, C-2 GRACE PATH E-4 JEFFERSON DR C-3 MASSACHUSETTS AVE B-1, B-2, OXBOW DR E-4 ROSE CT D-5 THOREAU RD C-4 ALBERTINE DR (PVT) A-3 BROWN BEAR CRSG (PVT) F-2 DEERGRASS LN E-4 GRANITE RD F-3 JENNIFER PATH F-3 B-3, C-3, C-4, C-5 P ROUTE 2 C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5 THUNDER WAY B-1 ALCOTT ST C-4, C5 BRUCE FREEMAN RAIL TRL C-5, D-4, DEVON DR (PVT) F-3, F-4 GRASSHOPPER LN D-4 JESSE DR (PVT) C-1 MBTA FITCHBURG LINE A-2, A-3, PALMER LN E-3 RUSSELL RD C-4, C-5 TICONDEROGA RD A-1 ALEXANDRA WAY F-3 D-5, E-4, F-3, F-4, G-3 DISCOVERY WAY C-3, C-4 GREAT ELM WAY F-2 JOHN FRANCIS LN (PVT) G-3, G-4 B-1, B-2, B-4, B-5, C-1 PARKER ST A-5, B-4, B-5 RYDER PATH E-3 TILL DR F-4 ALGONQUIN RD C-1 BRUCEWOOD RD B-3, B-4, C-4 DORIS RD B-3 GREAT RD D-4, D-5, E-3, JOHN SWIFT RD C-3, D-3 MCKINLEY DR D-3 PARKLAND LN (PVT) E-3 S TINSDALE DR (PVT) F-4 ANDERS WAY B-3 BULETTE RD D-1 DOWNEY RD A-2, B-2 E-4, F-2, F-3 JOSEPH REED LN B-2, C-2 MEAD TER B-1 PARMLEY DR (PVT) A-4 SACHEM WAY F-3 TORRINGTON LN B-2 ANDREW DR (PVT) C-2 BUTTERNUT HOLLOW (PVT) F-2 DRIFTWOOD RD B-4 GREEN NEEDLE WAY E-4 JUNIPER RIDGE RD B-1 MEADOW BROOK RD D-3 PARTRIDGE HOLLOW D-3 SAINT JAMES CIR B-3 TOWNE HOUSE LN (PVT) C-3 ANTHEM WAY (PVT) A-3 C DRUMMER RD (PVT) A-5, B-4, B-5 GREENSIDE LN (PVT) E-3 K MEADOWS EDGE (PVT) F-2 PARTRIDGE POND RD C-3 SAMANTHA WAY F-3 TOWNSEND RD A-1 APPLE VALLEY DR (PVT) A-3 CAITLAN DR (PVT) B-2 DUGGAN RD (PVT) A-1 GREENWOOD LN D-3 KATE DR F-4 MEETINGHOUSE RD (PVT) B-4, B-5 PATRICK HENRY CIR A-1 SAMUEL PARLIN DR D-2 TRASK RD D-3 ARBORWOOD RD B-4 CANDIDA LN B-4 DUNHAM LN A-5 GREGORY LN (PVT) B-1 KAYLA LN (PVT) A-3 MERRIAM LN (PVT) B-4 PATRIOTS RD D-3 SANDALWOOD RD C-4 TRIANGLE FARM LN (PVT) F-5 ARLINGTON ST A-1, B-1, B-2, C-2, D-2 CANTERBURY HILL RD F-4, G-4 DURKEE RD B-2 GREYBIRCH LN E-4 KEEFE RD C-5, D-5 MEYER HILL DR (PVT) E-3 PAUL REVERE RD A-1 SANDAS TRL (PVT) C-1, C-2 TUMBLING HAWK (PVT) F-2 ASHLEY CIR F-4 CAPTAIN BROWN'S LN B-2, C-2 DUSTON LN (PVT) E-5 GRIST MILL RD A-1 KEIZER PATH C-3 MICMAC LN (PVT) C-1 PEARL ST B-2 SANDY DR B-4 TUPELO WAY B-3 ASHWOOD RD B-4 CAPTAIN FORBUSH LN B-2, C-2 E GUSWOOD RD B-4 KELLEY RD B-3 MILBERY LN (PVT) B-1 PERKINS LN (PVT) C-2 SARAH INDIAN WAY D-1 TUTTLE DR B-2, B-3 ASPEN LN (PVT) F-2 CAPTAIN HANDLEY RD F-3 EASTERN RD F-4 H KENNEDY LN C-2 MILLDAM RD F-4 PHALEN ST C-4 SARAH JANE CT (PVT) C-3 V ASSABET CRSG (PVT) A-5 CARLISLE RD F-4, G-4 EDGAR DR (PVT) A-3 HALEY LN (PVT) B-4 KINGMAN RD A-1, A-2 MINOT AVE C-3, C-4 PHEASANT HILL (PVT) F-2 SARAH LN (PVT) B-1 VALLEY RD A-4 ASSABET RIVER RAIL TRL A-3, A-4 CARLTON DR A-4, A-5 ELIOT CIR C-3 HALF MOON HILL (PVT) B-1 KINSLEY LN B-2 MINUTEMAN RD C-3, D-3 PHLOX LN D-5 SAWMILL RD F-4 VANDERBELT RD B-4 AUDUBON DR (PVT) A-3, A-4, B-4 CARRIAGE DR B-4 ELLSWORTH VILLAGE RD (PVT) D-5 HAMMOND ST D-2, D-3 KINSLEY RD B-2 MOHAWK DR B-1, C-1 PINE CONE STRAND (PVT) F-2 SCHOOL ST B-3, B-4, B-5, C-5 W AUTUMN LN B-1 CASTLE DR A-1 ELM CT (PVT) B-1, C-1 HARRIS ST F-3, F-4 KNOWLTON DR B-2 MOHEGAN RD C-1 PINE RIDGE FARM LN (PVT) F-5 SEMINOLE RD C-1 WACHUSETT DR C-1 AVALON DR (PVT) F-2 CEDAR TER B-2 ELM ST B-1, C-1, C-2 HARTLAND WAY F-3, F-4 KNOX TRL A-5, B-5 MONROE DR C-2 PINE RIDGE RD (PVT) B-2 SENECA CT C-1 WALNUT ST E-3, F-3 AYER RD B-4 CENTENNIAL LN (PVT) A-3, A-4 EMERSON DR C-4 HARVARD CT D-4 L MONUMENT PL (PVT) F-3 PINE ST A-3 SENECA RD C-1 WAMPANOAG DR C-1 AZALEA RD D-5 CENTRAL ST A-2, A-3, B-1, B-2, B-3, C-1 ESKER WAY C-4 HATCH RD A-4 LADYSLIPPER LN E-4 MOSSY LN E-4 PINEWOOD RD B-4 SETTLEMENT WAY E-4 WAMPUS AVE E-3 B CHADWICK ST B-4 ESTERBROOK RD D-4 HAWTHORNE ST C-4 LARCH RD D-3 MUSKET DR C-3 PIPER LN (PVT) B-4 SHADY LN A-1 WASHINGTON DR C-2, C-3, D-2 BADGER CIR F-4 CHAFFIN WAY D-1 ETHAN ALLEN DR A-1 HAYNES CT B-1 LAUREL CT B-4 MYRTLE DR D-5 PIPER RD B-3, B-4, C-3 SIBEL LN (PVT) A-5 WATERSIDE CLEARING (PVT) F-2 BALSAM DR D-3 CHARTER RD B-2, B-3, C-2 EVERGREEN RD D-2, D-3 HAYWARD RD C-2, C-3 LAURENTIDE CIR (PVT) B-4 N POND RIDGE DR B-5 SILVER HILL RD A-4, A-5 WAYSIDE LN B-2 BANKSIDE HOLLOW (PVT) F-2 CHASE PATH F-4 EVERGREEN WAY D-2 HAZELNUT ST E-3 LAWSBROOK RD B-5, C-5 NADINE RD B-3 POND VIEW DR B-4 SIMON HAPGOOD LN E-5 WEST RD B-2 BARKER RD C-3 CHEROKEE RD C-1 F HEALD RD C-3, D-3 LEDGE ROCK WAY F-3, F-4 NAGOG HILL RD D-2, D-3, D-4, E-2 POPE RD D-5, E-5, F-5 SIMON WILLARD RD C-3, D-3 WESTFORD LN (PVT) F-2 BAXTER RD B-2 CHERRY RIDGE RD B-1 FAIRWAY RD A-4 HEATHER HILL RD A-2 LEXINGTON DR B-5, C-5 NAGOG PARK F-2, F-3 POST OFFICE SQ (PVT) D-3, D-4 SIOUX ST C-1 WESTSIDE DR A-5 BAYBERRY RD D-5 CHESTNUT ST E-2 FARLEY LN (PVT) A-3 HEMLOCK LN D-3 LIBERTY ST A-3 NARA RIDGE (PVT) F-3 POWDER HORN LN A-1 SKYLINE DR (PVT) E-3 WETHERBEE ST C-5, D-5 BEACON CT (PVT) A-2 CHURCH ST B-1, B-2 FARMERS ROW E-4 HENLEY RD F-2, F-3 LILAC CT B-4 NASH RD A-2, B-2 POWDER MILL RD A-5 SMART RD A-1 WHEELER LN F-4 BEECHNUT ST E-3 CINDY LN (PVT) A-5 FARMSTEAD WAY B-3, C-3 HENNESSEY DR B-3 LILLIAN RD D-1 NASHOBA RD C-1, F-2 PRESCOTT RD A-2 SOUTH ST G-4 WHEELWRIGHT LN (PVT) E-4 BELLANTONI DR B-5 CLOVER HILL RD B-4 FAULKNER HILL RD A-3, A-4 HERITAGE RD B-5 LINCOLN DR C-2, D-2 NEWTOWN RD D-1, D-2, D-3 PRESTON WAY F-3, F-4 SPENCER RD B-2 WHISPERING WAY E-4 BELLOWS FARM RD E-4 COBURN DR (PVT) B-4 FERNWOOD RD B-4 HERON VIEW RD (PVT) A-3 LISA LN B-5 NONSET PATH F-2, F-3 PROCTOR ST D-5 SPLIT ROCK DR F-2 WHITTIER DR C-4 BERRY LN C-4 COLONIAL PATH A-3 FIFE & DRUM RD C-3 HICKORY HILL TRL D-3 LITTLEFIELD RD C-1 NORTH ST G-3 PROSPECT ST B-2, B-3 SPRING HILL RD E-5, F-5 WILLIS HOLDEN DR D-2 BETH CIR (PVT) F-2 COMMUNITY LN (PVT) C-3 FISCHER PATH E-4 HIGH ST A-3, A-4, A-5, B-3 LONG RIDGE RD D-3 NORTHBRIAR RD F-4 PURITAN RD A-4, A-5 SPRUCE ST B-1, B-2 WILLOW ST A-1, A-2, B-2 BETSY ROSS CIR A-1 CONANT ST A-4 FLAGG RD D-5 HIGHLAND RD A-1 LONGFELLOW PARK C-4 NOTRE DAME RD A-1 PUTNAM RD D-3 SQUIRREL HILL RD A-1 WILSON LN C-2 BEVERLY RD B-3 CONCETTA CIR A-4, A-5 FLANNERY WAY B-2 HILLCREST DR B-4 LONGMEADOW WAY E-4 NYLANDER WAY B-3 PUTTER DR A-4 STACY'S WAY C-3 WINDEMERE DR A-1 BILLINGS ST A-2 CONCORD PL (PVT) C-4 FLETCHER CT A-3 HOMESTEAD ST B-1, B-2 LOOSESTICK WAY E-4 O Q STELLA CT (PVT) E-4 WINDINGWOOD LN (PVT) E-4 BIRCH RIDGE RD B-1 CONCORD RD C-4, D-3, D-4, D-5 FLINT RD B-2 HORSESHOE DR C-5, D-5 LOTHROP RD B-2 OAKWOOD RD B-3, B-4 QUABOAG RD C-1 STONEYMEADE WAY D-5 WINDSOR AVE B-2 BITTERSWEET LN E-4 CONNOR DRIVE (PVT) A-3 FLINTLOCK DR A-1 HOSMER ST B-4, B-5, C-4, C-5 M OLD BEAVER BROOK (PVT) F-2 QUAIL RIDGE DR (PVT) E-3 STOW ST A-2, A-3 WINGATE LN (PVT) D-5 BLACK HORSE DR A-1 CONQUEST WAY B-2 FOREST RD C-4 HOUGHTON LN B-2 MACGREGOR WAY B-4 OLD CART PATH E-4 QUAIL RUN (PVT) E-4 STRAWBERRY HILL RD D-4, E-4, E-5 WINTER ST A-1, B-1 BLUE HERON WAY E-4 CONSTITUTION DR (PVT) D-2 FORT POND RD D-1 HUCKLEBERRY LN C-3 MACLEOD LN A-1, A-2 OLD COLONY LN B-5 QUARRY RD F-3 SUDBURY RD A-5 WINTERBERRY PATH E-4 BLUEBERRY PATH F-4, G-4 COOLIDGE DR C-2, C-3 FOSTER ST B-5, C-4, C-5 HURON RD C-1 MADDY LN B-4 OLD HIGH ST A-5 R SULLIVAN LN (PVT) F-3 WOOD LN C-3, C-4, D-3 BRABROOK RD D-5 COUGHLIN ST C-3 FOX HILL RD B-4 HUTCHINSON WAY C-2 MADISON LN C-2, D-2 OLD MEADOW LN B-4, B-5 RAILROAD ST A-3, B-3 SUMMER PL (PVT) B-1 WOODBURY LN D-3 BRAMBLE WAY E-4 COUNTRY CLUB RD A-4 FRANCINE RD B-3 I MAGNOLIA DR D-5 OLD OREGON TRL E-4 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Permits: Blasting ire epartment 978-929-7722 Building Building ivision 978-929-6633 ood Service Board of ealth 978-929-6632 eating Building ivision 978-929-6633 Historic Districts Certificate Building Division 978-929-6633 Oil Storage Tan emoval ire epartment 978-929-7722 Outdoor Burning ire epartment 978-929-7722 lumbing Building ivision 978-929-6633 Septic Board of ealth 978-929-6632 Sewage Engineering epartment 978-929-6630 Smoe etector nspection ire epartment 978-929-7722 Wiring Building ivision 978-929-6633 oning lanning ivision 978-929-6631 lanning lanning ivision 978-929-6631 olice Business and ermits olice epartment 978-929-7711 ecreation ecreation epartment 978-929-6640 Social Services Community esource Coordinator 978-929-6651 Selectmen, Board of Town Manager 978-929-6611 Senior Center Council on Aging 978-929-6652 Street Lights Engineering epartment 978-929-6630 Street Trees Municipal roperties 978-929-7744 Tax Collection Collector epartment 978-929-6622 166 Town Accountant Accounting epartment 978-929-6624 Town Manager Town Manager Office 978-929-6611 Train Service MBTA 800-392-6100 Transfer Station/ ecycling Center ighway epartment 978-929-7742 eterans’ Services eterans’ Agent 978-929-6614 Water Services Acton Water istrict 978-263-9107 oning oning Board of Appeals 978-929-6631

REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS Chec the meeting times on the Town of Acton website http //www.actonma.gov or by calling the Town Clerk’s Office.

Acton 2020 Committee As needed in Town all Acton-Boxborough Cultural Council 1st and 3rd Monday at 7 00 M in Town all Acton-Boxborough egional School Committee 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 7 00 M at J rey Jr. igh School Acton Community ousing Corporation As needed in Town all Acton ousing Authority Last Tuesday of the month at 68 Windsor Ave. Acton ursing Services Advisory Committee 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 7 00 M Board of Assessors 1st Wednesday of each month at 6 00 M in Town all Board of ealth 2nd and 4th Monday of each month at 7 30 M in Town all Board of Selectmen 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at 7 00 in Town all Cable Advisory Committee 3rd Thursday of each month at 7 30 M at Acton T studio Cemetery Commission 2nd Wednesday of each month at 3 00 M in Town all Commission on isabilities 3rd Tuesday of each month at 9 30 AM in Town all Community reservation Committee 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at 7 30 M in Town all Conservation Commission 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7 00 M in Town all Council on Aging Board 2nd Monday of each month at 3 00 M at the Senior Center esign eview Board 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7 30 M at Town all Economic evelopment Committee 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at 7 30 M in Town all inance Committee 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 7 30 M in Town all reen Advisory Board As needed in Town all istoric istrict Commission 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 7 30 M in Town all istorical Commission As needed in Town all Land Stewardship Committee 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7 00 M in Town all Memorial Library Trustees Monthly at Acton Memorial Library Open Space Committee 1st riday of each month at 7 30 AM in Town all lanning Board 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7 30 M in Town all ecreation Commission 1st Tuesday of each month at 7 30 M in Town all Sidewal Committee 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 00 M at Acton Memorial Library South Acton Train Station Advisory Committee 3rd Thursday of each month at 7 30 M in Town all Transportation Advisory Committee 4th Thursday of each month at 7 30 M in Town all olunteer Coordinating Committee 2nd and 4th Monday of each month at 7 00 M in Town all Water esources Advisory Committee 4th Wednesday of each month at 7 00 M at Acton Water istrict oning Board of Appeals 1st Monday of each month at 7 30 M in Town all

167 168 Town of Acton

Incorporated as a Town: July 3, 1735

Type of Government: Open Town Meeting - Board of Selectmen/Town Manager

Location: Eastern Massachusetts, Middlesex County, bordered on the east by Carlisle and Concord, on the west by Boxborough, on the north by Westford and Littleton, on the south by Sudbury, and on the southwest by Stow and Maynard.

Elevation at Town Hall: 268’ above mean sea level

Land Area: Approximately 20 square miles

Population: Year Persons 1950 3,510 1960 7.238 1970 14,770 1980 19,000 1990 18,144 2000 20,331 2010 21,936 2011 22,012 2012 21,650 2013 21,584 2014 21,597 2015 21,386 2016 22,204 2017 21,511 2018 21,463 2019 21,674

Front Cover: NARA Park Beach and Picnic Pavilion. Photo courtesy: Maura Haberman, Recreation Division TOWN OF ACTON TOWN TOWN OF ACTON 2019 ANNUAL TOWN REPORT

2019 ANNUAL TOWN REPORT

Celebrating 20 Years of NARA Park