| Agenda: | **updated 7/8/2021**
BERLIN SELECT BOARD MEETING
Monday, July 12, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.
VIRTUAL ONLY as permitted by Chapter 20 of Acts of 2021 enacted 6/16/2021
Attend the meeting via the Zoom webinar virtual meeting platform, with log-in information as follows:
1. Webinar link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/148969555
2. iPhone one-tap: +16465588656,,148969555# or +13017158592,,148969555#
3. Telephone: Dial +1 646 558 8656 or +1 301 715 8592 Webinar ID: 148 969 555
NOTICES & AGENDA
NOTICES
**This meeting/hearing of the Berlin Select Board will be held virtually only. When and where recordings of public meetings are made, every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access the proceedings in either (1) real or “live” time or (2) recorded/shifted time. The Town of Berlin will use best efforts to post an audio or video recording, transcript, or other comprehensive record of proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting on:
The Town’s Webpage: http://www.townofberlin.com/berlin-tv
The Town’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/townofberlintv
Approved minutes will be posted to www.mytowngovernment.org/01503
For this meeting, members of the public who wish to attend this meeting/hearing virtually may attend via the Zoom Webinar platform in one of two ways: (1) with both audio & video access, or (2) by telephone/audio only. Zoom Meetings provide remote meeting capability for meeting participants (as permitted by the Open Meeting Law and Remote Meeting Participation provisions adopted by the Select Board for the Town of Berlin) and audience members alike. Meeting attendance can be achieved in one of two ways (log-in directions are within this meeting posting):
Video conference (recommended) – requires an Internet-enabled device with a camera and microphone (laptop, tablet, smartphone, or PC - there needs to be a camera and microphone to be seen, heard and hear discussion); or
Telephone only – By making a telephone call to a Zoom Meeting access telephone number and entering the meeting ID#. You will be unable to see other meeting participants or any documents presented during the meeting.
ADA ACCOMMODATIONS NOTICE: Attendees who may need accommodations should contact Town Administrator/ADA Coordinator Margaret Nartowicz at townadmin@townofberlin.com at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY NOTICE: The Town of Berlin does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, disability, veteran status, genetic information, homelessness, citizenship or any other class protected by state or federal law.”
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AGENDA
CALL TO ORDER
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Meetings of the Berlin Select Board are generally recorded for transmission on both the Berlin Cable Television Access Channel, YouTube and/or Zoom.us Virtual Meeting Platform. Your voice, image, notations/alerts/messages, and/or telephone number may be recorded.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
June 21, 2021 Open Session
June 28, 2021 Open Session
July 6, 2021 Open Session
CORRESPONDENCE
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
HEARINGS, APPOINTMENTS, AND PRESENTATIONS
7:10 PM - General Department Update - Police Department June report and Highway & Facilities June report
7:30 PM - Joint Meeting with Board of Health - RCAP Solutions Private Well Program
8:00 PM - DEP PolyFluoroAlkyl Substances (PFAS) well water testing program
8:15 PM - Public Hearing of the Board sitting as the Berlin Earthworks Board
Applicant: Steven Venincasa, Owner/Developer, Homes at Highland Ridge, LLC
Location: Off Highland Street, Berlin, MA (Assessors Map 15/Parcel 27
Importation of earth products and disturbance of 16 acres of land +/-
TOWN ADMINISTRATOR REPORT
http://www.townofberlin.com/town-administrator/pages/town-administrator-reports
OLD BUSINESS
Select Board discussion on Highway Superintendent & Facilities Director position
NEW BUSINESS
Fiscal Year 2021 End of Year Transfers
Review DRAFT Town Administrator Annual Evaluation Process
Review DRAFT updates to Select Board Agenda Procedures
Review DRAFT Mobile Food Vendor Policy & Procedures
BOARD QUESTIONS & COMMENTS/LIAISON UPDATES
EXECUTIVE SESSION – The Board will enter executive session pursuant to Massachusetts General Law Chapter 30A, Section 21 (a)(2): SCHEDULED. The Board will enter executive session pursuant to Massachusetts General Law Chapter 30A, Section 21 (a)(2): To discuss strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non-union personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with non-union personnel, and
will return to open session thereafter to conduct any remaining business (adding 7/9/2021) “with regard to Highway Superintendent-Facilities Director”.
ADJOURNMENT
Listed agenda items were reasonably anticipated by the Chair and may be discussed at the meeting. Other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. Items may be taken out of printed order. Meeting posted in accordance with the Open Meeting Law - M.G.L. Chapter 30A, §§ 18-25, inclusive.
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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
Earthwork Board
Town of Berlin, MA
The Berlin Select Board, acting in its capacity as Berlin Earthwork Board, will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, July 12, 2021, at 8:15 p.m. to consider the application of Steven F. Venincasa, Owner/Developer, Homes at Highland Ridge, LLC (“Applicant”) for the importation of material and disturbance of an estimated sixteen (16) acre portion of land within the Earthworks job locus consisting of 78.53 acres as located off 64 Highland Street, Berlin, MA and identified in its entirety as Berlin Assessors Map 15/ Parcel 27.
Applicant describes Earthworks activities (both performed-to-date and proposed) as follows:
blasted 10,000 yards of ledge then crushed and used on site for purposes:
large boulders: slope stabilization and
small product: road foundation; and IMPORTING
1 ½” stone (7,500 yards) for roadways;
¾” stone (20,000 yards) for foundations and pipe laying; and
¾” dense gravel (15,000 yards) for roads, driveways.
All Earth materials numbered 2-through-4 above to be sourced from Kimball Sand and Gravel. To date and approximate only: half on-site & half (still) to be delivered.
This Public Hearing will be conducted virtually-only on the Zoom webinar platform with log-in information as follows:
1. Webinar link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/148969555
2. iPhone one-tap: +16465588656,,148969555# or +13017158592,,148969555#
3. Telephone: Dial +1 646 558 8656 or +1 301 715 8592 Webinar ID: 148 969 555
Any persons wishing to be heard on this matter may appear at the above stated time and place. The application & plan, as filed with the Berlin Select Board Office on June 16, 2021 and updated June 17, 2021, can be viewed online at: https://www.townofberlin.com/earthwork-advisory-committee/pages/applications-filed.
BERLIN SELECT BOARD: Margaret Stone, R. Scott Hawkins, Christine Keefe
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