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11/1/2018 AC Minutes • The final version of the report will be voted on Tuesday, 11/6, with printed copies available for the TMMA information session on 11/8. Mr. Padaki noted that he would not be able to attend the meeting on 11/6. • Review, discussion, and votes for financial articles on STM warrant: The Committee next discussed the financial articles to be addressed in its report to Special Town Meeting 2018-1, took votes as necessary, and suggested edits to the current draft report. • Article 3: Appropriate for Center Streetscape Design: Mr. Michelson summarized the article and after review and discussion. Ms. Yan added a no vote to the previously recorded vote of 8-0, making the vote 8-1 in favor of Article 3. With respect to the funding source for this article, Mr. Bartenstein was authorized to convey to the Board of Selectmen at its next meeting on Monday, November 5, the strong sense of this Committee that the present plan to fund this and other appropriations at the Special Town Meeting with cash resulting from the revised estimate of FY2019 new growth should not be changed at this late date; and that any policy discussion about the use of revenue and levy capacity attributable to the "personal property" component of new growth should take place in conjunction with a broader look at the Town's finances over a more extended period of time. • Article 5: Appropriate for Hosmer House Reuse Study: Mr. Neumeier summarized the article and after review and discussion a motion was made and seconded to support Article 5. The motion passed with a vote of 5-2-1; Mr. Padaki and Ms. Yan voting no, Ms. Basch abstaining. • Article 6: Amend FY2019 Operating, Enterprise, and Community Preservation Act (CPA)Budgets: Ms. Kosnoff summarized the article and after review and discussion, a motion was made and seconded to support Article 6. The motion passed with a vote of 8-0. • Article 7: Appropriate for Prior Years' Unpaid Bills: This article has been indefinitely postponed. No vote was required. • Article 8: Establish and Appropriate To and From Specified Stabilization Funds: Mr. Padaki summarized the article and after review and discussion a motion was made and seconded to support Article 8. The motion passed with a vote of 8-0. • Article 10: Amend Zoning Bylaw-55 & 56 Watertown Street(Owner Petition): This article was previously discussed. The version in the latest draft report is shorter than the previous version but is intended to convey the same ideas. There is no recommendation from the Committee and no vote was required. 2