2006-03-06-TE-Warrant-and-2006-03-27-ATM-Warrant

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ARTICLE 31 APPROPRIATE FOR SEWER IMPROVEMENTS To see if the Town will vote to install sewer mains and sewerage systems and replacements thereof in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectman may determine, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, and acts in addition thereto and in amendment thereof, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor, appropriate money for such installation and land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including any special sewer funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods, to determine whether the Town will authorize the Selectmen to apply for, accept, expend and borrow in anticipation of federal and state aid for such sewer projects, or act in any other manner in relation thereto (Inserted by the Board of Selectmen) FUNDS REQUESTED $300,000 DESCRIPTION Funding is requested to conduct a survey to locate and evaluate Sanitary Sewer System assets, and to begin a five-year sewer rehabilitation program The survey information will provide current information on the Town's physical assets, and Town staff will be trained in the use of these electronic records Over the next five years, the Town will rehabilitate 35,000 feet and install approximately 1,500 new feet of sewer pipe and associated manholes During periods of high rainfall, infiltration of storm water causes system capacity problems, decreases efficiency of the state's treatment plant, and increases the volume of metered sewer for which the town is charged. Exfiltration from the system can cause bacterial contamination in wetlands and waterways as well as pose a direct threat to the public health. Earliest areas of focus will be sewers through wetland areas such as the North Lexington Brook valley, the Hobbs Brook drainage area and the Upper Vine Brook basin. ARTICLE 32 APPROPRIATE FOR SCHOOL CAPITAL PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to remodel, reconstruct and make extraordinary repairs to school buildings, purchase additional equipment therefor, and maintain and upgrade the schools' technology systems, determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto (Inserted by the School Committee) FUNDS REQUESTED $2,146,000 (see estimates below) 24