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BOS minutes 02-14-17
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F 1, ~7 ~ `~'ia.,~ ~ ~ ~~t.. ~ ~~, :»=~y~ ~ Board of Selectmen Minutes February 14, 2017 Memorial Hall, 801 Washington Street, Canton, MA Salah Meeting Room 7:00 p.m. Board members present: Chairman Robert E. Burr, Jr., Vice Chairman Mark J. Porter, Clerk Kevin T. Feeney, John J. Connolly, Victor D. Del Vecchio Also present: Charles J. Aspinwall, Town Administrator and Jennifer Kemalian, Administrative Secretary The meeting was called to order at 7:03 p.m. It was noted that Mr. Del Vecchio was participating remotely in the meeting due to his geographical location. A moment of silence was held for Joe Flynn, the Town's Insurance Agent who was tragically killed. A second moment of silence was held for Dan Flood, member of the Board of Assessors, who had passed away recently. Chief Charles Doody introduced Canton's newest Firefighter and EMS Coordinator. Firefighter Brian Pendergast was a certified 1 and 2 paramedic and Firefighter Paramedic Kevin Hurley had been promoted to EMS coordinator. Town Planner, Laura Smead, was before the Board to present the Canton Complete Streets project. She explained that a complete streets policy would provide safe streets for all users, including motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. The policy would be used on new street construction as well as when streets were being redone. There is a state program that encourages towns to adopt a complete streets policy with an incentive for reimbursement of some funds used in the project. She continued to describe the program and its three tiers. She noted that the first tier was training, then passing a policy or submitting a letter of intent to the state for creating a policy. The second tier was making a plan for streets, either in house with the use of the Town's Engineering department or the use of a consultant for technical assistance. The third tier was to enter into a contract with Mass DOT and be approved for a project. Ms. Smead noted that there were some deadlines coming up to submit a letter of intent and she felt that the September 1S` deadline was the most realistic date. It would allow for time for streets analysis, either in house or by a consultant and to develop a policy.