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| ARTICLE 1 | | REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMITTEES | | | |
| To receive, hear, and act upon the reports of boards, committees, and commissions; or take any action related thereto. | | | |
| | (Inserted at the request of the Town Moderator) | | | |
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| ARTICLE 2 | | ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT/ MEDICAL AND RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENTS | | | |
| To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw to address Medical and Recreational Marijuana Establishments by: amending existing SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS “Medical Marijuana Treatment Center” and “Recreational Marijuana Establishments”; amending SECTION 3.4 ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN REVIEW to include Recreational Marijuana Establishments as required to obtain an Environmental Design Review Special Permit; amending SECTION 5 DISTRICT REGULATIONS to create new use categories for Marijuana Establishments and amend existing use categories for Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers and to allow Recreational Marijuana Establishments and Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers in Business and Industrial zones; amending SECTION 8 SPECIAL REGULATIONS to remove the Temporary Moratorium on Recreational Marijuana Establishments and create a new section on marijuana uses; or take any action related thereto | | | |
| | (Inserted at the request of the Arlington Redevelopment Board) | | | |
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| ARTICLE 3 | | ACCEPTANCE/ LOCAL OPTION: RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA EXCISE TAX | | | |
| To see if the Town will vote to accept M.G.L. c. 64N Section 3, as recently amended by Section 13 of Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2017, and impose a local sales tax upon the sale of recreational marijuana originating within the Town by a vendor at a rate of up to 3% of the gross receipts of the vendor from the sale of recreational marijuana, marijuana products, and marijuana edibles, said excise to take effect on the first day of the calendar quarter commencing at least thirty days after such vote of Town Meeting; or take any action related thereto. | | | |
| | (Inserted at the request of the Town Manager) | | | |
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| ARTICLE 4 | | BYLAW AMENDMENT/ LGBTQIA+ RAINBOW COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP | | | |
| To see if the Town will vote to amend Title II, Article 13 of the Town Bylaws by changing the number of members appointed to the Rainbow Commission from seven to between seven and nine; to specify the length of their terms as well as the manner of such appointments and reappointments; and/or to set forth the quorum requirements for the Commission; or take any action related thereto. | | | |
| | (Inserted at the request of the Town Manager & the LGBTQIA+ Rainbow Commission) | | | |
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| ARTICLE 5 | | BYLAW AMENDMENT/CERTAIN PERSONNEL | | | |
| To see if the Town Meeting will vote to amend Title I of the Town Bylaws for all Articles that include the Treasurer & Collector of Taxes, Comptroller or Town Clerk to reflect approved and pending changes to the appointment of those offices; or take any action related thereto. | | | |
| | (Inserted at the request of the Town Manager) | | | |
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| ARTICLE 6 | | ENDORSEMENT/ THE JOHN J. BILAFER ARLINGTON CITIZENS’ SCHOLARSHIP FUND – DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS | | | |
| To see if the Town Meeting will form a committee to review Title II, Article 1 of the Town Bylaws, “The John J. Bilafer Arlington Citizens’ Scholarship Fund – Dollars for Scholars,” and make recommendations to the 2019 Annual Town Meeting; or take any action related thereto. | | | |
| | (Inserted at the request of the Town Manager) | | | |
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| ARTICLE 7 | | CAPITAL BUDGET/ DPW YARD | | | |
| To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for remodeling, reconstructing, or making extraordinary repairs to the DPW Yard and associated buildings, including original equipment and landscaping, paving and other site improvements incidental or directly related to such remodeling, reconstruction or repair, and determine whether such appropriations shall be raised by taxation, transferred from available funds, borrowed or provided by any combination of the foregoing; or take any action related thereto. | | | |
| | (Inserted at the request of the Town Manager) | | | |
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| ARTICLE 8 | | COLLECTIVE BARGAINING | | | |
| To see if the Town will vote to fund any fiscal items in the event that any are contained in collective bargaining agreements between the Town and the following named collective bargaining units, and to fund for non-union, M Schedule, and elected officials’ salaries or fringe benefits, determine how the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action related thereto:
A. Local 680, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees;
B. Service Employees International Union;
C. Arlington Police Patrol Officers’ Association;
D. Arlington Ranking Police Officers’ Association;
E. M Schedule and non-union employees;and
F. Full-time elected officials. | | | |
| | (Inserted at the request of the Town Manager) | | | |
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| ARTICLE 2 | | Amendment to Arlington Redevelopment Board's recommended vote under Article 2 | | | |
| I move that there be inserted in Section B (1), after the first sentence thereof, the following new sentence "Nor shall they be permitted within 500 feet of any pre-existing day care facility, or the office of a pediatrician." so that said section will read as follows:
"Pursuant to 935 CMR 500.110. Marijuana Establishments shall not be permitted within 500 feet of a pre-existing public or private school providing education in kindergarten or in any of grades one through 12. Nor shall they be permitted within 500 feet of any pre-existing day care facility or office of a pediatrician. This standard also applies to Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers not already permitted by the date of this bylaw." | | | |
| | Requested by John L. Worden,III, Town Meeting Member, Pct.8 | | | |
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| Electronic Votes for STM 12/05/2018 | | | | | |
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