Meeting tonight

Mon, 03/14/2016 - 8:45am

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Select Board convenes at 5:45 this evening, March 14, first in executive session to discuss a real estate matter, followed by a full board meeting that begins at 7 p.m.

The meetings will be held at the Rockport Opera House Meeting Room. The open meeting will be televised on Channel 22 and streamed at livestream.com/Rockportmaine.

The full agenda is as follows.

a. Approval of the minutes of the:

b. Regular Select Board meeting on Monday, April 11, 2016, 7:00 p.m., Rockport

c. Announcements:

 Monday, November 9, 2015, meeting of the Select Board

 Tuesday, November 17, 2015, meeting of the Select Board

 Tuesday, February 9, 2016, Executive Session of the Select Board

 Tuesday, February 9, 2016, meeting of the Select Board

 Monday, February 29, 2016, Executive Session of the Select Board

Opera House Meeting Room, to be televised on Channel 22 and streamed at livestream.com/Rockportmaine.

 Solarize MidCoast Maine Workshop. Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 6 p.m.,

Rockport Opera House Meeting Room (see

http://solarizemidcoastmaine.com/events/ for more information)

 Candidate Nominating Papers available, Monday, March 21, 2016. See the Town Clerk. Papers are due back no later than the close of business (5:00 p.m.) on Friday, April 29, 2016. Positions up for election in June are:

 One 3-year term for Select Board: Tracy Lee Murphy

 Three 3-year terms for Budget Committee: Sharon Stone, Jan Rosenbaum and John Viehman

 Two 3-year terms for Library Committee: Stephanie Kumble and Cathy (Cate) Monroe

Printed March 9, 2016 1 Select Board Agenda

 One 3-year term for Director of MSAD #28/CSD: Gretchen Richards

 Rockport Town Offices will be closed on Monday, April 18, 2016, in observance of Patriot’s Day.

 Camden-Rockport Pathways Committee, Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 7 p.m., Rockport Town Office Richardson Room

 Cemetery Committee, date and time of next meeting to be determined

 Conservation Commission, Thursday, April 14, 2016, 4:30 p.m., Rockport Town Office, Richardson Room

 Harbor Committee, monthly meetings will resume in April

 Investment Committee, Thursday, April 21, 2016, 4:00 p.m., Rockport Town Office Richardson Room

 Library Committee, Monday, March 21, 2016, 5:00 p.m., Rockport Town Office Richardson Room

 Mid-Coast Solid Waste Board of Directors (public hearing and possible vote on post-March 31, 2018, MSW disposal), Monday, March 21, 2016, 6 p.m., Rockport Opera House Meeting Room, to be televised on Channel 22 and streamed at livestream.com/Rockportmaine

and

 Mid-Coast Solid Waste Board of Directors, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, 7 p.m., Rockport Town Office, Richardson Room

and

 Mid-Coast Solid Waste Board of Directors (presentation to Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport Select Boards of post-March 31, 2018, MSW disposal recommendation), Monday, April 4, 2016, 6 p.m., Rockport Opera House Meeting Room, to be televised on Channel 22 and streamed at livestream.com/Rockportmaine

 Opera House Committee, Thursday, March 24, 2016, 8:00 a.m., Rockport Town Office Conference Room

 Ordinance Review Committee, weekly meetings end Thursdays, March 31, 2016, 8 a.m., Rockport Town Office, Richardson Room

 Parks Committee, Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Rockport Town Office Richardson Room

 Planning Board, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, 5:30 p.m., Rockport Opera House Meeting Room, to be televised on Channel 22 and streamed at livestream.com/Rockportmaine

 Planning Board public hearing on June land use warrant articles, Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 5:30 p.m., Rockport Opera House Meeting Room, to be televised on Channel 22 and streamed at livestream.com/Rockportmaine

 Select Board Budget Consensus Discussion, Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 3 p.m., Rockport Opera House Meeting Room, will not be televised

 Select Board Budget Meeting and Votes, Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 7 p.m., Rockport Opera House Meeting Room, to be televised on Channel 22, livestream.com/Rockportmaine

 Budget Committee Meeting and Votes, Tuesday, March 22, 2016, and (if necessary) Wednesday, March 23, 2016, 6 p.m. on both dates, Rockport Town Office Richardson Room, not televised

 Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 11 a.m., (Architect proposal presentations) Rockport Opera House Meeting Room, to be televised on Channel 22 livestream.com/Rockportmaine

 Thursday, March 17, 2016, 11:00 a.m., (Architect proposal presentations) Rockport Opera House Meeting Room, to be televised on Channel 22 and streamed at livestream.com/Rockportmaine

 Wednesday, March 23, 2016, 11 a.m., Rockport Opera House Meeting Room, to be televised on Channel 22 and streamed at livestream.com/Rockportmaine

 Thursday, March 24, 2016, 7:00 p.m., (Recommendation to Select Board) Rockport Opera House Meeting Room, to be televised on Channel 22 and streamed at livestream.com/Rockportmaine

 Legal Services RFQ Workshop, Monday, April 4, 2016, 5 p.m., Rockport

c. Committee Application(s):

 Sarah Vokey – Recreation Committee

 Debra Hall & Emmett Sutton – Ad Hoc Technology Committee

 Craig Wilson – Recreation Committee

application for Avena Botanicals

d. Vote on request to support and facilitate a CDBG Economic Development Grant

e. Presentation by MSAD 28 staff regarding the Middle School Project

f. Conservation Commission report

g. Request by Richard Nightingale (via Paul Gibbons, his attorney) to change the Road Acceptance Ordinance Ordinance adopted June 12, 1996

h. Discussion regarding the Rockport Sidewalk Construction and Preservation

i. Follow-up on the suggestion that Provider Agency donations return to being funded through the town budget