Canton Community TV
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What is Cable 22 and Verizon 42?
We use freelancers to guarantee coverage of Canton’s local government meetings. We cover the selectmen, health board, conservation, zoning, planning board, finance committee and others. You can watch those meetings on this station unedited and often live on the days they meet. (Boards must meet in the “Salah Room” at town hall to be seen live.) And now you can see meetings from town hall a few days later on the web where you can scroll to the part of the meeting of interest to you.
School Committee Meetings are on the Student Station: ComCast 12 and
Verizon 41.
Visit the School Page for meeting summaries. School Committee meetings are also available on the web and can be linked to more easily from the Student Page.
Schedule of meeting replays
CCTV
A look at how “Government on Demand” came to Canton. Click photo.
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Meetings:
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CCTV profiles Greg Pando. Click the photo for an excerpt.
Click here for the full web replay.
Zoning Board members from left: Kevin Feeney (alternate member), Greg Pando, Chairman Paul Carroll, John Marini and secretary, Velma Coffey.
Canton’s Finance Director Jim Murgia (right) pictured with Kathy Butters explains in a Canton Community TV Programming Special how the town budget is put together for Annual Town Meeting. To see the hour long program in its entirety, click here.
FinCom now has its own website with additional information. Link to FinCom website
Jot down notes:
Peter Pineo of the Design review board, part of the CCDRB which develops economic opportunity within the vision of the Master Plan. Article 15 would expand the design review board's powers to downtown to businesses as well as the currently included town owned buildings
Chairman Chris Connolly, on Planning Board articles. Article 12: Medical marajuanna distribution centers. What is the right amount of time to zone these centers.? (Three years may be legally too long.) Discussion on light manufacturing expansion downtown. Article 24: Discussion of a trade show.
Articles on the Senior Center: Affordable units. Randolph and Turnpike Street. 17 acres are build-able land. 197 Units but plan to build 175 units. 100 is independent living. Others would be assisted living. They propose a cash contribution to CPA rather than making units affordable. The board proposes 290K. Rob Barker sees the compensation too small and that affordable housing should be built in to the bi-law. (Context: towns need 10% of housing as ''affordable.'' As builders come in and create more units, the number of affordable units needed goes up. If 100 units are built, 10 need to be affordable. Because these elder care units are not affordable, the builder is looking to compensate with 25K per unit built. Rob Barker sees this as a bad deal for the town.) Pat Johnson also expresses concern over this article. Johnson goes further to say this is spot zoning regardless of Paul Schneiders (attorney) insistence that it is not. Chairman of the Planning Board said they favor it because it will contribute to the tax base but over age 62 people generally do not use town services like schools. Pat Johnson says Orcahrd Cove does not pay taxes because they are non-profit. Johnson is concerned that this overlay does not exclude non-profits.
Plymouth Rubber articles is to postpone indefinitely but there will be a substitute motion to withdrawn without prejudice--giving the article an opportunity to come up again next year.
There will be an impact study ready on March 29th.
Discussion of definitions.
27th FinCom will discuss all the articles.
FinCom goes for a 2 year zoning time for medical marajuanna. Support article 12 on overlay. And fix grammatical error.
FinCom supports the Design Review Board motion to expand its purview over just town owned business.
Article 19/20: FinCom supports CCEOD.
Article 20/22/25: FinCom supports Royal Lane map
Light manufacturing is postponed.
Article 24: trade shop supported
Support Knob Hill funds transfer.
Discussion returns to the Assisted Living Center. FinCom member says he cannot support the idea of cash mitigation. (This is the concern that Canton will fall under 10% for affordable housing and thus be subject to 40B housing.)
There could be a special town meeting within town meeting to vote on Plymouth Rubber.
Discussion on historic grave stones.
Consent agenda: These are articles that are not controversial.
Town has to figure out how to deal with medical marajuanna distribution centers.
Strategy on how to hand the budget.
Discussion about phrasing of Dr. Johnson's concerns on elderly housing.
Health Board of April 1, 2013
Raising the tobacco purchase age to 21.
--argument is made that 18 year olds are more likely to addict younger kids to tobacco than someone 21.
--arguments are made that this cannot be done on the state level because the tobacco industry has too much influence there. It's advocated that town to town laws will cause a tipping point and force the state to take action, despite tobacco's efforts. Argument is made that if tobacco does not addict kids early, they won't smoke later in life. Example of a 15 year old's addiction. A single mom drops him off an hour early at high school. Kids gave him free cigarettes. He's now addicted and they sell him the cigarettes at a huge profit.
--requested a public hearing.
--Discuss how Canton forbid smoking in bars and restaurants before the state made it a law. Asks Canton to do the same.
--board is open to raising the age for a limited time to see if it impacts smoking.
--discussion about other tobacco products that gets kids addicted to the drug.
--Argument is that regulation works better than education.
--warns that the tobacco industry sends representatives to small towns to keep this from expanding.
--Health fair May 31st starting at 5pm
Selectmen (center) held a special joint meeting in the library Tuesday April 9th with the expectation that the public would attend. About 50 residents came to hear an impact study report on the preposed zoning change at the ‘‘Plymouth Rubber’’ site. Also seated are members of the planning board (left) and school committee (right).
The meeting is repeating this week on Verizon 42 and on ComCast 22.
Part I of 2 is now uploaded to the web.
This is Part II of 2 of the Selectmen’s meeting on the web
46 Oak Road for ANR is approved. R. Staiti attorney.
Update on Overlay coming before town meeting. (Articles 16, 17, 18.)
186 ANR Pecunit Street. Jim DeCelle. ANR accepted.
955 Turnpike extended.
Cedarcrest Rd. Thomas Mullen, Atty. “Punchlist” is reviewed.
Yorkshire Estates (J. Crugnale) discussion is focussed on Albert Road and access. A flexible development accommodates for closer developments. Needs engineering considerations. Special permit is needed called 8.6.
Audience expresses concerns. Width of the emergency way. Also it is difficult for neighbors of this number to gather and wanted to see some sort of vote tonight. Concerns expressed about Ledgewood drive access. Continued to June 5. There will be an access vote and then a presentation on the findings by the petitioner.
469/479 Sherman is continued. Date TBA.
Scenic Way for Hemenway Drive. Request to town counsel. This has to go before town meeting.
Turtle Creek litigation is complex and the summary is coming to the planning board.
Medical marajuana set up is re-opened. Article 35 on retirement buy back establishes a reserve fund. Discussion on the consent agenda. “Consent agenda’’ are articles that require no debate. There are times when there is debate on what is a ‘‘consent’’ issue. Some discussion that by default anything that is not voted on unanimously should not be on the consent agenda.
Annual Town Meeting of May 13, 2013:
Opening ceremonies.
Vote town moderator.
Article 2: ATM rules.
ARticle 3: Committee Reports included ADA and Canton Economic development committee.
Consent agenda is voted. These are items that are not considered controversial. Items on the consent agenda that someone on the floor feels they’d like to speak on can be put in the lottery.
Zoning Article 19/20 was withdrawn without prejudice
Article 21/22/25: Postponed
Article 34: 43D Priority passes
Article 36: Assessing is approved unanimously.
Article 5: Town clerk wage unanimous. Benefits to elected officials. Unanimous
Article 27: Exempt businesses for first 100K of CPA tax. Unanimous
Article 35: Sick time fund. Unanimous.
Article 29: Due dates on Zoning articles. Unanimous.
Article 13: Posponed
Article 40: Increase stabilization fund. Unanimous.
Article 37: July 4th funding. Passes.
Article 16/17/18: So called “SHOD” zoning. Put back in bin.
Article 23: Rezone 138. Postponed.
The town meeting takes a break.
Article 15: CCOD. Unanimous.
Article 30: Blue Hills Regional stabilization fund. Passes.
Article 26: CPC expenses. Passes.
Article 11: Capital Outlay expenses
Motion 1: Finance director to direct certain purchases like vehicles.
Motion 2: 443K in requests: 48K for new cruiser. 75K DPW fueling of town vehicles. 10K cemetery lawn mower. 6K for moving equipment. 38K asphalt trailer. 18K electronic message board. 18K computer upgrades. 130K for servers. 11K Microsoft license. 23K web redesign. 33K Ford pickup truck . Library 21K for chairs. 5K workstations.
Motion 3: 443K Schools: 19K bathroom at Hansen. 99K HVac. 17K Hotwater pumps. 16K retainer wall at Hansen. 140K infrastructure either net. 22K client servers. 19K classroom printers. 50K wireless communications. 14K Art lab. 10K Adobe. 17K safety system. 18K texbooks. 77K texbooks ChS. 24K education system. 5K Cafe tables. Maintenance on bleachers 8K.
Motion 4: DPW truck. 191K Debt. capital, unanimous
Motion 5: 45K. Fire chief truck.
Motion 6: Ladder truck Municipal debt capital.
Motion 7: Cash water and sewer 150K truck
Motion 8: 21K roller
Motion 9: total: 1million 10 thousand dollars. water meter data-Motion 9 is for 631K
Motion 10: 153K sewer debt capital.
Motion 11: 378K as part of the water/sewer
Motion 12: Rink compressor. 245K
Repeats Thursday-Tues.
(May 16-21)
6 AM, 4 PM
Canton Annual Town Meeting of May 13
Repeats Thursday-Tues.
(May 16-21)
8 AM, 6 PM
Repeats Thursday-Tues.(May 16-21)
Will be shown immediately after May 13th meeting.
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What is Cable 8/Verizon 43?
Cable 8 or Verizon 43 is the local access station in Canton, Massachusetts. Community events along with volunteer programs appear on this station.
What is Cable 12 and Verizon 41 ?
We work with the video production class at Canton high to help cover events at Canton’s schools. Sports, guest speakers, graduation and school committee meetings are examples. The students also produce their own shows that are played on the station.