FY 2007 - Town of Uxbridge

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Town Officers’ Reports for the Town of Uxbridge, Massachusetts Fiscal year July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007 27
Board of Registrars Registrars are responsible for the entire registration process, for maintaining registration records and for sending certain records to the Secretary of the Commonwealth (MGL Ch. 51 s 33). In January, the Board of Registrars conducted the annual street census. The street listing and voter lists were completed in a timely manner as prescribed under law. The BOR conducted the required Registration sessions in advance of the following elections and town meetings, and were available to provide registrar support to these elections and meetings: • State Primary 9/19/06 • State Election 11/7/06 • Fall Annual Town Meeting 11/21/06 • Special Town Meeting 1/9/07 • Spring Annual Town Meeting 5/8/07 • Annual Town Election 5/22/07 • Special Ballot Election 6/12/07 • Continuous Spring Town Meeting 6/13/07 • Special Town Meeting 6/13/07 The signatures on all petitions and nomination papers were certified, absentee ballot applications were processed, election warrants were posted at various locations throughout the Town as required, and election results were recorded with the Secretary of State’s Office. Training with accompanying manuals were provided for all poll workers for each election, including usage on the state’s new Auto Mark machine, designed for voters with physical or visual disabilities. Informational kits were provided to all candidates for Town office. Candidates also had the opportunity to meet with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance when the OCPF visited Town Hall at our invitation. The Board of Registrars extends its appreciation to former Registrars Michael Potaski and Karen Pascucci. We are also grateful to Ellen Mayo who served as our data entry clerk for the 2007 annual census. Assistant Town Clerk Doris Saucier is always an enthusiastic and valuable contributor to all accomplishments and achievements of the Board and of the Clerk’s office. We also thank Town Manager Jill Myers and Jenn Cederberg, Assistant to the Manager, for their ongoing support of the Board’s goals and 28 objectives. The Secretary of State’s Office is always available and accessible to our office and our town for any questions or concerns that we may have, most especially Elections Division Director Michelle Tassinari. We look forward to continuing to work with our new Town Clerk, Joe Kaplan, as we enhance our services for the people of Uxbridge. Respectfully submitted, Cecilia Boatman, Chairman Jennifer Nealon, Lanny Remillard Joe Kaplan, Ex-Officio Conservation Commission The Conservation Commission is the governing body charged with the protection of Uxbridge’s natural resources. The Commission also advises other municipal officials and boards on conservation issues. As required by law, every municipality in Massachusetts has a Conservation Commission. The enabling legislation that allows for the formation and operation of the Conservation Commission is called the Conservation Commission Act (MGL C.40 §8c). As the municipal focal point for environmental protection, Conservation Commissions were given responsibility in 1972 for administering the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act (MGL C.131 § 40). Under this Act, the Commission reviews applications to do work in and near wetlands, flood plains, banks, river front areas, beaches and surface waters. The Commission oversees approved projects in or near wetlands and also carries out enforcement duties where the Wetlands Protection Act is being violated. The Uxbridge Conservation Commission is a group of seven volunteers with a diverse background of skills and interests. The members of the Commission serve a three year term and are appointed by the Town Manager. The tasks of the Commission require a great deal of study, learning and thought by its members, who become expert only by patience and work. The Commission also undertakes the planning, acquisition and management of open space for passive use, creation of open space and recreation plans, and encouraging and monitoring conservation and agricultural preservation restrictions. The Conservation Commission has the authority to adopt rules and regulations for the use of conservation land. These regulations have the full force of law. In FY 07, the Commission deliberated on numerous applications for work in or near wetlands. The Commission issued 36 Orders of Conditions for a variety of projects, including restoration of the canal gate system at Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park, pond dredging (fisheries habitat improvement project) at Uxbridge Rod and Gun Club, construction of a boardwalk at Pout Pond Conservation Land, construction of 5 single family homes, a 4-unit condominium, a car wash, 5 subdivision roadways, utility line upgrades and repairs, additions to single family homes, and septic system upgrades and repairs. Seven Determinations of Applicability were issued for various small or nonintrusive projects such as small home additions and paving of gravel driveways. Of the 36 Orders of Conditions issued, three were denials. Project proposals were denied for failure to meet regulatory performance standards, lack of sufficient safeguards to protect wetlands, or lack of sufficient information to be reasonably assured that negative impacts to wetlands would not occur. One project was allowed that required roadway crossing of wetlands due to no other access alternatives. In such cases, the Commission requires wetlands replication to replace the lost wetland area. The Commission pursued 16 separate enforcement cases including failure of a detention basin causing siltation to a brook trout stream, construction of an unpermitted pier, work within 100 feet of wetlands or 200 feet of a river without the required permits, clearing of vegetation, wetland destruction (placing fill in wetland), and failure to abide by issued permits. In each case, the violator is required to cease the offending activity and to restore the area to its former conditions. The Commission accepted a gift of land from Mr. John Audet. The forested land is located north and adjacent to the existing Legg Farm Conservation Land and is protected from development in perpetuity under Article 97 of the State Constitution. This 27-acre gift of land brings the total area of the Legg Farm Conservation Land to over 70 acres, and enhances the greenway corridor along the Blackstone River. This land is also listed as a Land of Conservation Interest in the most recent
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