{"id":531,"date":"2019-05-06T08:40:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T12:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/?p=531"},"modified":"2025-06-18T15:26:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T19:26:45","slug":"specialtownmeeting2018dec-2","status":"public-archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/2019\/05\/06\/specialtownmeeting2018dec-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Town Meeting &#8211; Monday, May 6, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DATE<\/strong>: Monday, May 6, 2019<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #eb0000;\"><strong>CONTINUES ON TUESDAY, MAY 7. 2019<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>TIME<\/strong>: 7:30PM<br \/>\n<strong>LOCATION<\/strong>: Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Auditorium<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>VOTER REGISTRATION<br \/>\n<\/strong>A resident must be registered to vote by Tuesday, April 16 at 8PM in order to vote at Town Meeting. The Town Clerk&#8217;s Office will be open until 8PM on 4\/16\/19 to register voters. Check your voter registration status <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.state.ma.us\/VoterRegistrationSearch\/MyVoterRegStatus.aspx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABSENTEE VOTING<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease note, there is <b><i><u>no<\/u> remote or absentee voting<\/i><\/b> at Town Meeting. Absentee voting is possible during elections, which use ballots as the voting mechanism. There are no ballots at a Town Meeting. Motions to be voted are made on the floor of town meeting and may differ from the article presented in the warrant. Votes are taken in person.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TOWN MEETING PROCEDURE<br \/>\n<\/strong>Click below to learn more about Town Meeting.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/cdn.sudbury.ma.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/270\/2018\/11\/Citizens-Guide_to_Town_Meetings.pdf?version=bc0464dfcc13c80d6b2bdbc11f43a065\">Citizen&#8217;s Guide to Town Meetings<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/cdn.sudbury.ma.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/270\/2018\/11\/ARTICLE-I-and-II-Bylaws-TOWN-MEETINGS.pdf?version=880a6850503edd2185cd66eb7c72402b\">Town Meeting Bylaws&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 700px; height: 432px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 245.93px; vertical-align: bottom;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/?p=566\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-542\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/cdn.sudbury.ma.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2019\/05\/ATM19-Warrantcover_1-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"2019 May Annual Town Meeting Warrant\" width=\"172\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2019\/05\/ATM19-Warrantcover_1-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2019\/05\/ATM19-Warrantcover_1-768x933.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2019\/05\/ATM19-Warrantcover_1-843x1024.jpg 843w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2019\/05\/ATM19-Warrantcover_1.jpg 1811w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.16px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 217.68px; vertical-align: bottom;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-419 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2018\/09\/Article-of-the-Day_Town-Meeting_small.jpg?version=cf628d061472c62f4fe20b01cf774408\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"145\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.16px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 216.07px; vertical-align: bottom;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-553 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2019\/05\/40R-Plan-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2019\/05\/40R-Plan-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2019\/05\/40R-Plan-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2019\/05\/40R-Plan-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2019\/05\/40R-Plan-388x300.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 245.93px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong>WARRANT<\/strong><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/?p=566\"><strong>Warrant<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/a>is posted on the website and has been mailed to all households.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.16px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 217.68px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong>ARTICLE OF THE DAY<br \/>\n<\/strong>Article of the Day is featured on the Town of Sudbury <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TownofSudbury\/\">Facebook page<\/a><\/strong>. These are user-friendly explanation of the matters that will be discussed at Town Meeting. Missed it on Facebook? The complete <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/?p=619\">Article List<\/a> <\/strong>is here.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.16px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 216.07px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong>ZONING BYLAW CHANGE<\/strong><br \/>\nA proposal to add a Smart Growth Overlay District (40R) at Quarry North is Article 28 at Town Meeting. See the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/?p=2154\">Proposed Zoning Amendments and Map<\/a> <\/strong>on the Planning Department site.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 745.69px; height: 557px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 160px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 202px; height: 160px; vertical-align: bottom;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-607 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2019\/04\/sewataro_cropped2.jpg?version=20cd41a11f94af027a4336fcd3c6ec02\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"162\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 5px; height: 160px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 59px; height: 160px; vertical-align: bottom;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-484 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/cdn.sudbury.ma.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2018\/10\/kids_crop-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2018\/10\/kids_crop-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2018\/10\/kids_crop.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10px; height: 160px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 213.69px; height: 160px; vertical-align: bottom;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-563 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2019\/05\/van_no-border-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2019\/05\/van_no-border-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2019\/05\/van_no-border.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 178px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 202px; height: 178px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong>CAMP SEWATARO<br \/>\n<\/strong>A proposal to purchase the Camp Sewataro property is Article 25 at Town Meeting. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmanager\/?p=1157\"><strong>Camp Sewataro Property Acquisition<\/strong> <\/a>page for more details.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 5px; height: 178px; text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 59px; height: 178px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong>BABYSITTING<br \/>\n<\/strong>Sudbury Park &amp; Recreation<br \/>\nwill offer babysitting<br \/>\nduring the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">first two nights<\/span><br \/>\nof Town Meeting. Minimum registration (5) must be met in order for the program to run. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Drop-ins not accommodated<\/span>.<br \/>\n<strong>When: <\/strong>May 6 &amp; 7, 2019<br \/>\n7PM &#8211; 11PM<strong><br \/>\nWhere<\/strong>: Gym 3 at L-SRHS<br \/>\n<strong>Who<\/strong>: Grades Pre-K \u2013 8<br \/>\n(must be potty trained)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Cost<\/strong>: $10 per child<br \/>\n<strong>Register<\/strong>: By 5\/3\/19 at 6PM<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sudburyrec.com\/info\/activities\/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30366\">https:\/\/sudburyrec.com\/info\/<br \/>\nactivities\/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30366<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10px; height: 178px; text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 213.69px; height: 178px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #212529; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\">TRANSPORTATION<\/span><\/strong><b><span style=\"color: #212529; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #212529; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #212529; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\">The Senior Center&nbsp;will<br \/>\noffer wheelchair-<br \/>\naccessible van<br \/>\ntransportation to<br \/>\nTown Meeting on 5\/6\/19.<br \/>\n<strong>Sign up<\/strong>:<br \/>\nSudbury Senior Center<br \/>\n978-443-3055<br \/>\n(Ana C. Oliveira)<br \/>\nBy 5\/1\/19 at 4PM<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 609px; height: 125px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 221px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-552 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2019\/05\/presentation_v2.png?version=eaa8bf0aad873e9877f90181542aecda\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2019\/05\/presentation_v2.png 225w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2019\/05\/presentation_v2-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 126px) 100vw, 126px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 168px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-420\" src=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2018\/09\/tv_blue.png?version=57bd67d211973ae6ab021c85366ef55e\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2018\/09\/tv_blue.png 225w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2018\/09\/tv_blue-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 213px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-479\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/cdn.sudbury.ma.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2018\/10\/girl-scouts-logo-300x288.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2018\/10\/girl-scouts-logo-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2018\/10\/girl-scouts-logo-768x737.png 768w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2018\/10\/girl-scouts-logo-1024x983.png 1024w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2018\/10\/girl-scouts-logo-313x300.png 313w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2018\/10\/girl-scouts-logo.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 221px;\"><strong>PRESENTATION FORM<br \/>\n<\/strong>Those wishing to make a presentation at<br \/>\nTown Meeting are<br \/>\nasked to submit electronic materials via the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/tmpresentation\">Presentation Form<\/a>. <\/strong>PowerPoint format is preferred.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 168px;\"><strong>LIVE BROADCAST<br \/>\n<\/strong> Town Meeting will be televised on:<br \/>\nComcast: Channel 8<br \/>\nVerizon: Channel 31<br \/>\nSudburyTV Live Stream: <a href=\"http:\/\/sudbury.vod.castus.tv\/vod\/index.php\/@live:ch1#castusvod_autoplay=1\">http:\/\/sudbury.vod.castus.tv\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sudbury.vod.castus.tv\/vod\/index.php\/@live:ch1#castusvod_autoplay=1\">vod\/index.php\/@live:<br \/>\nch1#castusvod_autoplay=1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 213px;\"><strong>REFRESHMENTS<br \/>\n<\/strong> Sudbury\u2019s Noyes 5th Grade Girl Scout Junior Troop 89247 will hold a bake sale on the first night of Town Meeting. Stop by early for home baked cookies, macarons and coffee.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2019 Annual Town Meeting Begins on Monday, May 6, 2019 at 7:30PM in LSRHS Auditorium. <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/2019\/05\/06\/specialtownmeeting2018dec-2\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Annual Town Meeting &#8211; Monday, May 6, 2019\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[7,1,6,12,444],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531"}],"version-history":[{"count":71,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1227,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531\/revisions\/1227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/townmeeting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}