Town Offices Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 20, 2020, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Town offices will be closed on Monday, January 20th in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Amherst School Committee

January 21, 2020, 6:00 PM - 8:35 PM @ Town Room

RECEIVED: 1/16/20 at 2:28 pm. LIST OF TOPICS: 1. Call to Order and Reorganize 2. Approve Minutes of December 18, 2019 3. Committee Announcements and Public Comment 4. Superintendent’s Update 5. New and Continuing Business a. Budget Guidance Review: Early Childhood Report b. Dual Language Enrollment c. Budget Guidance Review: Family Center d. Crocker Farm School Improvement Plan Update e. Capital Plan Discussion f. Warrant Review/Vote g. Fee Report h. FY21 Budget Projections i. MSBA Update 6. Accept Gifts 7. Adjourn.

Dog Park Task Force

January 21, 2020, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ First Floor Meeting Room

RECEIVED: 1/15/20 at 12:27 pm. LIST OF TOPICS: Appointment of a Secretary for the meeting. Approve minutes from last meeting. Project and Bid Update. Fundraising Campaign Status. Donation Thank You Letter. Donation Web Page Status. Incorporating a Memorial Area. Publicity Update. Public comment. Other items not anticipated by the chair. Set next meeting date.

LSSE Commission

January 21, 2020, 6:30 PM - 7:40 PM @ Amherst Leisure Services

RECEIVED: 1/15/20 at 4:16 pm. LIST OF TOPICS: CPAC Update, Kendrick Park Playground, Strategic Plan, Director’s report and Commission Member comments.

Town Manager and Council Goals Ad Hoc Committee

January 22, 2020, 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM @ Town Hall > First Floor Meeting Room

REVISED: 1/17/20 at 10:54 am. RECEIVED: 1/16/20 at 11:26 am. LIST OF TOPICS: Announcements. General Public Comment. Presentations and Discussion: a. Discussion with the Town Manager regarding draft goals. b. Finalize Goals. Action Items: a. Vote to recommend goals to the Town Council for review at December 16th meeting b. Vote to authorize Cathy Schoen to approve all minutes. Committee Reports. Approval of Minutes. Topics Not Reasonably Anticipated by the President 48 Hours in Advance of the meeting.

Water Supply Protection Committee

January 22, 2020, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

RECEIVED: 1/16/20 at 4:05 pm. LIST OF TOPICS: Topics: 1. Water Department draft regulations 2. Proposed PFAs regulations 3. Water Supply Status 4. Water system upgrades 5. MS4 Permit 6. Watershed Projects.

Transportation Advisory Committee

January 22, 2020, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

RECEIVED: 1/16/20 at 11:36 am. LIST OF TOPICS: 1. Call to Order; 2. Announcements; 3. Public Comment; 4. Presentations and Discussion, a. Discuss Proposed Prioritization Plan/Safety; 5. Committee Reports, a. Sub-Comm walking report on West Street.; 6. Approval of Minutes – 1/8/2020; 7. Future Agenda Items, a. Next meetings: 2/12/2020, 2/26/2020, 3/11/2020, 3/25/2020.; 8. Committee Comments; 9. Topics Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Chair 48 Hours in Advance of the Meeting; 10. Executive Session – If any; 11. Adjourn.

Special Meeting Outreach, Communications, and Appointments Committee of the Town Council - Interviews

January 22, 2020, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ Town Room

REVISED: 1/16/20 AT 1:39 and 1:48 pm. REVISED: 1/13/20 at 12:05 pm. RECEIVED: 1/9/20 at 9:18 am. LIST OF TOPICS: 1. Call to order 2. Announcements 3. Interviews of applicants to the Planning Board: Robert Greeney, Jacob Hirsch, and Douglas Marshall. Topics the Chair did not reasonably anticipate 48 hours before the meeting 5. Adjourn

Conservation Commission

January 22, 2020, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM @ First Floor Meeting Room

RECEIVED: 1/17/20 at 11:09 am. LIST OF TOPICS: *SEE LINK FOR FULL AGENDA* Reports, Minutes; Pollinator Presentation by John Root; Six Notices of Intent (cont’d): Tofino Associates Inc. construct single family homes on Concord Way: Lot #1 (21D/139), Lot #2 (21D/138), Lot #5 (21D/135), Lot #6 (21D/134), Lot #7 (21D/133), Lot #8 (21D/132); Open Space Update by Conservation Land Manager; Notice of Intent: University of Massachusetts to dredge campus pond at 640 N. Pleasant St. (8C/13B); RDA: College Street 1957, LLC to convert single family home to duplex at 187 College St (14B/169); RDA (cont’d): Amherst Poor Farm Inc. confirm resource area boundaries at 214 Pomeroy Ln (20C/22 & 23); Other Business; Topics not reasonably anticipated 48 hours prior to the meeting.

Special Meeting Outreach, Communications, and Appointments Committee of the Town Council - Deliberation

January 22, 2020, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM @ Town Room

RECEIVED: 1/16/20 at 1:44 pm. LIST OF TOPICS: 1. Call to order 2. Announcements 3. Discussion of interviews of applicants to the Planning Board 4. OCA recommendation to Town Council – Planning Board appointment 5. Topics the Chair did not reasonably anticipate 48 hours before the meeting 6. Adjourn

Community Preservation Act Committee

January 23, 2020, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ Police Station Community Room

RECEIVED: 1/6/20 at 1:26 pm. LIST OF TOPICS: Proposal presentations 6:00: Jones Library – Special Collections Facility. 6:20: Hilda Greenbaum et al – North Amherst Library Repairs. 6:40: Amherst-Pelham Regional School District – High School Track & Field Replacement. Approve any outstanding minutes. Public comment. Topics the Chair did not reasonably anticipate 48 hours before the meeting.

Zoning Board of Appeals

January 23, 2020, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM @ Town Room

RECEIVED: 1/14/20 at 4:05 pm. LIST OF TOPICS: For entire Meeting Agenda, please see linked PDF copy. PUBLIC HEARING: ZBA FY2020-09 – Thomas Mitchell, 44 Belchertown Road (Map 15C/Parcel 63); ZBA FY2020-13 – You-Pan Tzeng, 321 Lincoln Avenue (Map 11C/Parcel 93); ZBA FY2020-17– Cooley Dickinson Heath Care, 170 University Drive, (Map 13D/Parcel 49); ZBA FY2020-24 – Alan St Hilaire, 27 Newell Court (Map/Parcel 14B/8); ZBA FY2020-25 – Amherst Rental Properties, LLC, 598 South Pleasant Street (Map 17C/Parcel 6); ZBA 2020-26 – UDrive South, LLC, 348 Northampton Road (Map 13D/Lot 19); and properties identified as University Drive South (Map 13D/Lots 56 & 57) and Snell Street (Map 13D/ Lot 55); PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

Local Historic District Commission

January 27, 2020, 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM @ Lower Meeting Room

RECEIVED: 1/10/20 at 2:28 pm. LIST OF TOPICS: To consider the following application(s) for a Certificate of Appropriateness: 84 Sunset Avenue (11C-20 ) – c&h architects – Request to install exhaust for bathroom vent, HVAC vent, and other external features associated with renovation. Information about the application(s) is available in the Planning Department, Town Hall, Amherst, MA.

District 1 Office Hours with Councilor Sarah Swartz @ Jake's at the Mill

January 17, 2020, 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM @ Jake's at the Mill

Office hours for residents and business owners of District 1.

District 5 Office Hours with Councilors Darcy DuMont and Shalini Bahl-Milne

January 17, 2020, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM @ Atkins Farms Country Market

District 1 Office Hours with Councilor Sarah Swartz @ Jake's at the Mill

January 24, 2020, 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM @ Jake's at the Mill

Office hours for residents and business owners of District 1.

District 1 Office Hours with Councilor Sarah Swartz @ Jake's at the Mill

January 31, 2020, 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM @ Jake's at the Mill

Office hours for residents and business owners of District 1.

Strength & Balance

January 17, 2020, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM @ Pole Room

Craft Workshop

January 17, 2020, 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM @ South Meeting Room #101

Cribbage

January 17, 2020, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM @ Ethel Moore Computer Gallery

Knife Sharpening by Jack

January 17, 2020, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM @ Alice Dowd Lounge

Foot Care & Ear Irrigation

January 17, 2020, 9:40 AM - 12:40 PM @ Bubble Room

Ballroom Dancing

January 17, 2020, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM @ Pole Room

Gentle Fitness

January 17, 2020, 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM @ Pole Room

Highland Valley Lunch

January 17, 2020, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM @ Large Activity Room

Arthritis Exercise

January 17, 2020, 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM @ Pole Room

Mexican Train Dominoes

January 17, 2020, 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM @ Ethel Moore Computer Gallery

Attorney Ed Smith Legal Clinic

January 17, 2020, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Garrabrants Conference Room

Chess

January 17, 2020, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Glass Room

Senior Center Book Club

January 17, 2020, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM @ South Meeting Room #101

Soothing Stretch

January 17, 2020, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM @ South Meeting Room #101

Martin Luther King Jr Day Senior Center Closed

January 20, 2020, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM @ Alice Dowd Lounge

Function Well

January 21, 2020, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM @ Large Activity Room

Blood Pressure Clinic

January 21, 2020, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM @ Garrabrants Conference Room

Morning Yoga

January 21, 2020, 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM @ South Meeting Room #101

Tai Chi for Arthritis & Falls Prevention (Experienced)

January 21, 2020, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM @ Glass Room

Line Dancing

January 21, 2020, 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM @ Pole Room

Massage

January 21, 2020, 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM @ Garrabrants Conference Room

Tai Chi For Arthritis & Falls Prevention (Beginners)

January 21, 2020, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM @ Glass Room

Highland Valley Lunch

January 21, 2020, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM @ Large Activity Room

Cosmology

January 21, 2020, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM @ South Meeting Room #101

Folk Dance

January 21, 2020, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM @ Large Activity Room

Scrabble

January 21, 2020, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM @ Ethel Moore Computer Gallery

Healthy Bones & Balance

January 21, 2020, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM @ Pole Room

Fit Ball

January 22, 2020, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM @ South Meeting Room #101

Healthy Bones & Balance

January 22, 2020, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM @ Pole Room

Bread & Produce

January 22, 2020, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM @ Large Activity Room

Chair Yoga

January 22, 2020, 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM @ South Meeting Room #101

Free Chair Reiki

January 22, 2020, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM @ Alice Dowd Lounge

Shakespeare

January 22, 2020, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM @ Garrabrants Conference Room

Zumba

January 22, 2020, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM @ Pole Room

Gentle Fitness

January 22, 2020, 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM @ Glass Room

Highland Valley Lunch

January 22, 2020, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM @ Large Activity Room

Arthritis Exercise

January 22, 2020, 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM @ Pole Room

Bridge

January 22, 2020, 12:30 PM - 4:00 PM @ Ethel Moore Computer Gallery

New Options

January 22, 2020, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ South Meeting Room #101

Function Well

January 23, 2020, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM @ Large Activity Room

Oil Painting

January 23, 2020, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM @ Garrabrants Conference Room

Gentle Yoga

January 23, 2020, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM @ South Meeting Room #101

Highland Valley Lunch

January 23, 2020, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM @ Large Activity Room

Memoir Writing

January 23, 2020, 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM @ Lower Meeting Room

Caregivers

January 23, 2020, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM @ South Meeting Room #101

Healthy Bones & Balance

January 23, 2020, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM @ Pole Room

Moving In Rhythm

January 23, 2020, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Large Activity Room

Strength & Balance

January 24, 2020, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM @ Pole Room

Craft Workshop

January 24, 2020, 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM @ South Meeting Room #101

Cribbage

January 24, 2020, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM @ Ethel Moore Computer Gallery

Foot Care & Ear Irrigation with Sharon

January 24, 2020, 9:40 AM - 12:40 PM @ Bubble Room

Ballroom Dancing

January 24, 2020, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM @ Pole Room

Gentle Fitness

January 24, 2020, 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM @ Pole Room

Highland Valley Lunch

January 24, 2020, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM @ Large Activity Room

Arthritis Exercise

January 24, 2020, 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM @ Pole Room

Mexican Train Dominoes

January 24, 2020, 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM @ Ethel Moore Computer Gallery

Chess

January 24, 2020, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Garrabrants Conference Room

Soothing Stretch

January 24, 2020, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM @ South Meeting Room #101

Fit Ball

January 27, 2020, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM @ South Meeting Room #101

Healthy Bones & Balance

January 27, 2020, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM @ Pole Room

Drawing Workshop

January 27, 2020, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM @ South Meeting Room #101

Gentle Fitness

January 27, 2020, 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM @ Pole Room

Highland Valley Lunch

January 27, 2020, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM @ Large Activity Room

Arthritis Exercise

January 27, 2020, 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM @ Pole Room

Edward Jones: Ready or Not Prepare for the Unexpected

January 27, 2020, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM @ South Meeting Room #101

Mexican Train Dominoes

January 27, 2020, 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM @ Ethel Moore Computer Gallery

SHINE

January 27, 2020, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Garrabrants Conference Room

Death Cafe

January 27, 2020, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ South Meeting Room #101

Tai Chi

January 27, 2020, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Large Activity Room