Public Meeting Notice  Public Meeting Notice for the Municipal Finance Oversight Board

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Notice is hereby given in accordance with M.G.L. c. 30A, § 20, that a meeting of the Municipal Finance Oversight Board, established under Chapter 46 of the Acts of 2003, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 in room 230 of the Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Holyoke: A Chapter 44A request to issue $17,810,000 in bonds as state qualified bonds for the following:

• Fire Department vehicles
• design and construction and replacement of traffic signals
• water system improvements

Lowell: A Chapter 44A request to issue $216,027,356 in bonds as state qualified bonds for the following:

• water infrastructure projects, including water mains, wastewater treatment, water capital, and sewer capital
• bridge repairs
• various street and sidewalk projects, including paving, design and construction, overpass remediation, realignment
• various school building repairs, including roof repairs, fire escape repairs, HVAC system replacement
• park, open space, and recreational facility improvements, upgrades, and remediation
• 911 Center upgrades
• Upgrades and replacement of school department equipment, including telephone upgrades, Larimore records system upgrades
• repairs to various fire stations
• purchase of land for the realignment of Tanner Street
• vehicles for the Department of Public Works
• building remediation
• time and attendance clock
• turnout gear/rescue equipment
• compliance for the Westford Street Landfill
• construction of a new parking garage
• costs pertaining to the new high school, including land acquisition, relocation costs, construction, equipment, and furnishing
• upgrades to public safety communications
• citywide network infrastructure upgrades
• NPS land swap
• replacement of Engine 7
• traffic signalization
• Phase II of the Merrimack Riverwalk
• improvements to the HCID Canalway
• vault abandonment project
• ADA transition plan

Lynn: A Chapter 44A request to issue $1,500,000 in bonds as state qualified bonds for roof repairs to the Lynn Vocational and Technical Institute Annex.

Long-range municipal fiscal stability

Topics not reasonably anticipated by the Chair of the Municipal Finance Oversight Board within 48 hours of the meeting

Discussion of agenda items for the next meeting