Public Meeting Notice for the Municipal Finance Oversight Board

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

In accordance with June 16, 2021 Massachusetts law, An Act Extending Certain      COVID-19 Measures Adopted During the State of Emergency, and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office June 16, 2021 guidance, please note the following:

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 through remote participation via Conference Call Number: (571) 317-3112, Access Code: 154-346-117 on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.

Notice is hereby also given that the Municipal Finance Oversight Board will electronically record this meeting.

• City of North Adams

A Chapter 44A request for $300,000 in state qualified bonds for a fire hydrant repair and replacement project.

• Ayer Shirley Regional School District

A Chapter 44A request for $5,200,000 in state qualified bonds for refunding for an athletic fields complex.

• City of Lowell

1. A Chapter 44, § 7(3), request to issue bonds for payment of a final judgment/settlement in the matter of Grand Manor Condominium Ass’n v. City of Lowell. 

2.  Chapter 44A request for $33,815,213 in state qualified bonds for the following:

• George Ayotte & Joseph Downes Parking Garage Repairs             
• Road Paving, Road & Sidewalk Construction, Repair & Sealing         
• Grand Manor Litigation Judgment                                       
• Drinking Water Facility Upgrades                                       
• Bridge Design, Construction and Repairs                                       
• Various Building Remodeling                                               
• Parking Kiosks Replacement                                                         
• Rollie’s Farm Land Acquisition                                            
• Transmission Main Vulnerabilities                                        
• Wet-Weather Storage Facility (Pevey/ Broadway & Douglas Road)         
• ADA Transition Plan & Design                                             
• LPD – Body Worn Cameras                                                          
• Various Parks Improvements                                                        
• Various Parking Lot Rehabilitation                                                 
• City Hall Stained Glass Windows Preservation                     
• Water Service Replacement                                                          
• Traffic Signalization Improvements                                                
• DPW Equipment Replacement – Heavy fleet/parks equipment         
• Cambodiatown Infrastructure Project                                             
• Implementation of Master Plan; Wayfinding                                    
• DPW Equipment – Brining System                                                
• DPW Equipment Replacement – Light fleet/parks equipment
• Landfill Remediation                                                                     
• DPW Portable Generator                                                    
• Fire Apparatus Replacement                                                         

• 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