December 8, 2020

“Motion by Mr. Bulian that this meeting be continued to the Select Board's next scheduled meeting on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, if a technical problem develops that makes it impossible for the Select Board to conduct the meeting in this format. Second: Mr. Borrelli. Unanimously approved 5-0 by roll call vote..” (Motion: Bulian, second: Borrelli)

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“Motion by Mr. Matthews that the Select Board establish a residential factor of 0.8861 for the purposes of setting the Fiscal Year 2021 tax rates. Second: Mr. Borrelli. Unanimously approved 5-0 by roll call vote..” (Motion: Matthews, second: Borrelli)

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“Motion by Mr. Bulian that the Select Board vote to approve the Appointments and Consent Agenda as presented. APPOINTMENTS 1. Needham Cultural Council Joni Schockett (term expires 6/30/2023) 2. Needham Cultural Council Bala Muthukaruppan (term expires 6/30/2023) 3. MBTA Advisory Board Duncan Allen (term expires 6/30/2023) CONSENT AGENDA 1. Approve for calendar year 2021 requests for license renewals of Restaurant - All Alcoholic Licenses for each of the following establishments (subject to receipt of required completed paperwork): Zucchini Gold, LLC d/b/a The Rice Barn Bertucci's Restaurants, LLC d/b/a Bertucci's Henry Hospitality Inc. d/b/a The James Mount Blue Two, LLC d/b/a Blue on Highland New Garden, Inc. d/b/a New Garden Restaurant TDRG Needham, Inc. d/b/a Cook Needham Fusion Cuisine, Inc. d/b/a Gari Sol Soul Family Foods, LLC d/b/a Hearth Pizzeria SAI Restaurants, Inc. d/b/a Masala Art Fu Yuan, Inc. d/b/a Fuji Steak House Low and Zhang Co. d/b/a Mandarin Cuisine Locus Eat Farmhouse LLC d/b/a The Farmhouse Needham Food and Beverage LLC d/b/a The Heights Capella LLC d/b/a Cappella Spiga, LLC d/b/a Spiga Latin-A Group LLC d/b/a Latina Kitchen and Bar Poet King Restaurant Group LLC. d/b/a Hungry Coyote Pancho's Taqueria Needham, LLC d/b/a Pancho's Taqueria 2. Approve for calendar year 2021 request for license renewal of Restaurant - Wine and Malt Beverage License for the following establishment (subject to receipt of required completed paperwork): French Press LLC d/b/a French Press Bakery & Café 3. Approve for calendar year 2021 requests for license renewals of Package Stores- All Alcoholic Beverages for the following establishments (subject to receipt of required completed paperwork): Innovative Distributing Concepts, LLC d/b/a Bin Ends Lianos Liquors, LLC d/b/a Needham Center Wine & Spirits Needham Wine & Spirits, LLC d/b/a Needham Wine & Spirits Reveler Beverage Company, LLC d/b/a Reveler Beverage vinodivino 3, LLC d/b/a vinodivino 4. Approve for calendar year 2021 requests for license renewals of Package Stores- Wine and Malt Beverages for the following establishment: Volante Farms 5. Approve for calendar year 2021 request for Innholder - All Alcoholic License Renewal for the following establishments: Needham 365 Bev, LLC. d/b/a Residence Inn Needham Cabot Concessions, LLC d/b/a Sheraton Needham Hotel 6. Approve for calendar year 2021 requests for license renewals of Club - All Alcoholic Beverage Licenses for the following establishments (subject to receipt of required completed paperwork): The Needham Golf Club Village Club Building Assoc. Inc. Lt. Manson Carter Post #2498 V.F.W. of U.S. 7. Approve for calendar year 2021 requests for license renewals of Common Victualler Licenses for the following establishments (subject to receipt of required completed paperwork): Bagels' Best, Inc. d/b/a Bagels' Best Café Bertucci's Restaurants, LLC d/b/a Bertucci's Beth Israel Deaconess - Glover Café Mount Blue Two, LLC d/b/a Blue on Highland C & D Management, Inc. d/b/a Brothers Pizza & Restaurant Coffee and Fresh Bagels Inc. d/b/a Café Fresh Bagel Capella LLC d/b/a Cappella Chef Mike's LLC d/b/a Chef Mike's North Hill Needham, Inc. d/b/a Central Avenue Café LPM Holding Co., Inc. d/b/a Epicurean Feast - Cutler Lake 1095, LLC d/b/a Comella's Restaurant TDRG Needham, Inc. d/b/a Cook Needham Your Other Oven, Inc. d/b/a Domino's Pizza Lin and Xie Corp. d/b/a Dragon Chef Restaurant ND Donuts d/b/a Dunkin' ND Donuts d/b/a Dunkin' ND Donuts d/b/a Dunkin' Eat Farmhouse, LLC d/b/a The Farmhouse French Press LLC d/b/a French Press Bakery & Café Select Group, Inc. d/b/a Fresco Restaurant Fu Yuan, Inc. d/b/a Fuji Steak House Fusion Cuisine d/b/a Gari 1056 Gyro and Kebab House Corp d/b/a Gyro and Kebab House Needham Food and Beverage LLC d/b/a The Heights Poet King Restaurant Group LLC. d/b/a Hungry Coyote Henry Hospitality Inc. d/b/a The James Three Sons, Inc. d/b/a Kosta's Pizza & Seafood Latin-A Group LLC d/b/a Latina Kitchen and Bar Low and Zhang Co. d/b/a Mandarin Cuisine Locus SAI Restaurants, Inc. d/b/a Masala Art McDonald's Restaurant - Needham D & L Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Mighty Subs The Needham Golf Club, Inc. International Needham House of Pizza d/b/a Needham House of Pizza A New Leaf New Garden Inc. d/b/a New Garden Restaurant Select Pizza d/b/a Nicholas' Pizza PAN LLC. d/b/a Panella's Market & Deli Boston Bread LLC d/b/a Panera Pancho's Taqueria Needham, LLC d/b/a Pancho's Taqueria Needham 365 Bev. LLC d/b/a Residence Inn Zucchini Gold, LLC d/b/a The Rice Barn Needham Cabot Concessions, LLC d/b/a Sheraton Needham Hotel Servente Bakery & Café Inc. d/b/a Servente Bakery & Café Spiga, LLC Starbucks Coffee Company Sol Soul Family Foods LLC d/b/a Hearth Pizzeria Subway of Needham LLC d/b/a Subway Yeat Inc. d/b/a Sweet Basil H & B Pizza, Inc. d/b/a Sweet Tomatoes Pizza Niki Corp. d/b/a Town House of Pizza Treat LLC d/b/a Treat Cupcake Bar Lt. Manson Carter Post 2498 V.F.W. of U.S. Village Club Building Assoc. Inc. Volante Farms 8. Approve for calendar year 2021 requests for various license renewals as detailed below for the following establishments (subject to receipt of required completed paperwork): Needham 365 Bev. LLC d/b/a Residence Inn - Innkeeper Needham Cabot Concessions, LLC d/b/a Sheraton Needham Hotel - Innkeeper Olin College - Lodging License Babson College - Lodging License 7-Eleven - Special Permit (24 hr. retail sale of food) Yeat Inc. d/b/a Sweet Basil - Special Permit (Carry In Beer/Wine) Needham Cabot Concessions, LLC d/b/a Sheraton Needham Hotel - Sunday Entertainment Needham Cabot Concessions, LLC d/b/a Sheraton Needham Hotel - Weekday Entertainment SAI Restaurants, Inc. d/b/a Masala Art - Weekday Entertainment SAI Restaurants, Inc. d/b/a Masala Art- Sunday Entertainment Mount Blue Two, LLC d/b/a Blue on Highland - Weekday Entertainment Mount Blue Two, LLC d/b/a Blue on Highland - Sunday Entertainment New Garden Inc. d/b/a New Garden- Weekday Entertainment Henry Hospitality Inc. d/b/a The James- Weekday Entertainment Henry Hospitality Inc. d/b/a The James- Sunday Entertainment 9. Approve for calendar year 2021 the following requests for Class I & Class II Used Car Dealer Licenses (subject to receipt of required completed paperwork): Auto International Ltd.- Class II Beth L Auto Sales - Class II Center Automotive - Class II Chestnut Motors - Class II Copley Motorcars - Class II Needham Service Center - Class II Muzi Chevrolet - Class I Muzi Motors, Inc. - Class I 10. Accept the following donations made to the Needham Community Revitalization Trust Fund: $1000 from Bradley White, $500 from Edward & Carol De Lemos, $500 from Heffernan Associates, $250 from Copley Motorcars, $250 from Maryruth Perras, $250 from Needham Florist, $100 from Karen Beth Hoffman, $100 from Kate Carter, $100 from Marianne Cooley, $100 from Pura Vido, $50 from Elizabeth Ann Ritvo, $50 from Ipsit Vahia, $50 from Jennifer Quinn, $50 from Patricia Ahern, $25 from Barbara Levitov, $25 from Beth Marcus, $25 from Donna Vello, $25 from Jean Higgins, $25 from Jennifer Byrne, $25 from Maura Casey, $25 from Patricia Carey, $20 from Lisa Tran, and $10 from Joan Schockett. 11. Water and Sewer Abatement Order #1300 12. Accept a $1,000 donation made to the Needham Health Division's Traveling Meals Program from the Darshana Thakore Family Fund. 13. Approve name change for the Needham Cultural Council to the Needham Council for Arts and Culture. 14. Extend expiration of Spring Licenses from August 31, 2020 to April 30, 2021. Second: Mr. Borrelli. Unanimously approved 5-0 by roll call vote..” (Motion: Bulian, second: Borrelli)

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“Motion by Mr. Bulian that the Select Board vote to approve and sign Motions A - F listed below: Motion A Move that the Board approve the sale of a $2,800,000 1.75 percent General Obligation Bond Anticipation Notes (the "Notes") of the Town dated December 18, 2020, and payable April 15, 2021, to Piper Sandler Co. at par and accrued interest, if any, plus a premium of $11,396.00. Motion B Move that in connection with the marketing and sale of the Notes, the preparation and distribution of a Notice of Sale and Preliminary Official Statement dated November 19, 2020, as revised December 1, 2020, and a final Official Statement dated December 3, 2020, each in such form as may be approved by the Town Treasurer, be and hereby are ratified, confirmed, approved and adopted. Motion C Move that the Town Treasurer and the Select Board be, and hereby are, authorized to execute and deliver a significant events disclosure undertaking in compliance with SEC Rule 15c2-12 in such form as may be approved by bond counsel to the Town, which undertaking shall be incorporated by reference in the Notes for the benefit of the holders of the Notes from time to time. Motion D Move that we authorize and direct the Town Treasurer to establish post issuance federal tax compliance procedures and continuing disclosure procedures in such forms as the Town Treasurer and bond counsel deem sufficient, or if such procedures are currently in place, to review and update said procedures, in order to monitor and maintain the tax-exempt status of the Notes and to comply with relevant securities laws. Motion E Move that any certificates or documents relating to the Notes (collectively, the "Documents"), may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be regarded as an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same document; delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to a Document by electronic mail in a ".pdf" file or by other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart signature page to such Document; and electronic signatures on any of the Documents shall be deemed original signatures for the purposes of the Documents and all matters relating thereto, having the same legal effect as original signatures. Motion F Move that each member of the Select Board, the Town Clerk and the Town Treasurer be and hereby are, authorized to take any and all such actions, and execute and deliver such certificates, receipts or other documents as may be determined by them, or any of them, to be necessary or convenient to carry into effect the provisions of the foregoing votes. Second: Mr. Borrelli. Unanimously approved 5-0 by roll call vote..” (Motion: Bulian, second: Borrelli)

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“Motion by Mr. Bulian that the Select Board vote to approve and sign the Notice of Traffic Regulation Permit #TS20-12-08 for the amendment of existing Traffic Signal Regulation Permit #B-1500a Chestnut Street at Oak Street by eliminating the lag green phase for Chestnut Street northbound. Second: Mr. Borrelli. Unanimously approved 5-0 by roll call vote..” (Motion: Bulian, second: Borrelli)

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“Motion by Mr. Bulian that the Select Board vote to approve and sign the Notice of Traffic Regulation Permit #TS20-12-08a for the amendment of existing Traffic Signal Regulation Permit #B-1652 Central Avenue at Great Plain Avenue by revising the signal timing of the Central Avenue northbound and southbound approach phases and exclusive pedestrian phase. Second: Mr. Borrelli. Unanimously approved 5-0 by roll call vote..” (Motion: Bulian, second: Borrelli)

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“Motion by Mr. Borrelli that the Select Board authorize the Town Manager to contact the Town's legislative delegation and propose an amendment to M.G.L. c. 30B to include "snow removal and snow hauling" in the exceptions listed under Section 1(b)(17). Second: Mr. Bulian. Unanimously approved 5-0 by roll call vote..” (Motion: Borrelli, second: Bulian)

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“Motion by Mr. Bulian that the Select Board approve and sign the Heather Lane Declaration of Restrictive Covenants dated December 1, 2020; the Heather Lane Extension Declaration of Restrictive Covenants date December 1, 2020; and the Heather Lane Conservation Restriction to Town of Needham, Massachusetts dated December 1, 2020. Second: Mr. Borrelli. Unanimously approved 5-0 by roll call vote..” (Motion: Bulian, second: Borrelli)

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