[Adopted 4-14-1998 ATM, Art. 23 (Ch. XXIX of the Town Bylaws)]
[Amended 5-22-2021 ATM by Art. 1]
The Town voted to authorize the Select Board to petition the
General Court to adopt precisely as follows legislation adding a new
general bylaw that reads as follows: "No water services or sewer services
shall be granted outside the boundary lines of the Town of Hopedale
except pursuant to Town Meeting authorization of an intermunicipal
agreement pursuant to the provisions of MGL c. 40, § 4A."
[Amended 5-22-2021 ATM by Art. 1]
And the Town further authorized the General Court to make clerical
or editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the Select Board
approves amendments to the bill before enactment by the General Court.
The Select Board is hereby authorized to approve amendments which
shall be within the scope of the general public objectives of this
petition.
And the Town further voted to ratify a memorandum of understanding
dated December 11, 1997, between the Mendon Water Commission and the
Hopedale Water and Sewer Commission for the provision of water to
the Town Hopedale to 24 lots with contaminated wells in the Town of
Mendon described as follows: Lots 42, 44, 47, 49, 52, 55, 56, 57,
58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70 and 71 on Milford Street;
lots 6 and 8 on Harrington Street and lots 4 and 5 on Eight rod Road;
as shown on Assessors' Map and attached to said memorandum of understanding.
[Added 12-12-2000 STM, Art. 5; amended5-22-2021 ATM by Art. 1 ]
The Town authorized the Select Board to covert a December 12,
1988, agreement with the then-developer into an intermunicipal agreement
with the Town of Mendon for the provision of sewer services to 17
lots within a subdivision known as "New Homes at 8 Rod Road Homeowners'
Trust," such lots described as follows: Lots 1 through 17 as depicted
on a plan dated May 11, 1988, as prepared by Guerriere and Halnon,
Inc., Engineering and Land Surveying, 1031 Providence Road, Whitinsville,
MA.