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Town of Dartmouth

2008 Annual

Town Report

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Table of Contents

General Information …………………………………………………. Directory of Public Officials ………………………………………… Directory of Town Officers …………………………………………. FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTANT REPORTS

Town Accountant ……………………………………………………. Board of Assessors …………………………………………………... Town Collector ……………………………………………………… PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROTECTION Building Department………………………………………………… Police Department …………………………………………………… Traffic Division/Crime Prevention ………………………………….. K-9 Division …………………………………………………………. Underwater Recovery Unit …………………………………………... Investigative Division / ID …………………………………………… Emergency Management Agency ……………………………………. PUBLIC WORKS AND SERVICES

Department of Public Works…………………………………………. Water Pollution Control ……………………………………………… Engineering Division ………………………………………………… Highway and Sanitation Division ……………………………………. Water and Sewer Division …………………………………………… Water Division ………………………………………………………. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Planning Board ………………………………………………………. Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District .. Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management District……….. Board of Appeals …………………………………………………….. Historical Commission ………………………………………………. Community Preservation Committee ………………………………... Cemetery Commission ………………………………………………. DARTMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARIES…………………………….

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS Financial Statements ………………………………………………… Superintendent’s Annual Report ……………………………………. Dartmouth Community Television …………………………………. Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School .. HUMAN SERVICES

Board of Health ……………………………………………………… Counsel on Aging ……………………………………………………. Housing Authority …………………………………………………… Veterans’ Services …………………………………………………… Youth Commission …………………………………………………... Community Nurse and Hospice Care ………………………………… Legal Department …………………………………………………….. Grants and Human Resources PARKS, NATURAL RESOURCES & RECREATION Bristol County Mosquito Control Board ……………………………….. Conservation Commission ……………………………………………... Natural Resources Department ………………………………………… Dartmouth Harbormaster Waterway Management Department ……….. Soil Conservation Board ……………………………………………….. Park Department ……………………………………………………….. Recreation Department ………………………………………………… ANIMAL CONTROL………………………………………………….. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONS Industrial Development Commission ………………………………….. Capital Improvement Planning Committee ……………………………. Personnel Board ………………………………………………………... TOWN CLERK

Vital Statistics………………………………………………………… Presidential Primary, February 5, 2008 ………………………………. ELECTIONS State Primary, September 16, 2008 …………………………………… State Election, November 4, 2008 ……………………………………. TOWN MEETING Spring Annual Town Meeting, June 3, 2008 …………………………. Fall Annual Town Meeting, October 21, 2008 ………………………..

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Town Hall Office Building Hours – Monday through Friday – 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Select Board – Meetings held every week, Monday (Mon. holidays excluded).

508-910-1813 Conservation Commission – Meeting first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 P.M. 508-910-1822 School Committee – First and third Monday of each month, 7:00 P.M.

508-997-3391 Board of Public Works - First and third Tuesday of each month as scheduled. Board of Health - Meetings held the first and third Wednesday of each month, 7:45 A.M. 508-910-1804 Planning Board – Meetings each Monday, 7:00 P.M. (Monday holidays excluded)

508-910-1816 Police Department – Open 24 hours a day Telephone Routine Business 508-910-1734 Ambulance and Emergencies 911 Those Officers not maintaining regular office hours in the Town Office Building may be reached as follows: Sealer of Weight & Measures - Theodore Machado 508-997-4460 Housing Authority 508-994-1424 2 Anderson Way, Dartmouth Industrial Development Commission 15 Beverly Street, Dartmouth 508-999-0752 Soil Board – Thomas Hardman 508-910-1804 Fence Viewer – Joel Reed (Interim) 508-910-1825

DARTMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARIES GENERAL INFORMATION

Southworth Library – 732 Dartmouth St. is open Monday – Thursday 9:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. and Friday and Saturday 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Telephone 999-0726; Fax 508-992-9914 North Dartmouth Library – Monday – Friday 5p.m. – 8 p.m. – Tuesday – Thursday 9 A.M. – 1 P.M.

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DIRECTORY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

U.S. Representative, Fourth District Barney Frank U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy U.S. Senator John F. Kerry

STATE GOVERNMENT

Governor Deval Patrick Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin Auditor of the Commonwealth A. Joseph DeNucci Treasurer and Receiver General Timothy Cahill Attorney General Martha Coakley Senator, Second Bristol District Mark C. Montigny Representative, Ninth Bristol District John F. Quinn

BRISTOL COUNTY GOVERNMENT

Commissioners Christopher Saunders Maria F. Lopes Arthur R. Machado

Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson Register of Deeds (Southern District) J. Mark Treadup Treasurer Kevin Finnerty Clerk of Courts Marc J. Santos Register Of Probate and Insolvency Gina DeRossi District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter

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DIRECTORY OF TOWN OFFICERS

Steven C. Sharek Moderator ADMINISTRATIVE SELECT BO ARD

Joseph Michaud, Chairperson Term expires 2010 Robert W. Carney, Vice Chairperson Term expires 2009 Diane Gilbert Term expires 2009 Nathalie L. Dias Term expires 2010 William J. Trimble Term expires 2011 Michael J. Gagné Executive Administrator Jean Delahunt Administrative Licensing Aide Pam Simmons Part-time Floater Julie Leimert Part-time Floater OFFICERS AND STAFF APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN

Anthony Savastano Town Counsel David Prentiss Assistant Town Counsel Linda Torres Principal Clerk Doris J. Copley Paralegal/ Grant Program Manager/

Human Resource Coordinator TOWN HALL AND OFFICE BUILDING

Manuel R. Morro Head Custodian Robert Keith Custodian Robert Mayo Custodian OFFICE OF BUDGET & FINANCE / TREASURER

Edward F. Iacaponi Director of Budget/ Finance Finance Treasurer Cheryl Abrantes Assistant Treasurer Michael J. Courville Information Systems Manager Bryan Britton Administrative Clerk/Computer

Coordinator Randall Kay Administrative Clerk

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Term Expires ATM of

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F. Tenney Lantz 2009 Peter Frieman, Chairman 2010 Greg Lynam, Vice-Chair 2010 David Ferreira 2011 Melissa Haskell 2009 Francis Pettengill 2009 Shannon Jenkins 2011 Stephen Mitchell, Jr. 2011 Patrick Roth 2010 Cheryl Abrantes Secretary HEALTH INSURANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Randall Kay DTEA Representative Edward F. Iacaponi Representative Melissa Gell School Department Representative Ronald Richards Representative - DPW Nathalie Dias Representative of Retirees Richard Medeiros Representative of Retirees Sean McGuire Police Representative Christopher Michaud DTEA Representative Cheryl Broughton School/Cafeteria Craig Souza DPW Representative SISTER CITY DELEGATION COMMITTEE

Edmund Tavares Co-Chairperson Albert Porter Co-Chairperson Joseph Toomey Member Cecilia Denwood Member Peggy Cabral Member Nathalis Dias Member Manuel Branco Member Mary Creed Member

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TOWN ACCOUNTANT REPORT Claire L. Karvonen Town Accountant Donna L. Fernandes Asst. Town Accountant Susan Dorschied Administrative Clerk

Herewith is the annual report of the Town of Dartmouth, exemplifying the financial condition of the Town as of June 30, 2008. This report includes the following:

Reconciliation of the Treasurer’s Cash

Analysis of Town Debt and Interest

Analysis of Appropriation Accounts

Revenue Received - All Funds

Report of Trust Funds

The accounting procedures followed by the Town of Dartmouth are established by the Commonwealth which oversees the financial operations of the Town and other Massachusetts municipalities to maintain compliance with the applicable requirements of general and special law.

In my opinion, the attached fairly reflect the financial condition of the Town of Dartmouth and the results of operations for the year ending June 30, 2008.

Claire L. Karvonen Town Accountant

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Capital Project Fund RevenueRevenue from Special Assessments 891,037 State Revenue (includes MWPAT subsidy) 608,857 Investment Income 92,242 Total Capital Project Revenue 1,592,136

Enterprise Fund RevenueSewer Enterprise FundCharges for Services 3,160,804 Investment Income 25,198 Settlement Proceeds 330,000 State Revenue 29,304 3,545,306

Water Enterprise FundCharges for Services 4,279,779 Investment Income 75,345 Miscellaneous 1,787 4,356,911

Solid Waste Enterprise FundCharges for Services 1,509,941 State Grant 40,660 1,550,601

Waterways Enterprise FundCharges for Services 189,148

Total Enterprise Fund Revenue 9,641,966

Trust Fund Revenue

Expendable Trust FundsCharges for Services(Social Day) 185,609 Misc. Contributions 43,242 Investment Income 53,925 Health Claims Trust(employee's share) 4,366,661 Health Claims Trust(town's contribution) 4,734,878 Workers Compensation(transfer from GF appropriation) 477,841 9,862,156

Non-expendable Trust FundsMisc. Revenue 12,594 Investment Income 21,303 33,897

Total Trust Fund Revenue 9,896,053

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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORSFISCAL 2008 AND 2009 RECAPITULATION SHEETS

AMOUNT TO BE RAISED 2008 2009Appropriations $74,686,963.06 $81,065,600.66

Other Amounts to be RaisedCertified for Tax TitleOverlay Deficits $3,192.89 $0.00Cherry Sheet Offsets $58,332.00 $61,078.00Snow and Ice Deficit $72,806.29 $129,291.26Other $189,333.50 $218,908.00

Total-Other Amounts to be Raised $323,664.68 $409,277.26State and County Cherry Sheet Charges $712,242.00 $715,748.00Allowance for Abatements and Exemptions (Overlay) $386,408.60 $402,741.18

TOTAL AMOUNT TO BE RAISED $76,109,278.34 $82,593,367.10

ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND OTHER REVENUE SOURCES

Estimated Receipts- State $15,304,159.00 $15,536,428.00Estimated Receipts- Local $7,574,620.78 $7,175,367.35

Enterprise Funds $9,765,324.16 $11,543,951.24Community Preservation Funds $949,615.45 $2,049,975.00

Total-Estimated Receipts, Local $18,289,560.39 $20,769,293.59

Revenue Sources Appropriated for Particular PurposesFree Cash $1,698,902.00 $2,084,260.00Other Available Funds $620,875.71 $539,915.47

Total-Revenue for Particular Purposes $2,319,777.71 $2,624,175.47

Total-Estimated Receipts and Other Revenue Sources $35,913,497.10 $38,929,897.06

Total Real and Personal Property Tax Levy $40,195,781.24 $43,663,470.04

TOTAL RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES $76,109,278.34 $82,593,367.10

Board of Assessors StaffRobert H Michaud, Clerk Term Expires 2011 Paul F. Bergman AdministratorJohn Furtado, Chairman Term Expires 2009 Joan D. Medeiros Assessing TechnicianKevin Santos Term Expires 2010 Patricia A. Morro Principal Clerk

Mary Levesque Principal Clerk

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TOWN COLLECTOR

Deborah L. Piva Town Collector Joan Mitchell Asst. Town Collector Michelle Souza Head Cashier Elaine Lancaster Principal Clerk Utility Billing Sheila Sabourin Principal Clerk Carolyn Sue Oliveira Principal Clerk Utility Billing Lisa Raposa Cashier Melissa Jerome Cashier This past year 2008 has been a very challenging year for the Collector’s Office as we have enhanced our technology. We began the fiscal year July 1, 2008 with the introduction of a new lockbox with Fidelity. This technology helps with the labor-intensive environment in this office that the Department of Revenue alluded to during their review. We have also added a program of image archives, which stores all payment information on-line, for easy look-up of refunds and payment records. All deposits in house are now processed through a remote depository and the daily deposits are in the bank immediately. This product is called EZDeposit and works very well. We have a decision module through the lockbox to assist with payments sent in without the proper account information. We research the information and send it back for lockbox to process the payments through automation. All bank accounts are computerized and are easier for reconciliation. We are very excited with this new technology and will continue to advance any new products that become available through our financial institution. The online parking ticket system continues to work efficiently with accountability of all tickets collected. The figures for 2008 totaling $44,620.00 was collected, with $38,875.00 in actual tickets collected, $5,745.00 in fines and the number of new tickets issued was 625. The effort of the Town’s Deputy Collector is apparent by an analysis of the report for January to December 2008. The report reflects a total of 2644 delinquent accounts paid in full, which consist of motor vehicle and boat excise for a collection amount of $281,439.54, of which $236,296.83 represents all tax, $17,437.71 interest, $13,705.00 demand fees and $14,000.00 Registry of motor vehicle fees. The Collector’s Office will continue to look at new technology, which will enhance the collection and reconciliation of the office. As always we will continue to operate in a professional manner with the emphasis on security and safety of the public funds.

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DARTMOUTH BUILDING DEPARTMENT

Inspectors

Joel S. Reed Director of Inspectional Services, C.B.O. & Fence Viewer David W. Mattos (resigned May 30, 2008) Building Inspector & Zoning Enforcement Officer David Brunette Part-time, Assistant Building Inspector William R. Plamondon Part-time, Inspector of Wires David Gonsalves Alternate Inspector of Wires Donald Sweet Alternate Inspector of Wires Edward Viveiros Alternate Inspector of Wires Scott Livesley Alternate Inspector of Wires Edmund A. Brown Part-time, Plumbing & Gas Inspector Gary E. Lavalette Alternate Plumbing & Gas Inspector Michael Arguin Alternate Plumbing & Gas Inspector Clerical Beverly A. Sylvia Permit Facilitator Suzanne C. Gonsalves Administrative Clerk The Building Department reviews plans, applications and issues permits for all new construction, additions, alterations and repairs. We also do site inspections and issue Certificates of Occupancy per 780 CMR Massachusetts State Building Code and 521 CMR Architectural Access Code. The Director of Inspectional Services oversees Building, Zoning Enforcement, Electrical, Plumbing and Gas Departments. The Director is also the Fence Viewer and communicates with the three Fire Districts on a weekly basis. The Zoning Enforcement Officer enforces the zoning by-laws and some general by-laws.

January 2008 through December 2008 Building Statistics # of Permits Type of Permit Estimated Value 31 New One-Family Dwelling $10,170,376.00 New Two-Family Dwelling 144,000.00 New Building (Cross Road Storage) 150,000.00 New Building (Concordia) 105,000.00 New Building (Fast Food/Retail) 150,000.00 New Building (St. George Greek Orthodox Church) 1,294,200.00 Frame Only (Hawthorn Medical) 925,000.00 235 Additions & Alterations (Residential) 10,746,870.00 97 Additions & Alterations (Commercial) 1,226,432.00 6 Foundations Only (Residential) 135,500.00 1 Foundation Only (Commercial) 554,000.00 1 Foundation Only (Non-Residential 10,500.00

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Addition/Alteration (Cardoza’s) 150,000.00 Addition/Alteration (Hannoush Jewelers) 100,000.00 Addition/Alteration (Gaspars) 144,000.00 Addition/Alteration (Thermax) 279,770.00 Addition/Alteration (Max Auto Center) 68,000.00 Addition/Alteration (99 Restaurant) 95,000.00 Addition/Alteration (BJ’s Wholesale) 69,360.00 Addition/Alteration (Sol-e-Mar) 100,734.00 Addition/Alteration (Dartmouth Community Corrections) 249,925.00 Addition/Alteration (Thai Taste Restaurant) 134,925.00 Addition/Alteration (David’s Bridal) 191,925.00 Addition/Alteration (Yankee Candle) 124,895.00 Addition/Alteration (Cold Stone Creamery 149,895.00 Addition/Alteration (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) 147,400.00 Addition/Alteration (Our Sister School) 152,000.00 Addition/Alteration (341 State Road) 50,000.00 Addition/Alteration (Cold Stone Creamery) 60,000.00 Addition/Alteration (Dr. Albert Fox) 479,895.00 Addition/Alteration (Northeast Eye, Ear & Throat) 624,895.00 Addition/Alteration (Mastercuts) 112,395.00 Addition/Alteration (Minuteman Harley-Davidson) 67,500.00 Addition/Alteration (David’s Bridal) 84,195.00 Addition/Alteration (Burgner Dental) 129,859.00 Addition/Alteration (Five Guys Burgers & Fries 324,895.00 Addition/Alteration (Ledgewood Commons)135,000.00 Addition/Alteration (JC Clocks) 200,000.00 Addition/Alteration (East Coast Interiors) 247,000.00 Addition/Alteration (T-Mobile) 49,895.00 Addition/Alteration (Household Finances) 94,895.00 54 Pools (32 above-ground, 22 in-ground) 684,509.00 4 Barns 177,500.00 6 Garages 304,500.00 21 Sheds/Pool houses 429,180.00 17 Demolitions 162,350.00 66 Replacement Windows/Doors 566,769.00 108 Woodstove/Pellet stoves 284,170.00 85 Tenants/New Change/Temporary 9,120.00 4 Temporary Trailers 12,500.00 5 Wind Turbines 378,000.00 121 Signs/Temporary Signs/Banners 223,742.00 22 Home Occupations 2,100.00

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96 Re-roofs/Sidings 1,664,860.00 37 Temporary Tents 68,341.00 2 Temporary Structures 19,300.00 TOTAL ESTIMATE VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION $35,417,108.00 Department of Revenue Type of Permit Value Building $256,053.00 Electrical 86,057.75 Plumbing & Gas 94,068.00 Miscellaneous 9,890.00 Total Revenue $466,068.75

Police Department

The Dartmouth Police Department has seen some significant changes this past year, given the state of these hard economic times we face. This past April, voters of Dartmouth were asked to approve the hiring of seven new officers for the Dartmouth Police through an override question of Proposition 2 ½. The voter recognized and agreed with our assessment that the police were understaffed with vacancies that needed to be filled and voting in the affirmative approving the override question and the hiring of the seven new officers. We now have a complement of 63 sworn members for the Dartmouth Police (43 Uniform Officers) and as a result, we were able to return the much needed position of Student Resource Officer back into Dartmouth High School. Officer Paul Arruda is now assigned as SRO and we were also able to train Officer David Tavares as a part time alternate should Officer Arruda be unavailable for duty. This additional training was made possible with our partnership with Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Stephen Russell and the Dartmouth Public School Committee who provided the necessary Basic SRO training funds for these two officers. With the addition of our seven new patrol officers we can start implanting our plan to increase manpower per shift as well as filling of past vacancies as a result of unfilled retirement positions.

Speaking of retirements, our Operations Commander Captain Scott T. Brooks has retired as of January 1, 2009 from the Dartmouth Police Department. Captain Brooks had a distinguished and lengthy career of public service including service as a volunteer firefighter for District One Fire Department, an EMT with STAT ambulance service, Police Dispatcher with the Dartmouth Police, and culminating with a progression in rank to Operations Captain as a full time officer with the Dartmouth Police, over 30 years of dedicated service to this town. We wish

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Scott and his family all the best in his deserved retirement and thank him for his years of dedication and loyal service to the Town of Dartmouth. As of this writing, our Town faces a staggering budgetary shortfall in this and our projections for the coming fiscal years. The down turn of our national economy and non-reoccurring revenue resources at the local and State level have only compounded our problems. We have been advised by our Legislature leaders the Local State Aid will be cut drastically as a result. This will significantly impact all agencies within Town and could impact police manpower and personnel costs to our agency just when we are reaching our objectives for adequate police staffing. The voters and the Select Board have publicly stated that Public Safety is a priority and will do everything reasonable to maintain the level of officers we currently have. Couple this dilemma with the fact that we must start planning for the future change of the Police Department’s upper command structure pending retirements of the Executive Officer and Chief of Police, which will be coming within two short years. We cannot afford to wait and see until the clouds of this economic crisis abate for a seamless transition of a command structure plan to be in place. We must be ready for the future of this department, ready for the selected administration personnel to assume command, to have those people in place to assume key command positions within the organization and help in the smooth transition to a new department leader. We simply cannot afford to “wait and see” if we should fill key command positions left open by retirements. There is not time to have a learning curve for key command positions; they need to be able to have a grasp and understanding of pressing issues and a clear direction of what direction we should follow. The time to act is now! Either way you personally view it, good or bad, Dartmouth is no longer that small community we all grew up in. We are the fourth largest Town in the Commonwealth, over 33,000 resident population and increasing to close to 100,000 people with in our Town borders on any given day. We have one of the States largest multiple shopping complexes and are the host community to University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth and the Southeastern School of Law. We have several large and expanding medical office buildings and specialized medical facilities with our borders. The days of Dartmouth being a small bedroom community are over; we are in fact a small city. As a result, there are more and more demands placed upon Town services including the Dartmouth Police Department. Please also understand that with the advent of a fiscal downturn unfortunately result in an overall increase in crime and call for police services particularly in house breaks and shoplifting as well as increased drug and gang activity. Desperate people take desperate measures to survive and we must combat this increase of criminal activity proactively at every level so that crime doesn’t have a chance of being entrenched in our community. Your Police Department continues to strive for excellence, doing more with less, combining and cross training tasks and personnel, adding additional assignments to our current staff. We continue to try and react the concerns of our citizens that are brought to our attention. We continue to answer more & more calls for service, 27, 658 last year alone, and an ever-growing population of not only residences but also businesses and transient population as well. I remind all our citizens once again that public safety is EVERYONE’S job and as such needs your collective input and support. I thank you in advance for remaining involved and providing us with your valuable information and concerns and most appreciative of your continued support. Your Police Department continues to be the model of professionalism and

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remains dedicated to serving you the citizens of Dartmouth. On behalf of all our Officers and Staff, I sincerely thank you for the privilege! Respectfully, Chief Mark Pacheco Chief Mark Pacheco

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DARTMOUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT

PERSONNEL

Ranking Officers and Special Service Assignments

Mark Pacheco Chief of Police

Dennis E. McGuire Captain, Executive Officer/Director of Support Services

Scott Brooks Captain, Operations Divisions Commander

Kenneth Cotta Lieutenant, 8-4 Commander/Public Information/Quartermaster/Traffic Division Supervisor

Gary Soares Lieutenant, 4-12 Commander/ K-9 Supervisor/Firearms Coordinator Allen Shaw Sergeant, Police EMS Coordinator Robert Szala Sergeant, Investigative Services Commander Peter Faria Sergeant, Dive Team Supervisor

Raymond Lake Sergeant, Alternate Commander 2nd & 3rd relief’s

Mark Zielinski Sergeant, Alternate Commander/Patrol Supervisor 3rd Relief/ Bike Patrol

Gregg Rutch Sergeant, 1st Relief /Field Training Coordinator, Intermittent Officer Supervisor/Facilities Supervisor

Ryan Mitchell Detective/Identification George Perry Detective Paul Medeiros Detective Brian Levesque Detective Robert Levinson Detective Marc Maynard Detective

William Garcia Firearms Licensing/Assistant Quartermaster/Computer Services Assistant

Joseph Vieira Traffic/Safety Division/ Motor Vehicle Crash Reconstruction/Fleet Coordinator

Richard Medeiros Alternate Traffic/Safety Division/Motor Vehicle Crash Reconstruction/Radio Services Assistant

Charles Lackie K-9 Officer Craig Pimental K-9 Officer Jared White K-9 Officer

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Police Officers

Uniform Patrol Division John Rose/Patrol Investigator Scott Affonce / Bike Patrol Victor Porto Sean Mc.Guire / Field Training Officer / Bike

Patrol Philip Dutra / Firearms Licensing Assistant. Kyle Costa / Field Training Officer Nancy Thibodeau Jonathan Smith Jeffrey Lewis Steven Canario Howard Wong Peter Canuel Scott Stanton / Dive Team Coordinator Frank Oliveira / Field Training Officer Bike Patrol Tony Vincent / Field Training Officer Manuel DeMelo John P. Costa / Motorcycle Patrol officer Joseph Rapoza / Dive Team Member Paul Arruda / School Resource / Bike Patrol Jeremy Smith Andrew Wheaton / Firearms Instructor Justin Fonseca / Bike Patrol Scott Lake / Field Training Officer James Storey Derek Kenney / Field Training Officer David Tavares Keith DaCosta Richard Pacheco / Motorcycle Patrol Officer David Oikarinen Frank Condez Derek Sousa Robert St. Denis Matthew Beauparland Lisa Bradley Victor Morency Jose Catana Kevin DaCosta Michael Gil

Intermittent Police Officers Matthew Michaud Jason Arruda Tim Bernard Corey Pimental Scott Brooks Ryan Cabral Robert Days Marc Vachon Shawn Souza Brian Sladewski Ryan Souza Victor Trinidad

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Communications Joann Ashworth / Communications Training / Leaps Representative / Dispatcher Auzenda Brasidio Dispatcher Katie Marie Edgcomb Dispatcher Darlene Fielding Dispatcher Todd Grant Dispatcher Timothy J. Klatt Dispatcher Melissa Silva / Communications Training / Leaps Representative /Dispatcher Patrick Mendonca Dispatcher David Saulnier Dispatcher Donna Wunschel Dispatcher

Clerical Staff Sandra Howland Administrative Clerk Diane Dupont Principle Clerk Lorie Vieira Principle Clerk Deborah Wotton Administrative Clerk Tony Sousa Computer System Manager / Radio’s

Traffic Supervisors

Gladys G. Pimpao Traffic Coordinator Cindy Miller Traffic Supervisor Lynne Mercure Traffic Supervisor Kathleen Raudonaitis Traffic Supervisor

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Dartmouth Police Department In an Emergency dial: 911

DEPARTMENT EXTENSIONS

Office of the Chief of Police 508-910-1736 Executive Officer 508-910-1724 Lieutenants 508-910-1777 Sergeants 508-910-1776 Traffic Safety 508-910-1770 Firearms Licensing 508-910-1738 Investigative Service Division 508-910-1775 Computer Systems 508-910-1753 Communications/Dispatch 508-910-1735 Records Room 508-910-1774 Anonymous Crime Tip Line 508-997-9900 (answering machine)

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K-9 DIVISION 2008 TOWN REPORT The year 2008 was a very busy time for team members of Dartmouth Police K-9 Division. Officer Jared White and K-9 Topper, Officer Charles Lackie and K-9 Tonka and Officer Craig Pimental and K-9 Edgar. They provided several educational and entertaining demonstrations in and around town. An example was the demonstration done at the Smith Mills Camp on Tucker Road, introducing the dogs and handlers to the crowd of elderly guest in attendance and putting the patrol dogs and handlers through their paces. While the K-9’s were on and off duty, they were called upon to assist both the patrol division and investigative service division with many incidents, too numerous to list all of them. Individually and collectively all of our K-9 teams have been an asset to the Town of Dartmouth Police Department as a whole. These are a few highlights out of their very busy activities.

Officer Lackie and K-9 Tonka: Officer Lackie and Tonka performed many on duty

tracks. One of which involved a suspect fleeing from multiple breaks into motor vehicles in the Rosewood Terrace areas. The suspects had fled on foot at the sight of one of the first responding officers. Several additional officers maintained a perimeter, allowing Officer Lackie and his K-9 Partner Tonka to search the area. One suspect was apprehended and with the use of the K-9 who tracked the suspects from their vehicle parked several streets away, to the vehicles that had been broken into and finally to the suspect that had been held, providing the probable cause necessary to ultimately make the arrest. This was a textbook case of K-9 and handler working with the patrol division to a successful outcome.

Officer White and K-9 Topper: Officer White and his K-9 partner Topper were called

upon to assist our patrol division and investigative service division with numerous tracks. He was instrumental in the location of a substantial quantity of drugs located in Fairhaven. I felt this incident, was worth mentioning since it was out of the ordinary. The original reason Officer White was in Fairhaven was to track a fleeing felon. While doing so at one point in the track, his K-9 partner Topper seemed to loose interest in the suspect. It soon became evident to Officer White that his dog’s behavior showed he was indicating on some narcotics. In the dark wooded area it was not easy to detect but the suspect un-related to this crime had chosen a path through someone else’s illegal Marijuana grow. Officer White’s mind was on the fleeing suspect and Topper was trying to tell him “Hey Boss I can find the suspect later, while we’re here we might as well do something about all this Marijuana. As always Officer White was instrumental in coordinating the demonstrations that our K-9’s did in and around town.

Officer Craig Pimental and K-9 Partner Edgar: Officer Pimental and his K-9 partner

Edgar were directed to assist in locating a missing person in late summer. The last sighting of the male had been several hours earlier. Officer Pimental used a scent article for Edgar to get a track started. The track was a short one to a nearby waters edge where Edgar indicated that the track had gone into the water. After checking up and down the shore from where Edgar’s first

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indication was it was evident that the missing person had entered the water there. After a brief search by the dive team and assisting agencies, the male was located in the water unfortunately deceased.

In another incident Officer Pimental and Edgar were directed to a past bank robbery at

Citizens bank on Dartmouth St. to search for the suspect who had allegedly fled on foot. They searched the area and after several attempts to locate the suspect Officer Pimental determined through his dog’s behavior that the suspect appeared to have entered a vehicle parked close to the bank on a side street. As a result of them identifying the location where the suspect vehicle was parked other officers were able to speak with potential witnesses who eventually produced a witness who gave a description of the car and driver and the suspect was ultimately identified and arrested out of state.

The Dartmouth Police K-9 teams have now been together for over eight years, sad to say

the dogs are in the twilight of their careers. In fact Officer Lackie has made the decision to retire Tonka to a life of chasing tennis balls and hanging out with the family. Due to the financial instability of the town and need to cut budgets, the Police Department has decided not to replace him at this time so we are down to two teams. Unfortunately the reality is that just when we think they are as good as they can get, they will soon be ready to retire. A police K-9 is normally ready to retire at around the age of nine, we will actively be searching for new dogs in the upcoming year. We are in our 35th year of uninterrupted service, and with the continued support of the Town and its residents we hope to be around for many years to come.

Lieutenant. Gary Soares Lieutenant Gary Soares K-9 Supervisor

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INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES DIVISION

The Investigative Services Division is comprised of trained detectives, who investigate serious crimes requiring specialized investigative techniques, forensic examination accurate testimony in a court of law and exhaustive dedication to see a case through to its resolution. These detectives investigated 102 cases in 2008.

Furthermore, the specialized units within the Division focus their proactive efforts and intelligence gathering towards investigating crimes associated with the distribution of illegal narcotics, organized crime and outlaw motorcycle gangs, stolen property, white collar crime that include embezzlement, obtaining money by false pretenses, forgery, credit card fraud, bank fraud and identity theft. We achieve this by our association with professional organization such as New England State Police Information Network (NESPIN), Regional Electronic Computer Crime Task force (REACCT), National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), Southeast Bank Security Network (SNSN), Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB), New Bedford Gang Task Force and other federal, state and municipal entities.

Due to the ever-changing atmosphere and mode of operations of criminal elements with

the Town of Dartmouth, we aggressively expanded two specific areas within the Investigative Services. The first area was in cyber crimes. Our investigation is computer crimes drastically multiplied seven fold in 2008. These investigations include criminal violations of law that often involve computer hardware, computer software, digital storage media and networks. Computer crimes include the possession and transmission of child pornography, indecent solicitation of a child, unlawful computer access and identity theft. Often times, investigations of criminal violations require a great deal of time, expertise and personal commitment in building a successful case. Chief Mark Pacheco has strongly supported our efforts with the training and digital equipment necessary to conduct these advanced technological investigations.

The second area in Investigative Services addressed was our response to the evolving nature of crimes. Our department formed the Integrated Municipal Police Anti-Crime Team (IMPACT). IMPACT teams patrol officers with detectives and works under the philosophy of pro-active investigation and enforcement of street crimes that interfere with citizen’s quality of life and feelings of safety. We determine crime trends and nuisance problems within the town and assigned targeted patrols to solve these problems through pro-active means. Our success can be attributed to the hard work of our officers and the strong support of the Select Board.

The election of a new District Attorney in Bristol County expanded our involvement in daily courtroom participation of the Judicial System. The position of Court Liaison is now Police Prosecutor. The Police Prosecutor is a Detective employed by the Police who present cases in the District Court for prosecution. We are now directly involved in the daily arraignments of those arrested by our department.

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This has given us the ability to work with the Assistant District Attorney assigned to these proceedings and participate in the dispositions.

The Investigative Services Divisions thanks all of your for your support. As always, this is a community effort. Detective Sergeant Robert Szala Detective Sergeant Robert Szala Investigative Services Division

DARTMOUTH POLICE UNDERWATER RECOVERY UNIT

The Dartmouth Police Underwater Recovery Team currently consists of five members, Sgt. Peter Faria, Lead Diver Officer Scott Stanton, Divers Officer Joseph Rapoza, Kyle Costa and Peter Canuel. All five officers not only serve as full time police officer but also respond to all water emergencies. The Dartmouth Police Dive Team has been very busy over the past year working in cooperation, with a regional police dive team called S.E.M.L.E.C. (Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council). This is a co-op where local police departments in the South Eastern Massachusetts area have joined together to pool resources in improving services not only to the Town of Dartmouth but all member agencies. The goal of this organization is to work together in accomplishing the objectives associated with the mission of the Dartmouth Police to “serve our citizens”. This past year we have improved and maintained equipment that includes a dive vehicle, underwater tow video camera, and dive equipment used for underwater deployments. All four divers can deploy in all weather conditions as safety permits including cold water dives. The Dartmouth Police Dive Team also has access to the Regional Police Dive Rescue Boat, 23-foot aluminum Safe Boat that will be available to the town if the need arises. This police boat is not only used for dive operations but can also be utilized to provide security for our shoreline. We are also able to assist in recreational activities and events including the Dartmouth Park Department Triathlon where participations swim the length of round hill beach. The dive team was also deployed in support of the New Bedford Whale Boat competition that took place in Padanaram Harbor this summer. The police boat is always available in case of an emergency. A second smaller boat is also available for the use in smaller bodies of water, it can operate in shallow water and has the maneuverability needed in confined areas. The Dartmouth Police dive team has been called upon to assist in the location and recovery of drowning victims, and in the recovery of stolen vehicles found under water. The dive team also has the ability to record and recover evidence located underwater, which may have been used in the commission of a crime.

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In early August the Dartmouth Police Dive Team was deployed to the well located off of Old Westport Road where a drowning victim who was involved in an A.T.V. accident was recovered. In late August, the Police Dive team was called as a member of S.E.M.L.E.C., to Wareham to assist that agency in locating and recovering a drowning victim. Upon our arrival at the scene, we were able to establish a search area and assist the regional divers and complete the assigned task. Last year the Dartmouth Police Dive Team as part of S.E.M.L.E.C. assisted the Bristol County District Attorneys office in recovering evidence at the ledge regarding a past investigation. The dive team has also been called over the past several years for water related incidents in Dartmouth including sinking boats, capsized canoes, and overdue boaters.

The Dive team trains once a month with S.E.M.L.E.C. to keep our skill level high and continue to provide a quality dive team to serve the Town of Dartmouth. We look forward, as always to working with all of the Fire Districts, their divers, and the Harbormaster’s Office to keep our waterways safe.

Respectfully, Sergeant Peter Faria Sergeant Peter Faria

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STOLEN VEHICLE RECOVERED VEHICLE January 0 January 4 February 3 February 1 March 2 March 2 April 4 April 1 May 2 May 1 June 7 June 4 July 4 July 1 August 4 August 1 September 4 September 0 October 4 October 0 November 2 November 1 December 1 December 3 Total 19 Total 37

FIREARM LICENSING

PTL. WILLIAM GARCIA The following Firearm Licenses were issued in the year 2008 Class A Large Capacity License 300 Firearm Identification Card 23 Chemical Propellant License 22 Resident Machine Gun License 4 Dealers License 8 Total License Issued 357

TOWN REPORT 2008

TRAFFIC DIVISION/CRIME PREVENTION

The Dartmouth Police Department currently has two officers assigned to the Traffic Division, Officer Joseph Vieira and Officer Richard Medeiros.

Officers Vieira and Medeiros have been trained and are certified Accident Reconstruction

Officers. Officer Steven Canario who is assigned to the 3rd relief has recently been trained and certified in Accident Reconstruction. He will be available in the event Officer Vieira and or Medeiros are not available. In 2008 our reconstruction team responded to approximately 30 crashes that were life threatening. Unfortunately 2 of these crashes resulted in a fatality. They

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also assisted in crashes that were less severe, but involved injuries and extensive property damage and/or arrest.

During 2008 the Traffic Division and Patrol Division participated in several state

sponsored traffic enforcement programs. “Click it or Ticket”, “U Drink U Drive U Lose”, and Operation Yellow Blitz (school bus enforcement).

Officers Vieira and Medeiros continue to work closely with the business community in

the area of the Dartmouth Mall during the holiday season. The concerns were holiday traffic. A traffic plan, which was developed in part by Traffic Division 5 years ago, and was successful, was used during the peak hours and worked well considering the large amount of traffic generated during the holiday season.

Officers Vieira and Medeiros were involved along with the Registry of Motor Vehicles,

and the Department of Transport in a school bus safety inspection of all Dartmouth school buses. Officers Vieira and Medeiros are also responsible for cruiser maintenance and related

equipment as well as radios, both in the cruisers, and hand held. The department has made efforts to increase traffic enforcement throughout town, both

with the Traffic Division and Patrol Division. Two surveys taken over the last ten years made it clear from the residents that traffic enforcement is a primary concern.

Officers Paul Arruda and Dave Tavares have been trained and certified as School

Resource Officers (SRO). Currently Officer Arruda is assigned to the Dartmouth High School and is available to assist Dartmouth Middle as well as the three grammar schools when necessary. His presence in the schools has been well received by the staff, students, and parents. Officer Tavares will be available to fill in for Officer Arruda when necessary.

The U-MASS off Campus Housing project is in its 9th year, which includes working with

students who live off campus, landlords, and neighbors. We also participated in an auto-etching program with UMASS and the Governor’s Auto

Strike Force. Approximately 50 vehicles have vehicle identification numbers etched in their windows and registered with the strike force.

Lieutenant Ken Cotta Lieutenant Ken Cotta Traffic Division/Crime Prevention

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DARTMOUTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Edward V. Pimental, Jr. Director Robert DeCampos Deputy Nancy M. Pimental Secretary Mary Ellen DeFrias Administrative Clerk Robert DeCampos, Jr. Member Nathan Dufault Member This year 2008 continued to be a busy year for the Emergency Management Agency with

many projects to keep us busy. Our department continues to support our CERT Program (Community Emergency

Response Teams), which has 35 members to help us in emergency. We have a van and trailer set up to equip our members with supplies needed to set-up shelters if needed, and assist the community in time of need.

EMA continues to participate in the Emergency Dispensing Plan process that the Health

Department has been coordinating. Our personnel continue to attend meetings held both by FEMA and MEMA to stay

abreast of potential changes that may affect this community in connection with Homeland Security.

Our CEMP Plan is up-dated annual to ensure that we have all the proper contact

personnel needed in case of an emergency. During the past year, this department provided assistance when needed to Police, Fire and

various town agencies. We also continue to train once a month, as well as maintain any certificates needed.

We are pleased to coordinate the Memorial Day Parade and assist the community when

needed. EMA is pleased to announce that we have added a new member to our department in

2008, Jason Estacio. Again we would like to take this opportunity to thank all town officials and local business

people for their help and assistance in 2008. Edward V. Pimental, Jr. Director

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Board of Public Works

Lee M. Azinheira, Chairman Richard Medeiros, Vice Chairman

Mark S. Nunes, Vice Chairman (appointed 8/5/08) Manuel Branco, Clerk

David T. Hickox, P.E. Director Michelle L. DeFranco Office Manager Confidential /Secretary Bonnie J. Souza Contract Bidding Aide Diane L. Vieira Administrator Clerk Kerry Riggs Principal Clerk Maria Rosa Mendonca Principal Clerk Priscilla Tavares Clerk (Part-time)

A message from the Director of Public Works David T. Hickox. P.E.

In FY 2009, the Department of Public Works completed several important roadway, drainage and water system improvement projects. In addition to our Highway Department’s roadway and utility maintenance projects, our Construction Division completed the installation of drainage and the full depth reconstruction on Donald Street and the Phase I improvements of Highland Ave. Several water main upgrades were also completed including Illinois Avenue, George Street, and Old Reed Road.

The Slocum Road Reconstruction Project – Phase 3 between Sharp Street and Russells Mills Road was awarded to Medeiros & Sons of Dartmouth in April of 2008. The contract was in the amount of $452,000 and was completed in June of 2008. This project consisted of the installation of new granite curbing, concrete sidewalks with handicap accessible ramps, and the reconstruction of the roadway surface. Due to favorable bids received on the project, funds were available to include the installation of concrete sidewalks on the westerly side from Russells Mills Road to Elm Street. The Department of Public Works is currently evaluating funding options for the final phase of the Slocum Road Reconstruction Project from Russells Mills Road to Elm Street.

The Department of Public Works completed two important sewer projects in 2008. The Bayview Sewer Project provided sewer service to over 150 homes and included the construction on two new sewage pump stations. The final project cost was in the amount of $5,085,000. This project will greatly enhance the water quality on Apponagansett Bay, Salt Creek and Buzzards Bay. The Department of Public Works also completed the Old Westport Road sewer project. This important project included the construction of two new sewage pump stations and will provide sewer service to approximately 125 homes. More importantly, the project will improve groundwater quality further protecting the Town’s five municipal wells located along Old

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Westport Road. The final project cost for the Old Westport Road sewer project was in the amount of $2,400,000. It should be noted that the Department of Public Works Engineering Division provided resident engineering services for both projects resulting in a significant savings to the overall project cost.

As our Water Pollution Control Facility approaches design capacity, the Town has retained the engineering firm of Fay, Spofford & Thorndike to prepare the Town’s Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan. This comprehensive plan will direct the Department of Public Works on future wastewater improvements related to collection and treatment. The Town’s new Growth Management Master Plan has provided direction from the community as to where future sewer extensions should be placed. The cost to prepare the Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan is in the amount of $368,000 and will be funded by the Department of Environmental Protection through the SRF program in the form of low interest loans.

In January 2009, a $398,000 contract was awarded to J. Rocchio Corporation for construction of the Tucker Road and Birchfield Farm Sewer Extension Project. The contract includes both locations bid as one project. We anticipate this project to be competed by the spring of 2010.

In December of 2008, work started on the replacement of the Gulf Road Bridge over Apponagansett Bay. The project has been designed to allow one lane of traffic to pass over the bridge during the estimated 2-year construction period. In addition to replacing the bridge, the bridge approaches will be realigned for safety purposes. The project is funded 100% by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is expected to be complete by November 2011.

The engineering design for the Dartmouth Street Reconstruction Project has been completed and the 100% Design Plans are currently being reviewed by the Massachusetts Highway Department (MHD). The project is to be advertised for construction in the spring of 2009. The proposed scope would include intersection improvements and the upgrade or installation of new granite curbing, concrete sidewalks and roadway pavement from Rockdale Ave. to Middle Street. The project as proposed would maintain currently pavement width, and add sidewalks from Rockland Street to Middle Street.

The engineering design for the rehabilitation of the Padanaram Causeway is currently at the 25% phase. Based on the engineering design to date, the estimated project cost is in the amount of $4,500,000. As part of the Obama Administration’s economic stimulus package for 2009, the Town has requested an additional $3,000,000 to supplement the current $1,400,000 budget.

The Construction Division under the leadership of Mr. Paul Pacheco will be undertaking several important projects in 2009. Engineering design for the full depth reconstruction and drainage improvements of George Street, Highland Ave. - Phase 2 are complete, as well as the plans for the installation of new water mains and necessary drainage improvements on Potter Street, Golen Drive, Gentle Valley Drive, Slades Corner Road and Melrose Ave. Several water main upgrades are scheduled to improve water quality including replacement of “TCE” and asbestos lined water main. As we complete our first full year of the Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) solid waste and recycling program, it has become evident that Dartmouth’s PAYT program has been a tremendous success.

The Board of Public Works reduced the FY 2009 Base Rate Fee from $95 to $80 per year. As a result, we have seen a significant increase in residents that had initially opted for private solid waste service return to the PAYT program. In comparison to private solid waste

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options, the PAYT Program has proven to be the most economical option for those residents that are committed to recycling.

As FY10 approaches, the Department will continue to evaluate the most cost effective approach to providing essential services as well as maintaining and upgrading the Town’s infrastructure. As roadway reconstruction costs continue to rise, it is imperative that the Town continues to properly budget for the maintenance and rehabilitation of our roadway infrastructure.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our Office Manager/Confidential Secretary Michelle DeFranco for her wisdom, hard work and dedication to the Department. Also, I would like to acknowledge our Department Heads and their support staff, Steven Sullivan, Superintendent of Water and Sewer, Carlos Cardoso, Water Pollution Control Plant Manager, and Paul Pacheco, Superintendent of Services & Infrastructure. The Department of Public Works functions as one unit due of the respect each member has for his or her coworker, and the willingness to assist whenever possible. As we move into these difficult economic times, it is ever so important that the Department works together to provide the essential services our residents deserve.

I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank the Board of Public Works, Mr. Lee Azinheira, Chairman, Mr. Mark Nunes, Vice Chairman, and Mr. Manuel Branco, Clerk, for providing policy, guidance and oversight to the Department. It has been a pleasure to serve such a dedicated and knowledgeable Board.

Finally, I would like to personally acknowledge the hard work and dedication of all Department of Public Works employees serving the residents of Town.

ENGINEERING DIVISION

Ronald A. Richard Senior Engineer Robert W. Swallow Associate Engineer/Inspector Stephen Lawrence Associate Engineer/Inspector Joseph M. Pimentel Associate Engineer/Inspector Timothy J. Barber Associate Engineer/Inspector

The Engineering Division continues to provide full engineering services including

permitting, design of utility and infrastructure projects, public bidding and construction engineering and inspectional services for residential and commercial projects. In 2008, the Division provided engineering design for the Slocum Road Rehabilitation Project, Highland Ave Rehabilitation Project, George Street Water Main Replacement Project, Old Reed Road Water Main Replacement Project, Donald Street Rehabilitation Project, and the Tucker Road and Birchfield Farm Sewer Extension Projects.

In addition to ongoing residential and commercial projects, the Division provided resident engineering services to the Slocum Road Phase 3 Rehabilitation Project, Bayview Sewer Project, and the Old Westport Road Sewer Project.

Several large infrastructure design projects are currently under design. Roadway reconstruction and utility upgrades are scheduled for Potter Street, Center Street, Highland Ave Phase 4, Collins Corner Road, and Flag Swamp Road for 2009 – 2010.

As part of the Town’s Inflow/Infiltration (I/I) Program, the Engineering Division continues to work in identifying sources of extraneous flow to our sanitary sewer system. Ongoing in-house work includes manhole cover replacements with watertight covers, and the internal sealing of sanitary manholes. This ongoing program reduces the flow of clean water into

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the sanitary sewer system thereby creating sewer capacity at the Water Pollution Control Facility. In addition to increased treatment capacity, a reduction in clean water entering the sewer system reduces the cost to transfer and treat sanitary waste. For 2009, the I/I Program will focus on specific areas of the collection system that have been determined to be of significant sources of clean water inflow.

DIVISION OF SERVICES & INFRASTRUCTURE

HIGHWAY & SANITATION DIVISION

Paul Pacheco, Superintendent of Services & Infrastructure Roy Pinheiro, Assistant Superintendent of Services & Infrastructure

Mary Ann Ferreira, Administrative Clerk Michael Brosius Michael Cabral (resigned) A. Manny Cardoso Jeffrey Costa Lance Fielding (resigned) Carl Furtado Frank Manley James Martins Andrew Medeiros Stanley Medeiros (retired) Christopher Mendonca Steven Mendonca Daniel Miller Daniel Mota Steven Pelletier John Perry Steven Oliveira Justin Raposa Victor Rodrigues Mark Santos David Simas David Souza Ronald Souza Stephen Souza William Starvaggi Robert Sylvia Stephen Vincent

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Richard Wotton Jason Xavier Bridge Tenders (Seasonal) Joseph Baptista Armand Farland Bethany Furtado Keith Manchester Kenneth Monteiro William O’Neil Christopher Saikali

SANITATION DIVISION

2008 Recyclables Collected at Transfer Station Amount Collected Description 19 tons Batteries 88 tons Cardboard 616 tons Compostables/Organics (leaves) 234 tons Construction & Demolition 286 each Fluorescent Lamps (misc. size bulbs) 2,976 ft. Fluorescent Lamps (straight bulbs) 19 tons Mixed and Clear Glass, Green Glass 13 tons Mattresses 6 tons Metal Cans 7 tons Plastic Clear 1.5 tons Plastic/Milk 9.66 tons Plastic/Mix 106 each Propane Tanks 18 tons Refrigerators, Freezers, and Air Conditioners 13 tons Tires 30 tons TV/Computers 3,506 gallons Waste Oil 16,260 lbs. Used Clothing/Textiles (American Red Cross & Pac Trading Containers) 44.17 tons Newspaper 110.74 tons Scrap Metals and misc. scrap metal from DPW divisions. Municipal Solid Waste Collect at Transfer Station – 822 tons. Municipal Solid Waste Collected at curbside -----4,067 tons Bulky Item Pickup----520 tons

Recyclables Collected at Curbside Tons Description

1,634.11 tons Newspaper, cardboard/paperboard/magazines 829.02 tons Co-mingled: glass, #1 - #7 plastics, cans 134 tons Leaves & grass

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Roadside Debris Collected &

Misc. Debris Dropped Off at Transfer Station by other Town Agencies

Tons Description 51 each Misc. debris (TV’s furniture, etc.) 28,250 lbs. Misc. debris (lumber, tire, etc.)

Recycling Collect at UMass Dartmouth August – December 2008

Tons Description

12.24 tons Office Paper 1.09 tons Co-mingled

HIGHWAY DIVISION

Roadway Brush Trimming Main Streets Slades Corner Road 1.5 miles x 2=3 miles Horseneck Road 3.53 miles x 2=7.06 miles Barney’s Joy Road 2.15 miles x 2=4.30 miles Allen’s Neck Road .7 miles x 2=1.4 miles Jordan Road 1.02 miles x 2-2.04 miles Side Roads (low-hanging limbs trimmed back) Brittany Lane Butterfly Trail Dartmouth Farms Trail Deerfield Lane Fox Run Terrace Herring Run Road Lakeside Avenue Medeiros Lane Miller Farms Old Pierce Road Sherbrook Road Shingle Island Road Sleepy Hollow Road Songbird Estates Southwind Way

Striper Circle Sundance Road Woodcart Drive Sundance Road

Street Signs Upgraded 400 Town street signs were upgraded in 2008 per the Federal Mandate

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DIVISION OF SERVICES & INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION DIVISION

Paul Pacheco, Superintendent of Services & Infrastructure

Normand Emond Robert Frias Nelson Gonsalves Michael Pavao Tobey Pimental Antonio Rodrigues

David Rebello Antonio Tavares

The Construction Division assisted the Highway Division in completing a number of projects that were outstanding. Several important projects were completed with a substantial savings to the Department.

Manholes and Catch Basins repairs for the Highway Division

The construction crew performed the following work in various areas around the town. Frames replaced

5-Catch Basins completely rebuilt 11-Concrete flat tops replaced 10-Catch Basins Frames & Covers were replaced 7-Drain Manholes repaired 7-Drain Manholes Covers & Frames replaced

Culvert Repairs

The Division worked on repairs to the Old Reed Road area repairing 42 ft. of old granite culvert line running under Old Reed Road. The Culvert ran under Old Reed Rd. from west to east controlling the water level from rising in the west thus eliminating running water and icy conditions from entering the roadway during the winter months.

Gulf Road Full depth reconstruction of the existing 3,800 ft. of roadway including new Cape Cod

berm, new asphalt, and the loaming and seeding of shoulders of the road. All existing driveway aprons were adjusted to the new roadway. Two new catch basins were added with 300 ft. of drain line to improve roadway run off.

Donald Street The finale top layer of pavement was placed with new Cape Cod berm along the roadway

edges; the Construction Division adjusted existing driveway aprons to the new road, loamed and seeded the new roadway edges.

Old Fall River Road Adjusted existing drainage structures along the road from North Hixville Rd, 4,880 ft.

north towards Highland Ave. The roadway area was over-laid with new asphalt; existing driveway aprons were adjusted as needed to existing roadway. The new road edges were loamed and seeded. Also from Faunce Corner Rd. toward the town line the existing structures were raised and the roadway was overlaid with new asphalt .The area was loamed and seeded after the work was completed.

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Alpha Street between Sharp & Westwood The finale top asphalt layer was placed this spring and existing driveway aprons were

adjusted to the edges of the new roadway were loamed and seeded. Highland Ave This project consisted of drain and roadway improvements. The first phase was

completed in the fall of 2008. This summer the Division installed 1,150 ft of new drain line, four new drain manholes, and nine new catch basins. After the drain was installed , 3,400 ft. of existing roadway was reclaimed, and 2” of asphalt was placed along with new Cape Cod berm. The top layer will be placed in the spring of 2009.

Tucker Road Tucker Road from Country Club Blvd. toward Fairway Drive was overlaid with 1 ½” of

top pavement, existing driveway aprons were repaved to the new roadway grade ,and the edge of pavement was loamed and seeded as well as the old bit berm removed and replaced with new Cape Cod berm.

Old Reed Road This project was a water line improvement project. The Division replaced the existing

T.C.E. coated waterline, removed the continuous flow at the end of the 8” waterline and 1,100’ of new 8” water main was installed. The Division installed four new fire hydrants and reconnected all existing fire lines and water services to the water main .The water trench was paved and finale road pavement is scheduled to be placed in the spring of 2009.

Lucy Little Road This summer 2,200 ft. of roadway was reconstructed to full depth, one new catch basin

was installed, and the roadway was paved. The existing drive aprons were adjusted and the road edges were loamed and seeded. West McCabe Street

In the spring of 2008, 1” of top pavement was placed and the existing driveway aprons were adjusted to the new roadway. All new roadway edges were loamed and seeded. George Street

This was water main and roadway improvement project. The Construction Division replaced the old water main with new 12” D.I. water pipe and installed three new fire hydrants during the fall. All existing water services were changed over to the new water main and the trench was paved over for the winter. In the spring of 2009, the roadway will be reconstructed and repaved. Illinois Avenue

This was a water main replacement project, the Water Division crew removed one existing water service that was tied into an old TCE line and retapped the service to existing water line that was not TCE coated. The flow end of the old TCE line was removed.

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Streets Reconstructed, Widened & Resurfaced in 2008 Name Length Alden Avenue 1,900’ Bayview Avenue 960’ Bayview Access Drive 123’ Beach Avenue 1,268’ Bourne Place 1,406’ Degaris Avenue 1,051’ Dutra Avenue 491’ Gulf Road west of bridge 3,807’ Gulf Road east from W. Smith Neck 637’ Lucy Little Road 2,300 Old Fall River Road 4,800’ Old Fall River Road to N. B. line 2,800’ Old Westport Road 800’ Salt Creek Road 1,070’ Slocum Road 4,075’ Smith Neck Road 2,216’ Tucker Road 3,400’ West Smith Neck Road 1,523’ Total 34,627’ = 6.558 miles

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Curbing & Sidewalk Improvements Name Concrete Bituminous Granite Slocum Road 6,850’ Tucker Road 6,400

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL

Carlos M. Cardoso Water Pollution Control Manager James Shaw Assistant Water Pollution Control Manager Richard Perry Chief Maintenance Operator

Plant Operators II Plant Operators I William Messier Jose Mota Dennis Matos Motor Equipment Operators Mark S. Phaneuf Christopher Camara Dennis Lewis Dennis Medeiros Chris Swallow, Plant Custodian

Dartmouth’s Treatment Plant is one of the finest in Southeastern Massachusetts and tours

are frequently given to visitors who perceive it as a model plant that is run very professionally. The staff is under the fine leadership of Mr. Carlos Cardoso, Water Pollution Control Manager. The Town accepts brush from private contractors and residents. In 2008, the brush grinding operation produced 10,458 cubic yards of amendment (ground brush), which is recycled to the plant composting facility. The composting facility then blends the ground brush and bio-solids. A total of 4,720 cubic yards of finished, screened compost was produced in 2008. The finished compost is then sold on the compost market.

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WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT Water Treated and Pumped

Total Flow Year Gallons 2000...................................... 900,900,000 2001...................................... 927,080,000 2002...................................... 897,570,000 2003...................................... 1,088,830,000 2004...................................... 1,077,880,000 2005...................................... 1,269,720,000 2006...................................... 1,159,400,000 2007...................................... 1,027,340,000 2008...................................... 1,147,120,000

WATER DIVISION MISSION STATEMENT:

The Dartmouth Water Division is dedicated to providing, protecting and preserving today’s water supplies for tomorrow’s consumers. Our commitment is to supply quality water that complies with all State & Federal standards, provide education and excellent customer service, and to be the leaders in our profession. I respectfully submit the following report and pumping record for the year 2008: Month Gallons Month Gallons January 64,617,000 July 129,741,000 February 65,435,000 August 100,987,000 March 68,516,000 September 95,328,000 April 77,476,000 October 80,614,000 May 87,665,000 November 65,392,000 June 109,617,000 December 64,890,000

Of all the water pumped, 92% or 925,509,000 gallons were pumped from our own wells and 8% or 84,769,000 gallons were purchased from the City of New Bedford. The greatest amount pumped in one day was 5,876,000 gallons on July 16,2008. The daily average water pumped per day for 2008 was 2,76,825 gallons. Total 2008 precipitation measured at the 687 Chase Road Treatment Plant was 65.49 inches compared to 35.68 inches in 2007. The Water Division has an active in-house program for back flow prevention and cross connections, which represents savings for the department. Several employees have taken advantage of educational programs for Certification under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

The Water Division is active with our consultants, Earth Tech, investigating many areas in town for potential future water supply. We also completed an upgrade of our SCADA

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(Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), which included computers, additional hardware, and software that gives the Division flexibility in how the wells and Treatment Facilities are operated.

The Panelli Wells have been active since March 2008, and are sending good quality water to the Treatment Facility on Old Westport Road that also received an upgrade to treat the additional flow. We have also purchased two parcels of land on State Road adjacent to the Route – 6 well to further protect the Panelli Wells, with the possibility of expansion of a future water supply.

The Water Division has continued throughout the year with an aggressive maintenance program, which included fire hydrant painting, fall hydrant flushing, lead service line replacement, and system valve exercising. Many of our wells were rehabilitated to allow the wells to pump at their maximum capacity.

The Consumer Confidence Report was mailed to all of the ratepayers. This report is sent out each year to provide information to consumers on how our water is treated as well as any other pertinent information that consumers should know about their water. The current systems totals now stands as follows: 190.43 Miles of water main 2,898 gate or butterfly valves 6" or larger 1,573 Fire Hydrants 8,920 Water Services 95.15 Miles of sewer mains 6,603 Sewer Services

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Water Division Employees

Tricia Anthony Administrative Clerk Peter Andrade Water Facilities Operator Paul Galego Water Facilities Operator Kevin Nunes Water Facilities Operator Michael Roderick Water Systems Inspector James Barlow Craftsman Paul Andrade Assistant Operator 1 Gerald Lemos Craftsman/Assistant Water Facilities Operator Russell Hiksdal Working Foreman Richard Hopkins S.M.E.O Derek Martin H.M.E.O David Rebello Jr. Maintenance Worker Craig Souza Master Mechanic Jay Perry Meter Reader

“With Water Works Pride” Steven M. Sullivan Superintendent 508-999-0742 smsullivan @town.dartmouth.ma.us

SEWER MAINS

Location Length (L.F.) Size Manholes Alden Avenue 1,751 8” PVC 10

Alden/Lucy Little (easement) 210 185 SFM

8” PVC 6”

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Carter (easement) 1,690 8” PVC 8 Croft Place 289 8” PVC 2 Delphic Place 350 1.5” PVC 1 Delta Avenue 980 8” PVC. 4 Karen Lane 14 8” PVC Lucy Little Road 1,997

1,385 SFM 8” PVC 6” PVC

9

Old Westport Road (west of Lucy Little Rd.)

180

8” PVC

2 1 SFM/MH

Old Westport Road (east & west of Sharon Ave.)

372 8” PVC 2 1 SFM/MH

Sharon Avenue 1,577 1,595 SFM

8” PVC 4” PVC

7

Snowberry Drive 783 8” PVC 2

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TOTALS 11,607’-2.2 miles 51 2 pumping stations

1 Alden Avenue Area Pump Station 1 Sharon Avenue Area Pump Station SERVICES FOR 2008

47 – NEW WATER SERVICES 14 – REPLACED, REPAIRED, OR DISCONTINUED

156 – NEW SEWER SERVICES 6– REPLACED, REPAIRED, OR DISCONTINUED

Route 6 well site (right-of way) 1” water treatment piping =7 4” air suction line =1

DRAINAGE 5-CATCH BASIN REBUILT

11-CONCRETE FLAT TOPS REPLACED 10-CATCH BASIN FRAMES & COVERS REPLACED

7-DRAIN MANHOLES REPAIRED 7-DRAIN MANHOLE COVERS & FRAMES REPLACED

LOCATIONS Alden Avenue-installed new catch basin Faunce Corner Road (near town line) adjusted drainage structures, paved partial section Gulf Road –12” diameter x 300’ new drain main Lucy Little Road-installed new catch basin, paved 2,200’ Old Fall River Road – Adjusted drainage structures, paved 4,880’ Old Reed Road Culvert (granite) repair 42’ under roadway

WATER MAINS

Location Length (L.F.)± Size Gates Hydrants Beeden Road 272 2” D.I. 1 85 Faunce Corner Road 293 6” D.I. 1 George Street 1,460 12” D.I. 6 3 Old Reed Road 1,100 8” D.I. 10 4 St. John Street condominiums 45

52 fire line 6” D.I. 6” D.I.

1 1

45 Slocum Road 165 fire line 6” D.I. 1 UMass Dartmouth (Cedar Dell dorms)

441 fire line 4” D.I. 8

Wel-Built Homes (office park) 75 2” D.I. 1 87 6” D.I. 1

Totals 3,990=.76 miles 34 8

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PLANNING BOARD ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2008

PLANNING BOARD

John V. Sousa, Chairman Term Expires 2013 Joseph E. Toomey, Jr., Vice Chairman Term Expires 2009 John P. Haran, Clerk Term Expires 2010 Lorri-Ann Miller Term Expires 2011 Arthur C. Larrivee Term Expires 2012 Kathleen DelSordo, Alternate Member Term Expires 2008

PLANNING STAFF

Donald A. Perry, AICP Planning Director Joyce J. Couture Planning Aide Elizabeth A. Smith-Bochman Principal Clerk OVERVIEW

The development statistics for subdivisions reviewed by the Planning Board in the year 2008 indicated an increase in the sum total of new lots in Dartmouth for the year. The total number of new lots created in 2008 was 74, up from 44 in 2007. This total includes Definitive Subdivision lots and ANR lots. Definitive Subdivision lots increased from 24 in 2007 to 46 in 2008. The number of ANR lots increased from 20 to 28. Commercial development, as represented by parking spaces reviewed, showed a decrease from 376 in 2007 to 189 in 2008. The 189 spaces reviewed in 2008 are the lowest since 1998. A land-based commercial wind turbine zoning by-law was adopted at Spring Annual Town Meeting. This by-law regulates wind turbines greater than 10kw throughout all zoning districts of the Town. The by-law is similar in language and procedure to the existing residential wind turbine by-law, which was approved by Town Meeting in 2007. The approval process requires a Special Permit from the Select Board after holding a public hearing.

The Planning Board developed and Town Meeting adopted several mixed use zoning articles. Mixed use zoning allows such uses as a “Business Apartment” in the Neighborhood Business and General Business zoning districts and small scale manufacturing in the General Business District. The Town also adopted a new zoning use called “Senior Residential Services” which allows by Special Permit over 55 residential housing in the General Business Districts.

Throughout 2008, the Planning Board worked in cooperation with a volunteer citizen group, the Padanaram Village Review Committee, in developing a new zoning bylaw called “Village Business Districts.” The goal statement as established by the Committee is to create a village that is small business friendly while preserving the character and scale of the village. As of December 2008, the bylaw consists of four sections, Purpose, Allowed Uses, Special Permit Uses, and Development Standards. It is anticipated that this new bylaw will be ready for 2009 Spring Annual Town Meeting. Former Planning Board member, Kathleen DelSordo, was reappointed to serve as alternate Planning Board member for Special Permits. The alternate member is appointed by the

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Planning Board and is only requested to serve when a regular Planning Board member is unable to participate on a Special Permit application.

In addition to their Planning Board duties, Board members served on behalf of the Planning Board in the following capacities: Lorri-Ann Miller served as the Planning Board’s delegate to the SRPEDD Commission; John Haran served on the Chapter 40R ”Village at Lincoln Park” Committee and Open Space Committee; Joseph E. Toomey, Jr. served on the Soil Conservation Board; John Sousa served on the Affordable Housing Partnership, the Community Preservation Committee, and the Community Development Group; and Arthur Larrivee served on the Residential Wind Turbine Technical Research Group and the Agricultural Preservation Trust Council.

Throughout 2008, the Planning Board and/or its staff continued their reviews and activities in the following areas:

* Reviewing subdivision plans and monitoring subdivision sureties; * Reviewing parking plans; * Reviewing variances submitted to the Board of Appeals; * Reviewing Conservation Commission Notices of Intent; * Preparing reports and recommendations to Town Meeting; and • Providing technical assistance and information to citizens, Town committees, and

developers.

SUBDIVISION AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT The data charts that follow compare the level of development reviewed by the Planning

Board over the specified time period:

DEFINITIVE PLANS

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TOTAL NEW LOTS CREATED1998 - 2008

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REPORT TO THE TOWN OF DARTMOUTH FROM THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE

SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

DISTRICT (SRPEDD)

The Town of Dartmouth is a member of the Southeastern Regional Planning and

Economic Development District. SRPEDD (pronounced sir-ped) is the regional agency serving twenty-seven cities and Towns in southeastern Massachusetts dealing with common issues facing our region, such as economic development, growth and land development, transportation, environment and general planning for the future. SRPEDD is governed by a Commission of local mayors, Selectmen, Planning Bboard members and at large members. We are funded by federal and state grants and local assessments. For 2008, the Town of Dartmouth paid $4,953.48 to SRPEDD, based upon an assessment of 16.15 cents per capita.

Local citizens serving at SRPEDD included the following:

< SRPEDD Commission: Robert Carney and Lorri-Ann Miller < Joint Transportation Planning Group: Robert Carney and David Hickox < Southeastern Massachusetts Commuter Rail Task Force: Robert Carney

Lorri-Ann Miller also served as Immediate Pas Chairman on the SRPEDD Commission.

Some of SRPEDD's more significant accomplishments during 2008 were:

• Completion and approval of the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), which sets regional priorities for federal transportation funds, and the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). The TIP established priorities for federal and state regional targeted for highway projects, and transit funds for GATRA and SRTA over the next 3 years.

• Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for Southeastern Massachusetts, a

regional economic development strategy, was completed and certified by the U.S. Economic Development Administration, making the region eligible for federal economic development grants from EDA.

• The Taunton River Wild and Scenic initiative continued in 2008 with an effort to get

the U.S. Congress to designate the Taunton River as a Wild & Scenic resource. SRPEDD is also a partner with 9 other organizations in the Taunton River campaign.

• SRPEDD’s web site was overhauled in 2008. The site contains data and information

about every city and Town in the region, and can be reached at www.srpedd.org. • The Southeastern Massachusetts Commuter Rail Task Force met through 2008. The

Task Force, which includes representation from most SRPEDD municipalities and many regional organizations, is examining the growth impact of the proposed rail service extension to Taunton, Fall River and New Bedford. SRPEDD also worked with the South Coast rail team to identify Priority Development and Priority Protection Areas in each municipality and analyzed over 80 sites for potential station locations.

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• SRPEDD continued as the designated fiduciary agent by the Massachusetts Executive

Office of Public Safety for the Southeast Regional Advisory Council for Homeland Security serving 96 communities in 6 counties in southeastern Massachusetts. The Council has awarded $21.24 million in federal homeland security funds since 2004.

• SRPEDD conducts a district-wide traffic counting program (including speed surveys and

vehicle classification, and intersection turning movement counts) and maintains a computer file of all available traffic count data throughout the region. SRPEDD undertook 85 counts at various locations this past year.

• An extensive Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping program is maintained by

SRPEDD. Every year new computerized “data layers” are added to the system. SRPEDD also operates the Southeastern Massachusetts Data Center, providing information to businesses, cities and towns, and individuals.

• A regional sustainability initiative was launch in 2008 with assistance from the Island

Foundation. SRPEDD is partnering with UMass Dartmouth in this regional effort.

• Work on streamlined permitting continued throughout 2008 with assistance provided to eleven communities. Chapter 43D designations and grants were awarded to Carver, Freetown and Taunton.

• SRPEDD continues to provide planning and support to the two regional transit

authorities, SRTA and GATRA, on various efforts including: consumer advisory committees, route evaluations, planning, monitoring services and federal reporting.

• SRPEDD maintains a comprehensive database of all 349 signalized intersections in the

region. This includes geometry, traffic volume, crash rate, signal timing and operational characteristics.

• SRPEDD commenced its District Local Technical Assistance Program (DLTA) with a

grant from the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development. Assistance to cities and towns in the area of municipal service delivery will be a feature of the DLTA program in 2009.

• SRPEDD continued its affiliation with the South Eastern Economic Development

(SEED) Corporation, which makes loans to small businesses for expansion. SEED won the Small Business Administration’s “Excellence in Lending” Award for 2008.

• SRPEDD worked with the Regional Task Force on Casino Impacts throughout 2008

assisting in the evaluation of the impacts of the proposed Wampanoag Casino in Middleborough on the surrounding communities.

In addition, municipal assistance was provided to the Town of Dartmouth in the following areas:

• Completed a River Clean Up Program • 43D Application Assistance

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SRPEDD was created to serve the cities and towns of southeastern Massachusetts. We are governed by elected and appointed officials from all the cities and towns. We look forward to serving you in the future.

GREATER NEW BEDFORD REGIONAL REFUSE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT

2008

District Committee

Rosemary Tierney, Chair Term expires 2009 Robert Medeiros, Vice-Chair Term expires 2011 Richard Medeiros, Second Vice-Chair Term expires 2011 Jeffrey King, Treasurer Term expires 2010 Nathalie Dias Term expires 2009 Gregory Lynam Term expires 2010

Administrative Staff

Virginia Valiela Executive Director Marie E. Alves Exec. Secretary, Asst. Treasurer Cynthia Cammarata Accountant Leonor Ferreira Office Assistant Marissa Perez-Dormitzer Recycling Coordinator Margaret Hebert Recycling Assistant

Operations Staff Hank Van Laarhoven Director of Operations & Chief Procurement Officer Paul Pease Landfill Foreman Roy Cardoso Utility Technician Randal Ferry Scale House Operator George W. Maciel Equipment Operator Robert Medeiros Equipment Operator Richard Mota Utility Technician Robert J. Porawski II Utility Technician Shawn Peckham Maintenance Foreman The Refuse District has completed its fourteenth year of operations, providing a wide variety of solid waste services to the member communities of Dartmouth and New Bedford. The operation at the Crapo Hill Landfill continues to meet all environmental standards and provides an economical site for disposal of municipal trash. The District is currently filling Cells 1 & 2 of Phase 2, and has finished the construction of ten new acres of landfill for Cells 3 & 4, and will begin using them in the spring.

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The District has contracted with CommonWealth New Bedford LLC to convert landfill gas to electricity. A 3.2 megawatt plant was constructed beside the Crapo Hill Landfill and is connected to the landfill through a network of pipes. The plant went on line in December 2005 and has been performing above expectations. The District monitors and maintains the gas well field, and has installed 1800 feet of HDPE horizontal pipe and 600 feet of vertical pipe to capture methane this year. District staff also completed major engine repairs on the Cat Dozer D5 and the Rex Compactor 3-70. During fiscal year 2008, the District landfilled 94,67171 tons of trash, down 13,300 tons from 2007. The District Committee is limiting tonnage in order to extend the life of the Landfill. At current fill rates, the landfill should last until 2025. Dartmouth disposed of 6,596 tons, a huge drop of 4,350 tons compared to its 2007 tonnage. This decrease is due to the leadership of the Dartmouth Select Board and the Board of Public Works, which voted to implement a Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) program, effective 10/1/07. More than 9000 households signed up for the program. Recycling tonnage in calendar year 2008 was 2,911 tons, an 23% increase over 2007 (542 ton increase). The District sponsored two household hazardous waste collection days free of charge to residents, and three regional collection days for tires and batteries for a small fee. Useable paint collected from households is stored at the Regional Paint Recycling Shed at the New Bedford Transfer Station, and is free to all. Other free recycling services are the collection of fluorescent bulbs, mercury-containing devices, and used oil at the Transfer Station. Revenues from the sale of recyclables help to pay for these services, purchase of blue bins, fliers, etc. The recycling markets have ridden a roller-coaster this year from record highs for paper, metal and plastic to negative markets for same. A slow recovery of the markets is expected in 2009. The District staff thanks the Dartmouth Department of Public Works for its assistance throughout the year and its hard work in implementing the PAYT program.

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS TOWN REPORT INFORMATION 2008

Board of Appeals Members Roger Tougas, Chairman Member – Term Expires 2009 Raymond Souza Member – Term Expires 2010 Michael Travers Member – Term Expires 2011

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Halim Choubah Alternate B.O.A. Member – Term Expires 2010 Gregory DeMelo Alternate B.O.A. Member – Term Expires 2011 Jane K. Choubah Principal Clerk The Zoning Board of Appeals deeply regrets the loss of our alternate member Allan Turner who passed away unexpectedly. He was a dedicated man who took his role on the Board seriously and whose input will be missed.

Overview The Zoning Enabling Act, Chapter 40A, was enacted by Chapters 368 and 551 of the Acts of 1954 and became effective on August 1, 1954, replacing the previous zoning enabling legislation, Section 25 to 30B, inclusive, of Chapter 40, General Laws. On December 22, 1975, the Governor signed Chapter 808 of the Acts of 1975, the Zoning Act, which created a new Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws. The Board of Appeals is under the jurisdiction of Section 14, Chapter 40A of the General Laws of Massachusetts. The Board consists of six members who are appointed by the Select Board of the Town of Dartmouth, three of which are Alternate Members. A person aggrieved by the refusal of the issuance of a building permit by the Building Commissioner and Zoning Enforcement Officer may appeal to this office under the provisions of Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws. In the year of 2008 the Board heard petitions for Amendments of prior Decisions, Special Permits, Variances and Administrative Appeals along with Comprehensive Permits, which in part relies on Chapter 40B. During 2008, the Board of Appeals has continued to work cooperatively with all departments affiliated with the health, safety and planning of the Town of Dartmouth to ensure protection of the Town’s environment while providing zoning relief when appropriate. As always, a special thanks to the Dartmouth Community Television staff who continues to keep the Town viewers informed. Thank you.

The following is relief obtained by various petitioners in the year 2008.

Granted Denied Withdrawn/Pending Total Variances 32 5 1 WD 1 P 39 Special Permits 16 0 0 WD 0 P 16 Amendments 3 0 0 WD 1 P 4

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Comp. Permits 0 0 0 WD 0 P 0 Admin. Appeals 0 0 0 WD 1 P 1 Change of Use 2 0 0 WD 0 P 2 Extensions 1 0 0 WD 0 P 1 Reviews 0 0 0 WD 0 P 0 Totals 53 5 1 WD 3 P 63

DARTMOUTH HISTORICAL COMMISSION

ANNUAL REPORT 2008 The Historical Commission (DHC) is responsible for identification, preservation, and documentation of the Town’s historical and archeological assets with preservation planning and documentation of historic buildings and sites in Dartmouth. We also consider all demolition applications. We approved five demolition applications: two were granted; one had fallen down; one was to be moved and one was an addition that would cover a substantial part of the original building. The Commission developed a Five Year Plan:

• Continue to expand the Town historic properties survey and the updating of Form Bs.

• Extend the demolition delay period to one year and (or find ways) to develop alternative strategies to save historic homes and buildings.

• Send Demo applications to the Housing Authority to determine if they can use the building.

• Develop a markers program for all Dartmouth cemeteries. • Preserve old North Dartmouth Library as a museum or for other cultural uses. • Expand the DHC’s educational function throughout the community. • Continue to designate historic buildings and sites and advise the Select Board on

historical matters. • Find a way to coordinate all preservation and historical groups in Town to have an annual

Celebrate Dartmouth Day that will showcase the community’s preservation, historical, cultural and educational efforts.

Through a CPA grant, we contacted with Historic Documentation Co., Richard Casella, Principal

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Architectural with Historian with William Coutu, Project Associate to update Form Bs on all property prior to 1851. The work is 90 percent complete with new updated information and high-quality photos. We expect the project to be finished soon. All information will eventually be on the Town web site. The DHC received several grants from Wal-Mart to start erecting signs on endangered cemeteries. DHC has taken over stewardship of the Aiken property. The Town has leased the property to Dartmouth Historic Preservation Trust, which will be responsible for restoring and maintaining the building and land. After discussion of the lease and changes made, we all voted in favor of the lease. The DHC started a campaign to Celebrate Dartmouth with our Partners in Historic Preservation and Education (PHPE). We hope to make it an annual family event. The DHC has asked to review many Town projects for their impact on the historic integrity of the area and sent eight letters of support, approval or concern. In February Nancy J. Thornton was voted as Chair succeeding Judith N. Lund. Commission Members: Brock Cordeiro, Barbara Faria, Jean Larrivee, Margaret Latimer, Paul Levasseur, Judy Lund, Robert Smith, Nancy Thornton, Craig Tjersland. Nancy J. Thornton, Chair

Community Preservation Committee Community Preservation Act

The Town adopted the Community Preservation Act (“CPA”) in April, 2002, approving a 1.5% surcharge property tax surcharge that is also matched with funds from the State Department of Revenue. These funds can be spent in three areas: 1) Affordable Housing, 2) Historic Preservation, and 3) Open Space and Recreation. By statute, at least 10% of the funds must be designated for each of these three areas. The amount of funds collected is certified to the State on June 30th of each year. On October 15th, the State pays matching funds from the Community Preservation Trust Fund to each municipality that has adopted the Community Preservation Act. The municipalities will receive between 5% and 100% of a match, depending on the balance available in the Trust Fund. These funds are not part of the general fund at either the State or Town level. They are held in segregated funds dedicated to projects or purposes under the Community Preservation Act. Dartmouth Community Preservation Committee

The Dartmouth Community Preservation Committee’s mission is to enhance Dartmouth’s unique character and quality of life by facilitating efforts to preserve historic places and

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structures, retain and protect open spaces, increase lands available for recreation, and seek creative solutions that meet the affordable housing needs of our residents.

The Community Preservation Committee (“CPC”) consists of nine members of which

five are legislatively mandated representatives of other Town committees and four are citizen-at-large members appointed by the Select Board. For the 2008 fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, the CPC members were as follows: Howard “Buddy” Baker-Smith (Chairperson and At-Large member), Jacquelyn McDonald (Vice-Chairperson and Conservation Commission representative), William O’Connor (Housing Authority Representative), Nancy Thornton (Historic Commission representative), John Sousa (Planning Board representative), John Costa (Board of Parks Commissioners representative), Michael Bachstein (At-Large member). In the Fall of 2008, Mr. Bachstein and Mr. Costa submitted their resignations after several years of service for which the CPC is very grateful. Ms. Lisa Tavares joined the CPC as a representative from Parks and Recreation. At the close of 2008, there were three vacant at-large openings on the CPC that will be critical to fill in the coming year.

The role of the CPC is to make recommendations to Town Meeting about how CPA

funds should be spent. The CPC solicits project proposals from individuals, organizations, and Town boards and committees. Proposals are reviewed according to established selection criteria and the public is invited to comment on projects at public hearings held by the committee. The final funding recommendations by the CPC are then presented to Town Meeting for approval.

Projects Funded in 2008 The CPC sponsored two funding rounds in 2008 and recommended a total of nine projects to the Spring and Fall Town Meetings, totaling $1,599,745 in CPA funds. Town Meeting approved all of the projects for CPA funding as recommended by the CPC.

A. Recreation Creation of Paskamaskett Park [in progress] Fall Town Meeting awarded $325,000 to the Town of Dartmouth Conservation Commission for the acquisition and site development of land on Russell's Mills Road to create a recreational area along the banks of the Paskamaskett River. This property will provide a more accessible and safer canoe access to the river than the current launch area on Russell’s Mills Road. There will space for passive recreational uses such as walking and picnicking as well.

B. Open Space Cornell Farm [completed] The Fall Town Meeting awarded $750,000 to the Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust [“DNRT”] to purchase a conservation restriction for the Cornell Farm located at the intersection of Smith Neck and Rock-O-Dundee Roads. The conservation restriction is in conjunction with the Trustees of Reservations’ [“TOR”] acquisition of 127 acres of the Cornell Farm to be preserved for agricultural use and open space. The Cornell Farm property contains several important features that will be retained: agricultural land, upland forest, forested wetland, and salt marsh

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habitats. The property is in the Little River watershed and preservation, as open space will help protect the water quality in Little River and Buzzards Bay. The property includes walking trails that will be accessible to the public. The TOR also plans to work with the community to develop education and outreach programs connected to the farmland. In addition to the CPA funds, TOR has secured a North American Wetlands Conservation Act Grant for $689,000. DNRT and TOR have also raised significant private donations for this project.

C. Historic Preservation Akin House [in progress] The Fall Town Meeting awarded $195,000 to the Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust [“DHPT”] to fund the second phase of stabilization and restoration work at the Akin House and professional services for the feasibility study of the Elihu Akin House Cultural Heritage Center. The DHPT has leased the property from the Historic Commission and has requested funds for additional stabilization work and emergency repairs that are needed. The DHPT intends to restore the property as a Cultural Heritage Center that would provide educational programs on period construction techniques, restoration, and Dartmouth history. The professional services for a feasibility study of the Cultural Heritage Center will enable the DHPT to do more detailed planning for the Akin restoration and to seek additional support for that phase of the project.

D. Housing Schofield Farm Septic System [completed] The Spring Town Meeting awarded $25,000 to the Town of Dartmouth to install a new septic system for the residential property at Schofield Farm that will enable the town to conduct an affordable housing lottery for the structure. The Schofield Farm property was acquired by the town with Community Preservation Act funds to preserve its agricultural use. The residential structure will be sold as permanently restricted affordable housing through a housing lottery that will also include the option for an income eligible purchaser to farm the adjacent land. Sol E Mar Elderly Housing [completed] The Spring Town Meeting awarded $56,200 to the Dartmouth Housing Authority to reconfigure and re-pave the parking area at the housing authority’s Sol E Mar elderly housing development. Much needed pavement repairs and re-surfacing will be completed. This project will also reconfigure the parking area to increase the number of parking spaces and address a long-standing resident need. Rehab Specialist Services for Housing Rehab Loan Program [in progress] The Spring Town Meeting awarded $22,395 to the Town of Dartmouth to fund the administrative and Rehab Specialist costs associated with processing loans from the CPA funded Rehab Loan Program. Funds will be used to pay for the cost of Rehab Specialist and administrative services needed to process housing rehab loans from the CPA-funded Rehab Loan Program. Funding of this recommendation will ensure that the Rehab Loan Program will be

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utilized in fiscal year 2009 to meet the needs of many of the 73 income eligible households currently on the home rehab loan waitlist. Affordable Housing Consultation and Professional Services [in progress] The Fall Town Meeting awarded $20,000 to the Town of Dartmouth to fund professional services to assist the Dartmouth Housing Authority with initial site feasibility, design, technical services, and development management for potential housing projects at Anderson Way and the former State Police Barracks at 262 State Road. The Town of Dartmouth is working with the Dartmouth Housing Authority (“DHA”) to support the authority’s efforts to develop affordable housing on housing authority owned property at Anderson Way and the state-owned property at 262 State Road. The CPA funds will enable the DHA to retain qualified professional services to oversee efforts to develop affordable housing for the elderly and veterans. Dartmouth Pride Equity Program [in progress] The Fall Town Meeting awarded $200,000 to the Town of Dartmouth to fund an affordable housing program that will provide down payment and closing cost assistance to income eligible first-time homebuyers. The Dartmouth Pride Equity Program will work in conjunction with other affordable housing programs for first-time homebuyers to assist income eligible homebuyers with funds for down payment and closing costs. Participants in the program will meet state guidelines for income eligible homebuyers. Properties purchased with the assistance of this program will have permanent re-sale restrictions that ensure that these properties remain affordable to income eligible buyers in the future. The housing units acquired with these funds will be included in the State affordable housing inventory that is used to determine the Town’s percentage of affordable housing pursuant to MGL 40B. The funds would be administered by a local bank. Congregate Housing Plan for Anderson Way [in progress] The Fall Town Meeting awarded $6,150 to the Town of Dartmouth for professional services to enable the Dartmouth Housing Authority to evaluate the feasibility of using a congregate elderly housing design at its property on Anderson Way. The Spring 2004 Town Meeting approved Article 21 that provided $12,000 in CPA funds for the design and feasibility study for developing congregate housing on property adjacent to the Council on Aging at Dartmouth Street. Initial planning and design work was completed with the determination that additional units would be needed for project viability. This was determined not to be suitable for the Dartmouth Street site. This award represents an opportunity to support the partnership between the DHA and Town to identify potential development projects, including congregate housing for the housing authority owned property at Anderson Way. Community Investment As of December 31, 2008, more than $5.8 million in CPA funds have been invested in thirty-five community sponsored projects. This investment includes approximately $647,000 for Historic Preservation, $600,000 for Housing, and $4,600,000 for Open Space, including agricultural preservation, recreation, and preservation of natural resources.

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Dartmouth Cemetery Commission 2008 Annual Report

Manuel R. Morro Term Expires 2010 Kathleen A. Costa Term Expires 2011 Kevin Melo Term Expires 2009 The Cemetery Commission of the Town of Dartmouth is charged with the management of the following town owned cemeteries: Evergreen Cemetery, located on Old Fall River Road, Pine Grove located on Pine Island Road, Davis, located on Faunce Corner Road and Ryder, located on Hixville Road. Plots are available for sale to town residents for $400.00 per lot. Fee opening for burials are $450 for a standard or $200 for a cremation. For information regarding purchase of burial plots, residents should contact the Town Clerk’s Office. Work is ongoing with the clearing and cleaning of the east side of Evergreen Cemetery with expectation it will be finished by the fall of 2009. Six grave sites were sold this year at Evergeen Cemetery and six burials for 2008 (Four (4) at Evergreen Cemetery and two (2) at Pine Grove Cemetery).

Respectfully submitted, Manuel R. Morro, Chairperson Kathleen A. Costa Kevin Melo

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DARTMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARIES

ANNUAL TOWN REPORT

2008

BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES

Kathryn Murpy-Aisenberg, Chairman Term Expires 2011 Rachel Charrier, Vice Chairman Term Expires 2010 Andrew Couto Term Expires 2010 Lorraine Carey Term Expires 2011 Paul Pereira Term Expires 2009 Dolores Sharek Term Expires 2009

LIBRARY STAFF

Denise Medeiros Director of Libraries Lynne Antunes Asst. Director of Libraries/Branch

Librarian Sharani Robins Information Services Librarian Joanne Sousa Children’s Librarian Brian Walsh Information Services Librarian Audrey Quail Administrative Clerk/Computer

Coordinator Joan-Marie Proulx Branch Associate Paula Sitarz Branch Associate Deborah Collins Pre-Professional Library Assistant Katherine Gomes Pre-Professional Library Assistant Ann-Margaret Neenan Pre-Professional Library Assistant Pauline Bowcock Library Assistant Sheri Torres Library Assistant Juvenal Sousa Head Custodian Jerome Mello Maintenance Custodian

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Meredith Antunes Page Marissa Bolton Page Heather Gagne Page Mark Jones Page Hannah Lamarre Page Urszula Mikolajcak Page Katie Surprenant Page/Library Substitute Amy Ferguson Library Substitute Doreen Formisan Library Substitute Joan Foster Library Substitute Susan Hess Library Substitute Kathy Raudonatis Library Substituted George Ripley Library Substitute Marianne Santos Library Substitute Dolores Tansey Library Substitute

DARTMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARIES GENERAL INFORMATION

Southworth Library, 732 Dartmouth Street, is open 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday; on Friday and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Telephone 999-0726; FAX 992-9914 222.dartmouthpubliclibraries.org North Dartmouth Library, 1383 Tucker Road is open 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday; on Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

CIRCULATION STATISTICS Fiscal Year 2008

ADULT CHILDREN TOTAL

Books 79,878 64,027 143,905

Periodicals 9,089 358 9,447

Audio Cassettes, Compact Discs 11,716 2,080 13,796

Video Cassettes/DVD’s 41,203 17,918 59,121

Miscellaneous 1,537 53 1,590

Totals 143,423 84,436 227,859 Number of volumes held at end of reporting year 103,567 Number of subscriptions 98 Number of audio cassettes and compact discs held at end of report year 3,663 Number of video cassettes and DVD’s held at end of reporting year 6,578 Number of inter-network transfers (SAILS) 69,269

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Number of public internet computers 18 Number of reference transactions 64,766 Number of children’s programs held 117 Total Attendance at all children’s programs 2,565 Total number of adult and YA programs 76 Total attendance at all adult and YA programs 943 Number of registered borrowers 13,863

EXPENDITURES AND RECEIPTS

Fiscal Year 2008

Expenditures for Books, Periodicals, and Audio-Visual Materials $137,730 Money Received for Fines, Lost Books, Lost Cards and Photocopiers $ 18,328

BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES

In April 2008, Dolores Sharek was elected to fill the one-year term vacated by the passing of Martha Munroe. Longtime trustee, Hope Atkinson, (1984-2008), did not run for re-election. Lorraine Carey was elected for the three-year term.

STAFFING IN 2008 Pauline Bowcock and Sheri Torres, formerly library substitutes were appointed to library assistant positions. Several new substitutes were trained and are on call, including Amy Ferguson, Marianne Santos, and Doreen Santos, all from Dartmouth. Our new high school pages included Joseph DeMello, Marissa Bolton, Mark Jones and Meredith Antunes.

SUMMER READING PROGRAM

“Wild Reads @ the Dartmouth Public Libraries” was the theme of the 2008 Summer Reading Program. Approximately 500 participants attended the summer reading finale that included a cookout presented by the Ninety-Nine Restaurant & Pub.

North Dartmouth Branch The North Dartmouth Branch reopened in September with limited access. It is currently open 17 hours per week-Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings from 5-8 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9-1 p.m. The costs of services for the North Dartmouth Branch are being supported with the assistance of state aid funds.

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FRIENDS OF DARTMOUTH LIBRARIES In 2008, the Friends group continued to provide the community with a variety of programs and activities. The annual Art Film Series was well attended and well received. A travel program on New Zealand was presented in October. Four book sales were held by the Friends in March, July, September and December. Throughout the year the Friends have continued to give their generous support to funding children’s programming and museum passes. Many thanks for all their time and hard work. In fiscal 2008, the Friends raised $21,816.

DARTMOUTH LIBRARY FOUNDATION, INC.

In January 2008, the first mini golf tournament was held during a snowstorm, yet was a rousing success. In March 2008, the Foundation’s fundraiser, Murder of the Loaded Librarian, was attended by over 200 people who had a great time as they assisted in solving “the crime.” A Bucks for Books campaign continued to help supplement the Town appropriation for books and materials. The Foundation held its annual meeting in October. Two Old Friends, a music duo from Maine, provided the entertainment and an Italian dinner was served. In fiscal year 2008, the Foundation raised $32,973.

THE SCHOOL DIRECTORY

SCHOOL COMMITTEE Term Members Expires Mr. John Nunes 2009 Ms. Judith Boles 2010 Mr. Shawn McDonald 2010 Mr. Philip Lenz 2011 Ms. Joanne Moniz 2011

ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEE

Chairperson......................................Shawn McDonald Secretary……………………………Dr. Steve Russell

Regular meetings of the School Committee are usually held twice each month

on Mondays or Tuesdays throughout the school year. (They are held once monthly during the summer months.) The meetings are usually held at 7:00 p.m. in the

High School Media Center, 555 Bakerville Road, S. Dartmouth

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Steve Russell, Ed.D.

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ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

Marylou Clarke January-August 2008 Ana C. Riley August-December 2008

SCHOOL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR

Manuel Cordeiro, Jr.

Office Telephone 508-997-3391 Secretary to the Superintendent Joan Boucher Finance Manager Jo-Ann Sylvia Bookkeeper/Payroll Dale Borges Accounts Payable/Payroll Laurie Wilkins Secretary to the Assistant Superintendent Andrea Smith Secretary to the School Business Administrator Delores Moniz Transportation Clerk/General Business Office Secretary Natalie Roderick Accounts Payable Mary Ann Bettencourt Receptionist (part-time) Muriel Garcia Food Service Administrative Assistant Nancy Nowak

Office Hours 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday

Year-Round Financial Statements

Fiscal Year 2008 July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008

SCHOOL APPROPRIATION $32,129,310.28 FY07 Certified Funds $207,954.62 Total Dollars Available $32,337,264.90 Expenditures: School Appropriation $31,505,666.55 FY07 Certified Funds $207,406.63 Total Expended 6/30/08 $31,713,073.18 Balance 6/30/08 $624,191.72 Less Certified Funds $623,643.73 Returned to Town 6/30/08 $547.99

STATE AID

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FISCAL YEAR 2008

Including unexpended funds and other reimbursements that were remitted to the Town and, in effect, reduced the Town’s share of the Cost of Education.

State Aid:

General - Chapter 70 $9,429,258.00

Pupil Trans. Ch. 71,71A,71B & 74 $0.00

Total State Aid $9,429,258.00 Unexpended Approp. Remitted to Town $0.00

Misc. Reimbursements & Fees $0.00

Grand Total: $9,429,258.00

FY05 Cost of Education $31,713,073.18

Town's Cost of Education $22,283,815.18

TOWN AGENCY ACCOUNTS Student Book Agency Account - Middle School Balance 7/1/07 $5,167.08

Receipts through 6/30/08 $594.80

Total Available $5,761.88

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $0.00

Balance 6/30/08 $5,761.88

Student Book Agency Account – High School Balance 7/1/07 $3,903.53

Receipts through 6/30/08 $1,499.25

Total Available $5,402.78

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $0.00

Balance 6/30/08 $5,402.78

Student Book Agency Account - DeMello School Balance 7/1/07 $22.35

Receipts through 6/30/08 $0.00

Total Available $22.35

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $0.00

Balance 6/30/08 $22.35

Insurance Recovery

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Balance 7/1/07 $402.10

Receipts through 6/30/08 $8,444.10

Total Available $8,846.20

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $8,329.26

Balance 6/30/08 $516.94

Restitution Middle School

Balance 7/1/07 $1,517.38

Receipts through 6/30/08 $0.00

Total Available $1,517.38

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $0.00

Balance 6/30/08 $1,517.38

Restitution High School

Balance 7/1/07 $1,008.17

Receipts through 6/30/08 $0.00

Total Available $1,008.17

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $0.00

Balance 6/30/08 $1,008.17 FEDERAL GRANTS FISCAL YEAR 2008

Academic Support Services (632-159-8-0072-I) Balance 07/01/07 $ -

Receipt through 06/30/08 $10,900.00

Total Available $10,900.00

Expenditures through 06/30/08 $7,418.91

Balance 06/30/08 $3,481.09

Academic Support Services (632-140-7-0072-H) Balance 07/01/07 $ 53.14

Receipt through 06/30/08 $0.00

Total Available $53.14

Expenditures through 06/30/08 $0.00

Balance 06/30/08 $53.14

Academic Support Services - (625-035-8-0072-I) Balance 07/01/07 $0.00

Receipt through 06/30/08 $5,255.00

Total Available $5,255.00

Expenditures through 06/30/08 $5,255.00

Balance 06/30/08 $0.00

Academic Support Services - (625-054-7-0072-H)

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Balance 07/01/07 $4.73

Receipt through 06/30/08 $0.00

Total Available $4.73

Expenditures through 06/30/08 $0.00

Balance 06/30/08 $4.73

Community Partnership

Balance 7/1/07 $0.00

Receipts through 6/30/08 $42,098.86

Total Available $42,098.86

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $42,098.86

Balance 6/30/08 $0.00 Drug Free FY08 (331-240-8-0072-I)

Balance 07/01/2007 $0.00

Receipts through 6/30/08 $5,254.00

Total Available $5,254.00

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $4,642.51

Balance 6/30/08 $611.49

Drug Free FY07 (331-065-7-0072-H) Balance 07/01/2007 $7,598.55

Receipts through 6/30/08 $7,777.00

Total Available $15,375.55

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $15,375.24

Balance 6/30/08 $0.31

Enhance Education Through Tech (160-041-8-0072-I) Receipts through 6/30/08 $2,910.00

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $2,910.00

Balance 6/30/08 $0.00

New Directions FY08 (Summer)

Receipts through 6/30/08 $27,041.70

Expenditures through 06/30/08 $23,863.89

Balance 06/30/08 $3,177.81

New Directions FY07(Summer) Receipts through 6/30/08 $14,458.96 Expenditures through 06/30/08 $9,114.70

Balance 06/30/08 $5,344.26

Small Learning Community

Receipts through 6/30/08 $118,392.64

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Expenditures through 06/30/08 $125,248.19

Balance 06/30/08 -$6,855.55

Sped 94-142 FY08 (240-044-8-007-I) Balance 7/01/07 $0.00

Receipts through 06/30/08 $963,814.00

Total Available $963,814.00

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $908,106.08

Balance 6/30/08 $55,707.92

Sped 94-142 Allocation (FY07)

Balance 7/01/07 $55,395.80

Receipts through 6/30/08 $0.00

Total Available $55,395.80

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $55,394.80

Balance 6/30/08 $1.00

Sped Early Childhood Allocation (262-ECSPED-EEC-FY08-PAY) Receipts through 06/30/08 $18,548.00

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $16,379.60

Balance 6/30/08 $2,168.40

Sped Early Childhood Allocation (262-DartmouthPUPay107) Balance 7/01/07 $1,390.90

Receipts through 06/30/08 $0.00

Total Available $1,390.90

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $1,386.38

Balance 6/30/08 $4.52

Sped - Electronic Portfolio

Receipts through 06/30/08 $1,190.00

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $1,190.00

Balance 6/30/08 $0.00

Sped Professional Dev. FY08 (274-079-8-0072-I) Receipts through 06/30/08 $25,763.00

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $19,200.13

Balance 6/30/08 $6,562.87

Sped Professional Dev. FY07 (274-173-7-0072-H) Balance 7/01/07 -$3,748.37

Receipts through 06/30/08 $23,683.00

Total Available $19,934.63

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $19,934.63

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Balance 6/30/08 $0.00

Teacher Quality (140-086-8-0072-I)

Receipts through 06/30/08 $95,615.00

Expenditures through 06/30/08 $93,857.33

Balance 06/30/08 $1,757.67 Teacher Quality (140-199-7-0072-H)

Balance 7/01/07 -$22,305.92

Receipts through 06/30/08 $50,197.00

Total Available $27,891.08

Expenditures through 06/30/08 $27,891.08

Balance 06/30/08 $0.00

Title I (305-084-8-0072-I)

Receipts through 06/30/08 $173,573.00

Expenditures through 06/30/08 $167,895.57

Balance 06/30/08 $5,677.43

Title I (305-054-7-0072-H)

Balance 7/01/07 $2,850.84

Receipts through 06/30/08 $0.00

Total Available $2,850.84

Expenditures through 06/30/08 $2,850.50

Balance 06/30/08 $0.34

Title V (302-086-8-0072-I)

Receipts through 06/30/08 $3,084.00

Expenditures through 06/30/08 $3,084.00

Balance 06/30/08 $0.00

Title V (302-184-7-0072-H)

Balance 7/01/07 $305.00

Receipts through 06/30/08 $0.00

Total Available $305.00

Expenditures through 06/30/08 $298.00

Balance 06/30/08 $7.00

TRUST FUNDS

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FISCAL YEAR 2008

Potter Fund

"To be used to promote music in the Dartmouth Public Schools" At the discretion of the School Committee

Principal $10,000.00

Interest Balance $5,703.43

Interest Income through 6/30/08 $872.09

Total Available $6,575.52

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $0.00

Balance 6/30/08 $6,575.52

Crapo Fund

"To be used for the benefit of public schools and children attending public schools" At the discretion of the Board of Selectmen

Principal $2,000.00

Interest Balance $7,623.02

Interest Income through 6/30/08 $828.82

Total Available $8,451.84

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $0.00

Balance 6/30/08 $8,451.84

Dartmouth Scholarship Trust Fund

To be used for student scholarship awards and for faculty performance awards - Under the administration of the Superintendent of Schools - Both as prescribed in the Trust documentation

Principal $111,500.00

Interest Balance $7,298.46

Receipts through 06/30/08 $0.00

Total Available $7,298.46

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $0.00

Balance 6/30/08 $7,298.46

Dartmouth Enrichment Fund

Interest & Gift Income through $67,816.28

Receipts through 06/30/08 $2,586.16

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $0.00

Balance 6/30/08 $70,402.44 REVOLVING ACCOUNTS

FISCAL YEAR 2008

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School Department Gift Account

Balance 07/01/07 $37,673.74

Receipts through 6/30/08 $47,030.59

Total Available 6/30/08 $84,704.33

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $59,991.40

Balance 6/30/08 $24,712.93

High School Activity User Fees

Balance 7/1/07 $0.00

Receipts through 6/30/08 $7,050.00

Total Available 6/30/08 $7,050.00

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $6,730.00

Balance 6/30/08 $320.00

High School Athletic Account

Balance 7/1/07 $22,341.78

Receipts through 6/30/08 $130,523.50

Total Available 6/30/08 $152,865.28

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $151,611.37

Balance 6/30/08 $1,253.91

High School Stadium Concession Account Balance 7/1/07 $1,578.48

Receipts through 6/30/08 $12,243.29

Total Available 6/30/08 $13,821.77

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $6,089.19

Balance 6/30/08 $7,732.58

High School Music Fees

Balance 7/1/07 $0.00

Receipts through 6/30/08 $20,574.00

Total Available 6/30/08 $20,574.00

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $20,460.50

Balance 6/30/08 $113.50 High School Transportation Fees

Balance 7/1/07 $0.00

Receipts through 6/30/08 $104,589.24

Total Available 6/30/08 $104,589.24

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $103,576.58

Balance 6/30/08 $1,012.66

Sped - Circuit Breaker

Balance 7/01/07 $35,403.30

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Receipts through 06/30/08 $794,414.00

Total Available $829,817.30

Expenditures through 06/30/08 $236,802.38

Balance 06/30/08 $593,014.92

Student Enrichment Revolving Fund Balance 7/1/07 $69,751.06

Receipts through 6/30/08 $58,334.00

Total Available 6/30/08 $128,085.06

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $86,531.46

Balance 6/30/08 $41,553.60

Middle Pre-School Program

Balance 7/1/07 $51.38

Receipts through 6/30/08 $85,892.26

Total Available 6/30/08 $85,943.64

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $85,064.00

Balance 6/30/08 $879.64

Potter Pre-School Gift Account

Balance 7/1/07 $712.27

Receipts through 6/30/08 $0.00

Total Available 6/30/08 $712.27

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $0.00

Balance 6/30/08 $712.27

Town Tax Gift Account

Balance 7/1/07 $3,237.01

Receipts through 6/30/08 $0.00

Total Available 6/30/08 $3,237.01

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $0.00

Balance 6/30/08 $3,237.01

Chapter 76 & 75 State Wards

Balance 7/1/07 $0.00

Receipts through 6/30/08 $0.00

Total Available 6/30/08 $0.00

Expenditures through 6/30/08 $0.00

Balance 6/30/08 $0.00

School Cafeteria Revolving Account Balance 7/1/07 $30,886.45

Receipts through 6/30/08 $1,187,359.84

Total Available 6/30/08 $1,218,246.29

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Expenditures through 6/30/08 $1,230,564.17

Balance 6/30/08 -$12,317.88

Dartmouth Public Schools 2008 Annual Report

It is an honor and a privilege for me to submit the annual 2008 report for the Dartmouth Public Schools. This is my sixth annual report as your Superintendent of Schools and the one hundred and sixteenth such report to be preserved in the town records. This report has been developed through the written contributions of all of the school district’s administrators. It is intended to document the challenges and accomplishments of Dartmouth’s schools, our staff, and students during the past year (January-December, 2008). During the past several years, our efforts to educate the young people of Dartmouth have continued to be overshadowed by the fiscal challenges that our schools and our community has faced. Throughout these difficult times, a careful observer would have heard many of those working within our schools echo a now familiar refrain: “It is what it is” as they or “we” moved about doing the “work of the day” despite the challenges we faced. In 2008:

• The Dartmouth Schools bid “goodbye” to Assistant Superintendent Marylou Clarke, Mrs. Jacqueline Figueiredo, Principal of the George Potter Elementary School and, Dr. John Fletcher, Title I Director. All of these administrators contributed a great deal to the “Quality of Learning for All” that we strive for daily. They are missed!

• Heidi Silva-Brooks, former Principal of the Cushman School, Assistant Principal of the Potter School and current Co-Principal of the Quinn School, was welcomed as the Principal of the Potter School.

• Lorraine Granda, former Principal of the Gidley School and Assistant Principal at the DeMello School, became the sole Principal of the Quinn School.

• Dartmouth Town Meeting members, with the support of the School Committee, Select Board and Finance Committee, voted to support the purchase of a new K-5 elementary reading/writing series for our students.

• The Dartmouth High School gymnasium was renamed the Carlin Lynch Activity Center in recognition of the many contributions that long-time teacher and coach Carlin Lynch has made to the young people of Dartmouth.

• The Dartmouth Education Foundation held its first “Walk for Education”. This well-needed initiative brought positive attention to the support for the Dartmouth Schools that exists throughout the community despite failed over-ride efforts and difficult fiscal times. This event, focused on students, served to remind us all of the many positive events that are happening in the Dartmouth Schools on a daily basis!

• Dartmouth High School received a Smaller Learning Communities federal competitive grant for the next 3-5 years. This grant may provide up to $1.2 million dollars in

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additional professional development and program support beyond that provided through the state/local budget.

• A Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE) mid-cycle review of our special education program was successfully completed in which only minimal corrections (“3 out of 57”) were noted. Credit again goes to Director of Pupil Support Services Linda Maniglia and all of the hardworking staff affiliated with our special education programs for bringing about these results.

• The Dartmouth High School Marching Band won both the Northeast NESBA circuit and the National USSBA Band Championships held in Annapolis, MD.

• Dartmouth parents, citizens, community businesses and the school staff worked together to hold the DHS After Prom Party for the 15th year in a row! This community-wide effort provided graduating seniors with a healthy means to celebrate the completion of their high school careers.

• Dartmouth staff members Laurie Dias-Mitchell and Jackie Francisco were recognized as “2008 Dartmouth Women of the Year” and Wilbur Higgins, was recognized as the “SouthCoast Teacher of the Year” - accolades that reflect the caring and dedication of not only these individuals but all of the people who are affiliated with the Dartmouth Schools.

And while the ‘Life of our schools” continues, nobody accomplishes anything of great or lasting value by themselves. We want to publicly thank and recognize those members of the staff who have retired during the past year. They include: Dartmouth High School: Sharon Barry and William Kavanaugh Dartmouth Middle School: Carol Forfa, Judith Roderiques, Robert McMullen, and School Secretary Elaine Martin. DeMello School: Joan Fortin. Potter School: Joan Pepin Quinn School: Angela Millette, Mary Crooks, Mary Leeson, and Teacher Assistant Wendy Howland While these people have moved onto other endeavors, their contributions will live on in the young people of the community. On September 3rd, we welcomed new teachers to our staff who replaced those who retired or found jobs elsewhere. At Dartmouth High School they included: Kathleen Stuhler, Rachelle Lemieux, Sarah Thomas, Kimberly Rivard, and Stacy Rodrigues-Botelho At Dartmouth Middle School they included: Janis Rockett, Kathrynn Minnock, Nicholas Bolger, Shane Fennessey, Filomena Botelho, Sarah Cook, Carole Myatt, Christine Souza, and Gina Nunes The elementary schools welcomed Leslie Gamache, Cheryl Allen Katie Amaral, Lisa Maucione, Melissa Pinto, Audra Thomas, and Katherine Noyes.

School Committee Shawn McDonald, Chairperson John Nunes, Vice Chairperson

(April, 2008) Joanne Moniz Philip Lenz

Judith Boles, Chairperson (January, 2008)

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Judith Boles and Shawn McDonald served as School Committee Chairperson and Vice Chairperson, respectively. In April, Mr. McDonald became Chairperson and John Nunes became Vice Chairperson. Christopher Pereira and Joan Britto served as Committee members until April, 2008. Following the town election in April, Ms. Moniz and Mr. Lenz joined the Committee. Anthony Carrancho served as student representative during the spring semester and Sophia Avramides served as student representative during the fall semester.

Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment

Ana C. Riley, Assistant Superintendent

“We are educating students for their future, NOT our past.” It has been my pleasure joining the Dartmouth Public Schools’ family! Meeting the talented staff, learning the inner workings of our district office, and getting to know the welcoming Dartmouth community has kept me busy in addition to my duties as the Assistant Superintendent. The Dartmouth Public Schools is a high-performing school district, which has again scored above state average and made adequate yearly progress (AYP) fulfilling the “No Child Left Behind” federal mandate. The testing also revealed that the district does have some areas of need. These areas are being specifically addressed in our

District Goals for 2008-2011

These goals emphasize Quality Learning for ALL. “ALL” encompasses: A- Academics L- Logistics L- Lifelong Learning (Professional Development)

Our three-year plan is organized around these general categories: Academics: We believe that a full range of academic experiences leads directly to student learning. The scope of this focus includes the arts, athletics, academic studies, technology, and community service. Within this context and throughout the next several years, emphasis will be given to ensuring that all students develop the ability to read and write at grade level. It is crucial that this remains our top shared priority. Logistics: This includes the over-all framework/infra-structure that exists to sustain and support continued improvements in student learning and their over-all success. These services include both formal and informal structures. They include special education, school guidance, medical services, the district data team, curriculum committees, business/financial support services, technology infra-structure, facilities operations, adequate funding (including grants) and compliance with all existing federal, state, and local requirements for the operation of schools. While not priorities in/of themselves, these services provide the foundation upon which we pursue our academic goals. Lifelong Learning: “Education is our business”. We remain committed to the importance and need to provide opportunities for everyone involved with the Dartmouth Schools to learn. With this commitment comes an expectation of everyone’s participation in ongoing professional development activities. These opportunities range from the Project TIME (Teacher Induction and Mentoring Experience) mentoring program, participation in RBT (Research for Better Teaching), Sheltered English Immersion, and regular early release day training, to specialized training dedicated to maintaining the most highly-qualified staff possible to work with all of our

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students. We firmly believe that teacher/staff quality translates into student learning and success.

Dartmouth - 2008 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Data

District: Dartmouth (00720000)

Title I District: Yes

2008 AYP Data - Summary Summary Data | Detailed Data

NCLB Accountability Status

Performance Rating Improvement Rating

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS No Status High No Change

MATHEMATICS No Status High On Target

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

Grade Spans 2007 2008 2008 Subgroups Not Making AYP

Aggregate Yes No Grades 3-5

All Subgroups No No White -Special Education -

Aggregate Yes Yes Grades 6-8

All Subgroups No Yes

Aggregate Yes Yes Grades 9-12

All Subgroups Yes Yes

MATHEMATICS

Grade Spans 2007 2008 2008 Subgroups Not Making AYP

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Aggregate Yes Yes Grades 3-5

All Subgroups Yes No

Special Education -Low Income -

Aggregate Yes Yes Grades 6-8

All Subgroups Yes No Low Income -

Aggregate Yes Yes Grades 9-12

All Subgroups Yes No Low Income -

A district will be newly identified for improvement if it fails to make AYP in the same subject area and all grade-spans, for students in the aggregate or any subgroup, for two consecutive years. A district will have no accountability status if it makes AYP in the same subject area for at least one grade-span for two consecutive years. *All data for the district is obtainable from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) website under the school/district profile; www.doe.mass.edu

MCAS Tests of Spring 2008 Percent of Students at Each Performance Level for Dartmouth * NOTE: Performance level percentages are not calculated if student group is less than 10. Data (Last Updated on September 24, 2008).

* NOTE: Grade 10 Science and Technology/Engineering results represent the highest performance level attained by class of 2010 students in grades 9 or 10 in any of the four subjects (Biology, Chemistry, Introductory Physics, and Technology/Engineering). In addition, only students enrolled in Massachusetts schools since October 2006 are included in state-level results; only students enrolled in the same district since October 2006 are included in district-level results; only students enrolled in the same school since October 2006 are included in school-level results.

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Further information may be obtained through the district (www.dartmouth.k12.ma.us) or State DESE (www.doe.mass.edu) websites.

Review of Grant Funding

Dartmouth Public Schools received approximately $1.29 million dollars in fiscal year 2008 entitlement and allocation grants through state/federal programs. The grant areas include Special Education and Teacher Quality to Program Improvement, Title I, Student Academic Support and Safe and Drug Free Schools. 2008 Highlights The district continues to benefit from our partnerships with Bristol Community College and the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. Students are able to take courses for enrichment and/or credit at both institutes of higher learning. Teachers are invited to many professional development opportunities and forums. The district continues to work with Bristol Community College on the federal grant, “Teaching American History”. Through the University of

Advanced/ Above Proficient Proficient Needs Improvement Warning/ Failing Grade and Subject

DISTRICT STATE DISTRICT STATE DISTRICT STATE DISTRICT STATE

Students Included CPI

GRADE 03 - READING 14 15 47 41 32 33 7 11 322 85.2 GRADE 03 – MATH 35 25 38 36 20 25 7 14 323 89.7

GRADE 04 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 5 8 49 41 39 39 6 13 342 81.9

GRADE 04 – MATH 17 20 38 29 38 38 8 13 343 82.4

GRADE 05 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 10 13 54 48 31 30 5 8 326 87.3

GRADE 05 – MATH 16 22 35 30 36 30 13 17 328 77.6

GRADE 05 - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 12 17 40 33 43 38 5 12 328 80.7

GRADE 06 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 11 15 61 52 23 24 5 8 374 89.3

GRADE 06 – MATH 26 23 37 33 25 26 12 18 375 83.3

GRADE 07 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 4 12 70 57 24 23 2 8 338 90.8

GRADE 07 – MATH 14 15 42 32 35 29 9 24 339 81.5

GRADE 08 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 9 12 68 63 18 18 4 7 357 91.8

GRADE 08 – MATH 21 19 32 30 32 27 14 24 356 78.8

GRADE 08 - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 4 3 43 36 44 39 9 22 356 77.4

GRADE 10 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 20 23 63 51 14 21 4 4 309 92.8

GRADE 10 – MATH 44 43 33 29 19 19 4 9 312 90.0

GRADE 10 - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 7 14 60 43 23 31 9 12 297 85.1

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Massachusetts at Dartmouth, the district has also forged valuable partnerships with the Center for Community and School Partnerships (CUSP), and the James J. Kaput Center for Research and Innovation in Mathematics. New to us this year, the Center for Marketing Research run by nationally recognized Dr. Nora Barnes, an expert on social media. Dartmouth continues to work diligently to provide our staff with opportunities for professional development, both in and out side of the district. All new teachers to the district are required to participate in the Research for Better Teaching course entitled, Studying Skillful Teaching. In addition, new staff members are supported by our teacher induction and mentoring experience entitled, “Project TIME” which is being facilitated by our new Title I Director Dr. Jana McHenry. Our Intercession Day provided the staff with professional development from several experts in the field of education. Dr. Marilyn Jagar Adams addressed the faculty through grade 5 on the topic, “Teaching Reading and Literacy is a Team Sport”. Dr. Adams is a visiting Professor in the Cognitive and Linguistic Science Department at Brown University. The middle school staff enjoyed a panel discussion, composed of representatives of the National Institutes of Health Office of Science Education—Dr. Bruce Fuchs and Dr. David Vannier. Dr. Fuchs is the Director of the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Science Education, and Dr. Vannier is the Professional Development Coordinator of the Office of Science Education. One of the most significant developments for students was the adoption of a new literacy/reading series by the district. The various publishers were researched by a team of teachers representing all grade levels, special needs, English language learners, and reading specialists. The textbook adoption process was professionally executed and this expenditure was supported by the community. The new series implementation will be buoyed by professional development throughout the next year and will be put into use with students in September of 2009. Challenging economic times are ahead of us. I caution you to remember the adage, “as the community goes so goes the schools, and as the schools go so the community”. Together we can provide our children with the educational experience they deserve.

Facilities and Finance

Manuel Cordeiro, Jr., School Business Administrator Budget: Financially, FY08 has been as difficult a year as the past several previously. A town-wide override was brought to the voters for consideration. Unfortunately, override items pertaining to the schools failed on the ballot for the second time in as many years. Student fees continue to be assessed at the high school level. Students are assessed bus fees for transportation to and from school. The revenue generated is applied to the transportation expenses, which are charged to us by our current providers which offsets the transportations expense that is a town expense. Parking lot fees are assessed to high school students who drive their vehicles to and from school. The revenue generated is used to improve the parking lot, pave walkways for students to access the lots, for plowing during inclement weather, and general improvements. Energy: Energy savings were realized through regional contracts for natural gas and electricity deregulation at a substantial cost savings that the Dartmouth Schools. Alternative sources of energy and further cost savings were also investigated. Meetings were held at our school facilities with a solar company, so as to prepare a feasibility study and cost projections for the use of solar and/or wind power to offset the energy costs of operating our facilities. NStar, our electricity provider toured our facilities’ boiler rooms. In the future, major energy rebates will be

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applied to offset the costs of boiler replacements at our school facilities. The extended December holiday recess allowed us to run our school facilities on “off school time”. This resulted in a decrease in energy usage. The savings will be applied to future monthly energy expenses and our work in making the most of every energy dollar continues. Budget meetings were held with our administrators. Their directive was to level-fund budgets based on FY07 amounts. Food Service Programs: Electronic scanning registers were installed at the Quinn School cafeteria. This resulted in an easier and more efficient means of student’s purchasing lunch, which in turn resulted in additional eating time for the students. These electronic registers were also installed at all our other school facilities. Facilities: The Gidley Elementary and the Cushman Elementary Schools remain vacant. The school committee moved to have a Request for Proposal be issued for the leasing of the school buildings. An RFP is in the process of being prepared with a projected bid opening in January of 09. The Gidley School playground was removed and relocated to the Quinn Elementary School. An additional, paved, recess area was added to the play area to address some of the concerns that arose when the students were transferred to the Quinn Elementary School. There are also future plans to move the Cushman playground to the Quinn play area and to make these areas more handicapped accessible. Capital Improvement Planning: The Capital Improvement Committee and the Finance Committee recommended two capital improvement projects for the school department; i.e., window replacements at the Quinn Elementary School and funding for a K-5 textbook reading program for the district. These projects were approved by Town Meeting. A statement of interest was filed with the Massachusetts School Building Authority in order to qualify for state reimbursement on the window project. When we receive notification of reimbursement the project will commence. Professional development activities to support a September 2009 implementation of the new elementary reading program are underway. Technology: A substantial amount of available FY07 funds were used to purchase technology for the classrooms. New infrastructure and computer hardware as well as software were procured for classroom use. St. Luke’s Hospital generously donated over 200 computers to our schools. These computers have been installed in our classrooms to replace older computers. We now have 1,829 computers in our school district. These computers range from one to ten years old. The ratio of students to computers currently averages 2:1. Currently we have 3.5 technicians on staff. They do an excellent job of maintaining and upgrading our current hardware and software. A technology committee is in the process of being created. The charge of the committee will be to update our district technology plan. A technology survey was recently given to our school staff. The data is being processed and summarized for review by the newly formed committee. Currently a replacement program, pending available funding, is in effect to replace the computers on a first-in first-out replacement basis. Summary: Based on the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education statistics Dartmouth’s per pupil expenditure is $9.284.43 as compared to the state average of $11,858.12. Out of 328 Massachusetts school districts, 297 spend more per pupil than Dartmouth. Due to unsuccessful override efforts, the School Department continues to operate with two fewer buildings and a reduced support, teaching, and administrative staff. We also continue to assess high school student fees for participating in sports, activities, transportation, and parking. These funds are being used to offset a portion of the cost for running these activities within the school budget. Our town budget continues to fund the school budget at the state mandated required

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minimum net school spending allowed. Without sustained and adequate funding, we remain concerned that the Dartmouth School District will continue to decline in quality, which will make it difficult, if not impossible, to attain our mission statement of, “Quality of Learning for All”.

SPECIAL EDUCATION Linda Maniglia, Pupil Support Services Administrator

Fiscal Year 2008 was a busy but rewarding year for the Special Education Department. A critical responsibility of the Special Education Department is to maintain compliance with State and Federal regulations and mandated time lines. This year, in addition to our daily responsibilities, a considerable amount of time was devoted to preparing the district for a special education mid-cycle review (MCR). This review was conducted by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) in May. Bush Street secretaries, district psychologists, and the Special Education Director spent an extensive amount of time, beyond the scope of our normal work day schedules, to carefully examine and organize student files and prepare for this review. Overall, our efforts were noteworthy. Only 3 criteria areas, out of 57 were cited as needing minimal remediation. Our Special Education Department was also mandated to participate in data collection regarding indicator #7 and #14 of the DESE State Performance Plan. Indicator #7, Measuring Pre-School Outcomes, involved tracking the progress made by pre-school students receiving special education services both in-district and out-of-district. Indicator #14, Post-Secondary Outcomes Survey, involved tracking the percent of special education seniors that graduated in June of FY’07 to determine how many had enrolled in a post-secondary school or had been competitively employed, within one year of leaving high school. We continue to analyze, expand, and refine our professional knowledge and skills through ongoing professional development, course work, conferences and workshops:

• Administrators, psychologists/TEAM chairs, related service providers and special education staff participated in a series of legal workshops presented by our Special Education District Attorney, Catherine Lyons, from the Nuttell and Sullivan firm.

• Administrators continued collaborating and refining the Building Based Support Team forms and procedures. These are used district-wide to identify “at risk” students. Under the direction of Dr. Adam Feinberg, we’ve also continued our training in “Response to Intervention” (RTI) to ensure the early identification and intervention support for all students.

• Staff psychologists attended “Job Alike” meetings held at READS Collaborative, various workshops on RTI, Train the Trainer workshops, and legal workshops.

• Related Service Providers participated in legal workshops, department meetings, and national conferences. They also received training on Phonic Ear FM systems.

• Special Education Staff participated in various graduate academic programs, restraint training, assisted technology training, co-teaching and inclusion workshops.

• Pat Demanche, our part-time Early Childhood Intervention Coordinator, and the Special Education Director attend Early Intervention (E.I.) meetings at the Stone Elementary School in Fall River with surrounding school district administrators.

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• The Special Education Director attended legal workshops, DESE regional meetings, ASE conferences, the LRP national conference, Response to Intervention trainings, behavioral workshops and “Job Alike” meetings with surrounding district directors.

• This year the Dartmouth Public School District became a member of the Southeastern Massachusetts Educational Collaborative (SMEC). The district benefits by receiving professional development and student placement in SMEC programs at reduced rates. School Committee member, Phil Lenz, serves as Dartmouth’s representative to the SMEC Steering Committee. Our Special Education summer program took place at the Potter Elementary School under the direction of Nance Belizzi. The program ran for five weeks, Monday-Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Once again, the High School summer camps were also made available to students. Dartmouth Middle School and High school students volunteered their time as “Learning Partners” for students enrolled in the programs. A questionnaire sent to parents regarding our summer programs, yielded very positive responses. The Special Education Department welcomes the following new staff: Kathleen Noyes Elementary Psychologist/TEAM chair Michael Terasanko Psychologist intern Christine Souza Speech and Language Pathologist -DMS. Karen DeShiro Central Office Administrative Secretary Pat Demanche Early Childhood Intervention Coordinator Sarah Cook ASD Teacher-Middle School Gina Nunes Adjustment Counselor-Middle School Kathrynn Minnock Special Education Teacher-Middle School Carol Myatt Developmental Resource Teacher-Middle School

Athletics

Thomas McDermott, Director Health, Physical Education & Athletics The philosophy of athletics at Dartmouth High School is to teach our student-athletes the proper values that can be derived from competing in an interscholastic contest. These include patience, courage, integrity, and inner strength. Our athletic programs also teach students how to handle victory in an appropriate manner and to cope with the adversity when unsuccessful. We also work to develop an awareness of teamwork, sportsmanship, and unselfishness as goals of all of our interscholastic teams, all within the context of their academic programs and experiences in the Dartmouth Schools. Dartmouth High School is a member of the Old Colony League; nineteen of our 24 sports programs compete as a member of the OCL against Attleboro High School Barnstable High School, Bridgewater – Raynham Regional High School, and Taunton High School. In 2008, Dartmouth High School Athletics offered 24 different programs. 22 out of 24 of these programs provided competition at the interscholastic level. Nineteen of these sports teams competed in the Old Colony League, one as a member of the New England Schools Sailing Association, and two as members of the Maritime Lacrosse League. We also have Fall and

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Winter Cheering that perform at Football and Basketball games. These programs are made up of 43 teams and compete at the Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Freshman levels. Our athletic teams were made up of over 800 students and who participated in over 750 athletic contests!

Present Sports and Levels at Dartmouth High School

Winter Sports

Cheering – Varsity Boys Basketball – Varsity, Junior Varsity, Freshman Girls Basketball - Varsity, Junior Varsity, Freshman Ice Hockey - Varsity, Junior Varsity Boys Indoor Track - Varsity Girls Indoor Track - Varsity

Spring Sports

Baseball - Varsity, Junior Varsity, Freshman Boys Lacrosse - Varsity, Junior Varsity Girls Lacrosse - Varsity, Junior Varsity Sailing - Varsity, Junior Varsity Softball - Varsity, Junior Varsity, Freshman Boys Tennis – Varsity Girls Tennis – Varsity Boys Outdoor Track – Varsity Girls Outdoor Track – Varsity

Fall Sports

Cheering – Varsity Boys Cross Country - Varsity, Junior Varsity Girls Cross Country - Varsity, Junior Varsity Field Hockey - Varsity, Junior Varsity, Freshman Football - Varsity, Junior Varsity, Freshman Golf – Varsity Boys Soccer - Varsity, Junior Varsity, Freshman Girls Soccer - Varsity, Junior Varsity, Freshman Volleyball - Varsity, Junior Varsity

Synopsis of Sport Seasons

Winter 2007 – 2008

Our Boys Basketball team won the Old Colony League Championship and qualified for the Division 2 South Sectional Tournament. They won 3 games in the State Tournament and lost to Catholic Memorial in the State Sectional Finals at U-Mass Boston. Our Girls Basketball Team was very competitive and showed great improvement over the course of the season. Our Ice

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Hockey Team came in 3rd in the Old Colony League and had a very successful season missing our on the State Tournament by one game. Our Boys Indoor Track Team were Old Colony League Champions and our Girls Team finished 2nd in the league. Both teams competed in the State Class B Meet at the Reggie Lewis Center. Our Cheerleaders were outstanding and are an integral part of our school and athletic program. They are great ambassadors for our school and athletic programs! The Dartmouth High School students chosen as Winter 2008 OCL All-Stars by sport were: Boys Basketball: Owen Higham, Justin Mello, Jordan Todman Girls Baskeball: Lauren Kelleher Ice Hockey: Jake Chouinard, Nic DeMello, Koryd Lavimoniere Boys Indoor Track: Morgan Brandso, Jeremy Fransisco, Paul Grafov,

Billy Hawkins, Anthony Henriquez Girls Indoor Track: Kira Ball, Brittany Cole, MacKenzie Marshall,

Molly Rouillard, Keanna Santos

Spring 2008

Our Baseball Team finished 2nd in the Old Colony League and qualified for the Division 1 State Tournament. They defeated Quincy in the 1st round and lost to Bridgewater-Raynham in round two. Our Boys Lacrosse Team finished 2nd in the Maritime Lacrosse League and qualified for the State Tournament for the 3rd year in a row. Our Girls Lacrosse Team also qualified for the State Tournament for the 3rd year in a row. Our Sailing Team had a very successful season and was rated in the top 5 teams in Massachusetts. Our Softball Team was very competitive and improved under first year coach Armand Mickune-Santos. Our Boys Tennis Team had a successful season and qualified for the State Tournament. Our Girls Tennis Team came in 2nd place in the OCL and also qualified for the Division 1 State Tournament. Our Boys Track Team was champions of the Old Colony League and our Girls Team had a very successful season and came in 3rd place in the OCL. Both our Boys and Girls teams competed in the State Class B Meet. The Dartmouth High School students chosen as Spring 2008 OCL All-Stars by Sport were: Baseball: Ryan Andrew, Sean McCarthy, Dennis Medeiros, Frank Vilacha Boys Lacrosse: Matt Kestenbaum Girls Lacrosse: Kaitlyn Rita, Shelby Hickox, Maggie Schoening Softball: Cristina Brum Boys Tennis: C.J. Merchant Girls Tennis: Carolyn Merchant, Stephanie Norris, Amy Raposa Boys Track: Morgan Brandso, Chris Cole, Jeremy Fransisco, Mike Gaffney, Paul

Grafov, Anthony Henriquez, Tyler Hilchey, Evan King, Jordan Todman Girls Track: Brittany Cole, Leah Mello, Keanna Santos, Samantha Bissonette, Molly

Rouillard

Fall 2008

Our Boys and Girls Cross-Country teams enjoyed a successful season. Both competed in the Class B State Cross Country Meet at Franklin Park in Boston. Our Field Hockey Team won the

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OCL Championship and defeated New Bedford in the 1st round of the Division 1 State Tournament. Our Football Team won the OCL Championship for the 3rd year in a row and finished the regular season with an 11 – 0 record. They were defeated by Brockton in the 1st round of the play-offs in a hard fought game. The seniors on this team accomplished something that had not been done in 25 years by reaching the play-offs for 3 years in a row. Arthur Lynch, Justin Mello, and Sean McCarthy were chosen to the Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic Team. Arthur Lynch was selected to play in the Under Armour High School All-Star Game on January 4th in Florida. Our Golf Team had a successful season and came in 2nd place in the OCL. They qualified for the Division 1 State Tournament for the 3rd year in a row. Our Boys Soccer Team won the OCL Championship for the 3rd year in a row and played in the Division 1 State Tournament. Chris Tsonis was selected to the Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic Team. Our Girls Soccer Team also won the OCL Championship with a perfect 8 – 0 league record. They also qualified for the Division 1 State Tournament. Our Volleyball Team came in 2nd in the league for the 2nd year in a row and qualified for the State Tournament for the 2nd year in a row. Our Cheerleaders did a tremendous job all season and as usual were the reason for the success of our Fall Spirit Rally. The Dartmouth High School students chosen to Fall 2008 OCL All-Stars by Sport were: Boys Cross-Country: Jeremy Fransisco Girls Cross-Country: Gina Mucciardi Field Hockey: Isabelle Cassell, Kelly Gouveia, Katie Miller, Kacie

Sturgeon, Carissa Wills-DeMello Football: Alex Almeida, Justin Cruz, Nic DeMello, Arthur Lynch,

Justin Mello, Sean Sylvia, Chris Toole Golf: D.J. Hudson, Craig Snell, Lily Remy-Miller Boys Soccer: Morgan Brandso, Paul Grafov, George Hodge, John Lebert,

Chris Tsonis Girls Soccer: Hilary Andrews, Lauren Hopp, Sarah Johnson, Kelsey

Leandro, Keanna Santos Volleyball: Meghan Brown, Lauren Kelleher

MUSIC William Kingsland, Director Elementary School: Miss Shirley Guerreiro is the choral and general music instructor for the Potter and DeMello Schools. Beyond their participation in the regular spring and holiday programs, students from both schools attended the Young Peoples Concerts presented by the New Bedford Symphony. DeMello students also attended a performance of the Nutcracker held at the Providence Performing Arts Center. Students from the Potter School attended a performance of the High School Musical at Bristol Community College. Students from both schools participated in holiday caroling. Miss Guerreiro is the organist and music director at Mt. Carmel Church in New Bedford. She is nearing completion of her masters degree and recently performed the Messiah with the Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra.

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Mrs. Marianne Oien is the choral and general music instructor for the Quinn School. Mrs. Oien directed specialized programs for each grade at the Quinn School during winter/spring 2008 as follows:

• Grade 1 – February: “Singing the Red, White and Blue” • Grade 2 – May: “Sing a Rainbow” • Grade 3 – May: “Recorder Concert, featuring beginning recorder students playing

their instruments and learning music notation.” • Grade 4 – April: “North American Celebration” • Grade 5 – June: “Broadway Bound”

In December of 2008, Mrs. Oien and Quinn’s first grade students presented How the Penguins Saved Christmas. Mrs. Oien also directs the Northside Singers at Quinn School. They meet twice beyond the regular school day and perform in the community at various concerts for seniors, veterans, and at school concerts. The Northside Singers also performed at Fanueil Hall in Boston, at “AHA” night in New Bedford, and at the Winter Choral Concert with the New Bedford Choral Society. Mrs. Oien was nominated in December for “Southcoast Teacher of the Year”. The elementary instrumental program starts in grade four for students interested in learning how to play string instruments and in grade five for band. Miss Church and Mrs. Monte provide the string instruction. They undertook the strong recruitment of new beginners in 2008. In addition to spring and winter concerts, they presented a strings clinic for elementary students, “Gotta Have Strings”. Mr. Touchette, Mr. Sousa, and Mr. Aungst provide the instruction for the grade five band, which also had a successful recruitment for 2008. The elementary band continues to provide music for the Memorial Day Parade. Middle School Music: Students in the band, choral, and strings activities attended the 2008 Great East Festival, showcasing their spring concert music and having fun at Six Flags New England. Mr. Touchette is the Band Director, Ms. Thomas conducts the choruses, and Miss Church is the Orchestra Director. The Show Band, which meets after school, is directed by Mr. Sousa. Other staff includes Susan Bouley, General Music; Mrs. Monte, Strings; Mr. Aungst, Percussion; and Mr. Kingsland, Brass. During the fall/winter terms, Mr. Rodriguez has shared the grade eight chorus with Ms. Thomas traveling between the high school and middle school. All performing ensembles presented spring and holiday concerts. The combined 6th, 7th, and 8th grade band continues to represent the middle school during the Dartmouth Memorial Day Parade and the Veteran’s Day Parade in New Bedford. The strings students participated in an Evolution of Rock and Roll Concert in March of 2008 with students from the middle and high schools. Mr. Touchette also became the Choir Director for the First Congregational Church of Fairhaven where he directed the Spirit of St. Anthony Choir for their spring and holiday programs. A large number of students auditioned for the Southeast Junior District Festival. These students prepared for this audition through their work with Dartmouth faculty members and private teachers. Junior District is open to 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students.

Southeast Junior District Audition Winners Amanda Kingsland Richard Chen Tessa Belkin Patrick Condon Sarah Burke Tyler Garcia Nicholas Mailloux Tyler Gifford Jamison Ratcliffe Zachary Lakkis

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Dyland Reynolds Nicholas Chesney Elizabeth Tripp Hannah Cook Valerie Leishman Cecilia Elhaddad Alan Aungst Morgan Lester Abby Koczera Zachary Marmelo Saydee McQuay Amy deSilva Cassidy Mello Anne Experanca Lynden Mills Raquel Ferreira Allison Beauregard High School Music:

Mr. Juan Rodriguez is the high school chorus and musical theatre director. During 2008, the chorus performed in Pops, Spring, and Holiday Concerts. They also attended a music festival at Six Flags New England and received a gold medal for their performance. The musical for 2008 was Once Upon a Mattress based on the Princess and a Pea fable. Mr. Rodriguez continues as the musical director for the Festival Theatre at the Zeiterion Theatre. In 2008, Festival Theatre performed Les Miserables. Miss Church and Mrs. Monte direct the high school orchestra. During 2008 the high school orchestra and chamber ensemble performed in school concerts and community performances. In September of 2008, the orchestra planned a large scale trip to Canada and began fundraising. Miss Church was the orchestra manager for the Southeast District Music Festival. With a large freshmen class for 2008-2009, the strings orchestra has over forty members. The high school band is under the direction of Mr. Kingsland. The band provided music for their school concert schedule and graduation in 2008. They also provided music for:

Dartmouth Memorial Day

Dartmouth Firefighters Madeira Feast Parade

Columbus Day Home Football Games and Playoff Games

Firefighters Halloween Parade Dartmouth Holiday Tree Lighting

The marching band and color guard secured first place championships in the Northeast in the NESBA circuit and at the National Championships in Annapolis, MD, for the USSBA circuit. The band also won caption awards for visual effect, percussion, and music. The show was named Winter Solstice and featured winter outfits and special effects with winter sports and skis. After a somewhat slow start, the band won the Massachusetts State Championships in Connecticut and went undefeated throughout the rest of the season. After the Annapolis show, the band spent a full day in Washington, D.C., visiting museums, the city, and the monuments.

BAND/COLORGUARD STAFF

William Kingsland – Director Tom Aungst – Asst. Director, Percussion

Ian Flint – Brass, Drill

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Jen O’Neill – Percussion Guy Medeiros – Drill

Jason Medeiros – Percussion Kelly Rose – Drill

John Sousa – Woodwinds, Drill Lenny Machado – Colorguard Ariana Alonso – Colorguard

The winter color guard worked under the direction of Lenny Machado, Jen Holske, and Kelly Rose. They had a very successful season and finished second place in the National Scholastic A section of NESBA. The Indoor Percussion has an extremely successful season in both the NESBA and WGI circuits going undefeated and winning first place championships. Their show title was, “Mightier then the Sword”. This program is under the direction of Mr. Aungst. They have a demanding practice and performance schedule with a home competition and serving as hosts for the NESBA Championships. The season culminates with championships in Dayton, Ohio. The following students auditioned for and were accepted to the Southeast Senior District Festival in January, 2008.

Southeast Senior District Shawn Baptista Adam DeFrias

Nicholas DeFrias Jason Trahan Arleigha Cook Derek Kielty

Ian Legge Meredith McGreavy

Brea Warner Cali Warner

Based on their district placement, the following students will audition for the Massachusetts All-State Festival:

Shawn Bapitsta Adam DeFrias

Nicholas DeFrias Derek Kielty Brea Warner

Dartmouth School Music Association

The DSMA serves as the parent support group for the entire music department. The President is Ann Marie Dreher for 2008-2009. The DSMA helps sponsor many of our local and away events and competitions. They staff the concession stand at the Dartmouth Memorial Stadium and also run a concession stand at Gillette Stadium for the Patriots games, concerts, and other events. Although we have support from the Town of Dartmouth and the school department, the DSMA oversees our fundraising. Their efforts make it possible to offer more varied educational and

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performance experiences to many students in Dartmouth. They also maintain a tractor- trailer truck and have recently replaced their moving truck with a late model International truck. They offer scholarships to deserving senior music students. The DSMA was also a huge help with the Annapolis Championships and the Indoor Percussion season and Championships. Activity Fees - Music

Students paid activity fees of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), for participation in band, color guard, indoor percussion, and fall and winter color guard. Orchestra students paid Fifty Dollars ($50.00), based on stipends and limited after school events. These funds are used to offset a portion of the program costs.

Dartmouth High School Donna Dimery, Principal

Dartmouth High School continued to make progress toward the district vision of Quality Learning for ALL in 2008 and make progress in meeting the high school goal to ensure college readiness for every DHS graduate. Despite the serious fiscal issues locally, state-wide and nationally, the Dartmouth High School staff committed themselves to a quest for ways to improve student learning. In late 2007 we received the federal Smaller Learning Communities Grant worth $695,000 over a three-year period and potentially 1.2 million over the five- year duration of the grant. In early 2008, 60 teachers and administrators who made up 8 teams began researching best practices in order to design ways to accomplish the goals of the grant. That is, to increase personalization, rigor and relevance in large high schools to order to ensure that all students are ready for career/professional school/college after high school graduation. The specific goals for Dartmouth High School under the grant are:

1. To successfully initiate our first freshman academies so that all students will be enrolled and supported through a coherent sequence of rigorous English, mathematics, science and social studies courses needed to pass state benchmarks, as well as prepare for the advanced course work that they will need to succeed in post secondary education and careers.

2. To pilot our first advisories designed to help students to focus on the relevance of their high school education, their post secondary education, and careers.

3. To train all English teachers of students in grades 6 – 12 and focus instruction on student writing and composition.

4. To create a safety-net that systematically catches all students experiencing any kind of failure in the areas of academics, conduct, and/or school attendance in order to provide remediation, tutoring and counseling.

5. To increase the opportunities for students to earn postsecondary credit through participation in AP courses, Tech Prep, dual enrollment (credit) programs with the University of Mass at Dartmouth and career internships.

Mrs. Loretta Patterson, our Assistant Principal in charge of Curriculum and Instruction and Coordinator of the Smaller Learning Communities Grant, has administered, managed and overseen the activities of the grant. She has ensured that the myriad SLC activities continue to remain focused on leading us toward continued school improvement. The key to the success of the grant is that this is a site-based, teacher-inspired initiative. That is, it is the teachers who are

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doing the work to determine the best instructional practices and structure through which their students will succeed. Under the auspices of the grant, Dartmouth High School teachers traveled to New Hampshire, San Diego, New Orleans, Orlando, Florida and Washington, DC to attend Model School Conferences showcasing the best practices of high performing schools from across the nation. Teachers and administrators also attended local College Readiness symposiums held at Framingham State College, UMass Dartmouth, and a workshop in Worcester sponsored by the College Board. Teams of teachers visited the following high schools throughout New England to learn more about innovative programs that are producing successful results: Plymouth South High School, Plymouth North High School, South High School (Worcester), Brockton High School, Hope High School (Providence), Mt. Hope High School (Bristol, R.I.), Souhegan High School in New Hampshire and Sharon High School. Smaller Learning Community teams have also met to review data and research on best practices and to design programs that will afford our students opportunities for continuous improvement. With SLC funding, our teachers took advantage of significant opportunities for professional development in 2008. The entire staff was trained in the Rigor/Relevance Framework designed to increase student opportunities “to practice using what they are learning” in class in order to solve real-world unpredictable problems. Groups of teachers also participated in the workshops on: Differentiated Instruction in Literacy, Teaming, Teaching in the Inclusion Model, Coaching Reluctant Learners, and Curriculum Mapping. (These programs would not have been implemented if we had to rely solely on the level-funded minimum net school budget.) • In addition to monitoring our students’ state and national testing results in order to improve

our curriculum and instructional delivery of the state frameworks, we administered STAR Reader testing to incoming high school freshmen. This assessment was used to determine reading grade levels and to identify struggling readers; the results indicated that one-third of our students were reading at college level, one-third at the high school level, and one-third still at eighth grade level or lower.

• With SLC funding, we were able to upgrade our Accelerated Reader program to use with those students who were identified as struggling readers and DHS upgraded to the web-based Accelerated Reader Enterprise program, where students now have access to 120,000 quiz and book choices, rather than a few hundred as in previous years.

• We also started the practice of giving all juniors the college placement test, ACCUPLACER. This test is used to determine college readiness. At DHS, it is being used as a precursor to students selection of their senior year course of study in order to ensure that students are all college ready upon graduation from DHS.

• This year, 4 teachers, Laurie Chiarito (Social Studies), Megan Rogers (English), Don York, (Math) and Renee Vieira (Science) piloted freshman teaming. This initiative was designed to serve as a prelude to the full-scale implementation of the Freshman Academy model.

• DHS adopted the nationally recognized Freshman Kick-Off Program, which provided each of our incoming freshmen with an upperclassman who served as a mentor. The mentors participated in a day long training off campus. They also spent an extra day of their summer planning for a day long summer freshman orientation day. This was an outstanding success! These mentors have met with their assigned freshmen throughout the year during homeroom periods.

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• Letters were sent to the parents of all students who had D’s or F’s on their 8th grade term 3 report card. These at-risk students were invited to attend the SMART Start Summer Academy, a free 4-week academic “brush-up” designed to pro-actively support their transition to high school academic work. Twenty-eight (28) students participated in the academy. Initial grade reports indicated significant improvements in these students’ first semester academic achievement.

• As part of the One Book, One School Initiative, the entire staff and student body read THE PACT: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream by Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt. We had high participation from our freshmen who are becoming engaged in the One Book, One School program. Four follow-up assemblies were held – one for each DHS class -- featuring Dr. Earl Potts, a Dartmouth resident and Harvard-educated physician whose early life paralleled those featured in The Pact.

• We were able to purchase and upgrade PLATO to the on-line study program. This allowed us to provide personalized instruction, based on assessment results, designed to focus on each student’s unique areas of need. This initiative supported the state-required Educational Proficiency Plans required for every student who received a failing or needs improvement rating on their sophomore MCAS test(s).

• We instituted a Saturday School on the recommendation of the Instructional Support Team. They examined statistics that showed that our most vulnerable students lost valuable time on learning when being punished for excessive tardiness. As a result, these students make up time lost for tardiness and/or class cuts on Saturday mornings.

Increased testing made possible with SLC funding demonstrated that we still have a long way to go to ensure that each and every student is meeting academic success at Dartmouth High School. For example, while we discovered that two-thirds of our students are reading well above grade level when they enter DHS, one-third are not. Seventy-one (71%) percent of our students are college-ready by the midpoint of their junior year, twenty-nine (29%) percent still need to hone their skills before moving on to college. In terms of students who have reached proficiency, we are scoring above state average in our sophomore MCAS tests (English: 83% DHS, 75% Massachusetts; Math: 77% DHS, 72% Massachusetts; Science: 67%, DHS, 57% Massachusetts). We are at the state average in our performance on the SAT Critical Reading test for 2008 college bound seniors (DHS and the state: 514) and we are significantly above state average in SAT math (543 DHS, 525 Mass.) We trail the state in SAT writing: (500 DHS, 513 Mass.) Although it appears that we are holding our own against standard measures in comparison to other schools across the state, that is not our expectation of Dartmouth students nor our mission or vision. We are committed to continuously improving student learning at Dartmouth High School until the day that ALL students are proficient and performing at high levels! All departments began the process of curriculum revision and documentation in preparation for the NEASC reaccreditation visit in 2013. As we look forward to a freshman academy and more opportunities for all students to perform to the best of their capacity, we need to continue to work to clarify our expectations for student learning. The Special Education Department (SPED) is attempting to educate (and include) all students in the regular education setting thereby boosting their knowledge, vocabulary, grammar and general English literature skills as well as their self-esteem. English inclusion has been accomplished this school year. Our SPED teachers, working in conjunction with teachers of the discipline, also developed new and challenging standards- based science and math special education curriculum in 2008. Simultaneously, we are making

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progress to increase access to Advanced Placement courses. In 2007-2008, we had 89 students enrolled in AP courses; in 2008-2009, we now have 150 students enrolled. Our staff has been actively involved in seeking additional funding through various grants. Mr. Higgins collaborated with colleague Peter Bangs to write the Massachusetts Math and Science Initiative AP grant in June. This lucrative grant supports our efforts on increasing the number of students taking Advanced Placement (AP) courses in English, Math and Science. It could provide significant professional development, equipment and student study support. The grant award will be announced in February, 2009. It is apparent that we are beginning to develop a grant culture at Dartmouth High School. Science teachers Mark Poirier, Margaret Brumsted and Peter Bangs applied for and received an $11,000 grant from MassBio Ed to purchase supplies and receive training to help implement Biotechnology lab experiences into the science curriculum. We would also like to note that Margaret Brumsted is the current chair of the Massachusetts Marine Educators. They are presently planning the Marine Science Symposium to be held in March 2009 at UMass-Dartmouth. Eleven (11) DHS teachers applied for mini-grants from the Dartmouth Education Foundation. Four teachers had their grants funded by the Foundation: Scott Boudria (Alternate Energy Presentation $500), Andrew Goodman (Bicycle Generator $500), Scott McElroy (Robotic Curriculum Upgrade $500) and Nicole Sheahan (Scholastic Writing Submision $100.) Judy Cronin, Chairperson of the Unified Arts Department received a grant in August of 2008 from the Dartmouth Education Foundation (DEF) in the amount of $2,000.00. The goal of the grant was to engage large classes through a more student-centered curriculum focused on providing authentic, real-life learning experiences. The monies were utilized to purchase jewelry tools—specifically, one instructor tool kit and 30 student tool kits as well as additional bench-working professional grade tools. Dartmouth High School has also benefitted from the generosity of the greater community. Successful alum, Jason Gaboriau, president of AMALGAMATED, INC., an advertising firm in NYC, gave a $2500 check to the Unified Arts Department to purchase up-to-date T.V. production equipment. An anonymous parent provided a $12,000.00 legacy, which allowed us to train all of our English Department in the AP Language curriculum and to pay for supplementary materials to improve writing at DHS. We also witnessed a resurgence of student interest in writing with the initiation of our first “open-mic” poetry and prose-reading night held at Baker Books this fall under the direction of Meghan Rogers. This year we will have two submission periods (as opposed to just one) at the end of the year to accommodate the increased student literary entries. As the contribution received by Jason Gaboriau and the parent-donor above exemplify, Dartmouth High School staff and students are committed to giving something back to the community. Service is a co-curricular and extra-curricular activity at Dartmouth High School. The Medical Careers Club conducted a high school blood drive. They collected 98 pints of blood in the spring of 2008 under the direction of Mrs. Beth Gormley. With the new legislation that just passed, students as young as 16 years old will be able to donate with parents’ permission next year.

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Helping Hands is a student and teacher driven fund raising organization at Dartmouth High School. It was started in 2006 as the brainchild of business teacher, Mr. Marshall Gersteblatt. (The goals of Helping Hands are to develop teamwork, healthy attitudes towards others, and a commitment to giving to those less fortunate living in our community.) This year, Helping Hands raised $ 7,911.97. Over the past three years the organization has collected $21,170.39. It has disbursed approximately $16,000 of that money to over 125 families or approximately 350 people. More than 875 teachers and students have helped our organization! Margaret Brumsted’s Marine Science and Horticulture classes collaborated in a project called Natural Connection. This involved a community service project held at Allen’s Pond on Invasive Species in that ecosystem. Our Environmental Club started bottle recycling at DHS in April of 2008. Forty (40) students traveled to Washington D.C. with Amnesty International to visit Capitol Hill. These students advocated for greater action on Darfur and also for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. World Language classes continued to incorporate service learning as part of their language and cultural acquisition. Mrs. Cabral-Pinto’s classes adopted several families for the holidays. The students raised money and purchased clothing, toys and other necessities for both children and adults. Mrs. Sousa’s class engaged in a food drive for the Thanksgiving holidays. All of the proceeds were donated to the New Bedford Women’s Shelter. Ms. Carreiro’s Portuguese 2 Honors students prepared and sent holiday cards to a local National Guard Unit serving in Iraq. In addition, students created alphabet books in Portuguese for a local shelter for women and children. Portuguese 5 Honors students worked with senior citizens in coordination with the Senior Group of Mount Carmel Church in New Bedford. Students practiced their foreign language skills and worked on crafts, games and cultural activities. In addition, these students also performed a Holiday Concert for 70 senior citizens from New Bedford and Fall River on December 11, 2008 at Café Portugal. Students sang Christmas songs in Portuguese as well as sharing many popular Portuguese songs. Furthermore, the students also provided each senior citizen with a holiday ornament. This educational opportunity provided the students with an authentic opportunity to speak in Portuguese, with exposure to Portuguese culture through service.

Miss Lucy Bly’s Level 3 and 4 French students worked with the French Club to build gingerbread houses during the holiday season. The houses were donated to a local women’s shelter. In addition, this group also interacted with Haitian immigrants through the auspices of a local church sponsorship as part of a bilingual opportunity to help the Haitians learn English.

The Key Club students sponsored a school-wide food drive during Spirit Week, collecting thousands of food items for the Red Cross Food Pantry. They helped at the YMCA Fall Family Festival. The students raised $200 for Trick or Treat for UNICEF. They conducted smaller food drive in November for the Red Cross. Twenty (20) students spent an evening at the Catholic Social Services wrapping gifts for needy families in the Southcoast and many members also helped with the mall gift wrapping fundraiser for the New Bedford Women's Shelter held during the month of December. Students worked with Think Community Act Now (TCAN) Club to collect and wrap gifts for residents at the Fall River Hope House (gift baskets). Some students

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knitted small baby blankets for children in third world countries. The annual Key Club fundraiser, Mr. Dartmouth, raised almost $1,500 for the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute. The Key Club also had members help the community with Holiday Hope where students helped move and load gifts into cars and sorting areas at the Fairhaven drop off site. About a dozen Key Club students also helped with the Ringing of the Bells for the Salvation Army on a cold Saturday morning in conjunction with the Kiwanis Club. Key Club members participated in the Walk for Education sponsored by the Dartmouth Education Foundation. The students also helped with the first annual Dartmouth High School PTO Spring Crafts Fair and Festival. This was a DHS PTO initiated event and fundraiser involving local artisans and crafters.

The Dartmouth High School Library Media Center (LMC) continues to play a central role our school. The LMC added two new student research databases — Facts On File’s Issues and Controversies and Facts On File’s Issues and Controversies in American History to its collection of research databases. Databases available for student use now include Facts On File’s [FOF] American History Online, FOF’s Ancient and Medieval History Online, FOF’s Modern World History Online, FOF’s Science Online, Bloom’s Literary Reference Online, EBSCO’s Literary Reference Center, Gale Publishing’s Electric Library, NewsBank, and Proquest. For the faculty, the library added Discovery Education Streaming to the library’s faculty resources collection. This program integrates seamlessly into the curriculum with 5,000 full-length videos, segmented into 50,000 content-specific clips tied directly to state and national instructional standards. During 2008, the DHS library logged an average of 9,821 student visits each month – before [150 each early morning!], during, and after school. That is an average of 568 students visit each day. On average, there were 70 whole-class visits to the library each month, with book circulation and database usage at all-time highs. The LMC is in its seventh year of MassCat membership. MassCat is a multi-type library consortium and is certified by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Our membership allows students and staff to access over 1,000,000 print and non-print items from libraries throughout the state. In December, the DHS library received a $1600 grant to help with the MassCat re-bar-coding project. This grant enabled the DHS Library to meet the national 14-digit barcode guidelines. In 2008, the district set aside monies to pay DHS library aide, Pam King, to supervise the library after school for an additional hour each day and 30 minutes each morning before the start of the school day. This funding helped encourage students’ independent study and to promote recreational reading. During 2008, the DHS Student Readers’ Forum met every Friday to discuss good books that members were reading individually. This year, members also participated in “shared reads” and “paired reads” – including Shattered Glass by Gail Giles and No Body’s Perfect: Stories About Body Image. 2008 National School Library Week activities included a SUPER RAFFLE [a $100 gift certificate to the Dartmouth Mall was the grand prize; in addition to several others gift certificates to: Rainoni’s, NY Bagel, McDonald’s, Baker Books, Pub 99, Big Value Outlet, DHS School Store, Panera, BJs Wholesale Club were also offered, with DHS faculty and staff generously donating the majority of prizes.

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Long-time DHS library volunteers Liane Laverty, Pat Swift, and Audrey Brooks continued to log dozens of hours per year in support of our library program. They are an integral part of the DHS community and help to make our library services accessible to all of our students. Library Director Laurie Dias-Mitchell has continued in her efforts to access grants. Besides the previously mentioned, Mass-Cat grant, the DHS Library was also a recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities Picturing America grant which provided frames and pictures for display in the Library Media Center. With a $2,500 grant from the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts, Library Director Laurie Dias-Mitchell, along with participating faculty members Scott Richards, Cathy David-Thomas, Margaret Brumsted, and Loretta Patterson implemented the third year of Natural Connections. The Natural Connections curriculum offers a year-long, hands-on series of presentations and field experiences which exposes at-risk students who participate in Dartmouth High School’s Alternative Programs, to skills and tools used in the natural resources management professions. Each month, Sanctuary Director Gina Purtell or a designee, in collaboration with participating Dartmouth High School faculty, visited the students in their classroom or adjoining science lab and presented one of a series of topics related to the Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary. They did so using power-point slide shows, laboratory equipment, software, computer-linked GPS units, and other tools. During a second day each month the students travel to the Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary where they applied the classroom lesson to a relevant stewardship task. Stewardship projects included trail improvements, invasive plant removals, native species planting, litter removal, trail marking and mapping. The DHS Library Director’s community service club “Think Community : Act Now” (TCAN) continued to run the dining room of a soup kitchen every other Sunday (year round), and to provide much-needed services, such as landscaping and fundraising, for Hope House, an AIDS hospice, and for Gentle Arms, a homeless teen shelter in Fall River. Mrs. Dias-Mitchell, along with Mrs. Jackie Francisco, the advisor of the Diversity Club adopted the goal of initiating an annual Senior Service Project. Along with other DHS community service clubs, such as the Key Club and Amnesty International, they planned for and raised the funds our first school-wide service project. In April 2008, 42 students and 8 chaperones travelled to New Orleans. While there, they worked for Habitat for Humanity, Animal Rescue New Orleans, and Beacon of Hope throughout their spring break. Mrs. Francisco received a $620.00 Innovative Teacher grant from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising to support her class field trips. These are trips where her students go to historic landmarks in period costumes that they have designed and constructed in their Advanced Fashion History and Construction classes. This year, the students studied fashion from the 18th century and created garments that replicated the style of the day. They wore these garments during the field trip to the House of Seven Gables in Salem to experience what it may have been like to live in Massachusetts during the 18th century. The New Bedford Standard Times selected Mrs. Laurie Dias-Mitchell and Mrs. Jackie Francisco as the 2008 Dartmouth Women of the Year! We are proud of their accomplishments and grateful for the way they engage students to creatively and wholeheartedly contribute to their communities and their fellow man.

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The New Bedford Standard Times also honored a member of the DHS English department, Mr. Wilbur Higgins as the Southcoast Teacher of the Year. A well-respected English teacher, Mr. Higgins also advises The Spectrum, our student newspaper. This year, the American Society of Newspaper Editors National Edition chose six Spectrum pieces for national recognition. They were written by Ben Che, Gina Mucciardi, Jana Swallow, Ariana Cole, Elizabeth Gomes, Katie Lynch, and Chris Szala. This year, our students had the opportunity to hear from several respected guests. The Environmental Club brought in John Bullard last April as a guest speaker on Global Warming. Amnesty International hosted Michael Delaney of Oxfam to talk about the ongoing genocide in Darfur. The Social Studies Department invited Rick Salzman to speak about Constitutional Law. The entire student body heard Dr. Earl Potts tell his amazing success story. As an ongoing part of the curriculum, Unified Arts Department Chair, Judy Cronin welcomed representatives from higher education to speak to the upper level arts students about admission requirements and to perform portfolio reviews. The advanced art students traveled to New York City for their annual field trip in April. The group visited the Society of Illustrators, The Top of the Rock, NBC Studios, the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York University-Tisch School of the Arts, SoHo galleries (which they chose in advance from their research on the Internet), and saw the Broadway Musical, In The Heights. Mrs. Cronin hosted the Unified Arts Department Annual Fundraiser—a day trip to New York City on Saturday, October 11, 2008. The trip’s itinerary included stops at museums, shopping venues, Little Italy, SoHo, and to see the musical Young Frankenstein. Proceeds from this trip will contribute to a future DHS Art Students trip to NYC. Mrs. Guilbeault’s Early Learning Practicum classes and Mrs. McFee’s Methods and Materials for Early Learning classes participated in ACT (Against Violence Training) Program workshops provided through the RAPPP Program (Responsible Attitudes Toward Pregnancy, Parenting, and Prevention) sponsored by the Southcoast Hospital Group-St. Luke’s Hospital in the spring of 2008. Families (parents/grandparents/siblings) of preschoolers from the Dartmouth High School Early Learning Center under the direction of Polly Guilbeault were invited to the pre-school classroom to participate in The Very Hungry Caterpillar get-acquainted breakfast. The Early Learning Practicum students participated in field study observations with the following community child care facilities: Hawthorn Hill Preschool, Dartmouth Preschool at Quinn Elementary, and the Integrated Preschool at Quinn Elementary. Dartmouth High School students continue to receive certification from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Schools for completion of this program. The Advanced Fashion students under the leadership of Jacqueline Francisco hosted an opening and exhibit of their work entitled, “Lizzie Borden Costume Study” on February 12, 2008 at the Dartmouth Gallery at the Town Hall. This was a collection of the period costumes they designed for a trip to the Lizzie Borden Museum in Fall River, MA while studying the Victorian era in America. During the following month, the Advanced Placement Art class under the leadership of Christine McFee had their exhibit opening entitled, “A Collective Whole” at the Dartmouth Gallery at the Town Hall. It was extremely well attended by members of the Dartmouth Community.

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The Unified Arts Department hosted its annual art show in the Dartmouth High School Library welcoming friends, family and community on Thursday, May 15, 2008. The library was filled to capacity during the entire viewing time. The student body viewed the show on May 17 & 18 and the department hosted a faculty reception on May 14, 2008. The works of students from the following classes were exhibited: Advanced Placement Art; Advanced Portfolio Preparation, Portfolio Preparation; Art 2 Foundation; Art 1 Foundation; 3D Design Concepts Ceramics; 3 D Design Concepts Jewelry; Darkroom Photography 1 & 2; Digital Photography; Fashion History & Construction 1 & 2; CAD; Architectural Drafting; Methods for Early Learning; Early Learning Practicum, and the Dartmouth High School Preschool class,. The teachers of these classes were: Judy Cronin, Morgan Bozarth (student teacher under Mrs. Cronin), Susan Brunette, Beth Ferreira, Jacqueline Francisco, Polly Guilbeault, Christine McFee, and Arthur Schattle. Under the direction of Judy Cronin, the Dartmouth High School Unified Arts Department hosted the 6th Annual Arts Camp during June and July, 2008. These camps were offered to all Dartmouth students in Grade 2-12. A total of 10 courses were offered and approximately 75 students participated. These included Jewelry Design, Video Production, Darkroom Photography, Fun With Photoshop, Lawn Sculpture, Contemporary Sewing, American Girl Costume Design, and Drawing from Observation. As part of a continuing partnership with UMass Dartmouth Art Education Department, Mrs. Cronin worked with Prof. Kathy Miraglia’s undergraduate art education class to place her 25 students in Unified Arts classes to observe teaching strategies. Numerous undergraduate students came in throughout of the year to observe the exemplary program at DHS from UMass Dartmouth, Massachusetts College of Art, and Bridgewater State College. During the fall of 2008, Judy Cronin and the art faculty of the high school and the middle school formed an Arts Support group, “Friends of the Dartmouth Arts” to promote community-wide support for the arts. The group is comprised of teachers, administrators, parents, students, and community members. Econ students' visit to NATCO Corp. for Job Shadow with Junior Achievement volunteer Mark Eisenberg. Our Women in Technology – Sensata Technology program was again a great success this year. The team worked with engineer Bob Southerland of Sensata Technology, and many others to solve a problem affecting the production of ABS (anti-lock braking) sensor components by employees in China. Students used the Engineering Design Process to reconstruct the trays that the ABS sensors were inserted into, to make them more ergonomically correct for the employees in China. The students created a brand new carrier that cut down production time enormously saving operators one hour and 49 minutes in loading an oven full of sensors. The savings in time means savings in money for the company. The new ergonomic pallet carrier is lighter and the risk of damage to the sensors has been greatly reduced by the decrease in handling of these sensitive components. The math department continued its participation in the University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth Kaput Center 3-year study on using technology and simulations to enhance Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 instruction. This year Rosa Costa and Don York implemented the MathWorlds curriculum in their Algebra 1 courses as part of the main study. Gary Lauher also implemented

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MathWorlds curriculum in his Algebra 2 course. We look forward analyzing the data on our students as the Kaput Center finishes its data collection next year. We had a number of students graduate in June 2008 that are now enrolled in Engineering programs at Bristol Community College and the New England Institute of Technology. As a result, they received three to seven college credits for the CAD-Computer Aided Drafting courses taken at Dartmouth High School from these colleges. In May, 2008 students in Joe McCarthy’s A.P. Computer Science class competed in the annual Computer Programming Contest at Bristol Community College. Three Dartmouth teams placed in the competition: First Place: Chris O’Brien, 2008, Billy Hawkins, 2008, Dillon Nye, 2009; second place: Jon Piva, 2008, Evan Plat, 2008, Quincy Barton, 2008 and third place: Will Caufield, 2009, Paul Furtado, 2010, Matt Ferreira, 2009. On November 6, 2008, 18 students in the Personal Financial Planning course participated in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's fall 2008 National Financial Literacy Challenge, an initiative recommended by the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy. More than 75,000 high school students participated from throughout the nation. Five of our DHS students scored in the top 25th percentile of the nation's scores. Ben Arruda, Preston Labonte, Kayla Lake, Derek Medeiros, Frank Vilacha. Our re-established DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) expanded this year from 52 to 55 members. Anthony Carrancho (current DHS DECA President) also campaigned for and won a position as a Massachusetts State DECA Officer. Our students made us proud in district and state competitions! Twenty-eight (28) DHS students participated in the District 1 Competition held in Falmouth, MA at the end of January. (There were over 400 students from District 1 at the competition). Twenty-one DHS students qualified for and participated in the state competition with over 1300 students in March at the Boston Copley Plaza. Our students competed in individual and team role playing events, written events, and the quiz bowl competition. Anthony Carrancho placed 2nd in the Retail Merchandising Individual Series Event. The following students were Top Ten Finalists in their respective categories: Sarah Pinheiro, Christine Shannon, Holly Fletcher – Internet Marketing Business Plan; Erin Weidenfeller, Courtney Pacheco – Retail Marketing Research Event; Kathryn Kehoe – Apparel and Accessories Marketing Individual Event; and the team of Brad Marder & Nicholas Pinhancos – Internet Marketing Management Team Event. The following students won individual medals: Team of Steven DaSilva & Christopher Lafleur – 3rd place Buying and Merchandising written test; Anthony Carrancho – 3rd place Retail Merchandising Role Play. In the International Competition in Florida, Anthony Carrancho competed in the individual retail merchandising event as well as attending the DECA LEADS academy. An event designed to provide training for state officers; Christine Shannon, DHS DECA president, attended the Senior Management Institute designed to prepare seniors with the life skills needed in the business world and college; Alex Root attended the Leadership Development Academy designed to refine leadership skills for underclassmen. Fifteen DECA Members attended the one-day Fall State Leadership conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in Braintree, MA. They participated in workshops to develop and refine

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leadership skills, build teamwork, and prepare students for individual and team role plays as well as the written event competition. The 2008 Scholastic Art Awards were presented on February 10, 2008 at John Hancock Hall in Boston, MA. The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are conducted nationally by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, Inc., a non-for-profit organization. The contest is co-sponsored by the New England Art Education Association. The Gold Key Awards and the Silver Key Awards were then exhibited at the Massachusetts Transportation Building, Ten Park Plaza, Boston, MA. Sarah Purgus earned a Portfolio Silver Award for a jewelry portfolio on the national level of the Scholastic Art Awards. This was a first for Dartmouth High School! The Scholastic Art & Writing National Award portfolio awards are the highest level award that a student can earn in the field of art and writing. Sarah designed and fabricated an outstanding collection of fused sterling silver pieces. Sarah’s work placed in the top 1% of all submissions to the Scholastic Art & Writing awards. Sarah received her award at Carnegie Hall in New York City on June 5, 2008. Mrs. Judy Cronin accompanied Sarah, her mom, and her brother to the awards ceremony, which was hosted by Kathy Bates. The following students earned the following awards:

NAME AWARD CATEGORY TEACHER Anna Frantz Gold Key Ceramics Susan Brunette Jordan Goldsmith Gold Key Photography Christine McFee Mat Melo Gold Key Drawing Judy Cronin Eva Neves Gold Key Apparel Design Jacqueline Francisco Taylor Nisbet Gold Key Digital Imagery Susan Brunette

Sarah Purgus Gold Key and Silver Portfolio Award

Jewelry Design

Judy Cronin

Hannah Szynal Gold Key Mixed Media Maura Erwin

Hannah Szynal Gold Key Jewelry Design Judy Cronin

Breanna Reboca Silver Key Photography Christine McFee

William Salisbury Silver Key Photography Christine McFee

Julia Signorella Silver Key Photography Christine McFee

Benjamin Ferreira Silver Key Digital Imagery Susan Brunette

Elizabeth Gomes Honorable Mention Jewelry Design Judy Cronin

Shelbie Hickox Honorable Mention Apparel Design Jacqueline Francisco

Isabella Cassell was chosen by a panel of art educators to participate in “Art All State” at the Worcester Art Museum in May of 2008. This is a weekend-long arts workshop focusing on art careers and college preparation for high school juniors. Much like college applications, students must apply to this program by submitting a portfolio, a letter of intent, teacher recommendations and their transcript. Only highly qualified students are chosen. ArtWorks! of New Bedford sponsored a teen internship program that provided teens the opportunity to work with local artists to learn about the artists’ art forms and how to use this experience to inspire their own artwork. Dartmouth had a record number of students

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participating this year. Kimberly Savoie worked with Anne Converse of Marion. She studied Photography. Eva Neves worked with Melanie Ungvarsky and studied fused glass jewelry. Alyssa Magrath worked with Jim Sears of Dartmouth. She studied painting. Henry Wilcox worked with Aaron Souza and studied painting”. Dillon Nye worked with David Olson. He studied glass sculpture. All of these students were involved in an exhibit of their work along with their mentor. This year, we graduated 306 members of the Class of 2008. Sixty-one per cent of the graduates were attending a four-year college and 24% were planning on attending two-year schools. The students were awarded for their efforts with $116,975 in local scholarship money. This total did not including scholarships and financial support from the colleges of their choice! Many members of the class of 2008 distinguished themselves by achieving academic excellence in their courses and activities during the 2007-2008 school year. The following were recognized at the annual Senior Awards Night:

AWARD: Outstanding Student in:

RECIPIENT AWARD Outstanding Student

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AWARD Outstanding Student in:

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Visual Arts Hannah Szynal Highest Four-Year Average in

Mathematics

Abigail Finger & Genoa Warner

Economic Book Award

Patrick Saunders

DHS Early Learning Center

Sarah Kolbeck CHESS CLUB Jon Stevens U.S.History Rachel Bier

Communications & TV Production

Amanda Sideris Outstanding Student Athletes

Ryan Andrew, Michaela Sleight

Psychology

Lily Brown, Greg Wang

Business Steven DaSilva Physical Ed Adam Desjardins, Meghan O’Hara

Tech Prep Student Kira Ball Brittany Cole

Web Design

William Hawkins

Architectural Drafting – CAD

Brittany Cole Portuguese Brittney Genereux

D.E.C.A. Christine Shannon

Engineering Drafting – CAD

Jonathan Armstrong

French Christopher Bach, Greg Wang

English Rachel Bier

Physics Kyle Franco Marine Science Tessa Farias

D.H.S. Theater Company Alyssa Bailey. Daniel

Barbas, Nicholas Bernardo, Kelsie Brejcha, Alex DeValles-Vieira, Kris Johansen,Sara Kolbeck, Andrew Misteroni, Julian Pinto, David Raposo

Advanced Wood Technology

Andrew Soares

Horticulture Alexander Bosworth

Forensics & Debate Students

Drew Nauman, Patrick Sawyer

Engineering Drafting – CAD

Jonathan Armstrong, Kira Ball, Melissa

Bermudez, Kyle Nauman

Physiology John Silveira-Orcutt

World History Abigail Finger Architecture Drafting – CAD

Brittany Cole. Chris Leaver

LEADERSHIP Marissa Louro, Michaela Sleight,

Jordan Smith, Julian A. Pinto

Amnesty International

Student

Kara Bernert, Lily Brown. Rishi Singh

Environmental Science Katelyn Rita Principal’s Award Alex Devalles-Vieira,

This past fall, the following incoming members of the Class of 2009 were honored with the following book awards: Yan Che received the Harvard Book Award, Isabella Cassell, the College Club Book Award, Aiden Gilchrist, the Dartmouth College Book Award, Lauren

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Alfonse, the Wellesley Book Award, Ashley Jerome, the UMass-Dartmouth Book Award, Carissa Wills-DeMello, the Smith Book Award and Christopher Toole, the Bryant Book Award. Christopher Toole also won the Bausch and Lombe Science Award. In 2008, there were several changes in the DHS staff. We said good-bye to two beloved English teachers, English Department Chair Sharon Barry and English teacher William Kavanaugh. English teacher Rachel Chavier was promoted to the English Department Chair position and English teacher Michelle Alexander transferred to the Unified Arts Department as TV Tech teacher to replace Denise Angelo who took a position at GNBVT High School. Kathleen Stuhler, Sarah Thomas, and Kimberly Rivard became DHS’s newest English teachers. Mailia Marques and Mike Frates transferred from the Dartmouth Middle School to take the place of Spanish teacher Rebecca Taub (who left to teach in R.I.) and P.E. teacher Carlos Oliveira who is now teaching at the Middle School. Spanish teacher Stacy Rodrigues-Botelho, Chemistry teacher Tom Hesketh, Unified Arts teacher Beth Ferreira and Social Studies teacher Woody Murphy helped us out by taking the place of teachers on temporary leave. Phyllis Anderson became our high school nurse. She replaced Jill Dumont who transferred to the Quinn School in January, 2008. Mrs. Beth Gormley and MaryBeth Collins shared the position vacated by Mrs. Dumont after her departure. We also welcomed student teachers Eric DaSilva (guidance), Tim Freitas (English) and Morgan Bozarth (art). We were thrilled to welcome School Resource Officer Paul Arruda to our school in September. The community supported funding that included a school resource officer in the spring 2008 Override ballot. Officer Arruda’s prior experience as a DARE officer in town has made him an excellent fit. Staff, students and parents alike are grateful for the return of this position and for his presence in our building. As is evident from this report, Dartmouth High School continues to be an ever-changing learning community that is actively preparing our students for life-long learning and service. As I write my final Dartmouth High School Annual Report as Principal, I wish to thank the dedicated staff members, educators, administrators and students that I have worked with for the past 35 years. These hard times have increased the capacity of the entire Dartmouth Public Schools staff to become educational leaders well versed in the creative use of the resources allotted to them. Dartmouth is a fortunate community. “Au revoir mes amis.”

Dartmouth Middle School Manuel Cabral, Jr., Principal Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment In the area of curriculum and instruction, our teachers continue to strengthen the relationship between the MA Frameworks and our curriculum design, development and implementation. At the center of this is the core belief that curriculum is a system for managing “what is taught” and as a result, student learning. We need to ensure that all staff members understand and address the idea that there is always a need for continuous improvement. As part of this effort, we established a curriculum planning room designed to better facilitate communication between all the stakeholders involved in the process. We established goals that help focus all the work that we do with curriculum in an effort to closely define what all students are expected to know, be able to do, and understand. This year we are integrating essential questions into our curriculum maps and updating our scope and sequence. Each quarter, our academic benchmarks are

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confirmed and published for staff members. Our curriculum maps are also being audited for alignment, resources and for a realistic time frame during which material is adequately covered. The key “self checks” or auditing questions that we are asking ourselves are “what are the big ideas and enduring understandings”,” what is important to know and do”, and “what is worth being familiar with in each unit of study”. It is our goal at the end of the year to have curriculum documents that are teacher driven, focused on student learning and understanding, and aligned to the MA Frameworks. The primary academic goal for this school year is to ensure that all students are reading at grade level by the end of 8th grade. To address this goal, the staff was provided with professional development in teaching strategies for reading, writing, speaking, and listening as outlined in the textbook Active Literacy Across the Curriculum. The major points that were stressed are:

• that literacy is taught by everyone, • that speaking and writing in context improves understanding, and reducing fundamental

reading errors yields results on assessment tests. As a result of the workshop teachers are focusing upon

• using critical reading strategies in the content area, • increasing reading time by 20% during academic support, • identifying high frequency vocabulary words.

In September of 2008, we continued to implement our six-period day scheduling program. Students have English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies each day. In eighth grade, students continue to have the first year course of Spanish or Portuguese. Due to the lack of funding, we had to discontinue offering foreign languages in our seventh grade. This loss of funding has subsequently created the need for our Librarian to teach a media and technology skills class. Unfortunately, this reduces the number of times academic classes can visit the library for research. Limitations on funding have also increased our class sizes in our Unified Arts areas. Academic support time is being used to increase our reading levels by having all students read for the first 15 to 20 minutes of class. Students who are under performing on the Math MCAS will again be pulled from academic support in the second half of the year to meet with a math consultant. This program was very successful last year helping our students to meet AYP in the Math subgroups. Our Unified Arts Areas are organized with the following offerings:

• Sixth and seventh graders have Family and Consumer Science, Computer Basics, and General Music.

• Sixth and Eighth graders have Technology Education. • Art is taught to students in all three grades. • Physical Education and Health have now been combined and is taken by students in all

grades. • Students explore Portuguese or Spanish as a Special Area Course. • Academic Support time is a new Special Area. (This is time for students to receive

academic support from their block teachers.) • As always, all students also have the opportunity to participate in one of our excellent

performance groups: Band, Orchestra, or Chorus.

Assessments are performed each year to monitor students’ progress in our curriculum. Students in grade seven participated in IOWA testing in October. Last spring, our sixth, seventh, and

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eighth graders took MCAS tests in English Language Arts and Mathematics. Eighth graders also took MCAS tests in Science and Technology. Seventh graders took part in a History and Social Science Pilot MCAS test. As the test results come in, staff members reviewed them – both in terms of student needs and to further improve instruction. The English Language Arts and math common assessments were revised and administered at all three grade levels. These tests are based on the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and give teachers valuable data to again help and improve instruction. In addition to our school-wide efforts to improve the curriculum and instruction work that has been continuing within the classrooms, there have been many programs that have enhanced students’ experiences outside of their classroom. Sixth graders enjoyed “Toying with Science” presented by Garry Krinsky. Seventh graders were entertained and inspired by David Parker. They were visited by a Roman Legionary from the Higgins Armory Museum. In October, seventh and eighth graders enjoyed the multimedia presentation, “Trust”, by Camfel Productions. In November, the entire school voted in our Mock Election Day and several students were interviewed by Mr. Travers on DCTV. In January, eighth graders attended the drama presentation of “Our Town” presented by the DHS students. Field Trips are another great way to improve students understanding. In the spring some of the chorus, band, and string students attended music festivals. Seventh graders attended a field trip to the Museum of Science. In June, some of our sixth grade classrooms visited the Newport Mansions and the Feinstein IMAX Theater. This fall, sixth graders went to Roger Williams Zoo to study animals and their habitats and our seventh graders also visited the Feinstein IMAX Theater. In December, the seventh grade students visited the Massachusetts Fine Arts Museum in Boston to tour the Egypt exhibit. A group of eighth graders attended Trinity Repertory Theatre’s production of “A Christmas Carol”. Students in grades 6, 7, and 8 participated on the Math Team run by Mrs. Leandro. The Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsored the annual Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest in which many students participated. In honor of National Poetry Month, our students participated in a poetry-writing contest sponsored by Baker Books. Teacher Quality Funding for the position of Assistant Principal for Curriculum and Instructions was returned during the past year. Mr. Carl Robidoux was appointed to this position. He was also assigned to be the Grade 6 administrator. Mrs. Elaine Martin, our long-time, Main Office secretary, Mrs. Judy Roderiques, a Special Education teacher and Mrs. Carol Forfa, a Gr. 7 Science teacher, retired in 2008. We are very thankful for their service to the Dartmouth Middle School. Mr. Craig Martin –Gr. 6 ELA / SS, Mr. Chris Oliver –Gr. 8 Social Studies, Mrs. Julie Barcelos - Speech, Mrs. Hannah Eccles – PE / Health, Ms. Kate Wilson – School Adjustment Counselor, and Mr. Brett Sylvia – TA moved on and took positions in other districts. The following teachers joined the Dartmouth Middle School staff: Mrs. Janis Rockett – Gr. 7 Science, Mr. Nicholas Bolger – Gr. 8 Social Studies, Mrs. Filomena Botelho – Gr. 8 World Language, Mrs. Kathrynn Minnock – Special Education, Mrs. Carol Myatt – DD Program, Mrs. Christine Souza – Speech, Mr. Carlos Oliveira – PE (transferred from the High School), Miss. Gina Nunes – Guidance Counselor, Mrs. Donna Costa – Secretary, Mr. Shane Fennessey – Gr. 8 Social Studies, Miss Sarah Cook – ASD Program. Mr. Justin Castanho, Mrs. Ronda Payne, Miss. April Yeomans, and Mrs. Kim Sampaio were appointed as Teacher Assistants. Transfers within the Middle School Staff: Mrs. Susan Shea – Gr. 6 ELA / SS and

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Mrs. Lisa Katz-Turgeon – Gr. 6 Special Needs. Mrs. Stacey Martin - TA and Mrs. Marilia Marques – World Language transferred to the High School. Student Support Programs & Services Our students continue to work on projects that show appreciation for each other and the school community. Through the voluntary efforts of the Guidance Staff, during the months of November and December our entire school became involved in our Thanksgiving and Winter Wonderland projects. Students help support Dartmouth families and to make their holidays a bit brighter with food baskets, well wishes, and gifts from the heart. These overwhelming gestures of kindness and good cheer allowed each of us to feel like we are truly making a difference! The students’ acts of kindness are what make the Dartmouth Middle School a great place to be part of and call home. Our teachers continued to volunteer to work on the R.A.R.E. Committee headed up by Mr. Darren Doane. R.A.R.E. is an acronym for respect, accountability, responsibility, and esteem. These are values that we want to continue to incorporate into our school culture. Over the course of the year, our students are exposed to a variety of activities associated with R.A.R.E. that are designed to celebrate the academic and behavioral success of students. The Dartmouth Middle School’s “Step-Up Program” provides services to students with behavioral/emotional needs, which cannot be effectively addressed in the regular classroom setting. The goals of the program are to provide these students and their parents/guardians with support, direction and strategies that will promote their success. Those in the program are closely monitored and each student has their own individual behavioral plan. Mr. Richard Blair, and a teacher assistant, Ms. Liz Fisher, supervises the program. The After-School Program provides services to many students. It allows for them to expand upon what they have learned during the school day and to explore new areas of interest. In light of the difficult fiscal climate and in order to continue the after-school Program, a fee of $25.00 per session was instituted. This fee, when combined with the generous support of the Parents Group, has allowed us to continue this program. The Program consists of two sessions with each session running for ten days. The first session ran in the Fall of 08 and the second session is scheduled to run January thru April of 09. The after-school activities that ran during the 08-09 school year include the following:

• Homework Club • Robotics – Technology Club • Weightlifting • Journalism Club • Sports • Year Book Club • Drama Club • Gardening • MATHCOUNTS • Knitting/Foods Club • Art

Destination Imagination continues to run as an extra curricular activity with parent coaches and middle school support. During March Madness Volleyball, a large percentage of the staff and students competed for the coveted award of overall school champion.

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Seventh and eighth grade students had the chance to interact socially at the Spring, Harvest, and Winter dances held during the school year. Band, Orchestra, and Chorus concerts for each grade also occurred throughout the year. The Dartmouth Middle School Parent Group is an important support group for our school. Their successful fundraising campaigns provide funds to supplement after-school programs, the library collection, field trips, and teacher expenditures. They also contribute Dartmouth t-shirts and other items that are given to welcome new students entering Dartmouth Middle School after the school year gets started. Parent and community volunteers work in the school’s media center. Parents can sign-up to receive e-mail messages throughout the school year. Dartmouth Middle School staff and students benefit from the support of the many volunteers who donate their time and efforts to the school. Leadership and Governance Due to lack of funding and funding needs that existed in other areas, a Guidance Counselor position and a half of a secretarial position in the Main Office were cut from the Middle School Staff in September of 2008. We also have our own website, www.dartmouth.k12.ma.us/dms, which includes a monthly updated calendar and general information about the school. The guidance staff continues to publish its quarterly Guidance Newsletter. As is customary, the school year started with a very successful Open House held in September. The Dartmouth Middle School Parent Group sponsored a Book Fair in the spring and then again in the fall. In November, and then again in December, the early released time days were used to allow for Parent Conferences. At Dartmouth Middle School, we strive to ease transitions for all of our students. Last spring administration and guidance personnel held an Orientation Night for parents of prospective sixth graders. A “question and answer” period helped parents to understand what is so special about life at the Middle School. In May, members of the Guidance staff visited all of the elementary schools to continue the orientation process with fifth grade students who were scheduled to come to the Middle School in the fall. This was one more step taken to ease the transition and anxieties that students and parents have when going from fifth to sixth grade. Movin’ on Up Day completed the last of our Sixth Grade Orientation activities. Fifth graders were bussed to the Middle School for a tour of the building and an opportunity to meet some of the Middle School staff. In February, our eighth graders took a tour of Dartmouth High School. They also listened to a presentation from Bristol Aggie and Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational School – both schools to which some of our students apply and attend. In June, a variety of activities for our graduating eighth graders punctuated their last year at the Middle School. Assemblies featuring Brian Gillie’s Early Rock and Roll and Scot Cannon’s The Next Step entertained everyone. In addition, eighth graders participated in a field day and an eighth grade graduation celebration was held in our dining room where eighth grade teachers served a light buffet supper, catered by Subway.

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Management The middle school faculty reviewed the Dartmouth Public Schools’ Crisis Response Manual in 2008. Middle school faculty received training on the Crisis Response Manual, and we conducted our annual mock drill with students this fall. Middle school administration and teachers reviewed the D.M.S. Massachusetts’ Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) Report in September. The results of the Spring 2008 MCAS indicated that the Dartmouth Middle School students’ performance in all areas did meet Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) as we continued to improve and “stay on track” within the state averages. However, because our special education sub group did not make AYP last year the Dartmouth Middle School did not meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in Cycle IV. As a result, we continue to be “Identified for Improvement” in Mathematics based on the performance of the student group listed above. Dartmouth Middle School continues to focus on the intellectual, emotional and social development of our students. The curriculum and extra-curricular programs in our school challenge, engage, and tap our young adolescent’s boundless energy and interests! The traditions and supportive climate of Dartmouth Middle School continues as new opportunities and our instructional programs are constantly improved upon for our students.

JOSEPH DEMELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Cathy Maccini, Principal Mission The Joseph DeMello School is an educational and social community where all children learn to

the best of their ability in an environment of mutual respect and cooperation.

School Motto At DeMello School, we are attempting to create a school-wide culture characterized by academic achievement, respect, honesty, compassion, responsibility and acceptance. We feel these attributes will help the children to become successful students and DeMello School community members. We highlight some of these values in our DeMello School Motto: "DeMello Students are Respectful, Responsible and Friendly." We emphasize our motto through the use of PowerPoint Point presentations, our respect campaign, the Second Step Program, and class lessons conducted by our outreach social worker. To encourage behavior consistent with our motto, this year the staff awarded “Respect Receipts” to deserving students. In addition to acknowledging a student’s admirable conduct, the award entitled all recipients to participate in a monthly raffle that enabled them to enjoy a free meal from the local McDonald’s or Papa Gino’s restaurant. Students whose names were drawn ate lunch with the principal. This was a rewarding experience for everyone involved. School Demographics The Joseph DeMello School is a Title I facility serving students in Kindergarten through Grade 5, as well as two district special education classes. We have four half-day Kindergarten sessions, four separate classes of Grades 1 through 4, and three fifth grade classes. Our class sizes range from 17 to 22 students. As of December 2008, we had a total of 451 students enrolled at DeMello School. Out of that enrollment, 94% were white. The remainder was African American, Asian, Hispanic, and

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Pacific Islander. Approximately 17% received free or reduced meals, 18% received special education services, 6% received English Language Learner instruction, and 8% reported that English was not their first language. New Personnel DeMello School bid goodbye and welcomed a number of new staff members this school year. In June we honored Mrs. Joan Fortin, our K-2 Developmental Resource Room Teacher, as she retired after 35 years in education. Ms. Marielle Beauchemin transferred from her special education position at the Dartmouth Middle School to replace Mrs. Fortin. In order to help decrease enrollment at the James M. Quinn School, DeMello added an additional classroom to grades one through four. To fill these positions, we hired Miss Lindsey Allen, grade one; Mrs. Katie Amaral, grade two; Mrs. Leslie Gamache, grade three; and Mrs. Cheryl Allen, grade four. We are also pleased to have Ms. Lisa Maucione join us as our half-time reading specialist, replacing Mrs. Carole Myatt who accepted a special education teaching position at the Middle School. Mr. Randy Medeiros was hired as a special education teaching assistant in the Resource Room, filling a vacancy created by a transfer. These new staff members have made a wonderful transition into their roles, and are contributing positively to the DeMello School educational community. Current School Initiatives The DeMello School Staff has developed initiatives designed to improve student reading and mathematics achievement. We administer brief reading assessments called DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) three times a year to students in Kindergarten through Grade 5 to monitor student progress and to identify students who need support services. Data meetings attended by classroom teachers, support personnel and administrators are conducted on a regular basis to review student scores and to discuss appropriate reading instruction. We established 90 minute uninterrupted reading blocks for students in Grades 1-4 (45 minutes for Kindergarten) and simultaneous grade level intervention periods. The intervention sessions provide students with additional time to work in small groups with the classroom teacher, reading specialist, Title I teacher and/or teaching assistant. This time was used to focus on certain reading skills based on their strengths and weaknesses as determined by DIBELS assessments and teacher input. During these support periods we use research-based reading intervention programs, such as Early Reading Inventory, My Sidewalks and Reading Mastery to help our struggling readers. Reading fluency is directly correlated to reading comprehension, so we have initiated a school-wide fluency program. (Fluency is the ability to read text with speed, accuracy and proper expression.) Students who read fluently do not have to concentrate on sounding out words and can instead focus on comprehending content. We continue our popular WOW Word (Word of the Week) Program designed to expand and promote the use of rich vocabulary words. WOW words are vocabulary words that are announced and explained at the beginning of each week during our opening exercises. We also sponsor a school-wide reading incentive program, "Go for the Gold," that rewards students for time spent reading at home. We continue to collect used children’s books and give them to students to expand their home libraries and to encourage them to read at home. Family Literacy Month in November was celebrated through the Reading is FUNdamental (RIF) program.

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Members of the community visited each classroom to read to the students and discuss the importance of reading as an invaluable skill and enjoyable pastime. In October 2008, the teaching staff conducted grade level specific, parent/guardian workshops on how parents/guardians can support their child’s reading development at home. We provided separate literacy activities for the children. The evening’s events concluded with a storyteller! We hope to make this workshop an annual event. We also have created a lending library of reading materials, games, as well as books and videos related to counseling topics for parents and guardians to borrow to help parents to more effectively support their child’s reading, social and emotional growth. Students in Grades 3-5 utilize a web-based English Language Arts and Mathematics MCAS preparation program called Study Island. We also use the Heads Up and Math's Mate workbooks to continuously reinforce math skills and concepts. The fourth and fifth grade teachers conduct voluntary recess study and homework clubs to assist interested students. Staff members organize special reading and math months devoted to motivating students in these areas through numerous “fun activities”. In addition, the staff sponsors Family Fun Nights devoted to various educational and entertaining topics. This year, we offered several building-based professional development workshops led by our teachers. Faculty members learned different math and handwriting strategies, expanded their computer skills, as well as participated in book talks on reading comprehension strategies and Reality Therapy-Choice Theory. A workshop presented by one of our parents who is a registered social worker provided a demonstration on behavioral interventions to use with students. Student Clubs To encourage our students to become responsible and civic-minded individuals, we have established various clubs and opportunities for them to contribute to the school and community. Our Garden Club maintains the hallway planter and courtyard, conducts weekly cleaning and maintenance of classroom aquariums and participates in community planting projects with the Dartmouth Council on Aging. Members of the Student Council collect classroom recycling bins on a weekly basis, sponsor holiday canned food drives for the Council on Aging, participate in periodic playground clean ups and assist with various special, school-wide projects, such as our reading incentive program and end of the year assembly. The Fit Club, comprised of students in Grades 1-5, promotes fitness and exercise. The Fit Club members walk three days a week before school with staff members. Students have pedometers and are rewarded with plastic feet to add to their Fit Club necklaces for every five miles they walk.

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Parent/Family Involvement The DeMello School staff encourages parent and community involvement. We are very appreciative of our many volunteers who devote numerous hours to our school. Parents, guardians, grandparents and community members volunteer in our classrooms, library and copy center. They are recognized for their contributions with a Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast in June. Parents/guardians also participate in our Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) and School Council. The School Council conducts an annual parent/guardian survey to gather information and feedback. The PTO raises approximately $25,000 annually to fund our academic and cultural enrichment programs, field trips, family fun nights, field day, scholarships, summer reading, courtyard maintenance, and numerous other special activities and school programs. We promote home/school communication utilizing various methods, such as phone calls, emails and written notes. Many teachers send home monthly newsletters and have created classroom websites designed to inform parents of upcoming instructional topics, tests, homework, important dates and other reminders. Parents and guardians also receive a copy of the principal's monthly school newsletter and calendar to inform them of important information and school events. We believe frequent home communication is likely to lead to increased student success. The DeMello School staff remains committed to improving student academic achievement and meeting their diverse needs. As we reflect upon the achievements of 2008, we look forward to building upon our accomplishments and meeting the new challenges ahead.

Potter School

Heidi Silva Brooks, Principal 2008 marked a year of change at Potter School. Knowing that Mrs. Jacqueline Figueiredo, long-time building principal, would retire at the end of the school year provided a bittersweet backdrop to the spring of 2008. The continuing financial issues facing our town added an additional element of concern and uncertainty for the staff and families of the Potter community. Most significant were our personnel changes. Mr. Richard Porter, fifth grade teacher, was selected to join Principal Lorraine Granda and Assistant Principal Wendy Weidenfeller, another former Potter School teacher, at the James M. Quinn School. Mr. Porter was missed. He was a much loved and admired person, who was respected in and outside of the classroom. His presence in the halls of Potter for over fifteen years left us with many wonderful memories. Mrs. Joan Pepin, a third grade teacher at Potter School for over 30 years waited until the end of the school year to announce her retirement. Mrs. Pepin’s personal desire to depart “quietly” was thereby achieved. Mrs. Pepin’s career spanned five different building administrators. She taught 600+ children! Her passion for Science and Social Studies earned her accolades from the community and provided her students with a context for life-long learning. Mrs. Pepin left the Potter family to care for members of her own family, including her beautiful grandchildren. Mrs. Jacqueline Figueiredo, began her tenure at Potter School in 1987 as an Assistant Principal under Principal John Frattiello. When Mr. Frattiello chose to accept an administrative position in Connecticut, Mrs. Figueiredo was the natural candidate to assume the role as principal. Mrs. Figueiredo began the 1993-1994 school year as the solo administrator and began the Assistant Principal selection process. In December 1993, Mrs. Heidi Silva Brooks, was selected to join the

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Potter School administrative team. Together for the next three years Mrs. Figueiredo and Mrs. Brooks defined their roles and responsibilities and began creating the school culture; valuing learning and celebrating childhood. In 1997, when Mrs. Brooks accepted the principalship of the Andrew B. Cushman School, Mrs. Figueiredo had the opportunity to select an assistant to continue Potter’s success. Mrs. Debra Kavanaugh, a former Potter School Kindergarten teacher, complimented the qualities needed in their administrative team. Together for eleven years, Mrs. Figueiredo and Mrs. Kavanaugh set a course which highlighted academic achievement while balancing the joys of the elementary experience. Mrs. Figueiredo will be remembered for her efforts with the district’s K-12 Math Committee. Through her contributions, the district selected a cutting edge math program which focused on number sense and the language of math which aligned to the State Frameworks. Mrs. Figueiredo also organized the professional development workshops that helped staff members to become better teachers of mathematics. While at school, Mrs. Figueiredo instituted student-focused assemblies. Each assembly’s theme dictated the music, skits and celebration that took place. Most notable, was Mrs. Figueiredo’s famous raffle! Both students and teachers would recite the line, “Must be present to win,” as the excitement built. In addition, Mrs. Figueiredo’s co-sponsor of many assemblies, Mrs. Carrie Gregoire, Outreach Worker, allowed the Second Step (Bully Prevention/Problem-Solving Curriculum) to gain the spotlight during the Deal or No Deal and Are You Smarter than a Potter School Student? game show format. Mrs. Figueiredo was also known for her holiday themed attire and field day surprises. Past surprises included her wearing a wet-suit in a dunk tank, roller skating through the halls, and her white sequin studded suited impression of Elvis. Mrs. Figueiredo also organized an annual school-wide outing – a screening of Polar Express at the movie theatre, complete with hot cocoa, to the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra’s Youth Concert at the Zeiterion Theatre. These activities forever endeared Mrs. Figueiredo to the students and their families. Mrs. Figueiredo embodied a compassionate leader and advocate for her students and teachers. She worked to make learning fun. In April, the announcement was made that Mrs. Heidi Silva Brooks would return to Potter School as Principal. Mrs. Brooks had been the Principal of the Andrew B. Cushman School (1997-2007) and the co-Principal of the James M. Quinn School (2007-2008). Having previously worked at Potter and along-side Mrs. Figueiredo, the Potter School community embraced this transition. Mrs. Brooks was well aware of the established culture and both the success and needs of the students. The first task of the new administrative team was to secure both a third and fifth grade teacher. Mrs. Cathy Claassen joined the fifth grade team. Mrs. Claassen had taught fourth grade at the James M. Quinn School and previously at Friend’s Academy. Mrs. Claassen was thrilled to work with the Potter teachers and excited by the curriculum possibilities of teaching fifth grade. Her passion for our country’s history and nurturing writers has proven to be a great compliment to the work being done at that grade level. Miss Melissa Pinto was selected from a wide field of candidates for the third grade position. Miss Pinto had worked in Fall River public schools as a second and third grade teacher. Her enthusiasm for the craft of teaching inspired her grade

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mates! Her experience working with special education students also gave her insight into the range of student needs. Continuing their commitment to providing a quality educational experience to their students several teachers participated in Professional Development opportunities. Mr. Paul LaBelle, a fourth grade teacher, joined a teacher team from across the elementary district to attend a Singapore Math week-long symposium in Boston, MA. Mr. LaBelle brought the philosophy back to the district with a renewed enthusiasm for math instruction. He has since shared this information with his colleagues and has exposed his students to these instructional techniques with much success. In a continuing effort to provide teachers with the tools to meet the needs of all students, a number of Potter School teachers enrolled in the district sponsored Sheltered English Immersion training during the summer. As part of the transition under the new administrative team, Potter School personnel were asked to complete a survey regarding the present direction of the culture and institutional practices at the Potter School. Mrs. Brooks and Mrs. Kavanuagh then organized grade level and unit meetings during the month of August to address concerns or anticipated procedural changes as this “new team” took the reins. Our work is continuing as we review curriculum, discuss instructional practices, and review the results of student progress! The fall of 2008 brought many opportunities for a re-embracing of patriotic excitement. The entire school gathered around our flag pole on September 11th to raise a new American flag to pause for a moment of silence. We were aided by our Brownies, Girl Scouts, and Boy Scouts who served as an honor guard and assisted in raising our new flag. Although our current students are too young to remember the events of 2001, the students intrinsically knew the significance of the day and respectfully participated in the ceremony. Continuing in our patriotic spirit, we hung a grapevine wreath in our foyer adorned with Red, White and Blue ribbons for each member of our Potter Community serving as a first responder (Police, Fire, and EMTs) and a Yellow Ribbon for each member of the Armed Services. During our Thanksgiving Assembly we paused to give thanks to those serving to ensure our freedoms. The students whose family member is remembered by a ribbon, tied each ribbon to our wreath. Patriotism was at its peak as our school participated in a Mock Presidential Election. Fourth and Fifth Grade students researched the candidates. They led class discussions, created signs, worked the polls on our election day, conducted exit poll interviews and awaited the results of the national election. The calendar year of 2008 came to a close with the Potter community embracing two community service projects. We filled five food baskets for Thanksgiving which were delivered to needy Potter families. Food items were donated by staff and students with all the excitement of the season! During December, we erected a “Giving Tree” in our foyer and hung tags on the branches with a requested item for a needy family member. Our community was able to provide for 23 area families (8 families through New Bedford Child and Family Services Holiday Hope Campaign and 15 Potter School families). In the true spirit of the holiday, the message of giving was embraced by our staff, students and families. May the renewed spirit of hope in the face of change, from the White House to our own community bring about a better 2009.

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James M. Quinn School

Lorraine Granda, Principal It was an exciting 2008 as the James M. Quinn School continued to write a new chapter in its short history. The new year brought many milestones for the staff here at Quinn. Veteran teachers Mary Crooks, Mary Lesson and Angela Millette retired after many years of service to the children of Dartmouth. Wendy Howland, a teacher assistant, also joined the ranks of retired personnel. We wish these women the best as they all enter a well-deserved new phase in their lives. Other staff moved on to new positions here in Dartmouth during 2008. First grade teacher Lindsey Allen accepted a position at the DeMello School, Cathy Claassen transitioned over to teach Grade 5 at the Potter School, and secretary Donna Costa moved to the Middle School Office. Mrs. Laura Hunt, a teacher at Quinn for many years, accepted a teaching position at Moses Brown School in Providence. A major change for many of our staff was the announcement that our co-principal, Heidi Silva Brooks, was appointed as the principal of the Potter School. We wish her well! We welcomed new staff members to Quinn, as well. Audra Thomas became our newest classroom teacher joining the fourth grade team. Lisa Niemi, returning from maternity leave and rejoined her colleagues at the first grade while Kristine O’Neil became a member of our Title One staff as a tutor. Rick Porter, formerly a teacher at the Potter School, joined the administrative team this past fall as our second assistant principal. The Quinn staff continued to focus on student learning and achievement. We instituted monthly curriculum meetings. These meetings provided teachers with the opportunity to meet regularly with colleagues in order to make sure that our curriculum was appropriately executed to meet student needs. We refined and streamlined our “Building Based Support Team” referral process to ensure that those students requiring additional interventions received them in a timely manner. Many staff members participated in various trainings throughout the year. This included Response to Intervention (RTI), Early Literacy, Sheltered English Immersion, Literacy, and various other topics. RTI is a method of academic intervention designed to provide early, effective assistance to children who are having difficulty learning. Sheltered English Immersion provides our teachers with strategies to best meet the needs of our students who are identified as English Language Learners (ELL). Professional development continues for all staff in preparation for the new literacy series, Story Town, which will be implemented in the fall of 2009 for all of our elementary students. Technology and data analysis continue to help support student learning. Educational software, such as Study Island and BrainPop, were implemented for both school and home use. Jean Dean, the district’s technology consultant, conducted workshops that helped classroom teachers address grade level technology standards. Data analysis allowed us to target specific areas of need for our students. We have continued to administer DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) testing for our students. This assessment is administered to our K-3 students at three different points during the year. Data gathered from DIBELS testing, along with MCAS scores, Kindergarten screenings, early intervention assessments and unit tests are studied carefully by our data team (of administrators and teachers) to help refine our instructional practices and hopefully improve student learning.

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Creating treasured memories for our students is one of our most important areas of focus here at the Quinn School. Memorable events were plentiful in 2008. Here is just a sampling of some of the special moments that make the Quinn School a special place:

• Students and staff alike participated in a “Peacemakers” Assembly in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King. Each class brainstormed ways to be peacemakers within our school community. These ideas were spelled out on a LARGE peacemakers sign in our gym.

• Mr. Gerry Dyck, a retired Dartmouth teacher, taught our second graders about observing the Moon; fourth graders participated in an assembly to learn about various Native American tribes, and many of our students enjoyed the National Park Ranger presentation on mapping skills and the American Revolution.

• The Lloyd Center continued to teach our students about the natural world that is present here in southeastern Massachusetts: our first graders learned about terrariums, second graders explored the life of butterflies, third graders learned about birds through the program Feathery Focus, and our fifth graders explored the coast with two field trips to the Lloyd Center in South Dartmouth.

• March Madness was alive and well during 2008. Students celebrated by participating in special “theme” days including: Hats On Day, Mix It Up Day and Necktie Day.

• Mrs. Marianne Oien brought music to all our lives with programs for all grade levels - from a concert about rainbows to recreating Broadway and all the way to a holiday presentation on “How the Penguins Saved Christmas”. Quinn students have made many memories with Mrs. Oien!

• Thanks to our fifth grade teachers, students participated in the National Mock Election for President in November. Fifth grade students created voting booths, conducted voter registrations, and coordinated our school-wide election. Students from kindergarten through Grade 5 voted at one of the Quinn’s four precincts. Citizenship is at the forefront here at Quinn!

• Our Outreach workers continued the principles of our classroom-based social-skills program, Second Steps. Two exciting events come to mind. Our kick off assembly featuring the staff volleyball game and our “Mix It Up” Day held in November. Both showed the importance of sportsmanship and meeting new friends.

As the Quinn School has grown in size, so has the use of our physical plant. This fall, we were fortunate to have the library books that were formerly housed in the Gidley School library added to our Quinn collection. Although we have been challenged technologically in merging the two (2) collections, we are excited that more books are now available to be utilized by all our students. New books were not the only additions to our library this year. Cathy Banville and Tammy Vasconcelos joined our staff as our new library assistants. We also expanded our options for our students at recess. The Gidley School’s playground structure (appropriately named “Tall Toy” for its height) added more slides and other fun things to do. Our outreach workers worked hard to introduce “Peaceful Playground” to all of our students. The purpose of the Peaceful Playground Program is to introduce children and school staff to the many choices of activities available in the playground and field areas. These activities have included “4 square” and tether ball, to name a few. The most exciting expansion in terms of the playground has been the instituting of morning recess here at Quinn. Through the hard work of all staff, hundreds of Quinn students now start the day refreshed and invigorated

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after getting fresh air during the early morning sunshine. It has been a real pleasure for students and staff alike! The Quinn community goes well beyond our school walls. Parents are integral in the education of their children. Our PTO has provided our students with many opportunities to expand their learning. A brief sampling of PTO-sponsored activities include:

• A school wide picnic for our students was held last spring. • Our students enjoyed a delicious ice cream party in June. • “End of the Year” activities including Field Day, T-shirts and the 5th grade Lip Sync

were highlights during May and June. • A Family Social night, complete with crafts, raffles, and a D.J., was held in the spring. • The tradition of a family Halloween Night here at Quinn, which included spooky games,

ghoulish dances, and even a Haunted House, provided us with a fun-filled evening in October.

The PTO continues to support our arts and enrichment programs. They also make it possible for many Quinn students to expand their learning through field trips. Our students traveled to such exciting places as the Freedom Trail in Boston, the Harvard Museum, Plimoth Plantation, Roger Williams Zoo and countless other points of interest. Teaching students to care about their community at large is one of the most important lessons we can teach our children. Quinn kids really care, as was apparent in 2008.

• Fourth graders Tarah Bourgeois and Emma Hoffman organized a fourth grade raffle. The $1,200 in proceeds from their raffle was donated to the Make-A- Wish Foundation

• First graders Marissa Parisi and Keira Tavares coordinated a canned food drive to help the homeless. After setting a goal of collecting 1000 cans, Quinn kids exceeded the challenge and collected over 2000 cans! These canned goods were donated to PACE (People Acting in Community Endeavors).

• Students at Quinn continued the tradition of community thoughtfulness by participating in our annual “Dimes for Deeds” program. Our students willingly did chores and helped at home to earn money that they generously donated to this program. Their contributions along with a donation from Tomlinson & O’Neil Insurance Agency resulted in our collecting $1300. This money was used to help local families during the holidays.

As is evident, it was a busy 2008 here at Quinn! We are all excited and eager to embark on a brand new year where we all will learn new things and make more memories together.

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“Nos somos escolas differentes mas trabalhamos como uma so escola” We are different schools working as one…, The challenges that we face are numerous. Each portion of this annual School Report reflects the style, areas of emphasis, and contributions of the various members of our staff. They reflect what’s special and unique among all of our schools. They also reflect the many combined efforts underway as we all strive to provide the young people of Dartmouth with an educational experience that will benefit them both today and tomorrow. Despite our budgetary shortfalls reiterated in the familiar refrain that “it is what it is” in the end we all know that “It is what we make it”. Muito Obrigado, Respectfully submitted, Steve Russell, Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools

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Dartmouth Community Television Staff:

Dr. Cynthia Marland, Director of Media Peter Chasse, Technical Manager

David Finer, Operations Coordinator Derek Frates, Production Coordinator

Board of Directors:

Michael Gagne, Joseph Barbero, Larry Edmundson, Paul Levasseur, Russell Robinson, Dr. Stephen Russell & Jim Thompson

Our mission is as follows:

Dartmouth Community Television, Channel 18, is an educational and

governmental partnership dedicated to the production and cablecasting of high quality programming for the residents of Dartmouth, MA.

Two-thousand-eight proved to be an excellent year for Dartmouth

Community Television in numerous ways. Cynthia continued to lead the organization in many exciting and new directions. Peter continued to provide us with the highest-quality technical vision. Derek and David worked extensively with the community in addition to the recording of programs about town government and education, including K-12 and UMass-Dartmouth.

DCTV is proud to bring Dartmouth home to you with its coverage of school-related events (sports, music, etc.), municipal meetings (Select Board, Zoning Board, Planning Board, Town Meeting, etc.), and happenings throughout the town (Summer Concert Series, historic events, etc.)

Government Coverage DCTV has always been committed to providing high-quality coverage

of municipal meetings throughout the Town of Dartmouth. Channel 18 provides LIVE coverage of the Select Board Meetings. In addition, tape-delayed coverage of the Zoning Board of Appeals Meetings and Planning Board Meetings from inside the John Marland Meeting Room in Dartmouth Town Hall can also be seen on Channel 18. In addition, we also carry LIVE gavel-to-gavel coverage of the annual and spring town meetings from Dartmouth Middle School.

There were many highlights to our government coverage in 2007. Under the direction of former Dartmouth Public School teacher Jim Travers, and with help from a number of Dartmouth Middle School students, DCTV provided the town with LIVE results during the April town elections, as they became available. This program not only informed the town of the up-to-the-minute results, but it also taught the students about democracy. Later in the year, Mr. Travers spearheaded a program with the new Town Clerk Lynn Medeiros in which students in all of the public schools cast their ballots in the presidential election. Representatives from each school spoke about the process and revealed whom their school favored in the mock election.

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Mr. Travers continues to host a pre-Town Meeting program in which Dartmouth Middle School students research specific articles and then interview the article sponsors LIVE on Channel 18 before Town Meeting begins.

Dartmouth Wanderers The Dartmouth Wanderers from the Council on Aging have become

the voice of the senior in Dartmouth. The Wanderers include Edith Andrews, Joe Barbero, Ida Case, Maria Connor, Charles Ditata, Janet Doe, Rubye Finger, Ruben Goldstein, Paul Levasseur, and Ellie White. This dynamic group continues to focus on health, town government and history programming.

Education DCTV continues to work with students in the Dartmouth Public

School System that start in grade six and go all the way through programs at the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. The student production teams have been an asset to Dartmouth Community Television by assisting Channel 18 in covering numerous artistic, municipal, sporting, and musical events.

From the Dartmouth Public School System, we have received help from students Chace Allain, Melanie Elhaddad, Meghann Gilligan, Alex Golen, Adam Kitchen, Steph Mello, Dylan Santos, Alexandra Siegel, Anita Sylvia, and Jimmy Wilkins.

From the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, work-study interns included Julie Aldred, Josh Altobelli, Kevin Arruda, Ryan Collard, Brian Conroy, Jessica Gove, Seth Halko, Kathleen L’Abbe, Thomas L’Abbe, Marjorie LaPrade, Reynaldo Lewis, Matt Madonna, Todd Migliacci, Sothdra Nguon Alexandra Pagan, and Joe Scurio. Michael Fernandes, a Dartmouth resident who currently attends Emerson College, also works on shoots with DCTV when he is back in town.

The sports commentating staff for sports coverage included Ian Abreu, Paul Brasells, John Cabral, David Finer, Derek Frates, Rick Jalbert, Bill Kavanaugh, Jim McGonigle, Shawn Medeiros, Jim Mullins, Paul O’Connor, Paul Santos, Jim Thompson, Ed Wiley, and Bill Young.

Without the help of these dedicated high school volunteers, college work-study interns, as well as the commentating staff, DCTV would not be able to provide coverage of as many games as we do, as well as the variety of games as we do.

High school sports programming on DCTV included football, boys and girl’s basketball, ice hockey, boys and girl’s soccer, field hockey, baseball, softball, and volleyball. We followed all high school teams throughout their respective playoff runs.

At the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, we covered football, men’s and women’s basketball, and ice hockey. We did our best in the spring to follow the men’s basketball team and the ice hockey team in their respective playoff runs as well.

Jim Travers was instrumental in putting together a number of education-related programs that aired on Channel 18. He worked with the Dartmouth High School Guidance Department for the annual look at college

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life today in which DHS Seniors spoke with college freshmen about their experiences.

Staff Accomplishments Technical Manager Peter Chasse kept himself busy throughout the

year. Specifically, he installed the new Tightrope Playback System for Channels 17 & 18 in April. Because of the new system the channel looks cleaner, the town message board is easier to read, and the programs are being replayed from a digital hard-drive server rather than from S-VHS or DVD. With this new internet-based system in place, the scheduling of programs on Channel 18 and editing of message board notices can now be done remotely.

Operations Coordinator David Finer completed his second full year at DCTV in 2008. He worked closely with the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth as well as the university’s work-study students. David also continued his committed work with the Dartmouth High School as well as the producing and directing of local area school sports and music events. He also directed and produced a number of provocative “School Digest” programs. The first was a three-part series, which highlighted every technical area at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School. The second was a program that focused on science classes at Quinn Elementary School and showed the students learning the concepts of science through the use and construction of Legos. The last was the Dartmouth Public Schools Mock Election program in which students at all five schools participated in a mock presidential election and were then interviewed and asked their thoughts on the entire process. David has also been known to fill in on play-by-play for Dartmouth High School sports and UMass-Dartmouth sports when the need arises.

Production Coordinator Derek Frates also completed his second full year at DCTV. His duties encompassed directing a multitude of sporting events including statistical compilation and graphic preparations for all game broadcasts. Derek is the driving force behind the popular regional magazine show, Ampers&nd, presenting a unique perspective on the cultural life of the Southcoast’s visual and performing arts, literature, theatre, and music. Ampers&nd is sponsored by the Dartmouth and New Bedford Cultural Councils and Dr. Eileen Marland is the executive producer of the program. Derek is the community liaison for DCTV, “bicycling” a variety of local shows to nearby community access stations. Derek is the videographer and chief editor of Town Pulse, a intriguing show that compiles current events taking place in Dartmouth as well as contributing to covering government meetings, school events, and others shows of interest that are broadcast on DCTV.

Director of Media Cynthia Marland wore many hats in 2008. Along with her many duties at DCTV, including being the chairperson of the Dartmouth Council on Aging Board of Directors, she is a member of the Coastline Elderly Board of Directors, a member of Project Independence, a member of the PACE (People Acting in Community Endeavors) Board of Directors, a member of the Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School Advisory Committee, and the vice-chairperson of the Dartmouth Gallery Board of Directors. Because of all of these associations, she is a great advocate for the

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elderly, the arts community, education, and under-served populations in addition to promoting media programming which provides a voice for these groups.

ANNUAL REPORT

CALENDAR YEAR 2008

GREATER NEW BEDFORD REGIONAL

VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL

School Committee

David S. Darmofal, Chair, Fairhaven Norman Bergeron, Vice-Chair, New Bedford Randall C. Durrigan, Fairhaven Dr. Thomas E. Kelly, Dartmouth John P. Montigny, Dartmouth Joaquim “Jack” Nobrega, New Bedford Rita M. Ribeiro, New Bedford Frederick J. Toomey, New Bedford

School Administration

Michael R. Shea, Superintendent-Director Paula A. Gendreau, School Business Administrator Michael P. Gagliardi, Principal for Career and Technical Education Linda Enos, Academic Principal

Overview of the School

Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School is a four-year Vocational / Technical High School for young men and women. The school provides career and technical education as well as academic instruction to students from New Bedford, Dartmouth and Fairhaven. With roots dating back to 1908, it opened as a Regional Vocational Technical High School in 1977.

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As of October 1, 2008, there were 2,064 students enrolled in grades 9-12. Of those, 1,597 lived in New Bedford, 210 lived in Dartmouth, and 257 lived in Fairhaven. Many graduates become leaders in business and industry in the region. Many continue their education. In a typical class, 65-70% of the graduates chose to continue their education, either at colleges, universities or technical schools. Another 30-35% directly enters the workforce and approximately 2% enters the armed forces. Accreditation. GNB Voc-Tech is an accredited member of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, the regional accrediting body for secondary schools in New England. Faculty members are licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Career Majors. GNB Voc-Tech offers more than two-dozen career and technical education programs. During the past year, career majors included Architectural Drafting, Automotive Technology, Business and Office Technology, Carpentry, Collision Repair Technology, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, Dental Assisting, Diesel Service Technology, Drafting Technology, Early Childhood Education, Electrical Technology, Electromechanical Drafting, Engineering Technology, Environmental Science and Technology, Fashion Design, HVAC/R–Appliance Technology, Information Support Services and Networking, Information Technology, Legal and Protective Services, Machine Technology, Media Technology, Medical Assisting, Metal Fabrication and Joining, Nurse Assisting/Health Assisting, Plumbing and Pipe Fitting, Programming and Web Development, Residential Remodeling, Steam Engineering, and Visual Design. College Placements. Students who graduate from GNB Voc-Tech can go on to college, and many do. Students have been accepted at a host of two-year and four-year colleges as well as schools, which provide advanced technical training. Earning College Credits / Tech Prep Affiliations. While still at GNB Voc-Tech, students can earn college credit for some of their course work. We have Tech Prep agreements with nearly one dozen schools, including Bristol Community College and Massasoit Community College, which enable our students to work toward a college or technical degree while at Voc-Tech. This allows students to accelerate their degree and save money. Extra-Curricular Activities. The school offers a large selection of extra-curricular activities. Students can join the After Prom Committee, Bears Against Risky Behavior (Student Safety Committee), Bowling Club, Business Professionals of America, Chess Club, Environmental/Outdoor Club, Gay/Straight Alliance, Honor Bowl, Karate Club, Law Society, Multicultural Club, Non-Traditional Careers Group, Photography Club, Poetry Club, Project-Based Learning (formerly Women in Technology), Renaissance Program, Robotics Club, Rowing Club, Ski Club, SkillsUSA, Spotlight Program, Student Advisory Committee, Students Against Destructive Decisions (S.A.D.D.), TV Club, Urban Dance Group, Video Games Club, Voc-Tech Theatre Company, or the Yearbook staff. Top academic achievers join the National Honor Society. Sports / Recreation Programs. Students interested in sports have a wide range of choices at GNB Voc-Tech. These offerings include football, soccer, cross country, winter track, spring

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track, volleyball, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, basketball, baseball, and softball. Additionally, students participate in weight conditioning, fall and winter cheerleading and intramural sports.

Highlights of the Year 2008 During 2008, there were major changes at the school. Our long-time School Business Administrator announced his retirement, as did our part-time District Treasurer. The School Committee appointed replacements for both. We celebrated the 100th anniversary of vocational education in New Bedford. We cut our dropout rate – substantially. Student attendance improved. More than 70% of our graduating seniors indicated that they planned to continue their education after high school. MCAS scores improved – again. We broke the 1,000 mark in admission applications from eighth-grade students. Our students earned medals in SkillsUSA competitions at the district, state and national levels. Students from our new Business and Office Technology program won awards at the state Business Professionals of America (BPA) competition. The school undertook a series of off-campus construction projects. Students were inducted into the National Honor Society. The school, students and staff received many awards and accolades. An administrator was appointed to a state advisory council. Students earned state and national certifications. Two more of our career and technical education programs earned state approval. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary conducted a Coordinated Program Review of our school. Our faculty and staff conducted a comprehensive self-study of the school in anticipation of our ten-year regional accreditation review.

New School Business Administrator Appointed In May of 2008, following an extensive search process, the District School Committee voted to offer the job of School Business Administrator to Paula A. Gendreau, a veteran public school official. Ms. Gendreau was one of three finalists for the position. Paula Gendreau comes to Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School from Bristol County Agricultural High School where she served as School Business Manager for the past six years. Previously, she served as Student Services Coordinator in the Westport Community Schools for 17 years. She holds a Master’s in Education from Bridgewater State College and is licensed by the state as a School Business Administrator. She is a Massachusetts Certified Public Purchasing Official (MCPPO). She is a long-time member of the Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials (MASBO) and the American Association of School Business Officials. Ms. Gendreau officially began work on November 3. She succeeds Richard R. “Stretch” Dupuis, who retired after approximately two decades of service to our district.

School Committee Leadership In May of 2008, the School Committee held its annual organizational meeting.

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David S. Darmofal of Fairhaven was elected chair. Norman Bergeron of New Bedford was elected vice-chair.

New District Treasurer In October of 2008, the School Committee voted to appoint Bruce Oliveira of New Bedford as District Treasurer. Mr. Oliveira succeeded Raymond Sylvia of Fairhaven, who resigned.

Students Join School Committee Two students joined the School Committee as student representatives during 2008. Justin Gomes, a New Bedford resident, is majoring in Architectural Drafting. Sean Carney, a New Bedford resident, is majoring in Media Technology. The District School Committee sets policy and approves the budget for the school. The eight members Committee include four members from New Bedford and two each from Dartmouth and Fairhaven.

A student serves as the ninth, non-voting member of the group.

Voc-Tech Celebrates 100 Years of Vocational Education The year 2008 marked the 100th anniversary of vocational education, both in the United States and in New Bedford.

Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School marked this centennial milestone with a series of events. It kicked off “Centennial Celebration Week” with its annual Open House on Sunday, November 23. These events gave us time to reflect on our past, celebrate the present, and look to our future. The Thanksgiving Day football game was held at Diman Regional Voc-Tech in Fall River on November 27. A 100th Anniversary Alumni Event was held at GNB Voc-Tech on November 28. The school’s Annual Craft Fair was held on November 29-30. Each event included special programs honoring vocational education and the 100 years of vocational education in New Bedford. A committee of faculty, staff and alumni has been established to plan Centennial Celebration Week events.

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GNB Voc-Tech had its beginnings in 1908 with the establishment of the New Bedford Independent Industrial School. It was one of the first vocational schools to open in the country, second only to Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School in Northampton, Massachusetts. In 1918, the New Bedford Independent Industrial School changed its name to New Bedford Vocational School. In 1946, it became New Bedford Vocational High School. In 1955, it became the first vocational high school to be accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

In 1972, voters in New Bedford, Dartmouth and Fairhaven approved the establishment of a regional vocational school district and construction of a regional vocational school. In 1977, Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School was opened. Today, GNB Voc-Tech sits on a beautiful 48-acre campus in the North End of New Bedford. A $22 million addition and renovation project was completed in the fall of 2004. The project added new labs and classrooms, artificial turf athletic fields, and expanded the facilities for several career and technical programs.

District Budget and Assessment The District’s total budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009 was $31,887,282. Of this amount, the City of New Bedford was responsible for 78.1%, the Town of Fairhaven was responsible for 12.6%, and the Town of Dartmouth was responsible for 9.3%. For fiscal year 2009, the District’s total assessment to the three member communities was $7,947,007. This figure represented 24.9% of the total District budget. Each year, the school district works hard to keep its budget at the required net school spending level.

State Grants

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the school nearly $1.6 million in grants for the 2008-2009 school year. The state awarded grants to enhance technology; improve career and technical education programs; provide professional development for teachers; run a technical reading program; improve education for economically disadvantaged students; and provide academic support services. By law, these funds must be used to supplement, but not supplant, the district budget.

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Student Attendance Stays Strong Good attendance is critically important. Poor attendance is the leading cause of failing grades. Because of this, Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School expects students to be present – and on time – every day. The school has a tough attendance policy. As soon as a student misses three days of school in any quarter, a letter is sent to their parent or guardian advising them that the student has failed to meet the school’s minimum attendance requirements and that he or she will receive a grade of “Incomplete” until they make up the lost time. Under the direction of Attendance Supervisor Jeffrey C. Canastra, an Attendance Mentor is assigned to the students to make sure they are completing their assignments. Students need to stay with their attendance mentors until 4:00 p.m. for three days to make up one day of school. Students who intentionally skip school – that is, students who are truant – are referred to the Supervisor of Attendance. For the 2007-2008 school year, the school boosted student attendance remained at 96%. The school’s goal is to maintain at least a 95% student attendance rate. As calendar year 2008 drew to a close, student attendance stood at 96.7%. It stood at 96.4% at the same time the previous year.

Dropout Rate Improves Substantially

At the School Committee’s annual holiday gathering in December of 2008, I was pleased to announce that our school’s dropout rate fell to just 0.9% for the prior year. This is a tremendous accomplishment, which is the result of lots of hard work by a team of administrators, faculty, and staff. The previous year’s dropout rate for our school was 3.3%. For the year before that, it was 2.5%.

Continuing MCAS Improvement

Passing the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exam is a graduation requirement in Massachusetts. Students must pass both the English Language Arts (ELA) and math portions of the exam – and satisfy all of the District’s other graduation requirements – to receive a diploma. Students graduating in 2010 must also pass the MCAS science assessment. At Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech, that means they must pass a biology assessment. MCAS aggregate test results continue to show steady improvement. The charts below show results over the last seven years in ELA and in math.

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Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech’s junior class (the Class of 2010) was the first to take the MCAS biology test as a requirement for graduation. We are pleased that the results showed 86% of our students passed on their first try. Those who did not will be given another opportunity in February of 2009. While encouraged by the MCAS results, Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech will continue to do everything possible to improve student scores on the MCAS tests.

Students Qualify for MCAS Scholarships Eighty-two students at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School qualified for four years of free tuition at one of the state’s public colleges or universities.

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Students qualify for the merit-based scholarship program based on how well they score on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exam. The school held a special scholarship awards breakfast for these students on November 21. “These students all worked very hard,” said Linda Enos, Academic Principal at GNB Voc-Tech. “We’re very proud of them.” GNB Voc-Tech students qualifying for free tuition under the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship program include Danielle Alcock, majoring in Media Technology; Shaun Alger, Machine Technology; Helder Almeida, Collision Repair Tech; Jaicob Andino, Visual Design; Aramis Arias, Electrical Technology; Shawndrae Barreto, Media Technology; Kaitlyn Benoit, Electromechanical Drafting; Tabitha Bergeron, Environmental Science and Technology; Jeffrey Bettencourt, Diesel Service Technology; Steven Bolarinho, HVAC-R/Appliance Technology; Franklyn Bonifacio, Culinary Arts; Evan Boyer and Jake Brownell, Electromechanical Drafting; Eliot Brun, Machine Technology; Stephanie Cabral, Dental Assisting; Janelle Canastra, Media Technology; Ross Cardoza, Electrical Technology; Sean Carney, Media Technology; Alex Castaldi, Electrical Technology; Chelsie Christianson, Medical Assisting; and Robert Cote, HVAC-R/Appliance Technology.

Also qualifying are Laticyah Cormwell, Carpentry; Peter DaCosta, Engineering Technology; Marissa DeMedeiros, Fashion Design; Joseph DeMello, Information Technology; Chase DeMelo, Diesel Service Technology; Alexis DePina, Dental Assisting; Brooke Desnoyers, Medical Assisting; Dylan DeSousa, Collision Repair Technology; William Duff Jr., Environmental Science and Technology; Aaron Eddleston, Steam Engineering; David Edgell, Carpentry; Holly Edwards, Medical Assisting; Jayson Farias, Culinary Arts; Krystal Farland and Andreia Fernandes, Nursing Assisting/Health Assisting; Joshua Ferreira, Media Technology; Ashley Fidalgo, Architectural Drafting; Genri Fletcher, Engineering Technology; Marc Frey, Electrical Technology; Kayla Gelinas, Electromechanical Drafting; Melissa Goldblatt, Environmental Science and Technology; and Jayvon Gomes, Media Technology.

Also qualifying are Justin Gomes, Electromechanical Drafting; Luis Gomez, Electrical Technology; Eric Goncalves, Collision Repair Technology; Andrew Grota, Engineering Technology; David Guillotte, Steam Engineering; Beth Lally, Engineering Technology; Kayla Lamarr-Fiano, Medical Assisting; Richard Largey, Carpentry; Shane Lavoie, Media Technology; Chelsea Leblanc, Dental Assisting; Jacob Levasseur, Engineering Technology; Patrick Long, Media Technology; Jenna McCadden, Environmental Science and Technology; Candice McCarty, Early Childhood Education; Andre Medeiros, Electrical Technology; Shana Medeiros, Nursing Assisting/Health Assisting; Joshua Morales, Machine Technology; Matthew Motta, Automotive Technology; Nilton Neves, Steam Engineering; and Carlos Normandin, Steam Engineering.

Also qualifying for scholarships are Marina Paquette, Dental Assisting; Alyssa Prachniak, Diesel Service Technology; Ryan Rapoza, Engineering Technology; Tyler Ray, Electrical Technology; Cortney Rebello, Medical Assisting; Justin Rego, Programming and Web Development; Sadie Rolston, Medical Assisting; Elisa Santos, Early Childhood Education; Destiny Sousa, Culinary Arts; Alisha Souza, Dental Assisting; William Stromme, Plumbing and Pipe Fitting; Amanda Vancour, Dental Assisting; Carlos Vargas, Carpentry; Jose Vargas Figuerao, HVAC-

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R/Appliance Technology; Renadu Vasconcelos, Engineering Technology; Mark Vieira, Electrical Technology; Jeremy Vigeant, Diesel Service Technology; Tristan Wade, Engineering Technology; and Jaryd Walker, Information Support Services and Networking.

Thirteen students – Daniel Alcock, Kaitlyn Benoit, Tabitha Bergeron, Evan Boyer, Janelle Canastra, Aaron Eddleston, Ashley Fidalgo, Genri Fletcher, Beth Lally, Richard Largey, Shane Lavoie, Jacob Levasseur, and Justin Rego – live in Fairhaven. Ten students – Jeffrey Bettencourt, Alex Castaldi, Brooke Desnoyers, Eric Goncalves, Andre Medeiros, Matthew Motta, Marina Paquette, Cortney Rebello, Jeremy Vigeant, and Jaryd Walker – live in Dartmouth.

The other students live in New Bedford. Fifty-seven students from GNB Voc-Tech qualified for the Adams scholarships last year. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education identified GNB Voc-Tech as one of six schools in the state with the largest increase in Adams scholarship award winners. The Adams scholarship is open to all public school students who score in the “Advanced” category in either the English or math section of the MCAS test and score in at least the “Proficient” category on the other section of the exam by the end of their junior year. The student’s MCAS scores must also rank in the top 25 percent of their school district to qualify. The scholarship award covers only tuition; it does not cover college fees or room and board.

More than 70% of Graduating Students Continue Their Education

In what may come as a surprise to the public, more than seven out of ten students graduating from Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School in 2008 told us they were planning to pursue a post-secondary education. More and more of our students are heading off to college when they leave us. During 2008, 70.5% of the school’s graduating seniors reported that they plan to attend a college, community college, or advanced technical school in the fall. Another 26.9% said they plan to go directly into the workforce and 2.6% plan to enter the military.

During 2007, 71.8% said they would continue their education, 25.9% said they would enter the workforce, and 1.9% said they would join the armed forces. In recent years, GNB Voc-Tech has seen a steady rise in the percentage of students going to college.

In 2004, 61% of Voc-Tech’s graduates indicated they planned to continue their education – the first time in the school’s history that that more than half of Voc-Tech’s graduates had indicated they planned to continue their education.

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Staff Gets Summer Training Eighteen administrators, teachers and staff members from Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School recently took part in the largest professional development conference for vocational educators in Massachusetts. They were among more than 480 educators from across Massachusetts who took part in the “Connecting for Success” Summer Conference held at Assabet Valley Technical High School in Marlborough. The three-day event, sponsored by the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators (MAVA), celebrated 100 years of vocational education in Massachusetts. It was held from June 24-26, 2008. Those attending from GNB Voc-Tech included Principal Michael P. Gagliardi, Principal Linda Enos, and Cluster Coordinators Steven C. Sharek, Thaddeus J, “Ted” Haggerty, and Robert J. Watt. Also attending were Business and Office Technology teachers Cathy Chace and Billiegene Lavallee; Cosmetology teachers Darlene Azadnia, Patricia Carroll-Fingliss, and Cynthia Coelho-Rajani; Culinary Arts teacher Jennifer Gaumont; Fashion Design teachers Shirley Tavares, Eileen DeRego and Mary Ann Zuber; Media Technology teacher Denise Angelo; Social Studies teacher Tim Rodrigues; English Language Learners teacher Phebe Ditata; and MCAS/Title I assistant Evelyn Bouley. The conference included dozens of workshops focused on a host of educational topics including use of technology in the classroom to improve student learning, aligning curriculum to new state Vocational Technical Education Frameworks, expanding career planning for students, use of data to improve classroom instruction, and use of personnel and program assessment to improve teaching and administration of schools. During ceremonies on the final day of the conference, MAVA honored Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray as its “Person of the Year” for his support of vocational technical education. The Connecting for Success Conference is an annual event and is the largest of its type in Massachusetts. MAVA, the sponsoring agency, is a professional association of educational leaders who administer career and technical programs in Massachusetts schools. In addition to the summer conference, MAVA runs a Leadership Academy for Middle Managers, which is designed to provide training for aspiring administrators.

Applications Increase Each year, more and more students are interested in attending Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School. As a result, the admissions process is becoming more competitive. For the ninth-grade class that entered in the fall of 2008, there were only 565 seats available.

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The school received 1,005 applications for those seats. This was up from the previous year and is the largest number of applications received in the school’s history. Enrollment decisions are based upon a state-approved admissions plan that considers student attendance, discipline, grades and guidance counselor recommendations.

SkillsUSA SkillsUSA is a national organization for students in trade, industrial, technical and health occupations education. It sponsors the SkillsUSA Championships annually to recognize the achievements of vocational students and to encourage them to strive for excellence and pride in their chosen occupations. During 2008, the school witnessed dramatic improvement in its performance at district, state, and national SkillsUSA competition. District competition Students from Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School earned 51 medals at a SkillsUSA competition involving students from nine high schools in the region. They won 15 gold medals, 20 silver medals, and 16 bronze medals in the competition held at GNB Voc-Tech on March 13. Students from GNB Voc-Tech swept the gold, silver and bronze medals in six categories: 3D Visualization and Animation, Automated Manufacturing, Major Appliance Repair, Medical Assisting, Robotics and Automation, and Sheet Metal. In total, they earned medals in 24 different competitions. In addition, Media Technology sophomore Jennifer Vargas earned a nomination as a SkillsUSA state officer. She earned the right to campaign at the state level for a leadership position in the student organization.

“We couldn’t be happier,” said Michael Lipp, an Early Childhood Education teacher and SkillsUSA advisor at GNB Voc-Tech. “Hosting the district competition was a nice way to showcase our school. The competition ran extremely well and our students excelled in their competitions.”

More than 800 students from nine schools took part in the south district SkillsUSA competition. This is the first time that GNB Voc-Tech hosted this regional skills event. It was formerly hosted by Upper Cape Cod Tech. Earning gold medals from GNB Voc-Tech were Media Technology majors Jayvon Gomes and Benjamin Shiek, who competed in 3D Visualization and Animation; Ryan Dwelly, Genri Fletcher and Peter DaCosta, Automated Manufacturing; Leah Schofield, Basic Health Care; Matthew Bedient, Cabinetmaking; Brian Cox, Diesel; Sarah Minero, First Aid CPR; Randy Lavoie, Major Appliance Repair; Alyson Aguiar, Medical Assisting; Ryan Gauvin, Precision Machining; Beth Lally and Heather Lemaire, Robotics and Automation; and Mark Desrosiers, Sheet Metal.

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Earning silver medals were Media Tech majors Sarah Barlow and Casheena Gomes Sanchez, 3D Visualization and Animation; Casey McGee, Advertising Design; Andrew Grota, Tristan Wade and Matthew DaCosta, Automated Manufacturing; Steven Donnelly, Automotive Service Tech; Ryan Rapoza, CNC Milling; Billy Dias, CNC Turning; Rachel Fonseca, Collision Repair; Paige Lawrence, Cosmetology under 500 hours; Timothy Collins, Diesel; Jerome DaSilva, Major Appliance Repair; Yesenia Miranda-Santiago Medical Assisting; Samantha Mello, Preschool Teaching; Ross Cardoza, Residential Wiring; Richard Goldblatt and Nathan Pond, Robotics and Automation; Craig McGregor, Sheet Metal; and Stefano Bertani, Technical Computer Applications.

Earning bronze medals were Media Technology majors Jessica Bumpus and Nakita Melo, 3D Visualization and Animation; Kayla Conlon, Commercial Baking; Nathan Oliveira, Jesse Ponte, Christopher More, Automated Manufacturing; Adam Irujo, Cabinetmaking; Justine Heller Cosmetology over 500 hours; Dymenthia Scott, Industrial Motor Control; Wyatt L’Etoile, Major Appliance Repair; Nicole Rivet, Medical Assisting; Craig Gregory and Kyle Rocha, Robotics and Automation; Kenny Paulino, Sheet Metal; Jonathan Morse, Technical Computer Applications; and Devin Barksdale, Technical Drafting.

Five of the award winners are from Dartmouth: Ryan Dwelly, Jesse Ponte, Timothy Collins, Ryan Gauvin, and Kyle Rocha.

Fifteen of the award winners are from Fairhaven: Casey McGee, Genri Fletcher, Nathan Oliveira, Adam Irujo, Ryan Rapoza, Billy Dias, Paige Lawrence, Brian Cox, Randy Lavoie, Jerome DaSilva, Wyatt L’Etoile, Beth Lally, Heather Lemaire, Nathan Pond, and Jennifer Vargas.

The other 32 award winners live in New Bedford.

Last year, GNB Voc-Tech students earned 33 medals at the district level competition.

In addition to Mr. Lipp, numerous GNB Voc-Tech teachers and staff members attended the competition. They included advisors Michael de Gouveia, Nancy Ford, Patricia Carroll-Fingliss, Catherine Spooner, Michael Arguin, Kellie Martin, Sarah Blanchette, Tracey Teixeira, Tom Canastra, Robert LeClair, Pamela Callanan, Donald Desrosiers, David Doyle, Stephen Condon, Dave Pacheco, Kris Silva, Maciel Pais, Marcio Santiago, John Hoyle, Lois Aguiar, Paul Sylvia, Cee Cee Labrode, Jen Gaumont, Meghan Lacasse, Joanne Romanelli, Glenn Morel, Leonard Gauvin, Robert Enos, Grace Gwozdz, Ron Quintin, Scott Thibeault, Craig Soares, Arthur Medeiros, Deborah Brightman, Phil Goulet, Jeff Kobza, Dennis Tetreault, Marvin McFall, John Landry, Rick Quintin, and Stephen Flowers.

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they will participate in a hands-on competition against other winners from other regions of the state. Schools competing in the south district include GNB Voc-Tech, Bristol-Plymouth Regional Vocational Technical High School, Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School, Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School, Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, Southeastern Regional Technical High School, South Shore Regional Technical High School, Plymouth South High School, and Weymouth Vocational Technical High School. Statewide competition Students from Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School earned 38 medals – and a spot on a state student leadership team – at a statewide skills competition this month. GNB Voc-Tech won 18 gold medals, 13 silver medals, and 7 bronze medals in the competition sponsored by Massachusetts SkillsUSA in Marlborough on May 1-3, 2008.

In addition, a GNB Voc-Tech student was elected to serve as a state officer of Massachusetts SkillsUSA.

Hundreds of students from across Massachusetts attended the event. U.S. Senator John F. Kerry (D-MA) was among the dignitaries there. GNB Voc-Tech earned top honors in nine separate competitions. Students Jonathan Alves, Sarah Lopes, and Miriah Wilde earned gold medals in the “American Spirit” team competition. Senior Rachel Fonseca earned two gold medals, one in Automotive Refinishing, the other in Collision Repair. Jammie Sadeck and Fanta Conde earned gold in the “Community Service” team event. Sarah Minero placed first in First Aid/CPR. Senior Alyson Aguiar earned a gold medal in Medical Assisting. The team of Alyson Aguiar, Cori Barboza, Sean Carney, Fanta Conde, Chelsea LeBlanc, Yesenia Miranda, and Michael Parker earned first place in the Opening and Closing Ceremonies team event. Senior Sean Carney earned a gold medal in Prepared Speech. Ross Cardoza earned gold in Residential Wiring. The school earned second place in five competitions. Visual Design major Ryan Fernandes earned a silver medal in the Promotional Bulletin Board competition. The team of Courtney Comeau, Chase DeMelo, and Yuri Houtman earned silver medals in the Chapter Display competition. The team of Maison Bruce, Charles Farrell V, Jillian Rapoza, and Christopher More earned silvers in the Entrepreneurship competition. The team of Monique Camacho, Kacie Edge, MaryAnn Luu, and Brittney Coelho earned silver medals in the Health Occupations Knowledge Bowl. Student Randy Lavoie earned silver in Major Appliance Repair. GNB Voc-Tech earned bronze medals in five competitions. Student Justin Gomes earned a medal in Extemporaneous Speaking. Jerome DaSilva earned one in Major Appliance Repair. Nicole Rivet earned a bronze in Medical Assisting. The team of Nathan Arruda, Evan Babcock, and Cortney Pavao earned bronze medals in Occupational Health/Safety. Student Megan Gonzalez earned a bronze in the Tech Prep Showcase competition. In addition, Media Technology sophomore Jennifer Vargas was elected as a state officer of Massachusetts SkillsUSA.

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In 2007, the school earned 11 medals at the state competition.

Michael Lipp, SkillsUSA advisor at GNB Voc-Tech, was pleased with the results and the overall improvement. “If the school was a business and you bought stock in September, your money would have doubled,” Mr. Lipp said. “And this is just part of a three-year plan to improve our performance in these competitions.”

Eight of the medal winners live in Fairhaven: Jonathan Alves, Cori Barboza, Michael Parker, Maison Bruce, Jillian Rapoza, Randy Lavoie, Jerome DaSilva, and Jennifer Vargas. The rest live in New Bedford.

The gold medalists became eligible to compete in the national championships in Kansas City, Missouri in June.

Eighty-nine students from GNB Voc-Tech participated this year. Advisors from GNB Voc-Tech attending the state SkillsUSA competition included Michael Arguin, Ann Marie Belanger, Sarah Blanchette, Deborah Brightman, Thomas Canastra, Patricia Carroll-Fingliss, Stephen Condon, Robert Enos, Nancy Ford, Carole Girouard, Matthew Grieve, Matthew Keane, Cee Cee LaBrode, Meghan Lacasse, John Landry, Robert Leclair, Michael Lipp, Kellie Martin, Marvin McFall, Arthur Medeiros, Dave Pacheco, Sue Richard, Joanne Romanelli, Kristine Silva, Catherine Spooner, and Dennis Tetreault.

During SkillsUSA competitions, students test their skills in various categories, ranging from computer applications to welding. National competition Three students from Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School earned medals – including one gold – at a national skills competition involving several thousand of their peers from across the country. The students competed in the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, June 23-28, 2008. Alyson Aguiar, who just graduated from the Medical Assisting program at GNB Voc-Tech, earned a gold medal in her competition, making her tops in the country in Medical Assisting. Miss Aguiar was her class valedictorian this year. Two students from GNB Voc-Tech earned silver medals: Ross Cardoza in Residential Wiring and Rachel Fonseca in Collision Repair. Mr. Cardoza, an Electrical Technology major, will be a senior in the fall. Miss Fonseca just graduated from the school’s Collision Repair Technology program. We were thrilled with the students’ performance. These students really proved that they are the best of the best.

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In addition to the medal winners, two students placed high in the rankings in their competitions. Media Technology major Sean Carney placed fourth in the Prepared Speech competition. Medical Assisting major Sarah Minero placed eighth in First Aid/CPR. Mr. Carney will be a senior in the fall. Miss Minero will be a junior. Students from GNB Voc-Tech took part in a total of eight national events. They earned medals in three.

Several teachers from GNB Voc-Tech served as advisors. They included Joanne Romanelli for student Alyson Aguiar, Dave Pacheco for student Rachel Fonseca, and Jeff Kobza for student Ross Cardoza.

Only students who won gold medals in statewide competitions are eligible to enter the national championships. Students who make it to the nationals are already in the top 2% of career and technical education students in the country.

Over 5,000 career and technical education students joined in the national event. They competed in 91 different trade, technical and leadership fields. SkillsUSA is a national organization for students in trade, industrial, technical and health occupations education. It sponsors the SkillsUSA Championships to recognize the achievements of career and technical education students and to encourage them to strive for excellence and pride in their chosen occupations.

During SkillsUSA competitions, students test their skills in various categories, ranging

from computer applications to welding. GNB Voc-Tech has done well in such competitions, regularly sending students to national competitions.

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State Competition Students from Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School earned a series of awards – including two first-place finishes – at a Business Professionals of America (BPA) competition held in Framingham. The students, all majoring in Office Technology at GNB Voc-Tech, took part in the BPA State Leadership Conference on March 8-10, 2008. “We’re very proud of our students,” said Office Technology teacher Cathy Chace, one of the BPA advisors. “They represented our school well – with good behavior and strong performances.” Five of the nine competitors from GNB Voc-Tech earned awards. Senior Lia Carvalho placed first in two competitions: Presentation Management (Individual) and Advanced Word Processing. She also placed fourth in Advanced Interview Skills. She lives in Fairhaven.

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The school’s four-member Administrative Support Team of Danielle Mello, Chelsey Mendonca, Caitlin Lavoie, and Shanelle Warmack placed fourth in their competition. The Presentation Management Team of Danielle Mello and Chelsey Mendonca placed fifth in their competition.

Danielle Mello, Chelsey Mendonca, and Caitlin Lavoie live in Fairhaven. Shanelle Warmack lives in New Bedford.

A total of nine students from GNB Voc-Tech took part in the competition. They were accompanied to the conference by Office Technology teachers Cathy Chace and Crystal Ripley. Overall, nearly 300 students from one dozen Massachusetts schools competed. National competition Because she took top honors at the state BPA competition, student Lia Carvalho was eligible to take part in the national BPA competition held in Reno, Nevada, from May 7-11, 2008. Miss Carvalho took part in the national competition, performed well, but did not earn any awards. She was accompanied on the trip by teacher Cathy Chace.

National Honor Society Induction

On October 23, 2008, 65 students were inducted into the National Honor Society chapter at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School. The students – nine seniors and 56 juniors – were inducted into the Technical Chapter of the National Honor Society in ceremonies held in the William R. Macintosh Auditorium.

Henry DeGrace was the keynote speaker. Mr. DeGrace, a Diesel Service Technology teacher at the school, is founder and president of the Voc-Tech Booster Club. The inductees include seniors Kaitlyn Benoit, majoring in Architectural Drafting; Stephanie Cabral, Dental Assisting; Sean Carney, Media Technology; Ariel daCosta, Early Childhood Education; Alexis DePina, Dental Assisting; Christopher DosSantos, Electrical Technology; Krystal Farland, Nurse Assisting/Health Assisting; Whitney Lee, Cosmetology; and Mark Vieira, Electrical Technology. The inductees include juniors Matthew Allain, majoring in Electrical Technology; Sarah Andrade, Early Childhood Education; Jacob Andrews, Engineering Technology; Dennise Arriaga, Visual Design; Nathan Arruda and Evan Babcock, Environmental Science and Technology; Edward Bouley, Electrical Technology; Ashley Brites, Cosmetology; Tyler Cabral, Programming and Web Development; Joshua Carreiro, Architectural Drafting; Fanta Conde, Medical Assisting; Bethany Cormier, Medical Assisting; Jillian Correia, Dental Assisting; Kristen Costa, Medical Assisting; Matthew DaCosta, Engineering Technology; Suchanya

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Deeyoh, Business and Office Technology; Ilsa Flores, Nurse Assisting/Health Assisting; and Cortney Freitas, Cosmetology.

Also inducted were juniors Jay Frenette and Nickko Gomes, majoring in Engineering Technology; Natalia Hartigan, Cosmetology; Allison Hilario, Electromechanical Drafting; and Laura Kaeterle, Medical Assisting; Amanda Koska, Dental Assisting; Taylor Kuliga, Architectural Drafting; Ariana Leao, Nurse Assisting/Health Assisting; Jayleese LeBlanc, Legal and Protective Services; Zachary Letendre, Electrical Technology; Destiny Lima, Cosmetology; Jenna Lopes and Sarah Lopes, Legal and Protective Services; Colleen McFarlin, Fashion Design; Dana Medeiros, Dental Assisting; Nathaniel Melo, Architectural Drafting; Alex Miller, Engineering Technology; and Ashleigh Mota, Media Technology.

Other juniors inducted into the National Honor Society were Filipe Neves, majoring in Architectural Drafting; Scott Oliveira, Engineering Technology; Pedro Ortiz, Architectural Drafting; Austin Pereira, Electromechanical Drafting; Amanda Pimental, Cosmetology; Nicole Pinto, Business and Office Technology; Ryan Rapoza, Electrical Technology; Shayleene Reney, Cosmetology; Joshua Respeto, Engineering Technology; Shauwndel Rodriguez, Early Childhood Education; Jessica Rosas, Nurse Assisting/Health Assisting; Stayce Santos and Courtney Silva, Dental Assisting; Michael Souza, Engineering Technology; Jared Stone, Architectural Drafting; George Tsonis, Electromechanical Drafting; Jennifer Vargas , Media Technology; Kiara Viera, Medical Assisting; Ana Viveiros, Early Childhood Education; and Stephanie Winterson, Medical Assisting. Three of the students live in Dartmouth: Scott Oliveira, Austin Pereira, and Shayleene Reney. Eleven of the students live in Fairhaven: Kaitlyn Benoit, Kristen Costa, Christopher DosSantos, Jenna Lopes, Colleen McFarlin, Alex Miller, Nicole Pinto, Ryan Rapoza, George Tsonis, Jennifer Vargas, and Stephanie Winterson. The other 51 live in New Bedford. More than 200 family members and friends attended the ceremonies.

Among those in attendance were Principal Linda Enos, Principal Michael P. Gagliardi, and Voc-Tech School Committee member Dr. Thomas E. Kelly. The National Honor Society chapter at GNB Voc-Tech has two advisors: Library Media Specialist Carole A. Girouard and English department head Susan I. Richard.

The National Honor Society is the nation's premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students. The Society serves to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, and character.

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Awards and Honors Students Win Video Awards Five Media Technology majors at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School earned awards in five different categories at a video contest involving students from eight high schools in the region. The students took part in a competition held at New Bedford High School on June 6. The contest was sponsored by the Massachusetts Organization for Video Educators (M.O.V.E.).

“We’re very proud of what these students accomplished,” said Jennifer Gaspar, one of the teachers in the Media Technology program at GNB Voc-Tech. Also attending the competition was teacher Michael de Gouveia. Jayvon Gomes, a junior at GNB Voc-Tech, placed first in two categories. He was first place in the music video category as well as first overall. Juniors Janelle Canastra and Sean Carney earned first place in the documentary category. Junior Danielle Alcock and Mr. Carney earned second place for a movie short. Sophomore Ashleigh Mota earned third place for a video commercial.

Janelle Canastra lives in Fairhaven. The other three students live in New Bedford. Other high schools, which competed, include Fairhaven, New Bedford, Taunton, Hingham, Marshfield, Middleboro, and Quincy. Student Wins Design Competition Casey McGee, a sophomore majoring in Visual Design at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School, won a statewide competition to create a T-shirt design for the student skills organization, Massachusetts SkillsUSA. Her winning design was worn as the official Massachusetts SkillsUSA Championship Competitor T-Shirt at the State Leadership and Skills Conference in April 2008. The competition was open to all SkillsUSA members in Massachusetts. Miss McGee was one of 11 students who entered the competition from GNB Voc-Tech. “She produced some excellent work,” said Thai Panayakul, one of the student’s Visual Design teachers at GNB Voc-Tech. “It exhibits real creative thinking.” Mr. Panayakul said the school submitted some strong artwork in the competition. “I thought we had some good entries. I was hopeful.” The winning design shows the official red, white and blue SkillsUSA logo on a puzzle, with several detached pieces. It includes the words: “Champions at Work.” The design was created on a Macintosh computer, using the software programs Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. She is a member of the Voc-Tech Photography Club and SkillsUSA team.

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A Fairhaven resident, Miss McGee has always been interested in drawing and expressing herself through art. Her interests include photography, track and field, music, playing the violin, painting, watching old horror movies, and reading. She is a graduate of Hastings Middle School. After graduation from GNB Voc-Tech, she plans to attend Mass College of Art and major in photography.

The Voc-Tech Visual Design program prepares students to excel in computer graphics, advertising design, drawing, graphic design, photography, and technical illustration. Students learn the use of various media and techniques of the trade, and the proper tools needed to develop these skills.

School Wins Environmental Award Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School was among 23 Massachusetts schools honored at the State House on May 12 for excellence in energy and environmental education. Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Ian Bowles recognized the schools and announced cash awards. GNB Voc-Tech received $500 in recognition of work done by faculty and students in its Environmental Science and Technology program.

“Today provides an opportunity to formally recognize and thank teachers, students and non-profit environmental educators for raising awareness about a variety of energy and environmental issues,’’ Secretary Bowles said. “These schools and teachers are going above and beyond curriculum requirements, acting locally to make a difference in protecting our planet while fostering the next generation of environmental stewards.” “We’re very proud to be selected,” said Christopher Pires, curriculum leader in the Environmental Science and Technology program at GNB Voc-Tech. The Voc-Tech program received The Secretary's Award for Excellence in Energy and Environmental Education (First Honors) for its Atlantic White Cedar swamp restoration project. Students from GNB Voc-Tech have assisted The Trustees of Reservations in this project located in the Southeastern Massachusetts Bioreserve. Students have studied the globally rare and locally significant Atlantic white cedar swamp ecosystem. They practiced techniques of identifying, tagging, measuring, and calculating the age of a variety of local tree species. The students obtained cuttings from indigenous Atlantic white cedars in order to test a variety of propagation methods.

The Voc-Tech students adapted the school’s existing Aqua Ponic systems to root the tree cuttings. The student’s cuttings were added to a nursery located in the Bioreserve. The students will assist in eradicating invasive plant species from the location in which the Atlantic white

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cedar will be planted. The students will continue to help The Trustees of Reservations to sustain the project, evaluating the restoration processes and monitoring the trees’ growth.

Voc-Tech teachers Christopher Pires, Matthew Grieve, and Lawrence Carlesi accompanied their students to the State House for the awards ceremony on May 12. They posed for photographs with Ian Bowles, Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and the Environmental Affairs, and Tim Rayworth, co-chair of the Secretary’s Advisory Group on Energy and Environmental Education.

The state solicited nominations for Excellence in Energy and Environmental Education Awards from late 2007 until last month. Schools and organizations that voluntarily incorporate environmental education into public or private school curricula are eligible. The Secretary’s Advisory Group on Energy and Environmental Education – comprised of environmental educators from state agencies, non-profits, industry and academia – scored the project applications. Students Earn EPA Certifications Nine seniors at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School received federal certifications allowing them to work on refrigeration and air conditioning equipment. The students – Steven Alves, Christopher Botelho, Patrick Claflin, Jordan Gonzalez, Adam Pacheco, Keith Tavares, Jose Trinidad, Jose Vargas, and Daniel Vello – successfully completed one or more sections of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Section 608 certification exam.

The school administered the two-hour exam in May. “Our students worked hard to secure these certifications, and we’re very proud of them,” said Robert J. Enos, a teacher in the heating, ventilation refrigeration, air conditioning and appliance technology program at GNB Voc-Tech. “Having these federal certifications is important in our trade.” Patrick Claflin and Daniel Vello live in Fairhaven. The other seven young men live in New Bedford. Achieving Section 608 certification enables the young men to work independently on any small appliance, high pressure and low pressure refrigeration and air conditioning equipment. HVAC/R Appliance Technology is one of more than two dozen career majors offered at GNB Voc-Tech. As part of their career and technical training at the school, students in many of the programs are able to secure state or federal licenses and certificates. Students Earn State Cosmetology Licenses Eight recent graduates of Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School are well on their way to careers in the field of cosmetology.

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Briann Amaral, Stephany Arruda, Cheree Camara, Kristen Guillotte, Justine Heller, Delmi Maldonado, Jenna Pittsley, and Zorimel Vargas were notified recently that they passed the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Cosmetology exam. All residents of New Bedford, the eight young women graduated from GNB Voc-Tech in June 2008.

Passing the exam allows the young women to practice cosmetology. After two years working for someone, they can get a Type I license and open their own cosmetology business.

“It’s a rigorous exam,” said Patricia Carroll-Fingliss, a Cosmetology teacher at GNB Voc-Tech. “We’re proud of the students who pass it.”

The state test includes 14 difficult hands-on tasks and a 100-question written exam. Students must accumulate 1,000 hours of practice and theory in Cosmetology before taking the state exam, said. The counting begins when the student reaches the age of 16. Once a student fulfills the hour and program requirements, the school certifies that fact to the state, allowing the student to take the state Board exam. The exam consists of both written and practical components.

The Cosmetology program at GNB Voc-Tech prepares students to pursue a higher education or to accept a wide range of jobs in beauty salons or in allied occupations. With an emphasis on hair care, students are taught the skills necessary to perform a variety of salon services such as haircutting, hair coloring, hair texturizing, and hair styling. Basic skin and nail care are also taught and practiced. Administrator Appointed to State Advisory Council Steven C. Sharek, an administrator at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School, was appointed to a new Advisory Council on School and District Accountability and Assistance. This 15-member statewide council was established by the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

The council will review and advise the Board of Education on the policies and practices of the office of school and district accountability, develop and administer a post-audit survey of audited school districts and an annual survey to any schools and districts receiving technical assistance, present its findings and recommendations to the Board at least twice annually, and review and comment on all proposed regulations relative to the accountability and assistance program. It will also submit an annual report to the Board. The Advisory Council is one of 18 Councils established by the Board of Education. It is also the Board’s newest. The Council is chaired by Joseph Esposito, retired CFO of the SolidWorks Corporation. Mr. Sharek will represent the Massachusetts Secondary Schools Administrators’ Association (MSSAA) on the Advisory Council. He chairs the MSSAA’s Legislative Committee and sits on its Board of Directors.

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Mr. Sharek is Coordinator of the Arts, Communication, and Consumer Services Cluster at GNB Voc-Tech. He holds a Juris Doctor from Southern New England School of Law and a B.A. in English from Southeastern Massachusetts University (now UMass Dartmouth). He will receive a Master of Education in Educational Leadership in May of 2009 from Bridgewater State College.

Computer Camp Attracts Students

Under the direction of Information Technology teacher Richard Quintin, Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School was back for the eighth consecutive year with its popular summer Computer Camp program. This highly popular program is aimed at elementary and middle school students and is designed to educate them about computers and engineering. In all, more than 100 young people from Dartmouth, New Bedford and Fairhaven took part in the program this year. Computer Camp was launched in the summer of 2000.

Voc-Tech Theatre Company

The revitalized Voc-Tech Theatre Company hosted two productions, Guys and Dolls in May of 2008 and Charley’s Aunt in December of 2008. Both productions were well received by their audiences. A great deal of the credit goes to Artistic Director Gerald A. Morrissey, Jr., who works tirelessly throughout the year.

GNB Voc-Tech Launches First After Prom In early 2008, the school announced plans to hold its first annual After Prom Event for the Class of 2008. The GNB Voc-Tech After-Prom Committee decided to follow the example of other local high schools by offering the After Prom Event as a secure, chaperoned, substance-free environment to help keep students safe on Prom Night.

The After Prom Event takes place at the high school following the Prom, although it is open to all seniors, not just those who attend the Prom. There is no cost for seniors or their guests to attend. The event for 2008 was called "Cruising the Islands" and the fun will begin following the Senior Prom, at 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, concluding at 5:30 a.m.

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“Our goal is to make this an annual event with lots of free food, games, entertainment, raffle items, and fun things to do, allowing students to spend time together and create lasting memories,” said Jennifer Gaspar, a Media Technology teacher who helped to spearhead planning for the After Prom. “The committee's goal is to have enough prizes so that everyone can take home at least one After Prom souvenir." The After Prom Event is supported completely through donations and fundraising events. The GNB Voc-Tech After Prom Committee provides this safe alternative for its students with the generous assistance of families, businesses and local organizations.

Off-Campus Construction

During the 2008-2009 school year, students from Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School were scheduled to undertake a series of off-campus construction projects, helping them improve their technical skills and helping area communities and non-profit agencies. The students – under the supervision of GNB Voc-Tech teachers and staff – would be working on projects in Dartmouth, New Bedford, and Fairhaven. The school was planning a host of off-campus projects, according to Robert Gomes, the construction projects coordinator at GNB Voc-Tech. The projects include construction of a large addition to the Regional Visiting Nurses facility in Dartmouth. That building, located near the Dartmouth Council on Aging, will provide community nursing and hospital services throughout the region. The projects also include the design and construction of a gazebo to be used for public performances at Benoit Square in Fairhaven and renovations and installations at the Pony League building in Brooklawn Park in New Bedford. In all, more than 300 students representing nearly half of the school’s career and technical education programs were expected to take part in the projects. They include students majoring in Architectural Drafting, Carpentry, Electrical Technology, Engineering Technology, Fashion Design, HVAC-R/Appliance Technology, Metal Fabrication and Joining, Plumbing & Pipe Fitting, Residential Remodeling, and Visual Design. In past years, students from GNB Voc-Tech completed a large-scale renovation and addition at the Dartmouth Grange, constructed two sizable additions at the Dartmouth Council on Aging, built the Fairhaven Animal Shelter and a concession stand at Livesey Park in Fairhaven, and constructed a large barn at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford. Students erected holiday lighting displays at Clasky Common Park, built floats for the Community Boating Center, designed a steel bridge to be used at the Brooklawn Park duck pond, and erected a storage building for the Dennison Memorial Community Center.

GNB Voc-Tech provides the technical expertise and student labor and the community or non-profit group provides the materials. In addition to outside projects, Mr. Gomes and his crews were extremely busy during the year on projects related to two reviews of the school by outside agencies. These included a Coordinated

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Program Review by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and a decennial accreditation review by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

Students Provide “Books and Bears” to Needy In a springtime tradition at the school, students at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School again joined forces with the New Bedford Police Department to bring some comfort and joy to area children in need. For the seventh consecutive year, students from several career and technical education programs at GNB Voc-Tech have teamed up on the “Books and Bears” community service project. Students majoring in Fashion Design, Media Technology, and Early Childhood Education produced 25 teddy bears – along with matching coloring books and story books – for children affected by trauma.

Students presented the bears, coloring books and crayons to a delegation from the New Bedford Police Department on April 17.

“These bears have truly made a difference in our community,” said Sgt. Rita M. Ribeiro, who supervises the department’s School Resource Officers Unit. “I couldn’t be more proud of this school and all of the people involved in this project.” Sgt. Ribeiro also serves on the Voc-Tech School Committee.

“You have created some happiness for someone,” Superintendent-Director Michael R. Shea told the students.

More than 50 students took part in the project.

Juniors majoring in Fashion Design designed, stuffed and stitched four kinds of teddy bears: the polar bear, black bear, grizzly bear, and panda bear. Freshmen in Fashion Design constructed tote bags to hold the bears. Students from Early Childhood Education created coloring books about the bears and placed designs on the tote bags. Students majoring in Media Technology printed the coloring books. In addition to Sgt. Ribeiro, the New Bedford Police Department was represented at the presentation ceremony by Officer Leanne Fisher, the School Resource Officer at GNB Voc-Tech; Sgt. Matt Rayner, Commanding Officer of the Juvenile Division; and Sgt. Pam Melo, Commanding Officer of the Domestic Violence Unit. Police will keep the books and bears in their cruiser cars and distribute them to young children who are affected by traumatic events such as domestic violence, sexual abuse, a parent’s death, court proceedings, fires, or major accidents. Students from GNB Voc-Tech who worked on the project included 12 juniors and 18 freshmen majoring in Fashion Design; 21 juniors and 2 sophomores from Early Childhood Education; and 2 freshmen from Media Technology.

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Fashion Design teachers Eileen DeRego, Mary Ann Zuber, and Shirley Tavares; Fashion Design teaching assistant Amy Corriveau; Early Childhood Education teachers Deborah Brightman and Michael Lipp; Early Childhood Education teaching assistant Lynne Bagaco; and Media Technology teacher Maureen Lacasse all assisted with the project.

State Approves Business and Office Technology Program

Completing an exhaustive process that began several years ago, the state has given its official stamp of approval to the Business and Office Technology program at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School. The school received a letter of approval in the fall of 2008 from Jeffrey J. Wheeler, State Director of Career/Vocational Technical Education, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Business and Office Technology is a two-year program that was launched in the fall of 2004. It was designed to open up opportunities for juniors and seniors wishing to transfer to Voc-Tech and for current students who want to change their career major.

“We’re very excited about earning state approval,” said Cathy M. Chace, lead teacher in the Business and Office Technology program. “It can only mean good things for the program and for our students.”

To earn state approval, the school had to develop an extensive curriculum and submit several hundred pages of documentation to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. As part of the exhaustive approval process, a DESE representative recently visited the program, inspected its facilities, and met with members of the program’s advisory committee.

Business and Office Technology is a two-year, pre-professional program designed for students planning careers in business or finance. In a simulated office setting utilizing state-of-the-art equipment, students become acquainted with the skills, abilities, and attitudes needed for successful job performance in the technical business office profession. Students explore a wide range of procedures including keyboarding, computer applications using word processing, spreadsheets, database, and presentation packages, Internet exploration, records management, accounting, consumer education, business mathematics, operation of office machines, and general office procedures.

Seniors complete a portfolio project and are encouraged to participate in an internship, which provides career opportunities.

With state approval of the program, seniors may now be eligible to work in co-op jobs where they earn a salary while working at a private sector company or non-profit agency.

During their senior year, students also sit for Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) exams.

Students in Business and Office Technology become members of Business Professionals of America (BPA) and are eligible to take part in BPA-sponsored skills competitions involving high school students from across Massachusetts. State winners become eligible to participate in BPA's national competition.

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Even though Business and Office Technology is still a “new” program, its students have already earned medals at both state and national BPA competitions.

Graduates from the Business and Office Technology program are ready for employment in a host of office settings and are prepared to participate in post secondary programs at the associate and bachelor's level.

The program is in the process of obtaining articulation agreements with Bristol Community College, enabling students to earn college credits for work in high school.

Business and Office Technology has a 13-member Program Advisory Committee. The committee of business and community leaders, chaired by PACE Executive Director Bruce Morell, provides advice to the school on curriculum, equipment, and industry trends. The committee recently has talked about the idea of expanding the program to four years.

State Approves Environmental Science and Technology Program

The state has approved another four-year career and technical education program at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School: Environmental Science and Technology.

Late in September 2008, the school received a letter approving the program from Jeffrey J. Wheeler, State Director of Career/Vocational Technical Education, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

“This is great news,” said Christopher Pires, lead teacher in the Environmental Science and Technology program. “It opens up even more doors for our students.”

To earn state approval, the school had to develop an extensive curriculum and submit several hundred pages of documentation to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. As part of the exhaustive approval process, a DESE representative visited the program in late September, inspected its facilities, and met with members of the program’s advisory committee.

With state approval of the program, seniors may now be eligible to work in co-op jobs where they earn a salary while working at a private sector company or non-profit agency.

The Environmental Science and Technology program provides students with the skills needed to pursue a career in a diverse range of technical areas including GIS mapping, environmental sciences, natural resources and engineering. Students conduct a variety of field experiments in a diverse range of local ecosystems.

Students learn to operate handheld GPS units (Global Positioning Systems) and ArcGIS mapping software (Geographic Information Systems) in order to locate, evaluate, and maintain environmental areas. Students maintain and conduct authentic aquaculture/hydroponics experiments in a state of the art aquaculture laboratory.

Upper level students conduct research and independent studies in the fields of applied water technology, environmental site assessment, environmental site remediation, and conservation.

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Students are involved in an assortment of environmental projects on the local, state and federal levels.

A variety of certifications and licenses are offered including First Aid, CPR, 40-hour OSHA Hazardous Waste Operation Certificate, and Massachusetts Wastewater Certificate.

Students compete in the SkillsUSA and Massachusetts Envirothon competitions.

Environmental Science and Technology has an 11-member Program Advisory Committee. The committee of business and community leaders, chaired by Donald Meunier, provides advice to the school on curriculum, equipment, and industry trends.

Legal and Protective Services Program Awaits Approval

At year’s end, we were still awaiting state approval of our newest career and technical education program, Legal and Protective Services. This highly-popular program has been under development for the past four years and we have been seeking formal approval of the program by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). DESE has supported development of the program every step of the way. However, Legal Counsel at DESE opined late in 2008 that the Department does not currently have authority under Chapter 74 to grant approval of the Legal and Protective Services program. DESE asked us to file corrective legislation. “An Act Relative to Vocational Education” was drafted by Attorney Richard Manley at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP at the request of the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators (MAVA), the largest organization representing vocational educators in the state. This draft legislation enjoys broad support among the leadership in that organization. It also enjoys our support. Late in the year, we asked State Senator Mark C.W. Montigny (D-New Bedford) to file this corrective legislation on our behalf. With Sen. Montigny’s help – and the help of our area legislative delegation – we are confident that this technical issue will be resolved quickly.

State Conducts Coordinated Program Review

In October of 2008, five representatives from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education conducted a Coordinated Program Review (CPR) of our school. Among other things, they looked closely at our career and technical education programs, the Special Services department, civil rights issues, and administration of the Carl D. Perkins grant. Their report is expected early in 2009. The state conducted the first part of the CPR review in December of 2007. At that time, an inspector from the Department of Occupational Safety visited our career and technical programs for four full days. The school received his report months ago. Most of the findings have already been addressed.

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School Prepares for Regional Accreditation Visit

As the year was ending, faculty and staff were putting the final touches on a comprehensive self-study of our school. This self-study is required prior to the decennial visit to our school by a team of educators from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The team of more than thirty is expected in May of 2009. Our school has been an accredited member of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges for many decades. NEASC is the regional accreditation agency for schools in the six New England states. Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School and its predecessor institutions have been accredited by NEASC since the mid 1940s. We certainly want to continue our long-standing affiliation with that agency. We work hard to meet the NEASC Standards for Accreditation.

Adult Education Under the direction of Robert M. Pimental, Student Services and School Facilities Director, the school offers one of the largest adult evening education programs in the region. Each semester, students are able to choose from dozens of courses in a wide range of fields, from computer technology and computer aided drafting to arc welding and basic carpentry. Additionally, courses are offered in Spanish, Portuguese, and American Sign Language. Practical arts classes, including oil and water painting, upholstering, power machine quilting, and jewelry making are also popular. Finally, the school offers several courses that are required for licensing in various trades. Tuition generally ranges from $60 to $300 per course, depending on the subject. Residents of New Bedford, Dartmouth and Fairhaven – the three communities in the district – get a break on tuition costs. Enrollment in the Adult Education program, by community, was as follows: Fall 2007 Winter 2008 Spring 2008

New Bedford 364 294 277 Dartmouth 146 130 113 Fairhaven 83 65 46

Non-District Residents 172 166 179 Totals 765 655 615

Looking Ahead

The school achieved much during 2008. Unfortunately, some of those achievements are threatened by looming budget problems at the state level. As this report is being written, rumors continue to circulate that the state will cut Chapter 70 aid and local aid to cities and towns in the spring of 2009 because state tax receipts are much lower

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than anyone anticipated. Jeffrey Wulfson, Associate Commissioner for Finance in the Department of Elementary and Secondary education, told a meeting of the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators (MAVA) in Marlboro recently that he did not expect any cuts in Chapter 70 aid during FY 2009, the current fiscal year. However, Mr. Wulfson painted a far bleaker picture for FY 2010, saying there will be major cuts throughout state government. He indicated those cuts will include Chapter 70 and local aid. The management team at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School has been discussing state budget problems and their expected impact on our district’s budget. As a result, department heads have already been directed to start cutting back on current year spending. In addition, they have been told to develop proposed budgets for FY 2010 with the bleak state fiscal picture in mind. While there is unanimous agreement that our state is facing very difficult times, we can take some solace in the fact that we have faced – and overcome – difficult fiscal issue in the past. Moreover, most economists are now saying that the problems will not last more than a year or two. For the sake of all, we are certainly hoping that this will be the case.

Michael R. Shea, Superintendent-Director Greater New Bedford Regional

Vocational Technical High School

ANNUAL REPORT of the

BOARD OF HEALTH 2008

After Linda Motha’s reelection in April the Board reorganized, Gail Davidson, M.D. assumed Chair position and staff was reappointed as detailed later in this report. The year was another of adjusting to a smaller operating budget and increasing responsibilities. The state adopted outdoor wood fired boilers regulations, an increasingly popular heating option with associated health impacts if these boilers are not operated properly. Boards of Health are responsible to assure air quality standards are maintained. The Board reached a consensus on expanding Tobacco Control Regulations to include public parks, beaches and community events with the expected implementation of regulation changes in 2009. A slowing economy precipitated an increase in general complaints, and especially housing related complaints. Seven new diseases became reportable, requiring follow up and reporting to assist in the control of infectious and communicable disease in the Community and in the Commonwealth.

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Throughout the mid summer thru the early fall the Allen’s Pond salt pond in the southwest corner of town became a mosquito breeding mecca. This situation caused great public health concern as West Nile Virus was concurrently found in the community. The salt pond outlet to Buzzard’s Bay closed, preventing any effective tidal flushing, a situation, which no one recalls previously occurring during the summer months. We also experienced regular summer rainfall increasing mosquito habitat. Bristol County Mosquito Control Program worked closely with many involved agencies and interests to balance the concerns of public health, endangered wildlife habitat, wetlands conservation, coastal hydrology and landowners to facilitate the reopening of the pond. Although the opening was completed after mosquito populations had subsided with cool fall weather the lesson was learned. Responding agencies are scheduled to convene this spring to formulate a plan of action to best accommodate the various interests. The Board of Health also worked with numerous other town departments on improvements to our Emergency Dispensing Site plan and related emergency preparedness, including participation in region wide drills. Residents should be aware that the willing participation of all town departments and the University of Massachusetts to support this planning is an exceptional asset. A plan has been developed to enable the Health Department to vaccinate all of the residents of the community within 48 hours of notification from the Commonwealth or CDC. This year Captain Dennis McGuire and Officer Joseph Viera completed a comprehensive flow distribution and traffic plan to operate these facilities. Development of our Medical Reserve Corps (MRC); credentialed volunteers to assist in the event of a widespread emergency continued. All residents are urged to consider volunteering. The MRC is comprised of volunteer citizens who will be trained in response procedures. Volunteers must be pre-credentialed to establish their fields of expertise and receive training and are then cleared for voluntary deployment in time of an emergency. Clerks, couriers, greeters, interpreters, technicians, food service, childcare workers, and volunteers from all facets of the medical profession are needed. Trainings are scheduled in the area on a regular basis to familiarize volunteers with emergency response and the operations of the Medical Reserve Corps. Please call the Board of Health 508-910-1804 to volunteer and for more information. Assistance from the Police and Department, and Department of Public Works has been a great asset in light of the significant cutbacks in rabies response services. The dedication, willingness, diligence, and positive attitude of the Board and staff to provide our services, contain expenses, and recover costs wherever possible allowed the department to return $220,631, or 72% of our operating budget to the general fund in calendar year 2008. The patience and understanding of residents is appreciated as we work with the resources we have to assure and improve the health of our community. Respectfully submitted. For the Health of Our Community, Wendy W. Henderson R.S., Director of Public Health

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BOARD OF HEALTH 2008

Gail Davidson, M.D. Chair, Board Member, Health Agent Thomas W. Hardman Vice Chair, Board Member, Health Agent,

Representative to Soil Board, Linda Motha Board Member, Health Agent Wendy W. Henderson, R.S. Director of Public Health/Health Agent, Animal

Inspector Christopher Michaud, R.S. Health & Sanitary Inspector/Health Agent, Animal

Inspector Janice Young Health & Sanitary Inspector/Health Agent Patti DeMello Administrative Clerk Kathleen Grimley Principal Clerk Dr. Gail Davidson Board Physician Sandra J. Gosselin Animal Inspector/Rabies Control Agent Cheryl Jackson Assistant Animal Inspector/Rabies Control Agent (hired 9/4/2008) Nicholas Charest Director, Greater New Bedford Tobacco Control,

Health Agent (hired 1/16/2008) Patricia Hutchins Tobacco Compliance Officer (hired 10/15/2008)

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Alcohol 1Animal 108Body Art Establishment 3Body Art Practitioner 6Burial 123Cabin, Motels 6Camps 6Demolition 6Food: Bed & Breakfast 2 Cider Mill 1 Food Service 153 Grange 11 Ice Cream 14 Mobile 7 Residential Kitchen 3 Retail 75 Sausage 1 Seasonal 12Funeral Directors 4Haulers: Garbage 39 Septage 22Installers 42Sewage Disposal New 22 Plan Review 49 Repair 33 Septic Abandonment 136 Title 5 45 Swimming Pools Residential 26Semi-Public 21 Tanning 5Tobacco 36Well 17

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2008 - DARTMOUTH COUNCIL ON AGING 628 Dartmouth Street

Dartmouth, MA 02748 Council on Aging Board of Directors Cynthia Marland, Ed.D., Chairwoman 6/30/09 (three-year term expires) Wayne Whalley, Vice Chairman 6/30/10 Joan Foster, Treasurer 6/30/09 Thomas Lindsay, Secretary 6/30/09 Cecelia Denwood 6/30/09 Robert Carney 6/30/09 Maria Connor 6/30/11 Thomas McGill 6/30/11 Alan Mercer 6/30/10 Karen Leary 6/30/11 Eleanor White 6/30/11 Council on Aging Staff Debra-Ann Raymond, Director Susan Pierce, Administrative Secretary Ann Ferguson, Outreach Coordinator Nancy Miller, Activities Director Ana DeBarros, Social Day Coordinator Linda Lally, Social Day Activities Director Ellen Messier, Program Aide Donna Caulfield, Program Aide James Pimentel, Custodian Council on Aging Drivers Joseph Abreu James Borges Robert Braga Gerald Bramwell George Frias George Silva Council on Aging Mission

The Council on Aging exists to identify the needs of Dartmouth’s roughly 6,000 seniors and to assist them with available services. We also promote, design, and implement programs in coordination with other local service providers. Council on Aging Services

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Social:

Outreach Monthly activities newsletter Monthly free legal consultations Tax assistance Fuel assistance SHINE (Serving Health Information Needs of Elders) Food bank/holiday food baskets Information programs, guest speakers, theme parties File of Life, Friendly Visitors, Telephone Reassurance Classes: computers, arts and crafts, scrapbooking, knitting, quilting Bingo, bridge, cribbage, brain games Identification cards (Mondays) Book and video lending library Thrift shops Senior chorus band Wanderers group Meals (on-site, home-delivered)

Health:

Alzheimers support group Parkinsons support group Widows support group Blood pressure, flu clinics Podiatry appointments Chair massages Medical equipment loans Classes in Tai Chi, flex and strength, TOPS (weight-loss), Yoga, Zumba Band, line dancing

Transportation:

A total of 13,293 rides were provided in 2008. Transportation is available Monday through Friday, 9:00 A.M. till 12:30 P.M., for doctors’ and therapy appointments, for trips to pharmacies and grocery shopping, and for rides to the Senior Center. Transportation to other locations is available by special arrangement. Social Day Care: The goal of this self-supporting program is to identify the needs of our community’s elder population and to assist them with available services. We also promote, design and implement programs in coordination with other local service providers.

The Council on Aging works closely with Dartmouth Friends of the Elderly to provide a better way of life for our senior community. The Dartmouth Friends are very supportive in assisting The Council with programs and donations.

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We know that the months ahead will bring challenges due to budget issues, but our concern remains to assist our senior population with health, social and transportation services in the Dartmouth community. Respectfully submitted, Debra-Ann G. Raymond, Director

Dartmouth Housing Authority Members

William F. O’Connor Chairman Term Expires – 2013 Charles S. Sission Vice Chairman 2011 Robert Graham Treasurer 2009 Wayne Whalley Member 2009 Christopher Markey State Appointee 2012 Constance Desbiens, PHM Executive Director Shelly M. Taffe Section 8 Co-Coordinator Rosemary Correia Section 8 Clerk Kerri Bosse Clerk Leo Choquette Maintenance Michael Domingos Maintenance Ryan Arruda Maintenance

Dartmouth Housing Authority

This Authority would like to publicly extend its sincere appreciation to all Town Agencies for their continued support. We encourage all residents of Dartmouth who are seeking affordable housing to apply. It is the intent of the Dartmouth Housing Authority to continue to address the housing needs of all our citizens. We feel that affordable housing is an issue, which affects virtually every community. The Dartmouth Housing Authority Board Meetings are held at 4:00 P.M. on the second Monday of each month. Our Annual Meeting is scheduled in April. The citizens of our community can truly be proud of the 124 units of housing the Authority provides at the following Projects: 667-1 SOL-E-MAR: 44 units, Sol-E-Mar Lane, South Dartmouth. Completed for occupancy November 1967. State-aided Project.

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667-2 MUNROE: 80 units, 2 Anderson Way, North Dartmouth. Completed for occupancy November 1980. Federally aided Project. Eligibility Requirements for the two (2) programs are as follows: 667-1 SOL-E-MAR: Minimum Age: 60 years, except for handicapped units. Income Limits: Persons in household: One: $41,000.00 Two: $46,85.00 Assets: There is no limit on the amount of assets, which a household may possess and still be eligible for admission into State-Aided Public Housing. However, if a household’s assets exceed $5,000, the income from the assets or 1% of the value of the assets, whichever is greater, is included as income. 667-2 MUNROE: Minimum Age: 62 years, except for handicapped units. Income Limits: One Person: $25,600.00 Two People: $29,250.00 (Very Low) One Person: $41,000.00 Two People: $46,850.00 (Low) Assets: There is no limit on the amount of assets, which a household may possess and still be eligible for admission to Section 8 subsidized development. However, if a household’s assets exceed $5,000, the income from the assets or 1% of the value of the assets, whichever is greater, is included as income. On April 1, 2001, the Dartmouth Housing Authority accepted the responsibility of 200 units of Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers. This is a HUD funded program for families. Eligibility requirements for this program are as follows: INCOME LIMITS 1 2 3 4 5 6 Person Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons $41,000 $46,850 $52,700 $58,550 $63,250 $67,900 In addition to the above income requirements, preference will be given to persons who reside or work in the Town of Dartmouth, are employed or are unable to work due to age or disability, or pay 50% or more of monthly household income for rent and utilities. Due to the enormous response to this program, the Section 8 waiting list is closed until further notice. The Authority’s Annual Audit is made public when received from the Office of State Auditors. Sincerely, Constance Desbiens, PHM Executive Director

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VETERANS SERVICES

The Veterans Services Department operates in accordance with Chapter 115 of the Massachusetts General Laws for the purpose of assisting veterans and their dependents in time of need. This assistance includes medical, financial, shelter, food, employment and training, vocational rehabilitation counseling, preparing and processing VA claims and other veterans’ benefits and programs.

The Dartmouth Veterans Services office continues to expand its outreach to town citizens. A new resource available beginning 1 JAN 2009 is a website (www.vsodartmouth.org) that allows veterans and their families to quickly link to the appropriate organizations for the retrieval of veterans records, benefits and programs made available by local, state and federal government. The Veterans Advisory Board has been working closely with the VSO to ensure that there will continue to be an innovative approach to outreach that meets today’s demands.

The number of veterans seeking Chapter 115 benefits doubled from July to December 2008. This unprecedented growth is the result of an aging population, an unfavorable economy and the spillover from Fall River and New Bedford; two municipalities which have the largest veterans services caseload in Massachusetts. The Department of Veterans’ Services has acknowledged the growth rate in the South Coast area and will continue to work with local Veterans Services Officers to ensure that our level of service will maintain the highest standards.

Recently, there has been an improvement in cooperation between federal and state veterans services with an increased emphasis put on standardization and training of veterans’ agents. As a result, the Dartmouth Veterans’ Agent will receive training and certification in several subject areas to include initial assessment of TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury). This is a very important resource that will help the veterans agent identify the signs of probable TBI and also provide the appropriate points of contact to refer the veteran for screening by medical personnel at the designated specialty clinic.

The Veterans’ Agent will be updated regularly by the state, regarding all programs that have an immediate impact on our veterans. One of the most important programs that support this office is SAVE (Statewide Advocacy for Veterans’ Empowerment). The fundamental principle of the SAVE program is to advocate for veterans who are not able to obtain the benefits they have earned due to institutional or personal barriers. The program’s primary mission is prevention of suicide and mental health distress through the identification of issues facing veterans when they return from service and proactively providing them with access to benefits and services that may address these issues and result in positive transitions back to civilian life.

The Veterans’ Services Officer will continue to work diligently with organizations chartered by congress and/or recognized by VA for claim representation. The caseload for VA claims has increased exponentially during FY09 and the VA is upgrading its electronic claims filing system in response. The VA Regional Services Office in Providence, RI was recently recognized as the best in the nation and with regular feedback from our veterans, it would continue to be the model for all others to follow.

Applications for VA healthcare still continues to be the most requested service the Veterans Service Office offers. Certain priority groups are temporarily closed to enrollment. However, the VA will open up enrollment to some priority 8 veterans on the 1st of July 2009.

The Veterans Service Office and the Dartmouth Veterans Advisory Board continue their hard work to help all veterans and their families in Dartmouth. Sometimes though, no matter how hard we work, we cannot reach all veterans in the town. This is where we depend on every citizen to lend a hand to any veteran you know. If a veteran is not receiving the care or benefits that you believe they are entitled to, let me know and I’ll continue to do my best to make sure

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that all of Dartmouth veterans and their families receive the assistance they need. Sam Jonsson Dartmouth Veterans Service Officer

Dartmouth Youth Commission

2008 Annual Report

About Us The Dartmouth Youth Commission is a youth and family service agency that provides support, referral, counseling and resources to residents of the Town of Dartmouth. The Commission began in Dartmouth in 1972 as a collective response for the community to the growing needs of the Town's youth. The Youth Commission is comprised of nine residents who set policy and guide the work of its youth advocate, Kevin Lee. Currently, the Commission also employs a part-time clerical assistant.

Mission Statement To meet the needs of Dartmouth young people and families who are: 1. At risk from either their own dangerous behavior, or, by the abuse of others; 2. To provide assessment, intervention and counseling to children and teens at risk; 3. Provide information and referral services to teens, their parents, the public, schools, police, juvenile court and other appropriate human service providers. To carry out the specifications of Chapter 40, Section 8E, of the Massachusetts General Laws under "Youth Commissions."

Youth Advocate The Youth Advocate's role involves counseling, crisis intervention, presentations, group facilitation, outreach and consultation with parents. The Youth Advocate typically works with children, early adolescents, and teens in office settings, home visits, and schools.

The Youth Advocate is an employee of the Town of Dartmouth. The Youth Commission sets the policies of on-going programs provided and the Select Board, through its Executive Administrator, provides administrative supervision of the Youth Advocate.

Our agency does not provide psychotherapy in either individual or group settings.

The Youth Advocate is available to meet with young people on an individual basis. The Youth Advocate's involvement with young people may be for brief intervention or last over an extended period of time. While the Youth Advocate is prepared to meet with young people in crisis, extended services are provided to Dartmouth residents only.

Confidentiality It is the policy of the Dartmouth Youth Commission and the professional practice of the Youth Advocate, that all names and related information are kept strictly confidential. Only the Youth Advocate has access to client names and private information. Student interns and other volunteers who assist with various programs are also required to abide by a signed statement of

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confidentiality. Our motto in both individual and group work is..."Whom You See Here, What You Hear Here, When You Leave Here, Let It Stay Here.”

Support Groups

The Dartmouth Youth Commission, through its Youth Advocate, Kevin Lee and other colleagues, offers both time-limited and on going support groups for children, teens and families. Support Groups are detailed below. Additional information on each group is available on our Web site, or by calling our office.

Dartmouth Girl Power is a time-limited support Group for girls in grades 6, 7 and 8 who reside in Dartmouth. Kevin Lee, Youth Advocate, and three female interns facilitate this group. Dartmouth Girl Power meets every Wednesday, 2:30 - 4:30 PM, from October through May. Banana Splits is a support group for children whose families are coping with the effects of separation and/or divorce. We have offered this group continuously for the last twelve years. We offer two Banana Splits Support Groups; a 2nd and 3rd grade group and a 4th and 5th grade group. Each group meets every other week for a total of ten weeks, from October though March. Teen Zone Support Group meets on Mondays from 3:00 – 4:30 PM throughout the school year, and at group agreed times during the summer months. Teen Zone is open to Dartmouth teens in grades 8 through 12. Online Support for Dartmouth Families In addition to regular appointments for consultations, counseling and group facilitation, a growing number of clients and residents use our Web site, www.dartmouthYouth.com for seeking additional information and support throughout our area. Visitors to the Parent’s Center at DartmouthYouth.com will find extensive resources and links on the following topics:

Area Hotlines Reporting Abuse Cyber Safety Human Service Providers Local Support Groups

Family Support Sites

Special Needs Online Medical

Dartmouth Schools Local/State Agencies

Legal Assistance Dartmouth Youth Sports

New Resident Info Single Parenting Info

Teen’s Center Children’s Center

The Alvin Glaser Memorial Family Assistance Fund Many people fondly remember with respect and admiration, the good heart and boundless generosity of Alvin Glaser. Alvin was a founding member of the Dartmouth Youth Commission. Alvin was more than a philanthropist. His generosity sprang not from his ability to give but from a deeper place. Alvin took the time to look into the eyes and hearts of people and then asked, “Tell me what you need.” Alvin, businessperson, family man and beloved town resident was a quiet giant who over the course of his life set the standard for living and giving in community. The Alvin Glaser Memorial Family Assistance Fund was created to assist Dartmouth families and individuals within families, during times of financial hardship caused by illness, death, unemployment or other unexpected events. The Glaser Fund exists solely for the purpose of

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helping persons in need and is not part of the Youth Commission’s regular operating budget. To learn how to donate to the Glaser Trust Fund, or to receive Application Guidelines, please visit us online or call our office.

Youth Commission Members NAME TERM ENDS

Gale Schultz, Chairperson June 30, 2010 Rosalyn Glaser-Bernstein June 30, 2010 Valerie Alves June 30, 2010 Debra Brejcha June 30, 2011 Lorraine Gagne June 30, 2011 Alyson Bellora June 30, 2009 Justine Clarke, Clerk Part-time Kevin Lee, Youth Advocate Full-time

Contact Information

Location: Dartmouth Town Hall, Room 118, 1st floor Office Hours: 8:45 AM – 4:30 PM, and by appointment. Office Phone: 508-910-1855 Email: dartmouthyouth@gmail.com Web: www.dartmouthYouth.com

Dartmouth Youth Commission 2008 ANNUAL SUMMARY OF CLIENT DATA

Youth Advocate Administrative Data (in hours)

Day Meetings: 233 Evening Meetings (after 4:30 PM): 356

In Office Clerical: 293 At Home Clerical: 244Client Planning: 111 Group Planning: 119

Group Facilitating: 153 Number of cell calls received: 411

Crisis intervention: Community Outreach and Networking: Days: 67 Collaborative: 196

Evenings: 29 In schools: 225 Weekends: 57 Travel Time: 118

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Consulting: 73Number of calls in: 1699 In community: 231

Number of calls out: 1650 Presentations: 30Online Client Services 344 Other: 77

Visitor Information Data (in Units) Gender: Length of visit (of units): Males: 2426 1/2 hr or less: 2244

Females: 2499 1 hour: 839 Client: 927 Hour Plus: 572

Colleague: 616 Two Plus: 812 Drop-In: 827 First visit:

No: 2791 Ten or under: 478 Yes: 744

Preteen: 401 If yes, how did you hear about us (approx.):

Teen: 2586 Friend: 78 Young Adult: 55 Parent: 82

Adult: 111 Police: 26 Parent: 346 Therapist: 22

Colleague from: School: 349 Schools: 239 Media: 108

Town Agency: 222 Court: 19 Self: 99

Human Services: 240 Presenting Issues of Client (In Units): Type of visit (in units): Peer Problems: 355

Scheduled: 2588 School Problems: 329 Drop In: 1769 Divorce/Separation: 501 Urgent: 94 Grief/Loss: 177

Group meeting: 761 Substance Abuse in home: 351 Banana Splits: 252 Parent Consult: 259

Teen Group: 397 Client substance abuse: 231 Girl Power Group: 390 In abusive relationship: 57

In office: 2802 At risk/suicide: 244 In school: 655 Violent: 111

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Home: 102 Physically Abused: 278 Other: 680 Health Issues: 119

Non-Client: (# of people): 1515 Battered: 14 Seeks Referral: 42 Client sexually active: 146

Seeks information: 107 Pregnancy Concern: 52 Special Project: 85 Survivor sexual abuse: 198

Collaborative: 363 Eating Disordered: 18 Y. Commissioner Consult: 108 Challenged: 15

Loneliness: 233 Lacks self-esteem: 311 Police Issues: 229 Domestic Abuse: 237 Runaway: 36 Relationship Issues: 277 Medical Issues: 23 Psychological/sociological: 16

Respectfully submitted, Kevin Lee, Youth Advocate February 2008

COMMUNITY NURSE AND HOSPICE CARE

Chairman of the Board June Smith 1st Vice Chairperson Eric Strand Treasurer William Fuller President & CEO Jane R. Stankiewicz Nursing Supervisor Joyce Cummings, RN

Community Nurse and Hospice Care is a private non-profit Visiting Nurse Association that provides a full range of home care and Hospice services to residents in the Southcoast area. We also provide Public Health Services to Dartmouth residents through a contract with the Board of Health. Our Dartmouth office is located at 400 Slocum Road, on the first floor.

Our Public Health work provided to Dartmouth residents includes a monthly blood pressure clinic at the Council on Aging, two Flu Clinics, Communicable Disease follow up, and Home Visits. In recent years, a great deal of time has been spent working with the Board of Health on Emergency Preparedness Planning.

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The Eliot D. Stetson, Jr. & Louise T. Stetson Charitable Trust provides funds that enable Community Nurse and Hospice Care to provide skilled care to Dartmouth residents not covered by insurance.

The staff of Community Nurse and Hospice Care has enjoyed working with the Board of Health and we look forward to the coming year.

Community Nurse and Hospice Care Dartmouth Public Health Annual Report

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Clinics Blood Pressure Clinics Dartmouth COA 269 Communicable Disease Case Lyme 28 Salmonella 4 Viral Meningitis 4 Chicken Pox 5 Pertussis 2 Other 30 Total 73 Meetings Emergency Preparedness meetings Adult Immunization Conference Hepatitis B Clinics for Dartmouth Police Town Visits – 98 Flu Clinics Flu Vaccine 300

Pneumonia Vaccine 16

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LEGAL DEPARTMENT

The Town’s Legal Department has offices in Town Hall and is staffed by outside counsel through the New Bedford firm of Anthony Savastano, Attorney At Law, P.C., with part-time assistance from Linda Torres. The Legal Department provides advice and assistance to all Town departments, boards and commissions on various matters of concern to them, including but not limited to contracting, bidding procedures, permitting and licensing issues, zoning issues, by-laws and regulations and personnel matters. The Legal Department defends the Town’s position in disputes including but not limited to these involving its Zoning By-Law, sub-division, regulations, wetlands regulations, permitting decisions, soil removal, labor and health issues. The Legal Department assists Town Officers in the enforcement of Town-By-Laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, and applicable statutes and codes. The Legal Department also represents the Town in contractual and employment disputes, eminent domain, tort claims and other claims asserted by and against the Town. The Legal Department reviews and drafts warrant articles to be presented to Town Meeting and carries out the direction of Town Meeting, such as street layout and acceptances, transactions involving real property, easements, donations of land, and enacting and amending by-laws and regulation. Questions concerning public bidding requirements and contract forms are submitted for review. During the past calendar year, the Legal Department was involved in litigation, that included but was not limited to zoning disputes, wetland enforcement, eminent domain, comprehensive permits, land acquisition, health code enforcement, agricultural restrictions and workmen’s compensation before state and federal administrative, trial and appeals courts. The Legal Department advises and defends the Town in personnel matters involving union grievances, industrial accidents disputes, employee discipline, reviewing collective bargaining agreements, and similar personnel issues. The Legal Department aggressively pursues its goal to provide early intervention and preventative advice to the Town’s departments, boards and commissions in the interest of minimizing costly, avoidable litigation.

2008 GRANTS & HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT REPORT

Doris J. Copley, Paralegal/Grants Program Manager/ Human Resources Coordinator David Brunette – Housing Rehabilitation Inspector

Pamela Tavares, Grants Clerk

The Grants Department saw another busy year with administration of the Department of Housing & Community Development Block Grant Program. This program provides housing rehabilitation for low and moderate-low income residents of the Town. The FY 2006 program was funded to complete 15–20 housing repair projects. However, due to close monitoring of costs, bids, construction and change orders, the funding was stretched to complete 28 projects. The Grants Department also secured funding for 10 additional projects through funding provided by the Community Preservation Committee under the Affordable Housing component of the Community Preservation Act. A minimum of five CPC projects are estimated to be completed this year.

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These grant programs have been a win/win situation for the town for over 9 yrs. for the

following reasons:

• When money is recaptured with 5% interest, it goes back into the program for other projects.

• When the money is not recaptured, the project remains in the Town’s 40B inventory contributing to the Town’s 10% State requirement.

• Housing rehabilitation addresses numerous Sanitary Code violations issued by the BOH by tying in houses to municipal sewer. In addition, sewer tie-ins create revenue from sewage fees.

• Property tie-ins next to rivers and streams address environmental pollution issues. • Housing rehabilitation increases the real estate value of property and neighborhoods by

alleviating shabby, neglected housing stock. • Housing rehabilitation addresses health and safety issues by abating lead & asbestos,

especially dangerous to young children, in addition to alleviating the risk of lead contamination of ground water feeding residential wells.

• Housing rehabilitation addresses ground contamination caused by leaking underground oil tanks alleviating dangers to soil, vegetation, water and wildlife.

• Housing rehabilitation increases the years that low income elderly residents remain in their homes by providing crucial assistance with expensive repairs such as heating, roofing, windows, plumbing and electrical problems.

• Housing rehabilitation alleviates the strain and demand on the Town for public affordable elderly housing.

• Housing rehabilitation increases the Town’s chances for grant funding by serving as a required second project to the State’s application requirements of a minimum of two separate components in a specific target area, i.e., infrastructure & housing rehabilitation, social services & housing rehabilitation, public facilities & housing rehabilitation, etc.

The Grants Department is in the process of preparing documentation for its FY 2010 DHCD application that will include infrastructure for road resurfacing, sidewalks, curbs, and water mains, in addition to housing rehabilitation projects. The maximum funding allowed under this grant program is $1,000,000.

The following is a list of the town’s Community Development Block Grant Funding from 1999 to 2008:

DEPT OF HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING

(Period 1999 - 2008)

Grant Awarded Closed Funds Projects 40B Invent. Program Income DHCD HR #5152 Pub. Project

JUL 1999

DEC 2001

$543,000

150 sewer tie-ins 50 sewer abatements Hathaway Rd/Rte. 6 Sewer Project

N/A

N/A

DHCD HR & SS #5433

JUL 2002

DEC 2004

$800,000

23 housing rehabilitation projects 3 Social Service Programs

$58,744.13

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DHCD HR # 5569

OCT 2004

$227,137

21 housing rehabilitation projects

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AMENDED

SEPT 2005

DEC 2006

$336,038

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DHCD Tri-Town RR # 5695

NOV 2005

JAN 2008

$349,910

170 work certified recipients from Dartmouth, Fairhaven & Wareham

N/A

N/A

DHCD FY 06 HR & SS # 00519

JUL 2006

MAR 2009

$800,000

(awarded)

28 housing rehab projects COA Social Service Program

28

$25,343.53

DHCD FY 08 HR/Pub. Fac. #00557

JUL 2008

$666,540

15-20 HR projects, Handicap Access. Bullard Center,

Est. 15

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TOTAL AMOUNT OF DHCD GRANT FUNDING TO DATE = $3,722,625.00 TOTAL PROGRAM INCOME RECOVERED TO DATE = $84,087.66 TOTAL 40B PROJECTS - 75 projects added to Town’s 40B inventory, not including the estimated 15-20 for FY 2008 grant.

Any town resident interested in applying for a housing rehabilitation grant should call Doris @ 508-910-1883, or Pam @ 508-910-1868 between the hours of 8:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.

Paralegal Duties consist of legal research for department heads and the preparation of numerous legal documents for grant administration. It is important to note that there are currently over three million dollars of outstanding loans, with the potential to recapture up to one-third of those loans. However, continuous tracking of those recipients over the 15 yr. recapture period is crucial if the town is to recoup some of those funds. In addition, the current housing crisis places a strain on recipients, who in turn, ask the town to subordinate their loan in order to re-mortgage their houses. Careful analysis of equity, property valuation and financial status must be considered in order to prevent loss of recovery of funds. A considerable amount of legal knowledge is required for the negotiation of subordinations, the preparation of mortgage discharges, contracts, recapture and mortgage agreements, and rental agreements for multi-family units, Ch. 30B procurement and various contractual disputes between applicants and contractors. All of these functions are done in-house as part of the Paralegal’s duties with substantial savings to the town for legal services.

In addition to providing paralegal support to the Legal Department, the Paralegal also serves as the Human Resources Coordinator for the Executive Administrator. Her Human Resources duties include providing support to department heads on various human resources issues regarding contract renewals, updating job descriptions, grievances, reclassification requests, labor negotiations, writing and updating policies, conducting training workshops and various other human resources activities.

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

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STATE RECLAMATION AND MOSQUITO CONTROL BOARD

BRISTOL COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECT 140 NORTH WALKER STREET * TAUNTON, MA 02780

Tel: (508) 823-5253 * Fax: (508) 828-1868

ANNUAL REPORT - DARTMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS

January 1, 2008 – December 31, 2008

The calendar year 2009 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project and its services to the cities and towns of Bristol County. The Project was established in 1958 as a result of numerous human and horse cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Over the years, the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project has greatly reduced the exposure to this arbovirus and also the newly introduced West Nile virus.

Since the 1958 formation much has changed. New biological larvicides have been developed and used to suppress mosquito emergence. The Project has acquired new GPS guidance systems for the trucks and GIS mapping capabilities. Newer environmentally sensitive adulticides have been developed and adopted by the Project. During water management projects, low ground pressure machines are used to reduce secondary impacts to the environment. Increased mosquito surveillance, the cornerstone of Integrated Pest Management, continues every summer. The addition of molecular techniques by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health increased sensitivity of virus isolations and decreased turn around time between collections and results.

For the past 5 years, Bristol County Mosquito Control Project reported the most EEE isolations from mosquitoes in Massachusetts. During the 2008 mosquito season, over 29,000 mosquitoes were collected. There were 11 isolations of EEE with 2 collections from human biting mosquitoes and one confirmed horse case reported for the County. We had 20 mosquito isolates of WNV in the County with no reported human or horse cases. This year posed a first in Bristol County’s history when ground based adulticide interventions were completed to combat two different arboviruses, many times on the same night. To date the towns of Freetown, Berkley, Acushnet, and New Bedford are in the High-risk category for EEE and 100% of Bristol County is in the High-risk category for WNV. The mosquito control project works year-round in its efforts to reduce mosquito breeding sites and adult mosquito populations. The Project uses several different measures of control in its never-ending fight against mosquitoes. Spring and Summer Larviciding - To reduce the emergence of adult mosquitoes in areas where mosquito larvae are present.

Catch Basin Treatment - To stop mosquito emergence from rain-filled catch basins and storm drains. Mosquito Surveillance Program - To monitor mosquito populations as to their type and number - a program necessary in encephalitis surveillance. Light trapping of mosquitoes is also useful to determine what areas have nuisance populations of mosquitoes.

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Water Management - A year round endeavor to clean and maintain mosquito drainage ditches in areas to reduce standing water conducive to mosquito larvae. Public Outreach: - Providing important information to the residents of the county with respect to personal protection against mosquito bites, mosquito breeding prevention on one’s property and mosquito data. It is the policy of the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project to use pesticides that are environmentally sensitive so that they do not negatively impact people or the environment. We use as many of the biological insecticides as are practical with the environmental conditions present in the New England area. All of our spray equipment is calibrated periodically in order to insure that dosage rates remain at legal levels but are adequate to reduce mosquito populations. The operators of our spray equipment are state licensed pesticide applicators that are required to attend classes on pesticide safety on a yearly basis.

During the time period January 1, 2008 – December 31, 2008 the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project: • Sprayed over 23,789 acres • Treated 162 acres in 147 locations with B.t.i. for mosquito larvae • Received 973 requests for spraying • Cleared and reclaimed 9,955 feet of brush • Inspected 1650 feet of ditches • 3,030 feet of tractor work • Treated 2,068 catch basins

Bristol County Mosquito Control Commissioners: Arthur F. Tobin, Chairman Christine A. Fagan Gregory D. Dorrance Joseph Barile Christine A. Fagan

DARTMOUTH CONSERVATION COMMISSION 2008 ANNUAL REPORT

The Dartmouth Conservation Commission was established to carry out the provisions of M.G.L., Chapter 131, Section 40, the Wetlands Protection Act. The Dartmouth Wetlands Protection Bylaw, adopted by the Town in 1980, is a vital link to the Wetlands Protection Act for the protection of the Town's natural resources. The provisions of the Wetlands Act and the Wetlands Bylaw combined, affords the Conservation Commission the supportive authority to control activities, which border upon or are within wetlands. As defined by the Wetlands

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Protection Act, the wetlands are determined by the Conservation Commission through a filing procedure. In 2008, the Conservation Commission received 64 requests for Wetland Site Inspections, which resulted in the delineation and verification of wetlands within the Town. The Site Inspection process is a procedure allowed under the Dartmouth Wetlands Protection Bylaw to determine the extent of wetlands on an applicant-owner's property. During 2008 the Conservation Commission held 24 public meetings during which there were 175 public hearings. The Commission reviewed 41 Notice of Intent applications and 33 Requests for Determination of Applicability filings. A majority of these filings were a direct result of the Wetland Site Inspection application process. Forty–three (43) Orders of Conditions were granted upon closure of the public hearings. Within the year, the Commission also granted 9 Extension Permits, and 17 Certificates of Compliance on Orders of Conditions. In addition to the mandated duties of the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act and the Dartmouth Wetlands Protection Bylaw, and the day-to-day operations of the Conservation Commission office, the Conservation Commission has made decisions on numerous conservation issues in an effort to protect and enhance the Town's natural resources. The Conservation Commission and its staff were involved in the following special projects or additional activities during 2008.

SALT MARSH RESTORATION PROJECTS

The year 2008 was a productive year with salt marsh restoration projects in Dartmouth. Three significant projects were managed at different stages of planning or completion.

Padanaram Marsh Restoration Project:

In the May of 2003 the Padanaram salt marsh project restoration was completed. The remediation work involved the improvement of a historic culvert that was severely impeding tidal exchange to the 10-acre salt marsh. With the assistance of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration officials and the use of Town of Dartmouth Department of Public Works staff and equipment culvert was replaced with a larger culvert allowing for a significant improvement in tidal flows to the salt marsh system. Monitoring of environmental conditions within the marsh system showed a dramatic shift in the salt marsh ecology from its previously degraded state to a more natural plant and animal community.

Nonquitt Marsh Restoration:

The 85-acre Nonquitt salt marsh restoration project made significant progress throughout 2008. The design option for replacement of an undersized culvert was finalized. The project has continued to gather significant support and momentum throughout the wetland restoration professional community. The project has many potential areas of research and study that the scientific community is interested in pursuing. The acquisition of necessary regulatory permits will commence in the Spring and Summer 2009, with construction anticipated in the Fall 2009.

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Round Hill Salt Marsh Restoration: In 2008 the In the May of 2003 the Round Hill salt marsh project restoration was begun. The remediation work involved the complete recreation of a 15-acre salt marsh that was filled in the 1920's. The Town will again partner with of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration officials on this project. A feasibility study and design was completed in 2008. Permitting and construction is anticipated in 2009 and 2010.

TURN THE TIDE PROJECT In 2008 the Turn the Tide-Restore Dartmouth’s Estuaries continued to make significant

progress. Turn the Tide is an integrated, watershed-based, $1.8 million, four-year plan to assess and restore Dartmouth’s estuaries. The Turn the Tide partnership was formed in 2002 among the Coalition for Buzzards Bay, the Town of Dartmouth, the UMass Dartmouth School of Marine Science and Technology (SMAST), and The Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies (LC), and is modeled upon and integrated with the methodology of the Massachusetts Estuaries Project.

Turn the Tide is a watershed-based approach to assessment and restoration, with tasks

that include: data collection focusing on watershed source analysis (including stream nutrient and bacterial loading measurement), nutrient distributions, development of a hydrodynamic model, mapping of eelgrass and wetlands, and survey of benthic indicator species. These parameters, when coupled, provide the data base for synthesis of contaminant dynamics within each system, enabling construction of a water quality numerical model and overall evaluation of the current and potential ecological health of the various subsystems of the Slocum-Little River Complex and Apponagansett Bay. The synthesis, model and evaluation will then support management and restoration plans for Dartmouth’s estuarine systems. Along with the assessment and management tasks, Turn the Tide has a strong advocacy component that is designed to inform and to mobilize watershed residents and is being coordinated by the Coalition for Buzzards Bay. Thus residents will become invested in the research and will be able to make informed decisions concerning watershed management.

In 2008 the Town of Dartmouth’s received the estuary report from UMass Dartmouth School of Marine Science and Technology for Slocums and Little Rivers and began the planning process for addressing the degraded water quality. This project will be coordinated by a community based nitrogen management committee whose task will be to find cost effective solutions to meet the nutrient levels that the State of Massachusetts will be requiring within these water bodies.

CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEMBERS Jacquelyn McDonald, Chair Term Expires 2009 Patricia Sweriduk Term Expires 2011 Michael A Kehoe, Vice-chair Term Expires 2010 Richard T Mallen Term Expires 2011 Daniel Gioiosa Term Expires 2010 Jennifer Brindisi Term Expires 2010 Richard Golen Term Expires 2011

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CONSERVATION COMMISSION STAFF Michael O'Reilly, Environmental Affairs Coordinator Donna Farias, Conservation Aide

CONSERVATION COMMISSION STAFF Michael O'Reilly, Environmental Affairs Coordinator Donna Farias, Conservation Aide

NATURAL RESOURCES

Due to the financial crisis in Dartmouth, there was no funding appropriated for the Natural Resources Department for FY 2008. Due to this, the hours of the Shellfish Constable were reduced from 40 to 10 hours per week. Because of this drastic reduction in hours, my Catch Reports are incomplete and will not be published for 2008. In 2007, Dartmouth was informed that the Town would receive the Grant from the Harbor Trustee Council for three years for shellfish propagation. Respectfully submitted: Kenneth Pacheco

Harbor Master/Waterways Director: Waterways Commission: Steve L. Melo, JD. Chris Hemingway, Chair 2010 Assistant Harbormasters: Michael Gill, Vice Chair 2011 Stephen Turner Robert Metcalf, Secretary 2010 Stephanie Saikali Warren Hathaway 2009 Martin Casey Gerald Hickey 2010 Julian Race Norman Peloquin 2009 Charles J. Howland Roger Race 2010 Robert Miller Thomas Gill Lisa Litos Lori Russell-Pelsue

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DARTMOUTH HARBORMASTER WATERWAYS MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

1 Bridge Street, Rear

www.dartmouthharbormaster.com

harbormaster@dartmouthharbormaster.com

Telephone: (508) 999-0759 / Fax: (508) 990-7759

The Dartmouth Waterways Department is comprised of the Harbormaster/Waterways Director, Assistant Harbormasters and the Dartmouth Waterways Management Commission. Assistant Harbormasters are appointed by the Harbormaster with approval of the Select Board under M.G.L. Chapter 102, section 19. The Select Board also appoints seven (7) volunteer Waterways Management Commissioners who develop fair and equitable regulations and policies for Dartmouth Waterways. Increasing safe and responsible public access to Dartmouth’s popular waterways remains a primary focus for the Waterways Department. Commission meetings are typically held on a monthly basis. Minutes of past meetings are posted on the Waterways website, www.dartmouthharbormaster.com. This informative website also contains Waterways and Mooring Regulations, registration and other forms, important local notices, indispensable boater information, and a wealth of practical nautical links. E-mail messages may be directed to the Waterways Commission and Harbormaster from this site. Continuously-refreshed scenes of Padanaram Harbor may be viewed on our website with a link to a web cam. All funding for the operation of the Waterways Department is maintained separate and independent of the Town’s general fund and tax levy. User-based fees and grant funding constitute the revenue of our self-sustaining enterprise fund. Stringent collection efforts on behalf of the Waterway Enterprise Fund allow for safety patrols to protect Dartmouth Waterways. The Dartmouth Harbormaster and Staff are responsible for enforcing all local, state and federal waterways and boating rules and regulations. Equitable application of these regulations results in safe and enjoyable use of our waterways. The Department continues its noted tradition of rendering assistance and guidance to mariner’s based-in or passing through Dartmouth waters. Collaboration with local, regional, state and federal agencies allows the Dartmouth Waterways Department to better educate, serve and protect individuals who enjoy or work on our waterways. The Department maintains year-round, constant readiness responding to VHF (Marine channel 09) radio summons, telephone or Dartmouth Police dispatch.

Enforcement of the “No Discharge” designation of all Dartmouth waters resulted in the collection of thousands of gallons of vessel sewage during 2008 boating season and prevention of that pollution from entering our waterways. Our waste pump-out efforts have positively contributed to the restorative efforts of our local fisheries, wildlife habitats, and overall water quality. The 2008 season saw continued success of the Slocum River rowing regatta hosted by the Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies. Hundreds of participants and spectators gathered in September to enjoy this well-organized human-powered craft competition on the scenic Slocum River. The re-alignment of the USCG designated federal navigation channel leading southward from the Padanaram Bridge caused significant adjustment to individual mooring sites in that area, as well as the loss of several commercial sites.

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The Waterways Department, with guidance and assistance from Dartmouth Environmental Coordinator Michael O’Reilly, increased efforts to close out the DEP review of Town-owned land adjacent to the Waterways facility on Roger Street. Community Preservation Commission grant funding continues to help remediate contamination in this site and restore the area to some form of productive public access for the Clarks Cove waterway.

The Dartmouth boating community suffered the tragic and unnecessary loss of a well-like and respected sailor, D.J. Walsh, in the midst of the 2008 boating season. Long-serving former Dartmouth Harbormaster Arthur F. Dias also slipped his earthy moorings during the 2008 season, leaving an enduring legacy of devoted service and compassion for local boaters. May their spirits and memories float upon our winds and tides forever.

SOIL CONSERVATION BOARD The Soil Conservation Board is responsible for issuing permits concerning earth removal and reconstruction of sites from which earth has been removed. Permits are renewed annually and projects are bonded according to the Soil Conservation By-Laws. The properties also have official bi-annual inspections. The larger operations permitted by the Board are for reconstruction of vacant land into cranberry bogs and agricultural land. The Board also investigates complaints from abutters and concerned citizens about non-permitted activities.

Before they can be granted a permit from the Soil Conservation Board, all applicants, except for incidental acts related to agriculture, must have received permission from the Board of Appeals. There are currently 7 active permits and 1-tabled permit. One permit was terminated in 2008. The Board is made up of one Selectman, one member from the Finance Committee, two members from the Conservation Commission, one member from the Board of Public Works, one member from the Board of Health and one member of the Planning Board. The Board employs a part time clerk and inspector. The Soil Conservation Clerk and the Inspector may be contacted through the Department of Public Works Office, 759 Russells Mills Road, and Dartmouth (508) 999-0740.

SOIL CONSERVATION BOARD

Diane Gilbert Select Board Richard Medeiros Board of Public Works Mark Nunes Board of Public Works (8/05/08) Gregory Lynam Finance Committee Richard Mallen Conservation Commission

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Joseph Toomey, Jr. Planning Board Jacquelyn McDonald Conservation Commission Thomas W. Hardman Board of Health Chris Michaud Soil Board Inspector Bonnie J. Souza Soil Conservation Clerk

PARK DEPARTMENT Shaun E. Westgate, Chairperson Term Expires 2009 Lisa B. Tavares, Vice-Chairperson Term Expires 2010 John P. Costa, Clerk Term Expires 2011 Timothy J. Lancaster, Superintendent Rebecca V. Amaral, Principal Clerk

As part of our standard procedure, the Park Commission started the new fiscal year with a review of our seasonal fee schedule and revenue estimates to make certain we continued our policy of offsetting a large portion of our operating costs while maintaining services for our residents. As a result of a town by-law passed at the October Town Meeting banning the sale of non-resident beach stickers, the board voted to offset the loss by increasing all parking sticker fees. This was a very difficult but necessary decision based on the need to retain our revenue stream and as a result of Town Meeting’s vote to maintain exclusive use of Round Hill Beach to residents only. This attempt, to offset our losses, was very successful, and even slightly increased our overall revenue from the previous fiscal year. It is our hope that we can continue to implement new revenue initiatives, which will allow for this department to become fully self-funded while continuing to offer our current level of services, in the near future.

After a long and tedious process, the much-awaited grand opening of the Gulf Hill Dairy

Ice Cream Bucket occurred in May. Many years of fundraising and hard work coupled with our ability to tie into the new municipal sewer system finally gave us the ability to bid out the historic ice cream stand for the summer season. In early spring, the bid was awarded to Ken & Liz Ackerman of Oxford Creamery. This public/private partnership has proved successful for the first season with the town generating revenue and offering quality food and beverage service to residents of our community. We look forward to working with the Oxford Creamery for the coming years as our venture continues to grow and generate additional revenues for the town.

June marked the opening of the ninth annual concert series at Apponagansett Park. This

event which continues to grow each year, coupled with the addition of the newly opened ice cream and food stand, brought record attendance to the park on Wednesday evenings this past summer. While thunderstorms were forecast on several nights, we managed to get all but one concert in, and the threat of rain did not stop our loyal patrons, which averaged well over 800 per night, from attending these family oriented events. With the success of these concerts the Park Commission is discussing the possibility of expanding the series through the month of September for 2009. The Park Department would again like to thank the Dartmouth YMCA, the Dartmouth Harbor Master, and the Dartmouth E.M.A. for offering assistance and additional parking areas during our busy events.

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The summer was a very busy time for the Park Department. Our lifeguards and seasonal

gate guards were on duty starting mid-June and staffed our beaches through Labor Day weekend. The absence of any tropical storms made for an excellent beach season and very high park usage throughout the system. Staff lifeguards responded to numerous requests for first aid throughout the summer, with no serious incidents reported.

As always, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the residents and officials

who have supported the direction in which the department has been moving over the past several years. Your ongoing commitment and assistance has allowed us to improve and develop our facilities for both the residents of Dartmouth and our deserving staff. We look forward to the continued progress and growth of this department as we head towards our goal of Town-wide Park and recreational development and access. Timothy J. Lancaster Superintendent

RECREATION DEPARTMENT

Paul Coucci, Jr., Chair

Cynthia Karl, Vice-Chairperson Cynthia Shorrock

Timothy J. Lancaster, Director Rebecca Amaral, Principal Clerk

As the town works through its budget crisis, the Recreation Department has continued on

its path of offering self-funded recreational programs to both children and adult residents of Dartmouth. In 2008, the department was successful for the second straight year of operating at no cost to the town. At the end of the calendar year, all appropriated funds were again returned to the town’s general fund due to the department’s relatively new policy of covering all program costs through a fee schedule. As a result of this success we will not be asking the town for any funds to operate the department in 2009. We believe that the policies regarding program registration and enrollment will continue to offer the department the ability to offer services to the town based solely on a user fee system.

Also, we are pleased that through the restructuring that has taken place within the

department, we were able to return the swimming lesson program to Round Hill Beach this past season. Previously, the program was moved to the UMASS pool while some staff from the Park Department was combined with recreation staff allowing for the program to be restructured and returned successfully to the beach.

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In addition to our newly reorganized swimming program, the Recreation Department offered a variety of programs to the residents of Dartmouth. These programs, some of which are sponsored by the Recreation Department, offer the towns youth and in some cases adults “how to classes” in a particular area. It is the goal of the department to continue exploring the possibility of adding new classes to our current program.

With the arrival of summer, the department conducted its annual tennis, golf, and

swimming programs. The tennis program held at Dartmouth High School was a very popular program open to residents of all ages for a period of seven-weeks. The program concluded with a “Beginners Tournament”. The golf program was again held at the Hawthorne Country Club and was open to children and young adults for a four-week period. Finally as stated earlier, our swimming program held at Round Hill Beach had a successful year. This program offered a wide variety of lessons ranging from water babies to basic rescue. Each class consisted of a weekly 30-minute lesson over a period of six weeks.

The department operated two summer playground/swim centers during the summer

vacation months. The two-playground swim centers, one at Apponagansett Park and one at UMASS Dartmouth, were again very successful programs enjoyed by many Dartmouth youth. These programs which ran for seven weeks contained activities ranging from arts and crafts and games, to field trips to play bowling, miniature golf and to the Roger Williams Zoo.

During the spring and summer months the department sponsored archery programs.

These programs were held at the Dartmouth Regional Park & Trails and were a huge success. These new programs took place in the afternoon for a one-week period. It is the intent of the Recreation Department to hold additional archery programs in the upcoming year.

Over the past year the Recreation Department has continued to work with the DYAA and

DGAL with the scheduling of gymnasiums for their worthwhile activities. These non-profit organizations have developed and maintained growing programs that serve hundreds of children and young adults on a yearly basis.

On behalf of the Recreation Commission, I would like to thank all of our devoted staff members who have worked diligently to make our programs a continued success. Timothy J. Lancaster Director

Dartmouth Animal Control Annual Town Report

Sandra Gosselin, Animal Control Officer

Cheryl Jackson, Assistant Animal Control Officer (hired September 08)

Toby Pimental, Assistant Animal Control (Emergency on call)

As always 2008 was a very busy year, especially when there is only one Officer for the entire Town. I do have to say I was very surprised that a lot of people were very considerate when I could not get to their call right away. The New Year brought a new licensing system to the Clerk’s Office, which took some time to clean up some of the clichés, but I think in the long run this program will be a

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huge benefit to both Animal Control and the Clerk’s Office. I started to help the Clerk’s Office with the program in February but once the weather started to warm I was on the road; well lets just say the animals were out and about.

Spring and summer proved to be challenging even though the department was one person strong,

the animals did not care. To them it was like that song “WHO LET THE DOGS OUT, WOOF, WOOF, WOOF”. I think the biggest challenge for me is to realize that I cannot do it all, and there would be calls that just could not be answered, which is very hard since I am so particular on making sure everyone gets a call back. It really does not matter how big or small the complaint or call is, I think it is just common courtesy to return a call, whether I speak to someone or leave a message. This is difficult when you are the only person for 62 square miles of Town with a lot of animals and people in between. Sometimes I thought of myself as the ping-pong ball being slapped back and forth across the table, only that I was being slapped back and forth across the Town.

When the passing of question #1 at Town Meeting, $5,000.00 was budgeted for emergency calls.

The only problem with this was that I would have to train two DPW employees on the merits of how to be an Animal Control Officer in just one (40 hr.) week. It takes a very special type of person to deal with animal issues, let alone all of the different calls that Animal Control deals with. Needless to say I did my best with one worker on call, and only 2 applied for the position and decided it was not their cup of tea. Being the only person on duty did take a toll on my well being, and due to some personnel issues I had to take a leave of absence. This left the Town without an officer, which is not a very good thing. Cheryl Jackson, a past officer, reapplied for the position and since she knew how the department was run it was obvious that she should be hired back. I am very thankful for Cheryl’s return. Upon my return I found that the department was not in turmoil like I had thought it would be.

Needless to say another year has passed, and seeing that the future looks a little gloomy, I

thought that I would just address some ways for the residents to deal with situations when they arise Here are some scenarios and suggestions:

1. A neighbor’s dog keeps coming into my yard to do their business, dig holes, chases

my cat, etc.; first would you speak to your neighbor about the issue, and if you have already done this I would suggest calling Animal Control as well and take a picture of the dog. The odds of an officer getting to your call and seeing the dog loose are very slim, as they say, “a picture is worth a thousand words”. This will help when the owner says, “on no not my dog”, and the facts will be clear as day and due process will prevail. Once an officer has proof, they can start by issuing a warning or a citation for the offense. If the owner does not pay the citation it is up to the Animal Control officer to send notices and file a complaint in third District Court for non-payment of the citation.

2. My neighbor allows their dog to bark for a long period of time; again speaking to them should be the first step, even if you have not communicated with your neighbors for years. The Town does not have a set time for dogs to be allowed to bark. Our by-law states if the dog is habitually barking, howling, or yelping in which it disturbs anyone, or a sickly person, and is documented by an Animal Control Officer or Police Officer, it is a violation. I would start out by calling the Animal Control Officer and leave a message with the address of the owner as well as your name and number. Then if Animal Control Officer is not on duty call the police and file a complaint. If an officer is available they will send one to the

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location. The procedure is to inform the owner of the complaint and file a report and forward it to Animal Control. If you have a video camera and this has been an ongoing problem I would suggest making a video of the dog barking. By no means should you tease the dog into barking or invade the privacy of your neighbor. If you can see the dog, direct the camera toward the dog but if you cannot see the dog a simple videotape of the direction of the barking will help. Leaving a number to contact you will allow the officer to explain how the system works and advise you of your rights as well as the rights of your neighbor.

3. I have a stray dog/ cat in my yard, again ask your neighbors if they own the animal, especially cats, as most neighbors do not look for their cats until days later. Call Animal Control and inform them as soon as possible, by law you are required to inform the Animal Control Officer in the Town if the animal was found within 48 hours. Leave a name, telephone number and address for that officer to call you back. If at all possible safely restrain the animal until someone arrives. This will insure that the animal will be out of harms way.

4. I have been feeding a cat(s) and have to many now. This has become a huge problem everywhere, not just Dartmouth. One cat can produce two litters a year of usually five kittens pre litter. I am sure you can do the math that is certainly a lot of cats. Every town/city handles this situation differently, and some do not handle it at all. Fortunately for Dartmouth residents we have three options:

a. The first is a spay/neuter/release program that involves trapping the cats and then releasing them back at the location for the colony feeder to continue to care for the cats. This seems to be the most productive way to deal with the issue. This usually involves the Habitat For Cats organization, which is an all-volunteer group of people who assist with the trapping and cost of such a project.

b. Second is a trap and euthanize option. This also involves trapping the cats but the owner or feeder at the property must do this. They must purchase the traps to do the trapping and deliver the cats to the Town shelter where they are usually held for three days (if possible). The shelter will evaluate the cats and if they are adoptable (most are not), they will be placed for adoption. Those who are not would be euthanized at the Town’s expense. I do not recommend this as I have found that most people will start to feed a new cat that shows up and the process starts all over again.

c. The third option, which is really not an option in my eyes, would be to do nothing. Allow the cats to continue to breed until it is so out of control that they are producing kittens that are deformed or sickly. This also is when the Animal Control Officer starts to issue very hefty citations for cats not vaccinated for Rabies, which is required by state law. As you can see the first option is usually the best and the road most residents take.

5. There is a wild animal on my back porch walking in circles, what do I do? First do not open your door to feed it or get a close look. Call the Police Department, explain situation and give your address and phone number then call Animal Control and leave your address, phone number and location of the sick animal. The Police Department will dispatch an officer if Animal Control is not around. Keep your animals inside and if there is an altercation with your pet use gloves to handle your animal and call your veterinarian.

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It is very important to leave your telephone number so that if the officer needs to speak with you on the issue they can. Sometimes we need additional information that only the caller can provide. Anonymous calls can be difficult to resolve and calls are kept confidential unless we have to take action beyond a courtesy call to the owner of the animal. There are a lot more scenarios that I can give but then I would have a book by the end so I will stop here.

Statistics for 2008 Dogs Cats Claimed 60 Claimed 8 Adopted 20 Adopted 50 Euthanized 19 Euthanized 38 Picked up deceased 1 Deceased 20 This does not include the numerous dogs that are picked up and returned to their owner, or the

Quarantines and livestock issues that Animal Control handles for the Board of Health department.

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Antonio Moniz, Clerk Frank Freitas Debra J. Corte-Real Secretary

The I.D.C. is an advisory Board consisting of seven members. The Board reports directly to the Select Board concerning all non-commercial development. In the coming year, the I.D.C. plans to continue its marketing follow-up to our produced brochure featuring Dartmouth’s desirability to prospective quality industry. We intend to target specific businesses that have announced relocation or expansion plans. The Board also wishes to develop closer relationships with other town boards and regional organization that deal with industrial development. We continue to work to refine certain Industrial By-laws so as to ensure flexibility for quality development, while offering protection for the environment and neighborhoods. The Board meets monthly and encourages the participation of any and all interested residents. Finally, we will work to fill current vacancies on the Board to insure a more active and effective Industrial Development Commission.

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CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2009

ARTICLE 22

Police Department

(2) Police Cruisers $77,500 Tax Levy (1) Administration Vehicle $ 21,000 Tax Levy (14) Laptops – frontline cruisers $ 42,000 Tax Levy Total: $140,500 The CIP Committee has recognized the usefulness of the police cruiser replacement program for many years now. This program has realized annual savings in maintenance costs. The Police Department has requested 4 cruisers for Fiscal Year 2009 but, at this time, we are recommending the purchase of 2 cruisers. This way, we can still continue a portion of the cruiser replacement plan while still being able to fund other capital items. The Police Department has standardized the use of Ford Taurus’s as Detective vehicles and has found them to be reliable. They requested two vehicles but, at this time, the CIP Committee is recommending one. The laptops in the cruisers are now seven years old, outdated, and have begun to fail – costing substantial money in repairs and maintenance. Each frontline cruiser is equipped with a laptop – a vital mobile connection for officers to do reports on accidents in the field as well as retrieve vital warrant and suspect information via NCIC and LEAPS State connections. Each Panasonic laptop is a rugged construction style. This is basically a lifeline connection to critical data for officers in the field. Half would be replaced this year and half next year.

Department of Public Works

Administration No requests for FY 2009 Engineering Division No request for FY 2009 Highway Division 1) 34,000 GVW dump truck w/plow & slide-in sander $130,000 Bonding (100% GF) (1) 17,500 GVW 2 ½ ton 4x4 dump truck w/plow $65,000 Bonding (100% GF) Construction Division (1) Loader w/side dump bucket $145,000 Bonding (1/3 GF, 1/3 WEF, 1/3 SEF) Total General Fund portion (DPW): $243,300* *5-year bond

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Total Water Enterprise Fund portion: $ 48,350* Total Sewer Enterprise Fund portion: $ 48,350* The Committee strongly believes that the Department of Public Works is in definite need of replacement equipment because of the aging of the equipment. The Town would pay for replacing the equipment by bonding for five years. Town Government Vehicles (3) Standardized replacement vehicles $42,500 Tax Levy It would be beneficial to standardize all of the vehicles used by the Town’s inspectional staff and administration. The Committee believes it would yield cost savings to have all of those vehicles standardized by reducing repair expenses, having interchangeability of vehicles, lower insurance cost, and gas efficiency. (REPORT ATTACHED) Department of Public Works

Road Reconstruction $350,000 List of streets with dollar amounts including Highland Ave. Reconstruction Project (Rte 6 to I-195 bridge).

The CIP Committee has reviewed the DPW request for street reconstruction. The DPW has identified Highland Avenue to be completed. Any further delay would cause further deterioration and would increase the cost. The useful life of reconstructing the road would be 20 – 25 years. Libraries

Roof Replacement $328,768 Professional Review- completed

The roof on the Southworth Library has to be replaced based on a professional review. The life expectancy would be in excess of 20 years. Town Hall and Office Buildings

Police Dept. Parking Lot $70,000 Review with site visit by CIP Committee on April 25, 2008 Energy Efficient Mechanical Systems Upgrade at Town Hall $75,000 Review with Exec. Administrator- completed A major renovation & expansion of the Police Station was done a few years ago. The parking lot is the final phase of completing this project. It is continually being patched and could cause damage to the town’s police cruisers.

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Total: $823,768 10-year bond

Annual Town Report Personnel Board

2008

In January, Town Moderator Steven Sharek, Select Board member Joseph Michaud, and Finance Committee member Larry Fox were present to discuss the role of the Personnel Board and how best to help the Town stem the tide of rising personnel costs. Mr. Sharek traced the history of the Personnel Board and discussed the impact of no-cut contracts and multi-year above-the-norm collective bargaining agreements. Now that the Board has been increased to seven members, Mr. Sharek suggested that the next Chair of the Personnel Board should be a leader who will be comfortable speaking before the Finance Committee, Select Board, School Committee, and the general public. Mr. Fox asked for the Personnel Board’s help in bring “value to the process,” and Mr. Michaud asked that the Personnel Board work in concert with the Select Board. It was suggested that the role of the Personnel Board might eventually be that of an ad hoc committee, which would meet as necessary when there were issues to be addressed; however, in view of the work that needs to be done at this juncture, the Personnel Board agreed to meet on a biweekly schedule. In April, the Board met with David Hickox, DPW Superintendent, who requested that the Personnel Board ratify and recommend to Town Meeting a change in job titles that more accurately reflect the current department structure and would not have any financial impact in terms of increased salaries. The title of Superintendent of Public Works is being changed to Director of Public Works, which will allow Mr. Hickox to represent the Board of Public Works at public meetings. Mr. Hickox explained that his department has been reorganized so that all construction work comes under the purview of one supervisor who can effectively prioritize the projects, equipment and staff. These organizational changes and consolidation are already in practice and have had meant savings in efficiency, personnel, and equipment. The Board reviewed the former and current organizational charts. The current chart shows nine vacant positions. After due consideration at its regular meeting of April 10, 2008, the Personnel Board voted unanimously to accept as proposed the new job descriptions which would:

delete from Schedule A the titles of Superintendent of Public Works, Assistant Superintendent of Public Works/Town Engineer, Water & Sewer Division Supervisor, Water & Sewer Division Assistant Supervisor, Highway Supervisor, and Assistant Highway Supervisor, and insert in their stead the titles of Director of Public Works, Deputy Director of Public Works/Town Engineer, Water & Sewer Superintendent, Assistant Water & Sewer

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Superintendent, Superintendent of Services & Infrastructure, and Assistant Superintendent of Services & Infrastructure.

On July 9, the Personnel Board met with the Select Board to discuss contracts and possible changes to the Personnel By-Law. The Personnel Board continued its diligent review of the Personnel By-Laws and existing personal service contracts. Of paramount concern is ensuring that the interests of the town are not superseded by the benefits to the employees. At its regular meeting of July 31, 2008, the members of the Personnel Board voted unanimously to propose an article for the Fall Annual Town Meeting, which would determine whether the Town would vote to establish the following schedule of benefits for non-union employees:

that the maximum number of vacation weeks be reduced to four (4).(the Personnel Board recommends a 10-year transition period for employees who currently receive five or six weeks of vacation such that the employee would forfeit one day per year until they reach the four week limit) that sick leave will be earned at the rate of five (5) days per year. That monetary payment for sick leave incentive be discontinued in favor of earning one half (½) sick day per quarter for no absences. That three (3) free personal days will be granted per year eliminating the need to charge two (2) days to sick leave, if taken. That the tuition reimbursement benefit be modified such that an employee who has received pre-approval will be reimbursed 100 percent for an “A” or 90 percent for a “B”. There will be no reimbursement for a grade below “B” or for “pass/fail” courses. The employee would be required to continue employment with the Town for one (1) year following such reimbursement. that automatic COLAs will be discontinued in favor of merit. That bereavement be limited to a maximum of three (3) regularly-scheduled days for a death in the immediate family or one (1) day for other family members. That contracts be written without job protection clauses. That contracts be written without provisions for automatic renewals. That the longevity bonus be discontinued. (the Personnel Board would recommend that a portion of the savings from this action would be apportioned back to the employee)

In August, Mr. Corin attended a meeting of the School Committee to offer the assistance of the Personnel Board in interest of efficiency and transparency. In October of 2008, the Personnel Board voted to recommend the following changes to the Personnel By-Law:

That the maximum number of weeks of vacation leave be reduced from six weeks to four weeks and that vacation leave shall be taken on a fiscal year basis and will not be accumulated unless the employee is given specific consent by the department head or appropriate governing body. That the bereavement leave for immediate family be such that a regular employee shall be given necessary time off to a maximum of three (3) regularly scheduled days, but in no case beyond the day after the funeral, without loss of basic pay. Immediate family is defined as spouse, mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, sister, brother, stepsister, stepbrother, children, stepchildren, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent and grandchild.

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Also in October of 2008, the Personnel Board reacted to an article on the Fall Annual Town Meeting Warrant concerning a promotion in the Police Department. The Personnel Board noted that the article was sponsored by the Chief of Police and the Select Board. Although the Finance Committee was asked for a recommendation on this article, the Personnel Board was not given the same courtesy. The Personnel Board asserted that this article fell under the scope of interest of the Personnel Board and should have been forwarded to the Personnel Board as a matter of form. In December of 2008, Mark Eisenberg was appointed to represent the Personnel Board on the Executive Administrator Search Committee. The Personnel Board stands ready to assist the town in the review and recommendation of issues relating to how best to help the Town stem the tide of rising personnel costs.

Personnel Board Members

Scott M. Corin , Chair Term Expires July 1, 2010 Jeffery W. Stauffer, Vice Chair Term Expires July 1, 2011 Mark Eisenberg Term Expires July 1, 2010 Brian Faria Term Expires July 1, 2009 Alison G. Nastanski Term Expires July 1, 2011 Edward G. Siegal Term Expires July 1, 2009 Brian J. Sylvia Term Expires July 1, 2010

ELECTIONS

Presidential Primary February 5, 2008 Annual Town Election April 1, 2008 State Primary September 16, 2008 State Election November 4, 2008

TOWN MEETING

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Spring Annual Town Meeting June 3, 2008 Fall Annual Town Meeting October 21, 2008

BOARD OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS

Randall T. Weeks, Jr. - Term Expires 2010

Thomas M. Brooks, Jr. - Term Expires 2011

Mary Ellen DeFrias - Term Expires 2009

LynnM.Medeiros - Clerk, Ex-Officio

TOWN CLERK/ELECTIONS

Lynn M. Medeiros, Town Clerk - Term Expires 2009

Lynne A. White (as of 9/18/2008) - Assistant Town Clerk

Moderator Steven Sharek (Elected 2004) Term

CURRRENT STATISTICS

FOR THE YEAR 2008

Area....................61.82 Square Miles Miles of Population ... 218.68

Population as of January 1, 2008..……….35,570

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Prec Democrat Green-

Rainbow

Libertarian

Republican Unenrolled Others GRAND

TOTAL

01 725 1 8 197 1335 5 2271

02 643 5 6 151 895 7 1707

03 739 8 2 132 1271 3 2155

04 880 1 7 218 1194 4 2304

05 985 2 9 246 1256 1 2499

06 1147 1 7 163 1003 8 2329

07 1026 2 4 245 1161 4 2442

08 1051 1 6 184 925 5 2172

09 891 4 4 377 1324 4 2604

10 805 4 5 316 1336 4 2470

Total 8893 28 58 2229 11,700 45 22,953

TOWN OF DARTMOUTH

WARRANT SPECIAL TOWN MEETING

June 3, 2008

BRISTOL, SS. To either of the Constables or Police Officers of the Town of Dartmouth in said

County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

GREETING:

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In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Dartmouth qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet in the Sylvia Waite Auditorium at the Dartmouth Middle School, situated on 366 Slocum Road, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, the third day of June next at ten of the clock in the morning, then and there to act on the following articles, viz: ARTICLE 1STM: BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FY/2008 – WATER ENTERPRISE FUND To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $350,000.00 from the Water Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings for the purpose of supplementing the FY 2008 Annual Operating Budget or take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Board of Public Works Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer ARTICLE 2STM: BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FY/2008 –SEWER ENTERPRISE

FUND To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from the Sewer Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings for the purpose of supplementing the FY 2008 Annual Operating Budget or take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Board of Public Works Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer ARTICLE 3 STM: BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FY/2008 -- SENIOR SOCIAL DAY

PROGRAM To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $3,000.00 from Senior Social Day Trust Fund to supplement the FY/2008 Dartmouth Senior Social Day Program, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer ARTICLE 4 STM: BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FY/2008 - WATERWAYS ENTERPRISE FUND To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $32,200.00 from the Waterways Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings to supplement the FY/2008 Waterways Enterprise Fund Operating Budget, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer ARTICLE 5 STM: PRIOR YEAR INVOICES

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To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money from Available Revenue, for the purpose of paying any outstanding invoices for the previous fiscal year; or take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer ARTICLE 6 STM: LINE ITEM TRANSFERS/SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE A – FY/2008 To see if the Town will vote to amend the appropriations and various funding sources as voted at the June 5, 2007 Spring Annual Town Meeting under Article 5, Schedule A Town Charges, by transferring between line items within the various categories and budgets, as voted, and further authorize the Town Accountant to make the necessary changes and disbursements to effectuate said changes, or take any action relative thereto.

From: Amount To: Amount Assessment Reserve $21,413.00 Reserve Fund $21,413.00 Police Department –School Crossing Guards

$5,810.00

School Department –School Crossing Guards

$5,810.00

School Unemployment Compensation

$25,000.00

Medicare & Unemployment Compensation

$25,000.00

Sponsor: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer ARTICLE 7 STM: AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATION – WATERWAYS To see if the Town will vote to transfer $47,415 from Receipts Reserved for Appropriation – Municipal Waterways Boat Excise Tax to the Waterways Management Enterprise Fund, or to take any other action relative thereto. Sponsor: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer And you hereby are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy of the same in the Town Office Building not less than fourteen days before the day appointed to said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding said meeting. Given under our hands at said Dartmouth this 16TH. day of May in the year of our Lord two thousand eight.

SELECT BOARD OF THE TOWN OF DARTMOUTH:

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Joe Michaud, Chairman/s Robert W. Carney/s Nathalie L. Dias/s

Diane M. Gilbert/s

William J. Trimble/s

May 16, 2008 A true copy. Attest: _______________________________ Lynn M. Medeiros Town Clerk

TOWN OF DARTMOUTH

WARRANT

ANNUAL TOWN MEETING

JUNE 3, 2008

BRISTOL, SS.

To either of the Constables or Police Officers of the Town of Dartmouth in said County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. GREETING: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Dartmouth qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet in the Sylvia Waite Auditorium at the Dartmouth Middle School, situated on 366 Slocum Road, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, the third day of June next at nine of the clock in the morning, then and there to act on the following articles, viz:

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ARTICLE 1: STREET ACCEPTANCE -- SLOCUM FARM DRIVE To see if the Town will vote to accept all of Slocum Farm Drive, consisting of a forty foot (40') wide Right of Way from Slocum Road to a cul-de-sac, all as shown on a plan entitled “Definitive Plan of Land – Lot Layout Plan of Slocum Farm in South Dartmouth” prepared for Slocum Farm in South Dartmouth, LLC and dated June 6, 2003, and recorded at the Bristol County (S.D.) Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 152, Page 57 (3 sheets), and on file with the Town Clerk; or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsors: Various Petitioners ARTICLE 2: STREET ACCEPTANCE -- VISTA CIRCLE To see if the Town will vote to accept all of Vista Circle, consisting of a forty foot (40') wide Right of Way from Slocum Farm Drive to a cul-de-sac, all as shown on a plan entitled “Definitive Plan of Land – Lot Layout Plan of Slocum Farm in South Dartmouth” prepared for Slocum Farm in South Dartmouth, LLC and dated June 6, 2003, and recorded at the Bristol County (S.D.) Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 152, Page 57 (3 sheets) and on file with the Town Clerk; or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsors: Various Petitioners ARTICLE 3: STREET ACCEPTANCE -- MARY THERESA CIRCLE To see if the Town will vote to accept all of Mary Theresa Circle, consisting of a forty foot (40') wide Right of Way from Slocum Farm Drive to a cul-de-sac, all as shown on a plan entitled “Definitive Plan of Land – Lot Layout Plan of Slocum Farm in South Dartmouth” prepared for Slocum Farm in South Dartmouth, LLC and dated June 6, 2003, and recorded at the Bristol County (S.D.) Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 152, Page 57 (3 sheets), and on file with the Town Clerk; or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsors: Various Petitioners ARTICLE 4: ACCEPTANCE OF A PORTION OF LINCOLN STREET AND EAST

WORDELL STREET

To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Lincoln and East Wordell Streets,

consisting of a fifty foot (50') Right of Way from McCabe Street to the southerly sideline of East Wordell Street (formerly Wordell Street), all as shown on a plan entitled “Laurel Park – Plan - House Lots in Dartmouth, Mass., Property of Harrison T. Borden,” surveyed Jan. 1907 and recorded at the Bristol County (S.D.) Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 7, Page 14 (Plan 1A and 1B) and on file with the Town Clerk; or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsors: Various Petitioners ARTICLE 5: DEED IN LIEU OF FORECLOSURE – PROPERTY LOCATED ON

GARDEN STREET

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To see if the Town will vote to accept pursuant to the requirements of MGL Chapter 60 Sec. 77C the deed in lieu of foreclosure dated April 14, 2008 for the land with any buildings thereon located on Garden Street and identified as Dartmouth Assessor’s Map 133, Lot 77, or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Director of Budget and Finance/Treasurer ARTICLE 6: DEED IN LIEU OF FORECLOSURE – PROPERTY LOCATED ON

ARNOLD STREET To see if the Town will vote to accept pursuant to the requirements of MGL Chapter 60 Sec. 77C the deed in lieu of foreclosure dated April 14, 2008 for the land with any buildings thereon located on Arnold Street and identified as Dartmouth Assessor’s Map 133, Lot 72, or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Director of Budget and Finance/Treasurer

ARTICLE 7: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT – FY/2009 BUDGET To see if the Town will vote to appropriate or reserve for later appropriation monies from FY/2009 Community Preservation Fund Annual Revenues in the amount of $282,975.00 to be allocated as follows: $80,850 .00 Historic Preservation Reserve $80,850 .00 Community Housing Reserve $80,850.00 Open Space Reserve $39,900.00 Administrative Expenses ______ $282,450.00 TOTAL Or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Community Preservation Committee ARTICLE 8: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT -- FUNDING OF

DARTMOUTH HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS AT SOL-E-MAR

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $56,200.00 from the FY2009 Community Preservation Fund Annual Revenues to fund the Dartmouth Housing Authority Property Improvements at Sol-E-Mar Apartments, or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsors: Community Preservation Committee Executive Administrator

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ARTICLE 9: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT – FUNDING OF SEPTIC SYSTEM SCHOFIELD FARM PROPERTY

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $25,000.00 from the FY2009 Community Preservation Fund Annual Revenues to fund the replacement of the Septic System on the Town owned Schofield Farm Property, or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsors: Community Preservation Committee Executive Administrator ARTICLE 10 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT – FUNDING OF HOUSING

REHABILITATION To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $22,395.00 from the FY2009 Community Preservation Fund Annual Revenues to fund the Administration of the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program, or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsors: Community Preservation Committee Executive Administrator ARTICLE 11: RETURN OF AGRICULTURAL TRUST FUNDS FROM PAYMENT BY

STATE APR PROGRAM ON SOUSA-LAGASSE FARM To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Select Board to take from the Commonwealth’s payment to the Town for the Agricultural Preservation Restriction on the Farm known as Sousa & Lagasse located on Hixville Road, that amount which originally came from the Agricultural Preservation Trust Fund which was used towards the original acquisition costs, and further to authorize the Dartmouth Agricultural Preservation Committee to expend said funds for the purposes as so stated within the Acts of 2001, or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsors: Executive Administrator Agricultural Preservation Trust Fund Council ARTICLE 12: EXECUTE DEED – 231/231B RUSSELLS MILLS ROAD To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select Board to execute a deed and any other necessary documents to convey land with buildings thereon located at 231/231B Russells Mills Road and more specifically shown as Lot 1 on a certain plan of land entitled “Approval Not Required Plan” endorsed by the Dartmouth Planning Board on December 17, 2007 and recorded

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with the Bristol County (S.D.) Registry of Deeds Plan Book 162, Page 56 to for the sum of $165,000.00 as determined through an Affordable Housing Lottery held on May 12, 2008. Said property was part of a larger tract of land and was purchased for this purpose as a Community Preservation Act Funded Project pursuant to Article 10 of the June 6, 2006 Annual Spring Town Meeting, or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Executive Administrator ARTICLE 13: EXECUTE DEED –LAND AND BUIDLING OFF RUSSELLS MILLS

ROAD To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select Board to execute a deed and any other necessary documents to convey land with buildings thereon located off Russells Mills Road and more specifically shown as Parcel D on a certain plan of land entitled “Approval Not Required Plan” endorsed by the Dartmouth Planning Board on December 17, 2007 and recorded at the Bristol County (S.D.) Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 162, Page 56, for an amount pursuant to a request for proposals, said property being part of a larger tract of land purchased for this purpose as a Community Preservation Act Funded Project pursuant to Article 10 of the June 6, 2006 Spring Annual Town Meeting; or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Executive Administrator ARTICLE 14: RESCINDING PRIOR BOND AUTHORIZATION To see if the Town will vote to rescind the unissued

balances of bonds and notes authorized, as follows:

$98,600.00 remaining from Article 30 – Acceptance of Capital Improvement Planning Committee Report and Funding FY/2006 Capital Plan authorized at the June 7, 2005 Annual Town Meeting.

Or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer

ARTICLE 15: SALARIES OF ELECTED OFFICIALS To see if the Town will vote to fix the salaries and compensation of the following elected officers of the Town as provided in M.G.L., Chapter 41 Sec. 108 and Acts in Amendment thereof:

Town Moderator 1@ $ 0 $ 0 Select Board 5@ $ 0 $ 0 Town Clerk 1@ $ 62,834.38 $ 62,834.38 Town Assessors 3@ $ 0 $ 0

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Planning Board 5@ $ 0 $ 0 Board of Health 3@ $ 0 $ 0 Town Agent 1@ $ 0 $ 0

Or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsors: Various Elected Officials ARTICLE 16: SCHEDULE A—FY/2009 BUDGET APPROPRIATION To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from various funding sources, for the purpose of funding expenses, salary and compensation of all elected and appointed officers of the Town, for payment of debt and interest, charges and outlays of the various and several Town Departments for the ensuing 2009 fiscal year, or to take any action relative thereto. (Note: See FY/2009 -- Schedule A in your packet) Sponsors: Various Town Departments ARTICLE 17: FUNDING WATER DEPARTMENT BUDGET – ENTERPRISE FUND To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $4,036,304.83 pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 40 Sec. 39K and Chapter 44 Sec. 53F ½, Enterprise Fund – Water Department, for the purpose of funding the FY/2009 Water Operating Budget, as follows:

FY2007 Appropriated

FY2008 Appropriated

Estimated Water Expenses

FY2009 Proposed

2,063,466.43 2,213,780.01 Water Division $2,361,389.75

4,831.49 0.00 Capital Outlay 0.00 143,079.00 150,918.00 Administrative Costs $152,175.00 74,912.00 80,322.00 Engineering Costs $84,185.00

364,886.00 408,676.00 Town Overhead $402,479.00 819,705.50 749,055.96 Debt Service (Princ. & Int.) $991,826.08 64,250.00 64,250.00 Debt Service (Int./short

Term)

$44,250.00

3,535,130.42 3,667,001.97 TOTALS $4,036,304.83

FY2007 Actual

FY2008 Estimated Revenues

Estimated Water Revenues

FY2009 Proposed

213,184.00 150,000.00 System Development Charge $75,000.00 112,285.00 50,000.00 Other Departmental Revenue $40,000.00 14,106.00 10,000.00 Interest Earned/Demands $10,000.00

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90,983.00 60,000.00 Investment Income $60,000.00 38,920.00 1,000.00 Insurance Recovery $1,000.00

0.00 0.00 Prior Year Refund 0.00

3,163,644.51 3,396,001.97 Water Rate Receipts $3,850,304.83

3,633,122.51 3,667,001.97 TOTALS $4,036,304.83

Or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsors: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer Board of Public Works ARTICLE 18: FUNDING SEWER DEPARTMENT BUDGET – ENTERPRISE FUND To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $3,446,843.41 pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 40 Sec. 39K and Chapter 44 Sec. 53F½, Enterprise Fund – Sewer Department, for the purpose of funding the FY/2009 Sewer Operating Budget, as follows:

FY2007 Appropriated

FY2008 Appropriated

Estimated Sewer Expenses

FY2009 Proposed

529,385.07 566,708.45 Sewer Division $589,065.77

4,831.49 0.00 Capital Outlay 0.00 1,406,676.24 1,655,257.06 Water Pollution Control $1,761,803.14

9,662.98 0.00 Capital Outlay 0.00 53,369.00 56,359.00 Administrative Costs $56,695.00 62,426.00 66,935.00 Engineering Costs $70,154.00 62,358.00 62,358.00 Engineering Costs – I/I $64,477.00

361,344.00 407,169.00 Town Overhead $427,701.00

250,486.22 347,261.37 Debt Service (Princ. & Int.) $413,947.50

0.00 63,000.00 Debt Service (Interest-Short

Term)

$63,000.00

2,740,539.00 3,225,047.88 TOTALS $3,446,843.41

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FY2007

Actual FY2008

Estimated Revenues

Estimated Sewer Revenues

FY2009 Proposed

250,914.00 180,000.00 System Development Charge 50,000.00 83,327.00 100,000.00 Other Departmental Revenue 75,000.00 86,812.00 75,000.00 Infiltration/Inflow 75,000.00 8,605.00 5,000.00 Interest Earned/Demands 5,000.00

39,239.00 21,500.00 Investment Income 30,000.00 0.00 0.00 Sewer Betterments 0.00

0.00 0.00 Surplus 0.00

34,948.00 4,300.00 State Revenue 30,000.00

2,184,429.67 2,839,247.88 Sewer Rate Receipts 3,181,843.41

2,688,274.67 3,225,047.88 TOTALS 3,446,843.41

Or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsors: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer Board of Public Works ARTICLE : FUNDING WATERWAYS MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT – ENTERPRISE FUND To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $229,268.00 from Waterways Receipts for the purpose of funding the Waterways Management Department for FY/2009, or to take any action relative thereto.

FY2008 Appropriated

Estimated Waterways Expense

FY2009 Estimated

$124,403.00 Salaries $122,197.00

$62,610.00 Expenses $86,932.00$22,946.00 Town Overhead $20,139.00

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$209,959.00 TOTALS $229,268.00

FY2008

Estimated

Revenues

Estimated Revenues

FY2009 Estimated Revenues

$110,000.00 Waterway Usage Fee $122,323.00$38,959.00 Mooring Fees $46,560.00$17,500.00 Licenses & Permits – Boat

Launch

$17,885.00

$3,500.00 Parking Ticket Revenues $2,500.00

$40,000.00 50% Boat Excise Tax $40,000.00

209,959.00 TOTALS $229,268.00

Sponsors: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer Waterways Commission ARTICLE 20: FUNDING DARTMOUTH SENIOR SOCIAL DAY PROGRAM To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $202,798.47 from Social Day Receipts for the purpose of funding the Dartmouth Senior Social Day Program for FY/2009, or to take any action relative thereto.

FY2008 Appropriated

Senior Social Day Expenses FY2009 Estimated

$126,791.86 Salaries $127,891.72

$69,252.75 Expenses $74,906.75$196,044.61 TOTALS $202,798.47

FY2008

Estimated

Revenues

Estimated Revenues

FY2008 Estimated Revenues

$196,044.61 Various Sources $202,798.47

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$196,044.61 TOTALS $202,798.47

Sponsor: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer Dartmouth Council on Aging ARTICLE 21: FUNDING SOLID WASTE ENTERPRISE FUND To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $ 1,609,801 pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 44 Section 53½, Enterprise Fund – Solid Waste, for the purpose of funding the FY/2009 Solid Waste Operating Budget, or to take any action relative thereto, as follows:

FY 2008 Appropriated

Estimated Solid Waste Enterprise Expenses

FY2009 Proposed

Salaries $485,175.00 Expense $455,594.00 Capital Outlay $46,250.00 Solid Waste Assessment $144,761.00 Debt Service 74,551.00 Administrative Costs $48,790.00 Highway Division Overhead

83,935.00

Town Overhead $270,745.00

$1,851,378.00 TOTALS $1,609,801.00

FY 2008 Estimated Revenue

Estimated Solid Waste Enterprise Fund Revenues

FY2009 Proposed

$925,689.00 Solid Waste Base Rate $760,000.00

$925,689.00 Pay As You Throw (PAYT) Fees

$789,801.000.00 Transfer Station $60,000.00

$1,851,378.00 TOTALS $1,609,801.00

Sponsors: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer Board of Public Works

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ARTICLE 22: ACCEPTANCE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING

COMMITTEE REPORT AND FUNDING FY/2009 CAPITAL PLAN

To see if the Town will vote to accept the Capital Improvement Planning Committee Report for Capital Needs for FY/2009 and fund such from available revenues, by borrowing or by funding through various provisions, or any other available sources of funding all as printed in the following matrix; or to take any action relative thereto.

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Item(s) COST Funding Source Police Department

(2) Police Cruisers $77,500.00 Tax Levy

(1) Unmarked Detective Vehicle $21,000.00 Tax Levy

(14) Police In Vehicle Computer & Data Systems

$42,000.00 Tax Levy

TOTAL $140,500.00 Department of Public Works Highway Division Road Reconstruction – Highland

Ave.

$350,000.00 Borrowing 100% (G.F.) 10 yr. Bond

(1) 34,000 GVW dump truck

w/plow

and slide-in sander

$130,000.00 Borrowing 100% (G.F.) 5 yr. Bond

(1) 17,000 GVW 2½ ton 4X4 dump truck with plow

$65,000 Borrowing 100% (G.F.) 5 yr. Bond

Construction Division

(1) Loader with side dump bucket $145,000 Borrowing (1/3 G.F., 1/3 WEF, 1/3 SEF) 5 yr. Bond

TOTAL $690,000.00

Town Government (3) Standardized replacement

vehicles –General Government

$42,500.00 Tax Levy

Police Department Parking Lot &

Drainage

$70,000.00 Borrowing (10 Yr. Bond)

Energy Efficient Mechanical Systems upgrade at Town Hall

$75,000.00 Borrowing (10 Yr. Bond)

TOTAL $187,500.00

Libraries

Roof Replacement Southworth

Library

$328,768.00 Borrowing (10 YR. Bond)

TOTAL $328,768.00

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KEY: G.F. = General Fund WEF = Water Enterprise Fund SEF = Sewer Enterprise Fund SWEF = Solid Waste Enterprise Fund RE = Retained Earnings

Or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsors: Various Town Departments Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer Executive Administrator ARTICLE 23: FUNDING FOR TCE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENTS To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $181,000 for the purposes of replacement of TCE and Asbestos Cement Lined Water Mains, and any incidental and related cost thereto, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Select Board, is authorized to borrow said $181,000 under and pursuant to Massachusetts General Law (MGL), Chapter 44, Sec 7, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefore, or appropriate all or a portion of said $181,000 from the Water Enterprise Fund Retained Earning, or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Board of Public Works ARTICLE 24: ACCEPTANCE OF CHAPTER 40 SECTION 58: MUNICIPAL

CHARGES -- LIEN FOR NON PAYMENT OF PAY-AS-YOU-THROW FEES

To see if the Town will vote to impose liens on real property located within the Town for any overdue Pay-As-You-Throw fees, by including such overdue fees within the “municipal charges liens” imposed pursuant to M.G.L. Ch. 40, § 58; or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer

ARTICLE 25: STABILIZATION FUND To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from the Tax Levy to the Stabilization Fund. Sponsor: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer ARTICLE 26: EXTENSION OF MUNICIPAL SEWER THROUGH BETTERMENT

ASSESSEMENT FOR RUSSELLS MILLS AND TUCKER ROAD NORTH To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $235,000.00 by borrowing for the purpose of extending municipal sewer from its present terminus at the intersection of Russells Mills Road and Tucker Road, North to a point adjacent to #705 Tucker Road, including all costs incidental and related thereto, including engineering, design and administration of the project, and further to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Select Board to borrow

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$235,000.00 pursuant to MGL Chapter 44 Sec. 7 (1), or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town thereon; and further to authorize the assessment of betterments to the abutters of the project in accordance with applicable law; or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Various Petitioners ARTICLE 27: ZONING BY-LAW/NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT—

SECTION 9: ADDITION OF SUB-SECTION 9.115 - BUSINESS

APARTMENTS

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Dartmouth Zoning By-Laws by inserting the following new subsection under Section 9 -- Neighborhood Business Districts: 9.115 Business Apartments.

A business apartment is defined as a residential unit available for use by one

family, which is located in a building being used for business purposes such as,

but not limited to, retail, office, recreational, restaurant or limited production

uses.

The purpose of a business apartment is to encourage small businesses and to

provide convenient and affordable housing for individuals connected to the

business. If rented to others, the business apartment could help subsidize

business space to make the business more affordable for starter businesses.

Business apartments can also help reduce commuter traffic if used by employees

of the business.

A business apartment is allowed if the following conditions are met:

A. There is only one business apartment on a lot used for business

purposes.

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B. There are no hazards or significant nuisances created by mixing a residential unit with the other use(s) within the building.

C. The business apartment is provided with two on-site parking

spaces for the exclusive use of the apartment residents which are in addition to any minimum parking spaces required for the business use(s). Signs shall identify the resident parking spaces, and said signs are allowed beyond any limitations under Section 9.308 of the Zoning By-Laws.

D. The business apartment shall be served by Town water and Town sewer

unless the Board of Health approves on-site water and septic systems.

E. The business apartment does not count as one of four maximum uses under Section 9.309.

Or to take any other action relative thereto. Sponsor: Planning Board ARTICLE 28: ZONING BY-LAWS/GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT—

SECTION 11: ADDITION OF SUB-SECTION 11.224 -

BUSINESS APARTMENTS

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Dartmouth Zoning By-Laws by adding the following new subsection under Section 11 -- General Business Districts: 11.224 Business Apartments

A business apartment is defined as a residential unit available for use by one family, which is located in a building being used for business purposes such as, but not limited to retail, office, recreational, restaurant or limited production uses. The purpose of a business apartment is to encourage small businesses and to

provide convenient and affordable housing for individuals connected to the business.

If rented to others, the business apartment could help subsidize business space to

make the business more affordable for starter businesses. Business apartments can

also help reduce commuter traffic if used by employees of the business.

A business apartment is allowed if the following conditions are met:

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A. There is only one business apartment on a lot used for business purposes.

B. There are no hazards or significant nuisances created by mixing a residential unit with the other use(s) within the building.

C. The business apartment is provided with two on-site parking spaces for

the exclusive use of the apartment residents which are in addition to any minimum parking spaces required for the business use(s). Signs shall identify the resident parking spaces, and said signs are allowed beyond any limitations under Section 11.502 of the Zoning By-Laws.

D. The apartment shall be served by Town water and Town sewer unless the Board

of Health approves on-site water and septic systems.

E. A business apartment is exempt from the procedures outlined in Section 11.600, except that a parking plan under Section 16 may be required if determined by the Director of Inspectional Services.

Or to take any other action relative thereto. Sponsor: Planning Board

ARTICLE 29: ZONING BY-LAW/GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT—

SECTION 11: ADDITION OF SUB-SECTION 11.225 -

LIMITED PRODUCTION OF GOODS

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Dartmouth Zoning By-Laws by inserting the following new subsection under Section 11 -- General Business Districts: 11.225 Limited Production of Goods

The manufacture of goods such as, but not limited to, furniture, pottery, cabinets or

other specialty items which are then sold from the premises. Mail order sales are

also allowed in addition to on-site sales.

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The purpose of this section is to allow intermediate-sized handicraft-type

businesses, which could benefit from greater commercial visibility for the sale of

specialty products manufactured on the premises.

The limited production of goods is allowed if the following conditions are met:

A. All manufacturing shall take place within a building not to exceed 8,000 square

feet in area. At least 10% of the area of the building shall be devoted to on-site retail sales.

B. The proposed use does not create a nuisance to abutters or in the surrounding

area from hazards such as, but not limited to, fire, explosion, fumes, gas, smoke, odors, obnoxious dust, vapors, offensive noise or vibration, flashes, glare, objectionable effluent or electrical interference, which may impair the normal use and peaceful enjoyment of any property, structure or dwelling in the area.

C. The storage, use, and disposal of hazardous materials shall comply with all local,

State and Federal laws or regulations. D. The proposed use shall be served by Town water and Town sewer.

Or to take any other action relative thereto. Sponsor: Planning Board

ARTICLE 30: ZONING BY-LAW/GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT—

SECTION 11: ADDITION OF SUB-SECTION 11.306 - SENIOR

RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Dartmouth Zoning By-Laws by inserting the following new subsection under Section 11 -- General Business Districts: 11.306 Senior Residential Services

Senior residential services include residential facilities or developments which are occupied primarily by persons 55 years of age and older, excluding their spouses or surviving spouses from said age requirement, and which may or may not include residential units occupied by resident staff personnel of any age.

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Senior residential services as defined in this by-law currently encompass over 55 independent living, nursing homes, assisted living and adult day care facilities and can offer the full range of nursing care from total assistance to independent living. Such residential facilities may provide shared food preparation services, or independent food preparation areas. In addition, common recreational, laundry, social, medical and service facilities may be provided for the exclusive use of residents. The purpose of permitting senior residential services in business zoned areas is to facilitate a mutually beneficial arrangement between residents and businesses by providing convenient access to services for residents and providing a steady customer base for business. In addition, the Town has a significant interest in broadening its housing choices for its aging population.

Senior residential services will be allowed by Special Permit from the Planning Board if the following conditions are met: A. The maximum number of residential units, beds, or people allowed on a site shall

be determined by the Planning Board based on factors including, but not limited to, impact on the neighborhood, affordability for residents, quality of life, and provision for adequate open space, recreational facilities, parking, landscaping, and buffers. The minimum size of residential units shall be at least 300 square feet. Residential units can be located in freestanding single-unit buildings or in multi-unit buildings.

B. The architectural appearance of buildings is primarily residential in character,

particularly providing gabled roofs, an articulated footprint and varied facade. Alternate architectural styles can be considered if appropriate to the site and not out of character with the area.

C. Senior residential services shall be served by Town water and Town sewer. D. Section 16 -- Off-Street Parking Plan Regulations shall apply pursuant to section

11.407 of this By-law, except that if the site plan submitted to the Planning Board meets all off-street parking plan submittal requirements, the site plan approved in the Special Permit process shall be deemed the approved off-street parking plan. Parking spaces shall be provided at the rate of 0.3 (3/10 or three-tenths) per residential unit, plus one for each employee on duty at any given time; except that independent living facilities or developments shall have two parking spaces per residential unit.

E. It must be demonstrated, and the Planning Board must agree, that the

proposal has a positive impact on existing local businesses.

F. Independent living facilities or developments shall be required to create pedestrian and vehicular connections between the residential units and business uses. It is the intent of this condition to integrate residential units with business uses both on- and off-site to promote a mixed use, village environment.

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G. Conversion of independent living facilities or developments subject to this By-law to general housing shall not be allowed. The Planning Board shall require legal restrictions or employ other means to ensure that such facilities and developments remain as senior residential services.

H. The Planning Board may impose additional restrictions or conditions to maintain

a viable business district, to promote quality development of the area and to promote the general health, safety, and welfare of the community.

I. Once a Special Permit has been granted, the Planning Board may revoke the

Special Permit after holding a public hearing in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 40A, if any condition of the Special Permit has not been adhered to.

Also to amend the first sentence under Section 11.300 to read as follows: “The following uses are allowed only by Special Permit granted by the Board of Appeals except that Section 11.306 shall only require a Special Permit from the Planning Board.” Or to take any other action relative thereto. Sponsor: Planning Board ARTICLE 31: ZONING BY-LAWS/SECTION 34 – LAND-BASED

COMMERCIAL WIND TURBINE BY-LAW

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Dartmouth Zoning By-Laws by adding the

following new section:

SECTION 34 – LAND-BASED COMMERCIAL WIND TURBINE BYLAW

34.100 PURPOSE AND INTENT This Bylaw is intended to encourage the appropriate development of wind resources

in the Town of Dartmouth in a manner consistent with preserving the environmental quality of the Town. It is designed to establish the public processes needed to identify preferred locations for wind turbines and other devices that convert wind energy to electricity, and create a clear regulatory path that will address specifically wind turbine deployment.

This Bylaw pertains to land-based commercial-size facilities, i.e., turbines with a

rated power greater than 10 kilowatts (10 kW). Section 33 of the Zoning Bylaws pertains to residential-size facilities, i.e., turbines with a rated power less than or equal to 10 kilowatts and wind monitoring or meteorological towers. Although this

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Bylaw covers all wind energy projects in excess of 10 kW, it is likely that projects in the hundreds or even thousands of kilowatts will be contemplated in the coming years. Large commercial wind turbines are now available with ratings of 3,500 kW (3.5 megawatts or 3.5 MW) or higher.

Although Dartmouth has been the site of wind machines in its past, typically those

were used for water-pumping for agriculture and in salt works. The types of machines now being contemplated and proposed differ from those historic devices in purpose, size, technology, cost and potential environmental impact. Given the Town’s location on the South Coast in a generally favorable wind environment, there needs to be a set of procedures for review and approval of proposed projects so that the potential of the wind can be realized in an expeditious and responsible manner.

Whereas the existing Town Bylaws and the permitting processes do not specifically

prohibit commercial-size wind turbines, the lack of appropriate regulations to govern today’s modern, large wind machines creates uncertainty for those wishing to deploy wind turbines. As renewable energy technology develops, particularly wind power, we see a rapidly changing field as interest grows and serious consideration is being given to wind turbines as a means of generating electricity. This growth exacerbates the disconnect between the existing Bylaws in the Town and the current state of the art.

It is therefore the intent of this Bylaw to provide the Town of Dartmouth with a set

of rules to understand the land use issues regarding wind power and to enable the Town and wind proponents to plan for the installation of modern wind electrical generating equipment. It is the express purpose of this Bylaw to accommodate distributed generation, commercial-size wind energy conversion facilities in appropriate locations, while minimizing any adverse visual, safety or environmental impacts of the facilities. Furthermore, this Bylaw is intended to provide for a permitting process to be followed by anyone wishing to install a commercial-size wind turbine.

The Bylaw enables the review and approval of proposals for wind energy conversion

facilities by the Town’s Special Permit Granting Authority within the framework of the Town’s existing Bylaws. This Bylaw is intended to be used in conjunction with Massachusetts state regulations and other regulations adopted or enacted by the Town and its departments, boards, and committees, including but not limited to historic district regulations, site plan review, and other local Bylaws designed to encourage appropriate land use, environmental protection, and provision of adequate infrastructure development in Dartmouth.

34.200 DEFINITIONS

Clear Area: Area surrounding a wind turbine to be kept free of residences or places of business as determined by the Special Permit Granting Authority. See Section 34.303.B.2. Commercial-size WECF: A wind energy conversion facility (WECF) having a rated electrical power output greater than 10 kilowatts.

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Distributed Generation: Energy generation that is located at or near the end-user.

Flicker: The effect of moving, periodic shadows cast on a residence or place of business by the rotating blades of a WECF at those times when the sun is shining and is aligned with the WECF and a residence or place of business. HAWT: Horizontal-axis wind turbine.

Hub Height: The height of a HAWT measured vertically from the natural grade at the base of the tower to the centerline of the rotor. Nacelle: The frame and housing at the top of a HAWT tower that encloses the gearbox, generator, and other accessories, and protects them from the weather. Residential-size WECF: A wind energy conversion facility (WECF) having a rated electrical power output less than or equal to 10 kilowatts. (Not covered by this Bylaw; see Bylaw 33.) Rotor: The blades and hub of the wind turbine that rotate during turbine operation. Shadowing: The shadow cast on a residence or place of business by a WECF, whether the WECF is in operation or not. Special Permit Granting Authority (SPGA): The Special Permit Granting Authority (SPGA) for the Town of Dartmouth shall be the Select Board of the Town and shall have the authority to issue Special Permits for wind energy conversion facilities. Technical Research Group (TRG): The group designated in Section 34.801 of this Bylaw with the authority to review applications for Special Permits for wind energy conversion facilities and to make recommendations on such applications to the SPGA. Total Height: The height of a HAWT measured from the natural grade at the base of the tower to the tip of a blade at its highest point, or the maximum height of a vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT). Tower: The structure that supports the turbine, rotor, generator, and accessory equipment. The tower may be a monopole or lattice design, with or without guy wires depending on the height and other factors.

VAWT: Vertical-axis wind turbine; sometimes called a Darrieus-type wind turbine. WECF-Setback: The distance measured at grade from the center of the base of the tower to the nearest property line. Wind energy conversion facility (WECF): All equipment, machinery and structures used in connection with the conversion of wind energy to electricity. This includes, but is not limited to, all transmission, storage, collection and supply equipment, substations, network of cabling, transformers, site-access and service roads, and

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machinery associated with its use. A wind energy conversion facility may consist of one or more wind turbines. Wind monitoring or meteorological (MET) tower: Tower used for supporting anemometers, wind vanes and other equipment to assess the wind resource at set heights above the ground. (Not covered by this Bylaw; see Bylaw Section 33.) Wind turbine: Any electromechanical device that converts kinetic energy of the wind into rotational energy to turn an electrical generator shaft. Wind turbine facilities usually consist of a horizontal-axis rotor, nacelle and supporting tower (HAWTs). Both HAWTs and VAWTs of commercial size are covered by this Bylaw.

34.300 DISTRICT REGULATIONS

34.301 Use Regulations

All WECF's shall require a Special Permit from the Special Permit Granting Authority, defined as the Select Board. Subsequently, a building permit shall be required for all WECF's in accordance with the Special Permit and the standards of this Bylaw. The construction of any commercial-size WECF shall be permitted in all districts of the Town, provided the proposed use complies with all Dimensional and Special Permit Regulations set forth under Sections 34.300 and 34.400 of this Bylaw (unless waived by the SPGA), and the application conforms to the letter and the spirit of the provisions of this Bylaw.

34.302 Site Control

The applicant shall submit documentation of the legal right to install and use the proposed facility at the time of application for a Special Permit. Documentation should also include proof of control over the clear areas, if required under Section 34.303.B. “Control” shall mean the legal authority to prevent the use of any structure within the clear area for a residence or place of business. If the property is to be leased or subject to an easement, the applicant shall provide a copy of the lease or easement instrument.

34.303 Dimensional Requirements

All WECFs shall comply with the requirements set forth in this section, unless those requirements are explicitly waived by the SPGA as part of the Special Permit review process. A. Height

The height of any commercial-size WECF shall be constrained by (i) the WECF-

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setback requirement as described in Section 34.303.B.2, which must accommodate

the dimensions of the applicant’s property, and (ii) the clear area requirement, as

stated in Section 34.303.B.3, if applicable. The SPGA may allow this height to be

exceeded as part of the Special Permit process if the project applicant can

demonstrate that the additional height is needed and that the additional benefits of

the higher tower outweigh any increased adverse impacts. However, in no case shall

the tower height of the WECF exceed 330 ft (100 m). Monopole towers, as opposed

to lattice-type structures, are the preferred type of support for commercial-size

HAWT wind machines.

B. WECF-Setback and Clear Area

1. Each WECF and its associated equipment shall comply

with the building setback provisions of the zoning district in which the facility is located.

2. In order to ensure public safety and to protect the interests

of neighboring property owners, a setback shall be required from the nearest property line to the center of the base of the tower equal to two (2) times the hub height of the WECF. This is the WECF-setback requirement.

3. In the case of a WECF intended to supply electricity to a

commercial, business or institutional facility, the applicant shall be required to maintain a clear area free of all structures containing residences or places of business as determined by the Special Permit Granting Authority. The clear area shall comprise the area of a circle centered on the center of the tower and having a radius equal to the total height of the WECF. This is the clear area requirement. The SPGA may reduce the clear area requirement at its discretion, based on site-specific considerations, if the project is otherwise consistent with the Special Permit Granting Regulations.

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The SPGA shall only grant a Special Permit for a commercial WECF if it finds that the proposal complies with the provisions of this bylaw or has explicitly been granted waivers from those provisions. Furthermore, the SPGA may impose additional conditions, as appropriate, to promote the general purposes and intent of this Bylaw and the Zoning Bylaws.

34.401 General

Proposed WECFs shall be consistent with all applicable Town, state and federal requirements, including, but not limited to, all applicable electrical, construction, noise, safety, environmental and communications requirements. The provisions of this bylaw are intended to insure that all proposed WECFs shall not be detrimental to adjacent land uses, and shall not pose a hazard to the general health, safety or welfare of the community.

34.402 Visual Impact

The applicant shall minimize any impact on the visual character of surrounding neighborhoods and the community by painting the WECF a non-reflective color that blends with the surroundings.

34.403 Equipment Shelters

All equipment necessary for monitoring and operation of the WECF should be secured within the wind turbine tower or base. If this is infeasible, ancillary equipment may be located outside the tower or base, provided such equipment is either contained within an underground vault, enclosed within a separate structure, or hidden behind a year-round landscape or vegetated buffer.

34.404 Lighting and Signage

Unless required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), wind turbines shall not be lighted on a continuous basis. Lighting of equipment, structures, and any other facilities on site (except lighting required by the FAA) shall be shielded from abutting properties. The WECF shall be free of all company logos, advertising, and similar promotional markings. Signs on the facility shall be limited to those needed to warn of any danger; and educational signs providing information on the technology. All signs shall comply with the requirements of the Town’s sign regulations.

34.405 Noise

The WECF shall conform to Massachusetts noise regulation 310 CMR 7.10. This Bylaw incorporates the Noise Level Policy established by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for implementing this regulation. The policy specifies that the ambient sound level, measured at the property line of the facility or at the nearest inhabited buildings, shall

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not be increased by more than 10 decibels weighted for the "A" scale or 10 dB(A) due to the sound from the facility during its operating hours.

34.406 Wetlands

WECFs shall be sited in a manner consistent with all applicable local and state wetlands regulations. Wetland buffer areas may be used for the purposes of providing a clear area, if applicable.

34.407 Land Clearing/Open Space/Rare Species

WECFs shall be designed to minimize land clearing and fragmentation of open space areas and shall avoid permanently protected open space when feasible. Wind turbines should be sited to make use of previously developed areas wherever possible. WECFs shall also be sited in a manner that does not have significant negative impacts on rare species in the vicinity (including but not limited to avian species, bats, etc.).

34.408 Stormwater

Stormwater run-off and erosion control shall be managed in a manner consistent with all applicable state and local regulations.

34.409 Shadowing/Flicker

WECFs shall be sited in a manner that does not result in significant shadowing or flicker impacts. The proponent has the burden of demonstrating that this effect will not have significant adverse impact through the use of computer modeling and simulation of the seasonal variations of the shadows and flicker effects.

34.410 Safety Standards

No hazardous materials or waste shall be discharged on the site of any WECF. If any hazardous materials or wastes are to be used on site, the Special Permit shall incorporate provisions for full containment of such materials or waste. An enclosed containment area, designed to contain at least 110 percent of the volume of the hazardous materials or waste stored or used on the site may be required to meet this requirement. The WECF shall also be designed to prevent unauthorized access (for example, by construction of a fenced enclosure or locked access, anti-climbing provisions, etc.).

34.411 Use by Telecommunications Carriers

WECFs having a rated power of at least 250 kilowatts and a hub height of at least 165 feet (50 meters) may be used as hosts for telecommunications antennas, subject to applicable regulations governing such uses, and subject to the following requirements:

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A. All ground-mounted telecommunications equipment shall be located

in either a secured shelter, within the wind turbine tower or otherwise hidden from view year-round either through effective landscaping or existing natural vegetated buffers;

B. Antennas shall be flush-mounted to be in keeping with the design of

the wind turbine tower; and C. All cabling associated with the wireless facilities and equipment shall

be secured within the tower structure or enclosed within a conduit painted to match the turbine mount.

34.412 Underground Utilities

All electrical connections from the WECF, including any associated substations, to either the point of use for the electricity or to the grid shall be made via underground conduits.

34.500 MODIFICATIONS All modifications to a WECF made after issuance of the Special Permit shall require

prior approval by the SPGA. 34.600 MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE

34.601 Monitoring Requirement

After the WECF is operational, the applicant shall submit to the town at annual intervals from the date of issuance of the Special Permit, a report detailing operating data for the facility, including, but not limited to, days of operation, electrical energy production, etc.

34.602 Maintenance Requirement

The applicant shall maintain the WECF in good condition. Such maintenance shall include, but not be limited to, painting, maintaining the structural integrity of the foundation, support structure and security barrier (if applicable), and maintenance of the buffer areas and landscaping, if present.

34.603 Penalties

Failure to comply with the requirements in Sections 34.601 and 34.602 shall result in the assessment of fines or other sanctions as specified in Dartmouth Zoning Bylaw 27.400.

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A Special Permit issued for the construction or operation of any WECF shall be valid for twenty (20) years, unless extended or renewed. Upon request, the SPGA may extend the time period or renew the Special Permit if there has been satisfactory operation of the facility.

Any Special Permit issued under this Bylaw shall lapse within one (1) year from the

grant thereof if construction has not sooner commenced except for good cause as determined by the Zoning Enforcement Officer. Upon the lapse of a Special Permit, a new application process must be undertaken before the WECF can proceed.

Upon expiration or termination of the Special Permit, the WECF shall be removed by

the owner. 34.800 APPLICATION PROCEDURES

34.801 Technical Research Group (TRG)

The SPGA shall designate a Technical Research Group (TRG) composed of five (5) members: (1) a Town Engineer (DPW), (2) a member of the Town Planning Board, (3) a member of the Town Zoning Board of Appeals, (4) a member of the Town Alternative Energy Committee, and (5) a member-at-large. In the case of members (2), (3) and (4), each individual shall be appointed by his or her respective Board or Committee. The member-at-large shall be appointed by the Town Select Board. The members shall serve staggered three-year terms and may be reappointed.

34.802 Pre-Application Conference

Prior to the submission of an application for a Special Permit under this regulation, the applicant is strongly encouraged to meet with the TRG at a public meeting to discuss the proposed WECF in general terms and to clarify the filing requirements. The TRG shall meet with an applicant under this provision within twenty-one (21) days following a written request for pre-application conference submitted to the SPGA and the Town Clerk. If the TRG fails to hold the pre-application conference within 21 days of the request and said conference has not been postponed due to mutual agreement, the applicant may proceed with a Special Permit application under this Bylaw without need for a pre-application conference.

34.803 Pre-Application Filing Requirements

The purpose of the pre-application conference is to inform the TRG as to the general nature of the proposed WECF. As such, no formal filings are required to be presented at the pre-application conference. However, the applicant is encouraged to prepare sufficient preliminary drawings or to present manufacturer’s drawings and specifications to inform the TRG of the location and overall design of the proposed facility, as well as its scale, noise levels, and proximity to abutting residential structures.

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The Town may retain a technical expert/consultant, pursuant to Mass. G.L. c. 44, s. 53G, to verify information presented by the applicant during the pre-application conference. The cost for such a technical expert/consultant, if needed, will be at the expense of the applicant.

34.805 Application Filing Requirements

The following shall be included with an application for a Special Permit for each WECF:

Name, address, telephone number, and original signature (photo-reproductions of signatures will not be accepted) of applicant and any co-applicants. Co-applicants may include the landowner of the subject property or the operator of the WECF.

If the applicant or co-applicant will be represented by an agent, the name, address and telephone number of the agent shall be provided as well as an original signature authorizing the agent to represent the applicant and/or co-applicant. Photo-reproductions of signatures will not be accepted.

Documentation of the legal right to install and use the proposed WECF and proof of control over the clear area, as required by Sections 34.302 and 34.303.B of this Bylaw. A copy of the recorded deed to the property shall be sufficient for this purpose if the applicant is the record owner of the property.

If the property is to be leased or subject to an easement, the applicant shall provide a copy of the lease or easement instrument.

Identification of the subject property by including the name of the nearest road or roads, and street address, if any;

Assessors map and parcel number of subject property; Zoning district designation for the subject parcel with a separately submitted locus map; A one-inch-equals-40-feet vicinity plan, signed and sealed by a licensed Professional Land Surveyor showing the following:

Property lines for the subject property (for residential applicants), and all properties adjacent to the subject property within 300 feet (for non-residential applicants).

Proposed location of WECF, including all turbines, fencing, associated ground equipment, transmission infrastructure and access roads.

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For non-residential applicants, the outline of all existing buildings, including their purpose(s) (e.g., residential buildings, garages, accessory structures, etc.) on the subject property and all adjacent properties within 300 feet, and the distances, at grade, from the proposed WECF to each building on the vicinity plan shall be shown.

Existing (before) condition photographs. A color photograph of the current view shall be submitted from at least two locations to show the existing conditions. Proposed (after) condition representations. Each of the existing condition photographs shall have the proposed wind energy conversion facility superimposed on it to accurately simulate the proposed wind energy conversion facility when built and illustrate its total height, width, and breadth.

For WECFs with hub heights of 165 feet (50 m) or greater, sight-line representations must be provided. A sight-line representation shall be drawn from representative locations that show the lowest point of the turbine tower visible from each location. Each sight line shall be depicted in profile, drawn at one-inch-equals-40-feet scale. The profiles shall show all intervening trees and buildings. There shall be at least two sight line representations illustrating the visibility of the facility from surrounding areas such as the closest residence or place of business, or nearby public roads or areas. Specifications for the proposed WECF shall be provided for all equipment and attendant facilities. Materials of the proposed WECF shall be specified by type and specific treatment. This information shall be provided for the wind turbine tower and all other proposed equipment/facilities.

Colors of the proposed WECF shall be represented by a color board showing actual colors proposed. If lighting of the site or turbine is proposed by the applicant or required by the FAA, the applicant shall submit a copy of the FAA’s determination to establish the required markings and/or lights for the structure. The applicant shall also submit a printout of a computer-generated, point-to-point simulation indicating the horizontal foot-candle levels at grade, both within the property to be developed and 300 feet beyond the property lines. The printout shall indicate the locations and types of luminaires proposed.

The applicant shall provide a statement listing the existing ambient noise levels at the property boundaries of the proposed WECF and the maximum future projected noise levels from the proposed WECF. Such statement shall be certified and signed by a Professional Engineer

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licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, stating that noise projections are accurate and meet the noise standards of this Bylaw and of Massachusetts noise regulation 310 CMR 7.10 and are acceptable under Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection guidance for noise measurements.

To ensure safe operation of the WECF, the applicant shall provide a statement from the wind turbine manufacturer giving the recommended maintenance procedures and schedule, and a declaration by the applicant to follow said procedures and schedule. The applicant shall provide a detailed business plan for the project, including but not limited to the goals of the project, the stakeholders, and the time-line of anticipated activities. The applicant shall submit a fully inclusive estimate of the costs associated with removal, prepared by a qualified engineer. The amount shall include a Cost of Living Adjustment for removals after 10, 15 and 20 years. The SPGA shall require the applicant to provide a form of surety (i.e., post a bond, letter of credit, establish an escrow account, or other) at the SPGA’s election at the time of construction to cover the costs of the removal in the event the town must remove the facility. The amount of such surety shall be equal to 150 percent of the anticipated cost of compliance with this section.

The SPGA may require additional information and data from the applicant on issues not explicitly covered in this Bylaw should such issues arise in the course of the application review process.

34.806 Adjudication of Special Permit Applications

The TRG shall make a formal recommendation to the SPGA regarding each application for a Special Permit for a WECF. A positive recommendation from the TRG shall require four (4) affirmative votes of the TRG. All matters before the TRG shall be decided by four (4) votes.

An application for a Special Permit for a WECF to the SPGA shall require four (4) affirmative votes of the SPGA for approval. All matters before the SPGA shall be decided by four (4) votes.

34.900 Abandonment or Discontinuation of Use 34.901 Notification Requirements

At such time that a WECF is scheduled to be abandoned or discontinued, the applicant will notify the Chief Executive Officer of the town by certified U.S. mail of the proposed date of abandonment or discontinuation of operations. In the event that an applicant fails to give such notice, the facility shall be considered abandoned or discontinued if the facility is inoperable for 180 consecutive days. In the case of a multi-

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turbine facility, the SPGA shall determine in its decision what proportion of the facility would be inoperable for the facility to be considered abandoned.

34.902 Physical Removal

Upon abandonment or discontinuation of use, the owner shall physically remove the WECF within 90 days from the date of abandonment or discontinuation of use. This period may be extended at the request of the owner and at the discretion of the SPGA. “Physically remove” shall include, but not be limited to: A. Removal of the wind turbine and tower, all machinery, equipment,

equipment shelters, security barriers and all appurtenant structures from the subject property,

B. Proper disposal of all solid or hazardous materials and wastes from

the site in accordance with local and state solid waste disposal regulations, and

C. Restoration of the location of the WECF to its natural condition,

except that any landscaping, grading or below-grade foundation may remain in the after-condition.

34.903 Town Remedy for Violations

If the owner fails to remove a WECF in accordance with this section of this Bylaw, the town shall have the authority to enter the subject property, physically remove the facility, and recover the cost from the owner, either directly or from a surety on behalf of the owner.

34.1000 CHANGE OF OWNER

Once a Special Permit for a commercial WECF has been approved, the applicant shall

duly record a copy of the Special Permit with the Bristol County Registry of Deeds. All subsequent deeds to the property shall refer to the Special Permit and incorporate it by reference. All conditions under which the Special Permit was originally granted shall be binding on all successive owners of the property. In the event of a transfer of ownership, the original owner shall notify the Chief Executive Officer of the town by certified U.S. mail of the transfer of ownership within thirty (30) days of the transaction.

34.2000 SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS The provisions of this Bylaw are severable. If any provision of this Bylaw is held

invalid, the other provisions shall not be affected thereby. If the application of this

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Bylaw or any of its provisions to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the application of this Bylaw and its provisions to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

Or take any action relative thereto. Sponsors: Alternative Energy Committee

And you hereby are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy of the

same in the Town Office Building not less than seven days before the day appointed to

said meeting.

Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding said meeting. Given under our hands at said Dartmouth this 19th. day of May in the year of our Lord two thousand Eight. SELECT BOARD OF THE TOWN OF DARTMOUTH: Joe Michaud/s

Robert W. Carney/s Nathalie L. Dias/s

Diane M. Gilbert/s William J. Trimble/s

May 19, 2008 A true copy. Attest: _______________________________ Lynn M. Medeiros Town Clerk

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TOWN OF DARTMOUTH

WARRANT FALL ANNUAL TOWN MEETING

OCTOBER 21, 2008 BRISTOL, SS.

To either of the Constables or Police Officers of the Town of Dartmouth in said County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

GREETING: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Dartmouth qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet in the Sylvia Waite Auditorium at the Dartmouth Middle School, situated at 366 Slocum Road, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, the twenty-first day of October next at seven of the clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, viz: ARTICLE 1: DEED IN LIEU OF FORECLOSURE – PROPERTY LOCATED ON

GARDEN STREET To see if the Town will vote to accept pursuant to the requirements of MGL Chapter 60 Sec. 77C the deed in lieu of foreclosure dated April 14, 2008 for the land with any buildings thereon located on Garden Street and identified as Dartmouth Assessor’s Map 133, Lot 77, or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Director of Budget and Finance/Treasurer ARTICLE 2: DEED IN LIEU OF FORECLOSURE – PROPERTY LOCATED ON

ARNOLD STREET To see if the Town will vote to accept pursuant to the requirements of MGL Chapter 60 Sec. 77C the deed in lieu of foreclosure dated April 14, 2008 for the land with any buildings thereon located on Arnold Street and identified as Dartmouth Assessor’s Map 133, Lot 72, or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Director of Budget and Finance/Treasurer ARTICLE 3: UTILITY EASEMENT/DPW To see if the Town will vote to acquire by purchase, gift or eminent domain, the utility easement located within the Town of Dartmouth, all as detailed on the

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plan entitled “Amended Easement Plan, Dartmouth Woods, Town of Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Massachusetts,” dated August 25, 2008, on file at the Office of the Board of Public Works, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Board of Public Works ARTICLE 4: EASEMENTS AND LAND/ DARTMOUTH STREET PROJECT To see if the Town will vote to acquire by purchase, gift or eminent domain, the easements and land located within the Town of Dartmouth, all as described on the Parcel Summary Sheet on a plan on file at the Office of the Board of Public Works entitled “Intersection Improvements on Dartmouth Street in the Town of Dartmouth, Massachusetts and the City of New Bedford, Massachusetts, Bristol County,” prepared for the Massachusetts Highway Department, Project File No. 601312, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Board of Public Works

ARTICLE 5: PROMOTION IN POLICE DEPARTMENT

To see if the Town will vote to petition the General Court for a Special Act relative to Police Promotional Examinations, to read as follows: AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE TOWN OF DARTMOUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATIONS. Notwithstanding G.L. Chapter 31 and other statutes and Special Acts to the contrary, the appointment authority of the Town of Dartmouth Police Department may make a police promotional appointment within a departmental unit on the basis of a police departmental promotional exam:

a. For promotion to title of Police Sergeant: There shall be no such promotional examination until there are at least two certified permanent employees who have been employed in the Town of Dartmouth Police Department for at least three (3) years of certified full-time permanent police employment immediately preceding the date of the examination in a title equal to that of which the position for which the examination is to be held or the next lower title, as determined by the Administrator, as certified permanent full time police officers.

Persons referred to in this section as being permanent employees in the lowest

or lower title shall include only full-time members of the regular police force and shall not include members of the reserve or intermittent police force.

b. For promotion to any title above Police Sergeant: The examination shall only be

open to employees who have been employed by the Town of Dartmouth Police Department for at least (5) five years of certified full-time permanent police employment immediately preceding the date of the promotional examination in a

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title equal to that of which the position for which the examination is to be held or the next lower titles, as determined by the administrator, as a police sergeant, including service in an acting capacity in the title being examined or higher title, and including any credited full-time service as a police officer in another department.

Except that if the number of applicants eligible is less than two, the examination shall be opened to permanent full-time certified police employees in the next lower titles in succession within the police department until either two such eligible employees have applied for examination or until such examination is open to all certified permanent employees in lower titles within the Dartmouth Police Department.

The Legislature is authorized to modify or make technical corrections consistent with the intent and purpose of this proposal.

This Act shall be in effect upon enactment.

or take any other action relative thereto.

Sponsor: Chief of Police

Select Board

ARTICLE 6: AMENDMENT TO DARTMOUTH WATER REGULATIONS To see if the Town will vote to amend the Dartmouth Water Regulations by adding the following new section under Article VII, Water Supply Emergency: ADD: Sec. 8. DROUGHT TRIGGERED SEASONAL DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN: The Seasonal Demand Management Plan imposes minimum restrictions on nonessential outdoor water use between May 1st and September 30th when the Massachusetts Drought Management Task Force declares a drought level of “Advisory” or higher, which could also be a “Watch”, “Warning”, or “Emergency” for the region in which Dartmouth’s withdrawals are located. Restrictions on nonessential water use shall be declared by the Board of Public Works in accordance with the category assigned by the Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) to the Town of Dartmouth for the calendar year. The category is based on the Town of Dartmouth’s Residential Gallons Per Capita Day (“RGPCD”) for the previous year, as follows: Category 1: If the Town’s RGPCD is 65 or less for the previous year, at a minimum,

mandatory restrictions shall be imposed on nonessential outdoor water use during the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Category 2: If the Town’s RGPCD is 66 or greater for the previous year, at a minimum, nonessential outdoor water use shall be restricted to one day per week outside the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Category 3: If the DEP determines that the Town has a significant seasonal population

fluctuation, the Town shall, at a minimum, restrict nonessential outdoor water use to two days per week outside the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Restrictions on outdoor water use shall remain in place until the drought level is returned to “Normal.” “Nonessential outside water use” means uses that are not required:

A. For health or safety reasons; B. By regulation; C. For the production of food and fiber; D. For the maintenance of livestock; or E. To meet the core functions of a business.

Examples of nonessential outdoor water use includes, but is not limited to the following:

A. The irrigation of lawn or landscaping; B. Washing Vehicles; and C. Washing parking lots, driveways and/or sidewalks.

Examples of essential water use that are not subject to restrictions are:

A. Irrigation to establish a new lawn during the months of May and September; B. Irrigation for the production of food and fiber or the maintenance of livestock; C. Irrigation by plant nurseries as necessary to maintain stock; D. Irrigation by golf courses as necessary to maintain greens and tees, and limited fairway

watering; and E. Irrigation of public parks and recreational fields.

or take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Board of Public Works ARTICLE 7: AMENDMENT TO GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 60 SECTION 15 –

DEMAND FEES To see if the Town will vote to accept the amended provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 60 Section 15 and amend the Town of Dartmouth Demand Fees from $5.00 to $20.00, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Director of Budget and Finance/Treasurer

ARTICLE 8: LEASING OF FACILITIES

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To see if the Town will authorize a Facility Lease and Maintenance Revolving

Account under the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40 Section 3,

under the following terms:

1. The Town, with the approval of the School Committee, may rent or lease

any school building not in actual use and, with the approval of the

Commissioner of Education, surplus space in a school building in actual

use to any one or more public or private profit-making businesses or

non-profit organizations; provided, however, that joint occupancy of a

school building in actual use as such, shall not interfere with educational

programs being conducted in said building. The terms of any such

rental or lease shall be as approved by the School Committee; provided,

however, that no school building not in actual use shall be rented or

leased for an initial term longer than ten years, but with renewal options

if approved by the School Committee.

2. The monies received from such rental or lease shall be kept separate

and apart from other city or town funds in the city or town treasury and

may be expended by the School Committee without further

appropriation for the upkeep of the facility so rented or surplus space

which is so rented; provided, however, that any balance remaining in

such account at the close of a fiscal year shall be paid into the General

Fund of such city or town; and, provided further, that in any city or town

that accepts this proviso, any such balance shall remain in said account

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and may be expended for the upkeep and maintenance of any facility

under the control of the school committee.

or take any action relative thereto.

Sponsor: School Committee

ARTICLE 9: ZONING BY-LAWS/AMENDMENT TO SECTION 16.101 OFF-STREET

PARKING REGULATIONS To see if the Town will vote to amend the Dartmouth Zoning By-Laws by amending the first sentence of Section 16.101 to read as follows:

Section 16, Off-Street Parking Plan Regulations shall apply to Section 9 – Neighborhood Business Districts, Section 10 – Limited Business Districts, Section 11 – General Business Districts, Section 12 – Office Park Districts, Section 13 – Maritime Industrial Districts, Section 14 – Limited Industrial Districts, Section 15 – General Industrial Districts, and non-residential uses in residential districts.

or take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Planning Board

ARTICLE 10: HOME RULE PETITION FOR THE CREATION OF THE LINCOLN

PARK INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING DISTRICT

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select Board to petition the

General Court to enact special legislation establishing the Lincoln Park

Infrastructure Financing District, a body politic and corporate, as further described

as follows:

1. This district will consist of approximately 40.9 acres and will have the same or

approximately the same boundaries as the Lincoln Park Smart Growth Overlay

District as referenced in § 7.3.1 of the Town’s Zoning By-Laws;

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2. This district will assume financial liability for the capital and operating costs

associated with certain existing, proposed and future public infrastructure within

the boundaries of the District;

3. Such public infrastructure may include, but is not necessarily limited to, storm

drainage systems, sewage treatment plants, sewers, water and well systems,

roads, bridges, culverts, tunnels, streets, sidewalks, lighting, traffic lights, signage

and traffic control systems, parking, including garages, public safety and public

works buildings, parks, landscaping of public facilities, recreational facilities,

transportation stations and related facilities, shuttle transportation equipment,

fiber and telecommunication systems, facilities to produce and distribute

electricity, including alternate energy sources such as co-generation and solar

installations;

4. The district may be empowered to purchase, own, maintain, construct,

reconstruct and operate such public infrastructure;

5. The district may be further empowered to borrow funds for capital improvements

and to assess betterments, assessments, special assessments and fees in relation

thereto, and to support operating expenses;

6. The district may be further empowered to enter into such contracts as may be

necessary to carry out the purposes of the district, and to exercise such additional

powers as shall be defined in the special act;

7. A summary of the proposed legislation, including the boundaries defining this

district, is available at the office of the Town Clerk; and

8. The petition may provide that the General Court may make only clerical or

editorial changes to the bill, unless the Select Board approves amendments to the

bill before enactment by the General Court.

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and to authorize the Select Board to approve amendments to the proposed legislation within

the scope of the general public objectives of the proposed legislation, or take any action relative

thereto.

Sponsor: Curtis Mello and Various Petitioners

ARTICLE 11: AUTHORIZATION TO SELL SCHOFIELD FARM

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select Board to execute a deed and any

other necessary documents to convey the land with buildings thereon located at 155 Old Fall

River Road and more specifically shown as Lot 1 on a certain plan of land entitled “Approval Not

Required Plan, Drawn for the Town of Dartmouth”, dated December 5, 2007 and recorded with

Bristol County (S.D.) Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 162, Page 57. The premises were part of a

larger parcel of land acquired by the Town of Dartmouth with funds from the Town’s

Community Preservation Fund for this purpose, pursuant to Articles 12 & 13 of the June 6, 2006

Annual Spring Town Meeting; or to take any action relative thereto.

Sponsor: Executive Administrator

ARTICLE 12: GRANTING OF EASEMENT MOSHER LANE

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the execution and delivery of a release deed

and any other necessary documents for nominal consideration of any rights the Town might have in and to the easterly section of a private way near Faunce Corner Road known as Mosher Lane (sometimes known as Mosher Road) for a distance of approximately 400 feet from its intersection with Faunce Corner Road, to the Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank, subject however, and reserving to the public the rights to pass and repass, or to take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Select Board

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ARTICLE 13: SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND RETAINED

EARNINGS/SUPPLEMENTING FY 2009 WATER POLLUTION CONTROL BUDGET

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the $150,000.00 from the Sewer Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings for the purpose of supplementing the FY 2009 Water Pollution Control (WPC) Operational Budget; or take any action relative thereto. . Sponsor: Board of Public Works ARTICLE 14: WATER ENTERPRISE FUND RETAINED

EARNINGS/SUPPLEMENTING FY 2009 WATER DIVISION OPERATIONAL BUDGET

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the $150,000.00 from the Water Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings for the purpose of supplementing the FY 2009 Water Division Operational Budget; or take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Board of Public Works ARTICLE 15: LINE ITEM TRANSFERS/SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $330,000.00 from Sewer Enterprise Retained Earnings to Sewer Enterprise Operating Budget to reduce the debt payment of the Bay View Sewer Project, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer Board of Public Works

ARTICLE 16: WATER ENTERPRISE FUND

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $625,000.00 from the Water Enterprise Fund

Retained Earnings to the Water Enterprise Court Judgment Account for the purpose of

allocating for the settlement of litigation involving land taken by eminent domain for the

purpose of protecting the Town of Dartmouth’s water wells; or take any action relative thereto.

Sponsor: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer

ARTICLE 17: PRIOR YEAR INVOICES

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To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $1644.00 from Surplus Revenue, for the purpose of paying any outstanding invoices for the previous fiscal year, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer ARTICLE 18: DARTMOUTH TOWN EMPLOYEES CONTRACT AND NON-

UNION EMPLOYEE SETTLEMENT FY08 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $99,250.00 from surplus revenue to fund the Dartmouth Town Employees Association and non-union employees agreement for FY 08, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Executive Administrator ARTICLE 19: POLICE CONTRACT SETTLEMENT FY08 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $69,639.00 from surplus revenue to fund the FY 08 Police contract settlement, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Executive Administrator ARTICLE 20: LINE ITEM TRANSFERS/SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE A – FY/2009 To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $356,465.00 from various sources to amend the appropriations and various funding sources as voted at the June 3, 2008, Spring Annual Town Meeting under Article 16, Schedule A Town Charges, by transferring between line items within the various categories and budgets, as voted, and further authorize the Town Accountant to make the necessary changes and disbursements to effectuate said changes;

Assessment Reserve $52,374.00 Union and Non-Union Settlements

$52,374.00 Personnel Reserves $38,000.00 Union and Non-Union Settlements

$38,000.00 Sick Leave Incentive $17,000.00 Union and Non-Union Settlements

$17,000.00 Police Expenses $25,000.00 Union and Non-Union Settlements

$25,000.00 DPW Salaries $20,000.00 Union and Non-Union Settlements

$20,000.00 Group Insurance $204,091.00 Union and Non-Union Settlements

$204,091.00

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TOTAL: $356,465.00 TOTAL: $356,465.00

Or take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer ARTICLE 21: LINE ITEM TRANSFERS/SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE A – FY/2009 To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $37,559.00 from various sources to amend the appropriations and various funding sources as voted at the June 3, 2008, Spring Annual Town Meeting under Article 16, Schedule A Town Charges, by transferring between line items within the various categories and budgets, as voted, and further authorize the Town Accountant to make the necessary changes and disbursements to effectuate said changes;

FROM TO Group Health Insurance $20,000.00 Employee Training $20,000.00 Group Health Insurance $1404.00 Bristol Aggie Assessment $1404.00 Group Health Insurance $10,000.00

COA – expenses $10,000.00 (Heating Oil Emergencies)

Group Insurance $6155.00 Veterans Salaries $6155.00 TOTAL: $37, 559.00 $37,559.00

Sponsor: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer

ARTICLE 22: FUNDING OF READING LITERACY AND

TEXTBOOKS -- SCHOOLS

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $300,000.00 from surplus revenue for the

purpose of the Dartmouth School Department purchasing a Reading Literacy and Textbook

Package for use within the Dartmouth School System; or take any action relative thereto.

Sponsor: School Committee

ARTICLE 23: APPROPRIATION TO STABILIZATION FUND -- CHAPTER 40 SEC. 5B

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To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $1,613,727.00 from surplus revenues to the

stabilization fund under and pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 40 Sec. 5B, or take any action relative

thereto.

Sponsor: Select Board

Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer

Executive Administrator

ARTICLE 24: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT

That the Town appropriate from Community Preservation Unreserved Fund Balance $96,125

for the payment of debt service and other related costs for FY/2009 fiscal year.

$80,000.00 Long term Debt-Principal

$16,125.00 Long term Debt-Interest

$96,125.00 Total or take any action relative thereto. Sponsor: Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer ARTICLE 25: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION – DARTMOUTH PRIDE EQUITY

BUILDER PROGRAM/FIRST TIME BUYERS To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $200,000.00 to capitalize the Dartmouth Pride Equity Builder program, which will provide down payment, closing cost and homebuyer counseling assistance to first time homebuyers purchasing affordable housing in the Town of Dartmouth from the Community Housing Reserve of the Community Preservation Fund, or to take any other action relative thereto. Sponsor: Community Preservation Committee ARTICLE 26: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION – PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO

DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT DARTMOUTH HOUSING AUTHORITY AND FORMER MASSACHUSETTS POLICE BARRACKS

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To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $20,000.00 for professional services to assist the Dartmouth Housing Authority in the planning and development of affordable housing on Anderson Way and at the former Massachusetts State Police Barracks at 262 State Road from the Community Housing Reserve of the Community Preservation Fund, or to take any other action relative thereto. Sponsor: Community Preservation Committee ARTICLE 27: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION –AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 21 OF

THE SPRING ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD IN 2005 To see if the Town will vote to amend Article 21 of the Annual Spring Town Meeting of 2005 to allow the remaining balance of $6,150.00, which was originally appropriated by said Article 21, to be used to determine the feasibility of utilizing the congregate housing design at Anderson Way, or to take any other action relative thereto. Sponsor: Community Preservation Committee ARTICLE 28: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION – ACQUISITION OF FORMER

STATE POLICE BARRACKS To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $350,000.00 for the acquisition of the former Massachusetts State Police Barracks at 262A State Road and its renovation for affordable housing of veterans, and to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Select Board to either fund this appropriation, or any portion thereof from the Unreserved Fund Balance of the Community Preservation Fund or to borrow $350,000.00 or any portion thereof under and pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 44, Section 7 or any other enabling authority and to issue note or bonds of the Town therefore, or to take any other action relative thereto. Sponsor: Community Preservation Committee ARTICLE 29: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION – PRESERVATION OF THE AKIN

HOUSE To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $195,000.00 for emergency repairs and structural stabilization by the Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust at the Akin House and the adjacent garage and the development of a business plan and market study for the Akin House Cultural Heritage Center from the Historical Preservation Reserve of the Community Preservation Fund, or to take any other action relative thereto. Sponsor: Community Preservation Committee ARTICLE 30: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION –ACQUISITION OF CORNELL

FARM To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $750,000.00 for the acquisition of the Cornell Farm located at the corner of Smith Neck and Rock-O-Dundee Roads by the Dartmouth

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Natural Resources Trust (“DNRT”) for open space and agricultural preservation and to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Select Board to either fund this appropriation, or any portion thereof from the Unreserved Fund Balance of the Community Preservation Fund or to borrow $750,000.00 or any portion thereof under and pursuant to MGL Chapter 44, Section 7 or any other enabling authority and to issue note or bonds of the Town therefore, or to take any other action relative thereto. Sponsor: Community Preservation Committee ARTICLE 31: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION –ACQUISITION OF LAND AND

BUILDINGS ON RUSSELLS MILLS ROAD To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $325,000.00 for the acquisition of land and buildings located on 879 Russells Mills Road by the Town, acting through its Conservation Commission, for open space preservation and the creation of outdoor recreational space and a canoe launch from the Open Space Reserve of the Community Preservation Fund, or to take any other action relative thereto. Sponsor: Community Preservation Committee ARTICLE 32: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION – GENERAL BY-LAWS—

AMENDMENT TO MEMBERSHIP To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 1 (Establishment) of Section 9 (Community Preservation Committee) of the Town’s General By-Laws to change the number of members as follows:

a. Replace “nine (9)” in the first sentence with “seven (7)”; b. Replace “Four citizen members” with “Two citizen members”

or to take any other action relative thereto. Sponsor: Community Preservation Committee

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TOWN OF

DARTMOUTH

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MINUTES

SPRING ANNUAL AND SPECIAL

TOWN MEETING

TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2008

SPRING ANNUAL TOWN MEETING

JUNE 3, 2008

INDEX

ART #

PAGE SUBJECT APPROPRIATIONS SOURCE OF

FUNDING

1* 1 Street Acceptance – Slocum Farm Drive 2* 1 Street Acceptance – Vista Circle 3* 1 Street Acceptance – Mary Theresa Circle 4* 1 Acceptance of a Portion of Lincoln Street and East Wordell Street 5 2 Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure – Property located on Garden Street Withdrawn 6 2 Deed In Lieu of Foreclosure – Property located on Arnold Street Withdrawn 7* 2 Community Preservation Act – FY/2009 Budget $282,450.00 CPA 8* 3 Community Preservation Act – Funding of Dartmouth Housing

Authority Property Improvements at Sol-E-Mar $56,200.00 CPA

9* 3 Community Preservation Act – Funding of Septic System Schofield Farm Property

$25,000.00 CPA

10* 3 Community Preservation Act – Funding of Housing Rehabilitation $22,395.00 CPA 11* 4 Return of Agricultural Trust Funds from payment by State APR

program on Sousa—Lagasse Farm

12* 4 Execute Deed – 231/231B Russells Mills Road 13 4 Execute Deed – Land and Building off Russells Mills Road 14* 5 Rescinding Prior Bond Authorization 15* 5 Salaries of Elected Officials 16* 5 Schedule A—FY/2009 Budget Appropriation $67,871,531.95 See

Schedule A 17* 17 Funding Water Department Budget – Enterprise Fund $3,397,465.83 WEF 18* 18 Funding Sewer Department Budget – Enterprise Fund $2,827,816.41 SEF 19* 18 Funding Waterways Management Department – Enterprise Fund $209,129.00 WMEF 20* 19 Funding Dartmouth Senior Social Day Program $189,133.47 Senior Social Day 21* 20 Funding Solid Waste Enterprise Fund $987,019.00 SWEF

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22* 20 Acceptance of Capital Improvement Planning Committee Report and Funding FY/2009 Capital Plan

$183,000.00 $2,417,102.00

$48,333.00 $183,333.00 $87,500.00 $87,500.00

TAX LEVY Gen. Fund. Borr. WEF Borrowing SEF Borrowing

WEF R/E SEW R/E

23* 22 Funding for TCE Water Main Replaceements $181,000.00 WEF Borrowing 24* 22 Acceptance of Chapter 40 Section 58: Municipal Charges – Lien for

Non Payment of Pay-As-You-Throw Fees

25 22 Stabilization Fund Withdrawn 26* 23 Extension of Municipal Sewer through Betterment Assessment for

Russells Mills and Tucker Road North $235,000.00 Borrowing

27* 23 Zoning By-Law/Neighborhood Business District –Section 9: Addition of Sub-Section 9.115 – Business Apartments

28* 24 Zoning By-Law/General Business District –Section 11: Addition of Sub-Section 11.224 – Business Apartments

29* 25 Zoning By-Law/General Business District –Section 11: Addition of Sub-Section 11.225 – Limited Production of Goods

30* 26 Zoning By-Law/General Business District –Section 11: Addition of Sub-Section 11.306 – Senior Residential Services

31* 28 Zoning By-Laws/Section 34 – Land-Based Commercial Wind Turbine By-Law

SPRING ANNUAL

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING

JUNE 3, 2008 INDEX

ART # PAGE SUBJECT APPROPRIATIONS SOURCE OF

FUNDING

1STM* 41 BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FY/2008-WATER ENTERPRISE FUND $350,000.00 WEF R/E 2STM 41 BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FY/2008 – SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND Withdrawn 3STM* 41 BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FY/2008 – SENIOR SOCIAL DAY

PROGRAM $3,000.00 Senior Soc. Day

4STM* 41 BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FY/2008 – WATERWAYS ENTERPRISE FUND

$32,200.00 WMEF R/E

5STM 42 PRIOR YEAR INVOICES Withdrawn

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6STM* 42 LINE ITEM TRANSFERS/SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE A – FY 2008

7STM*

42 AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATION -- WATERWAYS $47,415.00 REC RES.

SPRING ANNUAL

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING

JUNE 3, 2008 INDEX

ART # PAGE SUBJECT

1STM 1 BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FY/2008-WATER ENTERPRISE FUND 2STM 1 BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FY/2008 – SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND 3STM 1 BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FY/2008 – SENIOR SOCIAL DAY PROGRAM 4STM 2 BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FY/2008 – WATERWAYS ENTERPRISE FUND 5STM 2 PRIOR YEAR INVOICES 6STM 2 LINE ITEM TRANSFERS/SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE A – FY 2008 7STM 2 AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATION -- WATERWAYS

ARTICLE 1: STREET ACCEPTANCE -- SLOCUM FARM DRIVE MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town accept all of Slocum Farm Drive, consisting of a forty foot (40') wide Right of Way from Slocum Road to a cul-de-sac, all as shown on a plan entitled “Definitive Plan of Land – Lot Layout Plan of Slocum Farm in South Dartmouth” prepared for Slocum Farm in South Dartmouth, LLC and dated June 6, 2003, and recorded at the Bristol County (S.D.) Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 152, Page 57 (3 sheets), and on file with the Town Clerk. SO VOTED. YES 209 NO 19 9:39 A.M. ARTICLE 2: STREET ACCEPTANCE -- VISTA CIRCLE MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town accept all of Vista Circle, consisting of a forty foot (40') wide Right of Way from Slocum Farm Drive to a cul-de-sac, all as shown on a plan entitled “Definitive Plan of Land

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– Lot Layout Plan of Slocum Farm in South Dartmouth” prepared for Slocum Farm in South Dartmouth, LLC and dated June 6, 2003, and recorded at the Bristol County (S.D.) Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 152, Page 57 (3 sheets) and on file with the Town Clerk. SO VOTED. YES 213 NO 15 9:40 A.M. ARTICLE 3: STREET ACCEPTANCE -- MARY THERESA CIRCLE MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town accept all of Mary Theresa Circle, consisting of a forty foot (40') wide Right of Way from Slocum Farm Drive to a cul-de-sac, all as shown on a plan entitled “Definitive Plan of Land – Lot Layout Plan of Slocum Farm in South Dartmouth” prepared for Slocum Farm in South Dartmouth, LLC and dated June 6, 2003, and recorded at the Bristol County (S.D.) Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 152, Page 57 (3 sheets), and on file with the Town Clerk. SO VOTED. YES 215 NO 13 9:42 A.M. ARTICLE 4: ACCEPTANCE OF A PORTION OF LINCOLN STREET AND EAST

WORDELL STREET

MOVED and duly seconded:

That the Town accept a portion of Lincoln and East Wordell Streets, consisting of a fifty foot (50') Right of Way from McCabe Street to the southerly sideline of East Wordell Street (formerly Wordell Street), all as shown on a plan entitled “Laurel Park – Plan - House Lots in Dartmouth, Mass., Property of Harrison T. Borden,” surveyed Jan. 1907 and recorded at the Bristol County (S.D.) Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 7, Page 14 (Plan 1A and 1B) and on file with the Town Clerk.

SO VOTED. YES 214 NO 14 9:43 A.M. ARTICLE 5: DEED IN LIEU OF FORECLOSURE – PROPERTY LOCATED ON

GARDEN STREET Moved and duly seconded: That the Town accept pursuant to the requirements of MGL Chapter 60 Sec. 77C the deed in lieu of foreclosure dated April 14, 2008 for the land with any buildings thereon located on Garden Street and identified as Dartmouth Assessor’s Map 133, Lot 77. MOVED and duly seconded: To WITHDRAW: SO VOTED. 9:44 A.M.

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ARTICLE 6: DEED IN LIEU OF FORECLOSURE – PROPERTY LOCATED ON ARNOLD STREET

Moved and duly seconded: That the Town accept pursuant to the requirements of MGL Chapter 60 Sec. 77C the deed in lieu of foreclosure dated April 14, 2008 for the land with any buildings thereon located on Arnold Street and identified as Dartmouth Assessor’s Map 133, Lot 72. MOVED and duly seconded: To WITHDRAW: SO VOTED. 9:44 A.M. ARTICLE 7: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT – FY/2009 BUDGET MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town appropriate or reserve for later appropriation monies from FY/2009 Community Preservation Fund Annual Revenues in the amount of $282,450.00 to be allocated as follows: $80,850.00 Historic Preservation Reserve $80,850.00 Community Housing Reserve $80,850.00 Open Space Reserve $39,900.00 Administrative Expenses ______ $282,450.00 TOTAL MOVED and duly seconded: Motion made to amend the amount from $282,975.00 to $282,450.00. UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 9:51 A.M. Now comes the vote on the main motion. SO VOTED. YES 227 NO 1 9:51 A.M.

ARTICLE 8: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT --

FUNDING OF DARTMOUTH HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS AT SOL-E-MAR

MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town appropriate $56,200.00 from the FY2009 Community Preservation Fund Annual Revenues to fund the Dartmouth Housing Authority Property Improvements at Sol-E-Mar Apartments.

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SO VOTED. YES 226 NO 2 9:52 A.M.

ARTICLE 9: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT – FUNDING OF SEPTIC SYSTEM SCHOFIELD FARM PROPERTY

MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town appropriate $25,000.00 from the FY2009 Community Preservation Fund Annual Revenues to fund the replacement of the Septic System on the Town owned Schofield Farm Property. SO VOTED. YES 227 NO 1 9:54 A.M.

ARTICLE 10: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT – FUNDING OF HOUSING REHABILITATION MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town appropriate $22,395.00 from the FY2009 Community Preservation Fund Annual Revenues to fund the Administration of the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program. UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 9:59 A.M. MOVED and duly seconded: To recess the Annual Town Meeting and go to the Special Town Meeting 9:59 AM

The Annual Town Meeting was called back to order at 10:42 A.M. ARTICLE 11: RETURN OF AGRICULTURAL TRUST FUNDS FROM PAYMENT BY

STATE APR PROGRAM ON SOUSA-LAGASSE FARM MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Select Board to take from the Commonwealth’s payment to the Town for the Agricultural Preservation Restriction on the Farm known as Sousa & Lagasse located on Hixville Road, that amount which originally came from the Agricultural Preservation Trust Fund which was used towards the original acquisition costs, and further to authorize the Dartmouth Agricultural Preservation Committee to expend said funds for the purposes as so stated within the Chapter 121 of Acts of 2000 and further authorize the Select Board to file appropriate amendments to this Special Act to effectuate this disbursement. SO VOTED. YES 234 NO 2 10:49 A.M.

ARTICLE 12: EXECUTE DEED – 231/231B RUSSELLS MILLS ROAD

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MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town authorize the Select Board to execute a deed with Mr. Craig Boudria of Dartmouth and any other necessary documents to convey land with buildings thereon located at 231/231B Russells Mills Road and more specifically shown as Lot 1 on a certain plan of land entitled “Approval Not Required Plan” endorsed by the Dartmouth Planning Board on December 17, 2007 and recorded with the Bristol County (S.D.) Registry of Deeds Plan Book 162, Page 56 to for the sum of $165,000.00 as determined through an Affordable Housing Lottery held on May 12, 2008. Said property was part of a larger tract of land and was purchased for this purpose as a Community Preservation Act Funded Project pursuant to Article 10 of the June 6, 2006 Annual Spring Town Meeting. SO VOTED. YES 234 NO 2 10:52 A.M. ARTICLE 13: EXECUTE DEED –LAND AND BUIDLING OFF RUSSELLS MILLS

ROAD Moved and duly seconded: That the Town authorize the Select Board to execute a deed and any other necessary documents to convey land with buildings thereon located off Russells Mills Road and more specifically shown as Parcel D on a certain plan of land entitled “Approval Not Required Plan” endorsed by the Dartmouth Planning Board on December 17, 2007 and recorded at the Bristol County (S.D.) Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 162, Page 56, for an amount pursuant to a request for proposals, said property being part of a larger tract of land purchased for this purpose as a Community Preservation Act Funded Project pursuant to Article 10 of the June 6, 2006 Spring Annual Town Meeting. MOVED and duly seconded: To WITHDRAW: UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 10:53 A.M. ARTICLE 14: RESCINDING PRIOR BOND AUTHORIZATION MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town will vote to rescind the unissued balances of bonds and notes authorized, as follows:

$98,600.00 remaining from Article 30 – Acceptance of Capital Improvement Planning Committee Report and Funding FY/2006 Capital Plan authorized at the June 7, 2005 Annual Town Meeting.

UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 10:54 A.M.

ARTICLE 15: SALARIES OF ELECTED OFFICIALS MOVED and duly seconded:

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That the Town fix the salaries and compensation of the following elected officers of the Town as provided in M.G.L., Chapter 41 Sec. 108 and Acts in Amendment thereof:

Town Moderator 1@ $ 0 $ 0 Select Board 5@ $ 0 $ 0 Town Clerk 1@ $ 62,834.38 $ 62,834.38 Town Assessors 3@ $ 0 $ 0 Planning Board 5@ $ 0 $ 0 Board of Health 3@ $ 0 $ 0 Town Agent 1@ $ 0 $ 0

Moved and duly seconded: Motion to appropriate a salary of $1.00 for elected officials serving as special employees. Motion FAILS. 11:10 A.M. Now comes the vote on the main motion. SO VOTED. YES 235 NO 1 11:07 A.M. ARTICLE 16: SCHEDULE A—FY/2009 BUDGET APPROPRIATION MOVED and duly seconded:

That the Town appropriate $67,871,531.95 from the following sources: $64,979,531.95 Tax Levy, $918,543.00 from Water Enterprise Fund, $748,857.00 from Sewer Enterprise Fund, $622,782.00

from Solid Waste Enterprise Fund and $601,818.00 from other financing sources, for the salary and compensation of all elected and appointed officers of the Town, for payment of debt and interest, for

charges, expenses and outlays of the several Town Departments for the ensuing 2009 fiscal year.

Recommendation Recommendation FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2009 of Finance of Finance Actual Revised Request Request Committee Committee (by line item) (by dept.) (by line item) (by dept)

General Government

Town Meeting

Police Off Duty salaries 321.26 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 (64.00) 0.00 0.00

Expense 1,350.08 3,200.00 3,200.00 3,200.00

Total 1,671.34 3,136.00 3,200.00 3,200.00

Moderator

Salary of Moderator 250.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Expense 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Total 250.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

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Office of the Select Board

Board salaries 12,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Professional salaries (Exec. Administrator) 118,809.41 118,809.41 118,809.41 118,809.41

Professional salaries (Administrative Asst) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Professional salaries - Other Salaries 0.00 34,094.44 34,094.00 34,094.00

Clerical salaries 79,044.38 57,827.97 52,633.07 52,633.07

Longevity 1,500.00 1,450.00 1,500.00 1,500.00

0.00 (4,709.95) 0.00 0.00

Expense 16,552.27 25,000.00 31,410.00 31,410.00

Total 227,906.06 232,471.87 238,446.48 238,446.48

Finance Committee

Clerical salaries 9,832.54 7,866.18 7,866.02 7,866.02

0.00 (158.94) 0.00 0.00

Expense 300.00 310.00 310.00 310.00

Total 10,132.54 8,017.24 8,176.02 8,176.02

Town Accountant

Professional salaries (Town Accountant) 77,756.87 77,756.87 77,756.87 77,756.87

Clerical salaries 83,773.21 84,908.22 86,077.12 86,077.12

Longevity 600.00 750.00 1,050.00 1,050.00

0.00 (3,236.94) 0.00 0.00

Expense 905.00 905.00 2,000.00 2,000.00

Total 163,035.08 161,083.15 166,883.99 166,883.99

Town Agent

Salary of Town Agent 1,871.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 (71.60) 0.00 0.00

Expense 1,717.56 3,580.00 3,580.00 3,580.00

Total 3,588.56 3,508.40 3,580.00 3,580.00

Assessors

Board salaries 3,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Professional salaries (Admin. of Assessing) 82,745.52 82,745.52 82,745.52 82,745.52

Professional salaries (Asst. Admin. of Assessing) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Clerical salaries 118,043.93 119,076.63 120,145.32 120,145.32

Longevity 2,250.00 2,400.00 2,550.00 2,550.00

0.00 (4,573.08) 0.00 0.00

Expense 4,848.72 7,900.00 7,900.00 7,900.00

Appraisal services 10,822.00 20,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00

Total 221,710.17 227,549.07 223,340.84 223,340.84

Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer

Prof. salaries (Director of Budget & Finance/Treasurer) 119,244.02 119,244.02 119,244.02 119,244.02

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Clerical salaries 156,411.66 128,795.55 131,025.46 131,025.46

Overtime and Additional Hours 23,883.86 37,219.87 35,000.00 35,000.00

Other Salaries (Floater Clerks) 31,934.93 31,934.93

Longevity 1,350.00 1,800.00 1,500.00 1,500.00

0.00 (9,265.34) 0.00 0.00

Expense 47,946.64 75,210.00 80,210.00 80,210.00

Capital outlay 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Banking services 81,899.85 100,000.00 95,000.00 95,000.00

Tax Title expense 55,762.11 30,000.00 30,000.00 30,000.00

Total 486,498.14 483,004.10 523,914.41 523,914.41

Town Collector

Professional salaries (Town Collector) 80,906.21 80,903.21 80,903.21 80,903.21

Clerical salaries 191,133.86 193,164.01 195,258.98 195,258.98

Longevity 2,100.00 2,250.00 2,250.00 2,250.00

0.00 (6,436.38) 0.00 0.00

Expense 41,086.21 51,128.00 56,966.00 56,966.00

Total 315,226.28 321,008.84 335,378.19 335,378.19

Town Counsel

Professional Salaries (Town Counsel) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Prof/Other Salaries (Municipal Paralegal Specialist) 68,188.64 34,094.43 34,094.44 34,094.44

Clerical salaries 22,847.16 23,531.42 24,234.65 24,234.65

Longevity 300.00 300.00 300.00 300.00

0.00 (5,538.81) 0.00 0.00

Contractual Town Counsel Expenses 341,876.38 259,700.00 340,000.00 340,000.00

Total 433,212.18 312,087.04 398,629.09 398,629.09

Personnel Board

Clerical salaries 927.60 1,306.04 1,268.00 1,268.00

0.00 (29.36) 0.00 0.00

Expense 120.00 200.00 200.00 200.00

Total 1,047.60 1,476.68 1,468.00 1,468.00

Computer Services

Professional salaries (Information Systems Manager) 75,823.90 75,823.90 75,823.90 75,823.90

Computer Technicians salaries 18,858.72 54,854.08 67,679.07 67,679.07

Longevity 300.00 300.00 300.00 300.00

0.00 (7,389.29) 0.00 0.00

Expense 222,648.27 243,087.00 238,087.00 238,087.00

Total 317,630.89 366,675.69 381,889.97 381,889.97

Town Clerk

Professional salaries (Town Clerk) 62,834.38 62,834.38 62,834.38 62,834.38

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Clerical salaries 42,272.68 80,044.09 80,445.90 80,445.90

Longevity 300.00 450.00 450.00 450.00

0.00 (2,987.94) 0.00 0.00

Expense 8,400.00 9,983.01 8,400.00 8,400.00

Total 113,807.06 150,323.54 152,130.28 152,130.28

Election & Registration

Board salaries 2,390.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00

Other salaries 42,830.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 30,000.00

0.00 (742.00) 0.00 0.00

Expense 13,199.49 17,866.98 7,100.00 7,100.00

Total 58,419.49 48,124.98 38,100.00 38,100.00

Conservation Commission

Clerical salaries 42,774.37 39,951.31 41,145.25 41,145.25

Inspector salary (Environmental Affairs Coordinator) 71,460.24 71,460.24 71,460.24 71,460.24

Conservation Officer salary (Inspector) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Longevity 900.00 450.00 600.00 600.00

0.00 (2,318.33) 0.00 0.00

Expense 4,196.26 7,300.00 7,300.00 7,300.00

Total 119,330.87 116,843.22 120,505.49 120,505.49

Planning Board

Board salaries 2,625.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Professional salaries (Planning Director) 76,916.74 76,916.28 76,916.28 76,916.28

Prof/Other salaries (Asst. Planning Director) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Clerical salaries 71,757.84 72,735.80 72,735.80 72,735.80

Other salaries 1,359.79 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00

Longevity 1,800.00 1,800.00 1,800.00 1,800.00

0.00 (3,156.00) 0.00 0.00

Expense 4,908.63 6,466.00 6,466.00 6,466.00

Total 159,368.00 156,762.08 159,918.08 159,918.08

Board of Appeals

Clerical salaries 42,515.13 42,940.24 22,809.89 22,809.89

Longevity 450.00 450.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 (905.74) 0.00 0.00

Expense 2,021.93 3,147.50 3,147.50 3,147.50

Total 44,987.06 45,632.00 25,957.39 25,957.39

Soil Conservation

Clerical salaries 3,407.56 2,903.94 2,903.94 2,903.94

Inspector salaries 3,144.44 2,673.90 2,673.90 2,673.90

0.00 (119.56) 0.00 0.00

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Expense 77.30 400.00 400.00 400.00

Total 6,629.30 5,858.28 5,977.84 5,977.84

Capital Planning Committee

Clerical salaries 916.25 730.74 752.10 752.10

0.00 (14.61) 0.00 0.00

Expense 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Total 916.25 716.13 752.10 752.10

Industrial Development Comm.

Clerical salaries 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Expense 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Total 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Town Hall/Office Buildings

Custodial salaries 125,978.48 130,429.01 118,525.74 118,525.74

Longevity 1,350.00 1,500.00 900.00 900.00

Expense 271,644.65 292,700.00 292,700.00 292,700.00

0.00 (8,329.99) 0.00 0.00

Capital outlay 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Total 398,973.13 416,299.02 412,125.74 412,125.74

SUMMARY-GENERAL GOVERNMENT 3,084,340.00 3,060,577.33 3,200,373.91 3,200,373.91

Public Safety

Police Department

Professional salaries (chief) 127,538.98 127,538.45 127,538.45 127,538.45

Clerical salaries 220,070.17 220,609.06 155,273.48 155,273.48

Police Officer salaries 3,348,696.46 3,357,503.15 3,658,591.41 3,658,591.41

Police Officer holiday pay 48,066.93 55,568.82 53,868.82 53,868.82

Police Officer overtime 229,148.80 250,000.00 250,945.00 250,945.00

Dispatcher salaries 374,750.67 400,614.19 390,198.86 390,198.86

Dispatcher holiday pay 6,993.88 5,768.00 8,800.00 8,800.00

School Crossing Guard salaries 118,216.08 69,602.10 68,880.40 0.00

Dispatcher overtime 36,646.31 37,080.00 37,000.00 37,000.00

Holiday salaries (chief) 5,310.16 5,375.18 5,375.18 5,375.18

IMPACT Patrol 0.00 31,000.00 49,000.00 49,000.00

Longevity 20,250.00 21,600.00 21,300.00 21,300.00

0.00 (102,150.56) 0.00 0.00

Expense 521,354.37 621,935.00 628,820.00 628,820.00

Capital outlay 11,995.00 79,000.00 0.00 0.00

Total 5,069,037.81 5,181,043.39 5,455,591.60 5,386,711.20

Building Department

261

Professional salaries (Dir. Of Inspectional Services) 77,813.74 78,842.67 78,842.67 78,842.67

Clerical salaries 83,038.09 84,323.21 85,643.74 85,643.74

Inspector salaries 133,479.63 143,256.58 145,575.87 145,575.87

Alternate Inspector salaries 28,036.47 31,605.73 31,400.00 31,400.00

Longevity 1,500.00 1,200.00 1,650.00 1,650.00

0.00 (6,900.28) 0.00 0.00

Expense 13,720.88 12,620.00 12,620.00 12,620.00

Total 337,588.81 344,947.91 355,732.28 355,732.28

Sealer of Weights & Measures

Salary of Sealer 2,955.34 2,508.00 2,508.00 2,508.00

0.00 (61.66) 0.00 0.00

Expense 177.75 575.00 575.00 575.00

Total 3,133.09 3,021.34 3,083.00 3,083.00

Emergency Management Agency

0.00 (54.00) 0.00 0.00

Expense 2,699.60 2,700.00 2,700.00 2,700.00

Total 2,699.60 2,646.00 2,700.00 2,700.00

Animal Control

Animal Control Officer salary 55,074.53 55,074.53 55,074.53 55,074.53

Asst.'s Animal Control salaries 22,508.92 0.00 0.00 0.00

Emergency - Animal Control 0.00 0.00 5,000.00 5,000.00

Longevity 300.00 300.00 300.00 300.00

0.00 (1,686.41) 0.00 0.00

Expense 29,716.66 30,550.00 30,200.00 30,200.00

Total 107,600.11 84,238.12 90,574.53 90,574.53

Parking Control

Salary 1,200.00 960.00 960.00 960.00

0.00 (22.20) 0.00 0.00

Expense 0.00 150.00 150.00 150.00

Total 1,200.00 1,087.80 1,110.00 1,110.00

Natural Resources

Professional salaries (Shellfish Officer) 52,722.52 7,842.00 13,180.60 13,180.60

Other salaries 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 (216.84) 0.00 0.00

Expense 8,494.80 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00

Total 61,217.32 10,625.16 16,180.60 16,180.60

Street Lights 114,612.27 97,400.00 135,000.00 135,000.00 135,000.00 135,000.00

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Traffic Lights 23,018.00 16,170.00 24,000.00 24,000.00 24,000.00 24,000.00

SUMMARY-PUBLIC SAFETY 5,720,107.01 5,741,179.72 6,083,972.01 6,015,091.61

Schools

GNB Voc-Tech 1,657,897.00 1,200,000.00 791,283.00 791,283.00

Public Schools 31,404,727.19 31,721,713.00 33,031,574.00 33,031,574.00

School Crossing Guard salaries 0.00 0.00 68,880.40

Bristol County Agricultural High School 9,134.46 12,000.00 12,000.00 12,000.00

Total 33,071,758.65 32,933,713.00 33,834,857.00 33,903,737.40

SUMMARY-SCHOOLS 33,071,758.65 32,933,713.00 33,834,857.00 33,903,737.40

Public Works

DPW-Salaries

Board salaries 750.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Professional salaries (Supt of Public Works) 116,350.51 116,350.41 116,350.41 116,350.41

Professional salaries (Asst Supt of Public Works) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Admin. Clerical salaries 175,928.10 185,071.18 189,219.70 189,219.70

Engineering salaries 284,212.63 336,041.50 350,031.77 350,031.77

Highway salaries 686,405.43 824,694.65 963,466.34 963,466.34

Solid waste salaries 301,564.15 0.00 0.00 0.00

Transfer Station salaries 90,277.80 0.00 0.00 0.00

Solid waste/recycling salaries 107,859.83 0.00 0.00 0.00

Construction Salaries 380,084.80 478,904.40 481,630.72 481,630.72

Longevity 11,850.00 12,300.00 11,400.00 11,400.00

Total 2,155,283.25 1,953,362.14 2,112,098.94 2,112,098.94

DPW-Expense

Admin. Expense 17,184.95 14,959.57 21,450.00 21,450.00

0.00 (6,490.33) 0.00 0.00

Engineering expense 4,698.34 6,349.33 13,392.00 13,392.00

0.00 (7,042.67) 0.00 0.00

Highway expense 295,742.21 338,386.51 395,230.00 395,230.00

0.00 (23,843.49) 0.00 0.00

Solid waste expense 74,596.75 0.00 0.00 0.00

Transfer Station expense 70,770.55 0.00 0.00 0.00

Snow & Ice removal 117,806.29 45,000.00 45,000.00 45,000.00

Solid waste/recycling expense 54,114.76 0.00 0.00 0.00

Construction expense 28,787.10 23,540.98 33,850.00 33,850.00

0.00 (10,309.09) 0.00 0.00

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Total 663,700.95 380,550.81 508,922.00 508,922.00

Highway-Chapter 90 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Total 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

SUMMARY-DPW 2,818,984.20 2,333,912.95 2,621,020.94 2,621,020.94

Health & Sanitation

Board of Health

Board salaries 1,575.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Professional salaries (Public Health Director) 80,762.09 80,762.09 80,762.09 80,762.09

Clerical salaries 69,402.67 71,985.56 72,956.03 72,956.03

Inspector salaries 110,149.34 110,149.06 110,149.06 110,149.06

Other Salaries 691.06 5,706.63 5,540.42 5,540.42

Rabies Control salaries 5,949.36 5,949.36 5,776.08 5,776.08

Longevity 1,500.00 1,650.00 1,950.00 1,950.00

Expense 10,711.80 14,600.00 14,600.00 14,600.00

0.00 (6,226.42) 0.00 0.00

Rabies Control expense 1,337.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 2,500.00

Nursing Services 24,975.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00

Mosquito Control 0.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

Total 307,053.32 302,077.28 309,234.68 309,234.68

Ambulance Contract Service 266,250.00 286,000.00 293,000.00 293,000.00 293,000.00 293,000.00

Youth Commission

Professional salaries (Youth Advocate) 66,393.30 66,393.30 66,393.30 66,393.30

Clerical salaries 6,653.79 6,908.70 6,908.70 6,908.70

Longevity 600.00 600.00 600.00 600.00

0.00 (1,522.40) 0.00 0.00

Expense 2,136.45 2,218.00 2,218.00 2,218.00

Total 75,783.54 74,597.60 76,120.00 76,120.00

SUMMARY-HEALTH & SANITATION 649,086.86 662,674.88 678,354.68 678,354.68

Veterans' Services

Veterans' Services

Professional salaries (Veterans' Agent) 41,281.94 41,281.94 41,281.94 41,281.94

Expense 179.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,500.00

0.00 (2,798.64) 0.00 0.00

Veterans' benefits 115,023.02 204,150.00 194,351.00 194,351.00

Total 156,483.96 244,133.30 237,132.94 237,132.94

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SUMMARY-VETERANS' SERVICES 156,483.96 244,133.30 237,132.94 237,132.94

Libraries

Professional salaries (Library Director) 79,928.10 79,927.85 79,927.85 79,927.85

Professional salaries (other) 218,135.84 195,027.82 201,946.78 201,946.78

Clerical salaries 349,576.59 331,377.65 339,854.08 284,983.94

Custodial salaries 82,920.52 82,920.66 82,920.48 82,920.48

Page salaries 17,011.80 18,597.22 15,261.90 15,261.90

Library Substitutes 28,975.71 16,652.79 23,073.91 23,073.91

Manpower/Additional Hours 0.00 0.00 0.00 54,870.14

Longevity 7,050.00 6,750.00 5,550.00 5,550.00

0.00 (17,557.59) 0.00 0.00

Expense 119,352.00 107,000.00 122,035.00 122,035.00

Expense-books, etc. 132,500.00 57,500.00 127,500.00 127,500.00

Total 1,035,450.56 878,196.40 998,070.00 998,070.00

SUMMARY-LIBRARIES 1,035,450.56 878,196.40 998,070.00 998,070.00

Park & Recreation

Recreation Department

Professional salaries (Recreation Director) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Clerical salaries 5,053.99 5,132.13 5,132.10 5,132.10

Custodial salaries 20,209.75 0.00 0.00 0.00

Seasonal Labor 22,920.10 23,592.80 22,758.40 22,758.40

0.00 (817.51) 0.00 0.00

Expense 12,000.04 12,300.00 6,111.50 6,111.50

total 60,183.88 40,207.42 34,002.00 34,002.00

Park Commission

Professional salaries 60,364.93 60,364.93 60,364.93 60,364.93

Clerical salaries 24,286.02 25,718.13 25,718.13 25,718.13

Seasonal Labor 89,745.33 113,260.44 109,562.97 109,562.97

0.00 (4,502.83) 0.00 0.00

Longevity 0.00 0.00 600.00 600.00

Expense 25,124.48 26,547.00 26,547.00 26,547.00

Capital Outlay 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

total 199,520.76 221,387.67 222,793.03 222,793.03

SUMMARY-PARK & RECREATION 259,704.64 261,595.09 256,795.03 256,795.03

Pensions & Retirement 3,063,349.00 3,237,670.00 3,380,224.00 3,380,224.00

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Pensions & Retirement 3,063,349.00 3,237,670.00 3,380,224.00 3,380,224.00

Unclassified

Council on Aging

Professional salaries (Director of COA) 56,021.28 57,736.18 58,336.11 58,336.11

Clerical salaries 40,130.90 40,131.08 40,131.08 40,131.08

Custodial salaries 35,411.79 36,458.49 37,552.38 37,552.38

Longevity 750.00 900.00 1,050.00 1,050.00

0.00 (3,823.81) 0.00 0.00

Expenses 50,019.39 58,195.60 57,835.60 57,835.60

total 189,214.96 198,241.74 194,905.17 194,905.17

Elderly Nutrition 6,881.60 8,644.20 14,234.00 14,234.00 14,234.00

Group Insurance 3,908,531.26 4,650,860.35 5,114,997.00 5,114,997.00 5,114,997.00 5,114,997.00

Elected Officials Health Insurance 32,304.00 6,380.92 7,968.00 7,968.00 7,968.00 7,968.00

Contract Settlements 0.00 6,853.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Police Medical 0.00 750,000.00 750,000.00 750,000.00 750,000.00 750,000.00

Assessment Reserve 0.00 809,329.00 1,288,772.00 1,288,772.00 1,288,772.00 1,288,772.00

Tuition Reimbursement 1,266.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Buzzards Bay Action Committee 992.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Agricultural Trust Council 315.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Training 2,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Municipal Data Analysis 0.00 7,500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Agricultural Commission 151.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

S.R.P.E.D.D. 4,953.48 4,953.48 4,953.48 4,953.48 4,953.48 4,953.48

War Veterans Graves 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Veterans of Foreign Wars 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Memorial-Veterans Day 501.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

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Medicare & Unemployment Compensation 473,314.89 499,000.00 688,225.00 688,225.00 688,225.00 688,225.00

Other Unemployment Compensation 0.00 25,242.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

School Unemployment Compensation 0.00 264,610.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Historical Commission 410.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

MMA - Dues 4,191.00 4,191.00 4,191.00 4,191.00 4,191.00 4,191.00

Week's Plummer Post 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Town/Finance Reports 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Regional Refuse Management District 128,719.00 150,568.00 144,761.00 144,761.00 144,761.00 144,761.00

Sick Leave Incentive 38,750.00 42,850.00 42,850.00 42,850.00 42,850.00 42,850.00

Reserve Fund 0.00 414,835.49 781,799.59 781,799.59 781,799.59 781,799.59

Rape Crisis Center 1,500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Visiting Dignitaries/Sister City 160.58 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

S/L- Comp Time Buyouts 0.00 10,479.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Utility & Maintenance Reserve 25,000.00 0.00 150,000.00 150,000.00 150,000.00 150,000.00

Manpower Expense 26,639.10 0.00 22,728.00 22,728.00 22,728.00 22,728.00

Town Hall Personnel Reserve (Override 4/1/2008) 0.00 0.00 154,079.33 154,079.33 154,079.33 154,079.33

Employee Retirement & Health Benefits Reserve* 0.00 0.00 53,786.00 53,786.00 53,786.00 53,786.00

*(Override 4/1/2008)

Worker Compensation & Multi-peril Insurance 1,205,000.34 1,225,000.00 1,303,500.00 1,303,500.00 1,303,500.00 1,303,500.00

Communications 108,800.61 110,000.00 110,000.00 110,000.00 110,000.00 110,000.00

SUMMARY - UNCLASSIFIED 6,152,815.61 9,180,894.94 10,831,749.57 10,831,749.57

Maturing Debt

Principal 1,418,388.60 1,499,960.45 1,685,741.68 1,685,741.68

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Principal – School 2,065,975.00 2,206,180.00 2,208,025.00 2,208,025.00

Total 3,484,363.60 3,706,140.45 3,893,766.68 3,893,766.68

Interest On Debt

Interest on principal 485,985.40 505,231.72 490,582.84 490,582.84

Interest on principal – Exclusions 1,478,842.12 1,417,891.50 1,309,524.21 1,309,524.21

Lease payments 31,601.57 5,565.95 9,717.85 9,717.85

Interest on short-term notes & Borrowing Costs 102,534.27 110,000.00 45,390.29 45,390.29

Total 2,098,963.36 2,038,689.17 1,855,215.19 1,855,215.19

SUMMARY-INTEREST AND DEBT 5,583,326.96 5,744,829.62 5,748,981.87 5,748,981.87

GRAND TOTAL 61,595,407.45 64,279,377.23 67,871,531.95 67,871,531.95

MOVED and duly seconded: Motion made to transfer Elderly Nutrition line item of $14,234.00 from Council on Aging budget to Unclassified line item of $14, 234.00 making the amount of the Council on Aging Budget total $184,905.17. UNANIMOUSLY. 11:36 A.M. The Annual Town Meeting recessed for lunch at 11:45 AM. The Annual Town Meeting reconvened at 1:30 P.M. Motion made to correct the total amount of the Council on Aging Budget should be $194, 905.17. UNANIMOUSLY. 1:05 P.M. Now comes the vote on the main motion. UNANIMOUSLY. 2:57 P.M.

ARTICLE 17: FUNDING WATER DEPARTMENT BUDGET – ENTERPRISE

FUND

MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town appropriate $3,397,465.83 pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 40 Sec. 39K and Chapter 44 Sec. 53F ½, Enterprise Fund – Water Department, for the purpose of funding the FY/2009 Water Operating Budget.

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FY2007 Appropriated

FY2008 Appropriated

Estimated Water Expenses

FY2009 Proposed

2,063,466.43 2,213,780.01 Water Division $2,361,389.75

4,831.49 0.00 Capital Outlay 0.00 143,079.00 150,918.00 Administrative Costs $152,175.00 74,912.00 80,322.00 Engineering Costs $84,185.00

364,886.00 408,676.00 Town Overhead $402,479.00 819,705.50 749,055.96 Debt Service (Princ. & Int.) $991,826.08 64,250.00 64,250.00 Debt Service (Int./short

Term)

$44,250.00

3,535,130.42 3,667,001.97 TOTALS $4,036,304.83

FY2007 Actual

FY2008 Estimated Revenues

Estimated Water Revenues

FY2009 Proposed

213,184.00 150,000.00 System Development Charge $75,000.00 112,285.00 50,000.00 Other Departmental Revenue $40,000.00 14,106.00 10,000.00 Interest Earned/Demands $10,000.00 90,983.00 60,000.00 Investment Income $60,000.00 38,920.00 1,000.00 Insurance Recovery $1,000.00

0.00 0.00 Prior Year Refund 0.00

3,163,644.51 3,396,001.97 Water Rate Receipts $3,850,304.83

3,633,122.51 3,667,001.97 TOTALS $4,036,304.83

UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 3:05 P.M. ARTICLE 18: FUNDING SEWER DEPARTMENT BUDGET – ENTERPRISE FUND MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town appropriate $2,827,816.41 pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 40 Sec. 39K and Chapter 44 Sec. 53F½, Enterprise Fund – Sewer Department, for the purpose of funding the FY/2009 Sewer Operating Budget;

FY2007 Appropriated

FY2008 Appropriated

Estimated Sewer Expenses

FY2009 Proposed

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529,385.07 566,708.45 Sewer Division $589,065.77

4,831.49 0.00 Capital Outlay 0.00 1,406,676.24 1,655,257.06 Water Pollution Control $1,761,803.14

9,662.98 0.00 Capital Outlay 0.00 53,369.00 56,359.00 Administrative Costs $56,695.00 62,426.00 66,935.00 Engineering Costs $70,154.00 62,358.00 62,358.00 Engineering Costs – I/I $64,477.00

361,344.00 407,169.00 Town Overhead $427,701.00

250,486.22 347,261.37 Debt Service (Princ. & Int.) $413,947.50

0.00 63,000.00 Debt Service (Interest-Short

Term)

$63,000.00

2,740,539.00 3,225,047.88 TOTALS $3,446,843.41

FY2007

Actual FY2008

Estimated Revenues

Estimated Sewer Revenues

FY2009 Proposed

250,914.00 180,000.00 System Development Charge 50,000.00 83,327.00 100,000.00 Other Departmental Revenue 75,000.00 86,812.00 75,000.00 Infiltration/Inflow 75,000.00 8,605.00 5,000.00 Interest Earned/Demands 5,000.00

39,239.00 21,500.00 Investment Income 30,000.00 0.00 0.00 Sewer Betterments 0.00

0.00 0.00 Surplus 0.00

34,948.00 4,300.00 State Revenue 30,000.00

2,184,429.67 2,839,247.88 Sewer Rate Receipts 3,181,843.41

2,688,274.67 3,225,047.88 TOTALS 3,446,843.41

UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 3:06 P.M.

ARTICLE 19: FUNDING WATERWAYS MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT --

ENTERPRISE FUND MOVED and duly seconded:

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That the Town appropriate $209,129.00 from Waterways Receipts for the purpose of funding the Waterways Management Department for FY/2009.

FY2008 Appropriated

Estimated Waterways Expense

FY2009 Estimated

$124,403.00 Salaries $122,197.00

$62,610.00 Expenses $86,932.00$22,946.00 Town Overhead $20,139.00

$209,959.00 TOTALS $229,268.00

FY2008

Estimated

Revenues

Estimated Revenues

FY2009 Estimated Revenues

$110,000.00 Waterway Usage Fee $122,323.00$38,959.00 Mooring Fees $46,560.00$17,500.00 Licenses & Permits – Boat

Launch

$17,885.00

$3,500.00 Parking Ticket Revenues $2,500.00

$40,000.00 50% Boat Excise Tax $40,000.00

209,959.00 TOTALS $229,268.00

UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 3:07 P.M. ARTICLE 20: FUNDING DARTMOUTH SENIOR SOCIAL DAY PROGRAM MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town appropriate $189,133.47 from Social Day Receipts for the purpose of funding the Dartmouth Senior Social Day Program for FY/2009;

FY2008 Appropriated

Senior Social Day Expenses FY2009 Estimated

$126,791.86 Salaries $127,891.72

$69,252.75 Expenses $74,906.75

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$196,044.61 TOTALS $202,798.47

FY2008

Estimated

Revenues

Estimated Revenues

FY2008 Estimated Revenues

$196,044.61 Various Sources $202,798.47

$196,044.61 TOTALS $202,798.47

UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 3:11 P.M. ARTICLE 21: FUNDING SOLID WASTE ENTERPRISE FUND MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town appropriate $ 987,019.00 pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 44 Section 53½, Enterprise Fund – Solid Waste, for the purpose of funding the FY/2009 Solid Waste Operating Budget;

FY 2008 Appropriated

Estimated Solid Waste Enterprise Expenses

FY2009 Proposed

Salaries $485,175.00 Expense $455,594.00 Capital Outlay $46,250.00 Solid Waste Assessment $144,761.00 Debt Service 74,551.00 Administrative Costs $48,790.00 Highway Division Overhead

83,935.00

Town Overhead $270,745.00

$1,851,378.00 TOTALS $1,609,801.00

UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 3:29 P.M.

ARTICLE 22: ACCEPTANCE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING

COMMITTEE REPORT AND FUNDING FY/2009 CAPITAL PLAN

MOVED and duly seconded:

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That the Town accept the Capital Improvement Planning Committee Report for Capital Needs for FY/2009 and fund by the following: $183,000.00 Tax Levy, $87,500.00 Water Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings, $87,500.00 Sewer Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings and by borrowing the following amounts: $2,417,102.00 General Fund, $48,333.00 Water Enterprise Fund and $183,333.00 Sewer Enterprise Fund;

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Item(s) COST Funding Source Police Department

(2) Police Cruisers $77,500.00 Tax Levy

(1) Unmarked Detective Vehicle $21,000.00 Tax Levy

(14) Police In Vehicle Computer & Data Systems

$42,000.00 Tax Levy

TOTAL $140,500.00 Department of Public Works Highway Division Road Reconstruction – Highland

Ave.

$350,000.00 Borrowing 100% (G.F.) 10 yr. Bond

(1) 34,000 GVW dump truck

w/plow

and slide-in sander

$130,000.00 Borrowing 100% (G.F.) 5 yr. Bond

(1) 17,000 GVW 2½ ton 4X4 dump truck with plow

$65,000 Borrowing 100% (G.F.) 5 yr. Bond

Construction Division

(1) Loader with side dump bucket $145,000 Borrowing (1/3 G.F., 1/3 WEF, 1/3 SEF) 5 yr. Bond

TOTAL $690,000.00

Town Government (3) Standardized replacement

vehicles –General Government

$42,500.00 Tax Levy

Police Department Parking Lot &

Drainage

$70,000.00 Borrowing (10 Yr. Bond)

Energy Efficient Mechanical Systems upgrade at Town Hall

$75,000.00 Borrowing (10 Yr. Bond)

TOTAL $187,500.00

Libraries

Roof Replacement Southworth

Library

$328,768.00 Borrowing (10 YR. Bond)

TOTAL $328,768.00

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KEY: G.F. = General Fund WEF = Water Enterprise Fund SEF = Sewer Enterprise Fund SWEF = Solid Waste Enterprise Fund RE = Retained Earnings

SO VOTED. YES 200 NO 3 3:46 P.M.

ARTICLE 23: FUNDING FOR TCE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENTS MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town appropriate $181,000 for the purposes of replacement of TCE and Asbestos Cement Lined Water Mains, and any incidental and related cost thereto, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Select Board, is authorized to borrow said $181,000 under and pursuant to Massachusetts General Law (MGL), Chapter 44, Sec 7, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefore. UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 3:48 P.M. ARTICLE 24: ACCEPTANCE OF CHAPTER 40 SECTION 58: MUNICIPAL

CHARGES -- LIEN FOR NON PAYMENT OF PAY-AS-YOU-THROW FEES

MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town be authorized to place a lien on real property located within the Town for any overdue Pay-As-You-Throw fees, by including such overdue fees within the “municipal charges liens” imposed pursuant to M.G.L. Ch. 40, § 58. UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 3:59 P.M.

ARTICLE 25: STABILIZATION FUND Moved and duly seconded: That the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from the Tax Levy to the Stabilization Fund. MOVED and duly seconded: To WITHDRAW: UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 4:00 P.M. ARTICLE 26: EXTENSION OF MUNICIPAL SEWER THROUGH BETTERMENT

ASSESSEMENT FOR RUSSELLS MILLS AND TUCKER ROAD NORTH

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MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town appropriate the sum of $235,000.00 by borrowing for the purpose of extending municipal sewer from its present terminus at the intersection of Russells Mills Road and Tucker Road, North to a point adjacent to #705 Tucker Road, including all costs incidental and related thereto, including engineering, design and administration of the project, and further to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Select Board to borrow $235,000.00 pursuant to MGL Chapter 44 Sec. 7 (1), or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town thereon; and further to authorize the assessment of betterments to the abutters of the project in accordance with applicable law. UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 4:02 P.M.

ARTICLE 27: ZONING BY-LAW/NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT—

SECTION 9: ADDITION OF SUB-SECTION 9.115 - BUSINESS

APARTMENTS

MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town amend the Dartmouth Zoning By-Laws by inserting the following new subsection under Section 9 -- Neighborhood Business Districts: 9.115 Business Apartments.

A business apartment is defined as a residential unit available for use by one

family, which is located in a building being used for business purposes such as,

but not limited to, retail, office, recreational, restaurant or limited production

uses.

The purpose of a business apartment is to encourage small businesses and to

provide convenient and affordable housing for individuals connected to the

business. If rented to others, the business apartment could help subsidize

business space to make the business more affordable for starter businesses.

Business apartments can also help reduce commuter traffic if used by employees

of the business.

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A business apartment is allowed if the following conditions are met:

A. There is only one business apartment on a lot used for business

purposes.

B. There are no hazards or significant nuisances created by mixing a residential unit with the other use(s) within the building.

C. The business apartment is provided with two on-site parking

spaces for the exclusive use of the apartment residents which are in addition to any minimum parking spaces required for the business use(s). Signs shall identify the resident parking spaces, and said signs are allowed beyond any limitations under Section 9.308 of the Zoning By-Laws.

D. The business apartment shall be served by Town water and Town sewer

unless the Board of Health approves on-site water and septic systems.

E. The business apartment does not count as one of four maximum uses under Section 9.309.

SO VOTED. YES 199 NO 1 4:07 P.M.

ARTICLE 28: ZONING BY-LAWS/GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT—

SECTION 11: ADDITION OF SUB-SECTION 11.224 -

BUSINESS APARTMENTS

MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town amend the Dartmouth Zoning By-Laws by adding the following new subsection under Section 11 -- General Business Districts: 11.224 Business Apartments

A business apartment is defined as a residential unit available for use by one family, which is located in a building being used for business purposes such as, but not limited to retail, office, recreational, restaurant or limited production uses. The purpose of a business apartment is to encourage small businesses and

to provide convenient and affordable housing for individuals connected to

the business. If rented to others, the business apartment could help

subsidize business space to make the business more affordable for starter

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businesses. Business apartments can also help reduce commuter traffic if

used by employees of the business.

A business apartment is allowed if the following conditions are met:

A. There is only one business apartment on a lot used for business purposes.

B. There are no hazards or significant nuisances created by mixing a

residential unit with the other use(s) within the building. C. The business apartment is provided with two on-site parking spaces for

the exclusive use of the apartment residents which are in addition to any minimum parking spaces required for the business use(s). Signs shall identify the resident parking spaces, and said signs are allowed beyond any limitations under Section 11.502 of the Zoning By-Laws.

F. The apartment shall be served by Town water and Town sewer unless the Board

of Health approves on-site water and septic systems.

G. A business apartment is exempt from the procedures outlined in Section 11.600, except that a parking plan under Section 16 may be required if determined by the Director of Inspectional Services.

SO VOTED. YES 199 NO 1 4:10 P.M. ARTICLE 29: ZONING BY-LAW/GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT—

SECTION 11: ADDITION OF SUB-SECTION 11.225 -

LIMITED PRODUCTION OF GOODS

MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town amend the Dartmouth Zoning By-Laws by inserting the following new subsection under Section 11 -- General Business Districts: 11.225 Limited Production of Goods

The manufacture of goods such as, but not limited to, furniture, pottery,

cabinets or other specialty items which are then sold from the premises.

Mail order sales are also allowed in addition to on-site sales.

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The purpose of this section is to allow intermediate-sized handicraft-type

businesses, which could benefit from greater commercial visibility for the

sale of specialty products manufactured on the premises.

The limited production of goods is allowed if the following conditions are

met:

E. All manufacturing shall take place within a building not to exceed 8,000 square

feet in area. At least 10% of the area of the building shall be devoted to on-site retail sales.

F. The proposed use does not create a nuisance to abutters or in the surrounding

area from hazards such as, but not limited to, fire, explosion, fumes, gas, smoke, odors, obnoxious dust, vapors, offensive noise or vibration, flashes, glare, objectionable effluent or electrical interference, which may impair the normal use and peaceful enjoyment of any property, structure or dwelling in the area.

G. The storage, use, and disposal of hazardous materials shall comply with all local,

State and Federal laws or regulations. H. The proposed use shall be served by Town water and Town sewer.

UNANIMOUSLY VOTED 4:10 P.M.

ARTICLE 30: ZONING BY-LAW/GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT—

SECTION 11: ADDITION OF SUB-SECTION 11.306 - SENIOR

RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town amend the Dartmouth Zoning By-Laws by inserting the following new subsection under Section 11 -- General Business Districts: 11.306 Senior Residential Services

Senior residential services include residential facilities or developments which are occupied primarily by persons 55 years of age and older, excluding their spouses or

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surviving spouses from said age requirement, and which may or may not include residential units occupied by resident staff personnel of any age. Senior residential services as defined in this by-law currently encompass over 55 independent living, nursing homes, assisted living and adult day care facilities and can offer the full range of nursing care from total assistance to independent living. Such residential facilities may provide shared food preparation services, or independent food preparation areas. In addition, common recreational, laundry, social, medical and service facilities may be provided for the exclusive use of residents. The purpose of permitting senior residential services in business zoned areas is to facilitate a mutually beneficial arrangement between residents and businesses by providing convenient access to services for residents and providing a steady customer base for business. In addition, the Town has a significant interest in broadening its housing choices for its aging population.

Senior residential services will be allowed by Special Permit from the Planning Board if the following conditions are met:

A. The maximum number of residential units, beds, or people allowed on a site shall be determined by the Planning Board based on factors including, but not limited to, impact on the neighborhood, affordability for residents, quality of life, and provision for adequate open space, recreational facilities, parking, landscaping, and buffers. The minimum size of residential units shall be at least 300 square feet. Residential units can be located in freestanding single-unit buildings or in multi-unit buildings.

D. The architectural appearance of buildings is primarily residential in character,

particularly providing gabled roofs, an articulated footprint and varied facade. Alternate architectural styles can be considered if appropriate to the site and not out of character with the area.

E. Senior residential services shall be served by Town water and Town sewer. J. Section 16 -- Off-Street Parking Plan Regulations shall apply pursuant to section

11.407 of this By-law, except that if the site plan submitted to the Planning Board meets all off-street parking plan submittal requirements, the site plan approved in the Special Permit process shall be deemed the approved off-street parking plan. Parking spaces shall be provided at the rate of 0.3 (3/10 or three-tenths) per residential unit, plus one for each employee on duty at any given time; except that independent living facilities or developments shall have two parking spaces per residential unit.

K. It must be demonstrated, and the Planning Board must agree, that the

proposal has a positive impact on existing local businesses.

L. Independent living facilities or developments shall be required to create pedestrian and vehicular connections between the residential units and business uses. It is the intent of this condition to integrate residential units with business uses both on- and off-site to promote a mixed use, village environment.

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M. Conversion of independent living facilities or developments subject to this By-

law to general housing shall not be allowed. The Planning Board shall require legal restrictions or employ other means to ensure that such facilities and developments remain as senior residential services.

N. The Planning Board may impose additional restrictions or conditions to maintain

a viable business district, to promote quality development of the area and to promote the general health, safety, and welfare of the community.

O. Once a Special Permit has been granted, the Planning Board may revoke the

Special Permit after holding a public hearing in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 40A, if any condition of the Special Permit has not been adhered to.

Also to amend the first sentence under Section 11.300 to read as follows: “The following uses are allowed only by Special Permit granted by the Board of Appeals except that Section 11.306 shall only require a Special Permit from the Planning Board.” UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 4:11 P.M.

ARTICLE 31: ZONING BY-LAWS/SECTION 34 – LAND-BASED

COMMERCIAL WIND TURBINE BY-LAW

MOVED and duly seconded:

That the Town amend the Dartmouth Zoning By-Laws by adding the following new section:

SECTION 34 – LAND-BASED COMMERCIAL WIND TURBINE BYLAW

34.100 PURPOSE AND INTENT This Bylaw is intended to encourage the appropriate development of wind resources

in the Town of Dartmouth in a manner consistent with preserving the environmental quality of the Town. It is designed to establish the public processes needed to

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identify preferred locations for wind turbines and other devices that convert wind energy to electricity, and create a clear regulatory path that will address specifically wind turbine deployment.

This Bylaw pertains to land-based commercial-size facilities, i.e., turbines with a

rated power greater than 10 kilowatts (10 kW). Section 33 of the Zoning Bylaws pertains to residential-size facilities, i.e., turbines with a rated power less than or equal to 10 kilowatts and wind monitoring or meteorological towers. Although this Bylaw covers all wind energy projects in excess of 10 kW, it is likely that projects in the hundreds or even thousands of kilowatts will be contemplated in the coming years. Large commercial wind turbines are now available with ratings of 3,500 kW (3.5 megawatts or 3.5 MW) or higher.

Although Dartmouth has been the site of wind machines in its past, typically those

were used for water-pumping for agriculture and in salt works. The types of machines now being contemplated and proposed differ from those historic devices in purpose, size, technology, cost and potential environmental impact. Given the Town’s location on the South Coast in a generally favorable wind environment, there needs to be a set of procedures for review and approval of proposed projects so that the potential of the wind can be realized in an expeditious and responsible manner.

Whereas the existing Town Bylaws and the permitting processes do not specifically

prohibit commercial-size wind turbines, the lack of appropriate regulations to govern today’s modern, large wind machines creates uncertainty for those wishing to deploy wind turbines. As renewable energy technology develops, particularly wind power, we see a rapidly changing field as interest grows and serious consideration is being given to wind turbines as a means of generating electricity. This growth exacerbates the disconnect between the existing Bylaws in the Town and the current state of the art.

It is therefore the intent of this Bylaw to provide the Town of Dartmouth with a set

of rules to understand the land use issues regarding wind power and to enable the Town and wind proponents to plan for the installation of modern wind electrical generating equipment. It is the express purpose of this Bylaw to accommodate distributed generation, commercial-size wind energy conversion facilities in appropriate locations, while minimizing any adverse visual, safety or environmental impacts of the facilities. Furthermore, this Bylaw is intended to provide for a permitting process to be followed by anyone wishing to install a commercial-size wind turbine.

The Bylaw enables the review and approval of proposals for wind energy conversion

facilities by the Town’s Special Permit Granting Authority within the framework of the Town’s existing Bylaws. This Bylaw is intended to be used in conjunction with Massachusetts state regulations and other regulations adopted or enacted by the Town and its departments, boards, and committees, including but not limited to historic district regulations, site plan review, and other local Bylaws designed to encourage appropriate land use, environmental protection, and provision of adequate infrastructure development in Dartmouth.

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Clear Area: Area surrounding a wind turbine to be kept free of residences or places of business as determined by the Special Permit Granting Authority. See Section 34.303.B.2. Commercial-size WECF: A wind energy conversion facility (WECF) having a rated electrical power output greater than 10 kilowatts. Distributed Generation: Energy generation that is located at or near the end-user.

Flicker: The effect of moving, periodic shadows cast on a residence or place of business by the rotating blades of a WECF at those times when the sun is shining and is aligned with the WECF and a residence or place of business. HAWT: Horizontal-axis wind turbine.

Hub Height: The height of a HAWT measured vertically from the natural grade at the base of the tower to the centerline of the rotor. Nacelle: The frame and housing at the top of a HAWT tower that encloses the gearbox, generator, and other accessories, and protects them from the weather. Residential-size WECF: A wind energy conversion facility (WECF) having a rated electrical power output less than or equal to 10 kilowatts. (Not covered by this Bylaw; see Bylaw 33.) Rotor: The blades and hub of the wind turbine that rotate during turbine operation. Shadowing: The shadow cast on a residence or place of business by a WECF, whether the WECF is in operation or not. Special Permit Granting Authority (SPGA): The Special Permit Granting Authority (SPGA) for the Town of Dartmouth shall be the Select Board of the Town and shall have the authority to issue Special Permits for wind energy conversion facilities. Technical Research Group (TRG): The group designated in Section 34.801 of this Bylaw with the authority to review applications for Special Permits for wind energy conversion facilities and to make recommendations on such applications to the SPGA. Total Height: The height of a HAWT measured from the natural grade at the base of the tower to the tip of a blade at its highest point, or the maximum height of a vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT). Tower: The structure that supports the turbine, rotor, generator, and accessory equipment. The tower may be a monopole or lattice design, with or without guy wires depending on the height and other factors.

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WECF-Setback: The distance measured at grade from the center of the base of the tower to the nearest property line. Wind energy conversion facility (WECF): All equipment, machinery and structures used in connection with the conversion of wind energy to electricity. This includes, but is not limited to, all transmission, storage, collection and supply equipment, substations, network of cabling, transformers, site-access and service roads, and machinery associated with its use. A wind energy conversion facility may consist of one or more wind turbines. Wind monitoring or meteorological (MET) tower: Tower used for supporting anemometers, wind vanes and other equipment to assess the wind resource at set heights above the ground. (Not covered by this Bylaw; see Bylaw Section 33.) Wind turbine: Any electromechanical device that converts kinetic energy of the wind into rotational energy to turn an electrical generator shaft. Wind turbine facilities usually consist of a horizontal-axis rotor, nacelle and supporting tower (HAWTs). Both HAWTs and VAWTs of commercial size are covered by this Bylaw.

34.300 DISTRICT REGULATIONS

34.301 Use Regulations

All WECF's shall require a Special Permit from the Special Permit Granting Authority, defined as the Select Board. Subsequently, a building permit shall be required for all WECF's in accordance with the Special Permit and the standards of this Bylaw. The construction of any commercial-size WECF shall be permitted in all districts of the Town, provided the proposed use complies with all Dimensional and Special Permit Regulations set forth under Sections 34.300 and 34.400 of this Bylaw (unless waived by the SPGA), and the application conforms to the letter and the spirit of the provisions of this Bylaw.

34.302 Site Control

The applicant shall submit documentation of the legal right to install and use the proposed facility at the time of application for a Special Permit. Documentation should also include proof of control over the clear areas, if required under Section 34.303.B. “Control” shall mean the legal authority to prevent the use of any structure within the clear area for a residence or place of business. If the property is to be leased or subject to an easement, the applicant shall provide a copy of the lease or easement instrument.

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All WECFs shall comply with the requirements set forth in this section, unless those requirements are explicitly waived by the SPGA as part of the Special Permit review process. C. Height

The height of any commercial-size WECF shall be constrained by (i) the

WECF-setback requirement as described in Section 34.303.B.2, which

must accommodate the dimensions of the applicant’s property, and (ii) the

clear area requirement, as stated in Section 34.303.B.3, if applicable. The

SPGA may allow this height to be exceeded as part of the Special Permit

process if the project applicant can demonstrate that the additional height

is needed and that the additional benefits of the higher tower outweigh

any increased adverse impacts. However, in no case shall the tower height

of the WECF exceed 330 ft (100 m). Monopole towers, as opposed to

lattice-type structures, are the preferred type of support for commercial-

size HAWT wind machines.

D. WECF-Setback and Clear Area

1. Each WECF and its associated equipment shall comply

with the building setback provisions of the zoning district in which the facility is located.

2. In order to ensure public safety and to protect the interests

of neighboring property owners, a setback shall be required from the nearest property line to the center of the base of the tower equal to two (2) times the hub height of the WECF. This is the WECF-setback requirement.

3. In the case of a WECF intended to supply electricity to a

commercial, business or institutional facility, the applicant shall be required to maintain a clear area free of all structures containing residences or places of business as determined by the Special Permit Granting Authority. The

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clear area shall comprise the area of a circle centered on the center of the tower and having a radius equal to the total height of the WECF. This is the clear area requirement. The SPGA may reduce the clear area requirement at its discretion, based on site-specific considerations, if the project is otherwise consistent with the Special Permit Granting Regulations.

34.400 SPECIAL PERMIT GRANTING REGULATIONS The SPGA shall only grant a Special Permit for a commercial WECF if it finds that the

proposal complies with the provisions of this bylaw or has explicitly been granted waivers from those provisions. Furthermore, the SPGA may impose additional conditions, as appropriate, to promote the general purposes and intent of this Bylaw and the Zoning Bylaws.

34.401 General

Proposed WECFs shall be consistent with all applicable Town, state and federal requirements, including, but not limited to, all applicable electrical, construction, noise, safety, environmental and communications requirements. The provisions of this bylaw are intended to insure that all proposed WECFs shall not be detrimental to adjacent land uses, and shall not pose a hazard to the general health, safety or welfare of the community.

34.402 Visual Impact

The applicant shall minimize any impact on the visual character of surrounding neighborhoods and the community by painting the WECF a non-reflective color that blends with the surroundings.

34.403 Equipment Shelters

All equipment necessary for monitoring and operation of the WECF should be secured within the wind turbine tower or base. If this is infeasible, ancillary equipment may be located outside the tower or base, provided such equipment is either contained within an underground vault, enclosed within a separate structure, or hidden behind a year-round landscape or vegetated buffer.

34.404 Lighting and Signage

Unless required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), wind turbines shall not be lighted on a continuous basis. Lighting of equipment, structures, and any other facilities on site (except lighting required by the FAA) shall be shielded from abutting properties. The WECF shall be free of all company logos, advertising, and similar promotional markings. Signs on the facility shall be limited to those needed to warn of any danger; and

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educational signs providing information on the technology. All signs shall comply with the requirements of the Town’s sign regulations.

34.405 Noise

The WECF shall conform to Massachusetts noise regulation 310 CMR 7.10. This Bylaw incorporates the Noise Level Policy established by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for implementing this regulation. The policy specifies that the ambient sound level, measured at the property line of the facility or at the nearest inhabited buildings, shall not be increased by more than 10 decibels weighted for the "A" scale or 10 dB(A) due to the sound from the facility during its operating hours.

34.406 Wetlands

WECFs shall be sited in a manner consistent with all applicable local and state wetlands regulations. Wetland buffer areas may be used for the purposes of providing a clear area, if applicable.

34.407 Land Clearing/Open Space/Rare Species

WECFs shall be designed to minimize land clearing and fragmentation of open space areas and shall avoid permanently protected open space when feasible. Wind turbines should be sited to make use of previously developed areas wherever possible. WECFs shall also be sited in a manner that does not have significant negative impacts on rare species in the vicinity (including but not limited to avian species, bats, etc.).

34.408 Stormwater

Stormwater run-off and erosion control shall be managed in a manner consistent with all applicable state and local regulations.

34.409 Shadowing/Flicker

WECFs shall be sited in a manner that does not result in significant shadowing or flicker impacts. The proponent has the burden of demonstrating that this effect will not have significant adverse impact through the use of computer modeling and simulation of the seasonal variations of the shadows and flicker effects.

34.410 Safety Standards

No hazardous materials or waste shall be discharged on the site of any WECF. If any hazardous materials or wastes are to be used on site, the Special Permit shall incorporate provisions for full containment of such materials or waste. An enclosed containment area, designed to contain at least 110 percent of the volume of the hazardous materials or waste stored

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or used on the site may be required to meet this requirement. The WECF shall also be designed to prevent unauthorized access (for example, by construction of a fenced enclosure or locked access, anti-climbing provisions, etc.).

34.411 Use by Telecommunications Carriers

WECFs having a rated power of at least 250 kilowatts and a hub height of at least 165 feet (50 meters) may be used as hosts for telecommunications antennas, subject to applicable regulations governing such uses, and subject to the following requirements: A. All ground-mounted telecommunications equipment shall be located

in either a secured shelter, within the wind turbine tower or otherwise hidden from view year-round either through effective landscaping or existing natural vegetated buffers;

B. Antennas shall be flush-mounted to be in keeping with the design of

the wind turbine tower; and C. All cabling associated with the wireless facilities and equipment shall

be secured within the tower structure or enclosed within a conduit painted to match the turbine mount.

34.412 Underground Utilities

All electrical connections from the WECF, including any associated substations, to either the point of use for the electricity or to the grid shall be made via underground conduits.

34.500 MODIFICATIONS All modifications to a WECF made after issuance of the Special Permit shall require

prior approval by the SPGA. 34.600 MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE

34.601 Monitoring Requirement

After the WECF is operational, the applicant shall submit to the town at annual intervals from the date of issuance of the Special Permit, a report detailing operating data for the facility, including, but not limited to, days of operation, electrical energy production, etc.

34.602 Maintenance Requirement

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structural integrity of the foundation, support structure and security barrier (if applicable), and maintenance of the buffer areas and landscaping, if present.

34.603 Penalties

Failure to comply with the requirements in Sections 34.601 and 34.602 shall result in the assessment of fines or other sanctions as specified in Dartmouth Zoning Bylaw 27.400.

34.700 TERM OF SPECIAL PERMIT A Special Permit issued for the construction or operation of any WECF shall be valid

for twenty (20) years, unless extended or renewed. Upon request, the SPGA may extend the time period or renew the Special Permit if there has been satisfactory operation of the facility.

Any Special Permit issued under this Bylaw shall lapse within one (1) year from the

grant thereof if construction has not sooner commenced except for good cause as determined by the Zoning Enforcement Officer. Upon the lapse of a Special Permit, a new application process must be undertaken before the WECF can proceed.

Upon expiration or termination of the Special Permit, the WECF shall be removed by

the owner. 34.800 APPLICATION PROCEDURES

34.801 Technical Research Group (TRG)

The SPGA shall designate a Technical Research Group (TRG) composed of five (5) members: (1) a Town Engineer (DPW), (2) a member of the Town Planning Board, (3) a member of the Town Zoning Board of Appeals, (4) a member of the Town Alternative Energy Committee, and (5) a member-at-large. In the case of members (2), (3) and (4), each individual shall be appointed by his or her respective Board or Committee. The member-at-large shall be appointed by the Town Select Board. The members shall serve staggered three-year terms and may be reappointed.

34.802 Pre-Application Conference

Prior to the submission of an application for a Special Permit under this regulation, the applicant is strongly encouraged to meet with the TRG at a public meeting to discuss the proposed WECF in general terms and to clarify the filing requirements. The TRG shall meet with an applicant under this provision within twenty-one (21) days following a written request for pre-application conference submitted to the SPGA and the Town Clerk. If the TRG fails to hold the pre-application conference within 21 days of the request and said conference has not been postponed due to mutual agreement, the applicant may proceed with a Special Permit application under this Bylaw without need for a pre-application conference.

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34.803 Pre-Application Filing Requirements

The purpose of the pre-application conference is to inform the TRG as to the general nature of the proposed WECF. As such, no formal filings are required to be presented at the pre-application conference. However, the applicant is encouraged to prepare sufficient preliminary drawings or to present manufacturer’s drawings and specifications to inform the TRG of the location and overall design of the proposed facility, as well as its scale, noise levels, and proximity to abutting residential structures.

34.804 Professional Fees

The Town may retain a technical expert/consultant, pursuant to Mass. G.L. c. 44, s. 53G, to verify information presented by the applicant during the pre-application conference. The cost for such a technical expert/consultant, if needed, will be at the expense of the applicant.

34.805 Application Filing Requirements

The following shall be included with an application for a Special Permit for each WECF:

Name, address, telephone number, and original signature (photo-reproductions of signatures will not be accepted) of applicant and any co-applicants. Co-applicants may include the landowner of the subject property or the operator of the WECF.

If the applicant or co-applicant will be represented by an agent, the name, address and telephone number of the agent shall be provided as well as an original signature authorizing the agent to represent the applicant and/or co-applicant. Photo-reproductions of signatures will not be accepted.

Documentation of the legal right to install and use the proposed WECF and proof of control over the clear area, as required by Sections 34.302 and 34.303.B of this Bylaw. A copy of the recorded deed to the property shall be sufficient for this purpose if the applicant is the record owner of the property.

If the property is to be leased or subject to an easement, the applicant shall provide a copy of the lease or easement instrument.

Identification of the subject property by including the name of the nearest road or roads, and street address, if any;

Assessors map and parcel number of subject property; Zoning district designation for the subject parcel with a separately submitted locus map;

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A one-inch-equals-40-feet vicinity plan, signed and sealed by a licensed Professional Land Surveyor showing the following:

Property lines for the subject property (for residential applicants), and all properties adjacent to the subject property within 300 feet (for non-residential applicants).

Proposed location of WECF, including all turbines, fencing, associated ground equipment, transmission infrastructure and access roads.

For non-residential applicants, the outline of all existing buildings, including their purpose(s) (e.g., residential buildings, garages, accessory structures, etc.) on the subject property and all adjacent properties within 300 feet, and the distances, at grade, from the proposed WECF to each building on the vicinity plan shall be shown.

Existing (before) condition photographs. A color photograph of the current view shall be submitted from at least two locations to show the existing conditions. Proposed (after) condition representations. Each of the existing condition photographs shall have the proposed wind energy conversion facility superimposed on it to accurately simulate the proposed wind energy conversion facility when built and illustrate its total height, width, and breadth.

For WECFs with hub heights of 165 feet (50 m) or greater, sight-line representations must be provided. A sight-line representation shall be drawn from representative locations that show the lowest point of the turbine tower visible from each location. Each sight line shall be depicted in profile, drawn at one-inch-equals-40-feet scale. The profiles shall show all intervening trees and buildings. There shall be at least two sight line representations illustrating the visibility of the facility from surrounding areas such as the closest residence or place of business, or nearby public roads or areas. Specifications for the proposed WECF shall be provided for all equipment and attendant facilities. Materials of the proposed WECF shall be specified by type and specific treatment. This information shall be provided for the wind turbine tower and all other proposed equipment/facilities.

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to establish the required markings and/or lights for the structure. The applicant shall also submit a printout of a computer-generated, point-to-point simulation indicating the horizontal foot-candle levels at grade, both within the property to be developed and 300 feet beyond the property lines. The printout shall indicate the locations and types of luminaires proposed.

The applicant shall provide a statement listing the existing ambient noise levels at the property boundaries of the proposed WECF and the maximum future projected noise levels from the proposed WECF. Such statement shall be certified and signed by a Professional Engineer licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, stating that noise projections are accurate and meet the noise standards of this Bylaw and of Massachusetts noise regulation 310 CMR 7.10 and are acceptable under Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection guidance for noise measurements.

To ensure safe operation of the WECF, the applicant shall provide a statement from the wind turbine manufacturer giving the recommended maintenance procedures and schedule, and a declaration by the applicant to follow said procedures and schedule. The applicant shall provide a detailed business plan for the project, including but not limited to the goals of the project, the stakeholders, and the time-line of anticipated activities. The applicant shall submit a fully inclusive estimate of the costs associated with removal, prepared by a qualified engineer. The amount shall include a Cost of Living Adjustment for removals after 10, 15 and 20 years. The SPGA shall require the applicant to provide a form of surety (i.e., post a bond, letter of credit, establish an escrow account, or other) at the SPGA’s election at the time of construction to cover the costs of the removal in the event the town must remove the facility. The amount of such surety shall be equal to 150 percent of the anticipated cost of compliance with this section.

The SPGA may require additional information and data from the applicant on issues not explicitly covered in this Bylaw should such issues arise in the course of the application review process.

34.806 Adjudication of Special Permit Applications

The TRG shall make a formal recommendation to the SPGA regarding each application for a Special Permit for a WECF. A positive recommendation from the TRG shall require four (4) affirmative votes of the TRG. All matters before the TRG shall be decided by four (4) votes.

An application for a Special Permit for a WECF to the SPGA shall require four (4) affirmative votes of the SPGA for approval. All matters before the SPGA shall be decided by four (4) votes.

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34.900 Abandonment or Discontinuation of Use 34.901 Notification Requirements

At such time that a WECF is scheduled to be abandoned or discontinued, the applicant will notify the Chief Executive Officer of the town by certified U.S. mail of the proposed date of abandonment or discontinuation of operations. In the event that an applicant fails to give such notice, the facility shall be considered abandoned or discontinued if the facility is inoperable for 180 consecutive days. In the case of a multi-turbine facility, the SPGA shall determine in its decision what proportion of the facility would be inoperable for the facility to be considered abandoned.

34.902 Physical Removal

Upon abandonment or discontinuation of use, the owner shall physically remove the WECF within 90 days from the date of abandonment or discontinuation of use. This period may be extended at the request of the owner and at the discretion of the SPGA. “Physically remove” shall include, but not be limited to: A. Removal of the wind turbine and tower, all machinery, equipment,

equipment shelters, security barriers and all appurtenant structures from the subject property,

B. Proper disposal of all solid or hazardous materials and wastes from

the site in accordance with local and state solid waste disposal regulations, and

C. Restoration of the location of the WECF to its natural condition,

except that any landscaping, grading or below-grade foundation may remain in the after-condition.

34.903 Town Remedy for Violations

If the owner fails to remove a WECF in accordance with this section of this Bylaw, the town shall have the authority to enter the subject property, physically remove the facility, and recover the cost from the owner, either directly or from a surety on behalf of the owner.

34.1000 CHANGE OF OWNER

Once a Special Permit for a commercial WECF has been approved, the applicant shall

duly record a copy of the Special Permit with the Bristol County Registry of Deeds. All subsequent deeds to the property shall refer to the Special Permit and incorporate it by reference. All conditions under which the Special Permit was originally granted shall be binding on all successive owners of the property. In the event of a transfer of ownership, the original owner shall notify the Chief Executive

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Officer of the town by certified U.S. mail of the transfer of ownership within thirty (30) days of the transaction.

34.2000 SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS . The provisions of this Bylaw are severable. If any provision of this Bylaw is held

invalid, the other provisions shall not be affected thereby. If the application of this Bylaw or any of its provisions to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the application of this Bylaw and its provisions to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 4:45 P.M.

MOVED and duly seconded: To dissolve Spring Annual Town Meeting. UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 4:45 P.M.

ARTICLE 1STM: BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FY/2008 – WATER ENTERPRISE FUND MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town appropriate $350,000.00 from the Water Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings for the purpose of supplementing the FY 2008 Annual Operating Budget of the Water Division. UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 10:02 A.M. ARTICLE 2STM: BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FY/2008 –SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND Moved and duly seconded: That the Town appropriate a sum of money from the Sewer Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings for the purpose of supplementing the FY 2008 Annual Operating Budget. MOVED and duly seconded: To WITHDRAW: UNANIMOULSY VOTED. 10:02 A.M.

ARTICLE 3 STM BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FY/2008 - SENIOR SOCIAL DAY

PROGRAM MOVED and duly seconded:

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That the Town appropriate $3,000.00 from Senior Social Day Trust Fund to supplement the FY/2008 Dartmouth Senior Social Day Program. UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 10:03 A.M. ARTICLE 4 STM: BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FY/2008 - WATERWAYS ENTERPRISE FUND MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town appropriate $32,200.00 from the Waterways Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings to supplement the FY/2008 Waterways Enterprise Fund Operating Budget. UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. 10:04 A.M. ARTICLE 5 STM: PRIOR YEAR INVOICES Moved and duly seconded: That the Town appropriate a sum of money from Available Revenue, for the purpose of paying any outstanding invoices for the previous fiscal year. MOVED and duly seconded: To WITHDRAW: UNANIMOULSY VOTED. 10:05 A.M. ARTICLE 6 STM: LINE ITEM TRANSFERS/SUPPLEMENT TO

SCHEDULE A –FY/2008 MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town amend the appropriations and various funding sources as voted at the June 5, 2007 Spring Annual Town Meeting under Article 5, Schedule A Town Charges, by transferring between line items within the various categories and budgets, as voted, and further authorize the Town Accountant to make the necessary changes and disbursements to effectuate said changes.

From: Amount To: Amount Assessment Reserve $21,413.00 Reserve Fund $21,413.00 Police Department –School Crossing Guards

$5,810.00

School Department –School Crossing Guards

$5,810.00

School Unemployment Medicare & Unemployment

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Compensation $25,000.00 Compensation $25,000.00

SO VOTED. YES 226 NO 2 10:11 A.M.

ARTICLE 7 STM: AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATION – WATERWAYS

MOVED and duly seconded: That the Town transfer $47,415 from Receipts Reserved for Appropriation – Municipal Waterways Boat Excise Tax to the Waterways Management Enterprise Fund. MOVED and duly seconded: Motion made that the moderator conduct a sense of Town Meeting vote on the appropriateness of transferring money from Reserve Funds with the purpose of a one time Capital Expense to purchase books for the School Departments reading program for children in grades K through 5. UNANIMOUSLY. 10:31 A.M. Now comes the vote on the main motion. UNANIMOUSLY. 10:42 A.M. MOVED and duly seconded: To dissolve Special Town Meeting. UNANIMOUSLY. 10:42 A.M. ATTEST: _________________________________ Lynn M. Medeiros, Town Clerk

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