129 Parker Street Project Information

StickyGeneral Information

We are maintaining a project page with materials from involved town committees and other information that pertains to this project.

14-Feb-2014: The 129 Parker Street Ad Hoc Committee  has been focusing their review on the Option 2B Plan and an updated version has been provided by the Developer, Capital Group Properties, which is available for download.    The Committee is currently deliberating its set of recommendations to provide to the Board of Selectmen and Planning Board. Please visit the project page for more details and to download the updated drawing.

Annual Town Meeting Set – May 19th

General Information, Public Meeting Notices

Please be advised that the Maynard Board of Selectmen, acting at their January 28, 2014 Board of Selectmen’s meeting voted four to zero: “To set the date and time of the Annual and Special Town Meetings as 7:00 PM on Monday, May 19, 2014 respectively and to designate the Fowler School Auditorium on Tiger Drive as the location for the Annual and Special Town Meetings”

Citizen’s petitions must be submitted with the question presented at the top of each side of the signature page.  They must be submitted to the Town Clerk’s Office and certified by the Town Clerk in order to be included on the warrant.

The deadline for submission of Citizen Petition Articles for the Annual / Special Town Meeting is 4:00 PM, Friday, April 4, 2014.  (per Maynard Charter, 45 days prior to the Town Meeting).

ARRT Rail Removal Work Notice

General Information

The Town of Maynard contracted Francesco Demolition, Inc. to remove the remaining steel rail within the Town owned Assabet River Rail Trail right of way.

Francesco Demolition, Inc. will be working from January 2014 through March 2014. The schedule for the rail removal will be weather dependent.

If you have any questions or concerns, please call Linda Hansen, Conservation Agent at 987-897-1302.

MFD starting Commercial Property Fire Safety Surveys

General Information, Public Health and Safety Updates

As part of our continuing effort to meet our mission and reduce community risk, the Maynard Fire Department will be starting a new round of pre-fire planning and fire safety surveys in commercial occupancies here in Maynard.

What this involves is firefighters going into commercial occupancies and conducting a comprehensive pre-fire plan. This pre-fire plan will give us information vital to protecting that building and other buildings around it in the event a fire breaks out. The second part is to conduct a fire safety survey on each commercial property in the community. This purpose of this part of the project is to help the building owner or manager keep their property as safe as possible to reduce the risk of a fire occurring and lessening the chance the buildings occupants will be harmed in the event there is a fire.

We have scheduled these pre-plans and safety surveys to occur throughout the year. Each group of firefighters has been assigned specific buildings and a month in which to conduct pre-fire plans and safety surveys. We ask that you cooperate with our firefighters as our ultimate goal is to protect you, your business and its patrons and ultimately the residents and visitors of Maynard. If our firefighters have visited you at a bad time, we ask that you try and reschedule a more convenient time with them before they leave. Certain occupancies in the community are required to have a safety survey conducted more than once a year, specifically churches are required to be surveyed (2) annually and schools (4) times annually. These occupancies may need to have specific times and a date assigned to them to ensure a property representative is available to assist in the survey. This process is not meant to be, and should not be disruptive to your operation.

During this process our firefighters will be requesting certain information from you as the property representative. This request will be for up to date contact information so that in the event we need to contact a building representative after hours, we have the correct information. Part of this information will be a valid email address if you have one. The reason for this is to give us the ability to email you a copy of our inspection report when it is complete. Your insurance carrier may have an interest in seeing this report or the building owner may like a copy if that is not you. This is part of our effort keep costs down by using and storing less paper moving forward.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at your earliest convenience.

Sincerely,

Anthony Stowers
Fire Chief
978-897-1014

Nomination Papers Available

General Information

Nomination papers are now available for the Annual Town Election on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. The last day to obtain papers is Friday, March 14, 2014.

The following offices are open on the Election:

  • 2 Selectmen for a term of three years
  • 1 Moderator for a term of one year
  • 2 School Committee members for a term of three years
  • 1 Trustee of Public Library for a term of three years

45 valid Maynard voter signatures are required.

Nomination papers are at the Town Clerk’s Office, Town Hall, 195 Main Street.

If you have any questions, please call 978-897-130

Michelle Sokolowski
Town Clerk

WWTP Operations Request for Bids

General Information, Legal Notice, RFPs

LEGAL NOTICE
TOWN OF MAYNARD
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
WASTEWATER FACILITY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES

The Town of Maynard has extended the date to receive Sealed Bids at the office of the Department of Public Works, 195 Main Street, Maynard, MA 01754 until Thursday, January 30, 2014, at which time they will be publicly opened and read for Wastewater Facility Operation and Maintenance Services for the period of one year term and can be renegotiated at the end of this term for an additional two (2) one year extensions at the sole option of the Town. Bid forms are required and specifications are available at the Department of Public Works Office M-F 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. There will be a pre-proposal conference scheduled for Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at the Maynard Town Hall, DPW Office, 195 Main Street, Maynard. A site visit will follow. Proposers who previously submitted for the December WWTP RFP need not attend this additional meeting.

The Town of Maynard reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids, wholly or in part and to award a bid deemed in the best interest of the Town of Maynard.

All bids must be properly signed, enclosed in a sealed envelope that and plainly marked on the outside with the name of bid.

Town of Maynard
Board of Selectmen
Department of Public Works
Kevin Sweet, Town Administrator
Chris Okafor, Operations Manager, Department of Public Works

Filing Deadlines from the Assessor’s Office

General Information

The Assessor’s Office wishes to remind taxpayers of the following filing deadlines:

  • The deadline for filing abatements on Real and Personal Property for Fiscal Year 2014 is Monday, February 3, 2014 by 4:00 p.m.
  • Taxpayers that wish to apply for tax exemptions under Clause 17 Widowers/Elderly, Clause 22 Veterans, Clause 37 Blind, and Clause 41 Elderly have until Monday, March 31, 2014 by 4:00 p.m. to file their applications. If you are filing for the first time, it is recommended that you contact the office in advance of the deadline so that all necessary documentation if filed with your application in a timely manner.
  • Charitable organizations are reminded to file their ABC Forms by Monday, March 3, 2014.
  • The deadline for filing the Form of List for Personal Property subject to taxation in the in the Town of Maynard is Monday, March 3, 2014.

All of the above mentioned forms are available at the Assessor’s Office. If you have any questions or need more information please contact the Assessor’s Office.

Overnight Parking Ban

General Information, Public Health and Safety Updates

The Maynard Police Department reminds everyone that from December 1st 2013 to March 15, 2014 there is NO Parking on the street overnight. Time restrictions are from 2:00 am to 6:00 am. The fine for violations is $20.00. If a vehicle is disabled and unable to be moved please call the station. (978-897-1011)

Also, please note that there is no cost for metered parking downtown after 5:00 PM Monday through Saturday. Parking is free Sundays and holidays – and the first 2 hours of metered parking is free from November 29th thru December 31, 2013.