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MEDFIELDPUBLICLIBRARY,MA 3 1848 00202 0399 C*.tASet*j^u Street Bridae 2003 MEDFIELD Annual Town Report of the Town Offices 2003 ry C-6.tASet*>*.u Street Srt'dae prior "to reco^striAt'tioK CAUSEWAY STREET BRIDGE REPLACEMENT The Department of Public Works started the Causeway Street Bridge Replacement project in the fall of2003. This project was no small undertaking as the existing bridge had to be removed, the Charles River needed to be redirected and new box culverts and headwalls had to be constructed. The weather was also quite a player in this project. During the reconstruction the project was flooded out by a rainfall of over three and three quarter inches and the day the project was completed Medfield had a Nor'easter with snow accumulations ofover thirty inches. The project was completed in December 2003. PHOTOGRAPH Coverphotograph courtesyofRobert Kennedy, Jr. Inside photograph courtesyofHNTB Associates rd 353 Anniversary ANNUAL REPORT Digitized by the Internet Archive 2013 in http://archive.org/details/annualreports2003medf DEDICATION During the winter months we walk out the door, hop in our cars and the streets are clear and passable, even while the snow is still falling, And when the winter season ends, the tons of salt and sand that have been on the roads all winter just seem to disappear. Shouldthepipes freeze, acall to the Town Garagebringswilling assistance frommenwho alternatebetweendiggingthe frozen soil andtryingto keep theirhands warm. A septic system or a storm drain that mustbe located to plan anew addition to thehouse? Trythepatient, helpful folks attownhall. In the spring the plastic traffic cones spring from the roadways like daffodils and the smell ofasphalt hangs heavy in the air as the crews repair the winter ravaged roads and begin the never-ending cycle of road repair and construction. And the signs sprout, warning ofthe impending hydrant flushing program to keep the water fresh and pure. The swim pond is drained and cleaned for an ever new generation of swimmers andthecemeteryis sprucedup so that friends andrelatives canpayrespects to lovedonesunderacanopyoftrees oron ahillsideoverlookingVine Lake. While many are away on summervacation the miles ofsubterranean pipes and drains are inspected and repaired, catch basins cleaned and roads crack filled and stone sealed. Bridges and stonewalls are rebuilt and traffic-ravaged guardrails straightened out. The jungle of roadside brush is tamed once again, and culverts opened up to handle the flush ofsudden summer storms. Bus routes are reviewed to assure safe and dependablepassage for our young and overhanging branches cleared to make way for joggers. And then, the rush is on. Children reappear in great profusion and traffic lines along route 109 lengthen, signaling that fall is upon us. Time to clean the yard and bring those leaves and piles ofbrush to the transfer station to add them to the mountains alreadythere. Howis itthatnext yearthose leaves andbrushwillmake loamto spread on fields and roadsides? And where do all those papers, cans and bottles go. Giggling children tour the wastewater treatment plant and learn firsthand how waste is treated and water purified; more exciting than spending the morning in a classroom reading about it in books. Developers scramble to make water and sewer connections before the roads are closed for winter. Trees, now bare ofleaves are pruned and shaped to betterfacethewinter. It's anever-ending cycle. One thatmost ofus take forgranted, orperhaps, acceptwith annoyance as we wait in traffic for the orange truck, with it's incessant beeping, to back up and drive off, or as we curse the dirty brown water in our glasses from the annual hydrant flushing, or as we stand in anger as the plow pushes more snow into our newly shoveled driveways. But it's a cycle that makes life in our Town bearable during the dog days of summer or the windy, frigid, bitter days of winter and that make life ajoywhenthe treesbeginto leafin spring and the grass greens up alongthe roadsides, or when the clean crisp fall air encourages us to take a leisurely walk on countryroads and flagrantly-colored leaves greetus alongtheway. To those men and women of the Medfield Public Works Department who work to make our lives in Medfield a little more bearable or a little more pleasant, as the case maybe, we extend our appreciation forthe myriad ofthings you do to make Medfield such a wonderful place to live. And if, in the rush ofour daily lives, we forget to say thank you,pleaseknowthatwe appreciatewhat youdo andhowhardyou workonour behalf. 1 MEMORIAM IN Eva Helen Grover ElectionOfficer Cecilia M. "Sis" Haney MedfieldHousingAuthority 1987-1990 Charles Kenny BoardofAppeals 1962-1973 Finance StudyCommittee 2001-2003 RonaldE. Kerr KeeperofLockUp and Constable 1970-2003 SpecialPolice Officer 1970-197 Patrolman 1971-1983 Sergeant 1983-2003 WilliamK. Krawec AssistantBuildingInspector 2002-2003 Thompson S. Lingel Warrant Committee 1987-1994 Public SafetyCommittee 1990-1992 KingsburyPond Committee 1990-1995 BrunoJames Palumbo Development andIndustrial Committee 1963-1964 Architectural Barriers Committee 1983-1998 John C. Willis Waterand SewerBoard 1971-1972 SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES FOR MEDFIELD STATE SenatorInGeneralCourt Governor'sCouncillor Norfolk, Bristol,andPlymouthDistrict 2ndDistrict JoAmi Sprague KellyA. Timilty StateHouseRoom206 StateHouseRoom 184 MA MA Boston, 02133 Boston, 02133 {617)722-1222 (617)727-2795 [email protected] RepresentativeinGeneralCourt 13*NorfolkDistrict, Precinct I &2 LidsHarkins StateHouse Room 343 MA Boston, 02133 (617)722-2883 [email protected] Representative in GeneralCourt & 9thNorfolk Distnct, Precinct 3 4 ScottP. Brown StateHouse Room 237 MA Boston, 02133 (617)722-2396 [email protected] FEDERAL U.S. Representative to Congress, 9thDistrict Stephen F. Lynch Johni. Moakley Federal Courthouse Suite 3110 MA Boston, 02210 (617)428-2000 [email protected] United StatesSenator Edward M. Kennedy 2400J.F.K. Federal*Building MA Boston, 02203 (617)565-3170 [email protected] United StatesSenator John F, Kerry Bowdoin Square, 10thFloor 1 MA Boston, 02114 (617)565-8519 johnJkerry@kerry,senate,gov FACTS ABOUT MEDFIELD Incorporated 1651 Population 12,877 as ofDecember31, 2003 County Norfolk Size 14.43 squaremiles Miles ofHighway 74.72 Elevation 180 feet above sealevel atthe TownHouse Registered Voters 7,691 as ofDecember31, 2003 Democrats 1,478 Republicans 1,516 No PartyorDesignation 4,650 Other 47 Government BoardofSelectmen Annual TownElectionis the lastMondayinMarch OpenTownMeetingis the lastMondayinApril Official Notices All TownBoard andCommissionmeetings areposted on theTownHousebulletinboard TaxRate 15.96perthousand ofassessedvaluation (7/1/02-6/30/03) 12.69perthousandofassessedvaluation(7/1/03-6/30/04) Taxes Due August 1st, November 1st, February 1st, andMay 1st Town HouseHours Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 8:30AMto 4:30PM AM PM Thursday, 8:30 to 7:30 AM PM Friday, 8:30 to 1:00 LibraryHours Monday-Thursday, 10:00 AM to 8:00PM AM PM Friday, Saturday, 10:00 to 5:00 Sunday, Closed Transfer Station Hours Wed Fri Sat April 9to 4 9 to 4 9 to4 July 9to4 9 to 4 9to 4 1 August 9to4 9to4 9 to 4 | November 9 to 4 9 to 4 9 to4 1 All othermonths 9to 4 9to 4 9 to 4 ! ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS 2002-2003 ElectedOfficials HousingAuthority Moderator ScottF. McDermott 2004 RichardD. Jordan 2004 L. PaulGalante, Sr. 2005 Town Clerk ValerieA.Mariani, stateappointment 2006 CarolA. Mayer 2006 LisaDonovan 2007 JamesT. Regan 2008 BoardofSelectmen AnnB. Thompson 2004 TrustFundCommissioners PaulB. Rhuda 2005 StephenT. Pelosi 2004 OsierL. Peterson 2006 Evan S. Weisenfeld 2005 GeorgiaColivas 2006 BoardofAssessors ClaraB. Doub 2004 AppointedbvtheBoard ofSelectmen FrancisW. Perry 2005 BruceJ. Beardsley 2006 FireChief WilliamA. Kingsbury 2004 SchoolCommittee StevenE. Kramer 2004 ChiefofPolice CarolynP. Casey 2004 RichardD. Hurley 2004 SusanC. Cotter 2005 DebraNoschese 2005 Sergeants SusanL. Ruzzo 2006 RonaldE. Ken- 2004 RaymondJ. Wheeler 2004 TrusteesofthePublicLibrary JohnL. Mayer 2004 JamesJ. Whalen 2004 JohnW. Wilhelmi 2004 RayM. Burton 2004 RobertLuttman 2004 GeoffreyC. Tritsch 2005 Patricia S. Fitzgerald 2005 PoliceOfficers MauraY. McNicholas 2006 RichardD. Bishop 2004 JaneM. Ready 2006 DanielJ. Burgess 2004 PatrickJ. Caulfield 2004 PlanningBoard LornaC. Fabbo 2004 ElissaG. Franco 2004 RobertG. Flaherty 2004 GeorgeN. Lester 2005 DanaP. Friend 2004 StephenJ. Browne 2006 ShawnP. Garvey 2004 TimothyP. Sullivan 2007 JohnD. Geary 2004 StephenH. Grover 2004 WrightDickinson 2008 ThomasM. LaPlante 2004 KevinW. Robinson 2004 ParkandRecreation Commissioners RayWheeler 2004 James C. Landry 2004 ThomasA. Caragliano 2005 EricBazigian 2004 KevinMcClay 2004 LisaLouttit 2005 StephenFarrar 2005 TownAdministrator MichaelJ. Sullivan 2004