NORFOLK, ss. To either Constable in the Town of Norfolk, in said County:

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1 FALL TOWN MEETING WARRANT NORFOLK, ss. To either Constable in the Town of Norfolk, in said County: GREETINGS: You are hereby required in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to notify and warn the inhabitants of Norfolk, qualified to vote in Town affairs residing in Precincts 1, 2, and 3, to meet on Tuesday, the 5 th day of December, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. at the Freeman-Kennedy School, 70 Boardman Street, Norfolk, MA 02056, for a Special Town Meeting, then and there to act on the following articles, viz: ARTICLE 1 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from any available source of funds, a sum of money to be added to departmental budgets and appropriations for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2018; or take any other action relative thereto. ARTICLE 2 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from any available source of funds, a sum of money to pay unpaid bills of a prior year pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44, Section 64; or take any other action relative thereto. ARTICLE 3 To see if the Town will vote to transfer from free cash $532,269 and to transfer from the Water Reserve Fund $123,000, to fund capital and other expense items; or take any other action relative thereto. (Capital Budget) General Fund - $532,269 IT Data Storage / Domain Controller Facilities Replace two boilers at the Library Town Clerk New voting machines Police Department Two Police Cars Fire Department Duty Truck DPW Dump Truck DPW Pick up Truck Elementary School Building Study Water Enterprise Fund - $123,000 Water Service Vehicle Tag Along Trailer

2 ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Free Cash, $250,000 to the Stabilization Fund; or take any other action relative thereto. ARTICLE 5 To see if the Town will appoint any committee, or hear or act on the report of any committee or town officer, or instruct any committee or town officer; or take any other action relative thereto. ARTICLE 6 Submitted by the Town Treasurer To see if the Town will accept the provisions of MGL c. 59, s.57a, as amended by Chapter 218, s.140 of the Acts of 2016, (Municipal Modernization Act) effective November 6, 2016, authorizing payment of real estate or personal property taxes beginning in FY 2018 in an amount not in excess of $100 dollars due and payable in one installment and if unpaid after the day the first installment of the notice of preliminary tax or actual tax bill for the year is due, shall be subject to interest at the same rate and from the same date as any delinquent preliminary or actual tax first installment; or take any other action relative thereto. ARTICLE 7 Submitted by the Town Treasurer To see if the Town will delete the words Chapter 640 of 1985 from Article II, section 4 of the Norfolk General Bylaws and insert in its place the words MGL Chapter 40, Section 57, as amended, to authorize changes contained in The Municipal Modernization Act (Chapter 218 of the Acts of 2016) which eliminates a one year delay for the non-payment of taxes prior to the implementation of enforcement, and to permit the distribution of list of delinquent taxpayers on a periodic basis; or take any other action relative thereto. ARTICLE 8 easements, Castle Road, from Station 0.00 to Station 13.52, as approved by the Board of Selectmen as shown on the acceptance plan dated Sept. 26, 2017 drawn by United Consultants, Inc. of Wrentham, MA and as further described in documents entitled, As- Built Acceptance Plan Castle Road and further to see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate, borrow, or transfer from available funds for damages, fees, and expenses; or take any action relative thereto.

3 ARTICLE 9 easements, Meetinghouse Road, from Station 0.00 to Station 2.36, as approved by the Board of Selectmen as shown on the acceptance plan dated Sept. 26, 2017 drawn by United Consultants, Inc. of Wrentham, MA and as further described in documents entitled, As-Built Acceptance Plan Meetinghouse Road and further to see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate, borrow, or transfer from available funds for damages, fees, and expenses; or take any action relative thereto. ARTICLE 10 easements, Wild Holly Lane, from Station 0.00 to Station 4.84, as approved by the Board of Selectmen as shown on the acceptance plan dated Sept. 26, 2017 drawn by United Consultants, Inc. of Wrentham, MA and as further described in documents entitled, As- Built Acceptance Plan Wild Holly Lane and further to see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate, borrow, or transfer from available funds for damages, fees, and expenses; or take any action relative thereto. ARTICLE 11 Submitted by the Town Clerk To see if the Town will accept the provisions of MGL Chapter 41, Section 1B for the purpose of having the elected Town Clerk become an appointed Town Clerk of the Town; or take any other action relative thereto. ARTICLE 12 Submitted by the Town Clerk To see if the Town will amend the Norfolk General Bylaws by inserting Article III, Section 1.D; All Boards, Committees, and Commissions are required to keep accurate minutes in accordance with the State of Massachusetts Open Meeting Law and file in a timely manner original signed minutes with the Town Clerk to be stored as permanent record; or take any other action relative thereto. ARTICLE 13 Submitted by Citizens Petition To see if the Town will vote to adopt the Stretch Energy Code set forth in the State Building Code at 780 CMR 115.AA (i.e., Appendix 115.AA), including amendments or modifications thereto, and to amend the Town of Norfolk General By-laws by inserting a new Section 11 under Article VII, Land Use and Resource Protection, entitled Stretch Energy Code as set forth below:

4 Section 11. Stretch Energy Code A. Adoption. The Town of Norfolk has adopted the provisions of 780 CMR 115AA (i.e., Appendix 115.AA of the State Building Code or the Stretch Energy Code ), including amendments or modifications thereto. B. Purpose. The purpose of the Stretch Energy Code shall be to provide the Town with a more energy efficient alternative to the base energy code otherwise set forth under the State Building Code. or take any other action relative thereto. ARTICLE 14 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Norfolk General Bylaws by inserting the following bylaw in sequential order; or take any other action relative thereto. CHAPTER Prohibition on Marijuana Establishments In accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 94G, Section 3(a)(2), all types of marijuana establishments, as defined in Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 94G, Section 1 and as may otherwise be defined by Massachusetts law or regulation, to include, without limitation, all marijuana cultivators, marijuana testing facilities, marijuana product manufacturers, marijuana retailers, on-site consumption of marijuana at a marijuana retailer location, any other types of licensed marijuana-related businesses, and the conducting of any such activity for commercial purposes by whichever name used, shall be prohibited within the Town of Norfolk. This prohibition shall not be construed to affect the medical use of marijuana as expressly authorized by the provisions of Chapter 369 of the Acts of 2012 and 105 CMR (as the same may be amended from time to time). ARTICLE 15 To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell a portion of the property at 100 Main Street, Old Town Hall, as approximately shown on the plan by United Consultants, Inc. dated April 29, 2013; or take any other action relative thereto.

5 ARTICLE 16 To see if the Town will vote to petition the General Court to adopt the following legislation which the Legislature may vary in form and substance within the scope of the general public objectives of this petition. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORFOLK TO CONVEY CERTAIN LAND ON PRISCILLA AVENUE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECTION 1. Notwithstanding Section 16 of Chapter 30B of the General Laws, or any other general or special law to the contrary, the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Norfolk is hereby authorized to convey by a release deed to Cheryl LeBlanc, or her assignee, the land located at 66 Priscilla Avenue in the Town of Norfolk, shown as Lots A166 and A167 on Land Court plan 6616-D, being the same premises described in an instrument of taking signed by the Norfolk Collector of Taxes on September 3, 1966 and registered with the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds as Land Court document # The conveyance shall not include the house or the improvements on the land which were unintentionally constructed on the land owned by the Town in approximately 1997 as a result of a surveying error. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. ARTICLE 17 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to grant an easement and to execute and deliver any and all instruments necessary to grant the easement, for purposes of a shared driveway, over land owned by the Town situated at 1 Liberty Lane, Norfolk to Norfolk Community Federal Credit Union, and/or their successors in interest, for access to 18 Union Street, Norfolk, Assessor s Parcel , being shown on a plan filed with the Town of Norfolk Planning Board entitled Alternative Entrance Layout Plan 18 Union Street Norfolk, Massachusetts (Norfolk County) Prepared For Norfolk Community Federal Credit Union 194 Main Street Norfolk, Massachusetts dated April 24, 2017; or take any other action relative thereto.