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Citizen petitioner proposes $11.8 million walkway program funded by debt exclusion; board asks for legal and implementation review
Summary
Ralph Tyler proposed Article 56 to create a multi'year funding stream (debt exclusion) to build walkways across town, estimating an itemized cost and suggesting eminent domain as a last'resort; board members asked for legal, capital and easement analyses before endorsing a warrant placement.
On March 11 petitioner Ralph Tyler asked the Select Board to put Article 56 on the warrant: a citizen petition that would create a funding mechanism for a multi'year town walkway program. Tyler framed the request as giving voters the option to pay a modest amount per household to accelerate construction of sidewalks and pedestrian connections across Sudbury.
Tyler presented a back'of'envelope calculation showing a 1 percent increase in the levy would generate roughly $198,000 per year and that an illustrative debt'exclusion scenario could raise about $11.8 million over 10 years. He described the per'household cost as "about 44.9 cents a day" under his example and…
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