1993-05-04 Board of Selectmen Executive Session Minutes

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Minutes of the Board of Selectmen Meeting Executive Session May 4, 1993 The meeting convened at 7 : 30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room. Present were Vice Chairman George Hines, Secretary Sally Hoyt, Selectmen Bill Burditt and Eugene Nigro, Town Manager Peter I. Hechenbleikner and Town Counsel H Theodore Cohen. On motion by Burditt seconded by Hoyt the Board voted to go into Executive Session for purpose of discussion of real estate nego- tiations, not to come into open session. All four members present voted in the affirmative and the Board went into Execu- tive Session. The Town Manager reviewed a three-page memo outlining possible negotiating positions for Bear Hill. The Board agreed: 1) nego- tiation to be delegated to ;he Town Manager with frequent contact with the Board of Selectmen; 2) their negotiating positions will be as follows: 1) There be not less than 100 units and that the final number be left to the CPDC as part of the PRD review process. 2) The justification for the number of units over and above 100 will also be left up to the plan review process. The Board indicated that protection of addi- tional open space, solving of an existing drainage problems, and creating a useable open space recreation area for the neighborhood at no cost to the Town were significant items in the proposals which might result in a somewhat higher density. 3) A purchase price of $12, 000/unit be established, and a developer would be allowed to deduct from that price the cost of Town required off-site improvements. The maximum amount for off-site improvements under this scenario would be established after discussion with the Planning Director, but is probably in the area of $110,000. 4) The Town and the bidder rely on the U. S. Army Corp ,of Engineers' completion of the clean-up of the site as of January, 1994 . If the developer wants to do a 21E, then the timing for that should be established. There are some pros and cons to doing it early in the process and late in the process. 5) The major dialogue between neighbors and the developers should be through the PRD process. 6) A cap for off-site improvements should be established following review by Town staff as to what a reasonable amount is. Preliminarily, the $110, 000 figure is es- tablished. The Town will reserve the right to do the off-site improvements itself and not have it count as a "deduction" from the purchase price. 7) The exact location design of the open space will be left up to the PRD approval process. The Town wants the open space and recreation area to be owned, developed, and maintained by the bidder and its use scheduled by the Town. The open space needs to be of a meaningful size and should be a large level spot that