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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-09-26 Board of Selectmen Minutes Board of Selectmen Meeting September 26,2011 For ease of archiving, the order that items appear in these minutes reflects the order in which the items appeared on the agenda for that meeting, and are not necessarily the order in which any item was taken up by the Board. The meeting convened at 7:00 p.m. in the Coolidge Middle School Multi-Purpose Room, 89 Birch Meadow Drive, Reading, Massachusetts. Present were Chairman Camille Anthony, Vice Chairman Stephen Goldy, Secretary Ben Tafoya, Selectman James Bonazoli, Town Manager Peter Hechenbleilmer, Assistant Town Manager Bob LeLacheur, Fire Chief Greg Burns, Police Chief James Cormier, Police Executive Officer Richard Robbins, and Town Engineer George Zambouras. Also the following list.of interested parties: From Pulte Homes —John Enedahl, Zac Alexanian, Mark Mastroignai, Reid Blute. From MWRA—Bill Thodine, Kathy Divine, Isidoro Perez, Tom Lindberg, Joyce Barolak, Josephine Catalfamo, Donna Brehaut. Also present were James Lynch, Wesley Dumont, Tom Guerette, Jay Leonard, Mike Rosati, Rob Haas, Arline Mcmulroy, Chris Barrett, Jay Doughty, William and Julie McCarthy, M. Carpenter, Star Ploof, John Bown, Mary Jayne Suchy, Steven Oston, Delia Quinlan, Lisa Palladino, Marianne Downing, Betty Ward, Dick Curtis, Joe Daussio, Brittany Carisella, Paul R. Dorluve, Richard Gately, Paul Scenna, Theresa Petrillo, Eric Bergstrom, Mitch and Edna Willis, Sean Lan, Bob Whelan. Presentation by Pulte Homes Pulte Homes made a presentation on what their schedule of construction will be. They have demolished five buildings and the final six story tower building will be demolished by the end of October. They are under construction of the clubhouse and prepared the pad for building 9. They are working on utilities and will work on and complete the entry way including realignment of South Street at Jacob Way by this fall/winter. Their parameter fence is under construction. Blasting has been required for the utilities. The following questions were raised: ♦ What is the alignment at South and Jacob Way? o What is the relationship of this project with the MWRA project? ♦ Is there adequate sewer capacity for this project? ♦ For the blasting onsite; how were the pre-blast surveys done? ♦ Will building 6 be demolished and how? ♦ Sound barriers were proposed as part of the 128/I93 interchange—when will they be built for this area? ♦ When is South Street going to be repaved? ♦ Wakefield has a one way restriction on Hopkins Street—can we do that on South Street? ♦ To whom do home owners make a.claim to if property is damaged by the blasting? ♦ When did the issue of proposed blasting come up? The resident was at all the meetings and didn't know there was going to be any blasting. s When was the discussion about implosion of the building brought up? Board of Selectmen Minutes—September 26 2011 —page 2 o A resident remembers that there was a commitment that there would be no implosion and blasting was down played. ® How does the Pulte Homes blasting effect the Summit Towers/Summit Terrace construction project? o Who sets up the seismograph before the blasting? o What are the hours of construction? o What is the schedule of completion of this project? Answers were provided to as many of these questions as possible. Presentation by MWRA Tom Lindberg from the MWRA introduced their project. Isodoro Perez outlined the project in detail including the scope of the project, the times during which the construction will take place, the detours and other details. He indicated that the secondary detour would be only one to three days while blasting is being done in the intersection of North and Main Street in Stoneham. The total detour will be in place between 13 and 22 nights. They will be conducting three to four blasts per night. The MWRA will be working from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., Sunday night through Friday morning. They will be updating their website and linking it to the Town's•website. The following questions were asked: o When is the rest of the project going to be done? o How will the interchanged be affected? Will access be retained at all quadrants to Route 128? o Are they going to resurface the road where the trench is constructed? ® How does this affect the public space at the end of Summer Avenue? (this is a sewer pump station,not affected) o Will there be any changes in the water?During this construction project? ® What is the timeframe for the next phase of the project? ® What will the extent of the blasting be? There being no other business, Stephen.Goldy thanked the MWRA, Pulte and the residents for attending. On a motion by Bonazoli seconded by Tafoya the Board voted to adiourn at 8:30 p.m. Respec lly submitted, cretary