HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-04-12 Board of Selectmen Minutes Minutes of the Board of Selectmen Meeting
April 12, 1988
Members present were Chairman Eugene Nigro, Vice Chairman Russell
Graham, Secretary Mary Ziegler, Selectmen John Russell , Town
Manager Peter I. Hechenbleikner and the following interested
citizens: Jack Rivers; Bill Brown, Virginia Adams, Barbara Cade,
Robert B. Shor, Attorney for Gary Nixon of Main Street, Gordon
Anderson, Peter Abate, James Mc Teague, Bruce Morang, Herbert
Gent, Mary Bowen, H. R. Haley, T.D. Petranic, Nancy Imbriano,
Neal Driscoll, Anthony Feudo, Susan Nelson, Bernice Herrick, Beth
MacKillop, and Willard Margossian.
On motion by Russell seconded by Ziegler the Board approved 4-0-0
the 3-22-88 minutes with correction.
On motion by Ziegler seconded by Graham the Board approved 4-0-0
the 3-29-88 minutes.
Liason Reports
Eugene Nigro, Russell Graham, Mary Ziegler and John Russell at-
tended the beginning session of the Annual Town Meeting.
Mary Ziegler, Peter Hechenbleikner and Jonathan Edwards met with
DPW Commissioner Jane Garvey.
� - Eugene Nigro attended the Middlesex County Advisory Meeting.
Licenses
On motion by Ziegler seconded by Graham the Board approved 4-0-0
the application for license for the underground storage tank for
the new DPW Facility on Newcrossing Road.
On motion by Russell seconded by Graham the Board approved 4-0-0
the change in managers at Wes Parkers from Mark E. Rutkowski to
Bonnie Jacobs.
Action on DSA Enterprises' application for a limousine license
was postponed for clarification.
Street Acceptances
On motion by Russell seconded by Ziegler the Board voted 4-0-0 to
recommend to Town Meeting the acceptance of Newcrossing Road with
betterments to be assessed in the amount $18,892.20.
On motion by Russell seconded by Ziegler the Board voted 4-0-0 to
recommend to Town Meeting the acceptance of Dean Road with bet-
terments to be assessed in the amount of $9, 000.
On motion by Russell seconded by Graham the Board voted 4-0-0 to
recommend to Town Meeting the acceptance of Buckingham Road with
betterments to be assessed in the amount of $1,000.
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On motion by Russell seconded by Ziegler the Board voted 4-0-0 to
recommend to Town Meeting the acceptance of Sunnyside Avenue with
betterments to be assessed in the amount of $1, 000.
On motion by Russell seconded by Ziegler the Board voted 4-0-0 to
recommend to Town Meeting the acceptance of Sanborn Lane Phases I
& II with betterments to be assessed in the amount of $500. Mr.
Neal Driscoll offered the Board six additional questionnaires
requesting acceptance.
Discussion/Action Items
The Town Manager and Fire Chief presented the Fire Facility's
proposals. On motion by Russell, seconded by Ziegler the Board
recommended Town Meeting approval of Special Town Meeting Article
9 by a vote of 4-0-0.
On motion by Russell seconded by Ziegler, the Board recommended
approval of Article 10 Special Town Meeting by a vote of 4-0-0 .
Regarding Article 11, Special Town Meeting the two parcels for
potential acquisition (the Nixon property to the left of the
Town-owned property, and the Towse Trust property to the rear of
the Town property and fronting on Salem Street) , some of the mem-
bers felt that Town Meeting should be presented with the
preferable acquisition, which would be the Nixon property. This
would provide for a better Fire Station layout and more
flexibility. Other members felt that they were not interested in
acquiring land by eminent domain, and therefore, the Towse Trust
property, which would be a friendly taking, would be preferable.
On motion by Russell seconded by Graham to recommend to Town
Meeting the acquisition of lot 26 - the Nixon property, the vote
was 2-2-0, and the recommendation was not made; but the Board
agreed to convey the feelings of the Board of Selectmen to Town
Meeting with regard to this Article.
The Board discussed Article 21, Annual Town Meeting which would
be the modification to the Wetlands By-Law. Bud Margossian and
John Rivers spoke in favor of the amendment. Joan Nickerson and
Beth MacKillop spoke against the amendment. The discussion cen-
tered around the manner of enforcement of the Wetlands By-Laws.
On motion by Russell , seconded by Ziegler, the Board voted to op-
pose Article 21 by a vote of 4-0-0.
On motion by Russell seconded by Graham the Board voted 4-0-0 to
request the Board of Assessors to abate taxes on Plat 225, Lot
37, owned by Richards. This property was conveyed to the Town.
However, the adjacent Bahr property was not donated.
On motion by Russell, seconded by Graham, the Board authorized
the Chairman to sign the letter to Pat Burns regarding the Town's
membership in the Massachusetts Housing Partnership. Copies of
this letter will be sent to the Community Planning & Development
Commission and to the Housing Authority.
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There was discussion regarding the session with Commissioner Gar
Vey. The Town Manager went through the agenda of that meeting
and brought the Board up to date on all of the details. It was
termed a very positive meeting with followup required on the part
of the Department of Public Works and on the part of the Town.
Russell Graham requested discussion on the Massachusetts Water
Resources Authority with Tony Flethcer. . Specifically of interest
is a possibility of establishing greater oversight powers for the
MWRA Advisory Board.
On motion by Russell seconded by Graham, the meeting was ad-
journed at 11:10 p.m.
Re✓/s1,pe�ctfully submitted,
Secret ry 1