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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOS MINUTES 12-3-1986BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING DECEMBER 3, 1986 PRESENT: Chairman McNair; Selectmen D'Onofrio, Mahana, Harrington; Town Manager 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. and the Flag saluted. 2. Minutes of November 19, 1986 * MOTION: To approve the Minutes of November 19, 1986. D'Onofrio /Mahana VOTED: 2 -0 McNair and Harrington abstained 3. Warrants #24 & #25 * MOTION: To approve Warrant #24 in the amount of $1,371,504.17, dated November 25, 1986, broken down as follows: General Fund - $ 837,860.42 School Lunch - 5,057.32 Special Revenue - 14,741.23 Motor Pool - 49.20 Sewer Enterprise - 402,471.62 Water Enterprise - 24,965.30 Electric Enterprise - 86,384.08 Mahana /D'Onofrio VOTED: 4 -0 * MOTION: To approve Warrant #25 in the amount of $598,538.84, dated Decem- ber 3, 1986, broken down as follows: General Fund - $446,595.91 Special Revenue - 9,328.89 Motor Pool - 49.20 Sewer Enterprise - 23,339.43 Water Enterprise - 75,997.69 Electric Enterprise - 43,227.72 Mahana /Harrington VOTED: 4 -0 4. Juror Selection a) Fall River Superior Court, Civil Session, January 5, 1987 - John D. Sullivan, 15 Village Road - Michelle Andres, 35 Otis Street b) Fall River District Court, Criminal Session, January 5, 1987 - Michael L. LaNinfa, 561 N. Main Street - Paula F. Cavalieri, 53 Bella Vista Ave. c) New Bedford Superior Court, Criminal Session, January 5, 1987 - Penelope J. McNair, 218 Pratt Street - Paul L. Jusseaume, 1441 West Street BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING ( DECEMBER 3, 1986 PAGE 2 5. Licenses & Permits * MOTION: To approve the following License Renewal Applications: a) All Alcoholic: Tang -Sz Corp., d /b /a Cheng -Du Restaurant Mansfield Hotel Corp., d /b /a Sheraton Mansfield Inn & Conference Ctr.* Foxfield Hotel Corp., d /b /a Quality Inn of Mansfield* DGP& Sons, Inc., d /b /a Jimmy's Pub b) Wines & Malt: Set Point, Inc., d /b /a Tennis 95 DiMonte's Variety West Mansfield Variety The Store Great Woods, Inc. c) Second Hand Motor Vehicles Class I - Tom Flurkey Chevrolet, Inc. Vickery Motors, Inc. Class II - Patna Webb Auto Dane Street Garage d) Common Victuallers: Willowdale Golf Course, Inc.* Mansfield Airport Taxi -Inn Mister Donut Old Colony Diner Bernie's Ltd. Quality Inn of Mansfield* Council on Aging Cheng -Du Restaurant Regent Cafe, Inc.* Honey Dew Donuts e) Live Entertainment: Weekdays Only: Quality Inn of Mansfield* f) Weekday Music Machine: Regent Cafe, Inc.* g) Automatic Amusement Machine: Regent Cafe, Inc. (1)* h) Lodging House: James & Philomena McLaughlin Ye Old Barn Harrington /D'Onofrio VOTED: 4 -0 *McNair abstained A) Application by Marcia Lori and Paula J. Savill for three taxi licenses under the name of Foxfield Taxi Corp., 15 Creeden Street. Applicants ( had previously applied as new owners of the present Town Taxi. * MOTION: To table for further information, now that the transfer is not going to take place. Harrington /D'Onofrio VOTED: 4 -0 BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING / DECEMBER 3, 1986 PAGE 3 B) Application by George R. Terrill d /b /a Roscoe's Cafe for an All Alcoholic Restaurant License; applicant presently holds a Beer and Wine License, location at 263 N. Main. * MOTION: To schedule a hearing for December 29, 1986. Mahana /D'Onofrio VOTED: 4 -0 C) Application for Parade Permit for Second Annual Santa Claus Parade December 8th, 4:30 P.M. * MOTION: To approve the Parade Permit Application. Mahana /Harrington VOTED: 4 -0 Joanne Couture and Penelope McNair, representatives of the Christmas Decoration Committee were present to announce the sale of pens in many town stores for the benefit of the committee /decorations, $1.00 each. 6. Correspondence a) Letter from Mass. Housing Finance Agency Executive Director re: Village at Mansfield Depot loan commitment. b) Memorandum to Board from Town Engineer re: Merckens Chocolate Co. water/ sewer payment. c) Copy of letter to Joanne Colella, from Chairman of Master Plan Advisory Council re: Attendance at meetings. d) Copy of Memorandum to members of the Master Plan Advisory Council from the Chairman of the Council. e) Copy of Memorandum to Chairman of the Municipal Building Committee from the Town Manager re: Payroll procedures. f) Copy of letter to John Brunelli from DPW Office Manager re: Installation of new meter. g) Letter from Town Manager of Town of Arlington re: State local aid. h) Letter from Army Corps of Engineers re: Progress Inspection December 10th. i) Interim Report No. 51 for inspection conducted November 13th by Army Corps of Engineers. j) Letter to Town Manager from MIIA re: Change of Mansfield's status from probation to a full member status in the MIIA Workers' Compensation Pro- gram. ( - The Town Manager was commended for his effort to straighten out this problem, and it was recommended that a letter of appreciation go to the Safety Committee. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING DECEMBER 3, 1986 PAGE 4 Q Letter from DEQE Water Pollution Control Chief re: WWTP Inspection Octo- ber 29th, which indicated "successful operation ". 1) Letter from New England Telephone re: Public Hearing for pole location on Bird Road - Petition No. 86 -15. * MOTION: To hold the public hearing December 17th. Mahana /D'Onofrio VOTED: 4 -0 m) Letter from Robert E. Gleason, VFW, requesting change of hours for liquor license. * MOTION: To ask Mr. Gleason to meet with the Board, and to seek Chief of Police recommendation. Harrington /D'Onofrio VOTED: 4 -0 n) Copy of "Minutes on the Sub - Committee on 'Expert Advice'" meeting of November 13th. o) Letter from DEQE re: Federal Payment Request No. 43. p) Letter from Mutual of America re: 457 Deferred Compensation Plan. q) Announcement of SRPEDD Open House December 10th, 4 -7 P.M. r) Letter from Council on Aging requesting Waiver of Common Victuallers fee. * MOTION: To approve waiver of the fee. Mahana /D'Onofrio VOTED: 4 -0 s) Copies of Master Plan Advisory Council Minutes of 11/13/86 and 11/19/86. - Selectman Harrington, as the Board's representative on this Council advised that there will be an article in the Mansfield News this week covering information gathered from the questionnaires concerning direc- tion of growth in the town. t) Announcement of "Boston Against Aids" Evening at the Metro December 9th. u) Letter from James J. Hackett, Sellersville, PA re: Community -wide festi- val /charity program. v) Copy of Executive Office of Communities & Development Mass. Small Cities Program Economic Development Set -Aside Program Guide, October 1986. - Town Manager said Town will look into it. w) Memorandum to Water Commissioners from Planning Director re: Bogdanchik property. - Brief discussion followed with the resulting consensus that it would Y BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING ( DECEMBER 3, 1986 PAGE 5 be difficult to acquire enough surrounding land for a well site in the middle of a development, and that the cost now would be quite high; there are other probable sites which could be gotten for less. x) Letter from Secretary Amy Anthony, Executive Office of Communities & Development re: Availability of funds for the CORE FOCUS Program to assist municipalities in developing mixed -use housing and commercial projects. y) Memorandum to the Board from Selectman D'Onofrio re: Aquifer Protection/ Sewer Extension. - This was deferred until Old Business. z) Letter from Mass. DPW Commissioner Robert T. Tierney re: Control of di- icing salt on State Highway section on Central Street, Mansfield. aa) Letter from Field Rating Representative, Donald J. Kingston of ISO Com- mercial Risk Services, Inc. re: Improvements made to Fire Department and fire alarm system which will have a positive impact on the Town's Public Protection Classification which could result in a class change. 7. Public Meeting /Great Woods Performing Arts Center John Drew, Sherman Wolf, George Hertz and other Great Woods, Inc. officials were present; also Clarence Rich, Chairman of the Town of Norton Selectmen and Selectman Fernandes* Mrs. Marie Brooks represented residents of the Big E Mobile Park, many of which were also present. Clarence Rich gave each Selectman a pamphlet prepared by Mrs. Brooks, then went on to explain the prevalent feeling that Great Woods inception was presented as a "cultural center ", but what they got is rock groups. Chairman McNair was also given a petition from residents of the Big E Mobile Park, and one from other.resi- dents of both Norton and Mansfield. *Silvia and Owens The meeting was opened to attendees. John Sullivan, of Mansfield expressed concern with the noise where he lives, one mile from the center, and asked the Mansfield Selectmen to base their approval for next year's license upon some type of objective noise criteria. Another resident raised the question of legality of disturbing the peace. There was discussion on drinking within the Center grounds, tailgate drink- ing in the parking lots, litter thrown over the fences, as well as patrons "relieving" themselves in various areas. The most frequent spoken complaint was noise. One complaint suggested that patrons are bringing in their own booze because of the high price for what is sold within the Center. Another expressed the need for both Great Woods, Inc. and the Town of Mansfield to exercise some discretion for who is invited to perform. He was assured that the Mansfield Selectmen had vetoed five suggested performers this past year. John Drew then addressed the concerns by saying they are all aware of the problems which accompanied their first year and are trying very hard to cor- BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING DECEMBER 3, 1986 PAGE 6 rect and /or alleviate as many as possible; however, it is never possible to make everybody happy. He said they will have a new monitoring system, but in further discussion it became clear that the system will not have an auto- matic cut -off, which those present felt strongly was desirable. John Drew said the sound is a management situation which Great Woods is prepared to handle. Mr. Drew also said the ABCC has said the Great,IWoods system for handling drinking within the Center is laudable. Mr. Drew also presented a 5- minute tape of Channel 4's Joyce Kulhawik's appraisal of the first year, which was complimentary. Mr. Drew reported that they had been aware of the traffic problems, it was a learning situation in the beginning and they did handle it better as the summer went on. Residents who complained about being delayed for long periods of time just to get to their homes, while the park- ing lots were being emptied, is something they will have to address further. They plan to lengthen the fencing along the back between the Center and the Big E Park to help to further cut down on the noise. Mansfield Selectman Harrington said he feels John Drew was very cooperative throughout the entire summer; Selectman D'Onofrio assured everyone that the Board and Great Woods officials are putting into place positive steps to ameliorate problems which all are aware of. John Drew said although the even- ing has not been particularly pleasant, it has been worthwhile, and that he will follow up with a letter to the Board putting in writing their plans for addressing the problems. Chairman McNair thanked everyone for coming. The meeting lasted two hours. .1 8. Public Hearing /Community Development Action Grant Proposal The hearing had been opened and postponed for thirty minutes so that the Great Woods meeting could be completed.- MOTION by Mahana /D'Onofrio VOTED: 4 -0 Rich Callinan, Planning Director, was present along with Phil Corbett. of Keith Properties, Inc.. Rich had given the Board members copies of the infor- mation pertaining to this proposal, which is commonly called the CDAG Pro- gram. It is designed to assist communities in leveraging private investment toward installation of public improvements and is administered by the Execu- tive Office of Communities and Development. Mansfield's application requests funding for installation of a sidewalk on the east side of Oakland Street between Francis Ave. and Swett Street, as well as installation of a storm drain line along Francis Ave. to an existing retention basin to the rear of the Owens- Illinois site. Anticipated cost of the improvement program is $351,500.00. Coordination of the project will be shared by the Planning Department and Engineering Department. * MOTION: To approve the CDAG application for installation of sidewalk and drainage improvements within North Mansfield and authorize the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen to sign and officially submit said application on behalf of the Board, subject to Town Counsel's certification. D'Onofrio /Harrington VOTED: 4 -0 BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING ( DECEMBER 3, 1986 PAGE 7 9. Old Business a) Selectman D'Onofrio expressed his concern, as incorporated in his Memo deferred from Correspondence, for the Board to take decisive action to consider sewer extension as one component in an overall plan of aquifer protection, including alternative funding, private development sources. He proposed that the Board direct the Town Manager to begin a feasibil- ity study. * MOTION: To direct the Town Manager to investigate the feasibility of utilizing private funds as much as possible for sewer exten- sion, and to report back within six weeks. D'Onofrio /Harrington VOTED: 4 -0 b) Selectman Harrington reported that the Accountant position had been narrowed down to two applicants, and he suggested that the Board meet and interview the two Monday, December 8th at 7:30 P.M. This was ap- proved. c) Selectman Harrington then presented a chart he had had prepared listing items the Board of Selectmen have worked on over the past several months: Financial planning Joint Board & Committee meetings /Master Plan update Parking - Downtown and train station Roadway management program Sanitary landfill Sewer expansion Water management - Repairs and maintenance system Current operations Land acquisition d) The Chairman asked the Board's direction for a past -due bill from Geler- man & Cashman for the Selectmen appeal on Tighe Trucking. * MOTION: To refer to the Finance Committee. Mahana /D'Onofrio VOTED: 4 -0 e) The Chairman asked the Clerk to read a requested Motion from the Town Treasurer: * MOTION: That the Board of Selectmen authorize the Treasurer to borrow to the limit of $262,702.00 in anticipation of a Highway Grant Chapter 90 reimbursement, said funds to be used for the West Church Street and High Street bridges. Mahana/D'Onofrio VOTED: 4 -0 BOARD OF SELECTMEN 1 MINUTES OF MEETING DECEMBER 3, 1986 PAGE 8 f) The Town Manager was asked to have investigated a trench on Fruit Street which is hazardous. 10. Executive Session * MOTION: To go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing con- tract negotiations; to come out only to adjourn. POLLED: 4 -0 EXECUTIVE MINUTES TYPED SEPARATELY MINUTES APPROVED: