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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOS MINUTES 10-28-1998Selectmen's Meeting ( Minutes 9t 20 October 28, 1998 - Present: Chairman Madan, Clerk McCarter, Selectmen Robinson atid'Royle John D'Agostino, Town Manager 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM followed by pledge of allegiance. A. Warrant No. 18 - $2,465,002.02 Motion: To approve. ( Royle- Robinson) All in favor. Chairman Madan abstained from all Building Department items; Clerk McCarter abstained from the Municipal Building Committee payroll; and Selectwoman Royle abstained from all Board of Health items. B. Licenses and Permits ➢ 1999 License Renewals Automatic Amusement 2 -99 VFW Post No. 3264 , 88 Chilson Avenue (Coin Operated Pool and /or Billiards and Coin Operated C.D. (Music) Player) 5 -99 Regent Caf6 Inc, 394 -396 North Main Street (Coin Operated Pool and /or Billiards) Motion: To approve the two licenses for the VFW and Regent Cafe. (Robinson - McCarter) All in favor. Passes. Dealer Licenses Chairman Madan abstained from all dealer licenses and excused himself from the meeting room. Class I 3 -99 Old Colony Motors Inc., 66 & 77 West Street Motion: To approve the Class I license for Old Colony Motors Inc. (Robinson McCarter)(2 -0 -1) Selectman Robinson abstained. Passes. Class H 5 -99 Times Past Automobiles, 85 Copeland Drive 16 -99 William C. Madan dba Tri -Town Auto Sales, 30 Winthrop Street Motion: To approve the two Class II licenses for Times Past Automobiles and Tri- Town Auto Sales. ( Royle- Robinson) (2 -0 -1) Selectman Robinson abstained. Passes. Conan 1 -99 5 -99 14 -99 15 -99 18 -99 20 -99 ton Victualler Regent C66 Inc., 394 -96 North Main Street Eric Quan dba Quan's Kitchen, 30 Chauncy Street Fresh Catch Inc., 30 Chauncy Street F & W Inc. dba Dubs's Discount Liquors, 30 Chauncy Street Thomas Bissen dba Stefano's Pizza and Subs VFW Post No. 3264, 88 Chilson Avenue 21 -99 Mansfield Donuts dba Dunkin Donuts, 45 Chauncy Street ( 27 -99 Tang Sz, Inc. dba Cheng Du Restaurant, 249 North Main Street 40 -99 Michael Diette dba Diet at Date], 11 Cabot Boulevard Motion: To approve the common victualler licenses as listed. (Boyle- McCarter) All in favor. Passes. Weekday Music Machine IMM -99 Regent Cafe Inc., 394 -96 North Main Street 2MM -99 Thomas Bissen dba Stefano's Pizza and Subs, 30 Chauncy Street Motion: To approve the weekday music machine licenses for the Regent Cafe and Stefano's Pizza. ( Royle- Robinson) All in favor. Passes. ➢ Minutes of October 14, 1998 Motion: To approve. ( Royle- Robinson) All in favor. Passes. ➢ Correspondence Action: Resident Letter from Daniel T. Oliver, 662 Elm Street, suggesting a new design of the Pratt Street/Route 106 intersection This has been forwarded to Officer Lmvson for his review and comments. Letter from Susan Trombetta, 34 Kerry Drive, requesting a stop sign at the corner of Kerry Drive and Cavan Crossing with attached memorandum from Officer Lawson Motion: To install the stop sign. (Robinson - McCarter) All in favor. Passes. Board and Committee Request from Richard Blandori, Chairman, Recreation Commission, that Town Counsel attend a Recreation Commission meeting to clarify confusion involving the Town Charter Motion: To deny the Recreation Commission Chairman's request to use Town Counsel and send him copies of Town Counsel's opinions that we already have on file. (Boyle- Robinson) All in favor. Passes. Miscellaneous Letter from Herb Scannell, President, Nickelodeon, inviting the Selectmen to participate in The Big Help Program, which connects kids under 14 to their communities through volunteering Motion: To invite a representative in to explain the program. ( Royle- Robinson) All in favor. Passes. Request from Stop & Shop Supermarket for the Selectmen to review refunding a portion ( of their special permit fee paid in January 1998 for a gas station. Stop & Shop requests the Selectmen base the fee on either the total area of disturbance or the square footage of the new structure rather than basing the fee on the size of the entire site. This has been fonparded to Planning Board for review and comments. Other: Resident Letter from Paul O'Hara, Casa Drive, thanking the Selectmen for expanding the "Resident Only" parking at the train station Board and Committee Letter from John Sullivan, Jr., Village Road, stating he will not be seeking reappointment to the Planning Board upon the expiration of his current term on December 31, 1998 Memorandum from Scott Leite, Health Agent, regarding a provisional public health fish consumption advisory for the Rumford River downstream of the former Hatheway & Patterson site, including the Fulton, Kingman, and Cabot Ponds and the Norton Reservoir. Dioxin compounds were detected in water samples and in other media. All persons should refrain from consuming any fish caught in the Rumford River, Fulton Pond, Kingman pond, Cabot Pond, or the Norton Reservoir until such time that fish testing results become available. State and Local Government Letter from LaDonna J. Hatton, Legal Counsel to the Attorney General, stating Great Woods has been named five times in the last six months in "last drink complaints" and that five reports have been generated since 1995, with each report containing four or more instances in the past six months in which a defendant named Great Woods as the licensed establishment where they were served alcohol prior to their violation Miscellaneous Notification from the Mansfield Lodge of Elks No. 2633 that they have scheduled an "Alcohol Intervention Methods" training workshop for Thursday, November 19, at their lodge Selechvoman Royle suggested sending a notice to all liquor license holders encouraging them to attend the training. Letter from James J. Hager, Superintendent, Southeastern Regional Vocational - Technical School, stating collective bargaining will soon commence with the teachers' federation and inviting the Selectmen to send a representative to a meeting on Tuesday, November 17, at 7:00 PM to elect a representative for the member cities and towns during the collective bargaining activities Clerk McCarter may attend. 2. Questions and Comments Chairman Madan made a statement expressing his "dismay and disillusionment over the ( manner in which the Finance Committee presented their respective arguments to the Townspeople" at the October 26, 1998, Special Town Meeting. Chairman Madan's ( statement prompted discussion concerning how different aspects of the Town would function with the failure of certain articles at the Special Town Meeting, such as funding for the purchase of police cruisers, police department salaries /overtime, telephone expenses, and insurance premiums. 3. 8 :15 PM Task Force update with Marianne Kinney Marianne Kinney, MBTA/Amtrak Sound Mitigation Task Force, gave a progress report on the Task Force's efforts to obtain sound mitigation for the residences abutting and affected by noise from the High Speed Rail Project. 4. Town Manager A. Old business Town Manager D'Agostino reported the following: ➢ The citizen participation phase of the train station project will begin on November 10 with a kick -off meeting at Town Hall. A number of evening sessions will be scheduled. The architect will host an open house at their new field office in town at the corner of North Main Street and Mansfield Avenue on November 3. ➢ The Municipal Building Committee Chairman will be updating the Board of Selectmen on the Qualters Middle School project at an upcoming meeting. ( ➢ The industrial park breakfast is scheduled for tomorrow, October 29, with a 7:45 AM registration. Mr. D'Agostino stated that he is disappointed with the number of businesses participating. ➢ Stumps left by the Town have been removed from Nancy Flynn's property on Samoset Avenue and will be replaced by the Town. ➢ The Special Election is scheduled for December 7 to entertain the $7million override question to complete renovations to the Mansfield High School and Qualters Middle School Motion: To place the override question for the voters on a ballot for the election. (Robinson- Royle) All in favor. Passes. ➢ To date, with radar enforcement on Route 106, in a 12.5 hour period, 16 citations and 9 verbal warnings were issued by the Police Department. ➢ Oakland Street railroad signs requested at a previous meeting have been ordered. ➢ The 2020 task force growth meeting at Bridgewater State College on October 24 was very informative and the format was extremely professional. ➢ Mansfield Green will be open for leaf composting the following Sundays: November 8, ( 15, 22, and 29, in addition to the regular schedule. ➢ The Town Hall's sprinkler system is not housed with the omega part, which was the subject of a massive recall. ➢ The Town Engineer is reviewing Traffic Safety Officer Lawson's redesign of the intersection at Vicino Buick Pontiac. B. Selectmen ➢ Selectman Robinson inquired about the status of the sidewalks on Church Street. Town Manager D'Agostino stated he believes the cost to install a second sidewalk would be $150,000. The Town Manager will meet with each homeowner individually to deal with their concerns on an individual basis and will also work with the DPW Director to reach a reasonable compromise. ➢ Selectwoman Royle asked if the Board of Assessors could give the Selectmen an example of what the tax on an office building would be in adjacent towns compared to Mansfield's taxes. ➢ The following motion was made in response to a letter from Time Warner, dated October 23, 1998, taking their offers off the table in relation to the application for a license amendment, and seeking a approval of a memorandum of understanding to realign the channels. Motion: That we ask Time Warner to reconsider their offer in return for two access channels as they originally requested. (Boyle- McCarter) Withdrawn. Chairman Madan asked if ESPN was relocated and if Time Warner is required to notify the Selectmen when they eliminate a channel. Selectwoman Royle inquired about three blank channels in the 60s. Motion: To ask the Town Manager to reopen discussions with Time Warner. (Boyle- McCarter) All in favor. Passes. ➢ Chairman Madan announced if residents missed the annual Halloween parade last Sunday, they would have an opportunity to attend many more upcoming community events —the downtown business association evening shopping event, the Holiday parade and tree lighting ceremony on November 29, the First Night celebration, and the Veterans Day parade. ➢ Clerk McCarter asked if any new employees had been hired for the Electric Department. Mr. D'Agostino responded that the Director is in the process and that he received sixty -seven applications for various positions and anticipates receiving over one hundred by the first week in November. Clerk McCarter also asked if plaques acknowledging the donors for the south common had been installed yet and if an acknowledgement ceremony would be held. 5. New Business A. Town Manager B. Selectmen ➢ Selectman Robinson asked if the Town had responded to a notice for a community policing grant and reminded the Selectmen of the upcoming Selectmen's Association dinner November 12. ➢ Selectwoman Royle suggested the Selectmen invite the Town's Veterans Agent in to their November 4 meeting to explain services available to veterans. ➢ Selectwoman Royle asked if the lakes and ponds grant application packet had been forwarded to appropriate staff for review and congratulated two town employees, Jennifer Davis and John Dobosz, on moving on to new positions fitting their educational background. ➢ Chairman Madan inquired of the procedure the Selectmen would prefer to use for the annual board and committee appointments. A consensus of the Board was in favor of interviewing applicant and appointing the following week. A concern was raised about interview applicants for the same board on different evenings and suggestion made to leave applications at the library. ➢ Clerk McCarter asked if Route 106 would be reconstructed near the church and sidewalks installed on both sides because of the future location of a school on the St. Mary's parish property. ➢ Selectwoman Royle inquired when Route 140 reconstruction would begin by the State and when the State would be relinquishing a portion of Route 140 as stated in previous correspondence. 6. Adjourn to Executive Session 9:40 PM Chairman Madan polled the Board to go into executive session to discuss land values and come out only to adjourn. Selectwoman Royle Aye. Selectman Robinson Aye. Selectman McCarter Aye. Chairman Madan Aye. Cer 's ftnature Date of Approval f