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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Brd Min_10171990PLANNING BOARD'S (� nn MINUTES oldL C.Q U %= OCTOBER 17, 1990 R «i I1, c PRESENT: Chairman Madan, Clerk McClanahan* 70'�11 OF Ij/1 ISFIELD PLANNERS: Annino *, Caponigro, Flynn, Quinn 90 DEC -7 Pig 4: 09 Shaun P. Burke, Director of Planning and Development 1. Meeting called to order at 7:00 P.M. I`1C IzC f MOTION: For Planner Quinn to Act as Clerk, �'i#85�(�,�i iUSE iE�� s (Flynn- Caponigro) All in favor. PASSES. 2. Discussion with Michael Van Splinter - Mansfield Recycling Park Leaves will continue to be composted. The following will be recycled at the park; High grade paper Newspaper Plastic Glass Steel 7:10 P.M. - Clerk McClanahan entered the meeting. The park is hoped to be running in the Spring of 1991. The anticipated participation rate is lb percent of the community. The Solid Waste Committee is also looking into a redemption center. This project will be done in three phases, the first being composting, second, recycling, third community center. 7:30 P.M. - Planner Annina entered the meeting. MOTION: To instruct the Chairman to draft a letter thanking Mr. Van Splinter for presenting this to the Planning Board and for keeping the Board informed of the Solid Waste Committee's projects, as the Planning Board is by Charter the Clearing House for all Municipal projects. Also, commend the .Committee for their work and offer .the Board's assistance if it may be of any. Copy of this letter to go to the Board of Selectmen, Town Manager, Finance Committee, Local Newspaper. (Quinn- Flynn) All in favor. 'PASSES. NOTION: For Clerk McClanahan to be the second alternate for the Solid !Taste Commitee. (Caponigro- Flynn) All in favor. PASSES. 3. Appointment of a Planning Board Member to the Town Manager Hiring Committee MOTION: For Planner Annino to appointed to the Town Manager selection Committee. (5 -0 -1) Planner Annino abstains. PASSES. 4. Correspondence Chairman Madan handed out a draft letter of reprimand to the Board. Clerk McClanahan stated that he doesn't think the Board can reprimand a Board member by Charter. Planner Flynn stated that it is in the procedural rules of Mansfield. 1 I ,. MOTION: To table until Linda is present so she can defend her actions. (McClanahan- Caponigro) (2 -4) Planner Caponigro and Clerk McClanahan in favor. 'FAILS. MOTION: To send the draft letter to Town Counsel and ask him if the Board has the ability to send a letter of reprimand and if he could review and comment on the verbiage used in the letter. i (Quinn- Flynn) (5 -1) Clerk McClanahan opposed. PASSES. MOTION: To approve the minutes of 8/22/90, 9/5/90, 9/12/90, 9/19/90, and 9/26/90 with the following amendments: that portion regarding litigation in the .September 19, 1990 should state "begin litigation ", and that portion of the September 26, 1990 minutes regarding Piasecki Farm where Smith Street is mentioned Piasecki Drive should be in place of Smith Street. (Flynn - Annino) All in favor. 'PASSES. Memo from the Board of Selectmen regarding Whitesville Pond Special Permit Refund Request from Bonwood Corp. and recommendation from Dan Clifford to release $12,200.00 for the Massapoag Estates subdivision MOTION: To release $12,200.00. (McClanahan- Caponigro) All in favor. PASSES. Request from DCJR RT and recommendation from Dan Clifford to release for the Eastleigh Estates subdivision MOTION: To table for one seek until the bond can be investigated to ensure that the 10 . percent contingency is still in the bond and there is sufficient funds in the bond to ensure completion of the subdivision. (Quinn- Flynn) (4 -2) Chairman Madan and Clerk McClanahan opposed. PASSES. 5. 8 :00 P.M. - Mill Farm - Definitive Plan - Continued Public Hearing 8:00 P.M. -`Mill Farm - Cluster Develooment- Special Permit - Continued Public Hearinq 8:00 P.M. - Mill Street - Scenic Road - Continued Public Hearing Public Discussion Ken Carlson -`228 Mill Street - Grade of Plowshire /Mill Street intersection Mary Burns - 232 Mill Street - Street locations in relation to her driveway Phil Camponeli -.340 Mill Street — Street locations Board Members Annino - Cul -de -sac island planting Planting material of boulevard entrance landscaping Madan - -Open space ownership 8:25 P.M. - Planner Quinn not present. McClananhan - Buffer zone /screening Michel LaCasse, applicant's consultant entered the hearing. Mr. LaCasse submitted a revised E.I.S to the Board and a phasing plan 8:34 P.M. - Planner Quinn returned to the meeting. Public Discussion Steve McCaffrie - 236 Mill Street - Development time table \ 2 Board Members Flynn - Why don't you want a homeowners' assocation for open space? Negative marketing tool Quinn -,You will .need a commitment from the .Board of.:Selectmen or the Conservation Commission as to who will get the open space. Planning Director - The Planning Board could ask the Board of Selectmen / to accept the deed for the open space or ask the Conservation Commission to. The applicant should go to Conservation, and we should send a letter of support The Board took a concensus as to who they would like to have the deed for the open space. Clerk McClanahan - In favor of the Conservation Commission Annino - Private Flynn - Private, but will have to think about it Chairman Madan - Conservation Caponigro — Conservation The applicant requested an extension of the deadlline date for the definitive plan public hearing until January 18, 1990 MOTION: To accept the extension. (Caponigro- McClanahan) All in favor. PASSES. 9:00 P.M. - MOTION: To continue George Fram Estates at the conclusion of the Mill Farm hearings. '(Caponigro- Flynn) All in favor. PASSES. MOTION: To continue the Mill Farm cluster develooment hearing, definitive plan hearing, and Mill Street scenic road hearing on January 9, 1991 at 8:00 P.M. (Caponigro- Flynn) .All in favor. :PASSES. 6. 9.10 P.M. - `George Fram Estates — Continued Public Hearinq ,Request for extension of the deadline date to .November 16, 1990 MOTION: To accept, the request for extension and to continue this hearing on November 7, 1990 at 9:30 P.M. The applicant shall notify abuttors by mail of the ,continued hearing date and time. The applicant should also review the plans with the Engineering Department before coming back to the Board. (McClanahan - Quinn) All in favor. PASSES. 7. 9.30 P.M. - Shamrock Estates - Continued Recission Hearinq Ed Brennan, Attorney for Golden Hill Homes, submitted a letter to the Planning Board stating that within the next thirty days they will lower manholes, install street lights and fire alarm boxes. 'Public Discussion Jim Gould - 7 Donovan Lane - Would like the four remaining lots to be graded down. The Planning Director stated that the fire alarm boxes and the street lights should not only be installed but also energized and suggested that if the \ 3 lights and fire alarm boxes are not installed and energized, and all cast struc- tures are not lowered 'within the thirty days, the Board should rescind ap- proval. MOTION: To continue on November 14, 1990 at 7:45 P.M. (Caponigro- Annino) (5 -1) Planner Quinn opposed. PASSES. �. B. Correspondence Continued Letter from Jay Zola requesting a scenic road hearing for Maple Street Letter to the Planning Board from John Rhind regarding street tree planting for`Massapoag Estates, Matthew Estates, and Austin Farms Letter to John Rhind from the Planning Director regarding street trees Letter from John Delano responding to a sidewalk report done by Dunn Engineering for the Van Koert Farms subdivision Memorandum to the Planning Department from Engineering Department regarding the Van Koert Farms sidewalks Letter from Koppleman & Paige regarding the Van Koert Farms Letter of Credit Clerk McClanahan Left the Meeting 9. Public Discussion Mark Antine, attorney for homeowners of Van Koert Farms, addressed the Board regarding the surveying work conducted by Dunn Engineering and Delano Associates for the sidewalks at Stan Koert Farms.; Attorney Antine stated that the sidewalks are not only too high, but are also not going to be level. It was discussed that the memorandum to the Planning Board from the Engineering Department was not specific enough. MOTION: To write a letter to the Town Manager asking her to instruct \.. the Town Engineer to meet with interested parties--Shaun Burke, 'Planning Director; Mark Antine, Homeowners', attorney, Delano Associates Engineering, and Walmark Corporation - -to answer the questions coming up with the homeowners, the Board, and Walmark. specifically, how he arrived atthe elvations for the sidewalks / it they meet regular engineering standards. and 9 _9 (Quinn-Flynn) 2 -3> Planners Quinn and Flynn in favor. FAILS. MOTION: To request that the developer get the project done as soon as possible following the recommendation given by Bob Swanson in his memo dated October 16, 1990. When work is completed, we will go through the normal inspection procedures. (Caponigro- Annino) (3 -2) Planner Quinn and Flynn opposed. PASSES. Street Trees in the Van Koert Farms subdivision were discussed at this time. The Planning Director walked the site yesterday and found that there are "many places where street trees are supposed to go but cannot be put in. The Planning Director submitted a diagram of street tree placement to the Board. There is only room for 90 out of the 135 recommended street trees. 4 MOTION: The developer shall plant 90 street trees in the Van Koert Farms subdivision as per the Planning Director's diagram and send by of certified mail letters to the homeowners asking for permission to go on their property and if the homeowners want trees on their lots. If the homeowner does not respond to the developer_ within fourteen days after receiving the letter, the developer shall contact the Planning /. Department and inform the Planning Director of same. (Annino- Caponigro) All in favor. PASSES. 10. Correspondence Continued Letter from Paul Folkman to the Planning Director regarding roadway descriptions with attached descriptions fro Clementine Drive, Concetta Drive, Concetta Circle, and Prince Street (Morrow Street Extension II) Copy of a letter from Ed Broderick to John Rhind, Tree Warden, regarding tree planting for Forest Park Memo to the Planning Board from John Rhind, Tree Warden, regarding tree planting for Forest Park Letter to Mill Street Realty Trust regarding the Trowbridge Woods and Van Gemert Estates subdivisions WORKSHOP - Model Subdivision Regulations 100 Friends of Massachusetts Letter Foxboro Public Hearing Notice The Alexander Conservation Award News Release CONFERENCE- Public /Private Partnerships: The Key to Development 11. Around the Table Stearns Hill Estates MOTION: To approve with the following conditions: 1. Definition of level of completion of each phase that must be reached prior to construction of a subsequent phase as follows: a. The entire roadway, see item i below, of each individual phase must be constructed to binder coat of asphalt (bituminous concrete) and in- spected. b. All street drainage shall be complete and functioning with all grates and castings set to grade. c. Street lights shall be installed and operational when the first home in the phase is occupied. d. Fire alarm boxes shall be installed and operational when the first home in phase is occupied. It shall be the developer's or subsequent `owner's responsibility to extend the fire alarm cable to the location of the nearest existing municipal fire alarm circuit. e. Curbing shall be installed. f. Sidewalks shall be installed to finish coat of asphalt (bituminous concrete.) g. Grass strips shall be loamed and seeded. h. Street trees shall be planted. i. The developer's) shall be permitted to leave a buffer of no more than fifty (50') feet of unfinished roadway between phases until the sub - sequent phase is at binder. 2. Completion of all roadways, drainage areas, and other improvements Regulations Governing the Subdivision of b the Rules and 9 required 9 Y Land as defined above shall be accomplished within two (2} years from the release of covenant for each individual phase. 5 3. Total completion of all roadways, drainage areas and ,other improvements required by the Rules and Regulations Governing the Subdivison of land throughout the subdivision shall be accomplished within two (2) years from the date of the release from covenant of the last phase of development. 4. Any and all subsequent purchasers of this development or any phase of this development shall be bound by all the requirements set forth in this approval. 5. Issues related to securing adequate water ,pressure for fire flow purposes shall be resolved to the satisfaction of the Town's Water Commissioners and Engineering Department prior to the construction of any homes in the following phases: M -A, M -B, M -C, M -D, M -E, J -E, J -D. 6. The current and/or subsequent owners shall be allowed twenty -five (25) homes per year each, or a total of no more than fifty (50) homes may be built per year in the entire subdivision; however, the homes per year limit shall be a cumulative total. 7. No certificate of occupancy shall be applied for or issued for any struc- ture having its frontage on a way within the Stearns Hill Estates subdivi- sion until said road is at binder course of asphalt (bituminous concrete). B. A temporary ten (10') foot construction easement to allow for planting of street trees and any sloping or grading that may be required to install sidewalks and/or street trees shall be added to the on the plan. 9. Open space lots- shall be labelled within the twenty(20) day appeal period. 10. Sidewalks shall be to rough grade when binder course of asphalt is ap- plied. 11. All conditions of approval shall be Placed on that portion of the plan to be recorded at the Registry of Deeds. ' (McClanahan- Caponigro) All in favor. PASSES. The Planning Director asked the Board if they would like him to draft a phase by -law. The concensus of the board is to do so. Planner Flynn stated that she would like the Board to stick to the agenda -- time wise, etc. 12. ADJOU 0 P. . 1 ENT 11:3 - �; � -� erk's Signature Date of Approval 6