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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES 97 JUL 23 Pri I?: 30
July 7,1997
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Present: Thomas French, Chairman; John Sullivan, Clerk; Bernie Di9%rQ ;hpitj'� WOM e and
Kenneth Torman. Also present was Shaun P. Burke, Director of Planning and Development.
Meeting called to order at 9:30 p.m.
Correspondence
1. Memo from Lt. Joseph Sarro re: Classic Court Residential Compound fire hydrant
Motion: To grant a temporary waiver for the required hydrant, with the
understanding that only one lot will be sold prior to the installation of the
hydrant.
(Dolan - Torman) 5 -0 PASSES
2. Letter from Hadlock Law Offices re: Release of Covenant - Lot 37 Village Estates II
Motion: To sign the release. (McShane - Sullivan) 5 -0 PASSES
3. Memo from Dan Clifford re: partial release of surety - Cottage Street Extension
Motion: To release $2,902, leaving a balance of $2,710.
(Dolan - Sullivan) 5 -0 PASSES
4. Memo from Dan Clifford re: partial release of surety -Steams Hill Phase III
Motion: To release $28,915.78, leaving a balance of $39,513.81.
(Dolan - Sullivan) 5 -0 PASSES
5. Memo from Dan Clifford re: surety amounts for Steams Hill Phase IV and Sturbridge
Estates
Motion: To set surety for Stearns Hill Estates Phase IV at $149,447.21.
(Dolan - Sullivan) 5 -0 PASSES
Motion: To set surety for Sturbridge Estates at $183,182. and to release the
balance of surety ($64,084.70) presently being for Sturbridge Estates
Phase I.
(Dolan - Sullivan) 5 -0 PASSES
6. Form J Releases
Motion: To sign the Form J releasing Lots 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 of Sturbridge
Estates.
(Dolan - Sullivan) 5 -0 PASSES
Motion: To sign the Form J releasing Lots 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141,
142, 143 and 144 of Stearns Hill Estates.
(Dolan - Sullivan) 5 -0 PASSES
Minutes of July 7, 1997
Mr. French suggested to the Board that they may wish to discuss the upcoming
meeting to take place on Thursday, July 10, 1997 with the Norton and Mansfield
Boards of Selectmen, Planning Boards, and Industrial Development
Commissions. The group agreed and discussion followed.
A variety of suggestions were offered, including the suggestion that Mansfield
would like no development to occur in the Great Woods as it is the largest
remaining contiguous forested area in the region. The suggestion was also raised
to accommodate developa:r�.jP of the Norton land, but to state unequivocally that
no developry t -nt should accur in -the Mansfield portion of the Great 70ods and
that only minimal assistance should be made to Norton to accommodate traffic
created by the development. It was also suggested that the possibility of north and
southbound slip ramps at the intersection of Routes 495 and 140, resulting in a
full diamond interchange, may be preferable to any discussion of other means of
access that would traverse the Great Woods.
Consensus was that the Planning Board should state very clearly on Thursday
night that their desire is not to see the Great Woods in Mansfield developed, but
rather Mansfield's long - standing conservation efforts respected. It was further
decided that, in the absence of any project proponent or site specific proposals, the
focus of the meeting should be on the potential for a joint Mansfield Norton
Strategic Planning Grant Application as intended.
The meeting adjourned at 11:00 p.m.
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Minutes of July 7, 1997
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