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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOS MINUTES 4-21-1982BOARD OF SELECTMEN AGENDA April 21, 1982 1. 7:00 P.M. Meeting Opened for Correspondence Review 2. 7:30 P.M. Meeting Called To Order J. Hall - DPU Report, Rt. 140 DPW Application 3. 7:45 P.M. P. Folkman /J. Colelia - Fairfield Park /Park Court 4. 8:00 P.M. Hearing - N.E. Telephone Pole Extension, Essex St. 5. 8:15 P.M. Whitman & Howard Contracts a) Watershed Management & Well Testing b) Review of Farmers Home Project c) Review of Water Project - Mill Street Well d) Water Quality 6. Clerk's Folder 7. Warrants 8. Correspondence 9. Minutes of April 14, 1982 10. Town Manager's Report 11. Board Reports 12. Adjournment BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING April 21, 1982 PRESENT: Selectmen McNair, Mahana, Levine, May, Town Manager W. Chadwick Maurer, Jr. Selectman Colella arrived at 8 P.M. 7:30 P.M. Meeting called to order. Electric Light Director Hall and Mrs. Lemieux were present to discuss the DPU Annual Report for the Town. Mr. Hall noted that they were 1% over their alloted profit. Base rates will not be raised again this year, but we will have more capital costs. He also handed out a rate survey taken of each system in the area. Mansfield is in a favorable position. The DPU report has to be signed and delivered by April 30, 1982. MOTION: To accept the report to be submitted to the DPU. Mahana/ Levine VOTED: 3 -0. Mr. Hall also had an application for permit to extend power line to Sturdy Medical Center down Rt. 140 (state property). This will give the Town permission to extend the existing line from 140/106 along Rt. 140 approx. 1,000'. Six poles will be replaced. Chairman McNair signed the application. 7:45 PM. Fairfield Park /Park Court - Planning Director Folkman gave the Board copies of two letters submitted by neighbors. He had prepared a cover memo to discuss five points outlined in these letters. He noted that they were here to have the Town Meeting vote enacted so that the private developer can begin demolition of the Fairfield buildings. The first item brought up was the density situation. He noted that originally there were 143 units in the project, this has been lowered to 99 units, which includes 42 Elderly and 57 Private. Housing Authority and Private Developer are satisfied with this plan. Item 2 was on Parking. Mr. Folkman noted that the parking was designed by Everett Associates & DiNisco and that the design they have now is the best one. Parking requirements for elderly units is .5 and for private portion, 1.5. This should be adequate for elderly units. They did not develop any parking to the north of Park Street. All parking will be between Park and East Streets. 8:00 P.M. Public Hearing - New England Telephone Hearing is for pole extension on Essex Street. Two abutters have been notified. No comments from public. * MOTION: Poles to be extended on Essex Street per attached letter from New England Telephone. May / Mahana VOTED: 3 -0 Hearing closed at 8:03 P.M. Fairfield Park /Park Court It was asked where cars would park for function. Mrs. Colella noted that some would park on Park Street. Housing Authority would properly enforce parking regulations. Mr. Folkman noted that they have not worked it out fully yet on parking. Item 3, drainage was discussed. Drainage ditch will be enlarged to accomodate a 25 year storm. They followed CDM's recommendation to install leaching basins that have overflow system. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING April 21, 1982 Page 2 There were suggestions to pipe drainage to Back Bay Brook, put up a chain link fence if it is enlarged for safety purposes. Mr. Folkman mentioned that a fence was never considered. He does not think the ditch would impact any of the homes- along -it. If it did anything, it might help the situation. Selectman Mahana asked if a lot of water would impact any of the leaching fields in the area and come back to the homes. Mr. Folkman did not know. He mentioned that the basins would have to be cleaned periodically and that this would be part of the license agreement, which is the next item. Mr. Folkman noted that he talked to Town Counsel and prepared a draft of an easement to Housing Authority and to Bonwood Corp. That would separate the parking areas. The license agreement will be a legal agreement for various items i.e. snow plowing, lights, liability, maintenance, etc. Everything will be included in the license agreement. He will come back with two weeks with this. Mrs. Colella mentioned that the State has no objections to the Housing Authority maintaining parking area. Last item discussed was Traffic Circulation, number of cars and number of people in the area. There is a one way traffic flow design. Some concerns are rush hour traffic, school. traffic. Mr. Folkman noted that parking design can be modified if one way does not work out. He and Police Chief Earls -have reviewed the design and no parking spaces would be lost if the design was changed. Pahking will run along property line and 5' parking setback is proposed. There will be a chain link fence with landscaping. The neighbors will be able to discuss landscaping when the developer comes in for approval.of the site plan. The deed has been approved by Town Counsel for Board's vote to enact town meeting vote. MOTION: To accept deed and sign it. Levine /May VOTED: 4 -0. Board commended Paul Folkman and Joanne Colella for their work and response to neighbors problems. Red Button thanked Paul for his help but noted that he is afraid that the elderly will be pushed out. Mrs. Colella noted that additional parking north of Park Street would have to be approved by the State and it would be funded by the State. He asked how zoning by -laws could be changed to prevent such density problems in the future. Mr. Folkman replied that a petition to the Planning Board by 10 people with an article on the changes in the by laws would be necessary. Wendy Kay is concerned about adding on extra drainage on North Main Street and if that extra load would impact the drainage ditch. It should not have a great effect on the ditch. She was also concerned about the lack of a buffer zone. Home Owners Association and Housing Authority will be responsible for plowing, etc. Mr. Bachman noted that the railroad right -of -way is lower than the other part of the ditch and that his property is 30" lower than the railroad bed. He feels they will be creating a problem for the Town, safety hazard and health problem. Mr. Folkman and Mr. Seifert, Downtown Advisory Committee spoke about the ( DAC's reception next Monday evening to present letters of commendation to downtown businessmen and discuss block grant issues for downtown businesses. Selectman Mahana noted that GATRA should endorse the parking portion of the program. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING April 21, 1982 Page 3 Whitman & Howard Contracts Present from Whitman & Howard were Arthur Stockus, Ed Kent, Jay Bridges to discuss various projects in Town. Watershed Management & Well Testing was the first item discussed. Well testing has been done in West and East Mansfield and additional testing will be done soon. Mr. Kent handed out copies of preliminary report on groundwater resources study of the Town. Mr. Kent had seven maps to present to the Board. They included location of present well sites, water tables, type of soil, saturated thickness, and water quality hazards. After Mr. Kent's presentation, he recommended that the Town proceed with by -laws for aquifer protection plan. Selectman Mahana asked about a county water district and if other local towns were involved in the same process as Mansfield. He suggested taking it under consideration. We should meet with other towns that share the same aquifers. Jay Bridges next showed the Board where they have been testing for potential well sites. It was asked what the procedure was for testing wells. They have to go through the Town to get permission to test an area. It usually takes five to ten days to determine if a site is good. Selectman Mahana noted that there should be an agreement on the purchase price of any site for water. It was mentioned that there is one site across from other wells near Wading River and we should follow Norman's recommendation on this one. This may be an alternative to the Ash property. Mr. Stockus spoke about the Farmers Home project and passed out a summary of contracts for FHA. Willow, Fruit and Short Street projects have overrun due to line item changes in the contract. Location of water mains was a problem also. He noted that they received a request from a contractor to change two culverts on Willow Street. One is to be lowered to divert stream in Cabot Pond. There will be no cost to the Town to do this work. This will have to go back to the Conservation Commission for approval MOTION: To approve revised lowering of culvert 1 - 2' as proposed by Allen Willis subject to no cost and his letter, and, also to move second culvert 8 - 10 ". Mahana /May VOTED: 4 -0. Selectman May asked about Oakland Street project. There is not enough money in the budget to do the whole project, but Whitman & Howard will scale down the work. They will be applying for grants to improve the system. Clerk's Folder Application for arcade license, 242 Chauncy Street. 50 games, Robert Tartufo. Hearing date set for 5/5/82 7:30 P.M. Mahana /May VOTED: 4 -0. Application for arcade license, Old Colony Diner, Arlene McIntosh, 25 games. Hearing date set for 5/5/82, 8:30 P.M. Mahana /May VOTED: 4 -0. Warrants #63 - $412,746.34, Town & School Expenses Mahana /May VOTED: 3 -0 Levine abstained. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING April 21, 1982 Page 4 Teachers payroll was in late, Board will have to sign it tomorrow. Jurors New Bedford Criminal Court, 5/5/82 Bruce J. Rubin, 91 Branch Street Edward Rosenberg, 796 Ware Street Correspondence Zoning Board of Appeals decisions and letter requesting Town Counsel's assistance. Invitation from Council On Aging for Appreciation Day, 5/2/82. Reports from Police Chief re: radar use, liquor disturbance calls Letter from Board of Health re: special dump permits will now be issued by them. Town Manager mentioned that they are responsible for setting regulations for landfill and his office enforces their regulations. Selectmen are responsible for the use and this responsibility should stay ( in the Town Manager's office. * MOTION: To leave status of landfill the way it is. Levine /May VOTED: 4 -0. Letter from EOEA re: invoices for the wastewater treatment plant. Conservation Commission invitation to Conservation Fair 5/15/82 and request for common victualler's license for one day with fee waived. * MOTION: To grant one day common victualler's license for Con- servation Fair and waive fee. Mahana /May VOTED: 4 -0. Letter from George Shahabian, 18 -24 South Main St., re: opposition to Alva's Place beer & wine license. Also a letter from Clara Hardie, 14 Webb Place re: opposed to Alva's beer & wine application. Letter from EOEA re: hazardous waste in region 4 and new regulations. Give to Health Agent. Notice from Army Corps of Engineers re: inspection of WWTP. Notice from Bristol County Commissioners re: conflict of interest seminar. ( Letter from Paul Folkman re: Fairfield Park /Park Court. Notice from ABCC re: hearing on 5/4/82, 3 P.M. on Lakonia, Inc. appeal. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING April 21, 1982 Page 5 Minutes of April 14, 1982 Put on hold until next week. Selectman Levine had one correction, page 6 before Board Reports, should read Selectman Levine left meeting. Town Manager's Report Leo Fletcher met with Joan Cutillo on computer needs for her department. He will be getting back to the Town Manager. Regarding inventory of surplus equipment, Red Button will supply this to the Town Manager. Town Manager noted that a meeting was held with Hercules Powder repre- sentatives. They want to see more hard data to prove that they have to clean it up. At present we are waiting for results of test. Hercules will be sending additional information to us on the wells. Mass Cablevision is interested in leasing one room at Spaulding School downstairs. Town Manager wanted to know if he should proceed with lease agreement. Selectman Mahana felt that he should go forward on it and possibly move some Town departments down there. Selectman May noted that he spoke to Mo Prasad on the school. He would like to be notified when Town Manager sets up meeting. They are also looking for a place to put the microwave dish and prefer Maple Park. It might be put on the water tower. Board Reports Selectman Mahana asked to take Town Manager's evaluation under consideration at this time. Selectman May would like to start reviewing Town Counsel applications soon. Selectman Levine will bring them back in this week. Selectman Levine asked for an update on Town Accountant McAlice. Flowers will be sent to family. She had a request for the Police Department. Would like information on disturbances at DJ's Pub for one year and what kind of disturbances they were. She would like an up to date listing of all liquor licenses handed out and how many are .left in each category. Selectman Levine then read a statement she had prepared on Town Manager's evaluation. She felt there was a lack of positive points in the review process and did not see constructiveness based on street talk. She would like to know what the Board plans on doing to resolve this problem. Selectman Mahana noted that the evaluation report is a copy of another report and only measures whether the person meets standards, is above or below. Chairman McNair noted that he was willing to postpone evaluation but that the Town Manager wished to go on with it. He also noted that he attended Mazda's open house, Leon Lombardi would like to come in to see the Board soon. A new person, Pat Gannon has started work in the Accounting office. She will be taking Nina Collingwood's place. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING April 21, 1982 Page 6 There being no further business, meeting was adjourned at 11:20 P.M. Approved. Mahana /May VOTED: 4 -0.