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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning 04/08/1981PLANNING BOARD MINUTES April 8, 1981 Present: Chairman Flynn Planners: Genatossio, Parsons, Brugliera Planning Director Polkman 1. Chairman called the meeting to order 7:35pm 2. Motion: That J. Brugliera be appointed Clerk for the meeting (Parsons-Brugliera, all in favor) VOTED 3. Correspondence From Zoning Board of Appeals application of Charles and Lottie Scott Granted Flier from Executive Office of Communities and Development - Conference School Building Reuse From Conservation Commission Order of Conditions - Mansfield School Dept. Sports Fields To Planning Board from Planning Director regarding bond release requests for streets in Cabot, Cabot & Forbes From Conservation Commission Notice of Hearing on non -zoning Wetland By-law April 27, 1981 To Planning Board from Robert E. Chavaree and Allen L. Willis, Jr. regarding grade changes for Cabot Pond. Copy of letter to Town Manager from Margot Jellinek regarding Maple Park gravel pit Building construction permits for 1981 From Town Counsel Mulcahy to Planning Director regarding zoning changes for 1981 Town Meeting Letter from Mass. Continuing Legal Education regarding Hazardous Wastes Regulation and Litigation seminar April 13, 1981 Letter from Becker Research describing their research service Copy of Planning Board letter to William Palanza regarding Board of Appeals application for variance Copy of Planning Board letter to Howard W. Battye regarding Board of Appeals application for variance Copy of Planning Board letter to Kelton 0. Potter regarding Board of Appeals application for variance Planning Board Minutes - April 8, 1981 Page 2 Copy of Planning Board letter to Board of Appeals regarding application of Martin Calbert Copy of Planning Board letter to Board of Appeals regarding application of Richard & Susan Lundell Letter from Whitman and Howard to Planning Board regarding E RE Corp. gravel pit Conservation Commission minutes of March 23, 1981 4. Minutes of April 1, 1981 Motion: Approve (Genatossio-Brugliera, all in favor) VOTED 5. Warrant Motion: To approve bill from Mansfield Press $38.42 - advertising (Parsons-Genatossio, all in favor) VOTED 6. Form A Plan - Phillip and Leslie Harrington, 60 Elm Street. Planning Director reviewed the plans and recommended approval. Motion: That the Form A be approved (Parsons-Brugliera, all in favor) VOTED 7. Margot Jellinek met with Board regarding the gravel pit at Maple Park. She requested that the Planning Board write a letter to the Building Inspector asking him to make a cease and desist order until the Town has applied for the necessary permits. Motion: To have the Building Inspector comment on Mrs. Jellinek's letter (Brugliera-Genatossio, all in favor) VOTED 8. Robert Chavaree and Allen Willis met with the Board regarding Cabot Pond, The Army Corp of Engineers and U.S. Fish and Wildlife have required grade changes on the restoration project. Letter had been received by the Board from the Corps of Engineers showing the revised grades. Motion: That the Board revise the special permit granted to Chavaree and Willis with the amendments to the slopes as arrived at through mitigation with the Army Corps of Engineers in their letter of March 9, 1981 (Parsons-Genatossio, all in favor) VOTED 9. W' R C Properties Board discussed release of bonds for streets in Cabot, Cabot & Forbes Industrial Park as follows; Bond # 06 $B 029343 for $20,776,00; Bond # 06 SB 9562 BCR for $6,789.00; Bond No. 06 SB 12131 for $40,000.00. Motion: That the above bonds be released (Parsons-Brugliera, all in favor) VOTED Planning Board Minutes Page 3 Planning Director noted that bonds for Middlesex Road and Norfolk Street are going to require some inspections and calculations for adjustments in the bonds and he will recommend action on these in two weeks, it was also noted that Paul Dalton may not meet the April 15, 1981 deadline for the covenant and that he should make a written request for an extension. 10. E R E Corp. - gravel operation Discussion of letter from Jonathan R. Bridge, Hydrogeologist from Whitman and Howard. The letter addressed the effect of the proposed gravel pit on the groundwater in Mansfield and its potential impact on public supply wells in Easton. He notes it has been Whitman and Howard's policy to leave a minimum of ten feet of sand and gravel above the water table. This is also recommended in a publication by the Old Colony Planning Council. Planning Director noted that numbers he has received fluctuate between five and 10 feet and that Mansfield requires six feet. Planning Director stated that SRPEDD has not made a written response as yet. Comments made by Board members: Would like to see less than five acres worked at one time, securing and storage of fuels, securing the site after the operation is completed, blasting and crushing of stone on site, separate top -soil, chemical analysis of fertilizer on a detailed site restoration plan, putting in monitoring wells, removal of any soil that has been contaminated, provide a fueling area that has been blacktopped. 11. School Street Re -zoning Planning Director reviewed last weeks discussion of his memorandum. He felt that direction was given him to prepare an article for a Special Town Meeting within the Annual to ask the Board of Selectmen to consider an amendment to the Zoning By-law to include a purpose statement and list additional uses for a Special Business zone and put in an expansion phrase. He presented this draft to the Board. Discussion followed. Motion:That we send a letter to the Board of Selectmen to provide for a Special Town Meeting within the Annual to allow for Zoning By-law amendments regarding Special Business (Parsons-Brugliera, all in favor) VOTED Motion: Letter to Town Counsel asking for his opinion on whether or not he would allow an amendment on the floor (Parsons-Genatossio, all in favor) VOTED Allen Willis noted that amendments have been made on the floor in the past. He noted he has to get 200 signatures on a petition to request a special, but if the Planning Board requests it from the Selectmen he would not have to do this. Also noted there is a time problem to hold a public hearing to hear his requesting for a zoning change to Special Business, instead of Industrial as he originally requested. Planning Board Minutes Page4 12. Next meeting will be April 15, 1981 Meeting adjourned IOPM Clerk qJd —), A Date '