HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning 01/17/1979MANSFIELD PLANNING BOARD
AGENDA
January 17, 1979
1. Call to order (7:30 P. M.)
2. Clerk's Report
a. Correspondence
b. Minutes of January 10, 1979
3. Warrant
4. 8:00 P. M. Hearing on Downtown Traffic
5. Visitor's Agenda
6. Workshop Meeting on Articles for Town Meeting
a. Wetland Zoning
b. Earth Removal
c. :Street Acceptance
7. Old Business
8. New Business
a. Status of Plans
b. Correspondence
c. Public Discussion
d. Date for next meeting
e. Around the Table
9. Adjournment
MANSFIELD PLANNING BOARD
MINUTES
January 17, 1979
Present: Chairman Parsons, Clerk Lesuer
Planners: Mangiaratti, Grant, Matoian, Hartmann, Mahana*
Planning Director Maurer
1) Chairman Parsons called the meeting to order.
2) Correspondence was read from the following:
Letter from Leon J. Lombardi stating House Bill 2324 concerning an
amendment to the law relating to industrial revenue financing has been
filed and noting he will notify the Planning Director when the bill is
scheduled for public hearing.
Letter from the Finance Committee setting up subcommittees for reviewing
the proposed budget. Ed Benson and Bill Flannery are assigned to the
Planning Department.
Notice from the Sharon Board of Appeals stating a decision on the appli-
cation of Sharon Associates of 700-800 Main St. was filed with the Town
Clerk on January 16, 1979.
Letter from Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster, Counsellors at Law requesting
copies of any proposed amendments to the Zoning By -Law that have been
advertised for public hearing
Copy of the Board's memo to the Conservation Commission and Board of
Health informing them of a meeting with Mr. Michael Whalen of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture to be held on January 22, 1979.
Copy of the Board's letter to Allen Willis, Jr. concerning the Spruce
Acres Subdivision Securities.
Letter from the Conservation Commission to the Board concerning stone walls
on scenic roads that are being destroyed by builders.
Memorandum to the Board from the Conservation Commission concerning siltation
in the Rumford River caused by Norman Gray's gravel removal operation on
South Main Street.
Notice from Sharon Board of Appeals on the application of Algimantas and
Gillian Yurkstas for a special permit to operate a nursing -type home at
316 Massapoag Avenue to be held on January 25, 1979 at 8:30 P. M.
Minutes
January 17, 1979
Page 2
Newsletter from SRPEDD announcing a meeting for January 18, 1979.
Board of Health minutes for January 3, 1979.
Notice from the Board of Selectmen that the next Bi -monthly meeting will
be held on February 7, 1979.
(Planner Mangiaratti left the meeting to attend the hearing with the Board
of Selectmen on Downtown Traffic control.)
3) Motion: To accept the minutes of the January 10, 1979 meeting.
(Matoian - Hartmann, all in favor) VOTED
4) Motion: To approve the warrant for New England Telephone for $58.14.
(Matoian - Grant, all in favor) VOTED
5) Motion: To sign the letter from Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster to certify
all proposed amendments to the Zoning By-law of the Town of
Mansfield for which notice of public hearing before the Mansfield
Planning Board has been given as of January 11, 1979. (There are
none.)
(Matoian - Hartmann, all in favor) VOTED
(Planner Mahana entered the meeting at this time.)
6) The meeting temporarily adjourned so members could attend the Selectmen's
hearing on Downtown traffic - 8:00 P. M.
7) Chairman Parsons called the meeting back to order.
8) Gravel removal - Planner Mahana brought up deleting Commercial Operations
from the earth removal section of the By-law to continue the discussion
that was started at the January 10th meeting. Planner Grant noted the
Board should consider allowing present operators to annex property adjoining
their present pits to use for gravel removal so they wouldn't be thrown out
of business if the amendment passed. Planner Mahana stated it wasn't his
intention to put present operators out of business, but to stop any future
operations.
Motion: To delete Commercial gravel removal from Section V -G Earth Removal,
Paragraph 3 - C, subsections 1 through 13 from the Zoning By-law
and reword other sections of the By-law to prevent gravel removal
operations being granted as "Use Variances" by the Board of Appeals.
(Mahana.,- Lesuer)
Motion: To move the question
(Mangiaratti - all in favor)
Main Motion: (Mahana, Mangiaratti in favor, Hartmann, Lesuer, Grant,
Matoian opposed) NOT VOTED
Minutes
January 17, 1979
Page 3
After discussion it was decided to leave Section V -G -4-a as it now appears
in the By-law and not change it as outlined in the January 10, 1979 memo.
9) Street Acceptance - Planning Director Maurer noted the streets in Brookside
Estates and Elmwood Park are already on the warrant for acceptance.
Motion: To add the following list of streets to the warrant for acceptance:.
Willis Street; Forbes Boulevard; Cabot Boulevard; Hampshire Street;
Berkshire Road; Oxford Road; Suffolk Road.
(Grant - Lesuer, all in favor) VOTED
10). Karl Clemmey questioned the acceptance of Forbes Boulevard where the Telephone
Company has just cut across the street to install lines and wondered who is
responsible for the restoration. Planning Director Maurer informed Mr.
Clemmey the Board of Selectmen hold a bond from the Telephone Company and
the street has to be restored to their satisfaction before the bond is
released. Mr. Clemmey also noted that the current gravel restriction: of
staying 6 ft. above the water table would leave the land in good condition
for subdivisions, because current Board of Health regulations only require
4 ft. above the water table for house lots.
11) The date of the next meeting was set for Monday, January 22, 1979 at 7:30 P.M.
to discuss Wetland Mapping with Mr. Michael Whalen.
12) Meeting adjourned at 9:50 P. M.
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