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Home My WebLink AboutPlanning 12/28/1972_ MANSFIELD PLANNING BOARD MINUTES t December 28, 1972 The Mansfield Planning Board met at the Town Office Building on Thursday, December 28, 1972 at 7:30 P.M. Present: Chairman Mendes Planners: MacFarlane, Nelson, Wellington, Zaffini Town Planner Maurerf� f_ P/unrr, ti�f/a /�n�d� A)dlloC �,,Wcri r-4prnr�� 1. Letters were read from the following: Petition for insertion of article in warrant pursuant to Chapter 39, Section 10 Town Counsel to Tmm Planner regarding Altering of Plans. Planning Board to Board .of Selectmen regarding traffice committee - Planning Board to Joao Pereira regarding Proposed. Subdivision on Esse) Street Planning Board.to Home Developers, Inc. Regarding Magna Vista II Planning Board to Board of Selectmen requesting Special Town Meeting. Planning Board to Town Treasurer regarding New Mansfield. Estates Performance Bond. Planning Board. to Board of Appeals -regarding application of Norman A. Gray for a, Special Permit under Section III Paragraph D-7: of the Zoning ,By°law to remove gravel from a parcel of land. located at'897 South Main Street in an Agricultural Zone. Southeast Region Cooperative Extension Service to Planning Board regarding AirPollutionand. It's Control. 2. Board discussed the minutes of December 18, 1972 and.noted the following changes: Item #5 should. be cross referenced. to item yll. Item x{11 should be cross referenced to item h5 Item ;418 delete the sentence "Planner Wellington suggested a diamond shape road Bray off of Forbes Boulevard." Item #18 change State DPW to read "Joint Transportation Planning Group." and delete "ifnform them that they are not happy with the proposal." Motion: To approve the minutes of December 18, 1972; as amended. (Nelson-Zaffini, all in favor) VOTED 3. motion: To approve the warrant of December 31, 1972 in the amount of $1131.23. (We Ili ngt on -MacFarlane, all in favor) VOTED Minutes December 28, 1972 2 4, Board. reviewed the draft letter to Mr. John Morley regarding the Canoe River Acres Subdivision and noted the following changes should be made: Page 2,Paragraph 2,Line 2 "engineer performances"should read "engineering practices" Page 2, Item 72 should. read "After the installation, test holes are dug on each lot. The time of the test holes and. the location of the test holes to be determined by the Mansfield Planning Board. The test holes should be taken in the area of the proposed. leaching field, or ih^the area of the house. Preferably the test holes should be ,dug during the wet season." Page 2, Item #3 -Delete in its entirety. Page 2, Item h4 - change to Item #3, The Board. ,agreed to have ;the letter reviewed, by Town Counsel prior to the letter being sent to Mr. Morley. 5• Sandra. Levine and a group ,of Walnut Street residents met with the Board to discuss the Walnut Park Subdivision, which was,approved,by the Planning Board. The residents were concerned about the drainage from their property in re- lationship to the drainage of the proposed subdivision. Mrs.Levine requested that the Planning ,Board not sign the subdivision plan,, ChairmanMendes advised that the resigning of the subdivision plan related only to the naming of the subdivision' streets. Herbert Levine asked ;if there were provisions for rescinding'the plan under the General Laws. Chairman Mendes stated there were, Herbert Levine asked if it would be possible for the Board to set up a meeting between the developer, the Planning Board and the residents of the area to disucss the possibility of solving the local drainage problem. The Planning; Board agreed to such a meeting and.decided to have the Town Planner contact the necessary parties and possibly to schedule the meeting for the 22nd of January. 6. The Board reviewed the Definitive Subdivision Plan for Cabot, Cabot and Forbes submitted on December 11, 1972 and.`noted,'that the changes that had; been requested with respect to the curve data in the vicinity of proposed Route 25 had been corrected. It was noted that more definitive information to be, given with respect to the rip -.rap around the culvert. Details of this will be requested, 7. Board reviewed the Definitive Subdivision Plan for Cabot, Cabot and Forbes submitted on December 27,'1972 and noted that the ;same rip -rap detail should be ,provided for the culverts. 8. Board. set hearings for the Cabot, Cabot and, Forbes plans and a hearing for the rezoning for COMPO Chemical for January 22, 1973, 9• Board reviewed, the Form A Plan for Keil on Gilbert Street. The Board noted that the Form A description did not agree with the plan. The plan was returned. a 3 Minutes December 28, 1972 10. Board reviewed the draft letter to the Joint Transportation Planning Group and noted the following changes. , Page 1, Paragraph 2 should read."The original design proposal for Route 25 was to have an interchange with existing Route 140 (South Main Street). Page 1, Paragraph 2, line 2 -- the last word should read "taken" Page 2, Paragraph ,;2','should read "The Mansfield Planning Board, therefore recommends consideration of the following alternatives to the present proposal: " Page 2, Item 2 - should read "Develop a major portion of the abandoned Old Colony Railroad bed as the major connecter road between Mansfield andiTaunton, the interchange, of this road, with the proposed Route 25 could be established in the vicinity; of North Street in Norton." 11. i Planner MacFarlane asked.the Toim Planner if he had checked to see if the crater mains had been installed on the Norton Side of Oakleaf Estates. Town Planner Maurer advised heih'ad 'checked and that as far as he could determine, the water had not ;been <installed. 12. Planner Nelson said that Mrs. Levine indicated that the drainage system ;on Fruit Street was not working. Town Planner Maurer advised that he had talked with Mrs.gartman an Hall Street and she had stated that they had not had any water in their basement this year ,after the drainage was installed. Tom Planner Maurer stated that the problem was where the drainage had been ' installed by the Town on Fruit Street instead of Hall Street and. that it had been pointed out that the 'drainage was installed in the wrong direction. Planner MacFarlane stated he had also heard that the drainage was installed wrong. 13. Chairman Mendes stated that he had talked.with Mr. Richardson of Richardson Manufacturing in West Mansfield and he had -requested that the 'factory remain in an industrial zone. 14. Board reviewed the dates for meeting with civic groups concerning the proposed zoning and these are as'folloirs: January 2, 1973 The Jaycees January 4, 1973 The League of Women Voters January 16, 1973 The Rotary Club January 23, 1973 - The Lions Club' 15. Chairman Mendes -requested.the Town Planner to get an estimate of the cost of printing 500 copies of the revised zoning map prior to Towin Meeting. 16. Town Planner Maurer stated that the following comments had been received, by him regarding the proposed zoning. [ a. Zoning of South Main Street and Reservoir Street should.remain in the Business Zone. b. The new industrial zone near School Street should be cut back to property lines. i1 c. Review the proposed. Business zoite on Copeland Drive Minutes December 28, _ rf 1972 d. Mobile Homes should. not be permited, in the R-30 district and should only be allowed when connected to ,public sewer. e. Check the location of the industrial zone in the center of Town near Sterling Manufacturing. f. Eliminate duplexes in the R-15 Zone_ g.`, Question was raised concerning the establishing of a major industrial zone in East Mansfield without proper facilities in the area. h. Check the definition for the 'building in the high water to include the docks and.*,varfs. i. Question was raised concerning the establishment of :a different Business Zone along North Main Street in that the zone should be different because of all the existing uses. j. Questions concerning ;the establishment of a major business zone in East ,Mansfield and its affects on the Down Town and Copeland Drive Business areas. k., Check the zone line on the industrial area in the vicinity of the -r Chocolate Factory. 17. Meetin JJ adjo(uurned at 1}1:00 P.M. '- Clerk ---