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June 8, 2006 Meeting Minutes
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Present at the meeting:
Brian J. Sutherland
(BJS) Chair
Glenn C. Wojcik
(GCW), Vice Chair
David Brown (DB)
Secretary
Thomas J. Guerin
(TJG),
Roland R. Laprade
(RRL),
Other officials: Stacey J. Wetstein, (SJW) Town Planner (not
present)
Amy Cook, (AC),
Commission on Disabilities
Mary Chaves,
(MC) Coordinator
BJS opened the meeting at 7:00 PM.
TJG: Motion to sign minutes of May 25, 2006.
RRL: Second.
Vote: 5-0, Approved.
TJG: Motion to sign minutes of May 11, 2006.
RRL: Second.
Discussion: GCW did
not have an opportunity to review these minutes and asked to delay voting until
he’s had the opportunity to review them.
TJG: Withdrew motion for May 11, 2006 minutes.
RRL: Withdrew Second
RRL: Motion to sign
vouchers.
TJG: Second.
Vote: 5-0, Approved.
Colonial Estates Definitive
Subdivision, Plan Signing
RRL: Motion to sign plans for Colonial Estates, dated March
30, 2006.
TJG: Second.
Vote: 5-0, Approved.
66 Mendon Street/Runways Salon
Development Plan Review, Plan Signing
GCW: Motion to sign
plans for 66 Mendon Street Development Plan Review dated April 25, 2006.
TJG: Second.
Vote: 5-0, Approved.
Goddard School Development Plan
Review Decision Signing
MC advised the Board that one of the conditions had been
altered with the agreement of the Fire Department and Conservation Commission
regarding snow removal. The wording had
been changed from no snow be stored on the site to snow must be removed from
the site when the snow storage area reached 50% capacity and at no time shall
the permitted number of parking spaces be affected by snow.
RRL: Motion to sign decision for Goddard School Development
Plan Review.
TJG: Second.
Vote: 5-0, Approved.
Pine Acres Definitive Subdivision
Lot Release
RRL recused himself from the discussion as he may benefit
from sewerage associated with this project. The bond has been posted and Mr.
Dalpe is about to sell off his lots.
TJG: Motion to sign covenant of Germaine Realty Trust to
release lots 1 through 28 for Pine Acres Definitive Subdivision.
GCW: Second.
Vote: 4-0, Approved 1 Abstain.
Lakeview Estates Traffic
Mitigation Review
The Zoning Board of Appeals had requested an opinion of the
mitigation proposed by the proponent.
RRL advised the Board that since the Board was being sued by the
proponent regarding an adjacent parcel which the Board felt was intrinsically
connected to the Lakeview Estates project; they should withhold comment until
seeking the advice of Town Counsel. BJS
apologized to the residents present for the discussion and explained the
Board’s position. Hopefully we would
have a decision by the next meeting.
(Mary, please make certain that we get an opinion for Thursday and that
it is on the agenda.)
EMC Definitive Subdivision, 1st Public Hearing,
Decision Deadline August 10, 2006
BJS opened the public hearing at 7:30 PM
RRL: Motion to waive
reading of public hearing notice
TJG: Second
Vote: 5-0, Approved
Attorney Chris Toomey, Dan Feeney of Beals and Thomas and
Dave Streeter of EMC appeared before the Board.
Attorney Toomey stated that their position was that no
Traffic Study was warranted according to his interpretation of the town’s
by-laws.
RRL counted that he would like the opinion of the town’s
legal counsel before proceeding.
RRL; Motion to obtain legal opinion from Town Counsel to
determine if the submission is in keeping with the Town’s by-laws and regulations.
GCW: Second
Vote: 5-0, Approved
Dan Feeney reviewed the subdivision plan for the Board. The project had not been altered much from
the preliminary plan with a total of 11 industrial lots. There was great concern about the possible
impacts of the subdivision not being properly mitigated. Mr. Streeter assured the Board that EMC’s
only interest was to freeze the zoning for the parcel and sell it to another
party for development. Several abutters
were present. Don Martinez and Barbara
Chase of Maple Street and Cecile Barrett of High Street expressed concerns over
traffic and safety and the scenic status of Maple Street.
RRL asked the proponent’s why they submitted such an
unimaginative plan when they had previously submitted another subdivision plan
which was far better thought out with less impact to the surrounding area. BJS pointed out that a plan had been
submitted with a realignment of Maple Street, protecting the neighbors and
keeping the character of the scenic road. The reconfiguration of Maple Street
to lessen the impact on the residents in the vicinity was much more desirable
than the current proposal. BJS requested
that EMC return with such a plan for submittal
instead of the current one. Mr.
Streeter was unaware of the previous submittal, and agreed to confer with his
engineers to see if it made sense to alter their proposed plan to the one
previous submitted and requested by the Planning Board.
RRL: Motion to continue EMC Definitive Subdivision Plan to
June 22, 2006 at 7:15 PM
TJG: Second
Vote: 5-0, Approved
MC Made a report to the board regarding the Shores at Silver
Lake III litigation and discovery. She
asked the Board to review the documents and get back to her with comments at
the next meeting.
TJG: Motion to
adjourn
DB: Second
Vote: 5-0, Approved
Minutes
Accepted on: _______________________
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(Date) (Prepared
by: Mary Chaves)
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Roland
R. Laprade Brian
J. Sutherland
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David
Brown Glenn
Wojcik
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Thomas
J. Guerin