HANSON PLANNING BOARD
Minutes of the Meeting of
December 8, 2004
I. CALL TO ORDER
Members Present: Philip Lindquist, Chairman
Gerard LeBlanc, Vice Chairman
David Nagle, Clerk
Joan DiLillo, Member
Gordon Coyle, Member
Others Present: Town Planner Noreen O’Toole
Administrative Assistant Barbara Ferguson
II. APPOINTMENTS
Informal, Liberty Street
The Board met with Rick Vayo of East Washington Street to discuss a parcel of land on Liberty Street. His interest is in turning the parcel into two lots with a small business or office building on the street lot and a hammerhead lot with a residence to the rear. The front of the existing parcel is in a business zone and the rear is in a Residence A zone. The Board noted that, although he has the required frontage for two lots, the retreat lot would not meet the minimum zoning acreage requirement. The Board told Mr. Vayo he would need another 5,000 square feet or a variance from the Board of Appeals. Gordon Coyle suggested that he reconfigure his plan because, as currently shown, it would create two retreat lots with abutting frontage
which is not allowed under the town’s zoning bylaws. If Mr. Vayo does receive a variance from the Zoning Board, he was told, he will need to return to the Planning Board to divide the parcel.
Form A/ANR, Nina Drive, State Street
The Board met with Donald Ellis of Hanson and his engineer Al Vautrinot of Vautrinot Land Surveying, Inc. of Plympton to discuss a Plan of Land for Nina Drive dated, September 2, 2004 that was revised on November 24, 2004. Mr. Ellis explained that the only change from the plan approved by the Board on September 14, 2004 was that the new plan no longer stated that the existing house on Lot 2 was to be moved. The failure to delete those words on the previous plan were an oversight, Mr. Ellis said.
Motion to approve the Plan of Land for Nina Drive as presented: Gordon Coyle
Second: David Nagle
Vote: 5-0
The Plan of Land, dated December 8, 2004, prepared for Elko Construction by Vautrinot Surveying, Inc. for State Street depicted a redivision of Lot 6, Hanson Assessors Map No. 119. The plan shows the existing house and a barn on a 35,084 square foot lot with 154.95 feet of frontage on State Street with the remaining 1.699 acres changed to a retreat lot with 40 feet of frontage.
Motion to approve the Plan of Land for State Street as presented: Gerard LeBlanc
Second: David Nagle
Vote: 5-0
III. NEW BUSINESS
Memo from Finance Committee
Budget for FY 2006
Board members noted a November memorandum from the Finance Committee indicating that budgets for Fiscal Year 2006 should be completed and submitted by December 31, 2004. The Board reviewed the budgets for the Planning Board and Town Planner proposed by the office staff. The Planning Board and Town Planner budgets include 3% salary increases for Board members and Town Planner Noreen O’Toole with a notation on Ms. O’Toole’s budget that her contract in under negotiation. The requested salary for the Town Planner will be based on her annual evaluation in February. The Planning Board budget also includes a $275 increase in the requested appropriation for printing and mapping from $575 to $850. At the conclusion of the
discussion, the Board took three votes.
Motion to approve the FY 2006 budget for the Planning Board as presented: Joan DiLillo
Second: Gerard LeBlanc
Vote: 5-0
Motion to approve the FY 2006 budget for the Town Planner as presented: Gerard LeBlanc
Second: Joan DiLillo
Vote: 5-0
Motion to authorize the chairman to sign the budgets prior to submission: Joan DiLillo
Second: Gordon Coyle
Vote: 5-0
IV. APPOINTMENT
Thomas Planning Services
Master Plan Update
The Board met with Sam Seidel who is working with Thomas Planning Services updating all of the elements of the Master Plan completed to date. Also present for the discussion were Master Plan Committee members Philip Clemons, Jesse McSweeney, Catherine Kuchinski, Michael Richardson and Andrea Epps.
Planning Board and Master Plan Committee members were given a draft of the Public Facilities element of the Master Plan recently prepared by Mr. Seidel, and he was presented with a copy of the Police Station Study completed in 2002 and additional information provided by the Recreation Commission on Camp Kiwanee. Town Planner Noreen O’Toole said that sections of the Public Facilities element relating to the Police Station, Camp Kiwanee and town owned cemeteries are not yet complete.
Ms. OToole explained that the Old Colony Planning Council is working with Thomas Planning on the Circulation component. All that will remain when these final two elements are completed, she said, will be the Implementation section of the Master Plan.
Mr. Seidel told the joint committees that he came to Hanson and visited Town Hall, the Fire Station, the Police Station, the Highway Department complex, and the Water Department to assist him in drafting the Public Facilities component.
Selectman Catherine Kuchinski said that she would like to have the plan completed before the annual town election in May. She reminded everyone that seven years have been devoted to the project. She noted that the lodge at Camp Kiwanee will be going on the National Historic Register and the Little Old Schoolhouse will be up for consideration next summer.
She said that copies of all the updated elements as well as a draft of the Implementation component should be distributed to Master Plan Committee members as soon as possible with a meeting scheduled within a few weeks of receipt of the documents.
A date of January 15, 2005 was agreed upon for the final draft of the plan to be submitted to the Planning Board office for distribution to members of the Master Plan Committee. Chairman Philip Lindquist said that copies of the draft should also be submitted to all departments for their input as well.
V. NEW BUSINESS
Hemlock Hills Inspection Report
Merrill Associates, Inc.
Board members took home for review a Hemlock Hills Inspection Report from its review engineer, Merrill Associates, Inc. of Hanover, dated November 24, 2004. The report commented on the sidewalk subbase and base course installation.
Brookside Estates I, Construction Observation
P.M.P. Associates
Board members took home for review a Construction Observation Report for Brookside Estates I by its review engineer, P.M.P. Associates of East Bridgewater, dated November 29, 2004.
Bonney Hill As-Built Plan and Bond Reduction
P.M.P. Associates, Inc.
Board members took home for review a December 2, 2004 letter from its review engineer, P.M.P. Associates of East Bridgewater, relative to a request from the developer of the development at the end of Bonney Hill Lane for a bond reduction.
Letter from Highway Surveyor
Audubon Estates
Board members noted a December 3, 2004 letter from Highway Surveyor Richard Harris indicating deficiencies he found on a recent site inspection of Audubon Lane including settlement in the road service, conduit protruding above the surface, and the location of electric, cable and telephone boxes on private property.
VI. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES
Acceptance of the Minutes of the Meeting of November 17, 2004
Motion to accept the minutes of the meeting of November 17, 2004: David Nagle
Second: Gerard LeBlanc
Vote: 5-0
VII. TOWN PLANNER’S REPORT
Zoning Bylaw Committee
Town Planner Noreen O’Toole told the Board that meetings of the Zoning Bylaw Committee will resume in January.
Old Colony Planning Council Joint Transportation Committee
Ms. O’Toole said that the next meeting of the Old Colony Planning Council Joint Transportation Committee will be held on December 9, 2004.
Other Matters
Ms. O’Toole told the Board that she had changed the engineering company that represents the town on the Alden Way subdivision as the result of discussion at a recent meeting with one of the owners. The new engineer is Thomas Sexton of Mainstream Engineering in Kingston. She said that the firm only does work for municipalities.
A resident of Whitman Street told the Board that he had heard that box turtles had been spotted in the area scheduled for development by A.W. Perry South of Boston. The resident said that he had observed the endangered turtles behind his house. He said that they are most commonly seen during the months of June and July.
Joan DiLillo asked the Board to consider changing the start time for meetings to 7 p.m., Gerard LeBlanc and David Nagle said it would be difficult for them to make the meetings on time if they were to begin a half hour earlier.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
Motion to adjourn: Gerard LeBlanc
Second: Gordon Coyle
Vote; 5-0
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