HANSON PLANNING BOARD
Minutes of the Meeting of
July 10, 2002
I. CALL TO ORDER - 7:30 p.m.
Members Present: Philip Lindquist, Chairman
Gerard LeBlanc, Vice Chairman
Gordon Coyle, Clerk
Joan DiLillo, Member
David Nagle, Member
Others Present: Town Planner Noreen O’Toole
Administrative Assistant Barbara Ferguson
II. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES
Minutes of Meeting of June 19, 2002
Motion to Approve the Minutes of June 5, 2002: Gerard LeBlanc
Second: Joan DiLillo
Vote: 5-0
III. TOWN PLANNER’S REPORT
Master Plan Committee
Town Planner Noreen O’Toole told the Board she had spoken to Carol Thomas of Thomas Planning Services who will be sending the office a Master Plan overview. Once it is received, Ms. O’Toole said, she will be going to Boston to help fill in any missing pieces on the sections completed.
Hanson Trails Committee
Ms. O’Toole said there are no meetings of the Hanson Trails Committee scheduled.
Zoning Bylaw Committee
Ms. O’Toole said the next meeting of the Zoning Bylaw Committee will be held on July 22, 2002 at 7:30 p.m.
Old Colony Planning Council Joint Transportation Committee
Ms. O’Toole told the Board that the Transportation Improvement Project list was reviewed at the June 20, 2002 meeting of the Old Colony Planning Council Joint Transportation Committee. Hanson, she said, will be getting a sidewalk on Franklin Street to Whitman-Hanson Regional High School, as part of the roadway improvements at the intersection of Routes 27 and 14 which will also include the installation of traffic lights.
Vision 2020
Ms. O’Toole said that there is nothing happening in relation to Vision 2020.
Other Matters
Ms. O’Toole presented the Board with an inspection report on subdivisions visited earlier in the day.
Meadowbrook Estates (Off Franklin Street) - Needs grass strip; needs paving around catch basins throughout subdivision; fate of one tree in question at 3 Joshua Lane; some construction cleanup needed.
Pleasant Meadows Estates (Off Pleasant Street) - Needs street lights; water is coming down hill over lawn at home of abutter to 43 Meadow Lane washing dirt onto sidewalk; sidewalk in front of second house on right needs repair; grass strip needed in front of first and second houses on the right.
Sydney Estates (Off Main Street) - Curbing in two places on cul de sac island have been damaged.
Hemlock Hills (Off Cross Street) - No change.
Audubon Estates (Off Brook Street) -Erosion from first lot is impacting sidewalk; needs grass strips; construction ongoing.
Collamore Estates (Off Whitman Street) - Water reportedly coming up in street possibly caused by underground stream flowing from Lexington Street (247 Nathaniel Drive).
Washington West Meadows (Off West Washington Street) - The trench coming out of the subdivision still needs to be adjusted to grade
Colonial Heights (Off High Street) - Pavement is still breaking up throughout the subdivision; one of the double catch basins is caving in the Valley Forge Road area.
Alden Way (Off Liberty Street) -Basins still clogged at outlets and water still in basin areas.
Ms. O’Toole advised the Board that she is awaiting word from the Massachusetts Economic Development office as to whether Hanson has been designated an economic target area for a Brownfields loan.
Ms. O’Toole advised the Board that the Zoning Board of Appeals had received, earlier in the day, a comprehensive permit application under Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40B for Depot Village off Phillips Street.
IV. APPOINTMENTS
Informal, Indian Head Street, Land Planning, Inc.
The Board met informally for a second time with Bernard Munro of Land Planning, Inc. of Hanson to review Jon Ridder’s plans to exchange a parcel of land with an abutter to provide the required radius for access to a proposed subdivision off Indian Head Street. Mr. Munro told the Board the abutter wanted to make sure he would not be experiencing lot nonconformity problems if he agreed to the swap. The swap, Mr. Munro said, would be contingent upon development of the subdivision. At the conclusion of the discussion, Board members stated no concerns with the plan as presented.
Form A/ANR
West Washington Street, Land Planning, Inc.
Bernard Munro of Land Planning, Inc. presented the Board with a Plan of Land dated July 9, 2002 prepared for Robert Waters which called for a division of Lot 6 on Assessors Map 66 separating his dwelling from his business, Nepalco, Inc. The plan depicts the dwelling on Lot 1 with 54,767 square feet and the business on Lot 2 comprised of 13.3 acres which includes the acreage from four other lots currently owned by either Nepalco, Inc. or Mr. Waters.
Motion to approve the Form A/ANR as presented: Gerard LeBlanc
Second: Gordon Coyle
Vote: 5-0
Alden Way
Scope of Work on Basins
The Board met with Mark Tedeschi and Kenneth Gray, developers of the Alden Way subdivision, and their engineer, Steven Gioiosa of SITEC, Inc. of New Bedford, to discuss the scope of work for three drainage basins in the Alden Way subdivision. Also present for the discussion was Bernard Munro of Land Planning, Inc., the Board’s review engineer on the project, and a few of the residents of the subdivision.
Mr. Gioiosa told the Board that the ponds had all been drained the previous day to provide a dry base for working. A new contractor is doing the work, he said, because the original contractor would not have been available until September. He noted that test holes done in April indicated there is good soil beneath the basins although they had silted up and were retaining water for extended periods. At that time it was also determined, he said, that the base of the ponds in relation to the spillway levels were not in accordance with the design plans. He said he received a call from Town Planner Noreen O’Toole after a visit to Alden Way on Tuesday advising him that Land Planning had to be involved to make sure the job is done properly.
According to a July 10, 2002 letter received by the Planning Board office from SITEC earlier in the day, the silt traps will be cleaned and new trap rock installed on the basin on Lot 12. The base will then be scraped and unsuitable silts removed, and clean sand will be placed in the bottom of the basin, and the spillway rebuilt with new trap rock. All disturbed embankment areas will be stabilized upon completion of the construction, he said.
The repair work on the Lot 14 basin, Mr. Gioiosa said, will include a regrading of some of the side slopes of the pond, removal of silty material from the pond base, placement of clean sand as necessary, and a resetting of the spillway to match the design plan. The basin on Lot 6, he said will be repaired following the same sequence of construction outlined for the Lot 12 pond.
Inspection for the construction will be coordinated with SITEC, Land Planning, and the contractor, Mr. Gioiosa said, with an inspection scheduled upon completion of the pond bottom excavation prior to the placement of any sand. A final inspection will be scheduled after placement of the sand and reconstruction of the spillways, he said. Final as-builts will be provided to the town upon completion. Mr. Gioiosa anticipated that the work would take from 7 to 10 days, weather permitting.
At the conclusion of the discussion, Board members indicated they were satisfied that the project was moving forward. Mr. Gioiosa and both developers were advised that all members of the Board had visited the site on Tuesday or Wednesday in preparation for the Board meeting.
V. NEW BUSINESS
Letter from MASS Development
Former Plymouth County Hospital Site
The Board noted a July 2, 2002 letter from MassDevelopment advising that the agency gave preliminary approval to a revenue bond project to be financed on behalf of Hanson House Associates Limited Partnership to be located at 112-225 High Street.
Millennium Estates Inspection Reports
P.M.P. Associates
Board members took home for review May 30 and 31 and June 4, June 13, June 14, 18, 20 & 21, 2002 construction inspection reports for Millennium Estates from its review engineer, P.M.P. Associates of East Bridgewater.
Request for Release of Bond
Hill & Hawthorne Streets
Construction Inspection Report, Land Planning, Inc.
The Board reviewed a June 16, 2002 request from Robert Junior of Marshfield for a release of bond for Hill and Hawthorne Streets roadway improvements and a June 27, 2002 construction inspection report from its review engineer, Land Planning, Inc. indicating that the developer had completed all of the required work in an acceptable manner and asked Town Planner Noreen O’Toole to visit the site and look at the basins before taking a vote to release the $5,000 remaining in the bond for the project.
VI. OLD BUSINESS
Letter from Building Inspector
295 Reed Street
Board members noted a July 2, 2002 letter from Building Inspector Michael Kennedy indicating that Lot 16 off Reed Street is not a “grandfathered” lot because it does not conform to all six conditions which must apply. His letter was in response to a request from the Planning Board for a determination.
Letter from Town of Duxbury
M.G.L. Chapter 40B
Following a review of a June 5, 2002 letter from the Duxbury Planning Board regarding the need for amendments to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40B to ensure more control at the local level, the Board took a vote to sign an attached petition in support of changes.
Motion to sign the petition from the Duxbury Planning Board relative to the need to amend Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40B: Gerard LeBlanc
Second: David Nagle
Vote: 5-0
Special Permit Adult Communities
Rules & Regulations for Filing
Application Form & Fees
Following a final review of proposed rules and regulations for the consideration of special permits for adult communities, the Board decided to adopt them with a change in title from Adult Communities to Adult Retirement Villages and Assisted Living Facilities.
Motion to adopt Rules and Regulations of the Hanson Planning Board as Special Permit Granting Authority for Adult Retirement Villages and Assisted Living Facilities:
Gerard LeBlanc
Second: Joan DiLillo
Vote: 5-0
VII. ZONING HEARING
Application of Kenneth Marston, Trustee, Marston Realty Trust, for a comprehensive permit to construct 38 units of townhouse and apartment-style rental housing off Phillips Street in South Hanson, pursuant to the provisions of MGL, Chapter 40B, Sections 20-23, and regulations promulgated thereunder, Map 50, Lots 24d and 152.
Board members decided to take home for review, material provided by the Board of Appeals on the application, with a decision regarding comments to be made at the July 24, 2002 meeting.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT - 10:40 p.m..
Motion to adjourn: Gordon Coyle
Second: Joan DiLillo
Vote: 5-0
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