HANSON PLANNING BOARD
Minutes of the Meeting of
November 16, 2005
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Philip Lindquist called the meeting to order at 7:30 pm
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
2. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES
Acceptance of the Minutes of the October 19, 2005
Motion to accept the minutes of the October 19, 2005,
Gerard LeBlanc
Second: Joan DiLillo
Vote: 5-0
3. APPOINTMENTS
Form A/NR that was signed previously and had a mistake on the Deed. An error was made on the recording of the parcels which will result in a problem when the property comes up for sale.
Atty. Webster submitted a corrected plan.
Motion made to approve the subdivision plan of land Paul F/Charlotte W. Vail dated October 27, 2005.
Gerard LeBlanc
Second: Joan DiLillo
Vote: 4-0
David Nagle abstained from the vote.
Appointment scheduled for Hemlock Hills for this evening was canceled by the Planning Board as applicant was still not ready. Rescheduled for next meeting on January 11, 2005.
4. TOWN PLANNER’S REPORT
Master Plan Committee
Town Planner Noreen O’Toole told the Board that she has spoken to Carol Thomas and she is going to be sending in section by section on the Master Plan. Thomas’ deadline is the end of the month.
Zoning By-law Committee
Will not be meeting again until after the holidays. Noreen stated that the accessory by-law unit will be discussed again and maybe study the Community Preservation Act.
Old Colony Planning Council
P.A. Landers was awarded the contract for Routes 14 and 27. Within the next two weeks a “letter to proceed” will be sent from Mass Highway to P.A. Landers.
Other Matters
Ms. O’Toole has been talking to Town Counsel on Collamer Estates and on the plan on Monponsett. Ms. O’Toole spoke to John Goldrosen who is preparing to send in an opinion which is not ready as yet, and Ms. O’Toole indicated that she could get another extension of time on this. The Decision will come out in December on Dias.
On Collamore Estates, Bill Cornish does have an attorney and Ms. O’Toole said that this time attorneys on both sides will be used.
Meeting with Pulte on the special permit project for 120 units was held with Ms. O’Toole and Phil Lindquist attending also Paul Fellini from Merrill Associates for guidance as this is such a huge project. Pulte did a project in Marshfield called “Spyglass” - over age 55 - 3 to 4 units per building.
Phil Lindquist stated that a letter from Richard Harris on Deer Hill was received. Ms. O’Toole indicated that no berms have been installed as yet, just haybales. Lindquist suggested that a letter be sent to Joe Walsh (cc to Highway Surveyor) stating concerns. LeBlanc suggested that before winter some corrective paving needs to be done, sloped to the drain.
Phil Lindquist mentioned the letter from Pulte indicating they will post a bond for $6 million. Ms. O’Toole said that Pulte sent the Treasurer/Collector the form from the Regulations book. Surety needs to be decided. Jean Sullivan, Treasurer/Collector would like $1million in cash - rest to be bonded, depending on the bonding company. This would be reviewed by legal counsel to see if it is acceptable. O’Toole stated that Pulte is not challenging the bond estimate from Merrill Assoc. , they will probably challenge how the Planning Board wants them to post the surety.
Public Hearing - 8:00 pm - Ridgewood Estates off Elm St.
Gerard LeBlanc read the hearing notice, abutters list was verified.
Thomas Roux, Civil Engineer for Bennett Engineering of Sagamore presented his plans for the 6 lot sub-division. Roux indicated that he had just received the comments from Merrill Assoc. within the last few days. He mentioned that lot 4-1 is a nonconforming lot because it does not satisfy the frontage requirements; should be 175 ft. on Elm St. and also on the proposed road.
Roux talked about the proposed drainage lot which would drain all of the runoff from the entire road. On the plans submitted tonight various catch basins are shown plus drainage basin which would empty eventually into stream under Elm St. Also shown are the details of the outlet structure.
Roux also talked about a program called “hydrocad” in which he can run a hypothetical situation, give it all the data, what size pipe to use, etc.
Abutters present were concerned about destruction of wetlands with the overflow structure proposed, drainage problems homeowners may be confronted with in the future.
Roux indicated that the proposed houses will be 26 ft. x 38 ft., four bedroom with breezeway and 24 ft. x 24 ft. two car garage.
Fire dept. commented that fire hydrants need to be 300 ft. apart which means adding one more hydrant.
Water dept. commented that in reviewing the plans the water mains are not up to specifications of the water dept. regulations.
Peter Palmeri from Merrill Assoc. was in attendance to discuss the new review of the subdivision. Main issue on this was the corner lot in regards to zoning.
Joan DiLillo asked how many lots would not be owned by individuals. Roux stated that there is only one lot that will not be owned and that is the drainage lot. Nagle asked who would maintain the drainage easement. Roux stated that either the town or some outside firm would have to do the maintenance, maybe some type of Covenant could be prepared and signed by homeowners taking the responsibility on.
The house currently on Lot 1 would be razed and a new home built on the land. Current owner is Deborah Zella. Coyle stated that this does not have the proper frontage for a corner lot. This was not a corner lot until the way was created - now it is a corner lot.
Peter Palmeri gave his report stating that they reviewed the subdivision for consistency with the zoning by-laws of the town, as well as rules and regs of subdivision of land. As far as zoning by -laws, they bring up the point of creation of a corner lot which does not have sufficient frontage; also Lot #3 shows a discrepancy- comes up with 174.99 ft. instead of 175 ft. Lot #2 doesn’t appear to meet the requirements of 175 ft. - 100 ft. back. They asked that the lot width be shown on the subdivision plans. As far as rules and regulations they noted a number of items that should be added to the plan-the date of the benchmark, the geometric info on the center line of the road. They also noted that the length of the deadend road exceeds 500 ft. - a waiver will be required. They recommend that the cross culverts be reinforced concrete pipe.
Waiver should be requested for the drain outfalls. Palmeri also asked for additional information on the drainage analysis.
Motion to continue this hearing for additional information and reply to engineer’s concerns to January 11, 2006, 8:00 pm: Gerard LeBlanc
Second - David Nagle
Vote 5-0
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