HANSON PLANNING BOARD
Minutes of the Meeting of
May 1, 2006
I. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairman Gerard LeBlanc at 7:30 p.m.
Members Present: Gerard LeBlanc, Vice Chairman
David Nagle, Clerk
Gordon Coyle, Member
Joan DiLillo, Member
Members Absent: Philip Lindquist, Chairman
Others Present: Town Planner Noreen O’Toole
Administrative Assistant Barbara Ferguson
Deborah Brennock, Daughter of the Developer
Motion to open the meeting: David Nagle
Second: Joan DiLillo
Vote: 4-0
II. BUSINESS
Millennium Estates
The Board met prior to the start of the special and annual town meetings to discuss what position the Board would take relative to Article 27 on the special town meeting warrant requesting acceptance of Tag Way as a town way.
Town Planner Noreen O’Toole told Board members that she had read the draft minutes of their April 19, 2006 meeting and listened to the tape. She said that she had also done a site visit to the subdivision earlier in the day. She said that a sinking manhole cover needs to be addressed and some curbing should be replaced. The pavement is fine, she said, although it is not aesthetically pleasing because the procedure used resulted in a different color in the areas that had to be patched. She noted that the town is holding $20,000 of the developer’s money as surety and that the Board’s review engineer on the subdivision has indicated Tag Way is ready for acceptance by the town.
She said that, if Tag Way is accepted, the developer would still be financially responsible for correcting the remaining items. If, for some reason the repairs were not made, she said, the town would just not record the plan at the Registry of Deeds. She indicated it was up to the Board whether it wanted to recommend that the street be accepted now or at the October special town meeting.
Although they did not like the looks of the pavement, David Nagle and Gordon Coyle saw no reason not to accept the road. Joan DiLillo was of the opinion that there were still cracks in the pavement that needed to be addressed and Gerard LeBlanc was still concerned about the manhole cover and the slope of the drainage basins. Ms. O’Toole noted that the Conservation Commission had determined that the basins are operating properly.
Motion to recommend to town meeting that the acceptance of Tag Way be deferred to the October Special Town Meeting: Joan DiLillo
Second: Gerard LeBlanc
Vote: 2-2 (Gordon Coyle and David Nagle dissenting)
As the motion failed due to the tie vote, Ms. O’Toole said that she would speak when the article came before voters and advise them that Board members were not in agreement on the acceptance of Tag Way at this town meeting.
Motion to adjourn: Joan DiLillo
Second: Gerard LeBlanc
Vote: 4-0
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