HANSON PLANNING BOARD
Minutes for the Meeting of
August 21, 2006
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Philip Lindquist called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
Members Present: Philip Lindquist, Chairman
Joan DiLillo, Vice Chairman
David Nagle, Clerk
Gordon Coyle, Member
Richard Flynn, Member
Others Present: Town Planner Noreen O’Toole
Administrative Assistant Barbara Ferguson
II. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES
Acceptance of Minutes of Meeting of July 10, 2006
Motion to accept the minutes of the meeting of July 10, 2006: Gordon Coyle
Second: Richard Flynn
Vote: 5-0
Acceptance of Minutes of Meeting of July 20, 2006
Motion to accept the minutes of the meeting of July 20, 2006: Joan DiLillo
Second: Gordon Coyle
Vote: 3-0-2 (David Nagle and Richard Flynn abstaining)
III. TOWN PLANNER’S REPORT
Master Plan Committee
Town Planner Noreen O’Toole gave Philip Lindquist and Gordon Coyle copies of the latest draft of the Master Plan for their review. She said that she planned to call a meeting of the Master Plan Committee once the final draft is ready. She said that she plans to have discs of the completed plan made for distribution to other town boards and committees. The Board suggested that they be read-only discs.
Hanson Trails Committee
Ms. O’Toole said that the Hanson Trails Committee had received a $4,000 grant from R.E.I. that will be used to construct kiosks.
Zoning Bylaw Committee
Ms. O’Toole said that Zoning Bylaw Committee had voted to submit six articles for the warrant for the October 2, 2006 special town meeting. A paid advertisement will run in the Hanson Express on September 7, and 14, 2006. The required public hearing before the Planning Board will be held on Monday, September 25, 2006 at 8 p.m
Other Business
Ms. O’Toole said that Kopelman and Paige, town counsel, would be sending the language for an article to accept a new state statute that would allow a board member to miss one meeting and still vote on an issue if he or she had either read the minutes or listened to a tape of the meeting. The Board agreed that the article should be submitted for the warrant for the October 2, 2006 special town meeting.
Ms. O’Toole told the Board that she had received a call from an attorney representing Joseph Shaulis. Mr. Shaulis received approval from the Board in 1992, she said, for a subdivision off Elm Street that was never constructed. In 2005, she said, a Form A was filed and approved for three lots. She said the attorney wanted a letter releasing the covenant for the original subdivision. Board members said that the attorney should be asked to submit a sample letter for their review.
Ms. O’Toole asked Board members if they would have any problem with continuing with Monday meeting dates as they work well for the office. It was agreed that meetings for the next month would be held on Monday, September 11 and Monday, September 25, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
IV. APPOINTMENTS
Attorney Robert Marzilli
Millennium Estates
Inspection Report, P.M.P. Associates
Letter from Highway Surveyor
The board met with Attorney Robert Marzilli of Marshfield, counsel for Millennium Estates developer Sheila Niksa, to discuss the steps that needed to be taken in order for the subdivision roadway system to be recommended to voters for acceptance at the October 2, 2006 special town meeting.
Reviewed with the attorney were a July 25, 2006 letter from Highway Surveyor Richard Harris indicating eight items that needed to be corrected as well as items mentioned by Town Planner Noreen O’Toole in the minutes of the Board meeting held before the May 1, 2006 special town meeting at which acceptance of Tag Way was passed over. A construction observation report from the board’s review engineer Michael Perrault of P.M.P. Associates of East Bridgewater dated August 3, 2006 was in agreement with the items detailed by the Highway Surveyor in his July 25, 2006 letter.
Attorney Marzilli indicated that he was surprised by the most recent report from P.M.P. based on his April 13, 2006 construction observation report which indicated only three minor issues that needed to be addressed before the subdivision roadway could be accepted by the town. They were sidewalk sweeping, raking and reseeding bare areas between the curb and sidewalk, and the cleaning of sand and mulch from the island to the cul-de-sac.
Member Joan DiLillo who was present at the site meeting with Highway Surveyor Richard Harris and Michael Perrault that preceded Mr. Perrault’s recent report, said that her primary concern was with the cracks indicated in the letter from Mr. Harris. She said that the cracks could cause the road to break up after the town accepts responsibility for the subdivision roadway system. The Board recommended that Mr. Harris be present when the work is done.
V. NEW BUSINESS
Stonebridge Commons
Inspection Report, Merrill Associates
Board members took home for review a July 12, 2006 inspection report from Merrill Associates for Stonebridge Commons.
Brookside Estates
Phase 1 & 2
Inspection Reports, P.M.P. Associates
Board members took home for review August 3, 7, 8, 9, and 11, 2006 inspection reports from P.M.P. Associates for Brookside Estates, Phase 1 and 2.
VI. ZONING HEARINGS
Application of Virginia Casoli for a special permit to allow for a kennel for the care of owner’s four dogs at 59 Phillips Street, Assessors Map 43, Lot 12. Property is located in the Commercial Industrial Zone and Flexible Overlay Zone.
COMMENT: Defer to Zoning Board of Appeals.
Application of Hanson Express for site plan approval to allow the operation of a community newspaper publishing business with space for general office purposes only at 1375 Main Street, Unit 1, Assessors Map 44, Lot 12. Property is located in the Flexible Overlay Zone.
COMMENT: Defer to Zoning Board of Appeals.
VII. ADJOURNMENT
Motion to adjourn: Joan DiLillo
Second: Richard Flynn
Vote: 5-0
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