HANSON PLANNING BOARD
Minutes of the Meeting of
January 11, 2010
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Philip Lindquist called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
Members Present: Philip Lindquist, Chairman
Joan DiLillo, Vice Chairman
David Nagle, Member
Members Absent: Richard Flynn, Clerk
Kenneth Lawson, Member
Others Present: Noreen O’Toole, Town Planner
II. TOWN PLANNER’S REPORT
Zoning Bylaw Committee
Trails Committee
Old Colony Planning Council Joint Transportation Committee
Other Matters
Ms. O’Toole showed board members a map and asked them to go to Union Park Street prior to the next meeting to look at a lot on which Donald Ellis wants to construct a house.
III. APPOINTMENTS
Deer Hill Subdivision Bond Reduction
Construction Cost Estimate from Land Planning, Inc.
Request for Return of Bond
Town Planner Noreen O’Toole advised the Board that review engineering firm Land Planning, Inc. of Hanson has recommended retaining $10,896 of the bond for the Deer Hill Subdivision for the items remaining to be completed including a 10 percent contingency. There is currently $35,220 in the bond account.
Developer Joseph Walsh told the Board that he dug a trench along the property line into which he placed crushed stone and a perforated pipe. The trench feeds into a catch basin to help improve drainage problems on the property owned by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fish. Ms. O’Toole said that Mrs. Fish had called and said she was very satisfied with what Mr. Walsh had done.
Motion to release $20,000 from the bond for Deer Hill Estates: Joan DiLillo
Second: David Nagle
Vote: 3-0
IV. NEW BUSINESS
Kopelman & Paige memorandum regarding Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) establishes Time Limits for Wireless Siting Decisions
Board members took home for review a memorandum from Kopelman & Paige entitled FCC Establishes Time Limits for Wireless Siting Decisions.
Pulte Construction Sequence Schedule for Stonebridge Commons
Ms. O’Toole told the Board that Pulte Homes has provided the construction sequence schedule for Stonebridge Commons requested at the last Planning Board meeting.
V. OLD BUSINESS
Discussion of information to be forwarded to Town Counsel
The Board advised Ms. O’Toole that the covenant and settlement agreement for Stonebridge Commons should be reviewed by town counsel and that the change from a bonded project to a construction project should also be reviewed to assure that the town is protected if Evergreen/Glenwood should fail to meet its obligations.
VI. ADJOURNMENT
Motion to adjourn: David Nagle
Second: Joan DiLillo
Vote: 3-0
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