Hull Board of Selectmen
Minutes
March 21, 2006
The meeting of the Hull Board of Selectmen was called to order at 7:38 pm on Tuesday evening, March 21, 2006 at the Hull Municipal Building, 253 Atlantic Avenue, Hull, Massachusetts
Present: Christopher Olivieri, Chairman; Joan Meschino, Vice Chairman; Ronald Davy, Clerk; John Reilly and John Silva, Members. Also present were: Christopher McCabe, Town Manager and James Lampke, Town Counsel.
7:30 pm Sharon Gay –re: CDBG Application
Sharon Gay. Hull’s CDBG Consultant, presented the Town’s CDBG Application to the Board. She included in the packet a 2-page list of and a legal size page of a list of potential projects identified in response to the community needs inventory.
Gay identified the documents submitted as 1) Community Development Plan; 2) Housing Plan; 3) Harbor Plan; 4) Open Space Plan; and 5) Recreation Plan.
McCabe authorized Gay’s proposal to be submitted to the Board and she listed them as Housing Rehab-$337,200; Sidewalks at Veterans Housing Pproject-$235,000; Wellspring-$36,400; Truancy Officer-$60,000; Housing Rehab-Inspection & Administration-$36,400; General Administration-$95,000; totaling $800,000.
In checking the back records to 1992, Gay said that since that time 161 units have been rehabbed on a town-wide basis. This next grant, Gay said, the plan is to target specific neighborhoods such as Alphabets from A to M streets, Kenberma, and Sagamore Hill. The application is due on April 3, 2006 she said. McCabe added that the ADA Master Plan also needs updating.
Moved-Meschino: To approve the CDBG Grant as presented
Second-Silva
Vote: Unanimous in favor
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8:00 pm Public Hearing – Nantasket Bay Club, Inc. dba The Ocean Club, Kristin Martin, Manager, 42 A State Park Road Application for All Alcoholic (annual) as a Restaurant, Common Victualer and Entertainment License. Continued from March 14, 2006
The Chairman opened the public hearing that was continued from March 14th in order to determine the necessity of recusal for two Board Members, John Reilly and John Silva as abutters.
Attorney Gregory Sullivan, representing the applicant Frank Plotner, supported the recusals, at which time both Silva and Reilly recused..
The Chairman swore in the witnesses. Persons of the public in the hallway were informed that there was space to accommodate them and they were invited into the room.
Olivieri read the report from Police Chief Richard Billings who wrote that he had no objection to the issuance of the licenses and that all employees should be TIP certified. He suggested that entertainment on the patio should have more limited hours than listed on the application.
The entertainment license occupied most of the discussion and among the over 40 persons in attendance the following spoke in support: Kevin Morris, 417 Nantasket Ave.; resident of 186 Atlantic Ave.; Vinny Harte, 51 Edgewater Rd.; Buckley, 20 Oceanside Dr.; William & Marie Schlief, 29 State Park Rd. Among those speaking in opposition were Ernesto Caparrotta, resident and condo developer on State Park Rd, Duane Landry, 6 Long Beach Ave.; Donald Brooker, 121 Nantasket Ave.(As to Entertainment License) John Tarkington? 121 Nantasket Ave.
Town Counsel suggested that the seating arrangements be referenced in the license on each floor, deck and patio. As for the operation of patios Lampke cited the hours for Barefoot Bobs as seven days from 12 noon to 11pm; Bridgeman’s as 8am to 1am and Sunday from 2pm to 12 midnight.
In response to a question Sullivan listed the bar seats as 8 0n the 1st floor (service bar), 4 on the 2nd floor, 5 on the patio.
Moved-Davy: To approve the common victualer license with 78 seats on the 1st floor including deck; 84 on the 2nd including deck
Second-Meschino
Vote: Two, ayes, one, nay (Olivieri) Reilly & Silva had recused
(Motion Passed)
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Moved-Davy: To issue the All Alcoholic General on premises license
Second-Meschino
Vote: Two, ayes; one, nay (Olivieri)
(Motion Passed)
The applicant introduced the sound expert who said that the equipment now used for outdoor entertainment has improved over the years and the sound will not carry any distance. The suggestion was made that if the license for entertainment is not issued that they be allowed to have a demonstration of the new system for the Board and the abutters.
Lampke suggested that the applicant withdraw the request for the Entertainment License to permit them to file at a later date. He also said that the application should be amended to show the new hours of operation.
The Chairman then suspended the hearing to hear Rhoda Kanet, Chairman of the Beach Management Committee, for her announcement of Beach Appreciation Day.
The hearing resumes.
Moved-Meschino; To amend the common victualer licenses to allow the service of food and liquor on patio from 9am-10pm on Sundays & 9am to 11pm Friday and Saturdays.
Second-Davy
Vote: Unanimous in favor
Sullivan requested to withdraw the application for the Entertainment License.
Moved-Davy: To permit the withdrawal of the Entertainment License
Second-Meschino
Vote: Unanimous in favor
Hearing closed.
Correspondence
Read a disclosure notice from Paul Dunphy, Member of the School Building Committee (SBC) that he is associated with a new building project at Harvard University for which PMA is a sub-contractor and that the SBC is in the process of negotiating for Owner Professional Representative Service with the same company, PMA.
Correspondence continued
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Noted a letter from Kristen Evans, Chairman of the School Committee, of her Board’s support for a Safety Resource Officer as suggested by Chief Richard Billings.
Noted a letter from William Dwyer of his proposal to construct an addition to the Pemberton Bait and Tackle Shop at Pemberton Pier.
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Moved-Reilly: To approve the minutes of January 10 and January 17, 2006 as presented
Second-Davy
Vote: Unanimous in favor.
Moved-Reilly: To approve the executive session minutes of November 1, December 27, 2005 and February 7, 21 & 28 as presented.
Second Davy
Vote: Unanimous in favor
Moved-Reilly: To release the executive session minutes of November 2, 2005, February 7, and February 28, 2006
Second Silva
Vote: Unanimous in favor.
(Held were December 27, 2005 and February 7, 2006)
Town Manager
McCabe reported: that the construction contract has been signed for the Cadish Ave. seawall; that the Advisory Board will meet with Ken Strachen on municipal benchmarking on Monday, March 27th; that the PERAC update will be available March 28th; that the Building Commissioner’s costs have risen so that the fees have increased, and he supplied a written expenditure report on the revolving fund; that the snow deficit is $39,000. that the health insurance in regard to reduction of costs is a long-term process; and that there are no funds to hire a School Resource Officer; that he plans to hire additional employees for the Highway Department as they currently have just four men; doing the work and that he is keeping the reserve fund at $20,000.
Silva said that the Building Department is understaffed and is in need of an Assistant Building Commissioner and requested McCabe to take a hard look at that resource area. He also suggested putting out an RFP for legal services. McCabe responded that his focus is on the highway department and Meschino agreed that it should be.
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A report was issued to Selectman Davy from McCabe stating that the Fire Chief reports that 3.7% of the total volume of responses are to the DCR reservation, and the Police Chief estimates that 14% of this department responses are to the DCR reservation.
The actual figures were listed as Fire at $124,732 and the Police at $487,550 totaling $612,282
Moved-Reilly: To approve the request of the Hull Lifesaving Museum for a demonstration of the New England Sled Dog Club on Saturday, March 25th from 1-4pm subject to the approval of the Police Chief
Second Meschino
Vote Unanimous in favor
Moved-Silva: To go into executive session to discuss strategy in litigation and disposition of real property and not to reconvene in open session:
Second-Reilly
Roll Call Vote: Aye, Meschino; aye, Davy; aye, Reilly; aye, Olivieri; aye, Silva
The meeting moved into executive session at 11:12pm and thereafter adjourned.
July 25, 2006
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