Minutes 5/22/18
This meeting was recorded for the secretary’s records.
Location: Town Hall Annex 246 Main Street
Open: 6:32pm
Present: Norm Anderson (chair), Marilyn Sidoti, Shawn Moore, Tim Nahrwold, Dick Williams, Ron Barron (town planner)
Guests: Will Cassanelli (Building Inspector)
Brice Lemon: Will questioned how we are tracking the amount of money that Blair is depositing into an account for the HOA. According the conditions of approval he is supposed to be depositing $50 per house. “The applicant shall contribute $50 at the time of sale of each unit of the subdivision to a HOA trust fund to be managed by the Brice Lemon HOA.” Tim and Dick want monthly financial reports. Will has granted 4 occupancy permits, so there should be $200 in the trust fund. Tim made a motion to send a letter to Blair requesting monthly financial reports. Dick 2nd, all in favor.
Solar: Will asked some general questions about when a solar project needs to go to the Planning Board for approval. Small projects under 50 kw DC do not require Planning Board approval.
Minutes: The board reviewed the minutes from the 5/8/18 meeting. Shawn moved to accept the minutes with corrections. Dick 2nd, all in favor.
Invoices: Tim questioned if any invoices were due. Laurie stated that the Planning Board Member stipends were submitted. The reimbursement for Tim for the digital equipment was also submitted. The planning board covered half of the cost and the Conservation Commission will cover the other half. Amazon is refunding the taxes since the town is tax exempt.
Registry of Deeds: All members have signed the form for this year’s members and Laurie has put it out for the mail.
ANRS: None
Wachusett Solar LLC Decommissioning Surety Agreement~~~~67 Wachusett Street: The board reviewed the documents submitted by Wachusett Solar on 5/14/18. Seeing everything in order, Dick moved to sign the documents once the other parties have signed. Marilyn 2nd, all in favor.
Remove land from Chapter 61A: The board reviewed the request to remove 66 Glenwood Road, Property of Lana Andrews and the Estate of Doreen Fay Colby (Assessor Map 57 Parcel A3) from 61A. Dick questioned how the land can be considered 61A when for 61A you need to demonstrate annual agricultural product sales of at least $500 for the first 5 acres and $0.50 for every additional productive forestland acre. Dick believes there has not been logging on this property. The land is being sold to Dogwood Creek Landholdings, LLC from North Carolina. Dick made a motion to request a reply from the Selectmen regarding the legality of the 61A state of the property. Shawn 2nd, all in favor. Laurie will send the letter.
Planning Board Reorganization: Dick made a motion for Norm to be Chairman and for Marilyn to be Vice Chair. Shawn 2nd, all in favor. Marilyn nominated Dick as delegate to CMRPC. Tim 2nd, all in favor. Dick nominated Shawn as alternate for CMRPC. Tim 2nd, all in favor.
CMRPC Annual Dinner: The annual meeting/dinner is on June 14th. Laurie will RSVP for everyone. Marilyn, Shawn, Norm and Dick are attending. Laurie and Tim are unable. Laurie will check with Margaret.
Bear Hill: Norm received a bond reduction from Quinn on Bear Hill. Norm thinks the new bond amount will probably be accepted. It will be put on the next agenda for a vote. Clea has a bond on Arrowhead. Clea would like the board to close out the Arrowhead bond and take the bond money and apply it to Bear Hill. The board will discuss this at the next meeting.
The board received a Quinn report dated 5/21/18. It reduced the number of unresolved issues from 94 to 55.
The board needs Seth to go look at the fire hydrant on Bear Hill. Laurie had sent him an email and had not heard back. Laurie will follow up with him.
Planner Job Description: The board reviewed a draft job description from Ron and comments from Margaret. The board spent a good amount of time making revisions. Ron will rewrite the job description with revisions.
Tim’s Reimbursement for Digital Equipment: Laurie submitted reimbursement for ½ of the purchase price minus tax. Amazon is refunding the tax money. The conservation commission will be submitting the reimbursement for the other half.
Bear Hill: The amount of money to transfer from Brintnal to Bear Hill needed to be re-voted on. Laurie had inadvertently quoted the wrong amount at the last meeting. Marilyn made a motion to transfer $7,444.14 from the Brintnal Estates financial account to the Bear Hill financial account. Shawn 2nd. Norm, Marilyn, Dick and Shawn voted favorably. Tim opposed.
Street Lights: Laurie researched old public hearing minutes and did not find any reference to a waiver for the street lights. Norm emailed Amy Kwessel from K.P. Law to ask if a public hearing is required to for the board to waive the street lights at this point. He has not heard back from her yet.
Brice Lemon: There a conversation about the letter from Clea to Carl with Quinn Engineering concerning a sidewalk being moved to avoid the wetlands. The letter was dated 5/14/18. Dick would like Quinn’s opinion on this change. This is in reference to lot 51. Norm will call Quinn regarding this.
Shawn motioned to close the meeting. Marilyn 2nd, all in favor.
Close: 9:40 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Laurie Becker, Secretary
Minutes approved on 6/12/18
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