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05/01/2018 BOS Meeting Minutes
Town Of Sutton
Board of Selectmen
                                                        Meeting Minutes
  
                                           Minutes Accepted and filed with the Town Clerk on 5/15/2018 by a vote of   3-0   
                                                                                                        
7:00p.m. – May 01, 2018
                                       Sutton Town Hall, Selectmen’s Meeting Room
Members in Attendance:                           
      Chairman Jesse Limanek, Vice Chair John L. Hebert, Clerk David Hall and Selectman Michael Kenney  
      Town Administrator James Smith & Deb Jacques, secretary  

Chairman Limanek calls the meeting to order at 7:00pm followed by the Pledge of Allegiance  
Public Forum: N/A

Selectman Hall motions to accept as presented the April 17, 2018 meeting minutes, Selectman Kenney 2nds passes 3-0-1  
                                                                                                       (Vice Chair Hebert abstains, absent from 4/17/18 meeting)
Sutton Youth Baseball Proclamation read by Selectman Hall
 **Public Hearing** 169 Eight Lots Road- Lot 5 Chapter 61A. Hearing notice read by Selectman Hall: TA Smith says Boards and Commissions have chosen to pass on the 1st right of refusal for this property. Present is the landowners Attorney Mel Chacharone. Atty. Chacharone states this is the 5th and final piece of property being sold for a house lot on Eightlots Road. Hearing no questions or comments from the BOS, Selectman Hall motions to close the public hearing, Selectman Kenney 2nds passes 4-0. Selectman Kenney motions to not exercise the town’s option under MGL Chapter 61A for 3.95 +/- acres of property located at 169 Eight Lots Road Map #28 Parcel 03 (lot 5) Selectman Hall seconds passes 4-0.

**Public Hearing** Liquor License/Common Victualler- Brickstone Kitchen, Inc. Hearing notice read by Selectman Hall: TA Smith says this will be located at 4 Worcester-Providence Tpk. The vote will be contingent as we are still waiting for some of the departments to sign off on. Atty. Frank Niro is present for the applicant Anthony Joseph (also present), manager of record for the establishment. Atty. Niro reviews the extensive 30 years history of restaurant experience held by Mr. Joseph. Justin Bonner (son in law) is also present and will be assisting at the restaurant. Mr. Joseph addresses the board, he is a resident from Sutton and says although the restaurant will not be real fancy it will have good food. He goes on to say he is TIP certified as well as holding other certifications required for Food safety. Staff serving alcohol will also be TIP trained. Vice Chair Hebert says this is not your first rodeo, we are pleased that you touched on key points regarding alcohol establishments, we hold compliance checks but are very fair to all establishments.  Selectman Hall welcomes the new business to the Town and says we need places to eat. Having the former Chief of Police on the Board as well as the previous Fire Chief we are always conscious of alcohol education. You seem to be quite educated already. Selectman Kenney says thank you for coming to the town, we can’t overstate enough TIP certification, and we as a board take this serious. You as the business owner hold the responsibility for this. Chairman Limanek is definitely excited about this new restaurant, the location is the welcome door to the town. We are confident you will be successful. Selectman Hall motions to close the Public Hearing, Selectman Kenney seconds passes 4-0. Vice Chair Hebert motions to approve a §12 All Alcohol, on premises liquor license request along with a Common Victualler license from Brickstone Kitchen Inc. at 4 Worcester Providence Turnpike - Anthony Joseph, Manager contingent upon all interdepartmental approvals, Selectman Kenney seconds passes 4-0
    
Subdivision street lights-Leland Hill Estates: present is developer John Burns. TA Smith says that Leland Hill Estates will eventually be accepted as public roads. Mr. Burns would like to have the 3 street lights as shown in his plans put up prior to the paving of the road. NGrid requires an approval letter form the Town. The town would like to see LED lights installed but NGrid will not approve of these. We will work on a bylaw so future subdivisions will be required to install LED lights. Mr. Burns would agree to LED but NGrid will not. It will not require much to convert to LED once the Town takes ownership of these roads. The BOS all agree it is best to approve so Mr. Burns can complete the project. Vice Chair Hebert states Mr. Burns runs a good ship. Selectman Kenney feels a bylaw stating LED is required is a good way to go. Selectman Hall  motions to provide confirmation to National Grid that the Town approves of the installation of three (3) – 30’ cobra head street lights on Partridge Hill Road and Hunters Court per the approved Leland Hill Estates subdivision plans. Equipment and installation costs shall be paid for by the developer. The developer shall also pay for all power used by these lights until the Town of Sutton accepts the streets as public ways Selectman Kenney seconds passes 4-0

Manchaug Pond Foundation present before the BOS from Manchaug Pond Foundation are Phyllis Charpentier, clerk; Dave Schmidt, President and Ed Bien, treasurer.  They are before the BOS tonight looking for an approval on a NOI for DEP for an aquatic management program to control nuisance plants. They will also be filing in Douglas. Phyllis states Manchaug Pond is 380 acres consisting of the lake, campgrounds and 2 overlooks. This will assist the group to use a toolbox approach to do lake management. Vice Chair Hebert asks if it is the same type of management Lake Singletary uses, TA Smith states he is not sure, they may have previous permission from DEP. Phyllis states they had started last year a Diver Assisted suction harvesting to rid the lake of certain plant species. Ed Bien is looking to set up a group of qualified divers with oxygen to go in and suction the plants. Drawing down the lake is another option. We have not yet decided which option to go. Vice Chair Hebert is in support of this application. Selectman Hall asks what DEP’s role is. Phyllis states this application will be filed in Conservation and DEP. Dave states Manchaug Lake is an asset to the town. Selectman Kenney is 100% for this and anything he can do to support the foundation, it is a great asset. Chairman Limanek is definitely in support. There is a true scientific manner in this. Jesse applauds the foundations efforts. Jesse questions if there is a boat wash area. Phyllis states they proposed it years ago and the state was all for it and were going to announce to surrounding areas/boat owners. The Manchaug Pond Foundation never went through with it. Chairman Limanek asks due to recent facebook postings is Manchaug Pond Foundation the same as Manchaug Pond Association? Phyllis replies anyone can join the association including campers of the campgrounds. Mailers went out and Phyllis did see one of the articles on watershed was shared on the Sutton Site. She is monitoring the comments and when needed educating the people. They have not yet taken a stand on the solar articles, they meet on May 8th and will discuss at that time. Phyllis does say that Manchaug Pond is fed by the watershed-anything that happens in the watershed will affect the lake. Selectman Kenney motions to approve the Notice of Intent requested by Manchaug Pond Foundation for an Order of Conditions from MA DEP for an Aquatic management program to control nuisance & nonnative plant growth Selectman Hall seconds passes 4-0   
 

Approve the May Town Meeting Warrant and the Election Warrant: John Hebert 23 Singletary Ave Sutton at this time reads a letter he wrote regarding articles 22, 23 and 24 (attached). TA Smith states the 1st 10 articles are the usual articles. #11 is the debt over ride for the Roadway Improvement fund, #12 is the special act for tax abatements for active military serving overseas, #15 is for partial allowance of marijuana, everything but retail and on site (café), #16 & 17 are full prohibition (zoning and general bylaws), Town Planner Jen Hager stresses the importance of having something pass by a super majority either the partial allowance or full prohibition. It is not a good thing to have nothing in place. #18 is housekeeping. #22, 23 & 24 are solar photovoltaics in the overlay districts. Selectman Kenney states the solar articles have down sized the projects, if they encounter wetlands when doing due diligence can they just shift the project. Jen states no, they would have to reapply as it changes the metes and bounds. Also asked was if there can be a cap on solar farms, Jen answers “No”.  Jen will have handouts for the Town Meeting, regarding the marijuana articles and the scaled down solar projects will be available to view on the Towns website. Selectman Hall motions to Approve and sign the May Town Meeting Warrant & Election Warrant Vice Chair Hebert seconds passes 4-0   
 
TA Update:
  • Pole installed at Town Farm Road for the Cell Tower-just waiting for power to be run
  • Goddard Lodge Rehab- .Colletta Const. was the winning bid of $445,500. A notice of award has been issued.
  • Manchaug Boat Ramp- annual passes available at the collectors office for $20.00
  • 126 Mendon Road-town property was recently bid. One bidder (Ed Newel) in the amount of $1,500.00
  • Tree City USA awarded again-thanks to Jen Hager and Matt Stencel
  • Transfer station stickers on sale now for $10.00 will expire in June.
 
Announcements/Round Table:
         Selectman Hall attended the Arbor Day celebration with Chairman Limanek it was a great time.
         Chairman Limanek reads the list of items needed at the Food Pantry.

9:00 pm Chairman Limanek motions to enter into Executive Session reasoning #3 to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the intention of returning back to open session for the purpose of adjournment. Roll call vote taken.

9:15 pm enter back in to open session: Selectman Hall motions to adjourn, Selectman Kenney seconds passes 4-0