HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-10-04October 4, 1976 - Monday
REGULAR ~G
~"ne PLANNI~G BOARD held a regular monthly meeting on Monday evening, October 4, 1977
at 7:30 P.M. in the Town Office Meeting Room. The following members were present and
voting: l~ritz Ostherr, Chairman; William Chepulis, Vice-Chairman; William N. Saleratus,
Clerk; and Paul R. Lamprey.
There were 20 visitors present.
The BOARD formally accepted the petition signed by 54 residents relative to GRFAT POND
WOODLAND. This will be added to the file and considered in the deliberations on this
subdivision.
Minutes of August 2, 1976 - upon motion of Nrc Lamprey and second by Mr. Salemme the
BOARD voted unanimously to accept as submitted.
PLANS NOT REQUIRING APPROVAL:
I. TOWNSHTP REALTY TRUST - Rea S~.: plan dated Sept. ?3, ?976; no action taken.
2. ANTHONY PORE~TA - Highwood Way: plan denotes ~ransfer of land from Abdinoor to
Foresta and from Poresta to Alxlinoor. Upon motion of Mr. Lamprey and second by Mr.
Salemme to endorse the plan of land in North Andover, M~. owned by T. Poresta and J.
Abdinoor dated September, 1976 as not requiring approval under subdivision control law
the BOARD vo~edunanimously.
NORM LA~T - Johnson Circle: Mr. Lampert explained his problem once again to the
BOARD. Mr. Cyr had been told that they would have the ma~ter corrected by October 1
and it is still in the same condition. A call was received today,~said Cyr, from
Atty. Willis to set up a meeting for Thumsdayafternoon; it so~nds like a broken record.
Mr. Lampert stated that he would like to get the problem solved before the winter.
Mr. Cyr said that the developer is aware of the seriousness of the problem; there is
very little done the way it is supposed to be,- berm is needed on the whole street.
Water runs 6-12e~deep during a hard rain according to Mr. Lampert. Mr. Chepulis sug~
gested that the electric company apply some pressure on the contractor. It was noted
that this subdivision is almost 4 years old and still incomplete.
William Cyr: Appledore - Mr. Cyr informed the BOARD that he didn't have a plan of the
retention pon as he had requested; was told by Ben Osgood that a set of plans would not
be made available to him and, therefore, was unable to do anything more than look at
the ponds visibly. He reported that he didn't think they were constructed properly, are
shallow and hopes to get a much better product. Mr. Ostherr inquired whether or not
the Town, in fact, has easements to these ponds- Mr. Cyr answered that he hopes so.
The Conservation Commission supposedly has the plans on which easements are shown.
Mr. Chepulis suggested writing to Mr. Harem to determine the status of the easements.
The BOARD checked~our plans and the easements are no~ shown.~ Dr. Seccareocio asked
Fra~_k Gelinas who did the work on the ponds - Methuen Construction.
A letter is to be sent to Mr. Harem and is in the subdivision file.
Letter from Dr. & Mrs. Armitage dated Oct. 3, 1976 was read.
ANDREW CIRCLE - Atty. SChwartz and Nr. Sorbo were present. Atty. Schwartz stated that
they are just as anxious to complete the road as the BOARD island the contractor did
see Mr. Cyr recently. They will start within 2 weeks. Mr. Cyr said he seemed to be
knowledgeable of everyth~Rg that had to be done~ but after the middle of November it
is impractical to do road work in North Andover. Mr. Schwartz said they would see that
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the work is done by that time.
Plan Not Requiring Approval - Andrew Circle: Atty. Schwartz stated that the original
plan as been approved and is on record. Because of many, many reasons they did not
continue and at this point they don't know whether they will ever get financing for
the remaining buildings. They would like to leave parcel '~B" as one lot for now.
The plan is "as built", easements are shown, no change in the street, same radius.
I1~ the road work is not completed by Nov. 15 the PLANNING BOARD will take action in
the spring to do whatever is available by legal means to complete it.
A motion was made by Mr. Monteiro to endorse the plan of land for Andrew Sorbo dated
Sept., 1976 as not requiring approval under subdivision control law. Mr. Sale,me
seconded and the vote was unanimous.
APPLEDORE (cont'd) - Dr. Seccareccio recalled conditions imposed by the DNR and wondered
if they had been brought b~ck to the BOARD. The developer seemed to go ahead and do
what he wanted to anyway. Where does it go neff? Mr. Ostherr explained what happens
with the Con. Com. regarding additional requirements that might affect our approval and
bringing the plans back to the BOARD.
Robert Nazarian stated that he hoped Mr. Cyr gets the plans and evaluates them because
the conditions are just terrible, the pond is nothing like when he bought the property.
Dr. Seccareccio commented that when they put in Sandra Lane there was not one thing
done to prevent silt, that he cleaned up the watershed below with a holding pond and
now his holding pond is a mud hole, too. He showed snapshots of the area. The condi-
tion to prevent siltation was not abided by by the developer.
Gaffton Osgood interjected that this problem probably wasn't thought of at the beginning
of the subdivision. The abutters said it is condition #21.
~[rs. Armitage questioned the fact that there might be some more up to date condition~.
Correspondence from John Ford, Esq. Re 8HARLES ST. - reiterated the status of the street
and the fact that it is a part of a subdivision in N. A. The letter was read and is
on File. Mr. Cyr advised moving ahead; they did say they would cooperate with Mr. Casale's
request if Mr. Matses would agree. The bounds should be shown so we can determine where
the road goes. The Chairman noted that they really have to complete that as an indus-
trial road; notify the District that we would like all work postponed until the meeting
on Wed. at 8 A.M.
Report on Watson _~mth Removal Site: Mr. Saleratus stated Mr. Watson iS starting his
finish grade in 5 acre increments; has made a stump hole and has something worked with
the tree department. The situation of Boston Brook is taken care of by a wall of heavy
grass amd trees, the area close to the road is planted, was pleased with the conditions
as compared, to 2 years ago. Mr. Lamprey made a motion that, assuming proced%ural matters
are attended to, the Planning Board has no objection to renewal of his permit. Mr.
Saleratus seconded and the vote was tunanimous.
Ch. 808 - Mr. Ostherr told the BOARD members that he would like to do something about the
subject and is looking for specific proposals. Mr. Lamprey presented a list o£ procedures
to be followed under 808. The ~KI~RD will have to be ready in January with Articles.
Gayton Osgood stated that the State is encouraging the Growth Policy Committees to con-
tinue on with Funding coming from them. They consider our report the best they have
received. ONe of the things they suggested was to try and implement suggestions that
were made and to work with the MVPC land use plan so there will be no conflicts.
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They would like to aid the BOARD is some way. Mr. Ostherr asked for his Committee to
present some specific recommendations in the near future.
Much discussion ensued regarding all projects having to do with zoning.
The BOARD will meet on the 25th to begin 808 study for revision to our ZBL. Board
members ~o review ~he law ~o see where we are in conflict and where harmonious.
EONlq~G NAP - Board m~de corrections on the working copy of the~map.
Miscellaneous Matters:
Benchmark Construction - Atty. Gordon and A~ty. Helen Comeau present. Letter from
High~ay Surveyor and BPW received - breakdown: HW- $20,OOO; BP~ - $6,100. Benchmark
is willing to post $33,000 with a bank paesbook. Requested release of lots. Mr.
Chepulis made a motion to release the covenant in lieu of posting of bank passbook in
the amount of $33,000 for purpose of con%inning with Benohm~rk Estates with a completion
date of Oct. 1, 1977. Mr. Lamprey seconded and the vote was unanimous.
A letter shall be sent to the bank ~hat no money can be released, we are holding this
as sure~y, wiShou~ BOARD approval.
Letter from Commonwealth Re Tour of Low & Moderate Housing -was read and referred to
~he Growth Policy Committee.
Charles Foster, Building Inspector, brought up the subject of Planner and early approach
to the Advisory Board for funds.
The meeting adjourned at 11 P.M.
Chairman
Fri~z Ostherr
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