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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-02-11Friday - February 11, 1972 Special Meeting The PLANNIN~ BOARD held a special meeting on Friday evening, February 11, 1972 at 7:30 P.M. in the Town Office Building with the following members present: Charles W. Trombly, Jr., Chairman; Donald N. Keirstead, V. Chairman; John J. Monteiro, Secretary and William Chepulis. Robert J. Burke was unable to attend. Fritz Ostherr and Ben Osgood were also present. This meeting was called as a work session for the Planning Board to fully discuss John Brown's proposals. Mr. Devens Hamlen, from Land/Vest, Inc., was present and explained to the Board that Land/Vest has talked with their counsel and they fe~l the preliminary plans were properly presented to the Planning Board last November, 1971 and they think they will eventually go to court. He said there are no hard feelings. Siuce this was just a work session, it was not necessary for the clerk, Anna Donahue, to attend the meetLug. The meeting adjourned at 9:00 P.M. (Charles W. Trombly, Jr.) ~~~~~l~Clerk · L_AWRENC. E EAGLE-TRIBUNE, Lawrence, Mass.--Tues~ Gas station By PAT BRODERICK Of the Eagle. Tribune Staff NORTH ANDOVER -- Threat of a gas station on Mas- sachusetts Avenue. at the corner of Danvers Street. arounsed several angry residents at last night's public hear- ing on six zoning article scheduled for town meeting. The six zoning articles reviewed were all taken under advisement by the planning hoard. The board is expected to make its recommendations at its next meeting, at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the town building. More than 100 persons crowded into the fire station meeting room, several standing at each of the two door- ways, while others lined the back of the room. Two of the.. six articles, scheduled for town meeting. stirred considerable controversy: a Davis and Furber request to rezone land from general business to village resi- dence at the corner of Water and Church Sts.; and a request by Warren J, O'Brien to rezone from village resi- dence to geneal business land on Massaclmsetts Ave. at the corner o! Danvers Street, near Rte. 495. Atty. Robert J. White, who represented O'Brien. ex- plained that the rezoning would affect three multi family houses on the corner, hut that the area contained heavy traffic. VOTERS OF NORTH ANDOVER Re-Elect Arthur P. KIRK Your Selectman CAPAB LE--RELIABLE--EXPERIENCED * PROVEN ADMINISTRATOR -k Election Monday March 6th Sigmd Arthur P, Kirk 52 Pleasant St. Narlh And~ staff photo by Pat Br tan 100 persons crowd the fire station meeting room. Another resident said. "There's a /10'mpli limit] 'bht only' a yield sign. and there's already been several accidents. most of them involving dogs. If a dog can't get out of the way of cars. how can a 12-year-old child?" White. visibly overwhelmed by verbal dissent from all sides, said that the station would probably only service those ears already in the area. "I doubt if this will bring in any . -~e traffic." he said. "Whether the station is there or not. you'll have the same vehicular flow:" Planning Board Member William Chapulis questioned White's statement that 12,00 ears passed on Mass. Avenue during an 18-hour day. "I've been doing some figuring here." he said. "And even during a 24-hour period, for 12.000 ears to go by, eight ears would have to pass per minute. We'd have a traffic jam for three or four hours er-. eryday." White explained that the survey was taken during eight different time intervals, and that the survey was the stand- ard one used by oil businesses. Chapolis looked over the plans for the station, and then looked at White. "Here's something very interesting,", he said looking down at the plans. "You tell me that the gas station would probably service only those cars in the area. and would not attract more traffic. But it says here that a ~fhigh rIse sign, §0 feet high, is planned. This would be seen rom the highway, and would attract traffic off the high- way, so they could be serviced and then get back to the highway.' White maintained that additional traffic would not be at- ffaeted, but added, "Of course, anyone who located there would like to attract business." Another resident was concerned that oil trucks would leak or spill, eventually polluting the Shawsheen River, lo- eared nearby. "Why create another hazzard, we've got' enough already, he said. One woman saicL, "Let's leave the town residential be- eauso there's few enough nice places to live in. Why spoil it?" Another man said. "We've got 1§ gas stations in town al- ready, we don't need a 17th." The last man to speak drew the second round of ap- LAWRENCE EAGLE-TRIBUNE, Lawrence, Mass,--TUesdaY~ February 29, 1972 Candidates respond on issues By SUSAN BATTLES Lane said iL the individ- OI the Eagle. T~tbune S~aff ualized programs are delayed ANDOVER -- The school on the junior high level, the committee has been wrestling students will be hurt. He said with two issues recently -- it's bad for students to go how to handle the Doherty and Shawsheen School renovations, and how to list school pro- grams in order of priority. School committee candidates Stephen R Duly, William L. Lane, and William J. Codderre were asked yesterday where they stood on the two issues. from one educational system into an enth'ely different one. Although it's "nice to have if it can be a~forded", driver training and typing on the jun- ior high level are at the low end of the scale in terms of priority, Lane continued. He said mental health serv- power under the town chatter, the board of selectmen is French, 17 Moreland Road, "powerlnss", and thinks there said he's "not running, on a could be "wore active partici- platform of chatter revision." paiion by selectmen in matters He said selectmen have enough of controversial decision." power to manage the town, al- For examote. Meinlet said, though he's not clused-minded the board cOuld have had a stronger hand in the Trembly Duly, 18 Enmore St., pre- ices should be part of the about improvements. sident of the Shawsbeen School School committee budget, but "It's obvious neither the limousine issue, and coUld have PrO, said he feels strongly the should be limited to diagnostic town charter nor state law gone to Boston to help him. '$60,000 renovation article treatment. "Ongoing medical learly designates whose job is As far as the open town should be split so towuspcople services are the parental re- what," French said. But this meeting, Meinelt said town can decide which school.needs sponsibility," he said. shouldn't prevent selectmen population Should be kept work more. Lane said the same applies from working with the town down so the open meeting can He said although both to dental hygiene, manager, he said. continue to function. schools merit renovation, Shaw- William J. Coderre, 37 Stln- French said he's reserving He said the gorwth of the sheen is an old building, and son Road. said the Shawsheen judgement about changes in town can be slowed down if the basics like plumbing and School definitely has priority the government until he sees a town meeting vetoes large apartment or condominium wiring need attention, over Doberty in terms of reno- specific alternative, said_complexes. Dbherty, on the other hand, rations, and said the article Meinelt, 173 Elm St., is a good facihty which could asking for planning funds for be made better, Duly contin-renovations shoed be divided. ! BiLL LANE IS A LEADER ued. As far as program priorities, It would be more advan- Coderre, said, "the results of tageous to the town if one the 4th grade tests should tell school passed, he said, al- us our priorities." though he hopes town meeting He said no data on the tests would be genorous enough to have been released by the · Associate Administrator Bo~ approve renovations for both. school department since last Secours Hospital On the subject of program February. "but there's a rumor · President - Greater Lawrence priority, Duly said children around town that some Schools Red Cross with learning disabilities should are doing a better job than be taken care of before the others." · Division Chairman - ~reater ,oppertunity school" is funded. Coderre said it's up to the Lawrence United Fund h The t .o~,~ ?esn't, .kno~ yet School Superintendent Kenneth ow much or a p~romem ~earn- R. Seifert to release the infor- lag disbilitins are, Duly said, marion to the town. but a recent test should con- The issues in the selectman's firm withether 600 to 1,000 stu- race aren't as clear-cut as in dents are affected as has been the school committee race, but Duly said no program should be abolished just'yet, and the new individualized programs must be evaluated. "People are concerned about how well the new programs are working," he said. "Wheth- er it's good or bad, the infor- mation must be made known -- if net, people will be aus- tere at town meeting." William L. Lane, 154 High Plain Road, said it woUld be wrong to divide the school ren- ovation article, and wrong to choose between them. "Both need considerable amounts of renovation, and neither needs work more than townspeople have been talking about switcifing to a represen: tative town meeting, and have been discussing the role of the board of selectmen. Selectman Candidates Alan F. French and Theodore E. Meinelt were asked yesterday if the town should abandon the open town meeting, and if the board of selectmen has enough D-CON WARPATH FOR INDOOR o' Developed Joint Hospital Drug Walk. In Clinic · Prep Club Leader - Chamber of Commerce · Project Director - Vocational Rehabilitation Center HE WANTS: BILL LANE IS A RESPONSIBLE, PRUDENT INDIVIDUAL · Sound Program Planning · Meaningful Evaluation Proeedur~ ELECT · Administration A~oun'~biliW · Educational Programs Designed For All Of Our Children - At A Cost We Can Afford. WILLIAM, L' LANE FOR ANDOVER ANT PROBLEMS the other,', he said. Lane feels the individualized ~ ~1~1 l~'~l de.Ii II II lq"l~l~lP programs are of the highest priority, and said the present - school committee has repe- . ' ~ ] ~ '--I__ ~' Stanley saba atedly endorsed the new pro- ' - ' . . ;' * ' '. 144 I-ovejoy Rd., Andove~ grams.