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By TomLaflE water quality following
Doucette
On thepublie"accessibility
Any North Andover residents "sage of th'e Clean Water Actin the issue,Doucette said "I don't.dis-.
yearning to.glide their boat into ,1970's,the river's popularity for ague with Joe(Cushing)un%that"
theMet#niackRiverhaveto'be #ishingenthusiastsand recrea- Doucette affirmed that the
ready to either leave town or do tional boaters is on the rise, grant conditions require that the
bathe with brush and nncoopera Doucette saidthe closest ramp funds be usedto improve public
tive river Tianks to reach the wa- to the Merrimack River open to .use ofaresource."
tersedge: the public he knows of is in Locking the ramp far certain
But ttiat could change if North Methuen. hours,particularly at night,is
Andover officials resuscitate a Rile some supporters ofthe somettiing�ofiicials will eon-
plan"tobuildaboatrain�ona �plariilisagreeonhowaboatramp siderasa nafterofpubli ey,
small plot of town owned land should be"managed,the only peo- however,accordingtoDopcette.
along the river. plc•who might remain skeptical No official contacted by the�Gi-
tichard Doucette,thelown's about the plan ale"nearby resi- tizen has pushed the °dea4bf
Conservation Department a.Mi- dents euvisionuigparked cars on '-building a ramp'that would be
mstrator,has Ijegua dusting off "their treeu closed toahe public to be used"
II,e boat ramp,pians which have ,`T don't see a boat ramp nth"a "solely as'a ramptheire" e-
lam Idle since be€orehe came on =park a""s"a"police-problem.The "partment's rescue.bo'at
board Ia'March of 1989, �niv gote'!W problem would be " And Chief Dolan said as the.
A recent letter from the U S the parking As long as there are ;pyre Department's advocateliis
Army CorpsofKngineersr�-W ?enough�spacesandwecanre inam,coneernisthatsomesortof
must pe rnut such apgol 'said strict the hours of use,I dan"t p n d y _
the Corpswould,pull the town's think that would eves be an facebebuiltallowuigfirefighters
p ermit�f the town's Interest t US tanley quaker access to the ever>iI the
waned- While the site`is a sn►all one, eventsomeone's life fs e.
A letter to the Corps from andparlpagzssuretobe�amalor geredaatlie�raver' e sai'dhe
intere t znf)dfiilowing through an concern,Dkoucette said one op Lh}does not appose pliirc s'ccess to
txon+he may�ursue�stotalkto sueliaakn'"'�£
theplans ownersiufabuttiagpmpertyab s""Ifwewantedtogettotiie,inver
The re emergence of theplans out the possibility of allowing right now,we'd'manfiaadle the
atla�t uuc's Conseahoa Cum ��overtlow parinng,� ��� syu} at�We' dmetthere;Fbutre d
missionpeeting,broughtagnpe North Andover resident habeto`muscle'iitthroughzthe
flromaresidentui+hosa3rshewas lasephCu�shng,„,azscrence, brush"and�all,�sadYfal�fessta
told he would lie kept abteast�of eachei'atTeaboi�yHigh`School; '�dange;you`don't want,to'waste'
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ChiFueeWilIism Dolanands ,
:and open"to any and all nary with sfimbail and Chase En ";
Pollee=ChiefMichaP anley whovwanttouseit �,gmeernng epresentatvesconung:
both support the idea ofa boat «�q concerns are,firstly,that ,before the ConserpatYon Coriunis
ramp being"created although. the np-rap u§ell k►e capable ofsion to present puns If addi=
theywanttoseeanyyspecrffcpl-in withstaadinga 15 to 2{Ir=year i o almaney�sneeded�for:con-
when it isdecided upon storm °<andtliatthe�ntoney was ;structioa,athe question wiltbave
7n 1984,North Andover re- granted"'for recreational an3 .ao be putbefore�electmea and
ceivedover$38,1100mstategrant emergeacyaceess Don'tmis possibly�towuzmeeting,"said
money to buy the plot onithe understand ChiefDolaais.anex- '�Doncette.=. "" .. .
river's"edge which is lust under cellent chief,but the ramp"issup Doucette plans to bringthe
'an acre is sue ." � posed to be used:forrecreatianal issue before selectmen:in"the
The parcel is justbe3�ond the `pu o'ses the�pAr. ng area p turie.ttwkeep t q iu-
areater'Lawrence Sanitary Dis- shouidbe maxtniizedforthepeo formed"on£fie latest regar `ng,
trict pumping station bnRiver- pie who•paid forit,andit should "°theplan= "
view Street not:be locked"for any,reason, In the past;some design:op-
Fundsfroma"communitydeve said Cushuig;"a,t Douaetteup " ,bons have looked at whether
lapmentbloekgrantwerealsore- dated Conservationcommiss�on """spacefor.trallers"shouldUin-
seivedfortltedevelopmentofthe membersentheplan". cludedand"vuhetherthe,ra'mp
site:Karen H.P„Nelson,North ; ,Themse' as afire boat acces " and"parkinglot"would be"paved
Andover'sdirectorofthediuision point"shouldbeseeondaryysai11 ornot"
ofplanningand,communi4,deve- Cushiing.' The town'entered an agree-
lopment could not"be,reached to Cushing also said he was,"cha- moment with Kimball and Chase'Ixi
determine the amount of money Brined"to find"that officials were June to pay$�400 as a retainer.
available:for"piaumngaadbuild rese'archrngtheplan"without,r. Doueettesaidtheconstiixction
_ingtheramp. keeping-him"informed�ofany n•gfanyboatrampwouldinclude
.."Sett) a"rainy andpaxking change is the sitq'ation'He said "cleaning the area:The"bank'of
spaces for carswouId meet;a de- he had atteailed past p"ubhc the river is North Andover-,was
mandfof access„to the riverfor meetings,and had been"ta7d by used years ago as a dumping
boaterssaiii Aoucette_ .'� r` members of the#oven's tecltnYcal °°ground;o€trash and 111egaT fill, ,
withAtlanticSalmoniY►aking review Committee thatthey "an probablycgntributestothe
recent attempts"to swim up the would keep himposted pollutnou of the water„said
river again thanks to improved• Doucette countered that re.. Doucette
��v..�_
.. searching the plan and planning WhYle Ii�mbali and Chaseas
for t5iture action didtnot"mean produced same prelimina=y"
thatthe'plaawas°`activated"and $plans,D, 6 ite'saidhehasprop
town staf3Faren't'bbligatedto re ;ased modifications to presen!e
;port to a resmdent every timeey same large silver maples'on the
review Or.act On"Sn Issue site •�•, �;'
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