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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-11-05 Board of Selectmen Minutes -NOVEMBER $ 1979 ................... 143.. The. Board of Selectmen held their regular meeting on this date with all members present'except Chairman McEvoy. Selectmen Joyce presided at the meeting in his absence. The minutes and warrant were approved as submitted. Exception: one item on Oo~unity Center voucher not approved by Gu=brae and Salisbury. H~NG~ ' Approved?' Petition from Continental ~ablevis~on to ~ns=all one pole on the westerly side of 0sgood St. Steve Mann representing the abut=er, the T~s=ees of Rese~a=~ons~ was present and asked what k~nd of pole ~ould be ~nstalled was satisfied with the answer;. J~O~: ': The. following parsons ware dr~ for Jury duty for Decambar 3rd Sitting; Salam Suparior ~ourt- Bund_. Blekicki, 120 Bren~ood Circle..~ita M. Gale~zi, 44 Sa~er ~ad2 La~ence Suparior ~ourt - Baatrice A. D~ell, 24 StoninEton St Rich~d Durand, 39 StoninEton Street. ~PO~TS ~OM OHIEF DO~E~Y: ~, vicinity of 1046 Great Pond Road. Chief Do,nelly stated si~s should be~installed in that vicinity and infold the Boar4 he had done so. Selec~m~'Guthrie questioned the "School" st~ in that vicinity and motioned that Bri~ find out from the Chief why the si~ was there and why he had in- stalled the'~ Slow-Children si~s before the Board told him to do so. ~,'~ at the intersection of ~rbleridEe Rd. ~d Great Pond Road. Chief stateS,that, after investi~ation, he found cars were not stoppinE at the inter- sect~n~ comin~ out of Marblerid~e Road ~d' reco~ended Stop Si~s be installed. Selectmen voted to approve reco~endations ~d to have two Stop si~s installed on ~rbleridSe Road on both sides of the triangle for vehicles proceedin~ onto ~reat Pond Road.. Letter to be sent to She~ Eidlem~, District Highway eer 'for"Sta~e approval of the installations. ~..letter from ~hief Do~elly advised the Board been ~de"for me, ers of the N.A. Police Department =o use the r~ge at the Andover::S~orts~. 's Club. The Board voted to advise the ~hief that hhe~ad their of the and authorized ~htef Do~elly =o =~e whatever support pro~=~ action necessa~ to continue using the range. Letter of appreciation to be :he ~dover SporCsm~'s Club, N0 PalN~ ~: A }ens~hY ,l~Cter received from ~htef .Do~elly re =he No P~kins Ban. He sCa=ed that, in his opinion, the Parkin~ Ban should apply to all citizens. H~ever, ti exceptions were =o be made and some streets ex~p=ed, he requested that thosl s==ee~.,~e included in =he No Parkin~ Ban ad so his police offi~trs would be so i~f~', i ~Cion was made that Bria compose =he No ParkinE Ban ad ~d Co " A second ~tion was ~de =o ge~ ~oge~her with C~ as ~o~s~ree~ exceptions. ~thorize Briant =o e~lain~tSe]pol~cy that the ~elec~n h~e adopted as ~o the parking ban ~o Chief Donnelly and ~o m~e up :he ad. ~tion seconded vote was ~ani~us. STATE WAT~ ~O~C~ CO~SSION: Letter received from che above-n~d Co~ission e~ressin~ approval of the Board vo=ed-~o receive the Waverly Road' Housin~ Project Sewer Pe~it No. le=ter. Selec~an Gu=hr{e stated Chey should ~ watched. POLICE APPOINTMENTS: The Board~'voted to postpone until the next meeting to request a certified list ifrom Civil Service. PROCLAMATION: At the request of Fire Chief Currier, the Board voted unanimously to proclaim the week of November 12 to 18th, "Emergency Medical Services Week". GRIEVANCE:,.. It was voted to take up the grievance of Richard Fenton at next week's meeting. SELECTMEN ' S MEETINGS: Selectman'Guthrie made a motion that all Selectmen's Meetings be scheduled for 7:30 p.m. unless an ~6rgefi6y~ar.is~ that required a meeting to start at 7 p.m. Vote was unanimous. ~44 NOVEMBER 5, 1979 (continued) WAVERLY RD. &MASS. AVE.: It was brought to the attention of the Selectmen that a traffic si~uation exists at the corner of Waverly Rd. and Mass. Ave. M~toZimts are f~ndtng it difficult to make a left turn onto Waverly Rd. from Mass. Avemue~and. the number of cars have increased since Marblehead Street has .been made a one-way street. The Board authorized Brian to investigate the pro?.dure to have a delayed, left turn traffic light installed at the intersection. WETLANDS ACT AMENDMENT: Ben Osgood and Frank Gelinasappeared before the Board Co protest,'the Article on the Special Town Meeting Warrant~that amends the~Wetlands Act. They wanted thetSetectmen to understand the drawbacks of the amendment before Special Town Meeting. The present Wetlands Act provides for:a. member of the State to act as a mediator between an objector and the party ftttng.a Notice of Intent. The State proo~ss brings all sides.together and ts'a conciliatory agent.which avoids costly court oases. The mbJec- tot, if still not satisfied, can appeal and eventually go into Court. The proposed Amendment, they said, takes out the State totally. The ob- jector can file his objections in Court and the case and developer, can . be tied up two or three years before the case is placed on the docket. No oompromise can be affected by the State and the court proposed Wetlands Act Amendment, would be very costly to the Tow~.- The present Act avoids.unnecessary and costly court action and the'State pro- gram, in fairness to all parties, should not be circu~ented by.the Amend- ment.proposed by the Conservation Co~,tssion.. Gelinas added tha~under~c: ' the present process of the Act, if the objector is still disattsfi~-d~-af~r State mediation and inves=igati6n, they have the epportunity to bring~the developer to court. They requested the Selectmen not to support, Article. If they do support =he Aztiele, the Selectmenc would]be respor~ sible for the-implementation and expense of the Amendment.. Assessor Phelan stated the Town didn't need any more restrictions, that the C onsez~.ation Commission hasn't-had that much trouble. George Stern stated that he could not see where the Amendment would cost the T~m money. Gel~'~.~-e~ie~ that under the p~esent Aot, the State provides legal servioes;without any cost to the Town. *.~ TOWN BUILDING INSURANCE: Dick Lafond and Harry Dow appeared before the Board to discuss to discuss insurance of Town properties. Lafond stated that thatpropertieS did not have adequate insurance because of lack of proper professionalappratsaI. He reco~ended getting an approved app~aiser of all town properties that, should we have a loss, the figues of the professio~a~ppraiser w~uld stand up in court. After further discussion bt was motioned'and that Dick Lafond obtain a cost figure for an appraisal. The vote~as 3~1 Selectman Guthrie op~ese~a'.' STREET LIGHTING: The matter of the installation of a street light for the oiroulardrfveway of the Prescott Nursing Home. Bill Bolan:reported Chat he, did not recom- mend the installation as the driveway was lighted by small lights around the driveway. He also stated ,that the Administrator of the nursing,homo stated that, if the Board did not approve the installation,-he woul4~have the nursing home carry the expense.and have a light installed on Pole #18. It was voted to accept Bolan's reco~endation and deny request. It was also voted unanimously to authorize the requestor to install the light if he agrees to pay for it. Bill for ~aid light to go directly to the Prescott Nursing Home. : POLICE UNION POLICY: It was voted unanimously to notify Police Union that the costs~'_ of the policF, based on the money voted at Town Meeting, is prohibitive; that the Select,eh would ]%ke to discuss coverage as a negotiable issue. APPROVED: The Selectmen approved a call for bids for improvement, to the emergency lighting.system; to be published as printed in the Citizen and Eagle Tribune.