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asked the Board what they felt about that. Selectmen Joyce indicated that he had real concerns
about the enforcement problems with such a restriction and that he was not .interested in having
two police officers at either end of the street spending all day stopping every car that goes up
the street. He just felt that such a restriction would be unenforceable and a severe burden on
the police department. The Administrator reported that in his conservations with the Police Chief
the Chief did indicate that he had concerns with the enforcement problems. The Board took
no action on this request. Discussion then centered around taking possitive action on the truck
exclusion. After some discussion and upon a motion made by Selectmen Joyce, the vote was
to start the prdceedure for requesting a truck exclusion on Chestnut Street. Vote 2 - 0 with
Sal~btmen:DiFruscio obstaining v~to preferred the above subject be taken under advisement.
CHESTNUT STREET TRIANGLE:
A letter was received .from the residents on Chestnut Street regarding the problems with the
triangle at the intersection of Chestnut & Andovar Streets. After some discussion, the
voted to have the appropriate department, heads look into the possible problem and also
a~ked them to take a look at the island at the intersection of Andover & Osgood Stre~.~ which
the Board expressed concerns about.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE - SPECIAL TOWN MEETING:
A letter was received from the Superintendent of Schools on behalf of the School Committee
asking whether there were any Special Town Meetings planned for in the near future. In the
letter they expressed an interest in submitting an article to request funds to institute bus
service for all school children on Chestnut Street. The Board voted to send a letter to the
School Committee indicating that there were no Special Town M~etings planned for in the near future
PETITION TO THE COUNTY REGARDING JOHNSON STREET:
At the request of the Highway Surveyor, the Board executed a petitio..n to the County
Commissioners requesting that the bounds on Johnson Street be re-defined.
TAX TITLE PROPERTY:
Letter was received from the Tax Collector requesting approval to sell tax title land described
as lots 36 & 37 on Mt. Vernon St. The Board unanimously voted to approve the request.
MAIN & SUTTON STREETS TRAFFIC LIGHT:
Letter was received from the Chief Engineer at the Mass. DPW indicating that the funding
request for the Main & Sutton St. traffic light project was approved. The letter did indicate
that the approval was subject to funds being available at the time the project was ready to
advertised. It was voted to receive the letter.
CONSTABLE APPOINTMENT:
The Board received an application for a Constable appointment from Robert B. Bonacorsi of
23 Winthrop Ave.,,Lawrence Mass. Mr. Bonacorsi was interested in serving Civil Process in
the Town of North 'Andover. It was voted to appoint Mr. Bonacorsi as Constable for a term
of three years and that a $5,000 bond be required.
POLICE OFFICER APPOINTMENT:
The Board discussed the Civil Service list they. had received for an appointment of a. Permanent. Po]ice
Officer. James Roche & Tracy Little were th'~ only two candidates indicating that they were
willing to accept. The Board members discussed whether they wanted to,/go ahead with the
appointments inasmuch as there were two members absent from the meeting. Selectmen Joyce
also expressed a concern that he would like an opportunity to talk, to the individuals before the
appointments were made. After some discussion, it was agreed to table the appointments to the
meeting of August 10. ,
HAVERHILL HAZARDOUS WASTE PLANT:
The Administrator reported that the technical assistance grant applied for jointly with all the
abutting commUnities to Haverhill was approved in the amount of $15,000. 'An advance of
$2,000 was planned to be made to the Planning Commission with the balance to be received
upon submission of a detailed scope of serviees. The Administrator added that it was
important to designate soon a representative to serve on the committee made up of the abutting
communities who will be deciding on exactly what will be studied with those grant monies. In
addition, the Administrator suggested that there was a need to appoint additional citizen
representatives 'to our Local Assessment Committee and to get the Assessment Committee active as
soon as possible. In reviewing the list of members on the Committee, the Administrator suggested
that there was a need for a couple of members on the committee with some expertise in the field
of hazardous waste. This would be particularly true at the point that we!re sitting down
negotiating with the developer. The Board unanimously voted to appoint Jim Lafond of the
Conservation Commission as the Town's representative concerning the Merrimack Valley Planning
Commssion grant. In addition, the Board voted to advertise for more candidates to the Local
Assessmen% Committee and to have the Assessment Committee attend the August 10 meeting of
the Board.
July 27, 1981 (Continued)
ASSISTANt ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR RESIGNATION:
William 'Lush, Assistant Electrical Inspector, submitted his resignation effective .
Mr.~ Lush indicated that he will be going on an assignment out of the Country for a while and
will not be able to perform the duties. Voted to accept the resignation with regret and to
sent a letter of thanks.
BLIND DRIVEWAY SIGN REQUEST:
Suzanne Moody of 202 Foster S.treet submitted a request for ablind driveway sign. The
.Adm. iDistrator reported that the Police Chief recommended that there .was a need for signs
coming from one direction. The Administrator also made a recommendation that on signs of
this nature where they are person,{i, that the individual ~hould be responsible for paying
for the materials and the Town responsible for approving the location and supplying the
labor to instal] the sign. The Administrator suggested that the Board adopt this as a policy.
The Bd~rd:hnanimously voted to establish a policy that an all-personal sign request such as.
blin~lrix;~way signs and handicapped child, eet. that th~ individual should .be responsible
for, paying:,for the cost of the sign and post and the Town will supply the labor and approve
the location and installation. Relative to the request at hand, the Board voted to approve the
installation provided that the policy adopted would apply in this case.
CARD PLAN ADMENDMENT:
The Board reemved a memo from the Town Planner requesting the Board to hold a hearing on
a.~op~ose'd: change to the district boundaries of the CARD Plan. The changes proposed were
to'extend"ibc CARD in the area of Sutton Street in the vicinity of the Meadowbrook Laundry
Building.. The Board voted to hold the hearing on A{~gust 10.
MEETING RE: ELECTRIC BILLS FOR THE PUMBING STATION:
The Board unanimously voted to request a meeting with the Public Works Department, Town
Counsel, and the Planning Board to discuss the electric bills for the pumping ~station. At
the Special Town Meeting held prior to the Se]eetmen's meeting to appropriate money to pay
the remaining bills left over from the fiscal year, Joseph Giard opposed to $80 being paid by
the- T~o~n~,beeause he said' for the past several years that money should have been charged.
to the,.!users~.of the pumps on Johnson Street & App]edore Lane.
LICENSING' 'coMMISSIONERS
UNDERGROUND TANK - CHEMLAWN:
Pe~.iti°n approved' by the Fire Chief was received'from E. J. O'Lear~" & R. V. Vineun o
Flags~h~plD~mve for the xnstallation of a 10,000 gallon under,round ~asoline tank. Seve~a~
resldents'-from the Matron Dr~ve area were present to'voice concerns on the petition. Inasm
as the petitioner was not present at the hearing, the Board voted to continue the hearing
until the[meeting of August 10 and to request that the petitioner be present.
BOSTON'~iHII~L - COIN OPERATED MACHINES:
An. ,application was received from Robert Dunn at Boston Hill for a license to have five
eom-operated electronic machines at the Boston Hill facility on T. urnpike Street. Some of
the Bo~i~d~.members expressed concern on the petition and had some questions of the
petitioneg: Whereas the petitioner was not present, the Board voted to table action on the
heense until August 10 and to have Mr. Dunn appear at the meeting..
LIQUOR, IJICENSE - HOLDING PATTERN:
An .application for a wine .and beer license at the Lawrence Municipal Airport Restaurant
na~e~,:',Hglding Pattern" owner James Michael Gentry, 11 Strybny Ave., Haverhill, Mass.
The_B.~ard .~voted to hold a hearing on August 10.
TWO S I§'T'ERS RESTAURANT:
Received a letter from Donald W. Christiansen and the Board voted to approve his
request to extend the closing hour from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., and the Board took notice that
the change of name of the restaurant from Helen's Place to Two Sisters Restaurant.
The Bgard~voted unanimously to go into executive session to discuss the cas. e involving
possibl~ ~li~igation.
Brian F..~ Sullivan, Executive Secretary
Karen A. Robertson, Acting Secretary