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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-03-15 Board of Selectmen MinutesMarch 8, 1982 (continued) 355 PRECINCT WORKERS RAISE: It was b~ought to the attent£on of the Board that Precinct Workers had not received~a raise in pay sfnce 1963. It was voted to have Bt fan consul~ with Dan ~ng, T~ Clerk, who will ~nclude the raise ~n his budge~. LZC~SING CO~SSZON~: ApPliCation received ~or the ~rans~er of the Restaurant, A~coh0~c l~cens [r~ J. J. Boy~e, Inc., [250 Osgood Street to Aqua~s~r~t ZZ, Inc. A~i~e~?,~Letarte, SecreCa~ ~ ~ / C~eck Th'e.,Boar~ of Selectmen held their regular meeting on this date with all mem- bersp~esent; Selectmen Charles A. Salisbury, John W. Graham, Ralph R. Joyce R..;Louis DiFruscio with Chairman Thomas J. McEvoy presid~:tg. The minutes andwarrant wer~~ approved as submitted with ~wo membersabstaining as they ½ot.;pr~s~nt at this meeting. CONDUIT'~AND POLE ~NSTALLATIONS: Th~Boa~'approved the installation of 65' off conduit on Salem St. and 1 pole on SutCon Street. WAVERLY ROAD ~NTERSECTION: ~ lengthy discussion ensued on the traffic improvements to the Waverly Road and'~Main Street intersec2ion and the s£snalization of Main and Sutton Streets. James D'~ngelo and James Fuda of Vanesse/Hangen made presentations of the desisn:'plans. Also present ~ere S~eve Erka, Engineer'from the District DPU Office~;Danvers, andMr. Preddy a Design Expedi~er from the Boston DPU o£fice. Mr D'An~elo stated that the exist[n§ condition at the intersection o£ Waverly Waverly Road and Main Street created a hazard because of the wide expanse. Their plans were to channel the traffic flo~ from Waverly Road by install[n~ Ia med~umisland and a stop si~n. The Fire Chief made a trial run and approvet the island. At the ~ain and Sutton Street intersection there was a hi2hor~te o£ ~C~[dents. The plan was to install a traffic signal, install sidewalks' and resurface roadway. They will discuss plans with the railroad to abandon~ th%'tracks and they will be taken out. Steve Erka s~ated that the DF~ thinks the'P~ans are ~ood and uniform and, in essence, are ~oin~ alon~ with the plan. Chief D0nnelly stated that the plans were o.k. but doesn't want any ~ain=ed, that they were not used or needed and =hey would restrict parking in the business area where parkin§ places were needed. Bud CyFrstated that he expects au=horization from the railroad to remove the tracks. He didn't particularlFlike the island but will §o alon~ with the plan if i~ is a safety improvement. He said the island must be madeeof ~ranite. Bill Preddy of. the Boston DPU said the radius would beiincreased on turn at Waverly Rd. andMain Street. Two driveways a=the .~as station must be ~losed, they have fou~driveways now. Two parkin~ spaces would be lost on Main Street, that · it~as.planned to acquire land for off street parkin~ facilities. Paul Donovon,, owner of the Colonial Furniture shop, asked how the improvements being financed and was told that the Town was payin~ for the designs and Federal monies would pay for the installations. Donovon could no= see where t. he~is~and would help and was concerned about the parking, that the should be located where they wouldn't affect the parking. He asked what statistics have proved an island is needed and Fuda replied common sense after traffic surveys proved that ears should be channelled at =hat intersec- tion. Gayton Osgood stated that the trial run with cones Was dramatic, that the ~raffic flowed smoothly. Joseph Giard asked ~w much money had the Town spentand ~he reply was $14,000. Giard replied that the island was not neede~ =hat in h£s opinion there wasn't any traffic hazard. SandraMonroe, John and~-John Dolan were concerned about lack of parking. Dolan stated that many cars come in for inspection tickets and access to his ~arage must be kept James Crane stated that the island was needed but he didn't think the ~rass plots should be installed and should be eliminated from the plans. D'Angelo stated that he would submit other plans to the State re the retention of the parkin~.:spaces. (continued) .. NESW¢ - OPTION AGREEMENT EXTENSION: Brian Sullivan, Executive Secretary, advised the Board that considerable'" progress had been made towards achieving the necessary tonnage to Resource:.~Recg~enF plant, that three more Towns had committed tonn&~.© UOp'' is proceeding with the finance agreements. Brian recon~nend~ that the'Board look on the project as being very viable and hoped the Selectmen would authorize the Ch~i~an to sign the extension to Jun6 30, 1982. ~e~ec:man ' Joyce stated :lose to success that they should push project top. He suggested that the Town pick up the 50 tons needed. Sele~E~n,..'I' Graham stated he Was 100% in favor of the extension but preferred'toigive"' the extension instead of voting for Ralph~s suggestion. Peter of the Board of Trade,wished to go. on,record, that all members of thRu,Board. of Trade were in favor of the'exte~sion. Assessor Ted Phelan stated that the Town will be needing the :evenue in future years that the plant will'.,,',' bring in. TWo townspeople voiced their objections, $1ade a.d Select n Graham stated that before the contract was signed last personally put a lot of time and work~evaluating it, considering:t~e~.n-'] · virom~ental fazes of it from'the Tow~ s standpoint. Skeets Scanlo~ ~sbere~ Lieciardello~s claims stating that if townspeople didn't understan~ project they should have asked...that many meetings have been held'"~"'~that they could have attended..the committee has put a momumental,amount of work'rand time in the project which will, when completed, bring to'the Town 1/.2,mi1~£0~ to a million dollars a year in revenue. John Lyons, former Town.¢lerk:i.a. stated it Was absurd for Licc(ardello to make such statements at the last minutes after all the years u2 work put into the project. Amotion'.was.~¥,-. made and seconded.to extend the UOP contract to June 30, 1982 and give. the state the option to purchase flolt Road site. Vote was ~-1. McEvoy,. Graham, Joyce and Salisbury voted for,the extension= DiFruscio voted against... ,~ John Lyons asked Selectman DiFruscio why he didn't make the vote unanimous~ and DiF:uscio stated he's=ill thought the proJeet would be a liability to' the Town. HAZAKDOUS WASTE FACILITY: Phila Slade, Chairman of the Local.Assessment Committee, sent a letter~to the Board advising them of the schedule of events to be followed ~°n~erning the Haverhill Hazardous Plant. She also presented a letter'she would like' =he,Board to send to the State requesting more time to review the environ~ mental impact statement. The Board unanimously agreed that ~irs. Slade has done an outstanding Job as Chai~nan.of the'Local Assessment Committee]and voted to have the letter sent to the State. GRANT. APPLI~ATIoNFOR OFF STREET?PARKING: .... Gay~on Osgood, Director of the Con~nunity Development Office, requested approval of the Board of a grant application for off-street parking; Thhe'~ grant funds'will be used to construct three parking lots totaling.82 spa¢&s at a shared cost of ~llO~O00. The parking facilities are urgently:needed..'~ since they are one ~;~ the key factors to the revitalization of=he do~ntown. Gay=on advised the Board that State money was available for Off-street park- ing. He was negotiating with the Boston & ~ain Railroad to enable construes =ion of off-street parking in areas o~a£n Street. There was a possibility of obtaining an open piece of property behind the Gulf Station. Ztwas,,the unanimous vote of the Board to authorize Gay=on to send the letter~eo~tain~ lng the grant application. GYPSY MOTHS: "..-, ~ Letters received from the State and the ~ity of Heverhill on the expected gYPsy moth problem. State recommended that Bacillus thringiensis'(B~'T.) be used as the control material to'be considered in publicly funded,and':~ conducted programs. Letter from City of Have'fbi11 asked the Town's : assistance in acquiring available funds to implement an aggressive program to eradicate the gypsy moth. A letter received from Tree Warden, Leo'Lafond, advised the Board that he disagreed with the State's recommendation.-for 3 ~ reasons: 1) Material too expensive. 2) Two applications are requ£red.:~3),-' Material gives erratic control. He stated that he had used BT on a; limited' basis and he did not feel that the results Justify future use. He stated'.' that a ground control program using approved insecticides and the department's mist blower would give adequate control and did not feel aerial spraying is necessary at this time. The Board voted to accept the letters. MARCH 15, 1982 (continued) cEPSY MoTHs (continued) Selectman Salisbury suggested that a meeting be held with Leo to discuss the matter and, later on, hold a public meeting to advise the townspeople. It was voted to have Brian contact Leo for his opinion. ARTS LOTTERY FUNDS: Letter received from the Massachusetts Arts Lottery CoUncil re the distribu- tion of Arts Lottery Funds. The letter stated that a profit of over a quarter of a million dollars was realized from the first Arts Lottery game. They enclosed the breakdown of city and town allotments which will be dis- Cributed on or about July 1, 1982. The Board voted to accept the letter. SIDEWALK COMMITTEE: Letters received from Police Chief Donnelly and Highway Surveyor, Bud Cyr, retbe School Co~mittee's request for a comittee to make a study of the possibility cf additional sidewalks. Police Chief stated chat the Sidewalk Committee was a worthwhile project to pursue and forwarded the name of Officer David Rand to serve on said committee. The High .wa?y Surveyor stated in his letter thac he felt slighted and.insulted that the School CommiCtee~s concerns were not brought to his attention before going to the Board of Selectmen, that he could have enlighten their concerns with some facts of the Townts sidewalk program history over the. past nine.years. He went on to say that the last thing we need is another committee. ~l~at his depar~nen does need is the money to continue a' pro,ram we started nine years ago to accomplish the same goals.related to the motion proposed by the School Commi tee. HChair~an McEvoy stated that he had talked with Robert MascOla, of the School Committee who said he would contact the Highway Surveyor and apologize, lie also .stated no one would be asking for any more sidewalks. It was voted to send a letter to the School Committee stattng~ that in view of the response from the Highway Surveyor concerning the establishment of a sidewalk committee, the Selectmen agreed not to form a commictee~...that the Board feels that an informal discussion between the Highway Surveyor, the School Dept. and the Police Chief should be Sufficient to achieve the objec- tiVes they sought. ~A tentative meeting was scheduled for March 24, at 3 p.m. in the Highway Surveyorts office. Copies of the letter will be sent to the Police Chief and Highway Surveyor. TRUST n OS: Let:er from the Town Treasurer requested a meeting of the Selectmen, Supt. of .Schools, Town Counsel and himself to explore the possibility of closing out ~wo Trust Funds now held by the Town. Funds in question: Sarah Barker Fund, $3.~786.85 and Moses Towne Fund, $9,776.88. The Board suggested that Brian send letter to Town Treasurer advising he go ahead and set up the meeting and advise this office as to the date set. McDONALDtS RESTAURANT: It was decided to relocate the meetin~ to discuss McDonald's application for a Common.. Victualer license to the High School because of the crowd expected. LICENSING COMMISSIONERS: g~SOhIN~ STORAGE: The Board voted to approve the application of Hollins Service Station, 17 Mass. Ave. to store 10,000 gals. of additional gasoline, underground. ~APTAIN PIZZA: Letter received from Police Chief advising the Board that a video machine ha~ been installed in the Captain Pizza restaurant without a license. The math has been locked until a license is obtained. He requested a list o£ establishments who have acquired a license for the coin operated machines, lC was sent by the Secretary. ST. PATRICK'S DAY: As in the past few years, the Board voted to allow all establishments Co re- main open on St. Patrick~s day until 2:00 A.M. Secretary was instructed to notify them. It was voted to meet with the Advisory Board a st and Civil service at next meeting. ~ reef lights Alice M. Letarte, Sec. *~~k