HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-02-06 Board of Selectmen Minutes514 February ~,~ 1984
The Board of Selectmen met on this date with four members present: Chairman John W. Graham,
Christine M. Smith, Thomas J. McEvoy, and Charles A. Salisbury. The warrant was approved as
submitted. The minutes of January 30, 1984 were approved with changes.
Upon a motion made by Thomas McEvoy.and seconded, Item #1-Hearing, Community Development
was convened at ?:30 and adjourned until 8:00.
PETITION OF NEW ENGLAND TEL. & TEL.
The Board approved petitions of the New England~Tel. & Tel. Co. to install buried cable on Turtle Lane,
Hollow Tree Lane, Cricket Lane, Woodberry Lane, and Willow Ridge Road. All were approved by the
Highway and Public, Works Departments.
STATE- WIDE CENSUS,.1985
A lette'~ was received from Michael Connolly, Se cretary of State regarding the Selectmen~s obligations
as it pertains to the 1985 state-wide census. Town Clerk, Dan Long, noted that funds required to
implement the census will be reimbursed by the state. He further advised the Selectmen that Local
Election Dsitriets Review Commission requires that North Andover redi strict.;;The-.Board unanimously
voted to appoint Dan Long as Cmsus Supervisor and authorize him to submit a budget article at town
meeting for the purposes of funding the implementation of this census.
SPECIAL LEGAL COUNSEL - BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Upon a motion by Charles Salisbury and seconded by Christine Smith, it was voted unanimously to
authorize the appointment of Atty. Joseph dalton as Special Legal Counsel for the Board of Assessors,
pending agreement with language for special legal counsel.
LETTER FROM THOMAS CANTONE CONCERNING USE OF SENIOR CENTER
A representative for Tom Cantone was present and alluded to the questions raised in the Selectmen's
letter of November 29, 1983. Chairman Graham requested that the Council on Aging present a letter
summarizing their views. The Board voted unanimously to receive Mr. Cantone's letter and discuss it
with him when he returns.
ARTICLES (2) FOR TOWN MEETING
Executive Secretary, John Bohenko, requested approval of;2 articles for town meeting: I) town building
boiler repair; and 2)town building carpeting. After some discussion, the Board voted unanimously to
authorize the Executive Secretary to submit both articles, after removing the cost of carpeting the
lower level in the town hall.
ABANDONMENT OF PORTION OF GREEN STREET
':Attorney Hyatt came before the Board with a request for the Board to petition the County to abandon a
portion of Greene St. at the Mass. Ave. intersection. Budy Cyr suggested that this property is owned by
the Town and not the County as previously thought. After'discussion; the Board .unanimously.voted to
request that Town Counsel, the Highway Surveyor and the Executive Secretary review this request
petition and present a reasonable proposal to the Board within the next 2 weeks::
Chairman Graham called for a 2 minutes recess at 8:12
COMMUNITY DEVI~LOPMENT - ACCESS ROAD
Richard K. Domas, Director, appearr.~ before the Board for a procedural hearing for the application to
Mass. Community Development Action Grant Program, whose intent is to foster community development
by leveraging private investment with public dollars. Mr. Domas stated that there are 5 elements in the
application: 1) Sutton St. access road, eonstructibn & engineering $733,000; land acquisition estimate of
$369,000 = $1,102,000.. 2) widening of Sutton St. from Main St. to 495 ramps $273,000 3)intersection of
Sutton & 495 $68,000 4)improvements to Mass. Ave. and 125 intersection $81,000 and 5)Mass.:Ave. &
495 North & South ramps traffic signals $132,000 for a total of $1,636,000. Final acquisition to be based
on 2 appraisals currently under way. Rusty Rhodes, who has been retained by Briekstone Properties to
work with the Town to put otgether this UDAG applicaiton, cautioned that CDAG is very competitive
and may not fund everything in the application. Mr. Spagatt added that he will expend over $10 million
to renovate the D & F mill complex. Selectman Salisbury questioned that the figures doubled since.the
December meeting. Mr. Domas said that this was primarily due to the fact that land acquisition and"
Sutton St. widening costs have been added.. Mr. Domas added that the Town could apply'for other funds
to cover the costs not covered by the CDAG grant: 1)Dept. of Commerce; 2) Public Works Program;
3)Small Cities Program; and 4)the developer himself. The Board voted unanimously to continue discussion
at next week's meeting.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - POSITION~OF JUNIOR PLANNER
Rick.Dornas;Directp~, recommended theappointment of~Betsy Shreye as Junior Planneri f~o~r the
office. The Board unanimously voted to autho~;ize the hiring of Betsy Shreve as Junior Planner at a
starting salary of $15,710 (s-12, Step 1).
MEMO FROM MVPC RE: A-95. REVIEW OF GRANTS
Executive Secretary John Bohenko introduced a memo from MVPC requesting a designee to receive
and review correspondence. John added that federal administration has abolished A-95 and has turned
it over to the state, who in turn has signed executive order #232 to review federally-assisted projects.
The Board voted unanimously to designate John Bohenko as the Intergovenmental Review Contact Person.