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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970-04-27Monday - April 27, 1970 . Special Meeting ~ ~,~? The PLANNING BOARD held a special meeting on Monday evening, April 27, 1970 at 7:30 P.M. in the Town Office Building with the following members present and voting: William Chepulis, Jr., Chairman; Charles W. Trombly, Jr., V. Chairman; John J. Monteiro, Secretary; Robert J. Burke and Donald N. Keirstead. There were 8 people present for the meeting. 1. HEARING: John J. McLay - Subdivision. Mr. Monteiro read the legal notice in the application of John J. McLay for a subdivision of land where his present Garden Center is located on Turnpike Street. ~r. McLay spoke on his ,wnbehalf and showed plans to the Board. He said R.C.A. has an option to purchase a lot ef land and construct a building. Lot #& is the one R.C.A. is interested in. Five lots are proposed for the subdivision. The Board looked at the subdivision plans and found they were incomplete since they did not show contours and profiles. Mr. McLay said he was not aware that the plans were incomplete, that he depended on the surveyor to know what the Board required. The Board suggested that Mr. McLay get completed plans and they will continue the hearing on Monday evening, May &, 1970. DRAINAGE PROBIt: Neadowview Road & So. Bradford St. Several people appeared before-the Board relative to the drainage on Meadowview Road (the Arthur Collins development). Mr. Cunningham said that a ditch has been dug amd no pipe has been put in and that it is open and dangerous for the children in the area. It is at least A feet deep. The man was present across whose land the ditch runs and said that it had been agreed with Atty. Willis & Arthur Collins that the ditch would be closed to a certain point, about 150 feet and the remainder left open. Mr. Keirstead suggested writing to the developer to see what can be done. Mr. Monteiro made a motion to send a letter to the developer and keep the people involved ir~ormed as to what is going on. Mr. Surke senonded the motion a~d the vote was unanimous. ~TI~GWITHJOHN A. BROWN& CONSTANTINE CONSTANTINIDES: The Board met with Mr. Constantinides of the Dept. of Community Affairs, 701 Program Supervisor and John A. Brown, Planning Consultant to discuss the "Scope of Services". Richard Young, Director of Central Merrimack Valley Regional Planning District Commission was also present. Mr. Chepulis read a letter from Town Counsel relative to the wordin~ of certain parts of the "Scope of Services". Mr. Constantinides said he looked over the reading of the Article passed at Town Meeting relative to the Planning Consultant and he made an~ necessary changes in the "Scope" with John Brown. The contract will be sent out at the end of this week. There are two sets of contracts; one between the Dept. of Community Affairs and the Consultant and one between the Dept. of Community Affairs and the town. They will also send a bill for 1/3 of the share for the year. The D.C.A. handles the financial end of the project. If the Planning Board is not satisfied with the consultant they can notify the state for action. The state has administrative control - the Planning Board has policy control. April 27, 1970- cont. Mr. Young presented a list of comments the CMRVPDC made on the "Scope of Services% A lengthy discussion was held on each item as noted. Mr. Constantinides suggested that the CMRPDC also make a study and compare it with the consultant's views. He said the contracts would probably be dated M~¥ 11, 1970 and executed between now and then. He will also send an official letter of North Andover's award of the grant and contract. The contract will be for Phase I. If during the first phase somethings have been left out, they can be incorporated in Phase II. PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINT~S: The members studied the list of applicants for the Planning Advisory Committee. Mr. Keirstead made a motion to vote by secret ballot for the selection of the realtor. Mr. Monteiro seconded the motion. The vote was 3-2; Mr. Burke and Mr. Trombly voted no. A secret ballot was taken and John J. Burke, Grafton St., was elected as the realtor representative. Ben Osgood was unanimously elected as the developer representative. The following nominations were made: Mr. Monteiro made a motion to elect John Coady - seconded by Nr. Burke. Mr. Burke nominated Henry Fink and John J. Lynch, Esq. Mr. Chepulis nominated George Barker, Jr. Mr. Keirsteadnominated Fritz Ostherr and Mrs. DeSalvo. Mr. Keirstead made a motion to vote on the above 6 as the private citizens repre- sentatives. Mr. Burke seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous. Letters will be sent to each of them to notify them of their appointment. Mr. Monteiro made a motion to designate each person rem-,~ing on the list of applicants as associate members and to fill any vacancies as they may occur on the committee. Mr. Keirstead seconded the motion andthe vote was unanimous. The two Planning Board members designated to serve on the committee with be Charles W. Trombly, Jr. and John J. Monteiro. Mr. Tro~blywill serve as Chairman of the P.A.C. The Board discussed the matter of developing ground rules for the committee. The following are the appointments made by the various. Town Boards, Committees amd Organizations: A. Courtney Longton - Capital Outlay Committee Thomas W. Leavitt - N.A. Historical Society Louis McAloon - School BuilS~ug Comm. & School Comm. John J. Willis, Esq. - Board of Public Works Henry Green - Board of Trade Tom A. Broadhead - Conservation Commission Fred Crabb - Jaycee's Barbara Ethan- Student - N.A. High School Nicholas Artimovich - Student - N.A. High School Charles W. Trembly, Jr., Chairman- PlanningBoard John J. Monteiro - Planning Board. John F. z o ko - Nicholas F. Nicetta~ Highway Sur. Marlene Steckert - ~$~evS~ers Edward Phelan- Ind. Dev. Comm. Wm. Finneran- Selectmen Joseph N. Herman- Assessors F~. J. Scanlon - Bd. of Health Rich. W. Baldwin- N.A. Imp. Soc, Thomas Foulds - Housing Auth. The meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M. WC AD Chairman Clerk