HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-08-10 Board of Selectmen Minutes~0 Augustl0, 1981. .
· ,Board of. Selectmen'held their re~ularmeeting on this date'withall"mem-
~ers ~r~eDt.,.Selectmen. Tho.mas J. MCEvoy, Charles A.
oyce, K. bou%s DiFrusczo'w%th,Chairman John. W. Graham presiding;. The ~inutes
and warrant were.!aPproved as submitted.
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The following persons were drawn for Jury'duty;'September 8th Sitting:
Newburyport:. Elizabeth D~ Howard, 288'Middlesex'St;.Salem: Joseph 'P. Callahan,
30 Union St., Ruth S; Homer,''98 High'St.y John'B; Melvin, 28 Beacon Hill Blvd;
Lawrence: William P. O'Brien, 39 'Royal Crest Dr. "' ..
~ PLAN HEAliNG:
A hearing was held on an mnendment of the Card Plan.~ ~t was the unanimous
vote of the Board to approve the revision to-the'~North Andover Central Busines~
CARD Plan and said Plan shall be'-submittedto,the Secretary of Communities.and ..
Development'"for approval. .r
UKBAN SYSTEMS PROJECT EXTENSION: "
"The Selectmen approved letter to be sent to the-District Highway Engineer
requesting that the limits of the existing Project Area, 'designated'under the
.HUD Comprehensive Community Development Black'Grant, be extended approximately
850 feet in a southerly direction to include the-Waverly Road intersection, to
continue to the Ma~n/Sutton Project Area. The Town'has access, to additional
· funds for desisnwork'and a?porti~n of..the- funds is dosisnated for traffic ·
improvements. .-..
RESIGNATION:'
~'copy of a letter sent ~'o the Planning Board received.' It contained the
resignation of Vincent Turano from the Planning Board,'e~k~ctive September 1,
1981. No reason given. Vacancy will be advertised and applicants will be
interviewed and appointed Jointly by the Selectmen and Planning Board.
STP, EL'fLIGHT R~QUEST:
Connie Connote appeared before the Board to request that the street light in
front of her house be reactivated. She stated that the light Was installed
originally at the request, of'the police department becnuse of continuous
vandalism and'-violence in the area. That the'many young'-chi~dren are in
danger of vehicles, especially in the%winter'time when'it is dark at ~ p.M.
Mrs. Connors~also 'stated that the s~reet lights~sho~ldn't be turned o~f in
~he'Town, that':th~ ~es'idente..'ehould-~have-the protection'of lighted 'streets,
~het"money should'b~'-'saved"in-'another-way; Mrs;"Connors was advised that,'
due to'theAdvisory Board decreased appropr~at~on~ certain'street lights .
to be taken out..;that the Selectmen'are'making a survey of the street
lights all-over Town~with the intention'to redistribute the's~reet lights~'
Some streets have too many l~ghts and some"streets do.not have any. She.
statedthat people would help on the street ~i~ht'~survey,;if they are.being
distributed, than critical areas need not be in darkness; Selectm~nDi~ruscio
motioned to have aSpecial Town Meeting to raise ~oney to fund the'.replace=
ment of .street lights. No second. After further discussion, it was voted
to reactivate the*street light .in-front.~of 65 Brightwood Ave. -
S~NIOR CENTE~:'
Gayton Os~ood appeared before the Board to discuss proposed sites for the
SeniorCenter. After a short discussion,-'it'was .voted to have Gayton set
up a meeting for Wednesday, Au~ust.19th. Present.will 'be the Selectmen,
George (~uss) Moran.~'Director of the Elder Servicesfof the Merrimack
Valley~and:Chai~an of.the Council On Aging. Hopefully~ at this meeting
the site will be~doter~lned. -'--
ASSESSMENT COmmITTEE:
Chaimn Grahamv~tated that the Town.u st get involved with the Hazardous
Waste facility in Haverhill';' that*'Haverhillmust' have imput of NOrth'"Andover~s
feelings on the facility. Adm. Brian Sullivan advised the Board that the
Fire Chief, Dennis Curr~er~is currently participating[indiscussions' in
Haverhill.' After further discussion as'to the urgency 'fo[ the Local Assess-
/merit Committee to meet, it was 'voted to'have~Ch~irman Graham'contact Phila
Sla~e re setting up a meeting'of,;~e Commi~tee. '"
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OFFICER BUDGET: ~'"~T~ ~.
Dog Officer appeared once ~ore re keepin~..within his budget. He said it was
impossible to'estimate how much he would-need because of the.many calls he
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,,receives:on stray dogs, unlicensed. 'The Selectmen stated that~ he wmld Just
have!tocutdown on his,calls and'his'mileage Co staywithin,his budget;.
It was~proposed by the.Dog Officer that he could saveS600, if.the Sele~
gave himfpe~a~ssion to bury dogs in. the ~own,Farm area.~that the Highway
Surveyor bad,agreed to loan hhn, the necessary'implements. 'Ho decision made.
Dog Officer was told to stay within his'budget'and at.the end of'the year
they wQuld raise, his salary. I£ he didn't, he' would not be reappointed.
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'A long~tdiscussion,'once mere, ensued on theproblem of Hillside Road. Issues
· discussedwere the effectiveness of the barrel' island placed bythe DPt/;'.,
pursuit::of/traf£ic lights and whether ~to-dead~end Hi-l~side road or not;
Residents or-.the area present.at themeeting were,, opposed to.the'barrels,
· said it wasinef£ective,'-Selectman Salisburyi,:atated that the barrels,
mandating ~a ,right': turn, 'seemed ef£ective and the DFd should-be reqUested
to finish, the design Job and make the is~and.,.pe~nanent.' Chai~nan Graham
s~ated!,that, onceand:,for'~all, he.wanted,the Rosrd~s decisionvhether they
wish to pursue the installation"of traffic lights with Boston 'or not~ that
if the majority o~ the Board does notwantthelEghts he would consider"i~
'a dead .issue. McEvoy made motion to pursue thetraffic-'lights.' No second
-to~ot~on., Chairman Graham declared'that~all activity'related:to.;the
,#ould:~coase and-desist,~, Aletter from, Ch~ef-Donnelly stated that he was in
· favor'~:o£'!dead ending a.portion :afHillside~P,d;,'~rom Rt.. 125 'to 114.,, A
was-made~to',~nake Hillside:Road a'tempora~T,~dead,end"street:and, to~have-Brian
work:wi~h~Bud Cyr and owner of. property~at~the'end~of~,Htl!side..Road to:devel-
'op a::~emporary'turn around.:Motion.was,'seconded,:vote~as 3.to:2..Salisbury
and ~iFnmcioopposed/~:.It was also::aEreed~to,notifyshorman'Eidleman that'
the Bo&rd.,hadvoted.to.pursue,-the temporary~deadend of-Hillside ,Road, Frank
· Serio;/eesidentof. H£11side. Road;~.was.unable,~to~.be.,present.because,o~a --~. ,
· Board.~:Appeals,'meeting:and it was,a~eed~Co~ask ,himto?attendtheAug,.2&th
meet~ng.to,.pr~sen~Jh£a~views,onHi,llside Rd...He ,will :be .placed,on.the-.Agenda
promptly at. 7:~0 P.M. Selectman ~oyce made a motionto"applY.political'
pressure to widen Rt121~5'& 114 where it.ends,and install a trianglez '.No
second was-made to th~'metion. - ...... :.-. ,., .
CHESTNUT STP, EST: ....
At a previous meeting it had been voted ~o have a traffic cut, t made on
Chestnut Street with a special accounting of the number~oftrucks-,Ueing the
street~- Brian S. advised'the Board that, he would'li~e authorization
twohi~h,,;'school boys Co tabulate the traffic count;' "I~ Was so voted.
CheStn~.~S,'tre.et &~t:~o_Xhrough Way was brough[ ~p once ~re~' (This would be
-d~:'~ta~n': hours') ' After a' d~c'~'Sio~, the' Chai~n catled
on',t~e [~Z. opo~al. As there 'W~ ~ '~tion, ~n'de.cl~ed :the relative
purs~C' Of A No. Throu$h ~ay a~dead: ~ss~. ' The 'criansle. on Chestnut S
~as'i~e~ :diSc~Sed;: Police'Chie~"~n ~av0r ~f ~t~ Fire Ch~ef.~'siaced his
'v~h~gl~i' wOuld,have-to.go.on the le~t~Side' of'the'tri~nglewhich isn't a
safe w~y-,a~cord~ng to'Brian s. si,'it'~is~a Blindcorner." Dick Haltmaler,
resident, proposed, that the triangle be .made a..roi~'rY~ everyone~kegping to
· the right; ,.Chairman Graham suggested th~t ~he Board discuss the triangle
with,~the ~Fire Chief; It was voted,-to~p~sue,,~he~matter:of?the t~iangle, ~"
making it safer and~ke ~the necessary Steps'.to discourage speedingon
.Chestnut Street. Vote was unanimoUs. ~In addition to the discussion on
Chestnut Street, resident asked ~f sidewalk~ could'be installed..'Brian
~a~, th~t'the Highway Surveyor ~had' considered this but' the street"as
~'i~o .~rrow. 'lc .was also suggested that 'the street .be policed during the
'~i children were going to and from school to dfscouragec:apeeding.'
S~HOOL C(~/I~TTEE-SPECLAL LEGAL COUNSEL:
,~i~ece£ved'from.th~ School Com~Lttee Actin$ Supt. of Schools,
Shelley, requesting.that Atty.-Richard Sullivan be retaine~..
:'~hs~'~al..Town. CounseI...to.repzesent the School Dept. in-a'ChaPter'/~o
,~e~Hearing. S~hg.o~f~CO~n~t~ee advised 'the. SelecCuen ChaC they had
'~[ned'ahd' pa~d ~or AC~,"~~s seduces in a recent si~lar c~e.
Th~".action Was: taken without'authorization of the 'Board'of Selectmen.
''~'~'~0ted that Chai/~nan:G=aham contact the'Chairman of the School
C~,-etttee and/~ ~e.School' Committee a letter advising them of the
proper procedure' re the appointment of a'Speciaf'~n Counsel.
time police officer, effective Septenber 14, 1981~ at'a salary
'~13,420/yr. She ~as selected from an elisible Civil
,three candidates and was ~ec~nded ~oF appointMnt by Police
Donnell~. ' A d~te'w~11 ben'set '~oF he~ physical ex~ination~and''~V~
be en~olled in.the' ~ec~uit po~ce'~ ~ain~uS.p~o~am
The Bo~d voted, a~so, Co'~have a 'requisition' sene-in' Co C~v~l Se~Ce:~
~equesCins.an el~s~b~e ~isc' ~or 'appo~nc~n~ o[ a'pol~ce, o~[~cer'co
. ~11 vacancy caused by ~he red,re.nC o[ police, o[~cer ~endal~F
S~OHIO CO,:
Ho~ce received [rm ,the Sunohio Co. chat, ~n. accordance' v~Ch E~A~":' ,'.
~ac~ons,' the ~ baa: developed a n~ ,process'Co ~ve PCB's
f~ou 'Cra~ ~o~r flu~ds-~ed' -frequently ~n' che 'pas c .by eleccr~c','~ ~c~- .
co anies..If reque8ced, they ~l'use"che'process' ~n"Horch'.~do~r~;~
~n' seated Cha~ ~s; E~ecCr~c:'~nd2caced chaC 'C~r older'
~ers do .contain so~' ~lu~d with" PCB ~ s ~ buC ~ ~n~' equ~nc ~,does ,'
no~ c~a~n PCB. ~:. ~ss; -'E~ecCr~c has requested a'de~ns~raC~o~
· . $u~h~o 's~ ~ ~n ~he [all.~ .Selecc~n Vo~ed ..co receive
-Jain La~ond; 'Ch. ~'0~ the Co~ervaCion Co. ss[on, appeared
~Board :Co d~sc~8 ~he' A~o~ey ~eneral % ,d~sapproval: o~ 'the Co~8&'i~
- ~ assed.-ac:To~ ~eC~nS,"Concern~nS ~ees. Chai~n La~nd
By L .' P - he'Co~ssion lees~ are de~n~ely"~ed Co'.Che cosC[~o~ :'~,'
seated ChaC C . - ~ 'General% sCaC~nc,
che"service, ~ concraw ~0 the A~Corney
~... .... l~ke .advice .on h~, ~0' appea~",che ,A.~neral' s-.~l~nS~ and'~ou~d"~ke
'a ~ le~e~ sene '.~0 the .AC~o~ey' Genera~ on..the' ~c~er'~Selec~n
Sal~sbuw sus8eSced' C~C ~he' Conse~vaC~ow'Co~ss~on-should
~he -A~o~ey General whaC type of By-L~ ~ould be ,acceptable
~rc~er d~scuss~on, .che.~ard vo~ed 'Co send lecher co To~
~z~n him cO advise ~he Conservation Co. ss[on re ~he'D.A~'g
decision. ·
The Bo~d voted unan~us~y ~0 authorize ~he Charon Co execute
S~asonal b~ness. .Ap~.ltcaC~n approved .subJec~ Co F~ge Chief
:-'approval' o[ 'the ~dtesel.sa~. . *
[ The 'Board 'approved ~he appl~caCton off ~be~ ~, .flor opega~ion :'of *' .*
seven.,coin ~ch~nes a~ ~s~on H~ll Sk~ and Sl~'area; '? ~'
' He~tng held:on application ~or a ~ne and beer l~cens~' ~Or.ch~:
' ~rn 'res~a~C located "aC~che A~orC. Letters ~ 'aPpr°va~
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. .~r~* cbe"Bd. 'ofHealch and ,Buil~nS"l~Pecgor. :~ra~ Tr0~IX,'
'representatiVe 'of Che*To~ Co the L~ence ~orC Co, ss?n,
-* chac cboush"~he Co~ssion approved the excellent, effort
~de ro ctean'.and ~edo the reacauranc, the La~. Airp'orc Co~i~t~i;
hoc .bad ade' uaCe 'Ct~ co .~eC and* discuss che ap~ltcacion and 'the e~/~c.C
'on the Ai~orC and requested chiC, ac..ch~s':Ci~, chac the. ap~c~l~n*~e
the resca~t ,oula be .divided 'in .a s,p~a~e, roo-~ cha~ he
abouc p~ioCs.,c~uing dri~ing'viC~ ilyins. :~:lfce= ~=cher'
[~ ~as '*agreed unanimusly co dia~s's~ the appl~caCiou
August 10, 1981 (continued)
Approved: 1 day liquor license Augusg'22
for weddi, ng'at BU Conference
'Center from Carolyn Chadwick, 81 Prescott SC.'
1-day beer license for Sept. 20, for a clambake scheduled by
.St. Michael~sParish-Activities Comtttee on Maple Ave..
Request to transfer stock (60 shares)"of Den. Rock..Liquor Narc,
from James Burliss Cosons, William J.(Nanager).andCharles J.
Burliss (30 shares each). To be sent to ABC for approval.
BUP, IED:.,CABLE:
The Board approved the petition of N ass.
and an under,round conduit on Foster St.
APPT~.~SST, ~LECTRICAL INSPECTOR:(Provisional)
Tvo~plicaCions were received for =he above-n~d position; Terrance
a~,Wili.i~A.:.Houde. The Board vo=ed (3 - 2 aba~enCions) Co'ap~inC
Joyce,aa~provisional appoin=~n~uncilhe =akes;=he Civil Service ex~ for
~aC~.$elec~n Saliabu~ asked ifHr. Joyce kn~ ~= he could noCperfo~
any~elec=ricalWork.in the T~ile'~ac.. Elec~rical InapecCor,(a require-
~nC of~Che S=a~e) and Selec~n~Evoy a~a=ed Chad.he had calked ~o Joyce~:
and he.waa~are of ~hiaa~ipula~ion..
C~339, Ac=s..of 1981: .
· Le~er received from ~he Depar~en= of Revenue requea~in~ =ha= =he Tax Ra~e.
'~capiCula=ion Sheer had.been revised, and =hac Chapter 339 of.~he Acrs
1981 conce~in8 "Offse= ~ceip~a" ~atbe i~le~n~ed a= =his =~ byall
~n~cipal officials who.are.responsible for.~he prepara~ion~of ~he ~ 1982
T~Rage ~capiCula~ion;Shee~..:..To~ Treasurer-, ~im D~hirat and. T~.Accoun-
~an~ Joe Willia,,~were.:pre~en~ ~o oppoae~he,l~l~n~aCion.:..In his.,leC~er
~ ~he~Board, D~hirs= lis=ed =he foll~in8 reasons why he.was oppoaed:.l)
It ~ould be a bookkeeping nightmare. 2) lc.would further delay setting of
tax rates..3) It would~ake Presentation of budgets to To~nNaeCing~°re
difficult.. 4) It would cause difficulty for Advisory Board ln:achninistering
the Reserve:Fund. 5) Since:we are well bel°v the li~tcs of Prop. 2 1/2, the
ben, fits would be ne~ligible, He also advised the Board that.he' ~ould at=end
a macring on the matter scheduled SePt. 1, in Boxford. It was unani~ously .
voted not to.accept Chapter 339of the Acts of 1981.. ' r ' ' ' :
'LA~R~CEiAIRPO~T.'I.PARC~'S LA~:
,Le~er, f.rom ~he To~n Liaison officer to the Airport, Frank.,~ro~bly, reported
th&t 0n,Augua~ 6,. 1981, the La~. Airport Co~$sion voted/Il[prove .a lea~e.
under,,Che ~uidance of the Economic Development Industrial Coe~tssion because
th~permission of the Lavrence-CityCouncil is needed for leases.of more than
20 years.; ,The lease:of. 2 parcels of land (
George. SCern.:et al, developersf'..One area .is onthe east side of the main
entrance to 'the Airport, the .other on the left Vith both areas abutting the
driveVay. ,This .developement, approved:by:cheLa~rrence City Council, is co be
'for%office space and light industry, only, and in no. way wil.l".it be used or
can beused for housing of any kind,: The development
added taxes co the Torn..
Electric Co. to install buried cable
AUGUST~.21ai 1981. .
The Board:of Selecc~en held their regular meeting, on this datewith all
members~-present; Select~en Thomas J. ~cEvoy, Charles A. Salisbury, Ralph R.
.Joyce,~.~Rl~Louis DiF~acio wi=h Chai~n John W..Grah~ presidin~. The ~nu=ee
and,warran= were approved as aubmi==ed.
' Fra~ Serio appeared before the Board ~o discuss ~he Hillside Rd. problem.
He sCa=ed =ha= he likes Hillside Road ~he way i= is now bur his'second choice
would be dead-ending=he s=reec =emporarily wiCh a =urn-a-round, a decision
,=ha~, ~he~Board bad,de aC a previous ~e~in~. He-alaobrou~hc. up =hemal=er
of~lashins yellow lish=a bur was =old =ha=~heywould nor.be effec=ive;:
Received: ......... · ,
, Letter from School Co~,~!ctee re trans~.r~of Buco's,~ticense.
llicei~H!"Le'carce, Secretary ~erk