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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-05-22-CONCOM-min.pdf Nu.CON MASSACHUSETTS — CQ$5EfIVATIOW COMMISSION MINUTES of Commission meeting May 22, 1972. The meeting was called to order by the Chairman Dr. Kassler at r ;0 8 03 p.m. , with other Commission members Mr. Cohen and Mesdames 0, , w, Fribk Pease and Rawls and Mr. Mazerall (ex-officio) present. Also present were Dr. Friedman and Mrs. Nichols. Mrs. Solomon and Mr. Hughes arrived shortly after 9 00 p.m. , at the conclusyp:"' 1 of the Planning Board hearing on Idlewilde Farm. Mr. McSweeney .r came. into the. meeting for a short time, also. r ' i 3, - 44:Executive session was declared from 8 05 until 8 55 p.m. and a„ ._,, , from 9 10 to ,� . 9:25. " A Contacts for Surplus State and County Hospital .Lands. Mrs. Hil 'rick will get in touch with Richard Moynihan. Other possible . A contacts are Davenport of DNR (Coastal wetlands) , Ted Anderson, in the Department of Community Affairs and Phil Curran (all above for the State Hospital) . Possible contacts for the county hospital would be Commissioner Dever or, as it was recalled from a letter from the MAPC offering help along these lines, Richard Doherty, executive Director of the MAPC. Dr. Kassler will call him. Minutes of the April 24, 1972 Meeting of the Commission were accepted as amended Hill-Meek. Mr. McSweeney appeared briefly to discuss method of payment of the plan to be drawn for this property and to ask that the Commission obtain a copy of the same plan Mr. Legro has. Drainage in Whipple Hill area. The Commission asked Mr. McSweeney about this, and he said that it was a problem of an individual homeowner on Patricia Terrace, probably due to filling on a house lot. It was stated that the Town should not be doing more than health code enforcement in this area. Abandoned cars nearby appear to be in Arlington Boston Edison Co. Recommended that the Commission write Boston Edison Co. and in a general way say that the Commission "would like to be helpful" (in finding another location for the switch- ing station) . . .The Secretary will look into the handling of payment for the advertisement for the March 13 hearing in the Minute Man. North Lexington Brook Oil Pollution. Mr. Heustis, the Health Director, would like to inspect this with members of the Commission. Scottish Rites Land. It was learned last week that no additional Board of Appeals hearing will be necessary. Now the only Town Board whose influence might persuade for the preservation of a 20C-foot setback would be the Board of Selectmen. JUN 21 lan Grey Nuns is being discussed by the Board of Selectmen. ' oU i i.oan emmission l nutes 5/22/72 Page 2 Adkr Titelbaum. Dr. Kassla%ad draft of a letter to go to Board of Appeals, stating. ess_diitially, that the Commission found no basis on which to oppose subdivis=ion. of Dr. Titelbaum' s house lot expr However, individuals/ reservations about possible marring of {;, , , view in the area Also mentioned was Dr Titelbaum' s previous ;° request for privacy Land Acquisition Committee. Both Dr. Kassler and Mrs. Frick { attended this meeting last Thursday. A two-page "site evaluatAMV check list was found most helpful by those at the meeting, TYi role of the Board of Selectmen was discussed, with the Selectors IM expressing desire to be active in negotiations at an earlier s ,�`�r t�.0 ` Dr Kassler also recommended that the Commission be included wit ' negotiations which it initiated or in which it has interest. Examples Pinard and Grey Nuns. *,a Other points generally agreed upon at the meeting were the follow:ing;, Additional professional help should be obtained in the form of two separate opinions of value from local appraisers before nego- t ._, tiations. A full appraisal from someone outside Town should be requested only for Town Meeting articles. Legal help should be available when needed Report of March 20 MACC meeting was given by Mrs. Solomon, who told of hearing about the scope of B.O.H. assistance. She will send for a list of BOB-approved appraisers, available through Mr. Conolly' s office at DNR. State Applications - 1970. Only Statement of Title letters are needed. Planning Board Meeting, on Engineering Studies . The Commission was invited to attended a meeting of the Planning Board at which it was desided to spend $4,000 of Article 82 money to study a portion of Tophet Swamp, which includes the Sanitary Landfill, up to Bedford Street, between Hartwell Avenue and Route 128. The study should also include impact on other areas. Planning Board will look into the possibility of State funding, in view of the DNB' s letter of 2/12/71. Town Manager, it was reported, asked that two prices be obtained, one for the professional consultant to do most of the work and the other for the pro- fessional consultant to make extensive use of volunteer assistance. Commission members recommended that a member of the Bedford Conservation Commission who works for the DNR and Mel Graf of Lexington should be conculted, since they both are knowledgeable in this area. Land of Benjamin Greene has been offered to the Town, and the Board of Selectmen have asked the Commission to comment. Reply will be that the Commission could be interested in the land for a Town-owned picnic area, if the price were low enough This would be low priority and should not in any way interfere with negotiations for Juniper Hill Conservation tmase nu es 5/22/72 Page 3 Environmental Concern Committee subgroup meetings were axnennbed. Noise and Visual Pollution - Tuesday, May 30, 8 p.m� ^ "qJ home of Sue Solomon Water Pollution - Wednesday, May 31, 8 p.m. ' home of .Manfred Friedman 4 `Recycling w Wednesday, June 7, 8 p.m. , home of Friedmans Air Pollution and Insecticides - Thursday, June 8, 8:30 p.mA home of Erna Greene sr,. 4•__ 9 c WA Report. .ofPlanning Board hearing on Idlewilde Farm. A Hatch,,,�6'� t4 is hearng' will, 'be necessary for one lot, the developers admittedh_ Y Excellent slides were shown by James Jones. The Conservation Commission, represented by Mrs. Solomon, was the only advocate of a curveddrainage course leading the Water toward the Marrett Road culvert. About 35 people attended the hearing. `The meeting adjourned at 11 00 p.m. The next meeting of the Commission will take place on Monday, June 5, at 7:45 p.m. , at which time elections of Commission officers have been announced. Respectfully submitted, Irl ..(�/.�-CLJXllcll Q.7 Mrs. Erna S.Greene Secretary to the Commission