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Home My WebLink About1981-03-23-BOS-min r GV L SELECTMEN'S MEETING / o q March 23, 1981 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, March 23, 1981 at 7 00 P M. Chairman Miley, Mr Busa, Mrs Battin, and Mr Politi; Mr Hutchinson, Town Manager; Mr Cohen, Town Counsel; Mrs Banks, Assist- ant to the Town Manager; Miss Casey, Executive Clerk were present The Manager introduced Mr David Stusse as the new Town Assessor Town Assessor replacing Mr Wenham Mr Stusse was screened through a process that in- David Stusse volved a technical interviewing committee consisting of the Manager, the Comptroller, Finance Director of Concord and the assessor from Brookline Mr Stusse was chosen from over 20 applicants for the position He is a graduate of Amherst College and has been working in the field for about eight years The Board welcomed Mr Stusse and wished him well Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to issue a One Day One Day Liquor License to the Recreation Association of W R. Grace & Co for Liquor March 24, 1981 License Mr Politi abstained from voting Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to reappoint Reed Appt Kingston Taylor to the Board of Registrars for a three-year term to Bd of March 31, 1984 Registrars Mrs Battin informed the Board that Mr Ed Bicknell, Town Meeting Fair Hous- member had suggested a modification to the Fair Housing Resolution that he ing Reso- hoped the Board would adopt lution He suggested that it be modified by striking "To avoid any action or decision which may tend to affect adversely a greater racial, ethnic and economic diversity of population in Town" and substute therefore, "To take actions and make decisions that affirmatively encourage a greater racial, ethnic and economic diversity of population in Town " Mrs Battin stated that she had talked to Mr Zabin about this and he saw no problem with the revision Mr Busa objected to the lateness of receipt of the requested amend- ment stating that he had just received it this evening Mrs Battin made a motion to approve the amendment There was no second and Mrs Miley turned the gavel over to Mr Busa who chaired the meeting and Mrs Miley seconded the motion Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 3-1, Mr Busa voting in the negative, to approve the amendment to the Fair Housing Resolution by striking "To avoid any action or decision which may tend to affect ad- versely a greater racial, ethnic and economic diversity of population in Town" and substitute "To take actions and make decisions that affirmatively encourage a greater racial, ethnic and economic diversity of population in 11/ Town" Mr Busa returned the gavel to Mrs Miley who chaired the remainder of the meeting I° - 2 - Hanscom Field The Board met with Mrs Angela Frick, Lexington's MAPC representative and Mrs Jacquelyn Smith, representative to the Hanscom Field Commission Mrs Frick informed the Board that she had received an A-95 review re- quest asking the Town to comment on the relocation of flight service station from Logan to Hanscom Field She stated that she felt that this would be the beginning of relocating general aviation to Hanscom Field and she felt that with the traffic report that had been received, it was an inappropriate time to start relocating services to Hanscom. She stated that she would like direction from the Board regarding a reply to the A-95 request and would work the wording out to indicate that the Town has just done a traffic study in the area and would need more information before anything more is done The Board agreed with Mrs Frick and she is to follow through on the reply Mrs Frick informed the Board that the Metropolitan Area Planning Council is planning to change its name to "Metropolitan Boston Planning Council" and there is a bill before the legislature requesting this change This change is for clarification and she stated that this seems to be an appropriate time for the change as the headquarters are being moved to Tremont Street Mrs Smith briefly reviewed her report of March 22 on the first three months' activities and issues of the Hanscom Field Advisory Commission She stated that appointments recommended by the Hanscom Field Advisory Committee for inclusion on the Commission were approved by the four Boards of Selectmen in the Hanscom area The Commission is working with Massport on monitoring the Noise Rules Massport has employed Lynn Burkhart as chief statistician and planner for Hanscom Field and she is to put her efforts into developing and managing a data collection system which will provide both the Authority and the com- munities with useful data on which to evaluate the impact of the Noise Rules in January 1982 By-Laws for the operation of the Commission have been drawn up which should assure the continuity of input and dedication of service that the group has had There are three standing committees Noise Rules, Chaired by John Haggerty; Operations, Chaired by Norman Fredkin of Raytheon; and Land Use, Chaired by Mrs Smith Two pieces of legislation affecting Logan and possibly Hanscom were brought to the attention of the Board by Mrs Smith H 1058/S 1598 a bill to repeal the towing ban at Logan and H 4814; a bill to remove the daily minimum use fee The Board discussed these pieces of legislation and agreed to contact Senator Rotondi and Representative Doran requesting their support Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to request the support of Senator Rotondi and Representative Doran to vote in favor of H 1058 -- repeal of Chapter 703 of the Acts of 1979 -- and in opposition to H 4814 -- removal of the Daily Minimum Use Fee at Logan The Chairman thanked Mrs Smith for her excellent report and work on the Commission and also Mrs Frick for her work on MAPC and they both re- tired from the meeting li4R ' The Chairman Miley conducted hearings on the petitions of the N E (" Telephone Company and the Boston Edison Company at 7 30 p m on their 111 \vo ' r,, y petition for a joint stub pole location at Wallis Court This work is - 3 - Selectmen's Meeting March 23, 1981 necessary to help support existing joint owned pole now servicing area sub- scribers Notices were sent to abutters advising of the hearing The Chairman read a report from the Director of Public Works/Engineering recom- mending approval The Chairman read the following letter from Mr Leo J Higgins "Should the Board approve the location of a proposed stub pole at the end of Wallis Court, I would appreciate it if you would also do so subject to the following conditions 1 That curbing be installed at the end of Wallis Court to prevent a washout of the pole and to eliminate water which now runs from the public way onto my property 2 That tree trimming be balanced rather than one-sided as needed to install the pole Thank you for your kind consideration of this request" Leo J Higgins There was no other opposition to this request and the Chairman de- clared the hearing closed Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the peti- tion of the N E Telephone Company and the Boston Edison Company for the following installation Wallis Court on the southerly side, approximately 260'+ (feet) , Southeast of Massachusetts Avenue one (1) pole, #104/2S The Chairman read a request from the N E Telephone Company and the Pole Loc Boston Edison Company for a joint pole location on Walnut Street No hear- Walnut St ing required for this petition A report from the Director of Public Works/Engineering recommending approval was read by the Chairman Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the peti- tion of the N E Telephone Company and the Boston Edison Company for a joint pole location as follows Walnut Street on the easterly side, approximately 125'+ (feet) north of entrance to Potter Pond Development, one (1) pole #110/11 (This is an existing location, no new pole to be set ) The Board discussed the practice of meeting in the various precincts Meeting in Town and decided to hold the April 27 meeting for Precincts 7 and 8 in April 27 Estabrook School Chairmen of the two precincts are to be notified Invitations will be extended to Senator Rotondi and Representative Doran The Manager requested a sewer abatement for Parker School in order to Parker convey the property to John R. Clark & Associates free of any liens School Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to abate the sewer Sewer betterment assessment on Parker School in the amount of $1,475 45 Abatement The Board discussed the request of Mr & Mrs Rizzo for an extension Sewer of the Town sewer system to their property on Massachusetts Avenue The Request Iid- - 4 - Rizzo's had bought the land and wished to build a house but did not know that the sewer system had not been constructed It was agreed that the Manager will reply to the Rizzo's and inform them that their request will II/be considered in the fiscal '83 budget Federal Mr Busa informed the Board that the Federal Technical Assistance Grant Grant for energy improvements has come through Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to roll call vote - Mrs Miley, Mr Busa, Mrs Battin and Mr Politi - to go into Executive Session to discuss a matter of litigation with no intention of resuming the Open Session After discussion it was voted to go out of Executive Session and adjourn Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 7 40 p m A true record, Attest atat/lot.2- 71t Executive Clerk I 3 I