01/12/1983 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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s Page 2. i Continuation of number; . Executive Secretary explained that the Charter commission only has $500.00 left in their budget and the ad is to cost $545.00, so he suggests the additional funds come from the Selectmen Advertising Account. He stated that there is $1,790.00 left in that account and that most of that will be used to publish the Annual Town Warrant. Set. Garland moved that the Board vote to authorize expenditures,--not to exceed $45-00, from the Selectmen Advertising Account to publish in the Enterprise the report on the Charter Commission. Seconded by Sel, Manson. This is a unanimous vote. Because of the large attendance to the meeting and the arrival of the Superintcn— _ R dent of Streets, Mr. Ernest Virgilio, the meeting went directly to the Mayflower Road discussion and to the letter from Mr. Rich Buchst finer pertaining to the Santuit Pond Development, which is in the same area, Crim. Thomas asked Mr. Buchsteiner to give a capsule of his personal problem that he had written about. Mr. Buchsteiner; "My personal problem is the drainage problem that we have in the antuit Pond Development. There is clot of drainage that cores off of Bayberry Lane into my backyard. Sometimes it is between twenty and thirty feet across and three feet deep and it is re— lative to the Mayflower Road problem, Because there is quite a pond over here and there are alot of representatives here today to discuss this problem, in fact we want to know what is going t_o be done about Mayflower and the neighborhood. We have clot of kids playing and any number of things could happen." chin, Thomas; "How far are you from the Mayflower Load Pond? I am just curious." Mr. Buch Leiner; "About four houses". Chin. .Thomas; "Alright, your are on record." hm. Thomas said that she would turn the meeting over to Mr. Virgilio, Superintendent of Streets, in as much as the Board asked him to go over there and meet with the De— veloper e— v lop r and give it a review and report back to the Board his thoughts as to the problem. Mr. Virgilio gave three schetches to the Board members that he feltoixld correct the problem, and the cost of each. He than explained that the first pre— sentation would be at the corner of Briar Patch and Mayflower Road. He than conti— nued to explain what could be done. (Schetches attached to original minutes) . He explained that these plans did not need to be done all at once, it could be done in phases. hm. Thomas; "Have you met with the Developer?" F Mr. Virgilio: 'Yes, on Monday morning at the site, but I did not however have the schetches at the time. I did speak to him about solution .and the need for fill in that area." One of the individuals in atLendan e asked why the job could not be done properly and get it dome once and for all, because it has been life this for- five years. hm. Thomas; "You have to remember that this is a private development and that the direct responsibility belongs to the develper.1' Someone asked who would be responsible if one of. the children drowned.