05/16/2001 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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y r i Page Resident, William Casey cisked if he would get a sprinkler system for the area behind his back door. Torn Guinn responded thatho one has a sprinkler system in back, only in front yard. Mr. Casey continued by shoving pictures of flooding in his cellar. Torte Quinn assured that gy#ters would be going in everywhere and that this should rr inir i e-the problem of cellar flooding. Mr. Casey said that Mike [ ade ika downplayed the water in cellar when showing ring him the unit before purchase. Mr. Casey said he had,a quote from an independent consultant of$6,800 to fix the flooding pr blem,and that he would never be able to sell his unit unless this problem is rectified. Torn Guinn went into some detail about hover they are running gutters into dry wells and about the instalfati n of French drains. He added that Charlie was aware of this. r ,Jim Dorgan suggested that the trustees may want to go to the Building Inspector with their grievances, as these items really are not Planning Board issues. His.c mment was followed by a grievance from resident Julie Hall. Ms. Hall said that she keeps hearing "it will be done., She was dismayed that Mr. Bornstein seems to be employing teenagers to do landscaping work that she felt should be performed by engineers. Another resident, Jane Brown talked about "white lies" and Mr. Bornstein's refusal to keep promises. Tom Guinn responded that Ms. Halls' requests were never ignored. He said they tried everything to heed her requests. Beverly Kane read from the special permit and reminded Torn Quinn that he cannot proceed with Building 26 until these landscaping issues are taken care of. Steve Dolan . reminded that Nor. Bornstein asked for approval based on the landscaping being _ adequately completed. Tory Guinn said that they had done everything that Charlie asked for and that they were continuing to schedule things as quickly as possible. Jim Dorgan assured the trustees that the Planning Board will hold Mr. Bornstein accountable to the conditions of the special permit. More residents carve forward with grievances, including Bid Rodrigues and 1lillia'm Casey, once again. Jim Dorgan and Steve Dolan brought up the fact-that these issues are beyond the scope of Planning Board responsibilities. It was suggested that the residents approach the Building Department with their individual concerns. Beverly insisted that Charlie needed to be involved in issues regarding draiinage. Jim Dorgan said that he-wants Charlie present at the actual installation of the French drains. Harry Greico spoke up and said that he was:assured by Torn Quinn that numbered parking spaces would be done. Approval of Minutes Motion by Dennis to approve Minutes of April 1 t and May 2"d. Seconded by Martin. ; carried unanimously. •