1/7/1987 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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'4 a r i Board Of selectmen Regular Meeting 1Wednesday, January 79 19 Board members present: Willard Hanson, Chairman; 'Be Jean Thomas Peter Lawrence. Executive secretary, Joseph Murphy, was also present Chairman Hanson convened the meeting at 7 : 00 P. Me Select omwa Thomas moved that the minutes of the Special Meeting of November 2 , 1986, the minutes of the Regular Meeting of December 1, 1986, and the minutes of the Regular Meeting of December 31, 1986 be approved and accepted. Selectman Lawrence seconded the motion, The vote was unanimous . APPOINTMENTS AND HEARINGS : 1. New soabur ZPop onesset Roadways . With the intention to have this meeting in serve as a starting point for discussions specifi- cally with regard to necessary road repairs and maintenance or other solutions to the existing roadway network in the communities -.-- re-.!- i�ro.'sent-at.ive,s of the Peninsula Council, Inc. New r Sea.burCorp6ration, and the -PY6ppon6sset Beach Association, Inc . were present. At the t, suggestion of the- Chairman, r. Lawrence moderated this meeting, *,. Mr. Lawrence began this discussion by stating, "This meeting was prompted by a. letter from the Popponesset Beach Association requesting that the Town perform some emergency repairs on a section of Shore Drive from the Marketplace to the beginning of Sander Beach and if that could not be done , that the Town close the road, The first part of this request is out 6f the question, net that we wouldn' t like to do emergency repairs but the Town just does not have the money to do it. Closing the road would be difficult for the Town as it is a. private road. since the request came from the Pepponesset Beach Association and the owner of the stretch of road from the Marketplace to the beginning of sandy Beach is the New soabury Corporation., we have asked that we come together for discussion and hopefully, solutions , Considering the fact that there aro probably other read areas within that section of Town where other road problems may develop, we have included the Peninsula Council ire this discussion, 'The Town does not believe it has any responsibility in this area at all ; however, we do feel a responsibility to at least in- itiate some type of discussion between the various parties . The Board of Selectmen- is offering the assistance of this office in helping you ` to formulate any plans you right have" . Walter Carlson, President of the _Popponesset Beach Association stated, "I have hasome dialogue with l it Seabury Corporation. The roads in our area are pretty well maintained. ThisParticular area, has been a "sore spot" for at least the last year. We don't fix it because it doesn't belong t s ; but the road is in such disrepair that something