Selectmen’s Meeting Minutes
The Board of Selectmen met
this evening at the Easton
Appointment of Election
Workers
On Less’ motion, seconded
by Haederle, the board voted
unanimously by roll call to appoint the slate as submitted by the Town
Clerk. See attached list.
King slate, Haederle
slate, Corona slate, Less slate, Marsan slate.
Public Participation
None
Discussion Regarding
“Statement of Ethics” and “Statement of Values” for Board of Selectmen
Press Notes
None
Discussion Regarding
Appropriate Mitigation for Installation of Water Line by Aquaria Water LLC
DPW Director Wayne Southworth
was present. White explained the multi
town coalition and the different types of mitigation that communities may be
proposing regarding this project. See
attached recommendations by the TA.
White noted that she met with Southworth to look for possible mitigation
factors. Southworth would like to see a
legally binding contract to purchase water from Aquaria along with a waiver of
Aquaria fees when the time comes; White spoke of other pending capital needs
that also may be used to ask Aquaria to address. Less questioned what types of mitigation
other communities are proposing. White
used
Class II (continued) Hearing – 5-Corners Petroleum,
The Applicant, Mr. Fadi Daher
was present. White recapped the
discussion at the previous meeting with the Selectmen. White noted that this location has not gone
through site plan approval. White feels that the site plan is essential given
the current status of the
On Marsan’s motion,
seconded by Less, the board voted
unanimously to continue the hearing to
Discussion Regarding
DPW Director Wayne Southworth, Town Planner Marc Rousseau, Rob Nagi and
Joe Magni of Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. (VHB), Kelli Burke Samuels &
Associates were present. White referred
to documents given to the board. Nagi
gave an overview of the project. Nagi
complimented White and Rousseau on the project to date, specifically the master
plan. Drainage and traffic congestion
seem to be the major concerns with the five corners intersection. A series of roadway cross-section
alternatives will be proposed along with other amenities. Nagi also noted that they have been helping
with the review of ongoing projects in this area(Shaws, Mobil, Walgreen,
potential 40B projects, etc). Nagi asked
for the town’s guidance on how to move forward.
Different alternative plans were viewed and discussed by the board. Two 12 ft lanes, 3 ft grass shoulders and
the sidewalk are suggested by VHB. This
fits within the right of way with the width of the roadway today. This proposal keeps traffic moving and
provides area for pedestrians or bicycles.
Haederle spoke positive of the 3-foot grass strip proposal for safety
reasons. Magni discussed different
options to add the strip without any additional cost. The maintenance issue and the lack of
manpower to provide the maintenance to the grass strip were discussed.
Marsan suggested designing the best roads for now and the land takings
could come later. Nagi noted the three
phases of work; immediate, short term and long term solutions.
Possible action regarding mitigation agreement with
White introduced Kelli Burke of Samuels & Associates, James Winn of
Greenman Pedersen Inc, and Brian McCarthy of RJ O’Connell & Associates. Marsan recused himself and left the room at
this point of the meeting due to conflict.
Burke gave a brief summary of the project to date.
The board asked questions relating to the project. Nagi noted the meeting held with White,
Southworth and Rousseau and their recommendations. Southworth agreed with their assessments but
feels that we need to work with VHB on the transition with other roads. Nagi suggested that it makes sense to do this
now, especially while the new project is currently being constructed. Brian McCarthy gave a presentation of the
White asked for approval of the plan subject to the conditions in the
memo and the engineers and staff working out the merging out with the other
area improvement plans.
On King’s motion, seconded by Less, the board voted unanimously of those present
to approve the intersection improvement plan subject to developers addressing
issues in VHB technical memorandum, also ensuring that they work it out with other
intersection improvement plans.
Possible action regarding Traffic Signal Agreement for
106/123 Intersection
White explained the proposed agreement.
See attached. White noted the DPW
Director’s concern with Shaws agreeing to install signal at this intersection
and the cost associated with it.
On Haederle’s motion, seconded by Less, the board voted unanimously of those present
to approve the traffic signal agreement for the 106/123 intersections as
proposed.
Agreement for Traffic
Improvements by and Between the Town of
See attached memo.
White spoke of money for
turning lanes at
On Haederle’s motion,
seconded by King, the board voted
unanimously of those present to approve the agreement for traffic
improvements as proposed.
Marsan returned at this point of the meeting.
Review of other related plans
White explained that
Walgreens, Mobil and owners of the adjacent vacant site are coordinating for
better site access between the properties.
They applied this theory to septic and detention areas. Both sites are coordinating stormwater
management issues. Site access is also
being addressed as suggested by White.
White noted this discussion is for informational purposes only, no board
action is required.
In general, White spoke of
moving forward with the Public Works Economic Development (PWED) grant
application. Magni noted that 1 million
is the ceiling and we most likely would be applying for such. The PWED grant is looking positive at this
point. Nagi will definitely looking at
the support of the business owners and their giving to this project. The proposed 40B off
Town Administrator’s Notes
None
Selectmen’s Notes
On Haederle’s motion,
seconded by Marsan, the board voted
unanimously to adjourn at
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Southworth
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Approved
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Date