BOS minutes 03-22-16

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Minutes
Board of Selectmen
March 22, 2016
Memorial Hall - Salah Meeting Room
Present: Present: John J. Connolly, Chairman, Robert E. Burr Jr., Vice-Chairman, Kevin T. Feeney, Clerk
Victor D. Del Vecchio, Member, Mark Porter, Member, William T. Friel, Town Administrator, Jennifer
Kemalian, Administrative Secretary.
The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m.
M r. Friel presented to the Board a request for Change of Manager from the Halfway Cafe, 95
Washington Street to Robert A. Farnham, Manager. He noted that the application was in order and
favorable action was being recommended.
Motion was made to approve the request for Change of Manager from the Halfway Cafe, 95
Washington Street to Robert A. Farnham, Manager.
Motion: Mr. Feeney Second: Mr. Del Vecchio Vote: 5-0
The Pequitside Farm Master Plan Update was presented to the Board by the Conservation Agent Cindy
O'Connell and Laura Campbell from the Boston Architectural School. Laura Campbell noted that this was
a project that she was participating in as a student at the Boston Architectural School. The presentation
was of the ideas for a Master Plan for the property and grounds of Pequitside Farm and her
recommendations for best use. She presented ideas on the tennis courts, the barn, maintenance of the
fields and handicapped parking. The Board asked questions about different aspects of Ms. Campbell's
design. There was a general discussion and the Board provided Ms. Campbell feedback with opinions of
the various ideas.
The Board thanked Ms. Campbell for her presentation.
Sam Cleaves of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council provided the BOS a presentation on his review
of the proposed uses for Reservoir Pond. He provided a brief summary of the issue, which was that the
Town, since acquiring the pond, needed to develop rules and regulations for the use of Reservoir Pond.
He noted that there had been a forum with residents and abutters to discuss wants, needs and concerns
surrounding the use of the pond. In the forum the main issues raised by residents that needed attention
were noise on the pond (jet skis), the use of small boats such as kayaks and canoes, weed management,
hours of operations and speed limits, the Town working with the RPAC, swimming, and selling parking
permits.
Mr. Cleaves noted that he was recommending a car top boat launch at the pond located at Earl
Newhouse Waterfront, but that it was not a good location for a motor boat trailer launch. The depth of
the Reservoir was inadequate for a trailer launch. He noted that he was recommending the regulations
of speed of water craft, allowed use, prohibited use and enforcement. He also recommended that the
Town develop a letter of understating regarding aquatic vegetation between the Conservation
Commission and the Reservoir Pond Advisory Committee.