BOS minutes 08-09-16

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Board of Selectmen
Minutes
August 9, 2016
Memorial Hall, 801 Washington Street, Canton, MA
Salah Meeting Room
7:00 p.m.
Present: Chairman Robert E. Burr, Jr. ~ Vice Chairman Mark J. Porter ~ Clerk Kevin T. Feeney ~ John J.
Connolly ~ Victor D. Del Vecchio
Town Administrator Charles Aspinwall, Administrative Secretary Jennifer Kemalian
The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m.
Motion was made to open the Public Hearing to discuss and consider whether to adopt the proposed
future use regulations of Reservoir Pond and the findings of the MAPC report entitled Reservoir Pond:
Current Conditions and Uses.
Motion: Mr. Feeney Second: Mr. Del Vecchio Vote: 5-0
Mr. Burr provided a brief introduction to the subject. The Town currently owns Reservoir Pond. It was
conveyed to the Town from Napleton group, the previous owners of Plymouth Rubber site. Now that it
is owned by the Town, public access, safety and environmental concerns of Reservoir Pond were all in
q uestion. The Town had engaged the Metropolitan Area Planning Counsel to analyze the uses and
establish possible rules and regulations for Reservoir Pond.
The audience had received two copies of the draft rules and regulations. One was from the MAPC, and
the other had Town of Canton Department Heads as well as Town Planner suggestions and comments
incorporated in it.
The Board invited Mr. Bill Cohen of the Reservoir Pond Advisory Committee, to speak. Mr. Cohen noted
that his only comment on the rules and regulations were regarding the open and close times of the gate
at the Williams Estate. He would like it to remain open from dawn to dusk. He also noted that he would
like to see a wash station for boats to prevent foreign weeds from being introduced to the pond. He
explained that the RAPC had a discussion concerning the use of jet skis but the committee could not
come to a consensus.