Minutes of meeting held March 27, 2008, 7:00 P.M. at Town Hall College Highway, Southwick, MA, with attendance as follows:
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Voting |
Present |
Absent |
Dick Grannells |
Chair |
Yes |
X |
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Ray Reardon |
Vice-Chair |
Yes |
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X |
Sue Hepburn |
Secretary |
Yes |
X |
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Jerry Crane |
Associate Member |
No |
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X |
Tom Fabian |
Member |
Yes |
X |
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Scott Graves, Sr. |
Member |
Yes |
X |
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Scott Graves, Jr. |
Associate Member |
No |
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X |
Steve Legault |
Associate Member |
No |
X |
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Bill Murty |
Associate Member |
No |
X |
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Chris Sears |
Member |
Yes |
X |
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Norm Stolzenberg |
Member |
Yes |
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X |
1. Chris made a motion to accept the minutes from the 3/27/08 meeting. Scotty seconded the motion and the minutes were accepted 5:0 as written.
2. S-319 Recap - There was nothing new to report on existing S319 grant. The Town is planning to seek a new S319 grant to address the following new areas: Outfalls and associated erosion issues at the ends of Castle Street, Eagle Street, Lakemont Avenue, North Lake Avenue/Summer Drive and at 9 Berkshire Avenue and 136 Berkshire Avenue.
3. Dick forwarded the LPP package to the BOS for their review along with a request to conduct the necessary public hearing.
4. 168 Culvert Project Recap - MIG has a few punch list items to address once the warm weather arrives.
5. Sewer Expansion - Southwick is proceeding with the design of the parallel interceptor and the preliminary design for Phase 2 in order to apply for funding.
6. Ramp Reconstruction Recap - The FBA's ramp reconstruction project design is being modified to reflect locating one of the existing floating docks just south of the boarding docks to provide a "10-minute" tie-up for people who need to use the facilities at the North Ramp.
7. There was more general discussion of some reported lake safety and excessive noise issues, especially those issues that occurred this past winter. The plan is to address these issues at a future meeting once the winter season is over.
8. Dick gave an overview of the results of the public information hearing on the Route 168 (Congamond Road) Reconstruction Project that was held on Tuesday March 25, 2008 at 7:00 PM in the Southwick Town Hall auditorium. Approximately 30 people attended the hearing and the general consensus was favorable toward the project that will include a new drainage system, sanitary sewer, widening, vertical and horizontal re-alignment to address safety issues.
9. Boarding Docks - We need people available to help put in the docks, either this Sunday or next. This Sunday Dick, Tom and Steve are around and next Sunday Dick, Chris, Steve, and Scotty are available. Dick will check on availability of Tim Thoren and Steve will check to see if Randy will be available. Dick will make the necessary phone calls and arrange a time to meet at the North Ramp.
10. Buoys also need to be placed but we will do this after boarding docks are in.
11. Rail Trial Project will be beginning shortly. The contractor's current plan is to start working at Congamond Road and work both ways from there.
12. Beach damage due to ice was just awful this year. Normally, each resident is supposed to have a permit, even to work on their own beachfront property. Dick plans to check with Conservation regarding a "generic" work permit so homeowners can address the ice damage.
13. Lake safety/noise issues - This is an ongoing concern of many residents. Concerns have been expressed about the RMV's that traverse over less than 6" of ice when they jump the culverts. LMC has also received complaints about power ice augers starting before 6:00 AM on a Sunday morning and about open fires on the lake. Much of the debris that is left from these fires is litter that goes right into our lakes. Currently, there is no speed limit for RMV's on the ice. Dick requested that everyone do some homework on these issues and be prepared to discuss them in detail at future meetings.
14. Scotty informed members that Paul Hiernywicz (sp) had passed away. Dick asked if anyone knew if Paul had retained any of the old lake documents that might be made available to copy.
15. Tom made a motion to adjourn. Sue seconded. All in favor.
16. Our next meeting will be held on April 10, 2008.
17. Our meeting was adjourned at 7:45PM.
Respectfully submitted,
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Susan Hepburn - Secretary
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