Minutes from April 23, 2002
The Water and Sewer Board met
in the Town Hall Auditorium at 9:00 A.M. on 4/23/02.
Present were Chairman Jon
Sinaiko and members Anne Lord, Sacha Richter, and Lucille Plante. Also present were Paul Gabriel of
Environmental Partners Group and Assistant Town Manager Mark Latour. Members of the public present were Lauren
Richmond, Mariah Jordan, and Robert Hendrickson (of 116/118 Commercial
Street).
The public hearing
continuation had been formally advertised in the Banner. Members of the public discussed the unique
nature of proposed sewer connections at their properties. Lauren Richmond commented that a property
owner should be satisfied with the proposed location and nature of the sewer
service line routing to their property before being formally and finally bound
to connect to the system.
The Water and Sewer Board
members reviewed each one of the proposed changes to the wastewater
regulations. The Water and Sewer board
indicated that a property owner should have the right to appeal any of the
wastewater connection guidelines (such as those in Section 9. Sewer Connection
Construction) to the Water and Sewer Board, with respect to the applicability
of that guideline to an owner’s unique property.
Water and Sewer Board members
indicated a desire to keep the wastewater project on time and under budget, and
to minimize exceptions to the guidelines in the regulation amendments in an
attempt to do so. They agreed that
there may be certain unique properties or complicated situations which might
require a closer look regarding the method and location of the sewer
connection.
Paul Gabriel answered a number
of questions from the public related to the sewer project.
As there were no more
questions from the public, at 10:45 A.M. Anne Lord made a motion to adopt the
proposed wastewater regulation amendments.
Lucille Plante seconded the motion.
After brief discussion these regulations were adopted by a vote of 4 in
favor, and 0 opposed.
At 10:45 A.M. the public
hearing was adjourned.
A copy of the adopted
regulations are attached.
Minutes submitted by Mark
Latour, Assistant Town Manager.