Rowley Board of Selectmen
Feb. 8, 2010
Selectman Stuart Dalzell Sr. was absent because of illness, and Selectmen Vice Chairman Bob Snow was attending the superintendent's search committee meeting.
APPROVED
- A liquor license application for the Rowley Veterans Association under the name of the new manager — David Leavitt of 11 Ocean Ave.
- A street layout hearing for Emily Lane on March 1 at 7 p.m. at the selectmen's office. It is being recommended that Emily Lane be accepted as a town street, which will be an article for approval at the Annual Town Meeting.
- Appointing Lisa Paquette of 57 Weldon Farm Road to the Parks and Recreation Committee until June 30. Paquette fills an open seat on the seven-member committee.
- A request from the Conservation Commission to designate the upper North Shore area of the waterways in Rowley as a "no discharge area," an area where no sewage may be discharged, even if it has been treated, in an effort to protect the Great Marsh and the life contained in it.
- To ask the Community Preservation Committee at their meeting tomorrow to fund up to $33,000 for the Town Hall clock restoration and $115,000 for repair of the cupola atop Town Hall.
- Reassigning the trench permitting process to the Board of Health instead of residing with the building inspector's office.
DISCUSSED
- The restoration of the Town Hall cupola with Barry Moore, the contractor who provided estimates on costs for the restoration.
- The motion of building two skating rinks in town on the soccer fields behind Pine Grove School that will be presented to the CPC at their Feb. 11 meeting. The CPC will be asked for $27,000 to fund the building of two rinks, including materials. Volunteers will be sought for setup, maintenance and taking down of the rinks, and the materials will be stored by the highway department. Selectman Dick Cummings, who will present the motion to the CPC, noted that at least 25 ready and willing volunteers must be present and committed to helping the project in order for him to even put the motion on the table for approval. The CPC meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the selectmen's office in Town Hall.
- That the Bradstreet property subdivision was filed in Salem and included five parts: four affordable housing units, seven acres on which the farmhouse resides, 10 acres for recreational space, a community garden area and an open space area. Habitat for Humanity has offered help in building the affordable housing and bringing down the cost of creating the road. Cummings will ask the CPC at the Feb. 11 meeting for up to $50,000 to go toward the construction of the road.
- Rick Hydren is creating a Web site for the National Scenic Byways project, and the town Web site will be linked to it.
- That a tentative purchase and sale has been signed for the property on Central Street, across from Rowley Pharmacy. Buyer Ken Hamilton's plans include residential apartment and commercial uses for the area.
- That the fiscal year 2011 school budget proposed by the administration to the School Committee includes a 2.67 percent increase for the town of Rowley, an amount that selectmen Chairman Dave Petersen said is well within the town's limits to fund.
POSTPONED
Discussions regarding the fire station lease agreement and filling the police chief's position until March 1 when a full board is expected to be in attendance.
FORWARDED
A request by Kara McCormack of the Parks and Recreation Committee to possibly have her Fitness Fun program for elementary school children in town become a town-sponsored program. McCormack was not sure if her position on the committee, while at the same time running the program, was in violation of any town bylaws. The selectmen agreed to forward the inquiry to town counsel for review.
