To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Number one, minutes of the city council
meeting, February 25th, 2013. >> Madam President, >> councelor Rosing. >> Thank you, Madam President. Motion to accept and place on file. >> Motion made and seconded to accept and place on file. Any discussion? All in favor? Opposed? It is approved. Number
two, before you read the continuation of the public hearing, I will be excusing myself from this. I am an abutter to the project. Now is the time to set the continued public hearing on the petition from Enrid to install six new heavyduty handholes in the area of Bigalow
Heights, URD, Berseron Road, Algun Circle, Duca Drive, Rogers A, Eveina Drive, and Hood Street. Order number 1213-1005285. >> Public hearing uh format will be taken in four stages. One, the public speaking in favor. Two, questions from the
public. Three, public speaking in opposition. And four, questions from the council. Anyone here speaking in favor of the uh of the project? Please give your name and address. My name is David Marine. Uh 179 Bailey
Road in Holden, Mass. I work for National Grid. Um this project has to do with the Big Heights URD. Uh URD being underground residential uh distribution uh system that we have out there. Um the existing primary cable is as some of you
probably know is is old and there's been some faults out there and we're we're intent is to replace it. Uh the existing cable is direct buried uh many years ago. Uh that's the way they installed it. They dug a ditch and they put the cable in and then they buried it. Uh today standards call for it to be put in
PVC conduit. So what we like to do is is install conduit. Um the issue, one of the issues with conduit is you only can pull a cable so far in it depending on the number of bent bends and the length of the pull. So we're asking for six splice boxes or
heavy duty hand holes to uh pull to those hand holes so we can splice. And they're just they're uh 4 foot, four and a half foot wide, three-foot uh long pre-cast concrete boxes essentially with
a regular uh pre-cast uh manhole cover and ring on it. They sit they'll sit flush with the with the sidewalk or the road. Okay. Uh next uh anyone else wishes we uh w wishes to be speaking in in favor
of the uh uh program. Anyone else? Anyone else speaking in favor? Okay. Hearing that part, I declare that part closed. Next uh next uh point is questions from the public. Any questions
from the public? Please give your name and address. >> Shirley Cox. I live at 15 Duca Drive, which is on the corner of Duca and Hood Street. Um the first question is whether these power that'll be pulling through is
actually going to be attached to our our homes that are on those streets or is it a throughway to power for somewhere else? No, it's strictly for what's serving the those streets in that URD, those six streets. >> How long will our homes be without power?
>> Uh there's two phases. There's a civil phase of putting the conduit in. Then there's the phase afterwards where they pull the wire in and hook it up. Uh the civil phase that you shouldn't be without power. Uh when they pull the wire in and they hook it up from
transformer to transformer, there'll probably be an outage probably of an hour or two, couple hours. uh you'll be notified um you know in advance that that there will be I mean they just won't shut you off. >> Um what streets are they actually putting the handholds in?
>> Uh they're they're actually in the >> Will they be on all of these streets that are mentioned in the thing? >> There's six of them. Yes. >> So >> I I don't have it. >> I got it here somewhere. >> So there's only one per street that's on the thing. The streets that I have listed are Berseron, uh, Algrren Circle,
Dooka Drive, Rogers, Eveina Drive, and Hood. >> So, that's six streets, one hole per street. >> Yeah. Yeah. Basically, a lot of these these streets, they got intersections, four, three-way intersections where the cable goes going to go uh two or three
different ways. So, we use that that box to splice our cable in it and pull it the three different ways. How much excavation will there have to be between holes? Like how much of the street is actually physically torn up? Well, >> actually they're going to be going most
of it be going in the sidewalk. That's where it will be going beside the existing cable that's there now. And we just put the conduit beside it or on top of it. And I believe most of it's all on the uh in the sidewalk with the exception of obviously we cross the streets.
>> So you're actually going to be digging up the sidewalks where the FiOS runs down the sidewalk as well? >> Pretty much. I'm not aware that files is there, but pretty much where our existing cable is >> now. >> Um, will we be able to get in and out to
our homes when the excavation work is being going on? >> Yes, they should when they go across your driveway, they should let you know that uh when they're going to do it and um tell you how long they're going to be or give you a chance to get your car out on the street. >> Uh, what hours will they be working and
for how long during the summer? Again, the schedule hasn't been developed on all this stuff. So, I'm just going by general knowledge of past projects at SA, so I don't know. We're going to do it like to do it as soon as we can, as soon as the weather clears, Aprilish. Uh, anyways, it was something that was
supposed to be done last fall, but the weather caught up with us. So, um, fairly soon. >> How long will it take once the project begins? Uh again um that's a lot up to the contractor but I would say
well total project the civil work and the uh cable work could be a couple of months. Again I'm not in the construction uh side of the house so I'm I'm speaking for them right now. So uh don't hold me to it. >> Well I was just wondering where the
construction machinery and all that is left during the night when they're not using it. Is it left on our streets or >> uh I wouldn't say all of it was I mean it depends. They should have if we can during a pre- bid we haven't awarded this to a contractor yet but during a
pre- bid they they can get an off-site staging site >> and um what is your requirement with National Grilled to put the sidewalk in the street back like it was or in a better condition than how you found it? >> That's the way we we operate. We also
work with the with the city engineer that uh with whatever their requirements are, but we put it back at least as as good as it was. So, we found it. >> That's the intent. >> Okay, I think that's it for my questions.
>> Any other questions from the public? Any other questions from the public? If you have some, please come forward. Okay. Hearing none, uh, we go on to public speaking in opposition. Anyone wishing to be registered in opposition, please come forward.
Anyone speaking in opposition? Anyone speaking in opposition? Look, hearing none, I declare that phase of the public hearing closed. Questions from the city council. >> Council Tero.
>> Thank you, uh, councelor. Um, as far as I I don't know if you're familiar, but we have had some outages in big storms. Is this the reason why uh these old conduits? >> Um, I I don't know. You say during storms actually the underground system
is the most reliable in a storm because it's it's underground. But I know the cable in there is probably 30 30 35 years old probably. It's almost at its extended life. >> Okay. today's technology is a lot better. So, um in the fact that it's
going in conduit should make it a lot more reliable also. >> All right. And what was the timing again? Um month or >> well, April, Mayish. I say they we wanted to get this going last fall and with the weather and Sandy and whatnot,
we never got got going on it. So, >> all right. Sounds good. Thank you, >> Council Linda. >> Just Mr. Chairman, just a couple comments. Um, my neighborhood was the first one 45 years ago. They had underground utilities. And you're right, the problem was they dug a hole, put the
cable in, they back built. But over the years, over the 45 years, I must say, you people have done a a pretty good job. And just speaking to the neighbors, one plus about it, and this Department of Public Works will enforce it. Usually, you get brand new sidewalks.
What they'll do, they'll dig the hole, put the conduit, run the cable, they'll patch it, maybe let it sit there for I don't think they go a full year, and then they'll come back and have a subcontractor, you know, dig up the sidewalk and put in a nice brand new
sidewalk. That's that's the plus about it. Plus, you're going to have better better service. I think the the key is, David, I think uh we have to stress, you know, when you do go across the street, you know, you have to do a better job patching than some of our cable people
did. And I think I think that's the key because, you know, you do want the sidewalks and streets to be as good or better. And of course, some of these are 32 years old, so they probably are like that. Uh but I think the key is you get better service. We've we've gone through
it twice over the 45 years and uh I think you guys really have it down pat now. Dig conduit run, >> right? Yeah. And we're doing a lot of it in >> I have one other question. Now these these are going to be flat with the sidewalk. There'll be a manhole cover there. >> Yes. Yes.
>> Uh I meant to take a ride out there today. I didn't. What type of the transformers above ground or below ground? >> The transformers they they're pad mounts. Here the little green square boxes 4x4. They're they're all pad mounts. Some of the older u used to have we call the submersible. So they sat in
a vault and there was a a meshed uh screen over the top. >> Yeah, we had those for years. >> We've been replacing everything with pads. >> Yeah. Which I think made a lot of sense. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Any other questions for the council? Council.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. Question on the conduits themselves. Are they ever put in with the concept of having other utilities share them so you're not digging up every other 35 years?
Uh, everybody's got their own agenda of you know I I don't do we ask Verizon if there who was beside us if we're going to do it. Not normally we don't. Uh >> could your conduits handle >> they're not allowed communications cable is not allowed to be in electrical
conduits. >> Okay. Just curious. I just thought it makes sense. >> It does. Thank you. >> Any other questions from the council? >> Any questions from the council? >> No questions. Okay. I declare the public hearing closed. Uh the uh this matter
will be referred to the public services committee. Thank you. >> Thank you. Number three, communication from the mayor regarding city clerk's transfer request in the amount of $18,712.85, which moves funds from assistant city
clerk to appropriate $14,680.85 85 cents to poworker and $40.32 cents to constables to fund special state elections. >> Madam President, >> council Rossing. >> Thank you, Madam President. Motion to send to the finance committee. >> Motion made and seconded to send to the
finance committee. Any discussion? All in favor? Opposed? It is approved. Number four, communication from the mayor regarding controller's transfer request in the amount of $10,38 which moves funds from bond issue
expense to finance assistant to fund costs associated with the unanticipated short-term absence of payroll personnel. >> Councelor Seymour. >> Thank you, Madam President. I would ask that the minutes reflect that I'm going to recuse myself in this matter. Thank you. >> Thank you, >> Madam President. >> Councelor Aing.
>> Thank you, Madam President. Motion to send to the finance committee. Motion made and seconded to send to the finance committee. Any discussion? All in favor? Opposed? It is approved. Number five, communication from the mayor regarding line item budget budget presentation. >> Madam President, >> councelor Rosing.
>> Thank you, Madam President. Uh discussed this earlier with the uh president. So just looking for an up or down vote. If there's interest, so there's interest, I'd like to move forward. So I'll make a motion to approve and we'll see where it goes. >> Motion made seconded to approve. Any discussion? Councelor Delano.
>> Thank you, Madam President. Uh we did discuss this last year. This is an issue that the council has been against for many years when the mayor was down here as our colleague. Um he was adamantly against it. I think there's less transparency, less visibility for the
public. And I think in these days when people are losing faith in government, we want to be as open, as transparent as we possibly can. So I am uh very much uh and respectfully opposed to this. Thank you, Madam President. >> Councelor Alder. >> Thank you, Madam President. I'm going to express essentially the same thing I
talked about when this was brought up before. Um, you know, one of one of the very few things the council has a lot of control over is the money, and I don't want to do anything to sort of to sort of stop that. Um, I wasn't here when you guys talked about this a little while ago when this was first brought up to
what councelor Delana was saying. Um, so I don't have any past votes on this. Uh, but I'd rather see what we're doing. Um, so like councelor Delana, I will not be supporting this tonight. Thank you. Any further discussion? Councelor Austin. >> So I will take exception to councelor Delano. It's not all counselors. It is some counselors that didn't support it.
This particular counselor has supported it. Thank you. >> Any further discussion? Councelor Delano. >> To clarify, I I did say the council as in as a whole with our votes. Thank you, Madam President. >> Thank you. On the motion to approve, all
in favor? Opposed? Does not carry. Number five, >> communicate I'm sorry, number six. >> Number six, I'm sorry. >> That's okay. Communication from the mayor regarding reappoint of chief
procurement officer Beverly Sleeper for a term of three years to expire on the anniversary of her confirmation. Councelor Tara, >> sorry, refer to personnel. >> Motion made second to refer the personnel committee. Any discussion? All in favor? Opposed? It is approved.
Number seven, communication from the mayor regarding appointment of Joseph Collins to the board of assessors for a term of three years to take effect on the first Monday after city council approval. Council Tara. >> Thank you, Madam President. Refer back to the mayor. >> Motion made second to refer back to the
mayor. Any discussion? All in favor? Opposed? It is approved. Number eight, communication from the mayor regarding appointment of Lynn Anderson to the council on aging for a term of four years to expire on the first Monday in May following a city council meeting.
>> Council Diara, >> refer to personnel. >> Motion made second to refer the personnel committee. Any discussion? All in favor? Opposed? It is approved. Number nine, communication from construction material service, Inc. regarding request to extend time
limitations on application for special permit 379 South Street to construct a new 2400 square foot office building on non-conforming property to May 8th, 2013 until 5:00 p.m. Order number 1213-1005236.
>> President Council Elder, >> thank you, Madam President. Uh just to update the council, uh CMS came before us uh about a month ago or so, and there were some still questions about where the project stood. Uh so the committee asked that they go back and sort of redo a little bit of it then come before us again. Uh and they actually are before
us tomorrow at 6 pm. Uh so we'll be taking that up then and and see uh what the votes are for that. So for this I would make a motion to approve. >> Motion made and seconded to approve the time extension. Any discussion? All in favor? Opposed? It is approved. Number
11 uh 10. Communication from Metrop PCS Massachusetts LLC regarding request to extend time limitations on application for special permit 98 Pleasant Street to install wireless communication facility onto existing building to June 4th, 2013
until 12:59 p.m. Order number 12-13-1005122D. Councelor Tara. >> Thank you, Madam President. I need to recuse myself from this issue. >> Thank you, councelor Councelor Clancy. >> Thank you, Madam President. Uh this started about a year ago
and uh we're making progress after numerous meetings. We're making progress. We're we're getting there. Uh the time limit would have expired at the end of March. Uh we didn't really have enough time to to get it done. Uh there's an awful lot of stuff going back and forth. So, uh we'd like to extend it
to June 4th. So, I make a motion to approve. Thank you. >> Motion made seconded to approve the time extension. Any discussion? All in favor? Opposed? It is approved. Number 11, >> minutes of the planning board, February 11th, 2013. Councelor Jenkins.
>> Thank you, Madam President. I'd like to items 11, 12, 13, and 14 and accept and place on file. The minutes of the planning board, February 11th, 2013. Minutes recreation commission January 9th, 2013. Minutes of the Council on
Aging, February 12th, 2013. And the minutes for traffic commission, January 29th, 2013. Motion made seconded to accept and place on file various minutes from various commissions. Any discussion? All in favor? Opposed? It is approved. Number 15.
>> Claims. Council Jenkins. >> Thank you, Madam President. I'd like to refer the uh the claims to the legal department, please. >> Motion made second to refer to the legal department. All in favor? Opposed? It is approved. Reports of committee. Councelor Rosing.
>> Thank you, Madam President. The finance committee met on Monday, March 4th. We took up three items. Order number 13,15318, transfer of 124,328 for Department of Public Works media transfers. The finance committee
reviewed the mayor's letter dated February 7th, 2013 requesting DPW transfers to fund line items associated with employee pro promotions, intern temporary promotions due to absences and vacancies, and police overtime associated with water and sewer
maintenance and repairs totaling $124,328. The finance committee voted 50 to approve the transfers. Second item, order number 131005333, transfer $30,000 for internal to the assessor's office. The finance committee
reviewed the mayor's letter dated February 21st, 2013 requesting two transfers totaling $30,000 to fund contracted appraisal services for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013. And the finance committee voted 50 to approve those transfers. The final
order, order number 121005204, transfer $2 million from undesated funds to the OPEB stabilization account. The finance committee reviewed the mayor's letter dated November 1st, 2012, requesting the transfer of $2 million from undesated funds to the other
postemployment benefits space stabilization account to continue the city's financial plan to meet these unfunded responsibilities. The finance committee voted 50-0 to approve the transfers. And finally, the finance committee will meet on Monday, April 1st, and we'll take up these three
transfers. >> That's it. Thanks. >> Thank you, councelor. Any other reports? Committee? Councelor Alder. >> Thank you, Madam President. Uh I have two uh updates from urban affairs. Uh the first one um we met on February 25th to take up order number 13-1005306
communication from attorney Arthur Bersron requesting changes to the city of Malber's zoning ordinance on behalf of on behalf of Boston Scientific who recently announced plans to build large new office at its existing campus here in Malboro and to relocate its headquarters here. The proposed voting
ordinance will allow for the development of this project. Attorney Bersron outlined the proposed changes which would take part throughout the city but specifically being sought uh to permit by Boston Scientific to add a new building to their campus. Uh building commissioner Mendoza and it was confirmed that he is the building
commissioner. So that was asked at the last meeting. There was some some confusion if he was the commissioner or the inspector and he confirmed that he is the building commissioner. Uh so building commissioner Mendoza stated uh that the three changes would not have any real impact throughout other parcels in the city and the commissioner had no concern about the proposed amendment. Uh
so essentially we only took up the first three. So if you if everybody remembers the public hearing, there were four different parts to it and a couple counselors brought up some concerns about the height requirement one and uh because Boston Scientific is really looking to uh get this project started uh the committee decided just to take up
the first three and if um we want to do any zoning changes, we can try to take up the height requirement, but for uh the process of getting this one done, we do not take up the fourth one. Uh so motion was made by C councelor Clancy, seconded by the chair to approve the first three changes and that was done in three separate motions. Uh the chairman
requested that the committee table further discussion on the fourth proposed change regarding building height. Uh the vote was 5 to zero to recommend approval of the proposed amendment uh and deleting the references to the building height. Uh and we will be requesting a suspension of the rules uh to send the solicitor to put in proper legal form.
And the second uh meeting that I want to report out uh was order number 12-1005220 and it was also 12-1005081 uh application for special permit from Cumberland Farms Incorporated 412 and 418 Maple Street and Walker Street to
construct a convenience store with gasoline sales on the subject parcels and to operate a new facility from 5:00 a.m. to midnight. Uh the hours of operation have been amended from the 24-hour operations sought uh under his prior submission. Uh the chair read the changes to the proposed conditions discussed at the previous meetings with
other input from the city's solicitor attorney Lombardo. Uh attorney Lombardo resisted the committee's language regarding the city's sign ordinance and the language that the city has implemented in various special permits, but we did put some language in there about that. Uh councelor Jenkins informed the committee that he would not be supporting the project as the ward
representative and urged other members of the committee to join him in opposition. Uh motion was made by councelor Clan Clansancy to recommend approval. Uh and the chair gave a courtesy second to the motion. Uh and it vote it was voted three three in favor two against uh with myself and councelor Landers in opposition and we're going to
be requesting a suspension of the rules to send that to the city solicitor too. Thank you. >> Thank you councelor. Any other reports of committee? Councelor Delano. >> Thank you madam president. The operations and oversight committee met uh previous or prior to the last three regular council meetings uh to take up
the issue of the Marro economic development uh plan. uh it was our charge uh to find a way to accept this plan. Um since the plan was a rather lengthy document, I don't know four or 500 pages, even the executive summary
was over 100 pages. Uh rather than trying to approve all of the language, every page, whatever it might be, we decided to uh put together a preamble which essentially gave the sense of the council. So we started out with some draft language. We discussed what our
priorities are and eventually uh through a lot of collaboration we were able to make a uh a fairly straightforward one-page document uh and I think it incorporated uh the feedback that we got from all counselors. So that being the case uh there was a little bit of
language that we uh was left to us to uh sort out which we did just a couple of words what was best. Uh you all have received copies of that. So, uh, the committee had voted 30 to approve and we will take it up, uh, at our next full meeting. Thank you.
>> Thank you, councelor. Councelor Landis. >> Thank you, Madam President. Uh the public service committee met on March 4th to discuss the following order and that order was 1310005286
and that was regarding the acceptance of Graves Lane as a uh public way together with the required easements in the subdivision entitled residence at Oakrest. a city uh solicitor or assistant city solicitor submitted all the required documents and
certified that the documents are in proper legal form. Also, Barbara Fenty, the uh chairman of the planning committee uh sent a letter uh endorsing the plan to accept Grave Lane. On a motion made by councel Clansancy, second
by the chair, the public service committee recommended the acceptance as a public way of grave lane together with the required easements in the subdivision entitled residence at Oak Press two to nothing. Thank you. >> Thank you councelor. Any other reports
of committee? Any other reports of committee? We have the request for sus two suspensions rules for the urban affairs committee on the first suspension one 0056. All in favor of the suspension opposed.
It is approved. The other suspension is one 05220. All in favor of the suspension opposed. It is approved. Okay. First order number order 13-10005306. Communication from attorney author Berseron requesting changes to the city
of Marro zoning ordinance on behalf of Boston Scientific. >> Councelor Elder. >> Thank you, M. Motion to refer to uh the solicitor. >> Motion made and seconded to refer to the solicitor. Any discussion? All in favor? Opposed? It is approved. And the second
order is order number 12-1005220 cross referencing order number 12-1005081 application of special permit from Cumberland Farms Inc. 412 and 418 Maple Street um and Walker Street to construct a convenience store with gasoline seals
on subject parcels and to operate new facility from 5:00 a.m. to midnight >> president. Thank you madam president. Motion to refer to the solicitor. >> Motion made seconded to refer to the solicitor. Any discussion? All in favor? Opposed? It is approved.
Number 16, order number 13-1005235A. proposed zoning amendment submitted by city councelor Patricia Pope to add a definition for data storage telecommunication facility and to add to the table of use regulations section
650-17 a category for data storage telecommunication facilities under industrial uses refer to urban affairs and planning board and zoning board public hearing was December 17th 2012 attorney Berseron addressed the petition
and gave the committee a summary of the zoning ing change that will add data storage, telecommunication to the table of uses, and a category for the use under industrial uses. Both President Pope and Council Clancy spoke favorably of the change. The chair noted that
making this change is necessary as the city looks forward to data storage and telecom telecommunication uses that were not in existence when many of these zones were created. Motion to approve was made by councelor Clansancy and seconded by the chair. Motion to approve
was adopted by a vote of 50. Council Elder. >> Thank you, Madam President. Motion to move the recommendation of the committee which is to approve. >> Motion made and seconded to move the recommendation of the committee which is to approve. This is an ordinance. So we will take it in the four stages. So the first stage is to suspend the first
reading. All in favor of suspending the first reading. Thank you. Uh to adopt the second reading. All in favor of adopting the second reading. Thank you. Passage to be enrolled. All in favor of passage to be enrolled. Thank you. Passage to be ordained. All
in favor of passage to be ordained. Thank you. Is there any objection to the passage of the four stages in one evening? Seeing none, it is approved. Thank you. >> Motion to adjurnn. >> Motion made and seconded to adjurnn. Any discussion? All in favor? Opposed? We
are adjourned. Thank you everyone.