Meeting Minutes 2003

Meeting Minutes – 2003

December 15, 2003
7:30 pm
Attending: Art Milliken, Heather Hedden, Jack Troast, John Bakewell, Deb Belanger, Frank deAlderete, Steve Tobin

Guest Steve Tobin from the Trails Committee presented the Bruce Freeman Rail-trail plan, which goes from Lowell to Framingham through 935 ft of Carlisle, but will require funding. Our Committee does not have the resources to fully take on the project, but we will be partially involved through a point person, Tim Eliassen.

Art reported that the easement language is complete. We’ll ask Mary Lynn if she will also fill in the blanks from doing the archival research.
Art will ask David Kolstad to ask for easements at the ATM and at the Murphy's.

Art reported LandTech communication: with respect to 5 copies of the plan, now including the Zezima stone wall, that adding the path route to the map would cost $500 and after it's build an actual survey for $2940.

Construction is still possible this season before a complete freezing of the ground, but this is uncertain. The contracted construction price will hold till spring. Gary of the DPW is willing to start on a section when not too busy clearing show. We will draft a memo confirming Gary's plan to work and submit it to Madonna and Kevin Stacey, in case work gets delayed into spring.

Assignments of committee responsibilities were discussed
Frank would like to become a member of the committee.
John will work on East St. survey RFQ in January.

Meeting adjourned at 9:40 pm
signed HBH

November 17, 2003
7:30 pm
Attending: Art Milliken, Jack Troast, John Bakewell, Heather Hedden, Mary Lynn Bohn, Deb Belanger, Frank deAlderete

LandTech did the survey of Bedford Rd. on November 11, in which property lines are overlaid on road right of ways. We found that the LandTech survey omitted a stone wall on the Zezima property and the subdivision of the Shohet-West property. We will ask them to do it.

For easement discussions, we have sufficient information for some, but not all, abutters.
We will ask Madonna if we can get the Board of Selectmen to approve the start of construction now on segments that do not require easements.

We will try to have initial meetings with easement abutters by December 7.

Meeting adjourned at 9:30 pm
signed HBH

October 6, 2003
8:00 pm
Attending: Art Milliken, Jack Troast, Heather Hedden, Eileen Faber, Time Eliassen, Deb Belanger, Sandy Nash, David Kolstad

Two separate requests for funding to the Board of Selectmen have been submitted and will be followed up upon.

We have new easement language from Town counsel. We will request comments from Carolyn Kiely, hopefully by the next BPS meeting, 10/14.

LandTech has informed us that they are ready to proceed with the overlay map-surveying project with authorization and can complete it in 2 weeks. We will inform them on October 15, following the BOS meeting.

Planned who on the Committee would speak with which abutters to gain easements. Two will be pending LandTech's survey

A meeting with Sylvia Willard of Cons Com at Kimball's pond to discuss pathway is requested`. Details resolved will go into request for approval to be submitted to Con Com by late October.

Bids for East St. survey were reviewed. (There were 4.) Committee unanimously voted to accept the low bid of Stamsky & McNary of $42,00. This request will be submitted to the BPS, pending verification of source documents.

Bids for Bedford Rd./School Look construction were reviewed. Only 2 were received, which were both about the same. The Committee unanimously voted to accept the bid of K.S.C. Landscape & Construction for $16,699.75. This amount is already part of our request currently before the BOS for their October 14 meeting.

Meeting time will be changed to regularly be at 7:30 pm
Meeting adjourned at 10:20 pm
signed HBH

September 15, 2003
8:00 pm
Attending: Art Milliken, Tim Eliassen, Heather Hedden, Eileen Faber, Jack Troast, Mary Lynn Bohn, Deb Belanger

Town Counsel has our draft form of easement for the School Loop and the BOS has our request for $550 for modifications of maps.

We sill resubmit the request for $850 to BOS at their next meeting, Sept. 23.

A list of 7 abutters was reviews. One or two could be added, based on renewed maps.

Peter Faber has been in contact with potential contractors

Cons Com approval is still needed for final part(of the School Loop) by Kimball's

Petition to our Committee received for extending to Stearns St. or Brook St., with 61 signatures.

Committee voted, unanimously, to defer this extension until Phase 2.

Committee voted, unanimously, to ask BPS to request DPW to fix the pathway in front of the library with Chapter 90 funds.

Next meeting with be earlier, Monday October 6
Meeting adjourned at 9:30 pm
signed HBH

August 19, 2003
8:00 pm
Attending: Deb Belanger, Art Milliken, Jack Troast, John Bakewell, Eileen Faber

Update on Bedford Road activities.

Planning for East St.

Meeting adjourned at 10:30 pm
signed EAF

July 21, 2003
8:00 pm
Attending: Deb Belanger, Art Milliken, Jack Troast, John Bakewell, Eileen Faber, Peter Faber, Mary Lynn Bohn

Confirmed new members: Eileen Faber, Jack Troast, Mary Lynn Bohn, and David Kolstad

Unanimously voted for the $850 for "overlay town tax maps onto previously prepared plan and add lot lines per town tax maps" by LandTech Consultants, Inc.

Create progress report memo to Town Council

Meeting adjourned at 10:00 pm
Signed EAF

June 16, 2003
8:00 pm
Attending: Art Milliken, John Bakewell, Time Eliassen, Heather Hedden, Deb Belanger, David Kolstad, Eileen Faber

Committee organization:

Acting chair (for summer) - Art Milliken

Communications – Heather Hedden

Finance – Tim Eliassen

Survey, Easements – Art Milliken, David Kolstad, possibly Nancy West

Construction (staking, siting, abutters, construction) – John Bakewell

Gwyn Jones, Eileen & Peter Faber, Deb Belanger

Public Communications – Heather Hedden

Volunteers (non-committee members) are included in above tasks

Draft of Bedford Rd. construction RFQ was presented and reviewed.
Final surveying for Bedford Rd. was discussed.
Issue of the post office path was raised.

Meeting adjourned at 9:55 pm
signed HBH

May 19, 2003
8:00 pm
Attending: Deb Belanger, John Bakewell, Tim Eliassen, Eileen Faber, Heather Hedden

Toast on Town meeting and election success

General discussion on memo to Selectmen and RFP for top surfacing

Membership & recruitment

Meeting adjourned at 9:20

April 14, 2003
Attending: Heather Hedden, Arthur Milliken, Deb Belanger, Tim Eliassen, Vivian Chaput (FOS), John Ballantine (BOS), plus 12 residents

Footpath Forum
The Footpath Plan and upcoming Warrant Article and Ballot question were presented in an open public forum. All present indicated support of footpaths, except one attendee. Five attendees volunteered to organize efforts to disseminate information to their respective neighbors. Each represents one of the five major arterials. Ballot question committee formation was discussed and role. Information on how to make contributions was provided.

Next meeting May 19, 2003
signed DAB

April 8, 2003
Attending: John Bakewell, Heather Hedden, Arthur Milliken, Deb Belanger

Committee to host special forum on Footpath Plan prior to Town Meeting, provisional date of Monday 4/19 at 7:30 pm

Committee discussed preparations for Town Meeting warrant article:

Eliassen to do presentation

Bakewell to prepare maps

Hedden to design informational flyer

Milliken to contact certain boards and committees

Belanger to contact certain boards and committees ad research laws pertaining to leafleting and signage and post at Town Hall and Mosquito

next meeting 4/14/03
signed DAB

March 24, 2003
Attending: Tim Eliassen, Heather Hedden, Deb Belanger, Francene Amari-Faulkner re: 43 Bedford Rd.

Issues:

Point of transition from asphalt to Starpak

Rate of change in grade

Potential diversion of water to create flow

No known at this time which side of East St.

Site plan review on April 8: all Committee comments due at that time.

Fin Com meeting update: present Plan to Fin Com. They did not vote and will vote on Wednesday, 3/26.
BOS to meet on 3/25/03 – will request a position to help Fin Com
signed DAB

(No meeting was held in February, due to the conflict with the Presidents' Day holiday.)

January 28, 2003
Attending the Board of Selectmen's meeting: Art Milliken, Tim Eliassen, Deb Belanger

Art Milliken present the Footpath Plan the BPS voted unanimously to accept the plan. The BPS voted unanimously to place an article in the warrant for the upcoming Town meeting that provides $15-.000 in funding over five years.
signed DAB

January 28, 2003
Attending the Historical Commission's meeting: Art Milliken, Deb Belanger

The Historical Commission approved the request to construct a footpath along Bedford Road from the ATM to the Post Office. The Pathway is to be sited within the Town's right of way, it will be approximately 5 feet in width, and contain a surface of crushed stone and stone dust. The Committee is to deliver a plan that notes the pathway and substantial trees, telephone poles, etc.
signed DAB

January 21, 2003
Attending: Arthur Milliken, Heather Hedden, John Bakewell, Nancy West, Deb Belanger

Committee reviews and unanimously approved the 12.16.03 minutes.
Committee agree future minutes to be documented in lie record made contemporaneously with meeting.

Committee reviewed final draft of Carlisle Footpath Plan and approved with following changes: conform page 11 list of streets; correct number of households on page 15, obtain more correct map, if necessary and available.

Committee approved appearing before the BOS to request:

acceptance of plan

funding over a multi-year period

Multi-year program needed to demonstrate level implementation possible, reliable progress, establish cost-effective relationships with third parties, and advance planning for DPW. With funding, the plan becomes a legitimate appropriate Town program.
signed DAB

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