Dear Neighbors, My continuing take on construction projects with betterments and amenities attached is that we, that is, the Town, need to insist upon much larger completion bonds AND liquidated damage clauses that require cash from the developers, secured by property liens. The bottom line in business today is money talks. If we make compliance less expensive than non compliance, compliance we shall have.
Joel A. Feingold -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kathy Vassar Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 11:41 AM To: Framingham Neighbors; Steven W. Orr Cc: jay grande; don beers; g bees; george bees; paul braverman; susan linder davis; sarah donovan; Peggy Groppo; a&h janisch; del mack; alan scherr Subject: Re: Last night at Brimstone Lane...or been there, done that? thanks for the update. the part that makes me really nervous is that the initial homes may be on wells to jump-start the project until the betterment goes in. REMEMBER the town water that the original homes in doeskin were going to have?!! remember the "TEMPORARY" reliance on wells??-just until the developer made enought to cover the cost......etc.etc.etc. and, after many years of unforseen events, the residents are still waiting for that town water for doeskin 1 and doeskin 2... what needs to be done(and how do we make sure it is) so that we don't create that doeskin 3? kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven W. Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Framingham Neighbors" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 11:08 AM Subject: Last night at Brimstone Lane... > Turnout was very light. The public had exactly four representatives. > including myself and my wife. Noone from Sudbury showed. Nothing was > decided upon, but the Planning Board liked almost everything they > saw. My opinion is pretty much the same; this is about as good as we > could possibly get for a good old fashioned land raping. And I really > don't mean that in any kind of snide way at all. The good points of > what's happening: > > * There will be (in all likelihood) a septic pump to transport > sanitary waste over the top of the hill to connect to the sewer > system. The advantage of this is that there will be no leaching > field(s) needed and therefore a lot less trees will have to be > taken down. > > * There will be a rather large detention/retention pond > constructed. On the downside, it will be a vary large pond (a full > acre), on the other hand, it is not over-engineered. Why both a > septic pump *and* a retention pond? The pond is just for storm > runoff. The pros of this setup is that we will all benefit from > recharge of the groundwater system. Actually, if the Brimstone > population waters their lawns with water pumped up to the > Betterment, we may even end up with a positive recharge. > > There are still downside issues to be wrestled with. > > * It's really not clear when the Betterment will happen. We have a > schedule, but if, for some reason, it doesn't happen, then we can > just call Brimstone the new Doeskin III. I'm told that water was > planned for Doeskin I originally and it just never happened. > > * Before the betterment does happen, the initial homes will need > wells to get jump-started. Just another point to make me more > nervous. > > * The actual administration of scheduling who pays, how much gets > paid, and when, to the Betterment is not necessarily up to the > Planning Board. The question of exactly who is, is an open question > right now. e.g., what if the homes don't sell right away. Maybe it > takes two or three years. Does the betterment contribution not > happen until that time or does Franchi start paying at the > inception? And what happens regarding the infrastructure costs for > water in Brimstone? These issues must not get lost. > > If anyone has any corrections, please feel free to jump in. > > Tonight, 9PM will be the Conservation Commission meeting to discuss > Brimstone. I will, alas, not be there. The issue fo the stream > crossing will be an issue. > > The next meeting of the Planning Board for Brimstone is scheduled for > Monday May 6 at 8:30PM. > > -- > -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have - > -happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ > -Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- > -individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > [ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe > Archives available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ > For help send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web interface at http://frambors.syslang.net] > [ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe Archives available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ For help send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web interface at http://frambors.syslang.net] [ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe Archives available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ For help send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web interface at http://frambors.syslang.net]
