hello all- as i've been offline due to some unfortunate family events i've just seen this and, as i'm the person that made the comments relative to safety, feel that i should try and correct whatever impression i must have left with at least one selectman and maybe others.
as i sat at the meeting i felt there were two issues being overstated. 1) i never suggested that safety was a "code word" for anything and a view of the tape will bear that out. what i was concerned about was that this open space not be held to a different STANDARD for safety/liability than others that the town has acquired or now owns. for instance, while involved with witt. woods i stated that i had never heard anyone express concerns about safety/liability(maybe i missed it) i understand that each project has different issues. in witt woods the neighbors worry about illegal hunting and there are concerns with this open space-apparently one being the granite curbing referred to. i was concerned that the standards for this parcel not be different than those for parks, beaches, playgrounds, etc. and other parcels framingham had acquired or manages. 2) owning land in a diffent town under the supervision of a conservation comm. - i am aware,because of my work with witt woods and other developments, that the town of sudbury owns conservation land in framingham that is managed by their conservation commission. i was surprised to hear that this practice might be considered not possible. my remarks were not meant to be "inflammatory". my understanding was that it was a public hearing to get input from the public. as someone with a longtime interest in conservation and open space matters and an elected town meeting member in a pct whose residents value open space, i thought it was the appropriate place to bring my concerns regarding the safety/liability standards and the management of this open space. it was an informative meeting and i learned a great deal about the issues. thank you to all those who are working on maintaining some safe open space in all parts of town. kathy vassar ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 8:40 PM Subject: Re: another thought--Re: Last Night re. Arthur St parcel > A different view of the discussion about the Arthur Street open space and the > emails the Board meeting of last Thursday has prompted is attached. > [ 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]
