Bill Merriam was there, and said Con Com is not staffed to handle the maintenance and upkeep of the trails.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Willitts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Steven W. Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Framingham Neighbors" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:44 AM Subject: Re: Last night's Planning Board: Brimstone and Doeskin Water Betterment > Question: Why is this land going to SVT and not Framingham Conservation > Commission? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven W. Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Framingham Neighbors" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:03 AM > Subject: Last night's Planning Board: Brimstone and Doeskin Water Betterment > > > > The big issue that came out of the hearing on Brimstone last night > > concerns Francci's desire to reneg on turning the conservation land > > surrounding the project over to the Sudbury Vally Trust. His mindset seems > > to be that people who want to buy his property will somehow insist that > > the property is worth more if they were to actually own the land and pay > > for its maintenance themselves. Francci is claiming that SVT is insisting > > that they be paid $30,000 in exchange for receiving the land to cover the > > maintenance costs. Jay was going to contact SVT today to make sure that > > this story is the same on both sides. It's somewhat interesting that > > Francci has appeared at all previous Brimstone Hearings. He was > > conspicuously absent last night and allowed his mouthpiece (Barbieri) to > > explain it. > > > > Let's look at the situation with a weak magnifying glass: > > > > * The biggest problem the Town could make for itself is to allow Yet > > Another Homeowner's Association (YAHA)[1] to take on the responsibility > > of maintenance. Frankly, they would just not be properly motivated, and > > the Town has never been *more* shown at being incapable of enforcing > > exactly this type of problem. > > > > * Francci is famous for what I'm starting to see as the Francci > > Reneg (C). He started this project with the statement that the land > > needed for the Doeskin Water Betterment would be donated as part of the > > negotiation process. Then it turned into an offer to lease it for some > > long period. The latest noise was that he wanted to lease it for a rate > > that would generate a more substantial income. > > > > The Town needs to get control of this one and control has to be gained > > quickly. The next meeting of the Planning Board for Brimstone is Oct 15 > > (someone correct me if the date is wrong). > > > > Suggestion 1: If agreement does not happen, then the land should stay in > > the ownership of YAHA and a covenant should be made to have them pay SVT > > for the mainenance. I expect that the $30K price tag will become more > > attractive very quickly. > > > > Suggestion 2: SVT should try and work with Francci to make this happen. if > > in fact this story is true. The stakes are high enough. > > > > I'll bet you there are cleverer people than me out there who can come up > > with ways to either make this work or ways to stop this project from going > > forward. > > > > Anyone else from last night: Please feel free to add additional comments. > > > > Also, John Bertorelli presented his plans for the water pumping station at > > Grove and Edmands. It looked good, and the abutter(s) of the property were > > also pleased. The structure will be submerged about four feet into the > > ground and given a flat roof. Shrubs will be planted to hide it from the > > street. The stones from the existing stone wall will be used to build up > > the rest of the wall around it.This looks like the last impediment to the > > DWB. > > > > [1] Go ahead. Say it out loud. It'll make you smile. :-) > > > > -- > > -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]
