MILLS CORP. STUDY COMMITTEE

MEETING MINUTES

08/18/03

ATTENDEES

Committee Members:

Peter Guglietta, Jr.

Tom Ryan

Douglas Sears

Ray Shaw

David Silva

Al Donovan (for John Mackey)

Michael Sitar

Guests:

Atty. Rick O’Neill, Representative Perkins Family Trust

David Wahr, Representative Mills Corp.

Jan Burkholder (Representative for Sen. Susan Tucker

14 Residents

Meeting was opened at 7:05pm

David Silva made a motion to accept the minutes for the August 6, 2003 meeting. Due to the 8/6/03 meeting not being televised or taped Mr. Silva read the minutes for the benefit of the general public, as this meeting was taped for later broadcast on cable channel 10. Ray Shaw made a motion to change “make a recommendation to the Board of Selectmen” to “ make a report to the Board of Selectmen”. This change was approved unanimously. The vote to accept the August 8, 2003 meeting minutes was unanimous in favor.

Mr. Sears proposed that assignments be made to individually study the various impact areas created by the potential mall. The committee agreed and they are as follows;

Fiscal Impact: Potential Revenue Streams, potential costs

· Sears

· Shaw

· Guglietta

Economic Development Impact- Job creation, impact on local businesses, relation to draft Master Plan

· Shaw

· Carter

Public Safety- Impact on police response and staff, Fire/Ambulance response and staff

· Ryan

· Mackey

· Shaw

· Sitar

· Guglietta

Infrastructure- Water and Sewer impact

· Deackoff

Traffic/Transportation- Status of new ramp/I-93 corridor study, impact on existing interchanges and local road systems

· Guglietta

· Mackey

· Ryan

Environmental- Wetlands delineation, increase in impervious surface, stormwater management, contamination and interaction with clean up at Sutton Brook Disposal Superfund site

· Silva

· Sears

Health- Noise and air pollution impacts

· Deackoff

Public Education

· Guglietta

· Sears

Land Use Impact- Compatibility with surrounding uses, relation to Master Plan

· Silva

Regional Impact

· Sears

Mr. O’Neill made a presentation on the various design concepts for the proposed ramp for the Andover side of I-93. Mr. O’Neill presented 4 different ramp configurations, 3 that service Andover (East Side) only and 1 that services both the east side and the west side of I-93 (proposed mall site). Mr. O’Neill noted that the 3 Andover side design proposals were not made by Mills Corp. Mr. O’Neill provided aerial pictures of the I-93 area where the proposed ramp would be located and he stated the Jennie’s Way neighborhood would be most affected by a new access ramp. A general discussion followed Mr. O’Neill’s presentation with several questions from both committee members and residents.

Meeting was adjourned at 9:00pm

No further actions were taken

Next Meeting is 7:00pm Tuesday September 2, 2003 at Town Hall.