| Truck Stop (TS) / Waste Management (SCA Disposal) or Any Site not town owned or worked on, ie Clinton St Site | ||||
| Truck Stop Site (TS) | SCA Disposal Site (et al) | Effect not using Truck Stop | ||
| Ownership | Yes | No - $650K or more to purchase | Extra Cost for Town | |
| Tax Revenue | No | Yes | Lost Revenue (permanent) | |
| Water/Sewer | Yes | No - pub infrastructure to site needed | Extra Cost for Town | |
| Electric / Phone | Yes | No – good distance from road | Extra Cost for Town | |
| Site Tested | Clean | No | Extra Cost for Town | |
| Town Site* Liability | Minimal | Unknown & contaminated runoff in sewer system = new DEP/EPA liability | Extra Cost for Town | |
| Site work | Basically Done | Significant site work required | Extra Cost for Town | |
| Paving | Yes - substantial area paved | No | Extra Cost for Town | |
| Bldg Costs - estimates | $75-$150SF - General Steel - works w/ MA municipalities / Morton? | $370SF - PARE For Example: A Finished 20,000SF bldg means | Extra Cost for Town possibly $4.5M-$6M more + expenses above | |
| Leaf Dump, etc will fit | Yes | Yes | Same | |
| Neighborhood Issues: DPW hrs 8am - 4pm M-F (school/work hours) little facility work. Currently: leaf dump is in a cemetery, next to a home / Truck Stop is snow dump now - Currently, downtown residents & those on route to dump site affected - a few times in winter (once in 2011-12 winter) / S Hunt dump site would move noise to other side of road for Woodbridge/S Martin. A DPW would take Ind property off the tax rolls and depreciate already undervalued property next to it. | ||||
| Homes affected | 5 abutters - appx 20 properties "indirectly" impacted | 14 (13) properties arrow stretch past S-curve "directly" impacted | Increased danger | |
| Businesses affected | 1 junk yard - abutter | 13 (9 +/-*) narrow stretch past S-curve "directly" impacted | Increased danger | |
| DPW operates during business and school hours - no traffic generated on Woodbridge or S Martin Rd- S Hunt Rd is very narrow w/dangerous S-curve on the very narrow road- town vehicles will effect entire neighborhood of existing 7am-5pm businesses (cars,towing company & 18 wheelers | ||||
| All employees relocate | No | No | Same | |
| Empty bldgs/soon to be | Horace Mann School / Annex / Ordway / School St House | |||
| Accessibility | Yes - Less traffic & neighborhoods than current local and S Hunt Rd property | No | Negative for Everyone | |
| *condos in 1 or more bldg | Conclusion: Other Site NOT Good for Neighborhoods or Amesbury | |||
| Alan's Truck Stop has been for sale for over 10 years and is a convenient site for everyone. Done right w/ buffering, a DPW can make the property attractive. If someone finally shows up to buy it in 10 or 20 years, they would pay for the DPW move. Not using the truck stop is not in the best interest of the town. | ||||