WWW.NLSN.NET - Mark Nelson

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Welcome to the official web site of Mark D. Nelson, candidate for Selectman 2004, Wilmington, Massachusetts. As a lifelong resident and seasoned candidate he has had the opportunity to witness first hand the growth and development of Wilmington over the past 40 years. After graduating from Wilmington High School in 1973 he went on to study Land Development Law while helping to raise his daughter Kristen ( CLASS OF 2003).

Mark's ability to search out the facts and information, coupled with his straight forward no nonsense approach, has earned him the reputation of being able to get things done. His promise to be a hands on, proactive, fulltime selectman , contrasts that of the part time, reactive, lame duck, figurehead situation that currently exists.

GOALS

Education, Education, Education

Taxes/Better Control Spending $$$$
No new tax overrides or debt exclusions

Smart growth through proper planning

Mitigate impact of bordering towns development

Hazardous Properties/IDENTIFY/CATALOG & CLEANUP

Develop an affordable housing plan that works

OBJECTIVES

Revitalize and beautify Silver Lake

Collaborate with Tewksbury and clean up land fill

Build North Wilmington Fire/Rescue Sub Station

Refurbish & retrofit current library for new Town Hall offices

Build a new library in conjunction with restoring the Swain School to School Administration offices

Convert Silver Lake Building into Recreational Resource Center

Purchase open space and develop parks

Construct Olson Street & connect Church Street to Middlesex Ave.

Supports
Establishing a land bank

Sidewalk construction fund

Soliciting towns major corportations for donations

Adopting Linkage Bylaws

Creating a Boys & Girls Club

Addressing storm drain concerns at Silver Lake

Purchasing open space for parks and recreation

Proposing and designing a bike path that links to surrounding towns existing bike routes

Transferring the existing town owned wetland lots to the Conservation Commission

Developing our own affordable housing programs with the help of intown developers to thwart off the comprehensive permits out of town mega developers

The construction of Olson Street from Church Street to Middlesex Ave

Working with the town of Tewksbury to push the state and federal officials to allow for the construction of a slip ramp to 93 and allow Rocco's Landfill and McDonald Road to be cleaned up and reclaimed

Opposes

Forced flouridation of the town drinking water

Tax overrides and debt exclusions

The demolishing of the Swain School

Real Issues

Will the MBTA expand the parking lot to the maintenance area?????

Will the Master Plan Advisory Committee ever update the master plan????

Should Woburn Street have a truck exclusion near the Woburn line????

Should the soon to be constructed connecting road to the Woburn Industrial Park be one way during certain hours????

What are the plans for the 93 / 129 intersection???

What are the plans for the 93 / 125 intersection at Corey's property??????

What are the plans to finish the roads at Shawsheen Commons????

What are the plans for the proposed Hopkins St. / Alexander Rd. / Dorchester St. intersection????

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