Last modified: Friday, May 23, 2008 1:24 AM EDT Norfolk wraps up town meeting BY STEPHEN PETERSON SUN CHRONICLE STAFF NORFOLK - Residents at this week's third and final session of the annual town meeting polished off a number of miscellaneous items. Voters approved a $226,852 project to extend water service on Medway Branch Road to 12 households, some which have high levels of sodium in their water. The town's portion of the tab would run $124,769, with the homeowners paying $102,083 through betterment charges. Residents backed a change to dog regulations that call for a $50 fine for failure to relicense a dog by March 1. Voters also supported a zoning bylaw change that allows the design of a two-family home to appear as a single family one. The measure will help add to the town's affordable housing, officials said. After extended debate, residents rejected borrowing $300,000 to continue razing hazardous old industrial buildings on the Buckley-Mann site in the west part of town. The town would have placed a lien on the property off Lawrence Street to recoup the money if the owners didn't repay the town. The owners had agreed to remove all the buildings and had taken four down but Richard Mann said he has run out of money. The plan was to take down three of the worst remaining ones, and leave four boarded up, Building Commissioner Robert Bullock said. He showed pictures showing buildings with rotting roofs and other dangers. "We have reached the stage where the site is truly a safety concern," Fire Chief Coleman Bushnell said. Advisory board member Marc Waldman questioned if the town's action would make the property unmarketable for its owners. In other action, residents: Voted down a request to transfer town land to selectmen and the Affordable Housing Trust Fund to relocate a home to the parcel off Leland Road near the former airport for affordable housing. The home, also on Leland Road, is being offered free to the town. Opposed spending $150,000 to purchase the dam at Highland Lake off Campbell Street. The town purchased the lake and adjacent land last year but the dam is privately owned by resident Kevin Roche, who put in the request. Liability and costs were cited by the advisory board. A companion article - also defeated, called for hydroelectric generation equipment to be installed at the dam, with proceeds shared by Roche and the town.