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Home My WebLink About1974-05-06 Board of Public Works Minutes • May 6, 1974 Meeting of the Board of Public Works opened at 7:30 P.M. in Room 16, Municipal Building. Present were Chairman Blood, Secretary Reed, Board Members Dustin, Price and Russell and Superintendent Louanis. Minutes of previous meeting were accepted as corrected. Read letter from Raoul Daigle, Stewardship Chairman of the Church of the Good Shepherd requesting permission to use Philip Welch Park and ball field for the Church ' s annual picnic on June 16, 1974 from 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. It was moved, seconded and voted to grant permission to use the area at the specified time subject to the condition that the Park be free from debris at the conclusion of the event. Read letter from Mr. Woodbury and Petition from the resi- dents of Maple Ridge Road requesting a sanitary sewer be con- structed in Maple Ridge Road from Ash Hill to Pine Ridge Roads . Mr . Woodbury explained the sewer is needed in order to make a • particular lot buildable. The Board agreed to take the matter under advisement and contact Mr . Woodbury by the 20th of May when more information will be available and a statement of policy can - be issued. Read letter from Selectmen relative to the Grolier Building on South Street. The Board met with a group of citizens from South Street area at 8:00 P.M. to discuss drainage problems caused by circumstances surrounding the Grolier Building. Approximately ten people attended the meeting. Mr. Robert Beane, 337 South Street acted as spokesman for the group. The Board outlined the drainage program scheduled to be installed in South Street and agreed that the spokesman, Robert Beane, would be notified of a meeting that will be arranged between the Superintendent and an engineer representing the Grolier property owner. Read letter from John R. Gilbertson regarding the use of Arnold Avenue for egress and access to industrially zoned land in Woburn. Since the Selectmen have taken action on this it was accepted as a point of information. It was moved, seconded and voted to sign the Request for Transfer of funds from Reserve for Water Department insurance in the amount of $9,223.99 and Public Works Sewer Department in the amount of $10, 540.06 to cover the period of 1974. The Board reviewed bids for materials. It was moved, seconded and voted that the bids for materials listed as follows be approved with the exception of bituminous products which shall be rebid: Nyanza, Liquid Chlorine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14.25 100# Crystal Chemical and Packing Sodium Hypochlorite (30 gal . drums) . . . . . . . . . 0.42 gal . E. & F . King & Co. , Inc. Ferric Chloride. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.85 100# Caustic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.80 100# Waltham Lime and Cement Cement Conc. Brick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.00 M Clay Sewer Brick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.00 M Portland Cement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.60 bag MortarCement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2.30 bag Trimount Bituminous Products Liquid Asphalt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.445 gal . Liquid Tar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.495 gal . Bit. Conc. Type 1-1 Plant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.25 ton Bit. Conc. Type 1-1 Delivered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.75 ton Bit. Conc. Type 1-1 In place. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.85 ton Asphalt Cold Patch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.25 ton New England Conc. Pipe 7-1-74 to 1-1-75 1-1-75 to 6-30-75 12" R.C.Pipe Class III . . . . . . . . . . 2.66 . . . . . . . . . . . 2.93 12" R.C .Pipe Class IV. . . . . . . . . . . 2.66 . . . . . . . . . . . 2.93 15" R.C.Pipe Class IV. . . . . . . . . . . 3.68 . . . . . . . . . . . 4.05 j 18" R.C.Pipe Class IV. . . . . . . . . . . 4.98 . . . . . . . . . . . 5.48 21 " R.C.Pipe Class V. . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .37 . . . . . . . . . . . 8.11 J. J. Cronin Company ' Concretesand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 ton Delivered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00 ton I�{f I FJ. Cronin Company (continued) rusher Run. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 ton elivered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00 ton ankRun. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 2. 15 ton Delivered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.70 ton Gravel Stone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.90 ton Delivered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.40 ton Unclassified borrow. . . . . . . . . . 1 .80 ton Delivered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.30 ton Clay washings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.90 ton Delivered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .65 ton Read letter from Richard J. Dempsey regarding the M.B.T.A. location. There is concern due to the proximity of the proposed station, parking area, etc. , to the well fields at Beverly Revay. Point of information. The Board signed Petition for requesting layout of Hopkins Street by County Commissioners and letter to State Department of Public Works requesting Hopkins Street funds for 1974-75 be added to Chapter 90 Construction. Read letter from Clifford Wadman regarding ball playing at the Pearl Street School . The Superintendent was instructed to forward the complaint to the Superintendent of Schools as^the area involved comes under his direction and control . Read letter from Charles R. Swett, owner and operator of the Dragon Corner Store. The Superintendent was instructed to write Mr . Swett that repairs to the sidewalk in front of his property at 206 West Street will be included in the 1974-75 construction program. Read Petition from the residents and abuttors of Boyce Street requesting a preliminary hearing regarding the proposed acceptance of Boyce Street as a public way. The Superintendent was instructed to schedule a Preliminary Hearing before the ' summer schedule becomes effective. The Board signed the Bill Roll dated May 10th and the Pay Roll for the period ending May 5th. Meeting adjourned at 10:45 P.M. I RespenctfDully submitted, Secretary I