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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-05-20 Board of Public Works Minutes May 20, 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 Mem- bers, Dustin, Price and Russell and Superintendent Louanis. Minutes of previous meeting were accepted as amended. Mr . Blood stepped down and Mr. Reed assumed the Chair. Read Notice of Public Hearing at 7:45 P.M. regarding the Petition of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company to install underground conduit and manholes in North Main Street on the easterly side in the gutter area near existing manhole 74/108. Mr. George Cooley represented the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company and explained the need for the new in- stallation. The Hearing was closed. It was moved, seconded and voted that permission to install the underground Conduit and manholes and maintain same be granted with the provision that the area be returned to its original condition. Mr. Blood abstained. Mr . Blood assumed the Chair . Read letter from Donald Connors, Town Counsel regarding the case of Hicks vs. Board of Appeals. It was accepted as a point of information. A report of progress relative to the Grolier property and Redstone Realty Trust was given by Chairman Blood. It is anti- cipated that Anderson Engineering will have drainage plans completed in order that Mr . McCann may be able to give them to the Superintendent by Tuesday, May 28th. It was moved, seconded and voted to give the right of approval or disapproval of these plans to the Superintendent, E. Roger Louanis. The Superintendent was directed to write to Redstone Realty Trust advising them of our work schedule relative to the installation of a new drain in South Street. Mr. Blood stepped down and Mr. Reed assumed the Chair . Read Notice of Public Hearing at 8: 15 P.M. regarding Peti- tion of New England Telephone and Telegraph Company to install four feet of underground conduit and one manhole near 797 Main i Street. Mr . George Cooley represented the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company and explained that the work would be done in the tree lawn and gutter area on the easterly side of Main Street near the intersection of Federal Street. The Hearing was closed. It was moved, seconded and voted to grant permission to the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company to do the work outlined in the Petition providing the area be returned to a con- dition equal to that of the present time. Mr . Blood abstained. Mr . Blood assumed the Chair. Read letter from Mrs. Middleton of 711 Haverhill Street rela- tive to drainage. It was moved, seconded and voted that the Superintendent write a letter to Mrs. Middleton advising her in an informal way that it is not the policy of the Town to aonstruct drainage conditions on private property and that if she wished to have the drain extended at her own expense it would call for the approval of a plan by the Board of Public Works and .permission from the Conservation Commission. The Superintendent reported that he had conferred with Mr. Nugent, the Health Agent, in regard to sanitary conditions at Deborah Drive. Mr. Nugent stated that he would view the area and stated further when he was contacted relative to requests to install sewer lines in a street or streets it is his practice to refer to the Board of Public Works five year program. Mr . Woodbury, who is interested in purchasing a lot on Maple Ridge Road attended the meeting and questioned the Board as to the possibility of an earlier date for sewer on Maple Ridge Road. Deborah Drive and Maple Ridge Road are scheduled for 1977 and it was agreed there would be no change in schedule at this time. The Board discussed the water problem on Martin Road. It was moved, seconded and voted that we ask Town Counsel for a written opinion as to the liability of the Water Department with regard to damage to clothing and household items owned by Mr . and Mrs . Paul Martins, 55 Martin Road allegedly due to , contaminated water. Read letter from Tennyson Club requesting permission to block off and occupy Tennyson Road from 1 :00 P .M. to 11 :00 P.M. on Saturday, June 15, 1974 or in the event of inclement weather June 22 for the purpose of holding an: annual cookout. It was moved, seconded and voted to grant permission to hold the event at the date and time specified with the provision that the area be properly policed, no alcoholic beverages be served within the public way and the area be returned to public use equal in condition to that at the inception of the cookout. Read letter from Ralph E. Wilson, Chairman of the Memorial Day Committee for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. It was moved, seconded and voted that the Board of Public Works lend assistance in distributing flowers and flags by furnishing a truck and driver on Sunday, May 26, 1974 at 2:00 P.M. at the Laurel Hill Cemetery Gate. The Board signed the contract for Sewer Construction 1974-75 with Charm Construction, Inc. in the amount of $223,278.40. Read letter from the Superintendent to Mr. Kenneth A. Tarbell of the State Department of Public Health. It was accepted as a point of information. The Board adjourned temporarily at 10: 10 P.M. to meet as the Board of Survey and reconvened at 10:25 P.M. It was moved seconded and voted that the Board sign the Memorandum of Agreement between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Works and the Town of Reading on the laying out of Hopkins Street as a Chapter 90 Road and the laying out of Franklin Street as a Chapter 90 Road for the purpose of trans- ferring funds to Hopkins Street. Read memorandum from John W. Agnew, Jr. , Executive Secretary regarding summer youth part-time employment program sponsored by the Federal Government. It was moved seconded and voted that the Superintendent handle all phases of this program with an effort to employ local youth. Read letter from A. C. Contracting Company, Inc. wherein ' they apply to be accepted as a Licensed Drain Layer in order that they may do the necessary work connected with the new building being constructed for Doyon ' s T V on Main and Minot Streets. It was moved, seconded and voted to approve A. C. Contracting Company, Inc . of South Weymouth as a Licensed Drain Layer. Read letter addressed to the Selectmen by Louis A. Kleiman as to conditions he alleges exist at Memorial Park. Following a discussion it was agreed that the Superintendent write expressing regret that the Kleiman child had been injured. Too, the area will be inspected further and anything of a hazardous nature will be removed. The Board signed the Bill Roll for the period ending Mpy � 24 and the Pay Roll for the period ending May 19. Meeting adjourned at 10:45 P.M. Respectfully submitted, 'A C Secretary, 4 i