HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-03-17 Board of Public Works Minutes March 17, 1975
Meeting of the Board of Public Works convened in Room 16,
Municipal Building at 7:30 P.M.
Present were Chairman Blood, Secretary Reed, Board Members
Russell , Dustin and Price and Superintendent Louanis.
Minutes of the previous meeting were accepted as read.
R.E .T.U.R.N. was represented by Mrs. Lynn Stasz who requested
permission to erect a sign calling attention of passers by to the
recycling program. Following a brief discussion it was moved,
seconded and voted to grant permission to R.E.T.U.R.N. to erect
a sign on Town property at the recycling area off John Street.
The Chairman requested that the Superintendent provide figures
pertinent to recycling for the period from September 1974 to Febru-
ary 1975, and for the same period a year previous, setting forth
the tonnage and the operating cost of the Sanitation Division.
The Board adjourned temporarily to meet as the Board of
' Survey and reconvened at 8:05 P.M.
The Chairman advised the Board that an appointment had been
made with the Mayor of Woburn at 10:00 A.M. March 19, 1975 to
discuss the possibility of the Town of Reading constructing an
interceptor sewer through Woburn and connect to the M.D.C.
Read letter from the Board of Health regarding the sanitary
conditions on Twin Oaks Road. It was accepted as a point of in-
formation. Mr. Reed moved, it was seconded and voted that when
the Board of Public Works requests information and assistance
from the Reading Board of Health the request be made in writing
to the Chairman of the Board of Health.
Read letter from Mr. Qualter of 389 Lowell Street request-
ing an abatement on his sewer house connection bill because of
his physical disability and low income. It was moved, seconded
and voted that the Superintendent write Mr. Qualter and inform
him there are no provisions under the law whereby the Board of
Public Works can abate for hardship or disability reasons.
Read letter from the Department of Public Health concerning
- a Bacterial Summary of 1974. It was accepted as a point of in-
formation. '
fff The Board reviewed letters sent by Weston and Sampson, con-
sultant engineers, to Mr. Hayes of the Metropolitan District
Commission and to Mr. McMahon, Director of the Massachusetts
Water Resources Commission in connection with the Willow Street
interceptor. Point of information.
Mr. Reed read Notice of Public Hearing on the laying out
as Public Ways under the Betterment Act all of Boyce Street and
C Street westerly of Libby Avenue. Following presentation by the
Chairman, routine questions were asked of and answered by the
Board. Members of the Engineering Division remained at the con-
clusion of the Hearing to answer questions relating to individual
lots. It was moved, seconded and voted to close the Hearing
at 9:00 P.M.
The Board signed the Pay Roll for the period ending March
16 and the Bill Roll dated March 24 , 1975.
It was moved, seconded and voted to go into Executive Session ,
to meet with the Personnel Board to discuss personnel matters.
The Board reconvened at 10: 15 P.M. and reviewed the report
from the Engineering Division concerning the voting of the resi-
dents of 'C ' Street and Boyce Street as follows:
'C ' Street
Property
Owners Votes In Favor Opposed Non-Committal
6 6 5 1 0
Boyce Street
12 12 6 6 0
Mr. Price moved and it was seconded to postpone the action on
Boyce Street until next week. The motion did not carry. Mr.
Dustin presented a stastical analysis of the voting by the
residents of Boyce Street, as follows: of the twelve abutting
property owners on Boyce Street the vote was 6 in favor and 6 '
opposed. Of the four abutting property owners on Summer Avenue
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and Pratt Street the vote was 1 in favor and 3 opposed, of the
three abutting property owners fronting on Woburn Street 2 in
favor and 1 opposed, of the five people living on Boyce Street
not abutting another street the vote was 3 in favor and 2
opposed.
An analysis of the burden of cost revealed that of those
abuttors being assessed an amount in excess of $1900. they voted
in favor by 5 to 3 whereas the remaining abuttors with an assess-
ment ranging from $482.77 to a maximum of $565.35 voted 1 to 3
against the acceptance. It was noted that a majority of those
who would pay the larger assessment were in favor of the street
acceptance. Based upon the above analysis Mr. Dustin moved and
it was seconded that the Board report to the annual Town Meeting
and recommend that Boyce Street be accepted as a public way and
betterments assessed the abuttors. The vote carried 4-1 with Mr.
' Price voting in opposition.
Mr. Dustin moved, it was seconded and voted that the Board
report to the Annual Town Meeting that 'C ' Street be laid out
as a public way and betterments will be assessed.
Meeting adjourned at 10:45 P.M.
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Respectfully /su)bmi ted,
Secretary