HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-01-20 Board of Public Works Minutes JANUARY 20, 1969
' NEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT
7:45 P.M. IN THE AUDITORIUM OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER, 52
SANBORN STREET, READING.
PRESENT WERE CHAIRMAN HODGKINS, SECRETARY FLORENCE,
BOARD MEMBERS COCHRANE, WATT AND WHITE, AND SUPERINTENDENT
E. R. LOUANIS.
PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT 7:45 P.M. ON THE LAY-
ING OUT AS PUBLIC WAYS UNDER THE BETTERMENT ACT OF THE FOL-
LOWING:
SPRUCE (PRIVATE) ROAD WHICH RUNS IN A SOUTHEASTERLY
DIRECTION FROM BIRCH ROAD TO FOREST STREET
' MARLA (PRIVATE) LANE NEW SECTION WHICH RUNS IN A
NORTHERLY DIRECTION FROM No. 18 TO A DEAD END
BALDWIN CPRI VATE) LANE WHICH RUNS IN A SOUTHERLY DI-
RECTION FROM SPRUCE ROAD TO A DEAD END
TWENTY-FOUR PERSONS ATTENDED THE HEARING. THE BOARD MEMBERS
ANSWERED QUESTIONS REGARDING IMPROVEMENT TO BORDER AREAS,
CORNER LOT EXEMPTIONS, WHEN STREET BECOMES A PUBLIC WAY,
DRAINAGE AND THE INSTALLATION OF SEWERS IN THE AREA. NEM-
BERS OF THE ENGINEERING DIVISION EXPLAINED THE PLANS TO THE
ABUTTORS. THE VOTING WAS AS FOLLOWS:
NoN-
IN FAVOR OPPOSED COMMITTAL
MARLA LANE MEW SECTION 10 -
SPRUCE ROAD 13 -
BALDWIN LANE2 -
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' THE BOARD TOOK THE MATTER UNDER ADVISEMENT.
BUILDING. THE BOARD ADJOURNED TO ROOM IB, MUNICIPAL
HINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING WERE APPROVED AS
WRITTEN.
PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT 8:80 P.M. REGARDING
THE PETITION OF THE NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COM-
PANY TO INSTALL BURIED CABLE AS FOLLOWS:
WALNUT STREET: NORTHERLY SIDE, SOUTHEASTERLY FROM
POLE 96/9 TO INTERSECTION OF HOLLY
ROAD, APPROXIMATELY FORTY-ONE (4Z)
FEET OF BURIED CABLE
MR. GEORGE COOLEY REPRESENTED THE TELEPHONE COMPANY. IYR.
COCHRANE MOVED, NR. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO AP-
PROVE THE PETITION. '
THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 8:40 P.M. TO
MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY.
THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 9:22 P.M.
THE BOARD REVIEWED ARTICLES TO BE INSERTED IN
THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT; ALSO REPORT OF THE BOARD
OF PUBLIC WORKS TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE ANNUAL TOWN REPORT.
THE BOARD SIGNED THE FOLLOWING :
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES - STATE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC WORKS
LETTER TO LAND COURT
BILLROLL DATED JANUARY 17
PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 13 THROUGH
JANUARY 19
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:45 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, ,
CRETARY