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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-01-27 Board of Public Works Minutes JANUARY 27, 1969 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT 7:45 P.M. IN THE AUDITORIUM OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON SANBO RN STREET. PRESENT WERE SECRETARY FLORENCE, BOARD MEMBERS COCHRANE AND WHITE, AND SUPERINTENDENT E. R. LOUANIS• IN THE ABSENCE OF MR. HODGKINS, MR. FLORENCE ACTED AS CHAIR- MAN. PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT 7:45 P.M. ON THE LAYING OUT AS PUBLIC WAYS UNDER THE BETTERMENT ACT OF THE FOLLOWING : MARLA LANE OLD SECTION WHICH RUNS IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION FROM FOREST STREET B STREET WHICH RUNS IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION FROM LIBBY AVENUE i TWENTY-TWO PERSONS ATTENDED THE HEARING. MR. FLORENCE EX- PLAINED THE ESTIMATED ASSESSMENTS AND METHOD OF PAYMENT. f MR. LOUANIS ANSWERED TECHNICAL QUESTIONS RE- GARDING CORNER LOT EXEMPTIONS ON MARLA LANE AND "Bn STREET, AND DRAINAGE. MR. HALL AT 17 MARLA LANE QUESTIONED USE OF PART OF THE CIRCLE NOT BEING USED AS A PUBLIC WAY. MR. LOUANIS STATED THAT IT IS A LAW PASSED BY THE STATE LEGIS- LATURE THAT ONCE THE STREET IS EXTENDED, PART OF THE CUL 1 DE SAC NOT USED AS A PUBLIC WAY REVERTS TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. MR. WHITE REQUESTED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SEEK CLARIFICATION FROM TOWN COUNSEL ON THE MATTER. r MR. BAGDIGIAN, 1E MARLA LANE, PROTESTED ALLEGED INCIDENTS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN THE DEVELOPMENT. THE VOTING WAS AS FOLLOWS: NoN- IN FAVOR OPPOSED COMMITTAL "B" STREET e 2 0 MARLA LANE OLD SECTION) 9 2 3 17 4 3 AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE HEARING, MEMBERS OF THE ENGINEERING DIVISION EXPLAINED THE PLANS AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS. THE BOARD ADJOURNED TO BOOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILD- ING, WHERE MR. WATT JOINED THE MEETING. RECORDS OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED. THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 9:00 P.M. TO MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY. THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 9:10 P.M. READ LETTER FROM ROBERT E. BUCKLEY, 100 MYSTIC STREET, MEDFORD, WHO OWNS PROPERTY ON TRACK ROAD, REQUEST- ING A HEARING ON HIS STREET BETTERMENT ASSESSMENT. ACCORD- ING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, MR. BUCKLEY OWNS THREE LOTS, EACH WITH 25-FOOT FRONTAGE, ABUTTING TRACK ROAD. THE QUANNAPOWITT DRAIN GOES THROUGH TWO OF THE LOTS. THE EASE- MENT FOR THE DRAIN IS 40 FEET WIDE, COMPLETELY ENCOMPASSING ^-7 ONE LOT AND 15 FEET OF THE OTHER. MR. WATT MOVED THAT A J HEARING BE HELD AND MR. BUCKLEY ALLOTTED 15 MINUTES TO PRE- SENT HIS ARGUMENTS, NR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED. READ LETTER FROM REGINALD P. AND NARY R. KELLY, 246 SALEM STREET, REQUESTING INFORMATION ON THEIR STREET BETTERMENT ASSESSMENT. MR. WATT MOVED THAT A HEARING BE SCHEDULED WITH MR. AND NRS. KELLY ON FEBRUARY 3 AT 8:00 P.N. , MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED. NR. AND NRS. KELLY WILL BE ALLOTTED 15 MINUTES, READ NOTICE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AD- VISING OF A PUBLIC MEETING TO BE HELD AT 7:30 P.M. ON JANUARY 29 AT READING MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, 62 OAKLAND ROAD FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPLAINING THE WORK TO BE DONE IN CON- STRUCTION OF A MISSILE SITE RADAR FOR THE SENTINEL BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM AT CAMP CURTIS GUILD. IT WAS ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF INFORMATION. READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING NRS. ROGER PINES FINANCIAL STATUS. AFTER CAREFUL DELIBERATION, NR. COCHRANE MOVED, MR. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED THAT HER REQUEST FOR AN ABATEMENT ON HER SEWER HOUSE CONNECTION BE DENIED. READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING SUR- VEY WORK TO BE DONE BEFORE DESIGN, PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS CAN BE PREPARED FOR THE 1969 NORTHEAST SEWER PROGRAM. IT WAS THE SUPERINTENDENTS OPINION THAT THE WORK SHOULD BE DONE BY TWO ENGINEERING FIRMS WHO GAVE SIMILAR ESTIMATES, $500. 00 PER 1, 000 LINEAL FEET. THE AREA ENCOMPASS-- PROXIMATELY 13, 250 LINEAL FEET AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $6, 000. 00. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CONSULTING ENGI- NEERS ACCOUNT FOR THE NORTHEAST SEWER AREA. AT THE SUG- GESTION OF MR. WATT, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS ADVISED BY MR. FORTIN OF THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AND IT WAS APPROVED. MR. WATT MOVED, MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDS FOR THE SURVEY WORK, READ LETTER FROM MITCHELL W. HANNOOSH, CHAIRMAN, INCINERATOR COMMITTEE, TOWN OF WAKEFIELD, CONFIRMING MEET- ING ON JANUARY 29. Na. LOUANIS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE ' MEETING HAD BEEN CANCELLED AND A TENTATIVE MEETING SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 12. THE LETTER WAS PLACED ON FILE PENDING RE- CEIPT OF SECOND LETTER. READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING PLAN SUBMITTED BY THE SURETY BANK & TRUST COMPANY PROPOSING A DRIVE-IN TELLER WINDOW AT THEIR BANK ON HAVEN STREET, AND HIS RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD DISAPPROVE THE PROPOSED PLAN. DANIEL D. NOORE, PRESIDENT OF THE BANK, CORDON THAYER, CONTRACTOR, AND WILLIAM DIAMOND, ATTORNEY, WERE IN ATTENDANCE. ACCORDING TO Na. DIAMOND, THE WALK-UP WINDOW IN THE LOBBY OF THE BUILDING WILL BE CLOSED AND A COMBI- NATION WINDOW ON THE HAVEN STREET SIDE INSTALLED. THE BANK REQUESTED PROVISIONAL APPROVAL, SUBJECT TO REVIEW IN SIX I ' MONTHS. / AS CHIEF BEAUDOIN INDICATED, THE BANK WILL PETI- TION THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN TO ESTABLISH A NO-PARKING AREA ON THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF HAVEN STREET FROM MAIN STREET TO DOYON 'S STORE. THE BANK OFFICIALS BELIEVE THIS WILL RELIEVE THE CONGESTION AS MOST OF THE PARKING, IN THEIR OPINION, IS BANK PARKING. ACCORDING TO MR. DIAMOND, THERE WOULD BE NO EXPENSE TO THE TOWN AND THE AREA WOULD BE RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION IF THE APPROVAL IS WITHDRAWN. MR. WATT STATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE TOO MUCH WRONG WITH THE PROPOSITION PROVIDING THERE IS A WELL-MARKED WALKWAY ACROSS HAVEN STREET FOR PEDESTRIANS AND THAT THE SELECTMEN GO ALONG WITH THE RESTRICTION AND REVIEW IT IN SIX MONTHS. HE FELT THAT DRIVING UP TO MAKE A DEPOSIT RATHER THAN GETTING OUT OF THE CAR WAS A VALID REASON. THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE PLAN. MR. WHITE MOVED THAT SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF THE PROPOSED PARKING AND ENTRANCE ARRANGEMENT, SURETY BANK & TRUST IN- CREASE THE WIDTH OF ONE ENTRANCE AND BUILD A SECOND ENTRANCE ONTO THE SOUTH SIDE OF HAVEN STREET AT THEIR EXPENSE, WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE CURBING AT HAVEN STREET BE RESTORED TO ITS PRESENT CONDITION, IF AFTER A TRIAL PERIOD, NOT TO EX- CEED SIX MONTHS, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN DECIDE TO REVOKE ITS TEMPORARY APPROVAL AND WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE SURETY ' BANK & TRUST, IN WRITING, GIVE THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS A STATEMENT TO THE EFFECT THAT IF THE PERMISSION TO CONTINUE THE OPERATION IS REVOKED, THEY WILL RESTORE THE AREA. MR. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED. THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN WILL BE THE FINAL AUTHORITY. THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL PRE- PARE A LETTER TO THE SELECTMEN STATING THE BOARD 'S POSITION. THE BOARD DISCUSSED AT LENGTH COMBUSTION ENGINEER- ] INGIS COMPACT INCINERATOR, AVAILABILITY OF ENGINEERING SERVICES IN THE DEPARTMENT AND STATISTICS PERTINENT TO THE FACILITY. MR. WATT MOVED THAT THE BOARD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER PURCHASING THE INSTALLATION OF TWO COMBUSTION ENGINEERING UNITS AND RELATED FACILITIES AND PREPARE A REPORT FOR PRESENTATION AT THE TOWN MEETING; MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS AGREED TO DISCUSS DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZA- TION AT THE NEXT MEETING. THE BOARD SIGNED THE BILLROLL DATED JANUARY 24 AND PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 20 THROUGH JANUARY 26. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:45 P.M. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, SECRETARY