HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-02-03 Board of Public Works Minutes ' FEBRUARY 3, 1969
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT
7:30 P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WERE CHAIRMAN HODGKINS, SECRETARY
FLORENCE, BOARD MEMBERS COCHRANE, WATT AND WHITE AND SUPER-
INTENDENT LOUANIS.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
THE BOARD CONFERRED WITH ROBERT E. BUCKLEY OF
MEDFORD WHO REQUESTED AN ABATEMENT OF HIS STREET BETTER-
HENT ASSESSMENT ON LOTS 76, 79 AND 80 TRACK ROAD. THE
EASEMENT FOR THE QUANNAPOWITT BRAIN ENCOMPASSES LOT 78
' AND 15 FEET OF LOT 79, OR A TOTAL OF 40 FEET. THE BOARD
DISCUSSED THE POSSIBLE EXCHANGE OF LOT 76 FOR LOT 91 WHICH
IS TOWN-OWNED PROPERTY. MR. LOUANIS WILL INVESTIGATE AND
REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD.
THE BOARD TOOK UP THE ACCEPTANCE OF PRIVATE
WAYS UNDER THE BETTERMENT ACT. MR. LOUANIS STATED THAT
HE HAD REQUESTED CLARIFICATION FROM TOWN COUNSEL REGARD-
ING PART OF THE CUL DE SAC NOT BEING USED AS A PUBLIC WAY.
AS OF THIS DATE, NO REPLY HAD BEEN RECEIVED.
PIR. COCHRANE MOVED THAT THE BOARD RECOMMEND AC-
CEPTANCE OF MARLA (PRIVATE) LANE AS A PUBLIC WAY UNDER
' THE BETTERMENT ACT AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MR. FLORENCE
SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.
HR. COCHRANE MOVED THAT THE BOARD RECOMMEND AC- '
CEPTANCE OF SPRUCE (PRIVATE) ROAD AS A PUBLIC WAY UNDER
THE BETTERMENT ACT AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MR.FLORENCE
SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.
MR. COCHRANE MOVED THAT THE BOARD RECOMMEND AC-
CEPTANCE OF BALDWIN (PRIVATE) LANE AS A PUBLIC WAY UNDER
THE BETTERMENT ACT AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING,HR. FLORENCE
SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.
PIR. COCHRANE MOVED THAT THE BOARD RECOMMEND AC-
CEPTANCE OF B (PRIVATE) STREET AS A PUBLIC WAY UNDER THE
BETTERMENT ACT AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, HR. FLORENCE
SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY. ,
IT WAS AGREED THAT THE BOARD WOULD SCHEDULE A
MEETING FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, INSTEAD OF FEBRUARY 17
WHICH IS A HOLIDAY.
K.R. FLORENCE MOVED, MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND
IT WAS VOTED THAT THE CHAIRMAN SIGN THE PROJECT REQUEST
CHAPTER 616 FUNDS TO BE USED FOR WORK ON ASH STREET FROM
THE BOSTON AND HAINE RAILROAD TO THE WAKEFIELD TOWN LINE.
READ LETTER FROM MRS. CHARLOTTE M. MONTGOMERY,
217 WALNUT STREET, REQUESTING AN ABATEMENT ON HER SEWER
FRONTAGE BILL AND THE SUPER IN TENDENT 'S COMMENTS THERETO.
THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE RULING ON WHICH THE ASSESSMENT WAS
BASED. FPR. WHITE MOVED THAT PENDING SUBMISSION OF HARD-
Ji
t SHIP, THAT THE ABATEMENT BE DENIED, HR. FLORENCE SECONDED
AND IT WAS VOTED.
THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 6:30 P.li. TO
MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY.
THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 8:40 P.M.
THE BOARD REVIEWED PLAN OF PROPOSED RELOCATION
OF FRANKLIN STREET - HAVERHILL STREET TO HAIN STREET.
ACCORDING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE PLAN NECESSITATES A
50-FOOT LAYOUT AND THERE WOULD DE SUBSTANTIAL LAND DAMAGES.
THE BOARD DISCUSSED OTHER POSSIBLE CHAPTER 90 STREETS. THE
SUPERINTENDENT WILL CONTACT THE COUNTY ENGINEERS AND RE-
QUEST A 40-FOOT LAYOUT.
IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WRITE A
LETTER TO REGINALD KELLY, 246 SALEM STREET, OUTLINING THE
RULES AND REGULATIONS ON WHICH THE STREET ASSESSMENT BETTER-
MENT IS BASED. MR. KELLY WAS SCHEDULED TO CONFER WITH THE
BOARD AT 8:00 P.M. BUT DID NOT APPEAR.
THE BOARD CONFERRED WITH HR. NORDSTRAND OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE REGARDING DELETIONS IN THE PROPOSED 1969
BUDGET.
IT WAS AGREED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL CON-
FIRM MEETING WITH THE INCINERATOR COMMITTEE IN WAKEFIELD
ON FEBRUARY 12 AT 8:00 P.M.
THE BOARD DISCUSSED AT LENGTH DEPARTMENT ORGANI-
ZATION AS OUTLINED BY SUPERINTENDENT LOUANIS• ADDITIONAL
DATA WILL BE PRESENTED AT FUTURE MEETINGS.
THE BOARD SIGNED PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY
27 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2 AND BILLROLL DATED JANUARY 31.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:50 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
SECRETARY