HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-02-18 Board of Public Works Minutes FEBRUARY 18, 1969
' MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT
7:30 P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WERE BOARD MEMBERS COCHRANE, WATT AND
WHITE AND SUPERINTENDENT LOUANIS.
IN THE ABSENCE OF MESSRS. HODGKINS AND FLORENCE,
IT WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED THAT MR. COCHRANE ACT AS
CHAIRMAN PRO TEM.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING A
WATER WORKS SCHOOL PROGRAM TO BE RUN BY THE STATE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AT THE LAWRENCE EXPERIMENTAL STATION
' BEGINNING PIARCH 3 TO MAY 5. ROBERT WEBSTER, ASSISTANT
PUMPING STATION ENGINEER, HAS BEEN ENROLLED. IT WAS AC-
CEPTED AS A POINT OF INFORMATION.
READ LETTER FROM PIELVIN L. FINETHY, 92 BANCROFT
AVENUE, REQUESTING AN ABATEMENT ON HIS SEWER EXTENSION
AND CURBING ASSESSMENTS. MR. COCHRANE READ LETTER ADDRESSED
TO 11R. FINETHY DATED OCTOBER 11, 1966 WHICH OUTLINED THE
COSTS. I1A. FINETHY HAD MADE A NOTATION THAT HE KNEW IT
WOULD BE COSTLY BUT IT WAS O.K. TO PUT THE SEWER IN. AC-
CORDING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, A HEARING WAS HELD LAST FALL
AND MR. AND MRS. FINETHY ATTENDED. AT THAT TIME THEY WERE
INFORMED THE COST WOULD BE $2. 50 PER LINEAL FOOT FRONTAGE,
OR A TOTAL OF $380. 67. IT WAS HIS RECOLLECTION THAT THEY
SAID THEY WERE AWARE OF THE COST AND WOULD BE ONLY TOO
HAPPY TO PAY THE ASSESSMENT AND WERE WILLING TO HIRE A
LICENSED DRAIN LAYER.
THE CURBING WAS INSTALLED UNDER THE 1968 PRO-
GRAM TO INSTALL CURBING AND SIDEWALKS IN AND AROUND
SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. MR. AND MRS. FINETHY WERE
NOTIFIED OF THE HEARING BUT DID NOT ATTEND. THE METHOD
OF ASSESSMENT IS BASED ON $1. 50 PER LINEAL FOOT FRONTAGE,
IS APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE COST, AND IS THE NORMAL POLICY
FOR ASSESSMENT. NO ASSESSMENTS WERE MADE ON THE 30 FEET
OF SLOPED CURBING PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED AND THE DRIVEWAY
ENTRANCE WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. '
MR. WATT MOVED BOTH ABATEMENTS BE DENIED AND
THAT COPY OF LETTER WITH MR. FINETHY 'S NOTATION ON IT BE
INCLUDED IN THE LETTER, MR. WHITE SECONDED AND IT WAS
VO TED.
READ LETTER FROM RICHARD E. BROWN, POSTMASTER,
EXPRESSING HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE COOPERATION OF JOHN
TORMEY AND THE DEPARTMENT DURING THE LAST STORM. MR.
WATT MOVED, A. WHITE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO POST
A COPY OF THE LETTER IN THE GARAGE.
THE BOARD CONFERRED WITH H. PAUL FORTIN OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE REGARDING THE PROPOSED 1969 SEWER PRO- '
GRAM AND SALARIES.
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MR. HODGKINS JOINED THE MEETING.
READ LETTER FROM THE PLANNING BOARD OUTLINING
STEPS TO BE TAKEN TO FORM A STUDY COMMITTEE TO UPDATE THE
MASTER PLAN. IT WAS THE BOARD 'S OPINION THAT BASED ON THE
LAST MASTER PLAN, IT WOULD BE IMPRACTICAL TO BECOME IN-
VOLVED IN ANOTHER.
MR. WATT MOVED, MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS
VOTED THAT A LETTER BE SENT TO THE PLANNING BOARD STATING
THAT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT IF
AND WHAT OTHER BOARDS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS SURVEY AND
IF THEY ARE PROVIDING MEMBERS OF THEIR BOARDS FOR A STUDY
COMMITTEE. THE FEELING OF THIS BOARD IS LESS THAN ENTHUS-
IASTIC IN PARTICIPATING IN A MASTER PLAN UPDATE AT THIS
TIME. IT IS TOO CLOSE TO THE UNFORTUNATE EXPERIENCE OF THE
DOWNTOWN STUDY COMMITTEE.
MR. LOUANIS REPORTED TO THE BOARD ON HIS CONFER-
ENM WITH OFFICIALS OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING ON FEBRUARY
17. HE OUTLINED VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS SUG-
GESTED AT THE MEETING.
THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9: 15 P.M. AT WHICH TIME
THE BOARD MEMBERS MET WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
SECRETARY