HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-05-20 Board of Public Works Minutes MAr 20, 1969
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT
7:30 P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WERE CHAIRMAN FLORENCE, BOARD MEMBER WATT
AND SUPERINTENDENT LOUANIS.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING APPROVED AS WRITTEN.
READ LETTER FROM THE READING ART ASSOCIATION AE-
QUESTING PERMISSION TO HOLD ITS TENTN ANNUAL SPRING FESTIVAL
ON THE READING COMMON, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1969. MA.FLORENCE
MOVED, MA. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO APPROVE THE
REQUEST SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY A THIRD MEMBER.
' READ LETTER FROM MRS. MARGARET A. ADDY, 64
TAMARACK ROAD REGARDING THE CONDITION OF THE AREA IN BACK
OF 26 TIMBERNECK DRIVE. IT WAS ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF
INFORNA TION.
READ LETTER FROM HAS. VINCENT FANTASIA, 7 INTER-
VALE TERRACE, REGARDING OPEN CULVERT WHICH CROSSES HER
PROPERTY AT THE CORNER OF INTERVALS TERRACE AND LOWELL
STREET, AND HER STATEMENT THAT SHE WOULD BE WILLING TO
BEAR AT LEAST PART OF THE EXPENSE AND COULD AT THIS TIME PAY
UP TO $1, 000. 00 TOWARD THE COVERING OF THIS CULVERT; ALSO,
MR. LOUANIS ' COMMENTS IN RELATION THERETO. IT WAS AGREED
THAT THE FENCE WOULD BE REPAIRED BUT THE ITEM WOULD BE
Yr TABLED FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION.
READ LETTER FROM STEPHEN S. ZAGORSKI, 320 HAVER-
HILL STREET, EXPRESSING HIS OPPOSITION TO THE INSTALLATION
OF THREE STUB POLES ON HAVERHILL STREET AS PETITIONED FOR
BY THE READING MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT AND NEW ENGLAND
TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
MR. LOUANIS EXPLAINED TO THE BOARD THE THREE
POSSIBILITIES OF SOLVING THE PROBLEM WHICH WERE RULED OUT
BY THE LIGHT DEPARTMENT. AFTER A CONFERENCE WITH FATHER
COLLINS OF ST. ATHANASIUS CHURCH, HE ACCEPTED THE ORIGINAL
PROPOSAL PROVIDING THE LIGHT DEPARTMENT WOULD INSTALL TWO
STREET LIGHTS ON THE POLES NEAREST THE DRIVEWAYS TO THE
PARKING LOTS TO WHICH THE LIGHT DEPARTMENT AGREED. '
NR. ✓ATT MOVED THAT THE DEPARTMENT APPROVE THE
PETITION AS SUBMITTED, Na. FLORENCE SECONDED AND IT WAS
VOTED SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY A THIRD MEMBER. THE
BOARD SIGNED THE PLAN.
THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 8:00 P.H. TO
MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY.
THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 8:10 P.M.
READ LETTER FROM M. ALICE HULTGREN, PROGRAM
CHAIRMAN, READING CAMP FIRE GIRLS, REQUESTING PERMISSION TO
USE MEMORIAL PARK ON JUNE 17 BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 P.M.
AND 8:30 P.M. FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A GRAND COUNCIL
FIRE. X.R. WATT MOVED THAT THE REQUEST BE APPROVED, HR.
FLORENCE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION
' BY A THIRD MEMBER.
THE BOARD DISCUSSED USE OF HSMORIAL PARK BY THE
LITTLE LEAGUE FARM TEAMS AND THE READING MIDGET ROCKETS. THE
SUPERINTENDENT WILL INVESTIGATE.
READ LETTER FROM HR. AND HRS. PAUL W. HULTGREN,
179 GREEN STREET, PROTESTING THE LOSS OF FOUR MUCH NEEDED
ON-STREET PARKING SPACES ON HAVEN STREET IN FRONT OF THE
SURETY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY. MR. WATT MOVED, HR. FLORENCE
SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO REFER THE LETTER TO THE BOARD
OF SELCTMEN, SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY A THIRD MEMBER.
READ LETTER FROM ROBERT H. YEO, CHAIRMAN, TENNY-
SON CLUB, REQUESTING PERMISSION TO BLOCK OFF AND OCCUPY
TENNYSON ROAD FROM 1 :00 P.H. TO 11 :00 P.H. ON SATURDAY,
JUNE 14, FOR THE PURPOSE OF HOLDING THE TENTH ANNUAL COOK-
OUT; IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER ON JUNE 21. MR. WATT
MOVED THAT THE REQUEST BE APPROVED, HR. FLORENCE SECONDED
AND IT WAS VOTED SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY A THIRD MEMBER.
READ LETTERSFROM AND TO MITCHELL M. HANNOOSH,
CHAIRMAN, INCINERATOR COMMITTEE, WAKEFIELD, REGARDING FUTURE
MEETINGS ON THE INCINERATOR PLANS. THE CHAIRMAN SIGNED THE
LETTER.
PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT 8:00 P.M. ,E.D. S. T. ,
IN REGARD TO THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE MYSTIC VALLEY GAS
COMPANY MAIN IN CHARLES STREET FROM WAKEFIELD STREET TO THE
JAMES W. XILLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. NOBODY ATTENDED THE
HEARING. IT WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED TO APPROVE THE
PLAN SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY A THIRD MEMBER.
NR. WHITE JOINED THE MEETING AND AGREED TO ALL
THE ITEMS WHICH HAD BEEN VOTED PREVIOUSLY.
THE BOARD DISCUSSED FUEL BIDS OPENED MAY 13, 1969
FOR THE TOWN OF READING. A. WHITS MOVED, X.R. WATT SECONDED
AND IT WAS VOTED TO REQUEST THE SELECTMEN TO ACCEPT THE LOW
BID OF MYSTIC FUEL, INC. FOR #2 FUEL, PARTS AND SERVICE.
THE BOARD SIGNED THE FOLLOWING:
SEWER CONTRACT - MASS. CONSTRUCTION CO. , INC.
PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD MAY 12 THROUGH MAY 18 '
BILLROLL DATED MAY 16
NESTING ADJOURNED AT 9:10 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
SECRETARY