HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-08-25 Board of Public Works Minutes ' AUGUST 25, 1969
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT
7:30 P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WERE CHAIRMAN FLORENCE, SECRETARY WHITE,
BOARD MEMBERS COCHRANE AND WATT AND SUPERINTENDENT LOUANIS.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
THE BOARD DISCUSSED LACK OF LIGHTS AT THE NEW
TENNIS COURTS AT BIRCH MEADOW. THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL
PURSUE THE SITUATION WITH THE LIGHT DEPARTMENT AND REPORT
BACK TO THE BOARD.
READ LETTER FROM ALFRED E. MURPHY, 96 COUNTY ROAD,
' REQUESTING PERMISSION TO CLOSE OFF COUNTY ROAD FROM WESCROFT
ROAD TO HOWARD STREET ON SUNDAY EVENING FROM 6:00 P.M. TO
12:00 MIDNIGHT AND ON MONDAY FROM 4:00 P.M. To 7:00 P.M. IN
ORDER TO HOLD A NEIGHBORHOOD COOKOUT. MR. COCHRANE MOVED,
MR. WHITE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO APPROVE THE REQUEST.
THE BOARD REVIEWED BIDS RECEIVED AND OPENED ON
AUGUST 14 ON SANITARY SEWER AS FOLLOWS:
T. D. SULLIVAN & SONS CO. $374, 146. 00
JOSEPH CAPONE & SON 366, 129. 00
MASS. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. 389, 669. 50
P. GIOIOSO & SONS, INC. 399, 022. 00
CROGNALE CONSTRUCTION CO. , INC. 575, 667. 00
MR. COCHRANE MOVED THAT THE CONTRACT BE AWARDED TO THE LOW
' BIDDER, T. D. SULLIVAN & SONS CO. IN THE AMOUNT OF $374, 146. 00,
MR. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED.
THE BOARD REVIEWED BIDS RECEIVED AND OPENED ON
AUGUST 21 ON FURNISHING AND PLACING BITUMINOUS CONCRETE
PAVEMENT AS FOLLOWS:
TRINGUNT BITUMINOUS PRODUCTS CO. $25, 096. 50
ESSEK BITUMINOUS CONCRETE CORP. 25, 958. 00
WARREN BROTHERS COMPANY 27, 086. 40
MR. WATT MOVED, X.R. WHITE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO
AWARD THE CONTRACT TO THE LOW BIDDER, TRIMOUNT BITUMINOUS
PRODUCTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $25, 096. 50.
READ NOTICE OF CLOSING OF WARRANT WHICH STATED
THAT ARTICLES FOR THE WARRANT FOR A SPECIAL TOWN MEETING TO
BE HELD ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, MUST BE FILED IN THE SE-
LECTMEN'S OFFICE NOT LATER THAN 9:00 P.H. ON MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER 8. ARTICLE TO COVER DEFICIT OF $2, 814. 46 IN THE
PENSION ACCOUNT DUE TO THE RETIREMENT OF MR. WATSON WILL BE
INSERTED.
PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT 8:00 P.M. REGARDING
THE PETITION OF THE READING MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT TO
INSTALL UNDERGROUND CONDUIT IN WEST STREET FROM MANHOLE
#22620 TO POLE #9815, 2-5 " PLASTIC CONDUITS ENCASED IN CON-
CRETE. 130' SOUTHEASTERLY. Na. FRANK C. GRAUPHER REPRE-
SENTED THE MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT AT THE HEARING . MR.
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WHITE MOVED, N.R. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO APPROVE t
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THE REQUEST.
THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 8:15 P.M. TO
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MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY.
' THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 8:30 P.M.
READ LETTER FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AD-
VISING OF A HEARING ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, AT 2:00
P.M. FOR DISCUSSION OF MATTERS PERTAINING TO PUBLIC ROADS.
THE CHAIRMAN SUGGESTED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT PREPARE A
COMPLETE LIST OF ALL ROADS WHICH CAN BE DONE UNDER CHAPTER
90 AND ESTIMATED COST. THE LIST COULD THEN BE SUBMITTED
TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
READ LETTER FROM THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COM-
MISSION REGARDING MEETING TO BF. HELD AUGUST 28 AT 10:30
A .M. ON THE PROPOSED REVISED SCHEDULE OF THE RATIOS OF
AP-PORTIONMENT OF DEBT SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR THE
CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE DISTRICT.
TOWN COUNSEL WILL REPRESENT THE TOWN OF READING .
READ LETTER FROM WILLIAM H. DIAMOND, REPRESENT-
ING EARL W. HOBART AND MARY K. HOBART, 178 MAIN STREET,
REQUESTING A 40-FOOT CURB CUT ON SUMMER AVENUE. THE OWNERS
PLAN TO TEAR DOWN AN OLD HOUSE AND ERECT A NEW GAS STATION.
THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE A
30-FOOT CURB CUB FROM SUMMER AVENUE LOCATED 30 FEET FROM
THE SIDE LINE OF KAIN STREET; ALSO THAT A NEW PLAN BE FILED
SHOWING THE FOLLOWING:
Z . ALL DRIVEWAY LOCATIONS AS APPROVED BY THE
TOWN AND STATE;
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2. ELEVATIONS SHOWING HOW THE LOT AND DRIVE-
WAYS ARE TO BE GRADED;
3. LOCATION AND SIZE OF ANY DRAINAGE, PIPES,
MANHOLES AND CATCH BASIN;
¢. LOCATION OF ANY ILLUMINATED SIGNS AND LIGHTS
AND THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THEY ARE TO BE
POINTED; AND
Jr. THE LOCATION AND SIZE OF THE PROPOSED WATER
AND SEWER SERVICES.
N.R. WATT MOVED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT 'S RECOMMENDATION
BE FOLLOWED; MR. WHITE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED.
READ LETTER FROM THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN REGARD-
ING AN OFFER OF $500. 00 FOR LAND LOCATED AT THE INTERSEC-
TION OF MILL STREET AND THE IPSWICH RIVER WHERE THE OLD
MILL PUMPING STATION USED TO BE LOCATED. H.R. WATT MOVED,
MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO ADVISE THE
BOARD OF SELECTMEN THAT ALTHOUGH THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
HAS NO PARTICULAR PLANS FOR THIS PROPERTY AT THE PRESENT
TIME, IT FEELS STRONGLY THAT THE LAND SHOULD BE RETAINED
FOR MUNICIPAL USE.
READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING THE I
BANNING OF OPEN BURNING AT THE DUMP OFF JOHN STREET BY THE
METROPOLICAN AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT EFFECTIVE
AUGUST 13, 1969. ACCORDING TO THE SUPERINTEND ENT, AL THOUGH
READING IS OUTSIDE THE METROPOLITAN AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
DISTRICT, THE TOWN WAS IN VIOLATION BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT
HAD RECEIVED A COMPLAINT. AT THE TIME, THE DEPARTMENT WAS
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' BURNING BRUSH AND INFECTED ELM IN THE BRUSH DUMP. HE WAS
OF THE OPINION THAT THE DEPARTMENT MIGHT RECEIVE PERMIS-
SION TO BURN INFECTED ELM BUT ALL BRUSH, STEMS, ETC. MUST
BE BURIED. hR. LOUANIS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD
FURNISHED THE TREE AND MOTH DEPARTMENT WITH A CHIPPER TO
BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR WORK.
MR. COCHRANE MOVED, MR. WHITE SECONDED AND IT
WAS VOTED TO INSTRUCT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO RENT A CHIPPER
FOR A PERIOD OF 2-3 MONTHS TO EVALUATE THE BRUSH DISPOSAL
PROBLEM AND AT THE SAME TIME RECEIVE PERMISSION FROM AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL TO BURN ELM INFECTED WITH THE DUTCH ELM
DISEASE.
THE CHAIRMAN, MR. FLORENCE, STEPPED DOWN AND MR.
WHITE ASSUMED THE CHAIR FOR THE PURPOSE OF A PREVIEW OF THE
WASHINGTON PARK APARTMENTS. MR. FLORENCE STATED THERE MIGHT
BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE IS A
TENANT IN THAT AREA. TOWN COUNSEL JOINED THE MEETING.
THE BOARD DELIBERATED AT LEN02FI REGARDING THE
PLAN ON WASHINGTON PARK APARTMENTS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD
OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL. MR. LOUANIS OUTLINED THE
EVENTS WHICH HAD TRANSPIRED TO DATE. AN AGREEMENT WAS
SIGNED ON JULY 14 AND PLAN SUBMITTED AUGUST 13. ROBERT
' CASS, TRUSTEE, HIRED ROBERT E. ANDERSON, INC. OF NORTH
READING AS ENGINEER. THE JUPERINTENDENT STATED THAT THE
PRESENT PLAN ATTEMPTED TO SOLVE ALL THE QUESTIONS ASKED.
HE BELIEVES THE SANITARY SEWER AS LAID OUT AND DESIGNED
IS ACCEPTABLE BUT QUESTIONS THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM, BECAUSE
THE COURSE OF THE DRAIN PIPE IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE IN-
VERT OF THE EXISTING DRAIN OUTLET. THEREFORE, WHEN THE
OUTLET PIPE IS RUNNING FULL, THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM WOULD BE
SURCHARGED.
MR. COCHRANE MOVED THAT THE BOARD DISAPPROVE THE
PLAN AS SUBMITTED, X.R. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED UNAN-
IMOUSLY. TOWN COUNSEL SUGGESTED THAT A LETTER BE SENT TO
THE APPLICANT NOTIFYING HIM THAT THE PERMIT IS VOID AND ASK
FOR THE RETURN OF THE BUILDING PERMIT TO THE INSPECTOR OF
BUILDINGS, MR. JAQUES, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAST PARA-
GRAPH OF THE AGREEMENT• MR. JAQUES WILL BE NOTIFIED TO
WITHDRAW THE PERMIT.
MR. COCHRANE MOVED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT BE IN-
STRUCTED TO COMPLY WITH THE TOWN COUNSELS SUGGESTION, FIR.
WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.
THE BOARD SIGNED THE FOLLOWING :
EXTRA WORK ORDERS - INTERCEPTOR SEWER - J.D 'AMICO, INC.
BILLROLL DATED AUGUST 22, 1969
PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST ZB THROUGH AUGUST 24, 1968
MEETING ADJOURNED AT ZO:IO P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
SECRETARY