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' SEPTEMBER 29, 19691,
THE 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 CiOCHRANE AND WATT AND SUPERINTENDENT LOUANIS.
MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING WERE READ
AND APPROVED.
MR. FLORENCE BROUGHT UP THE MATTER OF THE
HEARING REGARDING RANDALL ROAD AND LISA LANE. HE
READ A LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO THE DE-
PARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND READ THE SUPERINTEN-
DENTIS RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO THE PROPOSED
DEVELOPMENT.
READ LETTER FROM THE READING HOUSING
AUTHORITY REQUESTING SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION ON HANCOCK
STREET, MINERAL STREET AND VINE STREET FOR THE SAFETY
J OF THE ELDERLY AND THE CHILDREN IN THE AREA. MR.
WATT SUGGESTED THAT A STUDY OF THE PROBLEM BE MADE
WITH EMPHASIS ON CROSSING THE RAILROAD TRACKS AT
GROUND LEVEL FROM HANCOCK STREET TO FINE STREET AND
THAT IT BE INCLUDED IN OUR REGULAR SIDEWALK PROGRAM.
THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 7.55 P. M.
TO MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY IN ROOM 2.
THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 9. 00 P. M. IN
Room 16.
READ LETTER FROX SELECTMEN REGARDING SALE
OF LAND AT LOT #21, PLAT #54 COLBURN ROAD REQUESTING
RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PROPERTY. MR. WATT MOVED THAT
WE RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN DISPOSE OF
THE LAND AT PUBLIC AUCTION. MR. COCHRANE SECONDED
AND IT WAS VOTED.
READ LETTER FROM RESIDENT OF #6 'IIS STREET
PETITIONING FOR ACCEPTANCE OF 'X' STREET AND THE UN-
ACCEPTED PORTION OF LIBBY AVENUE. MR. WATT MOVED
THAT THE NATTER BE PROCESSED IN THE USUAL MANNER AND
THAT A HEARING BE HELD EARLY IN 1970 TO DETERMINE '
WHETHER THE PEOPLE WISH TO HAVE THE STREET ACCEPTED
ONCE THE COST 18 KNOWN. MR. WHITE SECONDED AND IT
WAS VOTED.
READ LETTER FROM MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT
GIVING ESTIMATE OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO INSTALL
LIGHTS AT THE NEW BIRCH MEADOW TENNIS COURTS. MR.
WATT MOVED THAT FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS BE INCLUDED IN
THE DEPARTMENTS BUDGET FOR 1970. MR. COCHRANE
SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED.
BOARD REVIEWED BIDS RECEIVED AND OPENED ON
SEPTEMBER 25, AS FOLLOWS: '
BRODIE INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS, INC. $5, 725. 00
' LESS TRADE-IN350 00
NET BID 5, 375. 00
WITH THE FOLLOWING OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT:
55 ° HYDRAULIC SWEEPER $1, 375. 00
DAVIS D-100 BACKHOE 2, 350. 00
65 " SWEEPING BROOM 1, 050. 00
CUSTOM-MADE TRAILER 950. 00
(DESIGNED FOR BOBCAT LOADER)
AND A BID OPENED ON SEPTEMBER 26 AT 11. 00 A.M. AS
FOLLOWS:
R.D. S. EQUIPMENT $8, 510. 00
LESS TRADE-IN 2. 000. 00
NET BID INCLUDING BACKHOE 6, 510. 00
LESS BACKHOE ATTACHMENT 1 850. 00
NET BID 4, 660. 00
SINCE THE BID FROM R.D. S. EQUIPMENT WAS RECEIVED AFTER
THE BIDS WERE OPENED IT WAS REJECTED. MR. WHITE MOVED,
X.R. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO PURCHASE THE
FRONT END LOADER AND TRAILER FROM BRODIE INDUSTRIAL
TRUCKS IN THE AMOUNT OF $6, 325. 00.
MR. KILLAM JOINED THE MEETING AT 9. 25 P.M. TO
ADVISE THE BOARD AT THEIR MEETING WITH THE TRUSTEES
OF WASHINGTON PARK REALTY TRUST. THE CHAIRMAN, PLR.
FLORENCE, STEPPED DOWN AND MR. WHITE ASSUMED THE CHAIR.
PLR. FLORENCE STATED THAT THERE MIGHT BE A CONFLICT OF
INTEREST SINCE HE IS A TENANT IN THAT AREA. WASHINGTON
PARK REALTY TRUST WAS REPRESENTED BY MR. ROBERT CASS,
PIR. GEORGE D. CASS, MR. CARL JACKSON, MR. ERICH W.
NITZSCHE (ENGINEER) AND THEIR LAWYER, DANIEL RAKOV.
MR. RAKOV PRESENTED WASHINGTON PARK REALTY TRUST 'S
REASON FOR ASKING FOR A HEARING. HE WISHED THE BOARD
TO RECONSIDER THE PLAN BECAUSE HE FELT THERE WAS SOME
MISUNDERSTANDING AND LACK OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE
SUPERINTENDENT. HE STATED THAT THE DEVELOPERS WERE
OF THE OPINION THAT THEIR ENGINEER HAD MET THE TOWN S
REQUIREMENTS AND HAD FILED A PLAN WITHIN THE THIRTY
DAY TIME LIMIT. HE REQUESTED FURTHER THAT THE BOARD
GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW "WHERE THEY THINK
THEY ARE RIGHT" AND STATED THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO
ACCEPT OUR JUDGMENT, WITH THE HOPE THAT THE BOARD
WOULD ACCEPT THE PLAN AND THEY COULD GO AHEAD WITH
THE BUILDING . ,
THE CHAIRMAN REQUESTED THE TOWN COUNSEL TO
REITERATE THE TOWN'S POSITION. MR. KILLAM REVIEWED
THE TOWN 'S POSITION AND STATED THAT THE BUILDING PER-
MIT HAD LAPSED.
A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ENSUED RELATIVE TO
ALLEGED MISUNDERSTANDING, FAILURE TO COMPLETE PLANS
DUE TO VACATIONS AND THE ALLEGED LACK OF COMMUNICATION
RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BOARD.
IT WAS STATED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT
SEVERAL MEETINGS HAD BEEN HELD WITH ROBERT CASS TO
DISCUSS THE DETAILS OF THE PLANS BUT NO MEETING HAD ,
BEEN HELD WITH THE DEVELOPERS ENGINEER UNTIL ONE DAY
PRIOR TO THE ISSUING OF THE PROVISIONAL BUILDING PERMIT
AND ONLY ONE MEETING WITH THE ENGINEER DURING THE THIRTY
DAY TIME LIMIT AND ON THE 13TH OF AUGUST WHEN THE PLAN
WAS SUBMITTED.
AFTER THE DEVELOPERS LEFT THE BOARD REVIEWED
THE LEGAL ASPECTS WITH THE TOWN COUNSEL AND ALSO RE-
VIEWED THE PLAN WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT. IT WAS FELT
SINCE THE DEVELOPER HAD NOT MET THE REQUIREMENTS WITHIN
THE GIVEN TIME THE PLAN SHOULD BE DISAPPROVED. X.R. WATT
MOVED THAT THE BOARD RETAIN ITS PREVIOUS DECISION AND
DISAPPROVE THE PLAN. MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS
' VOTED.
THE BOARD REQUESTED MR. KILLAM TO SO INFORM
THE DEVELOPER.
MR. FLORENCE ASSUMED THE CHAIR.
READ LETTER FROM WEATHER SERVICES OUTLINING
THE PROPOSED SERVICE FOR THE ENSUING YEAR. A. WATT
MOVED, A. COCHRANE SECONDED THAT WE CONTINUE THE USE
OF THIS SERVICE AND IT WAS VOTED.
READ LETTER TO METCALF AND EDDY REGARDING
MEETING WITH THE BOARD ON OCTOBER B AND IT WAS ACCEPTED
AS A POINT OF INFORMATION.
IT WAS AGREED THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
WOULD BE TAKEN UP AT THE NEST MEETING.
THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORTED TO THE BOARD
RELATIVE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIRING TWO TEN WHEEL
CEMENT TRUCTS FOR SNOW PLOWING, PROVIDING WE FURNISH
THEN WITH A PLOW AT AN APPROXIMATE COST OF THREE
THOUSAND DOLLARS. MR. WATT MOVED AND MR. WHITE
SECONDED THAT WE PREPARE SPECIFICATIONS AND ACCEPT
BIDS FOR THE PLOWS AND ENTER NEGOTIATIONS TO HIRE THE
TRUCKS. IT WAS VOTED.
MR. WATT SUGGESTED THAT WE ADVISE THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO SPEND THE
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM AVAILABLE FUNDS AND THAT
THESE FUNDS MIGHT NEED TO BE REPLACED LATER.
THE BOARD SIGNED THE FOLLOWING:
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PAY ROLL COVERING PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER
22 THRU SEPTEMBER 28, 1969.
BILL ROLL DATED OCTOBER 3, 1969.
THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 11. 15 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
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