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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-11-03 Board of Public Works Minutes NOVEMBER 3, 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, HODGKINS AND WATT AND SUPERINTENDENT LOUANIS• MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED. READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING BIDS RECEIVED ON SNOWPLOWS AND PUSH FRAMES FROM C. N. WOOD CO. , INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $3, 350. 00 INCLUDING INSTALLATION, AND FROM ANDERSON ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. IN THE AMOUNT ' OF $3, 866. 00 INCLUDING INSTALLATION. THE BOARD HAD AGREED TO PURCHASE THE PLOWS FOR INSTALLATION ON TWO ATLAS CEMENT TRUCKS FOR PLOWING THIS WINTER; THEREFORE, MR. LOUANIS PLACED AN ORDER WITH THE LOW BIDDER, C. N. WOOD CO. , INC. THE BOARD CONCURRED WITH MR. LOUANIS. PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT 7:45 P.M. REGARDING THE PROPOSAL OF THE MYSTIC VALLEY CAS COMPANY TO INSTALL A SIX-INCH MAIN IN AUDUBON ROAD: NORTHWESTERLY FROM PEARL STREET TO A DEAD END MR. LEWIS STOCKWELL REPRESENTED THE MYSTIC VALLEY GAS COM-PANY AT THE HEARING, MR. WATT MOVED, MR. HODGKINS SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO APPROVE THE PETITION. THE BOARD SIGNED THE PLAN. TOWN COUNSEL, R.R. KILLAM, JOINED THE MEETING. IT WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED TO CONTINUE THE MEETING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. IN ACCORDANCE WITH RECOMMENDATION OF TOWN COUNSEL, FUTURE DISCUSSIONS ON WASHINGTON PARK APART- MENTS WILL BE HELD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. i THE BOARD MET WITH A. J. SCHNEIDER, CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION WHO OUTLINED THE HISTORY OF LAND ON TALL STREET OLD PUMPING STATION . THE COMMISSION WISHES TO HAVE THE LAND TRANSFERRED TO ITS JURISDICTION. ACCORDING TO NR. SCHNEIDER, THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION I WOULD LIKE TO PRESERVE THE AREA. X.R. COCHRANE QUESTIONED THE ADVISABILITY OF ASK- ' ING THE COMMISSION TO WITHDRAW THE ARTICLE UNTIL THE BOARD HAS LOOKED OVER THE SITUATION. THE BOARD TOOK NO ACTION. READ LETTER FROM THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN WHICH STATED THAT AN OFFER HAD BEEN RECEIVED FOR A PIECE OF LAND ON TRACK ROAD LISTED AS LOT 81 ON ASSESSORS ' PLAT 79. THE SUPERINTENDENT INFORMED THE BOARD OF THE PARTICULAR CIR- CUMSTANCES PERTAINING TO THE LOT. RR. WHITE MOVED THAT THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN BE ADVISED THAT THE LOT IN QUESTION BE DISPOSED OF AT A PUBLICLY ADVERTISED BID, MR. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED. READ LETTER FROM THE POSTMASTER, READING, CLAR.I- ' FYING HIS LETTER OF OCTOBER 8 REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF SNOW FROM THE AREA OF THE TEMPORARY POST OFFICE ON PRESCOTT ' STREET. IT WAS AGREED THAT THE SNOW WOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE AREA. READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING THE SNOW REMOVAL ROUTE FOR 19E9-70. MR. LOUANIS SUGGESTED THAT THE BOARD VOTE TO ESTABLISH A POLICY OF REMOVING SNOW AS INDICATED ON THE MAP AND THAT NO ADDITIONAL SNOW REMOVAL BE ALLOWED EXCEPT THAT APPROVED BY THE BOARD AS A DEPARTMENT POLICY. MR. WHITE MOVED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE SNOW REMOVAL AREA AS DESIGNATED ON THE MAP BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, MR. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED. ' READ LETTER FROM N/ETCALF & EDDY, INC. WHICH OUT- LINED THE ECONOMIC COMPARISON OF A WET SCRUBBER AND AN ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEM. IT WAS ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF INFORMATION. THE BOARD DISCUSSED REPORT OF PROGRESS ON THE INCINERATOR. IT WAS FELT THAT THE BOARD SHOULD CONTINUE WITH THE DESIGN OF THE INCINERATOR AT THE INCREASED COST OF $300, 000. 00 FOR AN ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR, AND SPECI- FICATIONS FOR THE EQUIPMENT CONTRACT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BY THE END OF NOVEMBER. IT IS HOPED THAT AIR POLLUTION CONTROL WILL APPROVE THESE SPECIFICA- TIONS BY THE END OF DECEMBER. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A LETTER BE SENT TO MR. DALLAS - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL - STATING THAT HIS RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COSTING THE TOWN $300, 000. 00. ON THIS BASIS THE BOARD FEELS THAT BECAUSE OF HIS POSITION IN THE STATE ORGANIZATION, WE WOULD NEED HIS APPROVAL, AND HAVING HIS APPROVAL, WE WOULD FEEL FREE TO GO AHEAD AND SPEND THE MONEY AND SEEK REIMBURSEMENT IF FUNDS ARE AVAIL- ABLE. COPIES OF PROPOSED CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PROJECTS THROUGH 1974 WERE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR STUDY AT HOME. READ LETTER FROM RICHARD C. EVANS, CHAIRMAN, RECREATION COMMITTEE, REQUESTING VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS. IT WAS ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF INFORMATION. ACTION WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE SUPERIN- TENDENT HAS BROKEN DOWN THE ITEMS IN THE LETTER AND RE- PORTED BACK TO THE BOARD. READ PETITION SIGNED BY FOUR ABUTTORS REQUESTING ACCEPTANCE OF "E" STREET. A. WATT MOVED, MR. HODGKINS SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO PROCESS IT IN THE USUAL MANNER. COPIES OF SUGGESTED RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARD- ING THE USE OF COMMON SEWERS WERE PRESENTED TO EACH BOARD HEMBER. THE STATE DIVISION OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL HAS REQUESTED THAT THE TOWN ADOPT THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TOWN TO RECEIVE FINAL PAYMENT ON THE NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR SEWER. THE RULES I WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE NEXT MEETING. li READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING THE RECEIPT OF TWO LETTERS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS INFORMING THE TOWN OF AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR HIGHWAY RECONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR - ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF $14, 359. 27, AND THE OTHER IN THE AMOUNT OF $43, 167. 51, THE LATTER AMOUNT IS AVAILABLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO THE TOWN FOR FUNDS EXPENDED. THE TWO AMOUNTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE 1970 BUDGET. THE BOARD SIGNED THE FOLLOWING : PIEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR HAVERHILL STREET 1965 - STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS BILLROLL DATED OCTOBER 31 PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 21 THROUGH NOVEMBER 2 HEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:00 P.M. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, c�� SECRETARY 1 TOWN OF READING OFFICE OF DONALD E. FLORENCE, A.—.AN NATHAN C. WHITE, "IRSTARY BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS GEORGE W. COCHRANE, so GEORGE L. XOOG KIHS Y MUNICIPAL BUILDING WILLIAM X WAR ReRlrvrarvoexr °Ju RM READING, MARS. 0I867 S. ROGER LO GANIS. tlU MASSACHUSETTS OCTOBER 25, 1869 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING OF MAY 19, 1969, WE ARE HERE TO DEDICATE THIS MEMORIAL IN BIRCH MEADOW TO PHILIP WELCH BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA WAS OF GREAT CONCERN TO HIM. ME WORKED LONG AND DILIGENTLY TO BRING ABOUT ITS LCOMPLETION TO ONE OF BEAUTY AND USEFULNESS OF WHICH THE CITI7ENS OF READING CAN BE JUSTLY PROUD. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ?--+QA�QUAIRMAN A 'vC46& SECRETARY