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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-11-17 Board of Public Works Minutes NOVEMBER 17, 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, HODGEINS AND WATT AND SUPERINTEND- ENT LOUANIS. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED. READ LETTER FROM THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN REQUEST- ING THE BOARD 'S RECOMMENDATION ON TAX TITLE LAND #713 (LOTS 33 THROUGH 45) GOVERNORS DRIVE; ALSO LETTER FROM RICHARD L. DEFEO, 11 CANTERBURY DRIVE, WHICH CONTAINED AN OFFER OF $9, 000. 00 FOR THE PROPERTY. THE SUPERINTENDENT ' SUGGESTED THAT THE LOT BE SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE LOTS WITH MINIMUM FRONTAGES OF 100 FEET; ALSO THAT THE LOTS BE RE- TAINED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE SANITARY SEWER IS INSTALLED IN GOVERNORS DRIVE. MR. WATT MOVED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT 'S SUGGESTION BE FOLLOWED AND THE LOTS THEN SOLD AT AUCTION, MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED. THE BOARD OF SE- LECTMEN WILL BE SO NOTIFIED. READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING USE OF CHAPTER 768 FUNDS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. THE ITEM WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER 24. READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT IN REGARD TO BEGINNING A REFUSE COLLECTION SYSTEM IN 1970 AND THE FACETS PERTAINING THERETO. THE BOARD WILL STUDY THE DATA AND DISCUSS IT AT THE NEXT MEETING. THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 7:55 P.M. TO MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY. THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 6:20 P.M. READ LETTER SIGNED BY GEORGE D. CASSE TRUSTEE, WASHINGTON PARK REALTY TRUST, AGREEING TO MAKE CORREC- TIONS IN THE FINAL PLANS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD. GEORGE CASSE TRUSTEE, AND DANIEL B. RAKOV, ATTORNEY, APPEARED AT THE MEETING. MR. FLORENCE STEPPED DOWN AND MR. WHITE AS- SUMED THE CHAIR. MR. WHITE STATED THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF LEGAL COUNSEL, HE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD HAVE NO COMMENTS OR STATEMENTS TO MAKE, IT WAS AGREED THAT A MEETING WOULD BE SET UP WITH TOWN COUNSEL AND THREE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT DURING THE WEEK IF POSSIBLE. THE BOARD DISCUSSED WET SCRUBBERS VERSUS ELECTRO- STATIC PRECIPITATOR ON THE PROPOSED INCINERATOR. MR. WHITE WILL PURSUE THE SUBJECT FURTHER THROUGH MR. MUIR OF BUFFALO FORGE; MR. FLORENCE AND SUPERINTENDENT LOUANIS THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:35 P.M. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, C SECRETARY ' NOVEMBER 24, 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 HODGKINS AND WATT AND SUPERINTENDENT LOUANIS. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED. READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING POSSIBILITIES FOR THE USE OF CHAPTER 768 FUNDS AND HIS RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD VOTE TO USE THE FUNDS AS FOL- LOWS: 1 . THE $14, 389. 27 RECEIVED UNDER SECTION 4, CHAPTER 768 OF THE ACTS OF 1969 BE USED FOR THE BITUMI- NOUS CONCRETE RECOVER PROGRAM. 2. THE $43, 167. 61 RECEIVED UNDER SECTION 55, CHAPTER 768 OF THE ACTS OF 1969 BE USED FOR THE RECON- STRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING STREETS: EST. COST A. SUMMER AVE. - WOODBINE TO WILLOW $28, 700. 00 B. FOREST ST. - MAIN TO VAN NORDEN 4, 900. 00 C. WALNUT ST. - HOPKINS TO SOUTH 10. 5500. 00 TOTAL $43, 400. 00 MR. WHITE MOVED, MR. HODGKINS SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO FOLLOW THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION. READ LETTER FROM WILLIAM C. HELLIE5EN, 36 WHITTIER ROAD; ALSO HIS LETTER TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, REQUESTING THAT THE TOWN PIPE AN OPEN DITCH IN THE REAR OF HIS PRO- PERTY FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET. ACCORDING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE TOWN HAS MANY MILES OF OPEN DITCHES AND MANY REQUESTS FOR PIPE, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A SUBSTANTIAL COST TO THE DEPARTMENT. IN HIS OPINION, THE REQUEST SHOULD BE DENIED. A. WHITE MOVED, IT WAS SECONDED AND VOTED THAT IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT IT IS AN ISOLATED CASE AND NOT CONTIGUOUS WITH A DRAINAGE PIPE SYSTEM, THAT IT BE DENIED. TOWN COUNSEL JOINED THE MEETING. MR. XILLAM IN- FORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD REVIEWED THE RULES AND REGU- LATIONS SUGGESTED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION REGARDING THE USE OF COMMON SEWERS FOR THE TOWN OF READING AND AMENDED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TOWN, AND FEELS THEY SHOULD BE ADOPTED. IT WAS VOTED TO ADOPT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS CONTINGENT UPON MR. KILLAM 'S APPROVAL AT A PREVIOUS MEETING. MR. FLORENCE STEPPED DOWN AND SECRETARY WHITE ASSUMED THE CHAIR AS IN PREVIOUS OCCASIONS. IT WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS WASHINGTON PARK REALTY TRUST. TOWN COUNSEL LEFT THE MEETING AND IT CONTINUED IN OPEN SESSION. MR. GEORGE CASS JOINED THE MEETING AND PRESENTED HIS URGENT NEED FOR A DECISION FROM THE BOARD AS TO ITS REQUIREMENTS. IT WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. THE MEETING CONTINUED IN OPEN SESSION. A COPY OF THE 1970 BUDGET WAS PRESENTED TO EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR STUDY. REPORTS WERE MADE BY THE CHAIRMAN AND SUPERIN- TENDENT ON THE PROGRESS BEING MADE WITH MR. DALLAS OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AND VARIOUS POLITICAL FIGURES. MR. WATT WAS OF THE OPINION THAT A LETTER BE SENT TO MR. DALLAS STATING THAT INASMUCH AS THE DEPART- MENT HAS NOT HEARD FROM HIM, THAT HE DOES NOT FEEL ABOUT ' THE ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR AS THE DEPARTMENT THOUGHT HE DID. THEREFORE, THE DEPARTMENT IS GOING ALONG WITH THE WET SCRUBBER. IT WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED UNANIMOUSLY THAT THE BOARD REQUEST METCALF & EDDY, INC. TO GO ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT OF WET SCRUBBERS SINCE THERE WILL BE NO FUNDS AVAILABLE FROM THE STATE AND THE TOWN IS OUTSIDE THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT. THE BOARD SIGNED THE BILLROLL DATED NOVEMBER 21 AND THE BILLROLL FOR THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 17 THROUGH NOVEMBER 28. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:15 P.M. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, !�� c�Lr� SECRETARY