HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-12-01 Board of Public Works Minutes DECEMBER 1, 1969
' MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT
7.30 P.M. IN Room 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WERE SECRETARY WHITE, BOARD MEMBERS
COCHRANE, HODGKINS AND WATT AND SUPERINTENDENT LOUANIS. IN
THE ABSENCE OF IN. FLORENCE, MR. WHITE ASSUMED THE CHAIR.
THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE INFORMED OF A MEETING TO
BE HELD THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, AT THE STATE HOUSE
WITH Na. BROWN, THE GOVERNOR 'S REPRESENTATIVE ON AIR POLLU-
TZON CONTROL. X.R. HODGKINS MOVED, MR. COCHRANE SECONDED
AND IT WAS VOTED TO REQUEST METCALF & EDDY, INC. TO SEND A
RESPONSIBLE REPRESENTATIVE WHO KNOWS THE PROJECT TO THE
MEETING .
MR. LOUANIS LEFT THE MEETING TO ATTEND A GRIEVANCE
HEARING IN THE SELECTMEN'S OFFICE.
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MR. COCHRANE READ THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEET-
ING WHICH WERE APPROVED.
THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED 1970 BUDGET,
PAGES 1 TO 6. THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE PURCHASE OF A NEW
ACCOUNTING MACHINE AND AGREED TO DEFER PURCHASE UNTIL NEST
YEAR.
SII MR. LOUANIS REJOINED THE MEETING.
READ LETTER FROM METCALF & EDDY, INC. WITH REFER-
ENCE TO THEIR CONCERN REGARDING THE DECISION OF THE BOARD
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TO PROVIDE WET SCRUBBERS AND NOT ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITA-
TORS ON THE NEW INCINERATOR; ALSO, THE COST OF THE CHANGES
WHICH MAY EXCEED THE IMPOSED LIMIT IN OUR CONTRACT BY A
CORRESPONDING AMOUNT.
READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT SUGGESTING THE
INCLUSION OF THE ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR IN THE BID AS
AN ALTERNATIVE WHICH WOULD GIVE ADDED INSURANCE OF CONTIN-
UING ON THE LATEST SCHEDULE IN THE EVENT THAT READING WERE
TO COME UNDER THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT EARLIER
THAN IS ANTICIPATED. IT WAS AGREED TO HOLD THE SPECIFICA-
TIONS IN ABEYANCE PENDING MEETING WITH PIR. BROWN OF THE
GOVERNOR 'S OFFICE.
TOWN COUNSEL JOINED THE MEETING. IT WAS MOVED,
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SECONDEDA ND VOTED TO GO INTO Gn fiCUTZ VE SESSION FOR FURTHER
DISCUSSION ON WASHINGTON PARK REALTY TRUST. DANIEL RAKOV,
ATTORNEY, AND GEORGE CASS OF WASHINGTON PARK REALTY TRUST
JOINED THE MEETING AND STATED THEIR CASE. AFTER THEIR
DEPARTURE, THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE REQUIREMENTS, AS FOL-
LOWS:
MR. WATT MOVED, N.R. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED
UNANIMOUSLY THAT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS WILL APPROVE '
AN AMENDED PLAN OF WASHINGTON PARK REALTY TRUST WHEN THE
FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET BY WASHINGTON PARK
REALTY TRUST:
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Z . WASHINGTON PARE REALTY TRUST INSTALL A SE-INCH
' STORM DRAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH LINES AND GRADES
ESTABLISHED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC li
WORKS FROM THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF THEIR
PROPERTY TO WOBURN STREET AND CONNECT SAME TO
EXISTING STORM DRAIN IN WOBURN STREET;
2. WASHINGTON PARE REALTY TRUST SUBMIT PROOF OF
OWNERSHIP OF THE PARCEL IN QUESTION;
.3. WASHINGTON PARK REALTY TRUST PETITION THE BOARD
OF SURVEY FOR A CHANCE-OF-GRADE HEARING AT THE
END OF WASHINGTON STREET, AND AFTER THE REQUIRED
PUBLIC HEARING, SECURE APPROVAL OF CHANGE OF
GRADE;
4. A CASH BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $50, 000. 00 BE FUR-
NISHED THE TOWN OF READING CONDITIONAL UPON COM-
PLETION BY THE DEVELOPER, AND TO THE SATISFACTION
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE FOLLOWING
UTILITIES:
A. ALL DRAINAGE, BOTH ON THE SITE AND OFF THE
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SITE.
B. PROPOSED 8-INCH SANITARY SEWER IN WASHINGTON
STREET.
C. PROPOSED S-INCH WATER MAIN EXTENSION.
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D. THE RESURFACING OF WASHINGTON STREET WITH
2-INCH BITUMINOUS CONCRETE FOR THE FULL
24-FOOT WIDTH OF THE TRAVELLED WAY.
5. THE DEVELOPER S PLAN DATED OCTOBER 16 BE REVISED
TO INDICATE THAT ANY BUILDINGS LOCATED THEREON
WILL COMPLY WITH PRESENT ZONING BY-LAWS.
THE MEETING CONTINUED IN OPEN SESSION.
THE BOARD SIGNED THE BILLROLL DATED NOVEMBER
28 AND THE PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 24 THROUGH
NOVEMBER 30, 1969.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:40 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, '
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