HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-12-15 Board of Public Works Minutes DECEMBER 15, 1869
' 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 HODGKINS AND SUPERINTENDENT
LOUANIS.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 7:35 P.M. TO
MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY.
THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 7:45 P.M.
READ LETTER FROM ROBERT E. HAMMER, 17 BALSAM ROAD,
REQUESTING PERMISSION TO BUILD A TWO-CAR GARAGE ON HIS
PROPERTY WHICH WOULD ENCROACH FIVE FEET ONTO THE TOWN OF
READING 'S DRAIN EASEMENT. IT WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT S
OPINION THAT THE FIFTEEN-FOOT AREA ON WHICH THE TOWN COULD
GO IN AND REPAIR THE DRAIN, IF NECESSARY, WOULD BE ADEQUATE,
AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD GRANT MR. HAMMER THE RIGHT TO
BUILD THE GARAGE ON THE EASEMENT.
MR. WHITE MOVED THAT THE REQUEST BE APPROVED, MR.
COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED.
READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING THE
NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE BOARD. IT WAS AGREED THAT
THE BOARD WILL MEET ON JANUARY 5, 1970, OR AT THE DISCRE-
TION OF THE CHAIR.
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READ LETTER FROM THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN REGARD-
ING POSSIBLE INTEREST IN EITHER THE BUILDINGS OR THE LAND
COMPRISING THE NIKE SITE, AND NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT
IN RELATION THERETO. IT WAS AGREED THAT A LETTER WOULD BE
SENT TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN ADVISING THAT THE DEPARTMENT
HAS NO USE FOR THE LAND AS SUCH BUT WISHES THEM TO KNOW
THAT THE LAND COULD BE USED FOR A WATER PUMPING STATION IN
THE EVENT THE TOWN BECOMES CONNECTED TO THE METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT COMMISSIONS WATER SUPPLY.
THE BOARD CONFERRED WITH MESSRS. CIANTRIS AND
LOTH OF METCALF d EDDY, INC. REGARDING THE USE OF ELECTRO-
STATIC PRECIPITATORS AND WET SCRUBBERS. X.R. GIANTRIS PRE-
SENTED A COST COMPARISON BETWEEN THE PRECIPITATOR AND THE
WET SCRUBBER, INCLUDING CAPITAL COST AND OPERATIONAL COST.
THIS COMPARISON INDICATED THAT THE PRECIPITATOR WOULD BE
THE MOST ECONOMICAL SYSTEM FOR THE TOWN TO PURCHASE.
MR. COCHRANE MOVED, MR. HODGKINS SECONDED AND IT
WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY THAT THE TOWN PROCEED WITH THE ELEC-
TROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR AS RECOMMENDED BY METCALF & EDDY,
INC.
MR. WHITE MOVED, X.R. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT
WAS VOTED TO APPROVE RELOCATION OF JOINT NEW ENGLAND TELE-
PHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY-READING MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPART- '
MENT POLE 8012 ON SANBORN STREET NEAR THE UNITED STATES
' POST OFFICE - WESTERLY SIDE, APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED AND
THIRTY-SEVEN (137) FEET NORTHERLY OF POLE 80/1, ONE (1)
POLE.
READ LETTER FROM READING HOUSING AUTHORITY ADVIS-
ING THE BOARD IT IS THEIR CURRENT THINKING THAT THEY WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE THE UNNAMED STREET RUNNING THROUGH THEIR NEW
PROJECT AS A CONTINUATION OF THE PRESENT FRANK D. TANNER
DRIVE. MR. HODGKINS MOVED, MR. WHITE SECONDED AND IT WAS
VOTED TO APPROVE THE NAME OF FRANK D. TANNER DRIVE AND THE
AUTHORITY BE SO NOTIFIED.
READ LETTER FROM TIMOTHY B. PRESSEY, CHAIRMAN,
' CHRISTMAS TREE PICKUP COMMITTEE, READING JAYCEES, REQUEST-
ING PERMISSION TO BURN CHRISTMAS TREES AND DECORATIONS AT
BIRCH MEADOW ON SATURDAY, JAMIARY 3, PROVIDED THEY RECEIVE
PROPER FIRE PERMITS, FIRE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISION AND TRAF-
FIC CONTROL FOR THE PROJECT. MR. WHITE MOVED THAT THE
REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE JAYCEES BE NOTIFIED THAT THE DE-
PARTMENT URGES THEY GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO THE USE
OF A WOOD CHIPPER BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS THE TOWN IS
HAVING WITH AIR POLLUTION. THEIR REQUEST WILL BE APPROVED
THIS YEAR IF THEY DO NOT USE THE WOOD CHIPPER IF THE NECES-
SARY ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE WITH THE FIRE AND POLICE DE-
PARTMENTS BUT THE BOARD FEELS THEY SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF
THE FACT THAT THERE IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY THIS WILL BE
THE LAST YEAR THE BURNING CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED; MR.HODGKZNS
SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED.
THE BOARD FINISHED DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED
1,970 BUDGET.
PICTURES OF THE COLLECTION SYSTEM USED AT COLLEGE
PARK, MARYLAND, WERE SHOWN BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THE BOARD SIGNED THE FOLLOWING:
BILLROLL DATED DECEMBER 12
PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER B THROUGH
DECEMBER 14
COMMITMENT SHEET - BETTERMENT CHARGES - SEWER
FRONTAGE, STREET ACCEPTANCE, SIDEWALK,
SIDEWALK AND CURBING, CURBING AND
HOUSE CONNECTION CONSTRUCTION '
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:50 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
SECRETARY
TOWN OF READING OFFICE OF DONALD E. FLORENCE. CHAIRMAN
Of NATHAN C. WHITE. ..C.ET.N1
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS GEORGE W. COCHRANE. E.
GEORGE L. HODGKINS
xcono MUNICIPAL BUILDING WILLIAM H. WATT
READING. MASS, 01867 L ROGER LOUANIF. .YPEMNT.MG.NT
MASSACHUSETTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
The undersigned, Board of Public Works of the Town of
Reading, in compliance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter
80, as amended by Chapter 63 of the Acts of 1933, hereby certify
that the lists herewith contain the names of persons against whom
we have made betterment assessments, together with the location of
the land benefited by the improvement and the nature and amount of
such betterment assessment.
Sewer Frontage S 5u,590.99
Street 8,840.81
Marta Lane $3,739. 50
B Street 5, 101 .31
Sidewalk 2,277.98
Sidewalk and Curbing 646.50
Curbing 1 ,871 .24
House Connection Construction 35, 108. 17
Total S105,335. 9
Such list is certified to you for the purpose of committing
the same to the Tax Collector, as provided by taw.
WITNESS our hands this fifteenth day of December A.O. 1969.
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See Commitment Sheets
For Lists
Board of Public Works