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Home My WebLink About1970-01-19 Board of Public Works Minutes JANu4RY 19, 1970 ' MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT 7:30 P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING. PRESENT WERE CHAIRMAN FLORENCE, .SECRETARY WHITE, i BOARD MEMBER -WATT AND SUPERINTENDENT LOUANIS. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED. READ LETTER FROM METCALF & EDDY, INC. REGARDING INCINERATOR DESIGN. IT WAS ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF IN- FORMATION. READ LETTER FROM COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, REGARDING TENTATIVE ALLOTMENT FOR 1970, CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION. IT WAS ' ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF INFORMATION. READ LETTER FROM THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN WHICH STATED THAT ARTICLES FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING OF 1970 MUST BE FILED IN THE SELECTMEN 'S OFFICE NOT LATER THAN 9:00 P.M. ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1970. IT WAS ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF INFORMATION. THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 8:00 P.M. TO MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY. THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 8:18 P.M. TOWN COUNSEL JOINED THE MEETING. IT WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED TO CONTINUE THE MEETING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS WASHINGTON PARK REALTY TRUST. MR. KILLAM LEFT THE MEETING. I` 7 THE BOARD DISCUSSED NEW JOB CLASSIFICATIONS AND ■ REVISIONS OF VARIOUS CLASSIFICATIONS. MR. WHITE MOVED, J MR. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO SUBMIT THE DATA TO THE PERSONNEL BOARD FOR APPROVAL. THE MEETING CONTINUED IN OPEN SESSION. MR. FLORENCE AND SUPERINTENDENT LOUANIS LEFT THE MEETING TO CONFER WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. THE BOARD MET WITH RONALD ROSE, OWNER OF LOTS A AND B LAKEVIEW AVENUE WHO REQUESTED RECONSIDERATION OF A PLAN TO CONNECT HIS PROPERTY TO THE STORM DRAIN IN JOHN STREET. A. ROSE PRESENTED A NEW PLAN IN WHICH THE PROPOSED CONNECTION PICKED UP WATER FROM THE REAR OF MR. ' ROSE 'S LOTS, DOWN THE LOT LINE TO LAKEVIEW AVENUE TO JOHN STREET. MR. WATT MOVED THAT A SOLID TYPE PIPE BE IN- STALLED MIDWAY BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES TO A POINT ABOUT 15 FEET BACK FROM THE SETBACK LINE OF THE TWO HOUSES. A CHECK VALVE WOULD BE INSTALLED AT THIS POINT; MR. WHITE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY A THIRD MEMBER. THE BOARD SIGNED BILLROLL DATED JANUARY IB AND PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 12 THROUGH JANUARY 18. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:25 P.M. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, SECRETARY MR. FLORENCE AND SUPERINTENDENT LOUANIS RE- TURNED TO THE BOARD ROOM AT THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR MEET- ING WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. MR. FLORENCE STATED THAT HE AGREED TO THE ITEM REGARDING CONNECTION TO THE STORM DRAIN BY A. ROSE WHICH HAD BEEN VOTED PREVIOUSLY.