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FEBRUARY 9, 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,
BOARD MEMBER COCHRANE AND SUPERINTENDENT LOUANIS.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
READ LETTERS FROM P1ETCALF & EDDY, INC. REGARDING
THE READING INCINERATOR DESIGN WHICH WERE ACCEPTED AS A
POINT OF INFORMATION.
THE BOARD ADJOURNED TO THE AUDITORIUM OF THE
COMMUNITY CENTER.
' PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT 6:00 P.M. ON THE
LAYING OUT AS PUBLIC WAYS UNDER THE BETTERMENT ACT OF THE
FOLLOWING :
A STREET WHICH RUNS IN AN EASTERLY AND WESTERLY
DIRECTION FROM LIBBY AVENUE, A DISTANCE OF 500 FEET
MORE OR LESS
E STREET WHICH RUNS IN AN EASTERLY AND WESTERLY
DIRECTION FROM LIBBY AVENUE, A DISTANCE OF 500 FEET
MORE OR LESS
G STREET WHICH RUNS IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION FROM
LIBBY AVENUE, A DISTANCE OF 320 FEET MORE OR LESS
TO A DEAD END
H STREET WHICH RUNS IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION FROM
LIBBY AVENUE, A DISTANCE OF 320 FEET MORE OR LESS
TO A DEAD END
' LAKEVIEW AVENUE WHICH RUNS IN A NORTHEASTERLY DI-
RECTION FROM JOHN STREET, A DISTANCE OF 1, 000 FEET
MORE OR LESS TO A DEAD END
LIBBY AVENUE WHICH RUNS IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION
FROM G STREET, A DISTANCE OF 260 FEET MORE OR LESS
TO A DEAD END
THIRTY-ONE PERSONS ATTENDED THE HEARING. ROUTINEQUES-
TIONSWERE ASKED OF AND ANSWERED BY BOARD MEMBERS AND THE
SUPERINTENDENT. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE HEARING,MEMBERS
OF THE ENGINEERING DIVISION ANSWERED TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.
THE VOTING WAS AS FOLLOWS:
NON-
IN FAVOR OPPOSED COMMITTAL
A STREET 7 I O
E STREET 5 Z O
G STREET 7 0 0
H STREET 2 0 0
LAKEVIEW AVENUE O Z O
LIBBY AVENUE Z I 2
22 4 2 '
THE BOARD CONVENED IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILD-
ING. MR. WATT JOINED THE MEETING.
THE BOARD REVIEWED SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED COST OF
RUBBISH AND GARBAGE PICKUP PREPARED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE USE AND COST OF OPEN TRUCKS VERSUS
PACKER TRUCKS. MR. COCHRANE MOVED THAT THE BOARD PROCEED
WITH SYSTEM #2 - PACKER TRUCKS AND CURB PICKUP WITH PAPER
BAGS; MR. WHITE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED.
PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT 8:00 P.M. REGARDING
THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE MYSTIC VALLEY GAS COMPANY
MAIN IN PINE AVENUE FROM &NOT STREET IN A WESTERLY DIRRC- ISI
TION APPROXIMATELY 130 FEET.
' MR. ANTHONY DIGIOVANNI REPRESENTED THE GAS COM-
PANY AT THE HEARING. IT WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED TO
APPROVE THE PLAN WHICH WAS SIGNED BY THE BOARD.
THE BOARD MET WITH PHILIP GIANTRIS OF METCALF &
EDDY, INC. WHO PRESENTED A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE SPECIFI-
CATIONS OF THE INCINERATOR AND THE INABILITY OF HIS FIRM
TO SECURE APPROVAL FROM THE BUREAU OF AIR POLLUTION CON-
TROL. A DISCUSSION FOLLOWED. MR. WHITE MOVED, MR. WATT
SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY THAT METCALF & EDDY,
INC. BE INSTRUCTED TO PROCEED IMMEDIATELY WITH THE ADVER-
TISING FOR RECEIVING BIDS AT 8:00 P.M. , E. S.T. , MARCH 9,
' 1970 FOR THE FURNISHING AND ERECTING OF TWO REFUSE BURNING
SYSTEMS.
MR. FLORENCE READ LETTER TO COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS, PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF AIR
POLLUTION - ATTENTION: MR. JAMES DALLAS - ADVISING OF THE
BOARD 'S ACTION. MR. WHITE MOVED, MR. COCHRANE SECONDED
AND IT WAS VOTED TO AUTHORIZE MR. FLORENCE, AS CHAIRMAN,
TO SIGN THE LETTER. IT ALSO WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED
TO MAKE A REPORT TO THE TOWNSPEOPLE IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF
THE READING CHRONICLE.
MR. NORDBERG AND TOWN COUNSEL JOINED THE MEETING.
' MR. NORDBERG INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE VISITED WITH MR.
DALLAS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND STATED THAT THE BUREAU IS
ACCUSTOMED TO A PRESENTATION IN WHICH ALL THE BACKGROUND
MATERIAL IS MADE AVAILABLE TO IT. THE INFORMATION EVI-
DENTLY IS SPELLED OUT WITH MORE CLARITY AND MR. DALLAS
FELT IT SHOULD HAVE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION AND A SET
OF DRAWINGS.
ACCORDING TO TOWN COUNSEL, IT WOULD BE PROPER
TO PROCEED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INCINERATOR.
THE BOARD TOOK UP THE ACCEPTANCE OF PRIVATE WAYS
UNDER THE BETTERMENT ACT.
MR. WHITE MOVED THAT THE BOARD RECOMMEND ACCEP-
TANCE OF "A " (PRIVATE) STREET AS A PUBLIC WAY UNDER THE
BETTERMENT ACT AT THE ANNUAL TOWN ffEETING, MR. WATT SECONDED 7
AND IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.
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MP.• WHITE MOVED THAT THE BOARD RECOMMEND ACCEP-
TANCE OF "E" (PRIVATE) STREET AS A PUBLIC WAY UNDER THE
BETTERMENT ACT AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MR. WATT SECONDED
AND IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.
MR. WHITE MOVED THAT THE BOARD RECOMMEND ACCEP-
TANCE OF "G" (PRIVATE) STREET AS A PUBLIC WAY UNDER THE
BETTERMENT ACT AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING,MR. WATT SECONDED
AND IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.
MR. WHITE MOVED THAT THE BOARD RECOMMEND ACCEP-
TANCE OF "H't (PRIVATE) STREET AS A PUBLIC WAY UNDER THE
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BETTERMENT ACT AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.MR. WATT SECONDED
AND IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.
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' MR. WHITE MOVED THAT THE BOARD RECOMMEND ACCEP-
TANCE of LAKEVIEW (PRIVATE) AVENUE AS A PUBLIC WAY UNDER
THE BETTERMENT ACT AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MR. WATT
SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.
MR. WHITE MOVED THAT THE BOARD RECOMMEND ACCEP-
TANCE OF LIBBY (PRIVATE) AVENUE AS A PUBLIC WAY UNDER THE
BETTERMENT ACT AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MR. WATT
SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.
THE BOARD SIGNED THE BILLROLL DATED FEBRUARY G
AND BILLROLL FOR THE PERIOD FEBRUARY 2 THROUGH FEBRUARY 8.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:50 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
SECRETARY
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