HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970-02-23 Board of Public Works Minutes FEBRUARY 23, 1970
' MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT
7:30 P.M. IN ROOM 18, MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WERE CHAIRMAN FLORENCE, SECRETARY WHITE,
BOARD MEMBERS HODGKINS AND WATT AND SUPERINTENDENT LOUANIS.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
READ LETTER FROM W. F. SPURR, 29 PERKINS AVENUE,
REQUESTING AN ABATEMENT ON HIS SEWER RENTAL BILL WHICH WAS
IN THE AMOUNT OF $25. 00. MR. SPURR STATED THAT THE GREATER
PORTION OF THE WATER USED IS FOR HIS SWIMMING POOL AND DOES
NOT GO THROUGH THE SEWER. THE SUPERINTENDENT CITED THE
VOTE OF THE BOARD ON APRIL 4, 1987 TO DISCONTINUE THE PRAC-
TICE OF ABATING AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO FILLING A SWIMMING POOL
ONCE. MR. HODGKINS MOVED, MR. WHITE SECONDED AND IT WAS
VOTED TO DENY THE REQUEST AND MR. SPURR BE NOTIFIED OF THE
BOARD 'S POLICY.
THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 7:40 P.M. TO
MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY.
THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 7:55 P.H. AND ADJOURNED
TO THE AUDITORIUM OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT 8:00 P.H. REGARDING
THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE MAIN TRUNK SANITARY SEWER
IN HAVERHILL STREET FROM CHARLES STREET TO THE NORTH
READING TOWN LINE•
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FORTY-SIR PERSONS ATTENDED THE REARING. ROUTINE 1
QUESTIONS WERE ASKED OF AND ANSWERED BY THE BOARD MEMBERS J
AND SUPERINTENDENT. MEMBERS OF THE ENGINEERING STAFF RE-
MAIMED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE REARING AND ANSWERED TECH-
NICAL QUESTIONS. THE VOTING WAS AS FOLLOWS: IN FAVOR - 25,
OPPOSED - 10 AND NON-COMMITTAL - 1.
THE BOARD RECONVENED IN Room 16, MUNICIPAL BUILD-
ING.
READ PETITION FROM THE ABUTTORS ON THAT PORTION
OF LIBBY AVENUE WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR ACCEPTANCE AT THE
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, REQUESTING THAT THE ESTIMATED ASSESS-
MENT BE REDUCED SUBSTANTIALLY OR THEY WOULD APPRECIATE A
"NOT RECOMMENDED " VOTE AT TOWN MEETING. MR. LOUANIS PRE-
SENTED To THE BOARD A SUGGESTED ESTIMATE OF $16. 733 FERSUS
$35. 344 PER FOOT FRONTAGE ASSESSMENT. IT WAS AGREED TO
SET UP A REARING FOR MARCH J. ASSESSMENTS WILL BE SENT
TO THE ABUTTORS IN ADVANCE.
READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING THE
DEPARTMENTS INABILITY TO OBTAIN NECESSARY RELEASES FOR
LAND TAKINGS . TO MAKE LAKEVIEW AVENUE A 40-FOOT LAYOUT. THE
BOARD HAD VOTED PREVIOUSLY TO RECOMMEND ACCEPTANCE OF SAID
STREET AT TOWN MEETING. MR. RODGKINS MOVED, MR. WHITE
SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO RESCIND ITS VOTE OF FEBRUARY '
9 AND VOTE NOT TO RECOMMEND IT TO THE TOWN MEETING FOR
ACCEPTANCE.
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READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING MODI -
FZCATZON OF SEWER PLAN SUBMITTED BY THE ENGINEERS FOR FIELD
POND ACRES, LOCATED ON HAVERHILL STREET, WHICH WILL REQUIRE
A CHANGE IN PIPE SIZE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES AND LOWERING OF
THE SEWER LINE APPROXIMATELY `b FEET FOR ITS ENTIRE LENGTH.
A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF THIS INCREASED DEPTH AND PIPE SIZE HAS
BEEN MADE IN THE AMOUNT OF $19, 000. 00, AN ADDITIONAL COST
TO THE DEVELOPER. A CHANGE IN THIS DESIGN WILL RESULT IN
THE ELIMINATION OF A SEWAGE PUMPING STATION ON PEARL STREET,
THE COST OF WHICH WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $60, 000. 00. MR.
WATT MOVED, MR. HODGKINS SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED THAT
THE BOARD PARTICIPATE IN THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING THE SEWER
AT THE LOWER ELEVATION AND LARGER PIPE SIZE.
THE BOARD SIGNED THE FOLLOWING:
BILLROLL DATED FEBRUARY 20
PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD FEBRUARY 16 THROUGH FEBRUARY 22
AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWN OF READING AND DUSTIN ASSOCIATES,
INC. - ENGINEERING IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SLUDGE REMOVAL EQUIPMENT AT THE TREATMENT
PLANT
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:00 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
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