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Home My WebLink About1958-04-21 Board of Public Works Minutes April 21, 1958 Regular meeting of the Board opened at 7 :30 P. M. EPresent were Chairman Donahue, Messrs. Harrison, Florence, Zenni, Kilgore and Superintendent Putnam. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. Signed vouchers and payroll for payment. Received letter from T. F. Hanron, District Engineer, State Depart- ment of Public Works, regarding West Street Chapter 90 Construction costs, said letter hereby becoming a part of these minutes: April 18, 1958 Mr. James T. Putnam Superintendent of Public Works Town of Reading Reading, Massachusetts Dear Sir: L As a result of additional necessary work encountered on the Reading, West Street, Chapter 90 Project, the present allotment will not provide suffic- ient funds to complete certain items of work called for under this con- tract. This work, including the placing of guard rail, loaming and seed- ing, some cement concrete sidewalks and the bituminous concrete paving can be performed under the proposed 1958 Chapter 90 contract. I£ it is your desire to have any of the work as mentioned above completed under this contract, the Town will have to hold in abeyance an equivalent portion of the office charges, and/or absorb all costs in excess of the allotment, in order to keep the total cost within the present allotment. Approximately 300 cubic yards of loam will be required for grading the major portion of the loam areas. An early reply, stating your recommendations, will be greatly appreciated. Very truly yours, (Signed) T. F. Hanron JJA/t District Highway Engineer Moved, seconded and voted to hold in abeyance a portion of •the Office Charges in the amount of approximately 61600.00 for drainage cast- . ings, to be reimbursed under 1958 Chapter 90 Construction Funds, and to Instruct District Engineer Henron to use the funds thus made available for fine grading, loaming, seeding and permanent sidewalk repair on West Street Chapter 90 construction project, the said work to be started immediately. Received letter from Reading Municipal Light Dept, conveying to the Board of Public Works the appreciation of the Municipal Light Board for the kind consideration shown them at the recent joint meeting of the two Boards. Letter noted. Received petition, signed by three abutting property owners for acceptance of North (Private) Street, from Bear Hill Road Easterly, as a Public Town Way under provisions of the Betterment Act. Petition accepted, and placed on file for processing In the usual manner. .Public Hearing held at 8:00 P. M. in Room 19, Municipal Building, regarding the installation of a sanitary sewer in West Street, from No-435 J West Street to No. 503 West Street, including a short extension on Selfridge Road . The following persons were present, who, when polled, expressed their opinions regarding main sewer extension and connecting their premises to the common sewer as noted: SEWER EXTENSION H/C NAME AND ADDRESS YES NO NON-COMM. Y N Joseph G. Enos, 472 West Street x x Donald W. Davidson, 458 West Street x x Mrs. George H. Sanborn, 453 West Street x x Mrs. S. Osborne Wiberg, 443 West Street x x Harold T. Robinson, 441 West Street x 4 Schuyler M. Holbrook, 454 West Street x x Gordon W. Tennett, 503 West Street x x C. Gordon Ricker, 490 West Street x x Joseph F. McKenna, 495 West Street x x William E. Parker Jr., 500 West Street x x William J. Johnson, - x v Ir I Public Rearing held at 8:30 P. M. in Room 19, Municipal Building regarding the installation of sanitary sewers ln: Summer Avenue-from LHoward Street to Nichols Road; Virginia Road-from Indiana Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue, These Hearings were held simultaneously. The fol- lowing persons were present at these joint Hearings, who, when polled, expressed their opinions regarding main sewer extensions and connecting their premises to the common sewer as noted: NAME AND ADDRESS (Summer Avenue) Marion Saylor-;-M4 Summer Avenue Robert H. Sulis, 281 Summer Avenue SEWER EXTENSION H/C NAME AND ADDRESS (Virginia Road) YES NO NON-COMM. Y N Harry E. Frost 27 Virginia Road x R. A. Hover, 16 Virginia Road x E. A. Keverkian, 32 Virginia Road x C. W, Libby, 19 Virginia Road x J. C, Riccio, 26 Virginia Road x x R. C. Norgren, 23 Virginia Road x ? C. W. Alsterlund Jr. , 14 Virginia Road x Mary G. Alsterlund, 14 Virginia Road x Wn. Nowell, 33 Virginia Road x Frances A. Nowell, 33 Virginia Road x Public Hearing held at 9:00 P. M. in Room 19, Municipal Building, L regarding the installation of a sanitary sewer in Intervale Terrace, from John Carver Road to Essex Street. The following persons were present, who, when polled, expressed their opinions regarding main sewer extension and connecting their premises to the common sewer as not SEWFR EXTENSION H/C NAME AND ADDRESS YES NO NON-COMM. Y N June J3. Groves-7-166 Intervale Terrace x — z — Margaret A. Hooper, 72 Intervale Terrace x x William G. Hooper, 72 Intervale Terrace x x David G. Willcox, 18 Intervale Terrace u x Floyd Leake, 23 Intervale Terrace * x (Note: w not abuttors) Edward J. Darcy, 32 Intervale Terrace n x George A. Pattle, 36 Intervale Terrace * x Domenic and Esther DiLucia, 63 Intervale Tarr, xx xx John J. Rienzo, 69 Intervale Terrace x x Frances A. Rienzo, 69 Intervale Terrace x x Preliminary Board of Survey Hearing held at 10:00 P. M. regarding a proposed five-lot development on the extension of Woodland Road by L■�^ Richard E. Merrill. Mr. Merrill was present at the Hearing and answered [ questions propounded to him by Board members. The matter of sewer install- ation in the new road was discussed and Mr. Merrill agreed to include sewerage in his final plans, Superintendent Putnam stated that proposed development plans complied with Board of Survey and Zoning requirements, Moved, seconded and voted to tentatively approve preliminary plans for Woodland Road Extension, to include sanitary sewer in the development, and to hold a formal, advertized Public Hearing on May 5, 1958. Moved, seconded and voted to proceed with installation of Intervals Terrace sanitary sewer, between John Carver Road and Essex Street. Moved, seconded and voted to postpone for 1958 the construction of a sanitary sewer in Virginia Road, between Indiana Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue, because of the reluctance of abutting property owners to connect ' their estates with the common sewer. Moved, seconded and voted to proceed with the installation of Sum- mer Avenue sanitary sewer, between Howard Street and Nichols Road. Moved, seconded. and voted to proceed with the installation of West Street sanitary sewer, from No. 435 West Street to No. 503 West Street, J said sewer to be dropped one foot to hold �to a grade of .004% for the pur- pose of servicing four residences situated North-Westerly of Selfridge Road. Received letter from Whitman & Howard, Engineers, enclosing print of a proposed sewer in West Street, from No. 435 West Street to No. 5U3 West Street, and connecting on future sewerage service to the properties situated North-Westerly of Selfridge Road. Letter and print noted, and filed for future reference. Received final report from Superintendent concerning land damage negotiations with property owners in the Revay Brook Area, for additional water supply 'purposes. Moved, seconded and voted to instruct the Superintendent to proceed with formal land takings on the following properties at the amounts of land damage payments shown: APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF OWNER ACREAGE TAKEN LAND DAMAGES Tames R. Sanborn and Edwin R. Sanborn, Trustees 3.3911 Acres 06,500.00 Lydia A. Roxbee 1.65 * Acres 3,000.00 Dennis E. Ainsworth and Priscilla Ainsworth 7.1661 Acres 2,000.00 William S. Luther and Irene G. Luther 5.6573 Acres 2,000.00 Estimated Totals 17.864* Acres 014,500.00 Moved, seconded and voted to exclude the proposed land takings from Florence Sargent, due to the high value placed on said land by the owner thereof, and the owners' reluctance to convey said land. Received the following report from the Superintendent regarding con- struction of a gravel-wall well on the Sanborn property in the Revay Brook Area: NO. 18 April 21, 1958 GRAVEL WELL - SANBORN PROPERTY D. L. Maher, the gravel-wall well contractor, phoned late this afternoon and informed me that he had a truck loaded with well excavating equipment ready for work, in any one of three Towns in which he holds contracts. If he goes to another location, it may be a month or more be- fore he can start in Reading. Sanborn Brothers have given permission to the Town to have Mr. Maher start work on their property, although the formal land takings have not been consumated as yet. Mr. Maher realizes that funds will not be available to reimburse him until after May 15, and will phone me Tuesday morning to receive the uark whether to start in Reading or not. ,.. . . D I recommend he be requested to start work. LSUPERINTENDENT V Moved, seconded and voted to authorize construction of gravel-well well on Sanborn property as recommended by Superintendent. ' Received a Report to the Board, Suggested Revised Water Rates and Changes, froE the Superintendent, which reviewed for the information of the Board existing water rates and charges, and recommendations for a re- vision of said rates and charges, for the purpose of adequately financing current and future improvements to the municipal water system. Report noted, and taken under advisement ,by the Board for study. Received a report to the Board regarding Construction of Sidewalks on Public Ways by Property Owners and Others, based on a written� opinlon from the Town Counsel, and including a suggested Application For Construc- tion of Permanent-Surfaced Sidewalk, from the Superintendent. Report and Application noted by the Board, and matter taken under advisement pending clarification of certain phases of the Town Counselst opinion by the Town Counsel As recommended by the Superintendent, it was moved, seconded and voted to open bids for new equipment, as noted herein; ESTIMATED BID OPENING J UNIT NET COST DATE Try-All Type Survey Trucka Q'��- 5 Ton Dump Truck, Complete 8600.00y 19 8 5 Ton Dump Truck, Complete 8600.00 it it " 3/4 Ton Pick-Up Truck, Complete 1800.00 May 26, 1958 Mechanical Back-Hoe 12500.00 " " " Two (2) Crawler-Type Sidewalk Tractor, Complete 9600.00 " " " Previewed, and approved in substance, data on hearings to be held Monday, April 28, 1958, as presented by the Superintendent. Signed Board of Survey Layout and Registry of Deeds Lot Plan of Boswell Road, for Sawyer Construction Co. , Inc., C. 0. Olson, President, a Performance Bond in the amount of 0500.00 having been posted for the con- struction of said Boswell Road. Superintendent instructed to contact Melburne W. Cummings, President of Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., regarding certain phases of construction of Jacob Way, access road to the Business C zoned area. Board adjourned at 11:50 P. M. Respectfully submitted: ,-Secretary