HomeMy WebLinkAbout1966-05-16 Board of Public Works Minutes 49
' May 16, 1966
Meeting of the Board of Public Works opened at 7:30
P.M. in Room 16, Municipal Building.
Present were Chairman Cochrane, Board Member Hodgkins,
Superintendent Welch and Thomas Galvin.
Minutes of the previous meeting read and approved.
Chairman Cochrane showed colored slides of the trip
recently made to College Park, Maryland, to view that City' s
refuse collection.
The Board adjourned temporarily at 8:00 P.M. to meet
as the Board of Survey.
The Board reconvened at 8: 10 P.M. with Mr. Kenney in
' attendance.
The Board took up the matter of installation of bi-
tuminous concrete sidewalk with granite slope curbing on the
easterly side of Grove Street from Lowell Street to Forest
Street. Mr. Hodgkins moved that the Department abandon the pro-
ject and the funds be used at another location. A discussion
ensued. Mr. Cochrane seconded and the motion carried.
Mr. Watt joined the meeting. It was suggested that
the Superintendent develop a new plan for Grove Street for the
Board to study.
Read letter from Reading Art Association confirming
dates of Saturday, June 4, and Sunday, June 5, as the days on
' which the Association will hold its seventh annual Spring
Arts Festival on Reading Common. The Board took no action as
the Board of Selectmen had issued a permit.
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Read letter from Mrs. B. W. Kathan, Secretary of
the Birch Meadow School P.T.A. requesting permission to use
Birch Meadow, particularly the area near the tennis courts,
for a P.T.A. picnic on June 2, 1966.
Mr. Kenney moved that the request be approved, Mr.
Hodgkins seconded and it was voted.
Public hearing was held at 8: 15 P.M. regarding the
construction under the Betterment Act of a bituminous concrete
sidewalk on the Southerly side of Oak Street from No. 58 Oak
Street to Pine Ridge Road. Present were Anthony R. Carbone,
Kenneth J. Chase and Mildred M. Chase. Removal of trees,
stonewalls, erosion and plowing were discussed . The Board re-
ceived a petition signed by the four abuttors in opposition
to the installations. No action will be taken by the Board
until after the gutter line has been staked out and the Board
has again studied the problem in the field.
Public hearings were held concurrently at 8:45 P.M.
in Room 2 regarding the construction under the Betterment Act
of a bituminous concrete sidewalk on the Southerly side of
Hartshorn Street from John Carver Road to Bancroft Avenue and
on the Easterly side of John Carver Road from Hartshorn Street
to Woodland Street.
Nine persons attended the Hearings. Mr. Cochrane
explained the sidewalk program. Questioned were the drainage
on John Carver Road and possible removal of the stonewall at
77 Hartshorn Street. The abuttors were polled as follows:
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' In favor - 0, opposed - 6, non-committal - 3• Members of the
Engineering Division remained after the hearings and answered
technical questions.
The Board convened in Room 16.
The Board considered choice of Consulting Engineer
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for the Incinerator. Mr. Watt was of the opinion that the
Board should confer with the representative of a third com-
pany.
Mr. Kenney moved that the Board retain the services
of Metcalf & Eddy, Inc. as Consultants to prepare designs and
jspecifications for the Incinerator, Mr. Hodgkins seconded and
it was voted. Mr. Watt abstained .
The Board agreed to visit installations in Wellesley
and Weymouth on Tuesday, May 24.
Read petitions from New England Telephone & Telegraph
Company-Reading Municipal Light Department requesting permis-
sion to relocate Pole #77/31 on Prescott Street approximately 32
feet Southwesterly and abandon Pole #77/32 on Prescott Street.
Mr. Hodgkins moved, Mr. Watt seconded and it was
voted to approve the requests.
Read letter from Commonwealth of Massachusetts, De-
partment of Public Works, listing bids received covering work
to be done under Chapter 90 - SP66 - 15M - Highway Work on
Haverhill Street.
Mr. Hodgkins moved that the contract be awarded to the
lowest bidder, Methuen Construction Company, Inc. , 90 North Lowell
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Street, Methuen, in the amount of $34, 680.50 as recommended by
the Commissioners, Mr. Kenney seconded and it was voted.
The Board signed the Billroll dated May 13 and Pay-
roll for the period May 7 through May 13, 1966.
Meeting adjourned at 10:10 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary
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