HomeMy WebLinkAbout1966-08-22 Board of Public Works Minutes 77
August 22, 1966
' Meeting of the Board of Public Works opened at 7:30
P.M. in Room 16, Municipal Building.
Present were Chairman Cochrane, Secretary Watt, Board
Members Florence, Hodgkins and Kenney and Superintendent Welch.
Minutes of the previous meeting read and approved.
jThe Board considered taking of an easement through
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lands of Laschi and Hopkins off Sturges Road. The Superintendent
reported that the owners were willing to grant the easement and
had signed a Release from Damages.
Mr. Florence moved that the taking be made, Mr. Kenney
seconded and it was voted. The Board then signed the Order of
' Taking.
Read note from the Superintendent relating to prepara-
tion of figures for sewer extensions under grant or grants from
Federal Agencies. This matter was discussed at some length.
Received notice from Police Department that four
young boys had been apprehended while damaging the bridge over
the Quannapowitt Drain at Harvest Road. The Superintendent
estimated damage at $100.00.
It was moved, seconded and voted to request the
Police Department to prosecute the boys and to request the
judge to remand them to custody of the Board of Public Works
to work out the cost of the damages at $1.00 per hour.
Received letter from Metcalf & Eddy stating that they
' will be pleased to proceed with the incinerator design whenever
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the Board feels it is proper.
Signed Commitment Sheets for several sewer house
connections.
The Board discussed problem of additional funds
for Consulting Engineers for the Incinerator.
Mr. Kenney moved that the Board of Public T^forks
request the Selectmen to call a Special Town Meeting in the
latter part of October, Mr. Hodgkins seconded and it was
voted.
Received letter from Mrs. Ruth Peterson of 10$1
Main Street requesting that the drain ditch through her Lot
4 be relocated. She is willing to grant easements.
Mr. Kenney moved that the matter be taken under
advisement while a study is made by the Engineering Divi- J
sion, Mr. Watt seconded and it was voted.
Meeting adjourned at 8:30 P.M. to meet as the Board
of Survey.
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary
TOWN OF READING OFFICE OF GEORGE W. COCHRANE 3.. ...... x
WILLIAM H. WATT. t[c.ETArt
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS DONALD E. FLORENCE
GEORGE L. HODGKINS
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MUNICIPAL BUILDING FRED D. KENNET, JR.
READING, MASS. PHILIP WELCH, e
MASSACHUSETTS
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CUMMONWrALTH OF MASSACHMETTS
Middlesex, on.
The undersigned, Board of Public Works of the
Town of Reading, in oomplionod with the provisions of
General Laws, Chapter 50, as amended by Chapter 63 of the
"lets of 1933, hereby certify that the list herewith contains
the names of persons against whom we have made betterment
assessments, together with the location of the land benefited
by the improvement and the nature and amount of such better-
ment assessment.
,iod such list is certified to you for the purpose
of eosnitting the mems to the Pax Collector, as provided by
low.
--tIPsYbS our hands this twenty-second day of August
A.D. 19K.
ASI ! ��,Chairwrn
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See Commitment Sheet
For List
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