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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1965-09-20 Board of Public Works Minutes September 20, 1965 Meeting of the Board of Public Works opened at 7:30 P.M. in Room 16, Municipal Building. Present were Chairman Cochrane, Board Members Kenney and Leonard and Superintendent Welch. Minutes of the previous meeting read and approved. Read note from the Superintendent regarding the em- ployment of Thomas Feeney for the Engineering Division. The data was accepted as a point of information. Read letter from G. E. Wentworth, 43 Village Street, requesting installation of sloped curbing in front of his resi- dence. After a discussion of the sidewalk and curbing program, Mr. Kenney moved that the application be approved and placed on file pending the availability of funds, Mr. Cochrane seconded and it was voted. Mr. Leonard was opposed. The Board removed from the table the request of D. R. Fields, 243 Haverhill Street for reduction on his proposed October 1965 water bill in the amount of $101.90. Mr. Fields could give no reason for the high bill. Mr. Kenney moved that the reduction be denied, Mr. Leonard seconded and the motion carried. Secretary Watt joined the meeting. Read letter from Clifford W. Holt, Chairman, the Reading Taxpayers Committee, with reference to an open meeting of the proposed Taxpayers Association of Reading to be held at The Community Center on Wednesday, October 6, 1965. The letter was placed on file. Public hearing was held at 8:00 P.M. regarding the proposed extension of the Mystic Valley Gas Company main in Briarwood Avenue, Badger Road and Beaver Road in "Briarwood", easterly of Pearl Street. Mr. Lewis Stockwell represented the Mystic Valley Gas Company. No abutters attended the Hearing. Mr. Leonard moved that the petition be approved, Mr. Kenney seconded and the motion carried. The abutters will be notified of the Board ' s approval. The Board signed the gas main location plan of the area as described. Read letter from Housing and Home Finance Agency, Office of the Regional Administrator, in response to the recent letter from the Board concerning grants for water and sewer facilities for the Town of Reading. The factual data in regard to the grants will be mailed as soon as it is available. Mr. Leonard moved, it was seconded and voted that the letter be placed in the active file for future reference. Read petition signed by eight abutters in the vicinity of Ash Street and Shackford Road requesting that the Board ef- fect immediate acceptance of the newly constructed sewerage main in that location in order that existing unsanitary conditions may be eliminated. Letter advising of the progress being made and applications will be sent to persons who signed the petition. The Board discussed the releasing of all water re- strictions on the use of water. It was agreed that the situa- tion will be discussed at the next meeting on September 27, 1965. 1Public hearing was held at 8:30 P.M. regarding the proposed extension of the Mystic Valley Gas Company main in Spruce Road, Bartlett Circle, Baldwin Lane and Marla Lane, all in the Orchard Hill Development, northerly of Forest Street. Mr. Lewis Stockwell represented the Mystic Valley Gas Company at the Hearing. No abutters attended the Hearing. Mr. Kenney moved that the petition be approved, Mr. Watt seconded and it was voted. Abutters will be advised of the Board 's decision. The Board signed the gas main location plan of the above-described area. Mr. Florence joined the meeting; also Mr. Galvin of the Sub-Finance Committee. The Board conferred on the Rubbish Disposal Report pre- pared by the Superintendent. Mr. Leonard stated that he was opposed to incineration and favored the use of sanitary land fill in the area of Cedar Swamp. He favored leasing the land at a reasonable fee and returning it to the owner upon completion of the land fill operation. Mr. Leonard also stated that he would oppose the incinerator before the Finance Committee and Town Meet- ing if allowed to speak. The Members discussed operation and coat of the dump, operation and cost of an incinerator, location, size and appear- ance of available dumping areas and disposition of residue from an incinerator. Mr. Florence requested ( 1) that the Board of Public Works ask the Town Meeting for funds to hire a Consulting Engi- neering firm to design an incinerator; (2) Reading build , operate and control the incinerator to be built in Reading; (3) if the Board decides to take in other towns, do not take in more than four towns, - namely, Wakefield, Lynn£ield, Stoneham and North Reading; and (4) build the plant at the present dump site or in back of the present Board of Public Works Garage or across the street where the Tree and Moth Department has its equipment. Mr. Florence moved the Board of Public Works ask at the next annual meeting or any meeting prior thereto for funds to hire Consulting Engineers to design an incinerator; Mr.Kenney seconded and it was voted . Mr. Leonard was opposed. Report of progress on the Incinerator Study will be made prior thereto. The Board signed the following: - Billroll dated September 17, 1965 Sewer Contract - Sanitary Sewer and Pumping Station r Construction - T. D. Sullivan & Sons Company Meeting adjourned at 9:50 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Secretary