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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-03-07 Board of Public Works Minutes ' MARCH 7, 1967 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT 7:00 P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING. PRESENT WERE MESSRS. COCHRANE, FLORENCE,HODGKINS, KENNEY AND WRIGHT AND SUPERINTENDENT WELCH. MR. FLORENCE MOVED, IT WAS SECONDED AND VOTED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT BE ELECTED CHAIRMAN PRO TEM FOR BOARD ORGANIZATION. MR. COCHRANE NOMINATED MR. KENNEY CHAIRMAN FOR THE ENSUING YEAR, MR. FLORENCE SECONDED. IT WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED THAT NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED . MR.KENNEY ' WAS UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED CHAIRMAN. MR. FLORENCE NOMINATED MR. HODGKINS SECRETARY, MR. COCHRANE SECONDED. IT WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED THAT NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED . MR. HODGKINS WAS UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED SECRETARY. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND AP- PROVED AS AMENDED . MR. FLORENCE MOVED THAT THE BOARD APPOINT PHILIP WELCH SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE ENSUING YEAR AND CLERK OF THE BOARD FOR ONE YEAR; MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED . THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE SERVICING WITH WATER OF A PROPOSED NURSING HOME ON BEAR HILL, WAKEFIELD. MR. , COCHRANE MOPED, MR. FLORENCE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY THAT THE REQUEST BE DENIED. READ LETTER FROM THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY COMMIS- SIONERS PERTAINING TO HEARING ON HAVERHILL STREET ON MARCH 28, 1987 AT 41 :30 A.M. THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE APPRAISALS ON THE NITZSCHE PROPERTY, NAMELY $5, 000. 00 BY T. H. REENSTIERNA & SON AND $3, 500. 00 BY WALTER M. FOWLER. MR. COCHRANE MOVED, MR. HODGKINS SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT BE AUTHORIZED TO ATTEND THE HEARING AND RECOMMEND THE FIGURE OF $3, 500. 00 FOR THE PROPERTY. , THE BOARD DISCUSSED DECISION TO BE RENDERED RE- GARDING SALE OF LAND OFF JOHN STREET TO MR. MCHANUS. PROVISIONS IN REGARD TO THE SALE HAD BEEN OUTLINED IN A RECENT LETTER TO THE SELECTMEN. THE SUPERINTENDENT SUG- GESTED THE EXCHANGE OF AN EQUAL PARCEL OF LAND NORTH OF NCMANUS ' PROPERTY AND ABUTTING JOHN STREET WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE THE TAKING OF AN EASEMENT THROUGH LAND OWNED BY MCMANUS• THE LAND WOULD BE OWNED IN FEE BY THE TOWN OF READING. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC, WORKS CONFER WITH THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN IN REGARD TO THE AFOREMENTIONED EXCHANGE. , or THE BOARD MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PROPOSED SALARIES. THE BOARD CONFERRED WITH THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IN REGARD TO THE SALE OF LAND OFF JOHN STREET TO MCMANUS. THE MEETING CONTINUED IN OPEN SESSION. THE BOARD DISCUSSED RESPONSES, IF QUESTIONED, IN REGARD TO ARTICLE 74 AND THE BOARDS DESIRE TO MOVE ANY PUBLIC WORKS ' EQUIPMENT, ETC. TO THE NIKE SITE ON HAVERHILL STREET. MR. COCHRANE MOVED THAT THE BOARD BE PREPARED TO GO ON RECORD AT TOWN MEETING AS BEING OF THE SAME OPINION AS EXPRESSED IN THE INCINERATOR REPORT THAT THE INCINERA- TOR BE ERECTED ON JOHN STREET; MR. FLORENCE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED. REGARDING ARTICLE 71 SALE OF LAND TO MCMANUS), IT WAS AGREED THE STATEMENT WOULD BE MADE TO THE EFFECT THAT TO SELL MR. MCMANUS THE LAND - AND IF A BUILDING IS ERECTED AS PROPOSED - WOULD NECESSITATE THE RELOCATION OF THE SEWER INTERCEPTOR. UNTIL IT IS RESOLVED, THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CONTROL OF THE LAND. THE BOARD SIGNED THE FOLLOWING: BILLROLL DATED MARCH S, 1987 REPORTS OF LAYING OUT AND LAYOUT PLANS OF FRANK D. TANNER DRIVE AND FRANKLIN STREET WIDENING MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:45 P.M. RES/P�.�'/ECTFULLY SU BMITTED, SECRETARY C� i 1 MARCH TOWN MEETING 1967 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS. TOWN OF READING REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THE LAYING OUT OF FRANK D. TANNER DRIVE THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE TOWN OF READING HAVING DETERMINED AND ADJUDGED THAT COMMON CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY REQUIRE THE LAYING OUT OF A TOWN WAY UNDER THE PRO- VISIONS OF LAW AUTHORIZING THE ASSESSMENT OF BETTERMENTS, SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE LOCATION HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, HAVING COMPLIED WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS OF LAW RELATING TO NOTICE TO THE OWNERS OF LAND THEREOF AND OF A HEARING THEREON, AND HAVING MET AT THE TIME AND PLACE APPOINTED FOR SUCH HEARING AND THEN AND THERE HEARD ALL PERSONS PRESENT WHO DESIRED TO BE HEARD, HAVE LAID OUT AS A TOWN WAY FOR THE USE OF THE TOWN RUNNING EASTERLY AND SOUTHEASTERLY FROM A PUBLIC WAY KNOWN AS HANCOCK STREET, SUBSTANTIALLY AS AND IN THE LOCA- TION OF A PRIVATE WAY KNOWN AS FRANK B. TANNER DRIVE. THE BOUNDARIES AND MEASUREMENTS OF SAID WAY AS SO LAID OUT ARE AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EASTERLY SIDE LINE OF HANCOCK STREET, SAID POINT BEING N.20-21 '-30 "W. , A DISTANCE OF 28.51 FEET FROM A STONE BOUND AT KING STREET; THENCE N. 72O-52'-49 "E. , A DISTANCE OF 85. 06 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; THENCE BY A CURVED LINE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 70. 00 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 92.45 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE BY A CURVED LINE STILL TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 10. 00 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 8. 30 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE S. 540-04' -43"W. , A DISTANCE OF 16.03 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE 5.310-10' -32"E. , A DISTANCE OF 84. 81 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE N. 530-54 '-10"E. , A DISTANCE OF 20. 31 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; THENCE BY A CURVED LINE TO THE RIGHT,HAVING A RADIUS OF 10. 00 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 17. 03 FEET TO A POINT; J THENCE 5. 280-311-02"E. , A DISTANCE OF 23. 67 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE N. 620-03 ' -40"E. , A DISTANCE OF 72. 37 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE N. 270-561-20"W. , A DISTANCE OF 41. 20 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE BY A CURVED LINE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 59. 76 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 18. 64 FEET TO A POINT OF REVERSE CURVATURE; THENCE BY A CURVED LINE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 60.00 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 95. 30 FEET TO A POINT OF REVERSE CURVATURE; THENCE BY A CURVED LINE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 57. 00 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 45. 76 FEET TO A POINT OF REVERSE CURVATURE; THENCE BY A CURVED LINE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 93. 93 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 66. 81 FEET TO A POINT OF REVERSE CURVATURE; THENCE BY A CURVED LINE TO THE RIGHT,HAVING A RADIUS OF 10. 00 FEET; A DISTANCE OF 17. 83 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE N. 17O-58 ' -30"W. , A DISTANCE OF 14.07 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE 5. 730-15 ' -07"W. , A DISTANCE OF 63. 73 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE 5. 230-07 '-27"E. , A DISTANCE OF 23.57 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE 5. 710-08 ' -06"W. , A DISTANCE OF 18. 43 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE 5. 280-21 -30 "E. , A DISTANCE OF 22. 88 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THIS DESCRIPTION. THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LINES BEING MORE FULLY DE- SCRIBED ON A PLAN ENTITLED "STREET ACCEPTANCE PLAN, FRANK D. TANNER DRIVE, " DATED JANUARY 1967, PHILIP WELCH, SUPERINTENDENT, SAID PLAN BEING A PART OF THIS DESCRIPTION. WE DETERMINE THAT NO DAMAGES WILL BE SUSTAINED BY ANY PERSON OR PERSONS IN THEIR PROPERTY BY REASON OF THE TAKING TO BE MADE FOR THIS IMPROVEMENT. BETTERMENTS ARE NOT TO BE ASSESSED THEREFOR. THIS LAYING OUT SO MADE BY US WE HEREBY REPORT TO THE TOWN FOR ACCEPTANCE AND RECOMMEND THAT SAID WAY SHALL THEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS A PUBLIC WAY AND NAMED I FRANK D. TANNER DRIVE, AND THAT THE SUN OF FIFTY ($50. 00) DOLLARS BE TRANSFERRED FROM SURPLUS REVENUE AND APPRO- PRIATED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SAID WAY. y CHAIRMAN SECRETARY J iI Annual Town Meeting March 1967 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, as . Town of Reading REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THE RELOCATION OR ALTERATION OF A SECTION OF FRANKLIN STREET The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading, having determined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require that the public highways be laid out, relocated or altered as and in the locations hereinafter described, having complied with all re- quirements of law relating to notice to owners of land thereof, and of a Hearing thereon, and having met at the time and place appointed for such Hearing,' and then and there heard all persons present who desired to be heard, have laid out, relocated or altered as public highway, for the use of the Town, a section of Franklin Street. The boundaries and measurements of said public highway, as so laid out, relocated or altered are as follows : Beginning at a point on the Northeasterly side of Franklin Street, said point being at the division property line of lands of Amy E. and Bernice A. Batchelder and lands of the Inhabitants of the Town of Reading; Thence N.20'-331 -50"E. , a distance of 13.00 feet to s point; Thence S.580-04' -13"E. , a distance of 58.50 feet to a point; Thence by a curved line to theright having a radius of 1,481.23 feet, a distance of 410.46 feet to a point; Thence S .240-241 -00"W. , a distance of 10.53 feet to a point; I Thence N.470-161 -40"W. , a distance of 151.62 feet to a point; Thence N. 530-211 -55"W. , a distance of 314. 67 feet to the point of beginning of this description. The approximate area taken is 8,258 square feet more or less. The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan entitled "Relocation and Alteration of a Portion of the North- erly Side Line of Franklin Street", dated January 1967, said Plan being a part of this description. We determine that no damages will be sustained by any person or persons in their property by reason of this improvement. This laying out, relocation or alteration so made by us, we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that when this report is accepted and adopted by the Town, that said public highway shall thereafter be laid out, relocated or altered in accordance with said Plan. No betterments are,,,to be assessed fob' this improvement. CL� rvrct jG'`. hairman / ^-• Secretary 01, Members o Board of Puic Works Town of Reading