HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-01-22 Board of Public Works Minutes JANUARY 22, 1968
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT
7:30 P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WERE CHAIRMAN HODGKINS, SECRETARY WRIGHT,
BOARD MEMBERS COCHRANE, FLORENCE AND KENNEY AND ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENT WATSON.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
THE BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSSED PLOWING PROBLEMS WITH
THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. THE BOARD MET WITH THE SE-
LECTMEN IN THE LATTER tS OFFICE AND MADE PUBLIC STATEMENT IN
REPLY TO COMPLAINTS WHICH HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE TWO
BOARDS WITH REFERENCE TO THE PLOWING OF STREETS AND SIDE-
WALKS.
THE BOARD JOURNEYED TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, 52
SANBORN STREET WHERE PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD IN THE AUDI-
TORIUM AT 8:07 P.M. ON THE LAYING OUT AS PUBLIC WAYS UNDER
THE BETTERMENT ACT OF THE FOLLOWING :
LAKEVIEW (PRIVATE) ROAD WHICH RUNS NORTHEASTERLY
FROM SALEM STREET, A DISTANCE OF 800 FEET MORE OR
LESS TO A DEAD END
SUNNYSIDE (PRIVATE) ROAD WHICH RUNS NORTHEASTERLY
FROM SALEM STREET, A DISTANCE OF 695 FEET MORE OR
LESS TO A DEAD END
HARVEST (PRIVATE) ROAD WHICH RUNS SOUTHEASTERLY
FROM TORRE STREET TO TRACK ROAD, A DISTANCE OF 190
FEET MORE OR LESS
TRACK (PRIVATE) ROAD THE WESTERLY PORTION WHICH
RUNS SOUTHERLY FROM HARVEST ROAD TO LINE ROAD AT
THE READING-WAKEFIELD TOWN LINE, A DISTANCE OF
700 FEET MORE OR LESS
SHACKFORD (PRIVATE) ROAD WHICH RUNS FROM THE AC-
CEPTED PORTION OF SHACKFORD ROAD SOUTHERLY TO
CROSS STREET, A DISTANCE OF 346 FEET MORE OR LESS.
FIFTY-FOUR PERSONS ATTENDED THE HEARING.
CHAIRMAN HODGKINS EXPLAINED THE USE OF THE HAND-
OUT SHEETS WHICH WERE PROVIDED TO ALL AS THEY ENTERED THE
AUDITORIUM. A GENERAL DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AND ALL QUES-
TIONS DIRECTED TO THE ROARD MEMBERS FROM THE FLOOR WERE
ANSWERED.
MR. HODGKINS ANNOUNCED THAT ENGINEERING WORKING
PLANS WERE DISPLAYED ON TABLES IN THE FRONT OF THE AUDI-
TORIUM AND THAT BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING PER-
SONNEL WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER SPECIFIC TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS.
THE ABUTTORS VOTED AS FOLLOWS:
HON-
PRESENT IN FAVOR OPPOSED COMMITTAL
SHACKFORD ROAD Jr 1 3 1
LAKEVIEW ROAD 15 14 0 1
SUNNYSIDE ROAD 6 6 0 0
TRACK ROAD AND 9 9 0 0
HARVEST ROAD
THE PEOPLE PRESENT AT THE STREET ACCEPTANCE HEAR-
ING EXPRESSED THEIR DESIRE FOR SEWER AS FOLLOWS:
LAKEVIEW ROAD ZZ
SUNNYSIDE ROAD 3
TRACK ROAD AND 9
HARVEST ROAD
AFTER THE HEARING WAS CONCLUDED BY THE CHAIRMAN
AT 9:00 P.M. , ROBERT M. GRAHAM, 72 CROSS STREET, PROTESTED -
THE HEARING ON SHACKFORD ROAD, CLAIMING THAT HE HAD NOT
BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
THE BOARD DENIED THIS WAS TRUE AND EXPLAINED THE
OPERATION OF THE MEETING.
THE BOARD RECONVENED IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILD-
ING.
READ ROUTINE LETTERS FROM FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL ADMINISTRATION ON THE INTERCEPTOR SEWER. THEY WERE
ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF INFORMATION.
THE BOARD DISCUSSED BRIEFLY THE BUDGET FOR 1968.
THE BOARD SIGNED PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY
13 THROUGH JANUARY 19 AND BILLROLL DATED JANUARY 19.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:45 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBNITTED,
SECRETARY