HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-05-06 Board of Public Works Minutes MAY 6, 1968
' PIEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT
7:30 P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING .
PRESENT WERE CHAIRMAN HODGKINS, SECRETARY
FLORENCE, BOARD MEMBERS COCHRANE AND WHITE, AND ACTING
SUPERINTENDENT WATSON.
MR. HODGKINS ENTERTAINED A MOTION TO APPOINT
WILLIAM H. WATT AS SUCCESSOR TO EDWARD C. WRIGHT. MR.
COCHRANE MOVED THAT WILLIAM H. WATT BE APPOINTED A MEMBER
OF THE BOARD TO FILL THE VACANCY CREATED BY THE RESIGNA-
TION OF EDWARD C. WRIGHT WHOSE TERM EXPIRES IN 1970, HR.
' FLORENCE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY. PIR. WATT
WAS DULY SWORN IN AND JOINED THE MEETING.
PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT 7:45 P.M. IN ROOM 16
REGARDING A PETITION OF THE NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE & TELE-
GRAPH COMPANY AND TOWN OF READING MUNICIPAL LIGHT COMPANY
OF A JOINT POLE LOCATION:
ELM STREET: NORTH SIDE, APPROXIMATELY ONE HUN-
DRED THIRTY (130) FEET WESTERLY OF
POLE 20/3 REMOVE ONE (1) POLE.
ALSO, NORTH SIDE, APPROXIMATELY ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE (125) FEET
WESTERLY OF POLE 2013, PLACE ONE
(1) POLE.
THREE PERSONS ATTENDED THE HEARING . FRANK GRAUPNER
REPRE-SENTED THE READING PIUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT. THE MESSRS.
ZARELLA, ABUTTORS, VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE RELOCATION. ,
PIR. COCHRANE MOVED, PIR. FLORENCE SECONDED AND
IT WAS VOTED TO APPROVE THE PETITION.
IT WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED TO GO INTO
E%ECUTIVE SESSION WITH TOWN COUNSEL TO DISCUSS CONDITIONS
IN THE BRADFORD-FIELDING ROAD AREA.
THE MEETING CONTINUED IN OPEN SESSION.
THE BOARD DISCUSSED REQUEST FROM ERIC SAHLBERG,
TRUSTEE, VICTORIAN TRUST, FOR PERMISSION TO CONNECT LOTS
Z, 3 AND Jr SUNNYSIDE AVENUE TO THE PUBLIC STORM DRAIN IN
SUNNYSIDE AVENUE. MR. SAHLBERG HAD SIGNED RELEASE FROM
DAMAGES. MR. WHITE WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THE LOTS '
SHOULD BE TIED INTO THE SANITARY SEWER BEFORE THE DRAINS
ARE CONNECTED.
MR. FLORENCE MOVED, MR. WHITE SECONDED AND IT
WAS VOTED THAT PERMISSION BE GRANTED TO MR. SAHLBERG TO
MAKE THE CONNECTIONS TO THE PUBLIC STORM DRAIN ACCORDING
TO TOWN SPECIFICATIONS.
MR. WATSON REPORTED TO THE BOARD ON HIS CONFER-
ENCE WITH W. S. EHRENZELLER AND GEORGE E. FICKETT OF THE
AMERICAN DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ON FRIDAY,
MAY 3. ACCORDING TO THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT, THE REPORT
WAS MORE OR LESS LENGTHY AND EVIDENTLY NEEDED EDITING. '
MR. EHRENZELLER TOOK THE REPORT BACK TO WHITMAN WHERE IT
' WILL BE CONDENSED TO PAGE SIZE AND BE IN THE HANDS OF THE
DEPARTMENT BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. AFTER SUPERINTENDENT
WELCH HAS EXAMINED THE REPORT, A SPECIAL MEETING WILL BE
SCHEDULED WITH THE BOARD AND THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM AMER-
ICAN DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT. ACCORDING TO N.R. WATSON, NO
MENTION WAS MADE OF THE BROCKTON STUDY.
READ LETTER FROM J. D 'AMIco INC. TO CHARLES B.
PEASE, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR-CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROGRAM,
REGARDING INCORRECT CERTIFICATION ON THE PAYROLL FORM. THE
LETTER WAS ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF INFORMATION.
THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE SUMMER MEETING SCHEDULE.
' H.B. FLORENCE MOVED, MR. WHITE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED
THAT THE SUMMER MEET]NGS WILL BE SCHEDULED BY THE CHAIRMAN.
PIR. HODGKINS PLANS ON SCHEDULING TWO MEETINGS IN JUNE AND
THE REST AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR.
MR. HODGKINS APPOINTED WILLIAM H. WATT REPRESENTA-
TIVE ON THE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 1968
TO FILL THE VACANCY CREATED BY MR. WRIGHT 'S RESIGNATION.
THE BOARD SIGNED THE FOLLOWING :
BILLROLL DATED MAY 3
PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 27 THROUGH MAY 3
COMMITMENT SHEETS - HOUSE CONNECTIONS - VARIOUS
LOCATIONS,
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:50 P.ff.
' RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
SECRETARY
TOWN OF READING OFFICE OF GEORGE L. HODGKINS. CHAIRMAN
DONALD E. FLORENCE. aKCA.1—n
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS GEORGE W. COCHRANE, Go
NATHAN C. WHITE
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
READING. MASS. 01867 PHILIP WELCH. aCPII—TCNOENT
MASSACHUSETTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
The undersigned, Board of Public works of the
Town of Reading, in compliance with the provisions of
General Laws, Chapter BO, as amended by Chapter 63 of the
Acts of 1933, hereby certify that the list herewith contains
the names of persons a; ainst 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-
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mint assessment.
And such list Is certified to you for the purpose
of committing the same to the Tax Collector, as provided by
law.
WITNESS our hands this sixth day of Hey, A,D., 1968.
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See Commitment Sheet
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