HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-11-25 Board of Public Works Minutes NOVEMBER 25, 1968
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT
7:30 P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WERE SECRETARY FLORENCE, BOARD MEMBERS
WATT AND WHITE AND ACTING SUPERINTENDENT E. R. LOUANIS.
IN THE ABSENCE OF MR. HODGKINS, Na. FLORENCE ACTED AS
CHAIRMAN AND MR. WATT AS SECRETARY.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT 7:45 P.M. REGARDING
TAKING OF AN EASEMENT THROUGH PRIVATE PROPERTY WESTERLY OF
MAIN STREET FOR DRAINAGE PURPOSES.
RONALD H. ERICKSON, REAL ESTATE REPRESENTATIVE
OF FRIENDLY ICE CREAM CORPORATION, AND CLARENCE H. AND
NORMA E. CARDINER ATTENDED THE HEARING AND VOTED IN FAVOR
OF THE EASEMENT.
MR. WHITE MOVED THAT THE BOARD SIGN THE ORDER
OF TAKING, MR. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED. THE BOARD
SIGNED THE ORDER OF TAKING.
A. COCHRANE JOINED THE MEETING .
READ LETTER FROM RALPH SARNI, OWNER OF APARTMENT
HOUSE BUILDING LOCATED AT 25-27 MINOT STREET BORDERING ON
PARK AVENUE, WHICH REVIEWED THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM HE HAS HAD
DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS. ACCORDING TO MR. SARNI, THE
WATER DRAINS DOWN MINOT STREET, TURNS INTO PARK AVENUE AND
EMPTIES INTO HIS PARKING AREA AND LAWN BEHIND THE BUILD-
ING. MR. SARNI REQUESTED THAT THE TOWN INSTALL A DRAIN
AT THE CORNER OF NINOT STREET AND PARK AVENUE IN ORDER
TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM. IN THE OPINION OF MR. LOUANIS,
THERE IS SUFFICIENT DRAINAGE IN NINOT STREET BUT A BITOX-
INOUS CONCRETE DRIVEWAY APRON COULD BE INSTALLED WHICH
WOULD PREVENT WATER FROM DISCHARGING ONTO PARK AVENUE BUT
WOULD NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM COMPLETELY.
X.R. WATT MOVED THAT THE TOWN INSTALL THE BITUXI-
NOUS CONCRETE APRON, MR. WHITE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED.
THE BOARD REVIEWED BIDS RECEIVED NOVEMBER 21 ON
A REEL-TYPE RIDING MOWER AS FOLLOWS:
STEPHEN BERECZ CO. ,INC. NATIONAL NET $1, 360. 00
SAWTELLE BROS. ,INC. JACOBSEN NET 1, 395. 00
THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE FEATURES OF THE TWO MACHINES.
NR. WHITE MOVED THAT IF THE NATIONAL MEETS THE
SPECIFICATIONS, IT BE PURCHASED FROM STEPHEN BERECZ CO. ,
INC. AT THE BID PRICE OF $1, 360. 00, NR. COCHRANE SECONDED
AND IT WAS VOTED.
THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 8:07 P.M. TO
MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY.
THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 8:25 P.N.
READ NOTE FROM THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT ON THE
PROPOSED CONNECTION TO THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT Go.... -
SION WHICH OUTLINED FORMER RECOMMENDATIONS BY CONSULTING
ENGINEERS THAT THE TOWN OF READING MAKE APPLICATION TO CON-
NECT TO THE SYSTEM. MR. LOUANIS ALSO LISTED THE VARIOUS
PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE PLAGUED THE SUPPLY IN RECENT YEARS.
THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT STATED THAT THE METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT COMMISSION IS PLANNING A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO BE-
GIN EARLY IN JANUARY 1969 WITH THE TOWNS OF READING, WAKE-
FIELD, STONEHAM AND WOBURN BEING CONSIDERED AS POSSIBLE
PARTICIPANTS AND SHARING COSTS OF THE CONNECTION. THERE
IS A POSSIBILITY THAT FEDERAL FUNDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE
WHICH WOULD REDUCE THE COSTS.
THE BOARD DISCUSSED IN DETAIL THE VARIOUS COSTS
ENTAILED IN CONNECTING TO THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COM-
MISSION. MR. COCHRANE MOVED THAT AN ARTICLE BE INSERTED
IN THE WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING AUTHORIZING THE
FILING OF AN APPLICATION TO CONNECT TO THE METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT COMMISSION, TO BE WITHDRAWN IF NECESSARY; MR.
WHITE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED.
READ LETTER FROM DETROIT STOKER COMPANY CONFIRM-
ZNG MEETING WITH THE BOARD ON DECEMBER 3 AT 7:45 P.M. TO
DISCUSS THEIR PRODUCT. CONFERENCE WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR
8:45 P.M. WITH JOHN P. LEGNOS ASSOCIATES.
j THE BOARD AND MESSRS. FORTIN AND NORDSTRAND DIS-
CUSSED THE PROPOSED 1969 BUDGET - PAGES 16 THROUGH 26.
THE BOARD SIGNED THE BILLROLL DATED NOYENBER 22.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:45 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
SECRETARY