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June 18, 1962
Regular meeting of the Board of Public Works opened
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at 7:30 P.M. in Room 16, Municipal Building.
Present were Chairman Hodson, Board Members Brown,
Florence and Kenney, and Superintendent Welch.
Minutes of the June 4 and June 11 meetings read and
approved.
Read note from Edward J. Resnik, 419 Grove Street,
containing offer of $200.00 for piece of land with a 15-foot
frontage easterly of his residence, now owned by the Water De-
partment. It was suggested that if the Board should agree to
recommend sale to the Town Meeting, it be stipulated that the
title could not be transferred from Mr. Resnik to any other
party for a period of ten years. Mr. Brown moved, Mr. Kenney
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seconded and it was voted to postpone action for a week when a
full Board will be present.
Hearing was held at 8:00 P.M. for the purpose of tak-
ing an Easement for water service through private property,
easterly of Haverhill Street. Eugene S. Blanchard, owner of
three lots at 379 Haverhill Street, had requested previously
that Lots 1 and 3 be serviced from an easement through Lots 2
and 3. The request was approved by the Board on April 23, 1962.
Present at the meeting were William R. Grace and James R.Boucher
who had signed a quitclaim deed giving the right, privilege and
easement to the Town of Reading to service Lots 1 and 3.
j Mr. Kenney moved the easement be taken for public util-
ity purposes; Mr. Florence seconded and the motion carried.
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The Board signed Order of Taking for the above ease-
ment. (Refer to Plan 500-S-107)
The Board signed the following: -
Sidewalk Assessment - Middlesex Avenue - Bituminous Concrete
^ " - Middlesex Avenue - Cape Cod Avenue -
Granolithic
Payroll and Billroll for the period June 10 through June
16, 1962
Read note from the Superintendent requesting permission
to take the following vacation periods: -
June 23 through July 4
August 4 through August 19
Mr. Brown moved permission be granted; Mr. Kenney
seconded and it was voted.
Read note from Mr. Welch regarding Water Treatment Plant
usage. A discussion followed. It was moved, seconded and voted
to accept the data as a point of information.
The Board met with Donald' L. Cummings of Metcalf & Eddy
who presented incinerator pictures on slides. The pictures in-
cluded views of incinerators in Boston, West Hartford, Conn. ,
Halifax, N. S. , Brookline, Lawrence, White Plains, N.Y. ,Woonsocket,
R.I. , and Marblehead. Mr. Cummings described in each case the
size, kind and number of furnaces; also tonnage of waste burned
each day. A discussion ensued on composting plants. Mr. Cummings
answered technical questions.
Meeting adjourned at 9:15 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary