HomeMy WebLinkAbout1962-10-01 Board of Public Works Minutes 105
October 1, 1962
LRegular meeting of the Board of Public Works opened at
7:30 P.M. in Room 16, Municipal Building.
Present were Chairman Hodson, Secretary Watt, Board
Members Brown, Florence and Kenney and Superintendent Welch.
Minutes of the previous meeting read and approved.
Public hearing was held at 7:45 P.M. regarding the pro-
posed location of one New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
and Reading Municipal Light Department jointly-owned pole (steel
stub for guying ) on Summer Avenue easterly side, approximately
125 feet northerly from Fairview Avenue.
Robert Dunn, representing the New England Telephone &
Telegraph Company and Joseph F. Cavazzani, 294 Summer Avenue at-
( tended the meeting.
p` It was moved, seconded and voted to approve the request
as outlined above.
Read petition signed by 14 abuttors requesting installa-
tion of a Bituminous Concrete sidewalk on the southerly side of
Temple Street from #22 to #66 inclusive. The suggestion was made
that if a hearing is held, sloped curbing should be included with
the sidewalk. Mr. Kenney moved, Mr. Brown seconded and it was
voted to hold a hearing on the installation of sidewalks and
sloped curbing on the southerly side of Temple Street from #22 to
#66 inclusive.
Read letter from Ray Fregeau, President, Reading Cham-
bar of Commerce requesting permission to close Sanborn Street
from Lowell to Woburn Street to traffic 10:30 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. ,
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Friday, October 19, and between 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. , Saturday,
October 20; and use of the Common for a display on Driver Safety
the week of October 15-20. The Chamber, in conjunction with the
Registry of Motor Vehicles, is sponsoring Drivers ' Safety Leek.
Mr. Brown moved the request be granted subject to clean-
up of. the respective areas, Mr. Florence seconded and it was voted.
Hearing was held at 8:00 P.M. regarding the proposed ex-
tension of gas main, as requested by the Mystic Valley Gas Company
in the following location:
MELBOURNE AVENUE - Easterly from Summer Avenue, a distance
of 875.00 feet more or less.
Louis Stockwell, representing the Mystic Valley Gas Company, at-
tended the meeting. Mr. Brown moved, Mr. Florence seconded and it
was voted to grant permission to the Gas Company to extend the gas
main.
The Board adjourned temporarily at 8:15 P.M. to meet as
the Board of Survey.
The Board reconvened at 8:25 P.M.
The Board discussed in detail the Reading Dump and incin-
eration. Mr. Florence reported on his conference with Mr. Callahan
of Stoneham in regard to that Town using Reading Dump on a rental
basis. Mr. Florence indicated to the Board the kind" and amount of
rubbish to be delivered to the Reading Dump in the event permission
is granted to the Town of Stoneham to use the dump. Mr. Callahan
also confirmed interest in a joint venture in incineration.
The Board held a discourse on the type of rubbish which
should be excluded from the Dump, such as tree stumps, furniture,
debris from demolition of buildings, etc . ; also possible areas for
the dumping of such materials.
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Mr. Florence moved Mr. Callahan of the Town of Stoneham
Lbe notified that the Board of Public Works is including in its
1963 budget a request for an appropriation to make a study to de-
termine size and location of an incinerator for the Town of Read-
ing; it was seconded and the motion carried.
Mr. Florence also stated that he had conferred with
officials of Goodall-Sanford who reported a definite interest in
a Town-owned incinerator. The firm is in the process of compiling
statistics on the type of material and the amount of rubbish to be
burned on a monthly basis.
Mr. Watt moved as long as Reading uses sanitary fill,
that no outside communities be allowed to deposit rubbish in the
F Town Dump;. Mr. Kenney seconded and it was voted. Mr. Callahan
[` will be so notified.
It was recommended that a one-page "Duty Spec" be pre-
pared which will aid the Board in arriving at a figure to be
presented to the Town Meeting for a study on incineration. Mr.
Florence recommended that visits be made to the Winchester and
Marblehead incinerators in the near future to ascertain if either
design would meet the requirements of the Town of Reading.
Signed Payroll and Billroll for the period September 23
through September 30, 1962.
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary