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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-03-20 Board of Public Works Minutes March 20, 1978 Meeting of the Board of Public Works convened in Room 16, Municipal Building at 7:30 P. M. Present were Chairman Dustin, Secretary Price, Board .Members Blood, Russell and Cowell , Superintendent; Louanis, Assistant En— gineer William Redford and Finance Committee Member Jose Canto. Also present were two students from Parker Junior High, Stephanie Karandanis and Gina D'Alessandro. It was moved, seconded and voted to accept the minutes of the meeting of March 13th as .written. The Board reviewed the Articles to be submitted at the Annual Town Meeting in May. Following a lengthy discussion it was moved, seconded and voted to delete the Article relative to entering into an agreement with a disposal facility for solid waste to be estab— lished outside the Town and to approve all other Articles (copies attached) for presentation at Town Meeting. Attorney Theodore Cohen of Town Counsel 's Office joined the members of the Board and at the request of Superintendent Louanis reviewed the Contract the Board has with Weston and Sampson, Inc. for Inspection and Engineering Services re the Interceptor Sewer on Willow Street. Mr. Cohen stated it is indeed an open end con— tract and as he read it Weston and Sampson, Inc. are within their rights to come back and request additional funds. He suggested that if the Board was to renegotiate the contract for inspection and engineering services with Weston and Sampson, Inc. that the section of the contract allowing for additional compensation should be deleted from such future agreement. The Board met with Mr. Bastolla, owner of a doughnut shop on Haven Street who is anxious to obtain permission from the Board for a curb cut in order that he may gain entrance to his property from Haven Street. He presented a plan indicating the proposed driveway and 4 parking spaces and stated that there was additional space that could be utilized for parking and still allow room to turn around at the rear of the property enabling vehicles to drive out onto Haven Street. . .Follpwing .e ,di5CU55ion Mr. Russell moved that Mr. Bastolla be allowed to construct a driveway in accordance with the proposed plan subject to the requirement that proper drain— age be provided. An amendment was offered that the structural , strength of the Municipal Light underground vault for cable be checked. Mr. Russell accepted the amendment and it was seconded. It was pointed out to Mr. Bastolla that at the present time he did have access to his property through a right—of—way through property . owned by the American Legion and the fish market. The vote: 2 in favor — 3 opposed. Mr. David Blake, consultant engineer from the firm of Weston and Sampson, Inc. appeared before the Board to report on the progress of the interceptor and street sewers stating that in spite of the severity of the winter things had gone rather well . Mr. Blake an— ticipates the street sewers will be complete at the end of May. The construction crew working on the interceptor is approaching Willow Street and because of extensive underground utilities and the element of peat, they would like to go 'right down the middle' on Willow Street. Mr. Blake requested that Willow Street be closed off to vehicular traffic, except for residents, for perhaps a month , until the contractor can complete his work. Mr. Blake reviewed Change Orders (copy of each attached) and it was moved, seconded and voted to approve each order. The Board discussed traffic flow, access to Austin Preparatory School and the temporary inconvenience to commuters. The Superintendent agreed to contact an Austin Prepara— tory School representative and apprise him of the situation in order that they may have sufficient time to notify parents, students, transportation companies and other interested parties of the closing of the street. It was moved, seconded and voted to close Willow Street thereby permitting the contractor to proceed with his work unimpeded by traffic. The Board reviewed the park construction program as set forth in the budget and after a short discussion, it was moved, seconded and voted to proceed with the program as outlined by the Superintendent. The bids for Trees and Shrubs were reviewed. Seven companies , bid but only two were able to bid on all items: Bigelow Nurseries. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . $ 2,388.75 Blueview Nurseries. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,559.00 It was moved, seconded and voted to award the contract to Bigelow Nurseries in the amount of $2,388.75. t ' Three bids were received on pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and fertilizer. Bids were received from Baird b McGuire, Inc., Farm Bureau Coop. Assoc. Inc. , and Hartney Spray Corporation. Farm Bureau Cooperative Ass 'n., Inc. was the only one to bid on Dipel in a powder form and was the low bidder. It was moved, seconded and voted to award the contract to Farm Bureau Cooperative Ass 'n. , Inc. i0 thle amount of $1 ,486.65 subject to the Supt. checking the affect of Dipe The Board signed the Pay Roll for the period ending March 17th and the Bill Roll dated March 24th, 1978. It was then moved, seconded and voted to adjourn and meet as the Board of Survey and fo&lowing the Board of Survey meeting to go into Executive Session to discuss labor negotiations not to re— turn to open session. Roll call vote as follows: Mr. Price — in favor Mr. Blood — in favor Mr. Russell — in favor Mr. Cowell — in favor Mr. Dustin — in favor Meeting adjourned at 10:30 P. M. pect��ubmitted, e retary / i i ARTICLE To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen, upon the written request of the Board of Public Works, to convey and/or abandon certain rights and easements as hereinafter described in land located in the City of Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, which rights and easements in land were part of that which were taken by Order of Taking dated September 27, 1976, and that the conveyance and/or abandonment of such rights and easements in land is conditioned upon acquisition by the Board of Selectmen, upon the written request of the Board of Public Works, of rights and easements in other lands owned by the Trustees of Mark-Phillip Trust and the Trustees of Berm Realty Trust in the City of Woburn by a taking in fee or rights of easements therein by eminent domain under Chapter 79 of the General Laws, as amended, and Chapter 622 of the Acts of I 1975, or by purchase, gift or otherwise all for the purposes of constructing, maintaining, repairing, using and doing any other and all acts incidental to the construction of an interceptor sewer in the City of Woburn and the Town of Reading, and to see what the Town will specify as the minimum amount to be paid for such conveyance and/or abandonment, or take any other action with respect thereto. The rights and easements to be conveyed and/or abandoned are described as follows: 1. insert 2. insert ! ARTICLE To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing, or from the tax levy, or transfer from available funds or otherwise and appro— priate for the purpose of making improvements to the water system, including the engineering and construction of small buildings, the installation of pipes, fittings, equipment and related facilities, or what it will do in relation thereto. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS C May 1978 ARTICLE To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing, or from the tax levy, or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate for the construction of sewers, sewerage works and other sewerage facilities to be used in such locations as the Board of Public Works may deem advisable, or take any other action with respect thereto. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS t� t May 1978 i ARTICLE To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing, or from the tax levy, or transfer from available funds or otherwise, and appropriate for the purpose of completion of the construc- tion of a private way known as Colonial Drive Ext., in accord- ance with the terms of a certain performance bond executed by Dana Realty Tr, to the benefit of the Town of Reading on the 29th day of February pursuant to the Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 41 , such funds to be spent by and under the direction of the Board of Public Works or take any other action with respect thereto. OW I} BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS t May 1978 ARTICLE To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing, or from the tax levy, or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate for the purpose of improving, constructing and reconstructing Town Public Ways in accordance with (Chapter 356 of Acts of 1977) , such sums to be spent by and under the direction of the Board of Public Works and in such locations as the Board of Public Works may deem advisable, or take any other action with respect thereto. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS May 1978 4 E ARTICLE To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as Public Ways of the following Private Ways: Bainbridge Road, Chequessett Road, Field Pond Drive, Lisa Lane and Track Road Ext. , under the pro- vision of law authorizing the assessment of betterments such highways being laid out in accordance with plans duly approved by the Board of Survey and filed in the Office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statutory requirements and to see if the Town will vote to accept as Public Ways these Ways laid out by the Board of Public Works as follows: Bainbridge Road, Chequessett Road, Field Pond Drive, Lisa Lane and Track Road Ext. and to see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing, or from the tax levy, or transfer from available funds, or otherwise and appro- priate for the construction of said ways, or take any other action with respect thereto. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS rMay 1978 t r ARTICLE To see whether the Town under and pursuant to authority granted in General Laws Chapter 40D, Section 21 (g), as amended, will authorize the Board of Public Works to enter into a con- tract with the operator of solid waste, disposal facilities to be established in the Town of North Andover for the use of by- products resulting from the operation of such facilities, which contract will : (1 ) Be for a term of twenty years, more or less; (2) Include provisions for the delivery of minimum amounts of refuse, garbage and waste and payments for the use of the facilities to be based thereon; (3) Provide for unit prices that will be graduated and for adjustments thereof and for the use of steam, electricity and other byproducts resulting from the use of the facilities and for credits or payments of the Town resulting therefrom; (4) The use by the Town or other municipalities of the t uncommitted capacity of such facilities; (5) Contain other provisions incidental and related to the foregoing general matters; and (6) Be generally in the form of proposed contract nego- tiated by representatives of the member communities of the Northeast Solid Waste Committee (NESWC) with such changes therein as may be approved by said Board of Public Works or take any other action with respect thereto. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS May 1978