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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-09-24 Board of Public Works Minutes September 24, 1979 ' Meeting of the Board of Public Works opened in Room 16, Muni- cipal Building at 7:30 P. M. Present were Chairman Price, Secretary Cowell , Board Member Wood, Superintendent Louanis, Assistant Superintendent McIntire and Mr. Linscott from the Finance Committee. Minutes of the meeting of September 17th were accepted as written. It was agreed to portpone the following items on the Agenda: Item 7. Review Contract for Water Treatment Plant Design Item 8. Release lots on Eastway and Granger Avenue The Board read letter from Symes Associates, Inc. requesting to be accepted as a licensed drain layer in the Town of Reading, together with a memorandum of recommendation from the Engineering Division. Following a lengthy discussion it was moved, seconded and voted that upon receipt of the proper bond and fee, Symes Associates, Inc. be licensed as a drain layer until and including June 30, 1980 to do work on their own developments and property subject to the restrictions imposed upon all drain layers. At the expiration of the licensed period, June 30, 1980, the Board will review their experience record to determine whether the Board will authorize Symes to be a drain layer for the ensuing year. Meeting adjourned temporarily at 7:45 P.M. and following a meeting of the Board of Survey, during which Mr. DeHart arrived at 8:07 P.M. , the Board of Public Works reconvened at 8: 15 P.M. The Board reviewed and approved letter written by the Super- intendent to the Commissioner of Public Works, 100 Nashua Street, Boston, Ma, requesting funds for the reconstruction of Chapter 90 Roads, Salem Street, Lowell Street, Woburn Street and expressing a desire to turn the Mineral Street Bridge over to the State. The Board met with Patricia Twombly, Nancy Anderson, Harold Hulse and Larry Beaulieu of the Reading Conservation Commission at 8: 15 P.M. to discuss the proposed 50' sewer easement from Collins Avenue through the swamp to the McNeil Associates property line. Superintendent Louanis, in an effort to answer the concerns expressed by Mrs. Anderson and the other members of the Conserva- tion Committee, explained that the Board would like to take a 50' wide easement through the swamp from the end of Collins Avenue to the McNeil property thereby providing a connection for the low-income elderly housing project known as Cedar Glen, and another easement from that point to Sanborn Lane making the sewer available in that area. It would be possible to accomplish the installation of the pipeline without incurring the expense of a sewer pumping station if approval from the Conservation Commission is forthcoming. The Superintendent pointed out if it became necessary to build a sewer pumping station to service the area and a power failure occurred serious problems would be experienced by Cedar Glen and the Town. The Conservation Commission agreed to take the matter under advisement. The Board met with Attorney Kenneth Latham, Arnold Rubin, and Mr. Sweetland of the Atlantic Food Mart. Atty. Latham displayed a plan of the new building and mall area Mr. Rubin is constructing indicating the proposed brick sidewalk within the mall area and expressing a desire to continue the same walk out onto the public sidewalk and construct a ramp for the handicap, adjacent to the existing hydrant. Also planned, is the installation of four con- crete posts connected with heavy black chains to create a colonial illusion and two locust trees to be planted in grates, one inside ' the property line and the other in the public walk way. Mr. Rubin stated the Atlantic Food Mart is willing to assume the responsibil- ity for the maintenance of the brick walk in the public way. Mr. Cowell moved, it was seconded and voted to take the issue under advisement. The Board reviewed report on leasing vehicles as prepared by Mrs. Wood. Mr. Cowell moved to accept the report as a point of in- formation and to instruct the Superintendent to proceed with the purchase of the vehicles from the low bidders, as follows: (Mrs. Wood' s report and bid result summary appended hereto) One ( 1 ) passenger car. . . . . Burlington Dodge, Inc. $ 5, 120.00 One ( 1 ) Van type vehicle. . Smyly Chevrolet, Inc. 6,020.00 Two (2) Pickup trucks. . . . . Smyly. Chevrolet, Inc. 11 ,586.00 Two (2) Dump Trucks. . . .. . . Taylor E Lloyd, Inc. 55,900.00 the total expenditure in the amount of $78,626.00 being within the budget. It was seconded and voted. The Superintendent was directed to write a letter to McCarthy Leasing to be signed by the Chairman advising them of the Board' s action. , The Board reviewed memorandum from Tyler and Reynolds, Town Counsel (copy attached) concerning the $46,416.96 allegedly owes Weston and Sampson Engineers, Inc. Following a lengthy discussion, Mr. Cowell moved, it was seconded and voted to withhold payment until we hear from the State and/or the E. P. A. and to direct the Superintendent to request Town Counsel to write Mr. Pope re- garding the Board' s position in the matter. Read letter from Thomas Southworth, Project Director for McNeil and Associates, Inc. developer of Cedar Glen requesting permission to substitute granite sloped curbing in place of cape cod berm. Mrs. Wood moved, it was seconded and voted to permit the use of sloped granite curb in place of the cape cod berm from Station 0 + 30 to Station 7 + 95. 19 at Cedar Glen Elderly and Low-Income Housing Project. Chairman Price noted that NESWC is holding a seminar on October 11 at the Town Hall in North Andover and suggested Town Counsel attend. Mrs. Wood moved, it was seconded and voted that the Superintendent request Town Counsel attend the seminar. The Board reviewed Memorandum from John W. Agnew, Jr. con- cerning Tax Possession Land and instructed the Superintendent notify the Board of Selectmen of the recommendations of the Board of Public Works. (copy attached) Mr. Price informed the Board he will attend a labor negotia- tions meeting on October 10th with the Board of Selectmen and in- vited anyone interested to accompany him. The Board signed the Pay Roll for the period ending September 21 , 1979 and the Bill Roll dated September 28, 1979. The Board signed Commitment letter for Sewer House Connection in the amount of $932.80 and Sewer Frontage (laterals) in the a- mount of $400.00. Meeting adjourned at 11 :00 P.M. fully submitted Cl4�/ Secreta JOHN W. PRICE, Ch.l . OFFICE OF DOUGLAS A. COWELL. See bt TOWN OF READING DAVID L. T TA DON B. DeHART BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS GAIL F. WOOD E. ROGER LOUANIS, Supe nlen t MUNICIPAL BUILDING .+ READING, MASS. 01887 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 80, as amended by Chapter 63 of the Acts of 1933, hereby certify that the lists herewith con- tain the names of persons against whom we have made better- ment assessments together with the location of the land benefited by the improvement and the nature and amount of such betterment assessment. am Sewer frontage assessment $ 400.00 Sewer House Connections 932.80 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 twenty-fourth day of Septem- ber A. D. 1979. L See Commitment Sheet For List