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i SELECTMEN'S MEETING July 26, 19 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in Estabrook Mall, Cary Memorial Building, can Monday, .July 26, 1982 at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Bursa, Mrs. Batti , Mr, Crain, lair# Politi, Mr. Sacco; Mr. Hutch- inson, Town Manager; Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel and Kiss Casey, Executive lerk were present. The Chairman opened the hearing on the petition of the Sun Oil Com- pany for permission to remove three existing 4,000 gallon underground gasoline storage tanks and replace with three 6,000 gallon underground gasoline storage tanks on the premises at 301 Massachusetts Avenue at Fouler Avenue. This would be an increase of 6,000 gallons of storage, The Chairman read .the report of the Fire Chief recommending ap- proval of the request with the stipulation that the Company comply with all applicable regulations -contained in CRM 527 and the site be inspected by the Fire Department prior to tanks being covered, M . Richard Bun el.l, Area Real Estate Manager, Boston Division, represented the Sun Gil Company. Mr. Bunnell explained that the present tanks are old and subject to a risk of leakage and will be fib.ergla. s covered. He explained that by increasing the storage capacity, it will reduce the number of deliveries necessary and there would be less truck- ing into the station.. Existing tanks will be removed under the super- vision of the.Fire Chidf under State regulations. The tanks will not be relocated, but will go into the area of the. old tanks after their re- moval. No one spoke in favor or in opposition and the Chairman declared the hearing closed. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant permission to the Sun Oil Company to remove three existing 4,000 gallon underground gasoline storage tanks on the premises at 301 Massachusetts Avenue and F ttler Avenue and install three 6,000 gallon underground gasoline stor- age tanks. Mr. Bun-ell thanked the Board' and retired from the meeting. Mr. Harry. Meehan, District Manager of the Boston Edison Company met with the Board to introduce himself as he is new in the area and to ex- tend his services to the Town Officials. After questions from the Manager and the Board relative to the high cost of street lighting, which has been in excess of $300,000 annually, Mr. Meehan stated that the Company is exploring a variety of innovations" that will eventually pay off for cities and town. Mr. .Meehan is to arrange for a Boston Edison official to contact Mr. Hutchinson soon regarding the problem and will take into consideration. sir. Busa's suggestion that the fuel adjustment charge should be less for street lighting because the en- ergy use is on off-peak hours.. The Chairman thanked Mr. Meehan for appearing before the Board and he retired from the meeting. Sinn Gil Co. Gasoline Storage Lic, Boston Edison Dist Mgr.