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t SELECTMEN'S MEETING) June 27, 1988 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, June 27, 1988, in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, at 7 :30 p.m. Chairman Smith, Mr. Marshall, Mr, Eddison, Mr. Dailey, Mr. McSweeney; Mr. White, Town Manager; Mr, Cohen, Town Counsel; Mrs, Snow, Executive Clerk, were present. PUBLIC HEARING, N.E. TELEPHONE, YORK /GRANT STREET Mrs. Smith opened a public hearing on the petition, plan and orders of the New England Telephone Company requesting a grant of location to install conduit on Grant and York Street. Gary Savignano, representing the Telephone Company, explained the need for the work to service a new SAC terminal pad on private property on Grant and York Streets to update the company's cable plant in the area . Mr. Marshall referred to the opposition of owners of property on which the terminals have been installed in the past and pointed out that the Telephone Company had been requested to supply a town -wide plan of future SAC terminal installations and information on landscaping. Mr. Savignano assured the Board that the terminal would be well landscaped but said that the terminals are installed when the need arises making it difficult to provide a plan for the future. Joseph Bumaca, 29 Saddle Brook Road was present and questioned Mr. Savignano about features of the plan. There being no other comments or questions, Mrs. Smith declared the hearing closed. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the petition, plan and orders of New England Telephone Company to obtain a grant of location to install approximately 55 feet of conduit on the easterly side of Grant Street starting at existing pole 29 going westerly to pole 128A, thence going in a north westerly direction to place approximately 45 feet of conduit on York Street in grass plot area to private property. The vote was subject to the provision of appropriate landscaping of the SAC terminal. Mr. Savignano was reminded that the town -wide plan for future SAC terminal installations must be submitted by the Telephone Company before the next such request. PUBLIC HEARING, BOSTON EDISON, MILITIA DRIVE Mrs. Smith opened a public hearing on the petition of the Boston Edison Company for permission to install conduit and a fiber glass pad in Militia Drive and conduit in Worthen Road. Edward Chisholm, representing the Edison Company, explained the need for the work to upgrade operating conditions. There being no further questions or comments on the petition, the Chairman declared the hearing closed. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the petition, plan and orders of the Boston Edison Company for grant of location for installations as follows: Militia Drive - at and westerly from Worthen Road, a distance of about 243 feet of conduit and one fiber glass pad