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492 Hunt property, Farmcrest Ave. SELECTMEN'S MEETING May 19, 1936. A regular meeting of the Board of Se 3ectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 7:30 P. M.• Messrs. Ferguson, Potter, Giroux, Clark and Ross were present. The Clerk was also present. Letter was received from the Supt. of Public Works stating that he had interviewed Mr. George V. Hunt of 58 Farmcrest Avenue -relative to the matter of a wall along his property. Mr. Hunt has 'agreed that a sloped embankment would be_acceptable'to him if the Town provided a minimum of eight inches of loam, seeded the slope, excavated along the top of the enbankment and set out plants for a hedge, he to provide the plants. Mr. Raymond said that he failed to mention to Mr. Hunt that a release would be re- quired. Mr. Giroux moved that Mr. Raymond be authorized to settle with Mr. Hunt in accordance with the agree- ment provided the proper release is signed by Hunt. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. The Supt. of Public Works informed the Board that he had received a suggestion from the Town Engineer that Locust Avenue be constructed from its present end to Follen Road as a W. P. A. project. Mr. Cosgrove Locust Ave. had pointed out that there might be a moral obligation for the Town to do this work without the usual better- ment assessments since the land was donated for the the purpose of a highway some eighteen years ago by Mr. Richard G. Tower, now deceased. 1 Letter was received from the Supt. of Public Works stating that Toros Bashian of 2778 Mass. Avenue Wall,Bashian had requested that the Town finish the wall opposite property his property which was started as an E.R.A. project. Mr. Raymond stated that he thought the wall should be finished for the distance of approximately 20 feet and he thought that it would take two or three men only a day to finish it. Mr. Clark moved that the job be finished. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Raymond stated that there were a few boulders Boulders on the slepe of the bank on the Bashian property which might become dislodged in a heavy rain and roll onto the highway. He thought that they should be taken out. Mr. Giroux moved that Mr. Raymond be authorized,to have the boulders removed. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. The Supt. of Public Works informed the Board that he had received a suggestion from the Town Engineer that Locust Avenue be constructed from its present end to Follen Road as a W. P. A. project. Mr. Cosgrove Locust Ave. had pointed out that there might be a moral obligation for the Town to do this work without the usual better- ment assessments since the land was donated for the the purpose of a highway some eighteen years ago by Mr. Richard G. Tower, now deceased. 1