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e ' r ►C SELFCTMEN' S MEETING May 7, 1962 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, May 7, 1962, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Adams , Messrs. Richards, Cole, Brown and Burnell were pre- sent. Mr. Staples, Executive Assistant, and Miss Murray, Executive Clerk, were also present. Hearing was declared open upon application ;of the Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc . for permission to store gasoline and other fluids on premises lo- cated at 269-277 Bedford Street . Notice of the hearing was mailed to the peti- tioner and owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list and also advertised in the April 26, 1962 issue of the LexingtonMinute-man. The application was approved by Bernard J. Belcastro, Chief Engineer of the Gasoline Lexington Fire Department . hearing Mr. William C. Anderson, representing the peti- tioner, Mr. Louis T. Nash, 1 Deer Road, and Mr. Harold S. Franklin, owner of record, 1 Dee Road, were present at the hearing . Mr. Anderson explained that his company proposes to increase the below storage of 10,000 gallons of gaso- line to 12,000 gallons; 500 waste oil and 500 fuel oil, bringing the total to 13,000 . They propose to increase the above storage of 250 gallons antifreeze to 300 gallons ; 500 gallons of motor oil to 600; 80 gallons hydramatic oil; 200 gallons gear oil & grease; 60 gallons brake fluid and 40 gallons gasoline in tanks of two cars, bringing the total to 1,280 gallons. The Chairman asked if the two cars would be company cars or employees' cars and Mr. Anderson replied that they may be cars parked in the lubritorium at night . The Chairman asked if the company installed an addi- tional tank and Mr. Anderson reraied in the affirmative. Mr. Nash, 1 Dee Road, said his property is next to the station. He and Mr. Franklin, the owner of record, approve providing the increase in storage is not made until the new building is in operation . He said they do not want to see storage increased in the present building. Mr. Anderson explained that there is no doubt but that the company will go through with the proposed new station building to replace the existing service station