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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1926-12-14396 REGULAR MENTING, December 140 1926. A regular meeting of the Board of Seleotmen was held at the Selectmen's Office at 7:30 P.M. Messrs, Custance, Burnham, Miles, Ballard, and Robert -son were present. The Supt. of Public Works and the Clerk were also present. Hearing was declared open at 8 P.M. upon the petition of Matilda Richards of Spring Street for permission to install a 500 gallon gasoline tank for private use on her premises. No persons appeared to object, snd'it was voted to grant the permit, Mr. Charles Harrington of 19 Grant Stre*t came before the Board and explained that his sidewalk and lawn are from 120 to 18* lower than the street, and he desired to know whether or not the Town intends to put it in proper condition so that the drainage from the street will not wash away his lawn. He stated that he did not feel that he should pay the betterment tax unless the town did its part. Mr. Custance agreed personally to look into the condition and see what could be done. Bids on the $100,000 temporary loan were received -as follows: Grafton Co. 3e76 Old Colony Trust Co. 3.68 Premium $1450 Atlantic Nat. Bank 3.9`8 Lexington Trust Co. 3.67 Premium $5.00 Exchange Trust Co. 3.83 C. D. Parker & Co. 3.87 The -bid was awarded to the Lexington Trust Company, it being the lowest bidder. The Board discussed the advisability of passing a regulation to amend the Plumbing Regulations as follows: No boilers or other vessels in which water is heated or stored for domestic purposes shall hereafter be installed or replaced nor shall any device for heatingwater for same be connected thereto until a permit has been granted by the InspectorofPlumbing therefor; and no water shall be turned on until the same, with properly set and approved safety devices shall have been passed bytheInspector of Plumbing. After discussing the matter it was decided to leave out the phrase "except by licensed plumbers*, and to present the regulation to the Town Counsel for his approval before sending same to the Attorney General. 1 1 The Board signed the release covering the damages to the Town on the Town Hall lot as a result of the establishment of a building line on Massachusetts Avenue from the Town Hall lot to Fletcher , Avenue. The Board secured its authority to sign this release through a vote of the Town passed December 6, 1926, The Board signed the State Aid pay roll for the month of Deoem. ber. The Board passed the following vote on sewer rental charge: � "The Board of Selectmen, pursuant to authority granted by General Daws, Chapter 83, Section 16, or any other power which they may have for the purpose, hereby establish as a just and equitable annual charge for the use of common sewers in the Town of Lexington, the amounts and rates and times and manner of payment set forth below, which chargee shall be paid by every person who enters his particular sewer therein. Sewer rental charge shall be 25% of the yearly water rates, with provision for a minimum yearly 'charge of these dollars, the same to be payable semi-annually." Conference was held with the Trustees of the Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund, Mr. Robert P. Clapp, Chairman, and James Stuart Smith being present. Mr. Roger Greeley, architect for the Trustees, was also present. Mr. Clapp presented plans showing the proposed memorial building to be located upon the Blake-Plumer lot on Massachusetts Avenue below Grant Street. He also presented a hand drawn sketch of the outside of the buildingshowing its legation on the Plumbr lot. He pointed out to the Board the uses for which the rooms in the building were made. He stated that the Trustees expected the bids to be received from the contractors on January 5, 1927. Then the Trustees were to present a printed report to be made to the Tgwn sebting forth the proposition of the.Trustees. Desi&nated upon the plan was a lot to the left of the proposed memorial building which the Trustees proposed to offer to the Town for acceptance for a building for town offices, They stated that under the terms of the will they would not be allowed to give this lot to the town, but they were to take the matter up with Attorney Morfield Storey to see whether they could give the lot -to the town "for $1.00 and other valuable consideration." This offer will be made to the town if the town accepts the proposition of the Trustees of the Memorial Fund to maintain the building Mr. Clapp stated that there is an agreement of the Boston & Maine R. R. Co, to convey eight feet of their land along the back of thispropertyto the Trustees. He stated that it might be possible that the town at a future date would build a road from the Boston & Maine R. R. station to Pletcher Avenue, and, this would allow ample parking space in the centre of the town. The Trustees felt that there sight be need of an adjourned Town Meeting if the proposition was not accepted on the first evening, and suggested that a Town Meeting be held the 24th of January, 1927, and if an adjourned Town Meeting was nedessary, it might be adjourned for three weeks to allow for possible committee reports. The Board, through Architect Greeley, presented a plan to the Trustees showing a proposed office building on the right of the main building similar to the office building on the left, and asked the Trustees if they could not also convey to the Town the lot on the right hand side of the building as W911 as on the left, wo that the Town could use the same for office purposes in the future, and thereby have a building which would be well balanced. Mr. Clapp expressed surprise to the proposed plan and at first rather objected to a building on the right hand side which possibly might be used as an office building and fire station. After talking with Mr. Smith, Mr. Clapp unofficially offered the land on both sides of theproposedbuildingto the Board for the sum of $5,000. The Board requested Mr. Clapp to submit to them before final printing the information to be sent forth to the voters, inas- much as the Selectmen were the ones to present this proposition to Mft the Town. They desired to have full knowledge of the information to study -and offer changes if necessary°to the Trustees. Mr. Clapp agreed to present the information to the Board at an early a date as possible. The question of having a concrete sidewalk in addition to the drive up to the front door of the building was diswussed. The Trustees did not feel that they could at the time afford to construct a concrete sidewalk neither did they wish to have the same on the plan to be presented to the Town, inasmuch as they did not want to present something that they did not intend to carry out. They stated that if they had sufficient money after the construction of the building and all other details were Carrie &:oft, they would be willing to put in a sidewalk. The suggestion of having -lantern slides at the Town Meeting showing the views of the building -and the plans of same, seemed to most with approval. Two location orters were granted to the Edison Electric Ill. Co., one pole on Waltham Street, being pole nwditr 106/73, thin other on Reed Street, approximately 760 feet Eonthwest of Va:ille Avenue. An order of transfer was granted to the R. E. Tel. & Tel, Co. for the transfer of fifty-eight poles on BedfordStreet-.to the E. Z. I. Co. and the Middlesex & Boat -on St, Ray. Co. '7] 1 Mr. Wrightington reported that he had received notice from the Boston & Maine R. R. Co. that the total cost of repairing the bridge on Maple Street is $2,113.21. The Chairman agreed to take this , matter up with the County Commissioners to wee what recommendation they have to make in regard to the payment of this bill. The meeting adjourned at 11:e5 P.M. A true record, Attest: Clerk. i�