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REGULAR MEETING, DECEMBER 20,_1927.
A revular meeting -df the Board of Selectmen was held at the '
Selectmen s Offlee at 7.30 P.M. Messrs. Custance, Burnham, Ballard,
Robertson and Chamberlain were present. The Supt. of Public Works
and the Clerk were also present.
The records were approved.
Dr. John H. Kane and Mr. Charles F. Pierce, Town Accountant,
came before the Board for the purpose of talking over the matter of
making deposits in the Interest Department of the Menotomy Trust
Company of .Arlington. The Board felt that the experiment should be
tried of making deposits in this Bank to see how much additional
interest could be received by the Town. The Board therefor felt that
from time to time they should advise the Town Treasurer as to whether
money on hand was to be used immediately or held for a period of time.
They therefor informed the Town Treasurer that at the present time
there is $20,000. available in the Sewer Construction Account which
will not be used until April 1, 1928. This amount of money could
well be deposited in the Menotomy Trust Company Interest Department, and
a rate of 4 interest would be paid upon same with the privilege of
drawing two checks a month. The Board felt that the Treasurer should
try thU experiment and avail the Town of the opportunity to earn
additional -interest.
The Board authorized Mr. Ballard to negotiate the sale of the
school house lot on Concord Avenue which the Town authorized sold
at the Town Meeting on December 8, 1927.
The Clerk was instructed to get in touch with Town Counsel and
to have him draft deed which will be available when the sale is made.
Mr. Neil McIntosh and Mr. G. L. Pippette, 263 Beacon St., Somer-
ville, came before the Board in regard to getting some assurance of a
water extension on Shade Street owing to the fact that he intended to
build this fall or winter, providing he had assurance that water would
be supplied him next spring.
The Board decided to inform Mr. UIntosh that they would insert
an article in the warrant requesting that extension of wateronShade
Street.
The Board discussed the advisibility_of making too many exten-
sions on the guaranty of one man, and were of the opinion that it was
not good business. Mr. Ballard reported progress on obtaining a form
of lein upon the property of water takers, and stated that he hoped
that he would have the papers to present within a short time. The
question of guaranty bonds was discussed at some length, and it was
found thatalltowns have similar problems. The question of adopting
some polic$ in regard to water main extensions was also discussed.
Bids for the printing of the Town Reports were received as
follows: I
Medford Publishing Co.
Somerville Printing Co.
Active Printing Co.
Newburnort Herald Press
After some discussion it was
printing of the annual Town Report
their price of $1.90 per page.
01.-90 per page
3.00 n n
1.94 n n
decided to award the bid for the
to the Medford Publishing Co. at
Permission was granted to the Jenney Mfg. Company of 12 India
Street, Boston, to install an additional gasoline tank of 2,000
gallons on their premises at the corner of Waltham and Middle Streets,
Lexington.
As agreed upon Mr, and Mrs. Capper of Middle Street met with
Mr. Ballard and discussed her objection to the granting of a permit
to the Jenney Mfg. Co. for an additional tank. Mrs. Capper fklt
that she should be given the first opportunity to install tanks at
that corner on her property.
After the hearing with Mrs. Capper, Mr. Ballard reported in,favor
of granting the Jenney Mfg. Co. the permit they applied for
The Board voted to grant permission to the Edison Electric Ill.
Co. to abandon location of one pole on Massachusetts Avenue at
Bloomfield Street.
Mr. Ballard presented to the Board plan showing suggested changes
in the arrangement of the waiting room and the'Clerkts room in the
Selectmen's Department of the new Town Office Building doing away with
the office of the Supt. of Public Works and having the switchboard
operator located in the Clerk's room with a gate rail for entrance
and providing a telephone booth in the waiting room. This arrangement
seemed most satisfactory to the Board, and it was decided to approve
the change.
As a result of this change it would be necessary to make arrange-
ments for an office for the Supt. of Public works on the second floor,
and suggestion was made that the Inspectors be moved from the first
floor to the second floor using the room marked 203 -and the room 119
for the Inspectors to be used as a conference room, and changing the
Assessors from room 207 to 211 and the Vater Department from 211 to
207, and having the present conference room 206 used by the Supt. of
Public Works. Room 203, however, was to be fitted with a counter simi-
lar to the counter to be in Clerk of the Selectmen's office.
Other suggestions as to changes were made in connection with a
door between the locker and toilet room, and change in the location of
the door from passage to locker room. Matter of arranging the wall
between the storage room and lounge room was discussed inasmuch as it
was felt that this wall should be of a substance that might easily be
removed. Panels in the wall were suggested, but Mt. Robertson informed
the Board that it ,would not cost any more to remove the sort glazed
brie wa1.7 than it would to c rx� out the suggestions made.
Mr. -Ballard was requested t take up the changes with Mr. W.D.Brown.
' The Clerk brought up the subject of obtaining a more definite
zoning map on a larger scale so that there would be no opportunity
for misunderstanding the division line of business districts.
In order to get some suggestions the Clerk was instructed to write
to some of the neighboring towns and cities in an endeavor to secure
zoning maps for ideas.
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Mr. Chamberlain stated that the Planning -Board was,desirous
of having a meeting at anearlydate with the Selectmen to discuss R
matters relating to the Metcalf & Eddy report on Vine Brook drainage.
The Board decided to call the meeting on Thursday evening,, '
December 29, 1927, to discuss these matters with the Planning Board.
Mr. Chamberlainreported that the Planning Board felt the
Selectmen should make the lay out of the extension of Parker Street
to the roadway leading from Waltham Street to the Playground, the
that they should attempt negotiations with Mrs. Glass in regard to
widening the entrance to the Parker Field at the end of Clarke St.
Mr. Burnham was requested to get in touch with Mrs. Glass as soon
as he received a sketch plan from the engineers and talk the matter
over with her. The Chairman stated that he'would endeavor to talk
with Mr. Woods in regard to the lay out of the street on his property
and the Supt, of Public Works was requested to get estimate of cost
of construction of the extension of parker Street.
Mr. Chamberlain reported that the Planning Board would proceed
to establish a building line with 100 foot space between buildings
on Mass. Avenue from the Arlington line to the Town Hall, and from
Meriam Street to the Lincoln line excepting the section between the
Town Hall and Meriam Street for which negotiations are being made
by the Selectmen with the property owners.
In this connection Mr. Ballard stated that he was awaiting a
reply from the present owners of the Town Hall lot to find out just
where they would desire to have a street located parallel with Mass.
Avenue near the Railroad track. This would have a bearing upon the
future development of the properties between the Town Hall and '
Meriam Street.
The Chairman brought up the matter of the location of the sewer
connecticAg leading to the Follen Church and New Adams School through
a private way which the Follen Church claimed was owned by them.
It was found upon looking up the deeds -that the right of way did
not belong to the FIllen Church, but the Chairman felt that the surer
was laid on the end of their property and for this part an easement
should be received from the Follen Church -so that repairs could be
made to the sewer without any question in the future.
Inasmuch as the Follen Church had no authority to deed their
property it was deemed that they would.not be in a position to give
an easement,"therefor, no action was taken on the matter, except
that the engineer was requested to determine a location on a plan
for record.
Meeting adjourned at 11:05 P.M.
A true record, Attest:
Clerk.
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