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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1928-10-23 423 REGULAR MEETING, OCTOBER 23, 1928. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen 's Room, Town Office Building, at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Burnham, Ballard,. and Custance were present. The Supt. of Public Works and the Clerk pro-tem were also present. The State Ai(' Pay roll WAS signed in the amount of $32.00. Commitments were signed for the Water Charges in the amount of $1700.37, and Sewer Charges for $2537.64. Letter wns received from Town Counsel Sydney R. Wrightington, in which he stated that the vote passed at a Town Meeting held in Dec. 9 , 1921 which gave the Stanley Hill Post the free use of the Town Hall, does not apply to the new Cary Memorial Building, and that a new vote must be taken by the Town if the Town desires to give the S+anley Hill Post the free use of the hall. Letter was received from the Town Counsel relative to bill of Johnson, Clapp, Ives and Knight, for $100. for services in the McCaffrey Case. It was decided to insert an article in the warrant for the next town meeting to reimburse the former members of the Board of Selectmen, namely: Messrs. Albert B. Tenney, Albert H. b'urnham, Toseph R. Cotton, William S . Seaman, and Hallie C. Blake the amount of the bill. This is in accordance with the advice of the Town Counsel, and in accordance with the procedure adopted previously when the amount of the bill was $250. Permission was granted to the Girl Scout Council for use of Estabrook Hall from 10;00 A.M to 11 :30 A.M. on November 5, 14, 21, 28, and December 5, and 12, 1928 and a charge of $2.00 would be made for each date this being the minimum charge for the hall. It was voted to grant permission to the American Legion Auxilliary the use of Estabrook Hall for the evening of Nov. 15/28 together with the corridor, and make a charge of $2.00 for same. At 8:00 P.MMr. Leo Dattoli andson appeared before the Board in regard to garage which they are about to build. They applied for a permit to build a two car garage, but they now desire to build a three car garage as they have bought a truck. The Building Inspector also anneare , and after some discussion on the matter, it w''s voted to grant Mr. `'eo Dattoli permission to erect a three car garage. Permission was granted to the Middlesex County Extension Service to use the small room on the left hand side of the main entrance in the Cry Memorial Building on October 30, 1928 and the fourth Thursday in each month thereafter. The weekly report of the Supt. of Public Works is as follows: For week ending Oct. 20, 1928. Highway Department The Department was occupied with the construction of 424 Prospect Hill Road which will be completed next week. znzn Maintenance . Cleaned up at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Waltham Street. Patched surface of Waltham Street, Adams Street, Concord Avenue, and Massachusetts Avenue. Park Department. The Department was occupied during the week with regular maintenance work. Moth and Shade Tree Department. The Department spent the week treating gypsy moth nests on various streets in the Town. Water Maintenance . The following renewals of services have been made; Glen, Forest St. , Hamblin, P rker Street; Fox, BlOomfield Street; services have been installed for: Dunsford Bloomfi&ld Street; Keefe, Marrett Road; Judkins, Forest Street; DeVeau, Somerset Sunday meriting at 3:30 A.M. I received a call that the hydrant ©n Bedford Street in front of the McCarthy property had been run into by Mr. Harry Saunders of Dee Road I went out and shut off the water. Mr. Saunders came in this morning and paid 08.50 for the damaged hydrant, which we will replace with a new one just as soon as the new ones arrive. Water Construction. Approximately 175 ' of 8" pipe have been laid in Bernard Street in McIntosh's Sunnyfield development. Seger Maintenance. The following s,.rvices have been inst.11ed in Glen Road, B'ilard, Stratton, White , Miles; services installed as follows: Fraser, 173 Mass. Ave. (this connection was made with the sewer in Curve Street ); Dunsford, Bloomfield Street. Sewer Construction. The sewer in Glen Road has been cpmpleted in 572' of 8" pine have been laid. Work was started on the extension in Upland Road on Tuesday, October 16, 1928. The work contemplated for the week ending November 3 is as follows : continuation of Bernard & Ivan Street water main extensions; continuation of the Upland Road sewer; water and sewer services , etc. Engineering Department. Sewers. Profile of Upland Road for sewer. PIPPP 42 Lines and grades for construction at Upland Road. Grades for house connections on Glen Road, Bloomfield Street, Woburn Street and Massachusetts Avenue , opposite Waltham Street. Drains. Wrote descriptions for easement for drains through Mclntnsh property on M„ riam Street an's Whittemore property on Massachusetts Avenue at Cedar Street Water. Tied in water getes at Nickerson development. Highways . Set stakes for and inspected setting of four stone bounds on Massachusetts Avenue opposite Cedar Street. Completed plans and wrote descriptions for acceptance of Baker, Bennett , Butler and Chase Avenues . Very truly yours , WilliamsS. Scamman Supt. of Public Works ' The following bills for the Town Office Building were signed: Ideal Ventilator Company $25.50 The General Fireproofing Corp. 30.50 Doten-Dunton Desk Co. 91.80 Doten-Dunton Desk Co. 82.80 The Gereral Fireproofing Corp. 901.49 J. P. Eustis Mfg. Co. 76.88 Application was received. from Mary D and` Anstiss L. Hunt in which they requested that a 6” water main be instilled in Hunt Road from Massachusetts Avenue for a distance of approximately 550 feet. The Board voted to approve the application provided the necessary guarantees are reqeived Correspondence was received from Metcalf & Eddy, Engineers, relative to whether the Town of Lexi -gton may have to pay the City of Waltham any part of the cost of operation and maintenance of the Waltham Sewers including the proposed new sewer. The Town Counsel gave the following opinion: "While I am in some doubt, I am of the opinion that the Town of Lexington cannot be held liable to the City of Waltham in contract for the use of its sewers since Waltham is not doing anytling at the request of Lexington, but Lexington is accepting a privilege conferred upon it by the state which has full power to impose such regulations upon its junicioalities . this conclusion seems the more reasonable because of the careful provision for various other payments made in the statute , including a payment for operation and maintenance by the Commonwealth itself." F Letter wss received from the Town Counsel relative to Tower psr!r wh ch Miss Ellen 'A. Tower is about to present to the C7 Town, and enclosed form of article and vote to be presented •,` at the Town Meeting. Mr. William H. Ballard who has looked over the deed thoroughly, stated that it meets with his anrroval except the last give lines on the second page relating to the premises, -that it be used for a memorial to the Minute Men of Lexington ( "GrAntirlg to said Town bte right to erect on the southerly end of said park a memorial to the Minute Men of Lexington; provided, however, that any such memorial shall be aprroved by three of the leading architects of the country at the time of its erection." ). Letter was written to the Town Counsel informing him that the Board preferred to have this phrase omitted from the deed. Mr. John F. Tibbetts stated that he was informed by 4r. Prentiss , the health Inspector, that nothing could be done about the hen houses owned by Mr. Lee on Ward Street, until he makes a nuisance of his business. The Supt. of Public Works was requested to get some recommendations on permanent lighting in the rear of the Town Office Building. The 'Supt. of Public Works was also requested to get plans and suggestions in regard to possible parking in the rear of the Town Office Building. Letter was received from Elmer A. Lord & Co. stating that they hive placed sprinkler insurance on the Cary Memorial Building and the Town Office Building. The time for opening the polls on November 6, 1928 was set as 6:00 o 'clock A.M. and for closing them at 6.:30 P.M. The Supt. of Public Works asked what the opinion of the Board was in regard to assessment of the property of Prendergast at corner of Fottler and Mass. Avenues for the use of the sewer. He stated that the sewer does not run in front of the Prendergast property, but goes thru the back of his land and he could nonnect there. The question was whether the Prendergast property could be assessed at about 12.23 a lin. ft. , under the new Sewer Act, or whether the property could only be charged the 50per foot rate. It was decided that the new rate could be charged, and the property is to be assessed accordingly. This is in accordance with the former opinion of the Board that assessments are to be made in this manner in cases of this kind. In regard to the Proclamation received from the Governor, Alvan T. Fuller, relative to safety period from October 15, to November 30, 1928 it was decided to secure something on safety signs from the Town of Arlington to be posted about the town. The suggestion was made that sand be placedon cross roads on wet. slippery days. 427 It was voted to decide at the next meeting of the Board whether they will have an extra meeting on Noveber 8, 9 , or 10; 1928 to discuss the report of the water sy3tem, the report of appraisal of town property, and the report on drainage . The Board signed order of intention to lay out the following streets Butler Avenue from Cerville Avenue to Barer Avenue . Summit Road and Pinewood. Street. Baker Avenue from Oak Street to neer Butler Avenue. Bennett Avenue frog Baker Avenue to Tarbell Avenue. Chase Avenue from ucker Avenue to near Bennett Avenue . It was decided to request the Torn Engineer to present plan showing water ripe connections on all side streets to 12" wwhter main in Mass. Avenue from Waltham Street to Elm Avenue, on next Tuesday evening The Supt. of Public :1orks was requested to have complete in- formation on cost of doing this work by next meeting of the Board.. Mr. Custance reporter' that Mr. Harry G. Frost complained to him that there are chicken feathers in the dump on Lincoln Street, and there are a great many rats in the dump The Supt. of Public Works was requested to see about this matter, together with the Chief of Police it arras decided to request M ` CDonough Company to move tree stumps from the center of t} e dump over to the swamp in back. These stumrs were dumped there when Mass . Avenue was beinfr constructed. The meeting adjourned at 10 15 P.M. A true record , Attest Clerk pr em.