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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1929-10-08378 SELECTMEN'S MEETING - OCTOBER 8, 1929. The regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen's Office, Town Office Building, at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Burnham, Custance, Chamberlain, Blake and Shannon were present. The Supt. of Public Works and the Clerk were also present. Plan drawn by Mr. John F. Heaney showing the location of the building he proposes to alter for a garage on his premises and plan of the Town Engineer showing his survey was presented. Mr. Custance stated that he personally J.F.Heaney visited the premises and did not believe it was application. proper to allow this building to be erected as proposed. He felt that the present building should be torn down and a fire proof building erected if he desired to have a garage. It was therefore decided to refuse the application of John F. Heaney of 55 Baker Avenue, for permission to alte» the wooden building to be used as a garage. Report was received from the Town Engineer of the conference of the Planning Boards at ' Town Engineer's Worcester. He gave a general outline of the report on meeting and stated that hb was impressed with conference. the fact that the Conference brought out the idea that Lexington was progressing in the proper manner, owing to -the adoption of the Zoning By-law, which is one of the most compre- hensive in the State. The Town Engineer reported that the elevation of the flow line of the soil pipe leaving the house of J. C. Cairns, 56 Taft Avenue, would have to be three feet higher than the floor Soil pipe, in order to make connection for theoutlets in J.C. Cairns. the basement of the house. He also reported that the entire sewer in the street would have to be lowered three feet to take care of the sewage from the basement of this house, and it was not thought wise to Make this expenditure inasmuch as the flow from the upper part of the house above the sills could be taken care of. In regard to the assessment of $182.06, it was decided to have the Engineer make his recommendation as to whether or net this entire assessment should be charged to Mrs. Cairns. , Joint attachment of poles, New Enc_land Tel. Poles. & Tel. Co. and E.E.I.Co. on Adams Street, and removal of one pole was granted. Notice of a meeting of the Massachusetts Association of Boards of Health to be held on ' October 16 at New Bedford was received. Notice of a meeting of the Selectmen's Association at Worcester Co:uaty to be held October 9, at Winchendon was also received. Commitment of taxes to the Town of Arlington in the amount of $410.95 and to the City of Cambridge in the amount of $463.63 was signed by the Board. 1 1 Resignation was received from E.J.Remick as a member of the Appropriation Committee to take effect on October 3, 1929, the date of his notice. He stated that he anticipated that he would be absent from the Town part of the coming winter, and he did not wish to inconvenience the Appropriation Committee; he therefore felt that he should resign.. It was decided that the Chairman should call a meeting of the Moderator and the Chairman of the Appropriation Committee to fill this vacancy. Letter was received from the Town Counsel in which he stated that he did not see any reason why a Town Meeting, similar to what we usually hold, could not be held in the interval between the acceptance of the new Act and the first election of Town Meeting members under the new Act. He felt, however, and 11r. Briggs agreed with him, that nothing else should be on the Warrant of the meeting fob the ac- ceptance of the Act on Representative Town Meetings. The ,Board discussed the idea of mailing two Warrants together for a Town Meeting at a later date. Meeting of Boards of Health. Selectmen's Assoc. meeting. Commitments. Resignation, E.J. Remick, Appropriation Committee. Representative Town Meeting Act. Letter was also received from the Town Counsel in which he stated that in all Date of Ryder case, probability, the Ryder case would be called Monday, October 14, 192 9, and he wished to have the Board ready to be called upon for testimony. , Alcohol license was granted to the Standard Oil Company to sell alcohol at the gasoline station located at the"corner of Marrett Road and Waltham Street. At the request of the Board, the various residents owning property along the proposed road from Massachusetts Avenue to Vine Brook Alcohol license., 1380 Hearing re Proposed Road. Road came before the Board and presented their regi.zests for payment of amounts for their property which is to be taken for the proposed highway, namely as follows: Wm. M. &: Alice S. Crawford, 22001 of land to be taken at assessment of 15� per foot, amounting to � ; amount asked, $3000. Susan A. Tracey, 23501 of land to,be taken at assessment of 15� per foot, amounting to $352.50; amount asked $2500, and $400. additional if the garage was to be taken. Mrs. Bertha F. Baker, representing the heirs of Bernard S. Baker, explained that she was the sole owner of the property left to her by Mr. Baker by will; 42701 of -land to be taken at assessment of 75/ per foot, amounting to $3202.50; amount asked $12,000. Eugene J. Viano, 10,7771 of land to be taken., amount assessed $500, amount asked 12,000. Miss Anstiss S. Hunt did not appear in response to the request of the Board as did neither Mr.. R. L. Rydery Mr. Ryder however, requested opportunity to talk the matter over with the Board at a later date. Letter was received from the Town of Winchester explaining that the E.E.I. Co. were Reduction planning to establish a reduced rate, probably E.E.I&rat es. of 20% on the operation of ventilator systems in the schools, and after a conference with the Counsel of that Company, it was ,decided to defer any action until after the hearing October 23, 1929 at which time it is understood that the reduction may be adopted by the E. E.I. Co. In the meantime, however, he asked for the information on that matter contained in the school bills. Letter was written to the Supt. of Schools''` asking him to forward this information to Mr. I. W. Worthen, Chairman, Board of Selectmen of Winchester. Dr. Shannon reported that various persons Fitzgerald in the vicinity of Hancock Street called his dog, attention to the fact that a dog owned by Patrick J. Fitzgerald, 66 Hancock Street, has been a nuisance in the neighborhood. He has bitten people and is a dangerous dog. Mr. Leslie Bull and Mr. Guy E. Dennison, whose son was bitten by the Fitzgerald do, came In to complain that even though this dog was quarantined by Dr. Blakely, it was still - running about and was not kept in quarantine. Complaints`were shown by the Police Register Of the dog and it was decided to request the Town Counsel to inform the Board what action should be taken against the owner. 1 1 1 381 Complaint against Mr. T. Moore. Layout of Five Forks discussed. Supt.of Public Worksf Report. Report was received from the Chief of Police. regarding the complaint made by Celia Forsythe against Mr. Thomas Moore of Bedford Street. The Planning Board having been in session with the Committee on. Fire Engine sites and that meeting having; adjourned, requested the Board of Selectmen to discuss with them the possibility of making _ a change in the layout of the present Five Forks. Mr. Emery explained that at a meeting 'held the previous evening on petition of Mr. Sarano and others for a change to return the business section on all sided but the south and east sides of the State Road and Lincoln Street into a business section, there was considerable objection to any change being made to take away the business section and possibly cause for the objection. They felt that the situation there needed considerable study and that -the triangle owned by Mr. Eliott should be done awaT with and Lincoln Street brought up to four corners to shut off the connection between Lincoln Street and the State Road, pushing the triange to the other side, to Mr. Eliott Is property. The Planning Board felt that inasmuch as they would probably deal wi_th.the present owners of property on all four sides, that now would be an opportune time to make a change in this location, and therefore they requested that the Town Engineer be instructed to make a study of this layout, and t, -at the Board defer action on the present application for a t asoline station on the south corner until this study is made. MIr. Emery requested that the Engineer make this study- immediately. The following is the weekly report of the Supt. of Public Works. For the week ending October 5, 1929. Highway Department. Construction work was continued in Coolidge Avenue, Hillside Terrace and Harding Road.' Catch basins and gutters were cleaned in all parts of, the Town. Next week the department will be occupied with the construction of new streets and the regular maintenance. ' Moth and Shade Tree Dept. This department is proceeding with the work of treating, with creosote, the gypsy moth nests on Lowell Street, North and Grant Streets to the Snow line, and they will continue at this work during the next several weeks. 381 Complaint against Mr. T. Moore. Layout of Five Forks discussed. Supt.of Public Worksf Report. 382 Park Department. Extension of a part of the drain to the proposed skating rink was accomplished and the ' regular maintenance work was attended to. Next week the department will be occupied with maintenance. Water Maintenance. A service has been installed for Morgan on Hancock Street, and one for Webster on Simonds Road. Water Construction. We have laid approximately 6001 of 8" water pipe in Spring Street. Water and sewer services, etc. are planned fob' the week ending October 19, 1929. Engineering Dept. Sewers. Continued work on Town Study making profiles of streets totalling 13,000 feet. Flow measurements October 3rd along main outlet. Highways. Figured and marked Harding Road grade stakes from Simonds Road to Williams Road. Set line stakes along Harding Road from Bedford to Simonds Road. Levels at Fottler Avenue for profiles. Started field wo-k for relocation of Hill Street. Miscellaneous. Attended conference of Iuiassachusetts Planning Boards held at Fitchburg, Mass., October 1 and 2. A more detailed report of this is contained in a letter to the Board of Selectmen. Completed plan showing Five Forks" acid vicinity for hearing on Zoning, October 7, 1929. Yours very truly,' William S. Scamtian' Supt..of Public Works. The meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.I- . A true record, Attest: Clerk. �II 383 MEETING 0'F COMMITTEE ON.PROPOSED FIRE SITES, OCT. 811929. ' The meeting was declared open at 9:30 P.M. at 'the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, Chairman Hallie C. Blake, Edward `"d. Taylor Chief of the Fire Dept., John Ii. Devine, Albert H. hurnham, Theodore A. Custance, Francis Chamberlain and. Dr. Shannon were present. In. response to the request of the Chairman of the Committee that the Planning Board. meet with them, Chairmar_, Frederick L. Emery, C. Edward Glynn, Nelson J. Bowers and Wm. D. Milne were present. Letter was received from the Planning Board in which they recommended the present site at East Lex- ington for a new fire station, providing there were no outstanding objections to the site. The Chairman read the report of the last meeting to acquaint the Planning Board, members with the action that had been taken. He also reported that no information had been received from Miss Caroline Barrington as to the amount she would request for her property. He st-•ted, however, that in his opinion the property could be secured at some figure between $30,000 and $40,000. The Chairman of the Planning Board stated that the Planning Board felt that the location owned by Harry Aldrich at the junction of Woburn Street and Fletcher Avenue was the best location; for one reason that it would clean up the property which has been an eye -sore in the Town for some time, and although this particular property is now in a residential district under the Zoning Law and the Town received that much protection, however, future demands might mean that this lot would be brought into the business district and if it were the type of business that would be placed there, it would probably not be of any great benefit ,to the Town. Another reason is that the lot, they felt, could be developed similar to the Arlington Fire Station. That with the triangle at the junction of Fletcher Avenue and Woburn Street, on Mass. Avenue, removed, the approach to Mass. Avenue would be very goof... They also felt that the lot was larger than the lot in Arlington, where the central fire station was detreloped. Chief Taylor stated that he did not believe the lot would be of sufficient size to store the arparatus, and. also that the lot was not of the same type as the lot in the Town of .Arlinr*ton, inasmuch as they have access to the station from all sides. The price of the Aldrich lot was unknown, but it was stated by a rumor, the price mentioned was $10,000. Chairman of the Planning; Board suggested that the Chief of the Fire Dent, should draw 9 sketch of what he 384 �^ w., 6 needed for space to house the arparatus, and then, by means of cardboar's the locations could be worked out. The Town .Fn'Pineer stated that there was approximately ' 28,0001 in the lot at the junction of Fletcher Avenue and Woburn Street, owned by Mr. Aldrich. It'was explained. to the Planning Board by Mr. Devine that the Committee had. an offer for the lot on 'Valtham Street near the brook and almost directly opposite Forest Street, owned by Mr. Blake. The Committee considered this lot from a point of view that probably the men living at the station would want to sit about in front of the station and if they had room enough on a lot of this kind to have a sort of recreation yard in the rear of the building, it would perhaps be less objectionable than for a station on Mass. Avenue with the men sitting about on the main highway. The Chief stated that the lot owned by Mr. Aldrich, if it could be used for a fire station, would be a better lot for access to the main highway than the lot on 'Naltham Street, and. that the lot on '"laltham Street would be second choice to that inasmuch as the turn onto Massachusetts Avenue from Waltham Street into a busy section would not be very good. Mr. Devine stated that in spite of the fact that this turn goes into a busy section, in their investigations ' they were never able to le-rn of any accidents on accouri# of this„condition. The Planning Board seemed to be of the opinion that a location on Massachusetts Avenue would be much better for a fire station. They also felt that in taking the lot similar to the Leary or Dr. Barnest lot that it would be taking too much property out of the business area, inasmuch as the Town has already taken out a large amount of business area for the municipal buildings. The Planning; Board. thought that the business area would have to grow in this direction and probably within fifteen to twenty-five years time, it would be extended to beyond.the.High School. They felt too, that in Leiington the conditions in the Town were such that there were no great fire hazards like in cities. The Planning Board felt that .they could not contribute anything more on the situation until the Chief of the Fire Dept, had given information as to the space that he needs for the apparatus. It was suggested that the Committee view various engine houses in other Towns, and after viewing them and securing the information from the Chief, they nould hold another meeting in a months' time. , A true record, Attest Clerk.