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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1929-10-22392 SELECTMENT?S MEETING - OCT. 22, 1929. A regular meeting of the*Board. of Selectmen was held at the Selectmenfs Office, Town Office Building at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Burnham, Custance, Chamberlain, Shannon and Blake were present. The Supt, of Public Works and. the Clerk were also present. At 8 P.M. hearing rr-- declared open upon the application of John Craige for permission to erect S two J.Craige car garage on his premises at 70 Farmcrest'Avenue. Mr. permit F. A. Connor appeared on behalf of the applicant; No granted: persons appeared to object, and it was voted to grant the permit to Mr. Craige. Letter was received from the Supt. of Public At 8:10 P.M. hearing was declared open upon the (Street Lights* placed as follows: One at Harding Road nearly opposite application of the E.E.I.Co. for permission to construct Dee Road, 6 in Shade Street from Spring Street north - a conduit in Mass. Avenue from Woburn Street to Grant courts. f Street, a distance of approximately 8601 and from Grant The Board instucted. the Supt., to carry out his Underground Street northerly, a distance of approximately 95f. - conduit. Mrs. Caroline Harrington appeared.'at the meeting granting of his permit at the he -ring last week owing to R.Carlson and asked whether or not any construction work would garage., appeared. before the Board with the plans of a metal be done on her land.. She also asked if the construction garage which he intended to construct. ' would. be done under -the brook. being satisfactory. She was Informed that all of the construction would be done entirely under the highway and not on her property. No other persons appeared to iniuire , or object, and it was voted to grant the permit. Letter was received from the County Com-issioners ''County in which they asked that the Board give them a statement Comm. re of the amount that they would request the following construction year for the Town for construction of highways in which of highways. they would also ask the State and County to contribute. The Board decided, to notify the County that they would request the reconstruction of Mass. Avenue from Marrett Road w-aftfrly at the estimated cost of $60,000. Letter was received from the Supt. of Public Works in which he recommended that street lights be (Street Lights* placed as follows: One at Harding Road nearly opposite Dee Road, 6 in Shade Street from Spring Street north - .westerly, and one in Washington Street near the tennis courts. f The Board instucted. the Supt., to carry out his recommendation. Rudolph Carlson,`whose decision was not made on the granting of his permit at the he -ring last week owing to R.Carlson the fact that he did not have the proper plans filed, garage., appeared. before the Board with the plans of a metal garage which he intended to construct. ' The Board therefore' granted the rermit, the plans being satisfactory. 393 Letter was received from Mrs.. J. Odin Tilton in regard to the order of the Board 'stating that there Letter re should be no smoking in the main hall of the Cary smoking in Memorial Building and in the foyer, and_ notifying Cary Hall. the Board. that arrangements had been made to have smoking on the ocession.of_November 9 and. expressing their disappointment. Letter was also received from Lyon Carter giving his opinion that when arrangements'were•made for the rental of the Hall, no mention had been madeofthe Letter re fact that there could be no smoking and inasmuch as smoking in that is'the usual proceedure fo ,a "pop" concert, he Cary Hall. felt it not just to pass this or r after their plans had been all made. The Board decided to reverse their decision in this'particular case, but to call their attention to the fact that the Hall on smother occ Sion when used by one other organization of the Tow was not left in a very good condition. Alcohol license was granted o Arthur B. Field Alcohol to sell alcohol at 851 Mass. Aven e. license., u u Letter was received from the Dept, of Public Utilities stating that there will be a hearing on Novem- Hearing, ber 7, 1929 at 10:30 in the foren on at room 166, State House. State House, relative to rates of the E.E.I.Co. . Letter was received from the which he informed the Board that George A. Simonds about a dog o•.P,n Fitzgerald, 66 Hancock Street ass was riding on a bicycle and the a on August 3. The complaint was not signed August 7, Rod therefore the compl void and the Clerk of Court would complaint inasmuch as thet-complai. made within 48 hours. The Dennison complaint had'n the attention of the Town Clerk, cannot proceed criminally in the ' Mr. Dennison and Mr.. Simonds woul, against the owner, of the dog. Letter was received from the Works in whicr he explained that r records in regard to Independence not find any taking that had been or Sewer Departments on the land o Therefore, he did not believe Mr. an abatement. . Discussion was had as to whet of Hill and. Delaney to the Lexingt Co. and to the Lexington Coal Co. Chief of Police in he complaint made by d by one Patrick J.. Complaint re ulting him while he Fitzgerald sault was committed dog. by Dr. Kane until Int was nul.1 and not issue a t had not been ,er been brought to d therefore they tnnison case, although have civil action upt. of Public had looked up the venue and could ade by the Highway M. Page Mr. Maurice Page. abatement age was entitled to discussed. or not the orders Plumbing and Heating uld not be honored. 394 Bills of The bills..aoparently take up more than the 15% which Za ;Hill and is being held on the contract of Hill and Delaney for Delaney. the construction of the swimming pool, Mr. Burnham stated that Elmer x. Lord & Co. informed the Town Accountant that the bond in connection with Hill and .Delaney had not been paid. The Board therefore decided not to make any payments until the 65 days were up after the acceptance of the contract. Inasmuch as the plans of Marrett Gardens that Plan, were originally approved were mislaid, the Board approved Marrett Gar- another ... plan of the layout. ,dens. Copy of letter was, received. by F. L. Emery, from Charles MacMillin, Chairman of the Arlington Planning Board, stating that there would be a hearing on October 23 at 8 P.M., at the Arlington Town Hall, to hear those interested in the proposed highway through Arlington which is to connect with a similar highway in Lexington; also copy of correspondence that Mr. Emery had with the Metropolitan Planning Board regarding the proposed r©ad through Lexington.starting f rom.Arlington easterly to the Center, going over to Summer Street and then to follow a point northeast of Lexington with a connection to the Concord Road as laid cut on the plan of the Metropolitan Planning Division. rProposed The purpose of the new plan is to he to divert ' highway. traffic from the heart of Arlington and Lexington. The total cost of the sections in Lexington was $460,000. Mr. Harriman explained that his bought was that the cost of the project should be divided into three equal portions among the State, 'County and Town. This would mean that Lexingtonts portion of the cost would be about.$153,000, and this extended Aver a period.of.from three to five years he felt would. not be placing any serious burden upon the Town, It was suggested also that the plan might be modified ,provided the Metropolitan District pay 15% which would slightly reduce the portions paid by the County, State and Town. In Mr. Emery's reply he suggested that they might use the Lowell turnpike, and that he felt the expense to the Town of Lexington would be very great to enter into at this time. The Board, after considering the proposition, thought that owing to the various calls for needs of the Town, such as school houses and other buildings, that the Town could not afford at this time, to e,ter into a project of this kind, ingsmuch as the tax rate would have to be increased considerably to.meet the expense.° The Supt. of Public fiorks was requester to see if ' Wilton Sign. the Wilton Real Estate Co. on Mass. Avenue would. change the color of the light of their sign on their building from red to white, owing to the color being misleading with the traffic signals so near at hand. Letter was received from Sheldon A. Robinson calling attention to the fatality which occurred at ' the junction of_"fal.tham Street and Mass. Avenue, and stated that he felt that the lights were incorrectly timed. The Clerk reported that the Police Dept. stated that the.man to blame did not have,any brakes on his car and it was also rumored that Mrs. G. W. Spaulding, who was killed, after starting across the street, started -to go back when she saw the car stop. It was decided to inform Mr. Robinson that the lights have been approved by the State and also inform him that they understood the accident was due to faulty brakes. The Supt. of Public Works stated that the signs warning traffic lights ahead would be ready to put up in the very near future. 1 f7 i9t Fatality at junction "of Waltham St, & Mass. Ave. Mr. Theodore A. Custance brought up the fact that Mr. A. J. Lima and the Swenson Brothers were asking Clematis him about the lowering of Clematis Brook in their Brook. section so that they might be able to use their land for cultivation. He reporte-' that the work done on the lower part of the brook near the Moran property, had done some good, but at this upper end., considerable work would be necessary before the land could be used. The Supt. of Public Works was requested to get the figures on the ,estimated cost of doing the work on this end with a view to having the owners of the property pay the expenee in betterments, and submit the figures to the Board. Discussion arose as'to whether or not the procedure on Hill Street would be the same as on other streets where betterment assessments were made. The Clerk in conversation with Mr. Wrightington, was advised that if assessments were not made, the Board should make provision for protection to themselves by securing the signatures of the owners for a release of damages. It appeared that the Board did not feel that this was the broiler thing .to do. and it was therefore decided to proceed unNer the law aut�•orizing the assessment of betterments and e.xplain to the owners of the property that they would not assess betterments unless damages were asked. Letter was received from Carl Hauck of Harbell Street, in which he gave information in regard to the layout of Old Couhty Road, He asked that something be done to put the street in condition. Inasmuch as the records show that this was part of the Old Road that existed at the time of the Revolution and inasmuch as it has been abandoned for some time, the Board thought it might be wise to refer the matter to the Planning Board for a study of the Hill Street. Old County Road. 396 territory with a view to recommending the layout of a highway. The Assistant Town Engineer, Stanley Higgins, presw ented a plan showing?; the territory with a tentative layout of a street thereon. The weekly report of the Supt. of Public Works is as follows: For the week ending October 19, 1929. Highway Department. The department was occupied with the regular maintenance work and the constructing of Coolidge Avenue, Hillside Terrace and Harding xoad.. Surface patches were made in Cedar Street, Adams Street and Bedford Street. Next week the department will continue the construction of *arious ttreets and the regular maintenance world Moth & Shade Tree Dept.4 Gypsy moth nests were treated with creosote on Adams, Cedar, Merriam, Oakland and Lincoln Streets. The Department will be occupied with this work next week. Park Department. A wall was constructed around the Old Belfry to meet the bottom of the fence recently built. Regular maintenance work was carried on. Next week the department will be occupied with the regular maintenance work and the construction of new tennis courts at the Center Playground. Water laintenante. We hive installed water services as follows: Richards and Swenson on Spring Street; renewal for Busa on Bow Street. 7:',ater Construction. We have completed the Spring Street job, and a total of 8501 of 'pipe has been laid. Two hydrants have been set. We have started the construction of the Massachusetts Avenue water --in. Sewer Maintenance, We have installed a sewer service to Emery's garage on Oal.land Street. The work contemplated for the week ending November2nd is as follows: Massa Ave. water main, water and sewer services, 1 C� Engineering Dept. Sewers. Record plan started. for Mass. Ave. sewer at Concord Hill. Highway. Grade stakes set along Follen Hoad at church property. Miscellaneous. Continued work on Hill Street plan., Worked on acceptance plan of Taft Avenue from Bs.ker Avenue to Ellie Street. Topographical survey in the vicinity of Webb Street. Staked out and figured.approximate'areas of two proposed lots for a new schoolhouse on Allen Street. A proposed location for a boulevard from,Lowell Street to Bedford. Street with elevations plotted on a town map for the Metropolitan Planning Division. Yours very truly, William S. Scamman Supt, of Public Works._ The meeting adjourned at 10.26 P.M. true r -cord, 1'ttest: Clerk. 1 0C)7