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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1931-01-13 )6 6. SELECTMEN 'S MLETIN( -71 (7.) JANUARY 13,1931 Board regular meeting of the of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building at 7 :30 P.M. Messrs . Burnham, Custance, Trask, Blake and Shannon were present The Supt. of Public Works and the Clerk were also present . Letter was received from Mr Kendall of the County Commissioners calling attention to the fact that when appraisals are made of animals destroyed by dogs , if the Appraisers amount exceeds $20, the Chairman Of the Selectmen shall re damage act as one appraiser, the seconri shall be chosen by the by dogs . party to whom the dama;e has been done and the third shall be chosen by both of these parties . Commitment of sewer rental charges for the second Commitment . section of the Town in the amount of $1403.87 was signed by the Board. Alcohol license for John C ?helps , Paul Revere Garage, was signed by the Board, the license expiring April 1st, 1931, for the year 1931. First class agents license was granted to Calvin Agents Childs , 409 Mass . Avenue, granting privilege fdr a License. Ford Agency. Mr. Custance and Mr. Trask presented a rough draft of the Selectmen's Report which they had prepared and Selectmen's read to the meetng. The Bou rd discussed the report Report . and approved it with certain changes . Letter was received from Mr. Wri_ghtington re- garding the letter of the Bo:trd relative to the O'Connell O'Connell case. He stated that while he continued case. to have charge of the case , he would take the necessary time and proper preparation to proceed with the case with due regard to its importance. Letter was received from Mrs . E. King, corner of Reed and Ash Streets, in which she stated that she could not _rive the names of the persons owning the Dogs dogs in her neighborhood . The Board replied that if this information could not be furnished that the only thins she could do was to find oAt the names of the owners of the dogs and sum.. o-^ them to Court for mai_ntainifg a nuisance. Notice was received from the State Department of Public 'corks calling attention to the fact that many stores are selling alcohol without a license and suggested that the Police Dept. check up as to the persons who are selling denatured alcohol without a license. 397 to makle l e'Eq clr e 1 °pYRTe ssth lhedgYliicteDSsRllr ngnt alcohol to see if they had a license. II" Letter was received from the Supt. of Public Works in which he called attention to the condition existing on Forest Street and. Muzzey Street , which should be corrected hefoee an accident occurs on account of the parking of automobiles in front of the Christian Science Church. It was decided, before making any regulations to Parking communicate with someone connected with the Christian Christian Science Church to find out whether or not any regulations Science that might be drawn up would interfere with the people Church. of the Chu-ch. Letter was received from Mr Felix Viano in which he asked whether or not his driveway could be plowed Mr. F. out after a heavy snow storm. Viano Mr. Scamman stated that Mr. John Bierenbroodspot requests of Bedford who is paid to do plewin:r for the flown, would snow plow be willing to do the work, and Mr. Viano could pay him service: directly for it . The approval of the appointment of Mr. Osborne J. Gorman as local Moth Supt. for 19.31 was received 'Moth from the State Dept . of Conservation. Notice was Supt . therefore sent to Mr: Gorman appointing him as Supt. of the Moth Dept . Letter was received from Roy W IIutchins, Consulting Eneineer of Malden in which he enclosed maps which could he made for the Town of Lox n •ten, showing the historical places in the Town and giving the prices Maps of same. showing The Board decided to acknowledge rec ipt of the historical letter and to find out whether the Historical Society places . might he interested in the maps . Letter was received from the Somerville Printing Company in which they quoted the price of $2 . 50 per page prices for printing^ the asse sed values of the 'town for the r Town Report They also state teat for the price of 41.00 Some. per page, they would furnish 1000 copies of the individual Printing report separately hoind , based on the previous assessed values printed, the price would -Lmount to approximately Co. re $228.00. /Report . Letter was received from kr W. Jr. Ballard in f Negotiatior wuich he acknowledTed receipt of the vote; of authorization Scott for him to r.ontina.e ne -otiztions wit the Scott Tea Tea Co. Company. Mr. Ballard stated t at in assisting Mr. Wrightington to find a real estate owner who was willing to testify O'Connell in the O'Connell case , tai ± he might Interest Mr. Case. John Nolen, City Planner Letter was received from the Town Counsel in which he stated that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court had sent him a cony of the letter written to Mr Owen 98 .� denying the motion of re-argument in the case of Ryder vs . Burnham. Request for Letter was received from Mr. Lyrus M. Dolbear flags. 28 Wave Ave., Wakefield asking for the us'e of the flags which the Town owns for a Ladies' Night for the Masonic Lodge. The Board decided to inform him that the flags were a gift to the Town and that it was not thq custom to loan the flags for alfairs of this kind. Letter was received from the Mayors Club of Notice of Boston in which they i_iformed the Board of a hearing hearing. to be held at the Hotel Manger, January 15, 1931 at 2 P.M. In regard to the acceptance of Dexter Road it was found that the Town Engineer could not secure the information for some time to come and inasmuch as the plan has not been made, it was decided that it might be more rea:.onable to purchase the plan from the Dexter Enginee-s who made the plans for the Lexington Building Road. Trust land, than have t: e Engineering Dept. endeavor to get this information. Mr. T. A. Custance agreed to handle the matter. The Board, therefore, did not sign the intention' to layout Dexter Road from Fuller Road to Williams Road. Letter was received by the Board of A.;sessors from Mr. Creelman, Tax Commissioners Office, in which he stated that the tax on the Middlesex & in Street Railway Co. property could only be apportioned or transfered from the Reserve Fund. M. & B. It was therefore decided to request the Aprrop- Tax. riation Committee to make a transfer to care for this tax of $380.80, from the Reserve Fund. Traffic Nothing was done about the adoption of new Regulations. traffic regulations. The Board discussed the editorial written in the Lexington Times Minute Man regarding Coolidge Avenue, in which it was stated that Coolidge Ave. Coolidge cnnstruction work cost $10.00 per foot. Avenue. It was decided to have the Lex. Times Minute Man print a facsimile copy showing that all of the om ers of the property signed for the estimated assessment. It was left with Mr. Custance to see that the Editor printed this facsimile. Mr. Custance presented suggestions for a sign for the Dept. of Public Works located at North Lexington, on which will be printed "The Department of Public works, Lexington, Massachusetts." 399 He secured a bid from 1tr. L. . nraes.3ell in the amount of $193.00 for print -ng this sign - 311 x Public Works The Board axthorized the printing of the sign for Dept . Signs . this amount . Mr. Custance reported communication with land owners at North Lexi.nFton and the plan as presented at the meeting appelred to please them. The Board discussed the matter of snow plow service to the Boston & Maine Depot yard, inasmuch as M-. A. B. Tenney communicated with tne office and called attention to the fact that the sidewalks and drives were not cared for. It was decided to inst"uct the Supt . of Public uorks Plow M.& 3. therefore , to have the sidewalks and drives sanded and depot yard. plowed early in the morninc: before the residents of the Town to the trains . The Clerk reported the case of Mary Yodwish who lives in the house owned by ' rs. Bornstein at the corner of Mass . Avenue and Hibbert Street, and enquired if the Board would approve payin rent in this case. From infrmation the Cle-k obtained, this woman had been arrested in Lexinton and was found duiltv in the Concord Court of keeping and exposin intoxicating liquor for sale. The family were also arrested five times in os ton for the same offense. The Board informed the Clerk that they would approve doing whatever was decided pest in this case . Mr. R. L. 'Arcier came before the Board and stated that he had paid all of his prope-ty t , es on the property on L ncoln Street known as the Aldrich property, ,-ut he had not paid the sewer tax. His brother , C. W . Ryder received the bill for the sewer tax, althox7h all tax bills have always been sent to him for all of the nyder property. e put the bill in his pocket and not realizing that he should make a request for apportionment of the tax, he forgot about it until the bill for the property was received, with the entire amount of the tax the-eon. Upon aoulication, he ound tha,. it was too late to Ryder have it apportioned: Mr. Earle insists upon having the money Sewer Paid to pay up his commitment for 1929. tax. He stated that he went in to see M-. Creelman in tie Tax Commissioners o fice and Mr. Crellman informed, him that it was his duty to interpret the tax laws for the Town, art that if the Selectmen desired, they could accept a bond that wolld protect them if they desired to cancel and reapportion the sewer tax. The entire tax with interest amounted to $1307.04. The Board decided to request Mr. Ryder to retire until 1 they discussed the matter, and after discussing it voted to accept a guaranty bond provided the matter is taken up with the Town Counsel and he agrees that it can be done. The Board discussed the matter of the construction of Hill Street and decided that the work should be completed Hill St. on this street if possible this year. 400 .tph -T1 A report was received from Mr. Harold B. Lamont, 0 Chairman of the Tercentenary Committee, and was accepted by tle Board. In retard to tl e report to be printed in Tercent- the Town Rep -t on the Tercentenary, it was decided to enary request Mr Lamont to make a more compact report. Report. In regard to the report of the Supt . of Parks, it was decided that rr. Shannon should go over the report Park Dept . with the Sapt. of Parks and suggest changes . Report . The following is the weekly report of the Supt. of Public Works . For the week ending January 10, 1931. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT It was necessary to use consid -rable sand on streets and sidewalks during the oast week. Work was continued on the widening of Hill Street considerable gravel and stone being place in low places where it will do for base course. A number of catch basins were cleaned and brush was cut out in several bad places . Also, some work was done at the Public Works Bldg. Next week the work on Hill Street will be con- tinued, regula" maintenance attended to and any necessary snow removal work will be done . MOTH & SHADE TREE DEPT. The treatment of the gypsy moth nests with creosote was continued through the past week and will occupy the department next week. PARK DEPARTMENT The regular maintenance work was carried on during the past week and will be attended to next week. WATER & SEWER DEPARTMENT Water Maintenance Installed water service for Brown and Ester on Bertwell Road. We started today, January 13th overhauling hydrants . Water Construction We have completed the new Wood Street water mains and have laid 4400 feet of 10" pipe, and 2477 feet of 8" pipe . Thirteen (13) hydrants have been installed on this line. I hr(ve estimated that it will require 23,870 gallons of water to fill this line and the water will be turned on some night in the very near future. Regular maintenance work is planned for next week. 401 ENGINEFRING DEPARTMENT Highways Levels taken and grades established for Hill Street from Cedar Street to about 1000 feet northeasterly. Figured and plotted Grant Street layout from Hayes Lane to near East 'Street Appointment with Met . Planning Division ,^egarding circumferential highways in Lexington. Sewers Assessment estimate of Oakland Street from Merriam's factory to Chandler Street. Drainage Completed plotting of Vine Brook Survey from Hayes Lane to beyond North Street. Work on design for covered drain thru playground. Miscellaneous Spent entire week revamping layort of Colonial Heights . Work on notes taken for ''Food Street water main. Measured Wood Street ledge. Yours very truly, William S. Scamman Supt. of Public Works The meeting adjourned at 11 15 P.M. A true record, Attest 624 Clerk. S