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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1931-08-18 149' SELECTMEN''S MEETING AUGUST 18, 1931. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 7 30 P.M. Messrs, Trask, Shannon, Custance, Blake and Gilcreast were present. The Supt . of Public Works and the Clerk pro- tem were also present . Pr. Shannon reported that Jean Tuttle complained that Complaint the manhole 6tover in front of his house rattles when cars re manhole go over it. The Supt . of Public Works was instructed to cover. • have this fixed. Mr. Trask called attention to the fact that a sign should be placed on the O' Connell dump as people were still dumping there. Mr. Custance stated that a fence was to be built around the property, alto. The Supt. Dumps of Public Works was requested to take care of the matter. Attention was called to the fact that out-of-town trucks were dumping in the Town dump, and something should be done to remedy this situation. The Board approved the Committee on the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration appointed by the Chairman t+f the Board and the Chairman of the Committee, Ezra F. Breed, which is as follows : Geo. Wash- Major Edward L. Child ington Major Irving F. Pierce Celebration Rev. Christopher W. Collier Committee. Mrs . Henry W. B. Cotton Mr. Alan Merrick appeared before the Board and re- quested them to sign his application for a Peddler's license. Mr. Merrick is a veteran, recently released from Peddler' s the hospital, and now living at 821 Mass .Ave. , Lexington. application. The Board signed this application. At 8:05 P.M. hearing was declaredopen on the applic- ation of of Frederick N and Elsa F. Anderson for permission to maintain a one car wooden garage on the premises at Burlington Street , Lexington. The Chairman read the notice of the hearing. Mr. Anderson stated that this was a private garage for his own use. Mr. and Mrs. William Clark appeared to obiect to the permit being granted. Mrs . Clark stated that the garage Anderson would be located right opposite her dining room and sun garage porch windows and should be moved back. Ir. Clark stated hearing. that as this was a deep lot there would be plenty of room to move the garage back. Mr. Anderson stated that this was a Cape Cod house and that the garage diotld be attached to the house, They had set it back as far .as possible and had no passageway between the garage and the hause, which was an inconvenience to them, so that the garage should be as far away from their neighbor's Yhouse as was possible. 150 ofz: Mr. Daniel Gorman, Jr. stated that the garage was con about 11 feet high at the front and 6 feet high at the ;, rear. The hearing was declared closed, and after dis- cussing the matter, gr. Custance moved that the permit be granted, and the Board so voted. Mr. Custance made a motion to notify the Building Inspector that applications for all buildin-'s shall have Building plot plans to be filed with the plan of the building. plans. He also suggested that the Building Inspector be informed that the plans should be in the Selectmen's Room the night of the hearing. The Board voted to do this . The Town Engineer came before the Board and presented construction figures for Oakland Street from Glen Road to Meriam Street . The abutters on one side of the street have alPeady Oakland been assessed because their property abutscon street Street already accepted. Two property owners on the other side Extension. of the street would probably not be interested at this time. Mr. Robert Whitney, one of the petitioners, owns only forty feet on the street. The Chairman stated that he would go over the matter with Mr. Whitney, one of the petitioners . The Town Engineer also presented a profile of Sherman Street extension and stated that he could lower the street about three feet at Oakland Street which Sherman would be all that could be accomplished on account of Street the excessive grade of a right hand turn into Oakland Extension. Street. No action, was taken. The Town Engineer stated that he had talked to Mr. Raymond and he felt that only four or five more days of Sewer outside work were necessary on the sewer study to complete study. it up to date. Culverts . The Town Engineer was requested to measure the inside demensions of culverts along Vine Brook for Mr. Wrighting- ton. Letter was received from Mr. S.R. Wrightington in which he gave his opinion in regard to insuring the fire- chief and other call firemen against liability for personal Insurance. Injury when going to fires in their own automobiles . He stated that the Town could not do this and it was decided to notify Mr. Taylor, Chief of the Fire Department, of the Town Counsel 's opinion in this matter. Letter was received from Mr. Wrightington in regard to the right of way in which the Town has an interest on Lincoln Street. Mr. Custance felt that this right of way was of no further use to the Town and stated that Mr. Hennessey expressed some interest in purchasing the property some time ago. It was felt that Mr. Hennessey should be given an opportunity to purchase the Town's interest 151 in this right of way if the Town so voted Right of Mr. Custance was directed to take the matter up way, Lincoln ' with Mr. Hennessey. St. Letter was also received from the Town Counsel informing the Selectmen that he is in receipt of three writs, the plaintiff in the first writ being Charles W. Ryder of Newtonville ; the second, Charles W. Ryder and Robert L. Ryder, Trustees of Lexington Estates Trust; and the +.th!rd, Robert L. Ryder, Trustee of the Lexington Ryder Real Estate Trust. He stated that he would take care of writs . this matter. Letter was received from the County Commissioners regarding suit entered by E. Elizabeth Holton of Lexington and Louise M. Brogna of Boston for assessment of damages on account of land presumably taken on account of the Suit for relocation of Wood Street . damages. They requested that the Selectmen have the Town Counsel enter an appearance in this case. Mr. Trask reported that the men on the Public Welfare Department are being paid $4. per day and that it was recently brought to his attention that three of Pay of the men were given an opportunity to work at a farm for Welfare $3.00 a day and they had refused to do it . The Board felt Men. that they should lower the amount given to them, and it was voted to pay them $3. per day. It was decided to write to the men on the Welfare Department advising them of this change. A list of the outstanding water rates for the first Outstanding section wqs presented to the Board. Mr. Trask stated water rates . that he wuld work with Mr. O' Connor of the Water Dept. on these Wnd see if they could clean up the matter. The3hairman stated that he did not feel that the street cleaning was being done properly, and requested that the Supt. of Public Works look into this matter and have the streets of the Town thoroughly cleaned. Street The Supt . agreed to attend to this matter. cleaning . The Chairman reported that he had talked with Mr. Holt concerning the Mulvey order and Mr. Holt informed him that he advised Mrs . Mulvey to clean up the property. he stated that Mrs . Mulvey had expressed a willing- ness to do so, but said that Mr. Custance recently consulted with her concerning the possibility of the Town pnrnasing this property for street purposes and she wondered if the Town Mulvey really wished her to make improvements its the property under order. those conditions . Mr. Custance stated that they would need this land if they were to put through a street later, and that this might be a good time to make a deal with her. The Planning toard has approved the layout of the street tentatively, and the Board could make the layout which could be completed at some later date. 152 Mr. Custance stated that he would have a conference with the property owners about the matter, and the cin matter was laid on the table for one week, Mr. Custance to report on it at that time. ', The matter of naming street A and Street C was considered, and Dr. "Shannon moved that street A be named Naming Jean Road and btreet C be named Morgan Road and the streets. Board so voted. Mr. Custance called attention to the fact that Mass. Avenue from Parker Street to the fountain was badly in Patchig need of patching, and suggested that this be done in Mass.A4Ye. connection with the construction work on Mass .Avenue. The Board decided that this should be done . Mr. Gilcreast reported that he had seen Mr., Nevins about his father's application for old age assistance, Old AAe and he had informed him that he did not need old age Assistance. assistance and to do nothing about the matter. Mr. Custance brought up the matter of extending water mains in Dexter Raad while construction was being done there. he felt it should be done before they built the street as about 550 feet of water pipe should Water be put in. He made a motion that the Water Dept. be instructed to install water main in Dexter toad in the mains. section where no pipe exists from dead end to Williams Road and from dead end to Fuller Road and in Fuller Road from Gleason Road to Bertwell Road. Sewer. The Supt was asked to look up the matter of the sewer in Summit Road and report . The weekly report of the Supt. of Public Works was received. The Supt . reported that the Grange requested the use Use of of Cary Memorial Hall for an afternoon and evening for hall. the half-rate of $25. The Board voted that they be charged the same price that they were charged last year when they used the hall. The meeting adjourned at 9:56 P.M. A true record, Attest Clerk, Pro-tem. 1