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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1934-05-29 33 SELECTMEN'S MEETING MAY 29, 1934 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen's Office, Town Office Building, on May 29, at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Trask, Gilcreast, Ferguson, O'Connell and Lyons were present. The Clerk was also present. The following commitments were signed by the Board: Water Repairs and Miscellaneous Charges $ 68. 13 Water & Water Rates, First Section 6767.46 Sewer Com- Sewer Rates, First Section 580.59 mitments Sewer Services and Rentals 13.90 Water Rates 10.0() Water Service Charges 48.20 State Aid Pay Roll in the amount of $16 was signed for the month of May. State Aid Sunday Golf Entertainment License for all Sundays in Sunday Golf - the month of June was signed by the Board, for G. W. Bean, Bean for the driving range on Bedford Street. At 8 P.M. hearing was declared open upon the applica- tion of Pasquale Luongo of 57 Pleasant Street for permission to maintain a two car garage of block construction at 57 Pleasant St. Mr. Luongo and his son appeared and presented plan of the proposed garage. No persons appeared to object and it was voted to grant the permit subject to the approval of the Building Inspector. A hearing was advertised on the application of Stanley E. Cliff for permission to maintain a two car garage at lots Cliff 15, 16 and 17 Simonds Road, Lexington. The applicant did Garage not appear, therefor no action was taken on the application Letter was received from the Joint Committee on Municipal Finance of Boston Chamber of Commerce and the Boston Real Estate Exchange of 80 Federal Street in which attention was called to House Bill 1144 being a bill for the acquisition of land in the city of Somerville for park purposes at a maximum cost of $350,000 and from which an assessment will be made to the towns and cities in the metropolitan district. This bill has already passed the house and request was made that it be House opposed by our Senator. Bill The assessment to Lexington would be f1116, and it was 1144 . voted to notify the Senator to oppose the bill. Lettex+ was received from the Planning Board in which it was stated that a hearing will be held at the Selectmen's 34 CD Room on June 11 on two proposed amendments to the Hearing Zoning Law, both being to remove the business dis- Zoning Law trict on Mass. Ave. from Fletcher Ave. to Grant St. and Winthrop Road to Wallis Court. Peddler's License was granted to Charles Heath Peddler' s of Grant St. , Lexingtoh by signing approval of the License Board. Mr. Mitchell came before the Board and reported a request was received from Leo Dattoli for assistance. One son is living with his father and is working on the Water Dept. and pays $20. per month rent. The father is old and hardly able to work on welfare work. The man owes a water bill of $23. and made application as he was unable to pay the bill. He is now five months in arrears in hie Dattoli payments to the bank on the mortgage. The mortgage has Case been reduced to $2800 and the property is assessed for $4950. Mrs. Peter Palermo, their daughter, whose husband is in jail, received $4. per week groceries. The Board felt that the son working should contribute more to the house as the property will become theirs in the future and voted not to authorize any aid in this ease. Mr. Mitchell requested authorization to, send Michael O'Connor O'Connor who is boarding with Mrs. Latter, tohe Hp* and Case Ear Infirmary owing to the fact that he is now getting deaf and Dr. Hardcastle recommended that he be sent there for treatment Mr. Mitchell recommended the payment of one month's Farnham rent for Leight V. Farnham of 958 Mass. Ave. until Mr. Case Farnham is placed on the B.R.A. The Board authorized the payment for one month. Mrs. Paul McDonnell again applied for additional assistance to Mr. Mitchell. Mr. O'Connell reported that the case of Mrs. McDonnell McDonnell was in' Court again and her husband, Paul, offered again to Case take the children, but she would not allow him to do so. The Judge also stated that she was getting all she was en- titled to get. The Board voted to approve the authorization of $15. Archibald paid by Mr. Mitchell to move Frank Archibald of 42 Forest Case St. to Lowell. Dr. Hardoastle stated that Nor man Pero, Jr. should go to bed for one month on account of a reoccurence of his tubercular condition. His sister, Mrs . Richards, stated that he needed certain foods and wanted an allow- ance for the food. Mr. Mitchell requested that an itemized 35 statement be sent in of the foods necessary. He would Pero Case bring the statement in for approval later. Application for a peddler's license was approved by Peddler's the Board for Gene H. Luongo of 57 Pleasant St. License The Clerk reported that Dr. Hardcastle stated that ono of the Dowling children at the Morang house on Highland Avenue was ill with a cold and has a possible ease of measles. The water was turned off last Friday at this house owing to the fact that Mr. Morang owed appro'd mately *6). Mr. Ferguson reported that Mr. Dowling, son-in-law of Mr. Morang, informed him that he would be Morang responsible for the water used while he lives or - Water is h f ily lives at the house if it was turned on for him. The Board therefor voted to allow the water to be turned on providing he paid a deposit of $10. The Board approved the application for admittance of Jacob Cohen of 40 Sylvia Street to the Middlesex County Sanitorium. Since the last meeting Mr. Cohen's residence was checked up and found to be in• Lexington and he was Cohen therefor sent to Tewksbury temporarily inasmuch as Dr. Case Hardcastle recommended that he be sant there . The Board approved of this application and signed the same. Application was also signed by the Board for the Kelley T.B. admission of Edward L. Kelley of Musset' St., Lexington Case to the Middlesex County Sanitorium. Letter was received from George V. Morse thanking the Board for his appointment as Tennis Instructor. He Tennis suggested, however, that it might be possible that some Instructor other work might be provided for him in the mornings. Hearing was declared open upon the application of Wm Roger Greeley of 1948 Mass. Avenue for the approval of at proposed circle at the end of Belfry Terrace. It having been found that Belfry Terrace was never laid out from Forest St. it was decided to include the entire street in the Board of Survey layout. Mr. Greeley stated that he had no objection to the entire street being laid out. Mr. Greeley and Mr. Waldo F. Glidden whose properties abut on this proposed circle were both present with the Board of request that the circle be laid out. Mr. Greeley stated Survey that it was their desire to have a circle so that cars could turn around at the end of the street and felt that this would be a better arrangement than having a dead end It would enable Mr. Greeley and Mr. Glidden to both each have a lot of land available for building purposes that would be of legal size according to the zoning law. The circle would be 70 feet in diameter and would not have grass plot in the middle. 36 cn Mr. Glidden stated that there was nothing further to add other than what was said by Mr. Greeley. Mr. White, resident of Belfry Terrace, stated that he and his wife owned land there and he wanted to wee a plan of the proposed layout . The plan was presented by the Town Engineer and viewed by those present at the hearing. Mr. Wm. W. Ferguson inquired what the width of the bank of the lots were and was informed by Mr. Greeley that the lots average 88 feet with a 75 foot frontage; his own lot was 150 feet on the back. Mr. Ferguson inquired if there was any restriction of the lot, and he was informed that there were no restrictions other than those set down by the town. Mr. White felt that these lots called for three houses all hunched up in the middle. Mr. Greeley informed,him, however, that there were only two lots. Mr. White felt that allowing this layout would not improve the surroundings around the common. Mr. Ferguson called attention to the ninety-nine year lease that did not allow streets to come out on to land adjacent to the battle green, therefor he did not believe that this street could be laid out to Mass. Avenue as that was what he was informed when he originally laid out Mass. Avenue. Board of Mr. Whipple also objected and Mrs. White stated that Survey they did not want a circle there as they did not want traffic turning on the street. Letter was received from the Planning Board in which they stated that they approved in principle the layout of the proposed street but preferred to reserve final approval of any scheme of development in this area until the Town Engineer had made a study of the rear portions of the lands belonging to Mr. Webster also. The Town Engineer was present and stated that he had made a study which was indicated in red on the sketch show- ing how the Webster land could be developed making another circle similar to that on Belfry Terrace. He recommended the approval of the Greeley plan. The Board considered the matter and felt that the objections presented were more or less of a selfish nature, owing to the fact that one owner now only has a twelve foot frontage on Belfry Terrace and the houses owned by these persons were small houses, while the lots proposed by Mr. Greeley meet with the requirements of the Zoning Law. The Board therefor voted to approve the plan of the Belfry Terrance and circle when the proper plan is presented by Mr. Greeley for approval. Plan of the proposed sewer in Bloomfield St. Extension Bloomfield was presented by the Town Engineer. He had also the figures St. Sewer on the cost to the abuttors for this extension. It was 37 decided to send the information to Mr. Arthur L. Graves so that he may decide whether or not he and the other abuttars desire to haVe the sewer extended. Mr. Gilcreast reported having investigated the applica- tion of Mfrs. Anna C. Breed of 44 Bloomfield St. for Old Age Old Age Assistance and recommended $7. per week Old Age Assistance. It was voted tddrant $7. per week in this case. In reference to the complaint of Mr. Murray that his tenants would not remain in the house owned by him off Laconia Street owing to the fact that Mr. August Young was keeping pigs on his premises, the Health Inspector reported that he did not find that Mr. Young made a practise of keeping pigs and that he did not have a building in which to keep them. He sometimes had a few there for sale or to slaughter . He did not find any odor about the premises and he also talked with the tenant in Mr. Murray' s house and was informed by her that she was not bothered by the odor of pigs. She did state, however, that she would not stay on the property an- Complaint other winter because on account of the snow she was unable Pigs to send her children to school. After receiving this report the Board decided to notify Mr. Murray that they had received a satisfactory report from the Health Inspector and that apparently no nuisance existed. Application was received from the Country Side Inc. for a Compton Yictualler's Entertainment License at the corner of Woburn St. and Lovell St. Country Sid4 Last year when this license was requested the Board Entertain- informed them that if the back end of the lot was fenced ment in the Board would consider granting the license. No action License was taken and therefor no permit granted last year. It was decided therefor to refer the application to the Chief of Police for his recommendation. Letter was received from the Supt. of Public Works in which he stated that the old tar sidewalks replaced with granolithic would cost $1.68 per square yard and driveways would cost $2.12 per sq. year. The sidewalks could be re- surfaced with asphalt concrete composition for 80 to 95 cents a square yard. With the appropriation of $1000 for this work between 1100 and 1200 feet could be constructed with the concrete composition and only`575 feet with grano- lithic. The Supt. stated that the sidewalks that were done over with the asphalt composition for the past four or five years have been very satisfactory both in appearance and wearin . It was therefor voted to authorize the Supt. to have Sidewalks the tar sidewalks fixed with concrete compostion. Bid was received from the Lexington Townsman, Inc. in reference to printing the town by-laws. For furnishing 4800 copies of the by-laws for circulation - $30; for 38 tal c-� CD printing 2500 booklets including cover, $100. and for publishing the by-laws in the Minute Man three times, $02.75 for the first issue, and $68.50 for each sub- sequent issue. Bid was received from John Worley Co. of 166 Terrane St. Boston for photographing 4800 copies, booked, at $110. Owing to the fact that the Lexington Minute Mau will have to print the by-laws their bid is lower than that Byybaws of ` eha Norley. It was decided to have the Lexington Minute Man tar- nish the flat copies for the town meeting. Letter was received from Dr. Clarence Shannon of Edgewood Rd. in which he stated that he has paid $1.88 on Sewer his sewer rental bill. It was decided not to take any Rental action on his request until the information of the full amount of his sewer rental bill was obtained. Letter was received from the Town Accountant in whish he called attention to the fact that the Board of Assessors Office have a temporary clerk. Letter was also received from the Town Accountant in which he called attention to the extra warrant prepared to pay bills incurred for sewer damages in the amount of $571.00 to Patrick F. Dacey for damages approved by the Board that occurred in the vicinity of Bedford and Shirley Street•y Since there were no funds in the sewer account, an emergency 8� y would have to be declared to pay these bills. 4 Sewer The Board felt that inasmuch as another town meeting Emergency was to be held in June that an appropriation could be made at that time and therefor took no action relative to de- claring an emergency. Figures were received from Spaulding Moss Go. for fur- nishing three maps of the town mounted on a roll for the Maps of sum of $17.50 each. The Board expressed the thought that Town this was expensive, but decided to leave the matter with the Chairman to decide. Discussion relative to transient vendors was to be Vendors laid on the table until the Chairman was present to discuss the matter. The Chairman left the meeting during the session to Reception attend the reception of Rev. R. Mitchell Rushton of the Baptist Church, who is leaving Lexington to go to Winchester. The Supt . of Public Works reported that from C.W.A. and F.E.R.A. funds the town has received $45,200 to date. The meeting adjourned at 9:20 P .M. A true record, Attest: Clerk.