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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1934-06-12 48 00 SELECTMEN'S MEETING JUNE 12, 1934 ' 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, Giloreast, Ferguson, O'Connell and Lyons were present at the meeting. The Clerk was also present. The Board voted to appoint the following as Special Police during the duration of their work on the Concord Special Ave. State Highway: James Collins, George K. Rudd, James Police A. Guthrie, James McKenzie, Robert Cady, Daniel F. Coughlin and Thomas J. Doherty. Commitment of water rates, $7.95, water service and Commitment miscellaneous charges, $38. and sewer service and rentals, $206.34, was signed by the Board. It was voted to grant the following licenses: Anna Hannaford o SundaySales License Licenses Gustave Bunzel Slaughter License John McHugh Garbage License The Board also approved a license, for Sunday Golf for the Sundays in June and July, of Cyril Wood and Carl Peterson, at Merrett Gardena . Order of the Board of Appeals giving their decision on the application of Fanny P. Crown for permission to install a gasoline filling station, 4000 gallon capacity, at 859-863 Mass . Avenue in which they denied the application on the grounds that the street is narrow at this point and Crown that there is no necessity for additional accomodations for Petition a gasoline station, was received. The Board of Selectmen also voted tcrleny the petition of Fanny P. Crown. The Chairman of the Board called attention to the fact that on Watertown Street, owing to the work being done on the Concord Avenue job, there has been parking on the street and inasmuch as the street is very narrow he felt th4t there should be a regulation passed whereby no parking would be allowed and the Chief of Police could then enforce the regu- lation. It was therefor voted to adopt the following regulationst WATERTOWN STREET "There shall be no parking on either side of Watertown Street from Pleasant Street to the Belmont Line." 49 Hearing was declared open on the application of John J. Brady for permission to maintain a two car garage at 143 Bedford Street, Lexington. Mr. Brady appeared and stated that he had come away without his plans but he explained to the Board that this was formerly the Kelley place on Bedford Street and the Brady garage was to be put in the addition to the house and he garage would comply with all the Building Lawn such as wire, lath- ing, etc. The Board voted to grant the permit subject to the approval of the Building Inspector. The Board decided to revise the Jury List on next Jury Tuesday evening. List Attention was called to the fact that there will be a special meeting of the Board of Selectmen on Monday evening June 18th at 7:30 P .M. for a hearing on the layout of Gleason Gleason Road, from Fuller Read to Simonds Road. Road Letter was received from the Town Counsel in which he stated that a hearing would be held before the Dept. of 1Public Utilities an Tuesday, June 19th, at 10:30 A. M. at which time he desired to have the Chairman of the Board, Heating foie Town Engineer and Mr. Earle present at the meeting. Letter was received by Mr. O'Connell from Edward L. Kelley, 8 Muzzey Street, in which he asked that he be sent to some hospital . The application was made out by the Kelley T.B, Middlesex Co. Sanatorium for his admission to Rutland pend- Case ing admission to Middlesex, and owing to the young man's very poor condition, it was voted to send him to Rutland pending his admission to Middlesex. Application was made out by Dr. Wm. L. Barnes for admission of Mrs. Theodore Sheffres of 11 Lisbeth Street to Middlesex Co. Sanatorium and also for admission to Rutland. Mr. Sheffres was at the Veterans Hospital and was called home owing to his wife's condition. She, being alone, has been unable to sleep and is now in very poor oonditioa^and Dr. Barnes recommended that she be taken to Sheffres the Sanatorium immediately. Mr. Sheffres explained that Case they had no relatives and•=he had almost $500. with which he was going to buy the burial lot and p rovide money for funeral expenses for both of them in case anything happens to them. They have a mortgage on the house of $2650. and he-was anxious to sell the house, but if he could not sell it be wanted to rent it. He stated that he could now pay $5. a^week for her care at Rutland. The Board voted to send Mrs . Sheffres to Rutland pend- ing her admission to Middlesex Co. Sanatorium. It was voted to renew the blanket fire insurance in the amount of #44,300. expiring an July 9, 1934, through the office of Robert Whitney. 50 Letter was received from Miss Margaret E. Walsh calling attention to the fact that she understood that a blanket fire insurance policy expires on July 9th and Insurance asking for consideration of re-apportionment of the in- surance. No action was taken on the matter. Letter was received from S. R. Wrightington addreesed to the Building Inspector in which he called attention to previous proceedings in reference to the Pasquale Moretti case where Mr. Moretti has violated the Zoning Laws by maintaining a two family house at Melrose Avenue in a one Moretti fly district. He stated that on account of the death Zoning of Mr. Tibbetts, the matter had not been followed up and Case in view of the fact that a decree was entered at the written consent of his counsel, that he would have served by the sheriff a copy of the formal decree on Moretti if the Board so desired. The Board voted to instruct the Town Counsel to have a copy of the decree served on Moretti for violation of the Zoning Law in accordance with his suggestion. In reference to the application of Mary E. Landry for Old Age Assistance, Mrs . Landry's husband had been Landry given work as a watchman on the Concord Avenue highway Old Age job and no motion would be taken on the Old Age appliCa- Case tion providing there were sufficient funds for her support received by him. The matter of compensation was to be checked up, however, Mr. Gilareast reported that he had taken up the mat- ter of Asima ' . Breed's Old Age Assistance which had been refused bythe Bureau of Old Age Assistance of the State, and that he talked with Mr. Bardwell, State Supertisor, Breed Old in regard to the case explaining to him that application Age Case. had been made to the Home Loan Assoc. for Mrs. Breed's houes and Mr. Bardwell stated that he would consider the 0100, tut no definite approval had been received. Kr. Bardwell stated that they had 48,000 applications for Old Age Assistance on hand, some of which would have to be refused. In regard to the request of Dr. Clarence Shannon that the sewer rental charge above $1.88 be abated owing to the fact that there was no one in his house during the summer Shannon months and he paid the $1.88 on the basis of a $10.50 water sewer rental bill The total amount of the water bill for that plr104 bill was •25. 83 a** the sewer rental was therefor $6.48. The figures showed that during the winter months he used $15. worth of water as compared with $25. during the period when the water was used. The Board therefor voted to abate the sum of $4.60 sewer rental charge. 51 Letter was received from the Town Counsel in which he gave an opinion in regard to transient vendors and hawkers and p eddlers . He explained that the regulation Hawkers adopted by the Board at the last meeting was a valid reg- & ulation governing vendors and he explained the provisions Peddlers of the Law in regard to hawkers and peddlers. Litter was received from the Town Counsel in which he stated that the draft of agreement between the Town of Lexington and the Town of Arlington in respect to surface drainage around 8dckle and Mill Brook, East Lexington, did not have his approval. He enclosed draft of a paragraph which he thought should be inserted after the fourth para- graph.r 'He gave his opinion that he felt that the Town of Arlington desired too much in the way of an agreement with reference to the Great Meadows . He felt that the Town of Lekington should not engage in a *20,000. construction job and then be ordered to abandon the work on thirty days notice from the Town of Arlington. The Town Engineer was present at the meeting of the Drainage Beard and stated that he had talked with the Town Engineer of Arlington and felt certain that the Town of Lexington could sedure an agreement from Arlington to do the drainage work from How Street to Fottler Avenue, and as that was all that was necessary to be done this year, he felt that the other drainage work could be done at a later date. The matter was therefor left in the hands of the Town Engineer to talk over with the Town Engineer of Arlington again to find out whether or not they desired to have formal application made by the Town of Lexington and if they would give permission in writing by letter to have the work done from Bow Street to Fottler Avenue. In reference to the claim of Leslie J. Wood for accident while working on the removal of snow last winter, the Clerk reported that on checking up with the Insurance Company, it was found that independent contractors were not included in the pay roll but that all regular employees doing snow re- moval work were covered and also employees of contractors Wood would also be taken into the pay roll audit. It was therefor decided to deny any responsibility in Claim the case of Leslie J. Wood and in the future the Supt. of Public Works was either to get a certificate of compensation insurance of independent contractor' or to place them on the regular pay roll. Mr. Lyons called the attention of the Supt. of Public Works to the street in East Lexington which had not as yet Painting been painted with white lines in the middle of the street Street and there had been another accident in East Lexington and he felt that the street should be painted right away. 52 rz� The Chairman reported that the Board of Public Works of Arlington desired to continue dumping in Lexington on Shore and Leary properties. Dumping It was decided to inform them that the Town of Lexington had no objection providing the owners did not object to their filling it in. Mr. Harry Johnson did not appear before the Board, but his Attorney, Mr. Russell, communicated with the Chairman in reference to the agreement for Mr. Johnson to sign. Mr. Johnson now left the matter with his Attorney to attend to and the Chairman stated that Mr. Russell is to communioate with Mr. Wrightington and have some agreement drawn up that would be agreeable to our Town Counsel. The (chairman recommended further that the article WE inserted in the warrant calling for the water and sewer in this development providing the proper agreement is signed. Johnson The Board again discussed the matter as to whether or Property not the liens for water and sewer on the property would come after the mortgagees claims, and it was finally voted to insert an article in the Warrant to request the Town to in- stall water and sewer in the Johnson property subject to the agreement of the Town Counsel with respect to liens. Warrant The Board signed the Warrant for a Town Meeting to be held on June 25th. It was voted to leave the matter of closing the hall Closing on June 18th to the Chairman, he to be governed by whether Hall or not the towns of Winchester and Belmont close their town offices. The Chairman explained that the Supt. of Public Werke had been approving bills of all the departments of the Town whether or not they were under his .lurisdiction, such as the Public Welfare Dept. , Board of Health, etc. The Chairman felt that the Supt. should approve only such bills as were incurred in the departments directly under his control. The original vote of the duties of the Supt. of Public Works was presented to the Board, and the duties of the Supt. were described as quite general although specific departments were given to his Supt. jurisdiction. The Supt. came before the Board and stated that approving it has been his practice to approve all bills, but he did not bills know very much about some of them, but as long as they were approved by the head of the department he then approved them. He desired, however, to be relieved of the work of approving all these bills as it took considerable time. The matter was left to the Chairman to make cut a list of the departments to be approved by the Supt. and those he would approve himself. Mr. Ferguson reported in reference to the insurance appraisal made on the Munroe School Building, but owing x8 53 to the fact that this building was in very good condition, it perhaps did not show the difference that might show up in a building that is older than the Munroe School. After consider- ing the matter, it was decided to request John Duff & Sons to Appraisal make an appraisal of the Hancock School under the same con- ditions which they proposed to make the appraisal of the Munroe School. At the last meeting, the Board decided to refuse to grant a license to Country Side Filling Station, Inc. for a Common Victuallers Entertainment license. The Chairman stated that Mr. Currier had talked withlim License. in regard to the matter and informed him that the request of the Board that he light up the back end of his field came when he made his application for a beer license. He did not do any- thing further about it, inasmuch as he did not desire the beer license. He felt that all objection to his radio had been over- come inasmuch as there were no complaints last year, and he asked that the Board reconsider his request for an Entertainment License. The Chairman recommended that the Entertainment License be granted, and it was so voted. The meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M. A true record, Attest: I Clerk. 4 i