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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-09-14-BOS-min SELECTMEN'S MEETING cl September 14, 1981 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, September 14, 1981 at 7 30 P.M. Mrs Battin, Mrs Miley, Mr Politi; Mr Hutchinson, Town Manager; Mr Cohen, Town Counsel; Mrs Banks, Assistant to the Town Manager; Mrs Snow, Principal Clerk, were present Mrs Battin chaired the meeting in the absence of Mr Busa Mrs Battin opened the hearing on the petition of the N E Telephone Conduit, Lawn Company and Boston Edison Company for permission to install conduit in Avenue, Public Lawn Avenue 38+ feet from existing pole 441/2 to private way, necessary Hearing to provide electric and telephone service to a private WaY., Underwood Lane Mrs Battin explained that a public hearing was required and that abuttors had been notified Mr Woodrow of the N E Telephone Company and representing Boston Edison Company, explained that the installation would provide telephone and electric service for 12 new homes in Trodden Path subdivision. A recommendation for approval had been received from the Director of Public Works and Engineering Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant permission to the N E Telephone Company and the Boston Edison Company to install conduit in Lawn Avenue, on the westerly side approximately 38 feet from existing pole 441/2 to private way, Underwood Lane Report from the Center Revitalization Committee, dated September 11, Center Revit- 1981, on "Recommended Parking Implementation Action" and memorandum from alization Mr Tonaszuck, dated September 11, 1981, which accompanied proposed amend-Comm Report ments to the Traffic Rules and Orders, were filed with the Board of Select-on Parking men Mr Tonaszuck briefly reviewed, on a color coded plan of the Lexing- Plan ton Center area, the parking changes proposed in the Implementation Plan and projected a time schedule for the work involved It was agreed that review and discussion of the material filed would be deferred to the Select- men's meeting on October 5, and that action on the plan would take place at the October 19th meeting Town Meeting members in the precincts whose resi- dential streets abut the area, and the Chamber of Commerce, will be notified of the October 5th meeting Citizen attendance will be invited by newspaper coverage Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the re- Sewer charge quest of the Director of Public Works and Engineering to abate the abatement following sewer charge in lieu of betterments Rose-Mal Development, 80 Rose-Mal Dev Hayden Avenue, in the amount of $3,250 71 The construction will be at 80 Hayden Ave no cost to the Town Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the re- Water charge quest of the Director of Public Works and Engineering to abate the follow-abatement ing water charge in lieu of betterments Rose-Mal Development, 80 Hayden Rose-Mal Dev Avenue, in the amount of $441 00 The work will be done at no cost to 80 Hayden Ave the Town Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the re- Sewer Better- quest of the Director of Public Works and Engineering to sign Sewer ment Assess- ments -2- Betterment Assessments for the following streets Amherst Street Glen Road South Hayward Avenue Grant Street Fairview Avenue Lowell Street Chadbourne Road Maple Street Concord Avenue Meriam Street Maple Street North Street Pleasant Street Oakland Street Edgewood Road Somerset Road Minutes, Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the May 12 and minutes of the Selectmen's Meeting on May 12, 1981, and to approve as July 6, 1981 corrected, the minutes of the meeting on July 6, 1981 The Board reviewed the request of Arlington Town Manager Donald R Marquis in a letter dated August 31, 1981, for support of House Bill 7095 relative to Local Aid Distribution Mrs Battin briefly reviewed the bill filed to establish a local aid floor of 40% and a ceiling of 60% of a municipality's tax loss under Proposition 21/2 She mentioned that Senator Rotondi had expressed reservations with the bill in its present form and with the timing of its filing, though he considers the existing distribution formula to be an unfair one Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to inform Mr Mar- quis that the Lexington Selectmen would support measures for a more equitable distribution formula, which should be worked out at a future session of the Legislature, but would not support House Bill 7095 as filed this year MBTA Opera- Mrs Battin referred to the notice of public hearing on September 18 ting Assis- to be held by the MBTA concerning its Operating Assistance Projects She tance Pro- noted that Robert Cataldo had been designated to attend the hearing in gram Mr Busa's stead, and requested the Board's position on the MBTA applica- tion for federal assistance in the amount of $29,217,340 The members ex- pressed support of the MBTA Operating Assistance Program and its applica- tion to the Urban Mass Transportation Administration for federal operating assistance Mr Cataldo will be informed of the Board's position by Mr Hutchinson NESWC Mtg Mr Hutchinson reported that both he and Mr Tonaszuck will attend 9/17/81 the North East Solid Waste Committee meeting on September 17 Tennis Court Mr Hutchinson recommended that the contract for tennis court recon- resurfacing struction and resurfacing be awarded to the lowest bidder, E B Rotondi & reconstruc- and Sons, Inc tion Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to award the contract Contract for tennis court resurfacing and reconstruction at Centre Playground, Adams #85-5-E School Playground and Valley Road Courts to E B Rotondi and Sons, Inc , 224 Forest Street, Winchester, Mass - Contract #85-5-E, in the amount of $31,022 Mr Hutchinson requested the Board's approval of expenditure of addi- tional funds under Contract #81-7-E, for construction of a retaining wall at Long property, 149 Adams Street Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the expen- diture of additional funds in the amount of $1,169 60 for construction of a separate retaining wall at #149 Adams Street; Contract #81-7-E in the L. ) -3- Selectmen's Meeting September 14, 1981 amount of $16,575 to be increased to $17,744 60 - appropriation author- ized under Article 20, 1980 The Town Manager requested approval of the award of the contract Comprehensive for Phase IV of the Town Wide Drainage Study to the firm of Camp, Dress- Drainage er & McKee, Inc Study,Phase IV Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to award the con- tract and to execute the agreement for Phase IV of the Comprehensive Drainage Study of Hardy's Pond and Hobbs Brook Drainage Basin to Camp, Dresser & McKee, Inc , in the amount of $50,000 as appropriated under Article 48 of the 1981 Annual Town Meeting The Town Manager requested approval of the award of the contract Field Survey for field surveys for sanitary sewers to the firm of Linenthal, Eisen- Sanitary berg, Anderson, Inc , the lowest bidder Sewers Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to award the con- tract for field surveys related to the remaining sanitary sewer contract to the firm of Linenthal, Eisenberg, Anderson, Inc in the amount of $16,750 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign Contract Test Wells #82-4-E, Test Wells - awarded on August 24, 1981, and under the authori- Contract ty of Article 64 of 1981, with D L Maher Company, 71 Concord Street, #82-4-E North Reading, Mass , in the amount of $9,265 00 Mr Hutchinson requested the Board to designate the firm of BSC Engin-N Lexington eering as the consultant for engineering services regarding traffic im- Traffic provements in North Lexington, and to authorize him to negotiate a con- Improvements tract with BSC, subject to review of the Comptroller and Town Counsel of BSC Engr the appropriate funding vehicle regarding donations of funds from pri- vate industry Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to designate the firm of BSC Engineering, 263 Summer Street, Boston, Mass , as the con- sultant for engineering services regarding traffic improvements in North Lexington, and to authorize the Town Manager to negotiate a contract with BSC Engineering Mr Hutchinson asked direction from the Board regarding requests to Classification him that an informational meeting of the Selectmen with the Board of of Property Assessors be held to review the issue of classification and to hear citi- zen input on the subject Mrs Battin noted receipt of a letter to the Selectmen dated September 14, 1981, from Suanne Dillman, Town Meeting mem- ber, Precinct 3, requesting such a meeting It was agreed that, rather than scheduling a joint infcifmational meeting with the Assessors at this point, the Assessors would be requested to hold a public informational meeting on the issue Subsequent to that meeting, the recommendations of the Assessors, to reflect and include input from citizens, will be trans- mitted to the Selectmen for consideration The Selectmen will then hold at least one informational meeting with the Assessors to which the public will be invited Mr Politi asked for clarification of procedural methods regarding _ Margery M the appointment of Mrs Battin as chairman of the meeting in Mr Busa's Battin, absence He felt that rather than designation by the chairman of an Acting Chair- man ° � -4- acting chairman, the Board should have been polled on the matter He objected to the procedure, not the selection Mrs Battin explained that tradition- ally, the senior Selectman would be appointed by the Board as acting chair- man but that in this instance there had been no opportunity for such action at a meeting She agreed that the polling procedure, with ratifying vote at the next meeting, would have been appropriate and felt that it was a good idea to have a policy for such situations Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint Margery M. Battin as Acting Chairman for the duration of Chairman Busa's absence Mr Hutchinson referred to the Middlesex County Advisory Board meeting to be held on September 24 and pointed out the importance of attendance of a voting member to represent Lexington Mrs Battin, as Acting Chairman, will attend the meeting Mr Cohen requested the signing of three documents and the action of the Board was as follows Deed,Order Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the deed con- of Taking, veying 141 lots in the Meagherville section to the Conservation Commission Meagher- as authorized under Article 47 of 1977 ville Lots Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the order of taking relating to 38, lots in the Meagherville section owned by the Town and being transferred to the Conservation Commission Construction Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the order of easements, taking relating to temporary construction easements on Kendall Road Kendall Rd Mr Hutchinson pointed out that Mrs Banks was attending her last Nancy Banks Selectmen's meeting as Assistant to the Town Manager before leaving Lexing- ton for her new position as Town Manager of Acton She was thanked by the Acting Chairman on behalf of the Board and Townspeople and by the Town Manager for her service and dedication to the Town There was no executive session Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 8 27 P.M. A true record, Attest 481"1/1, 414110---. Marion H Snow Principal Clerk \ > .,°�