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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-08-24-BOS-min \ j"10,0) ° ( SELECTMEN'S MEETING August 24, 1981 11/ A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, August 24, 1981 at 7 00 p m. Chairman Busa, Mrs Miley, Mr Crain and Mr Politi; Mr Hut- chinson, Town Manager, Mrs Banks, Assistant to the Town Manager and Miss Casey, Executive Clerk were present The Chairman convened the meeting and requested an Executive Session Executive Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 4-0, by roll call Session vote, Mr Busa, Mrs Miley, Mr Crain and Mr Politi, to go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing the reputation and character of in- dividuals present The Open Session will be resumed After discussion the Open Session was resumed Chairman Busa opened the hearing on the petition of the New England Poles Telephone & Telegraph Co and Boston Edison Company for joint pole relo- N E Tel cations in Adams/North Streets Mr Boudreau of the N E Tel & Tel Boston Ed represented the companies North/Adams A public hearing was required and notices were sent to all abutters Streets The Chairman read the recommendation from the Director of Public Works/ Engineering that approval be granted as the work is being done due to town reconstruction. No one appearing in favor or in opposition, the hearing was declared closed Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, Mr Crain abstain- ing, to grant the petition of the N E Tel & Tel and Boston Edison for joint pole relocations as follows Adams Street on the southerly side, pole 1/47 approximately 5'+ (feet) and pole 1/46 approximately 15'4- (feet) in a southerly direction; on the northerly side pole 1/44 approxi- mately 22'+ (feet) in a westerly direction Three (3) poles to be removed North Street on the southerly side, pole 70/15 approximately 20'+ (feet) in a westerly direction One (1) pole to be removed Chairman Busa opened the hearing on the petition of the Boston Edison Conduit Company for permission to install 10 feet of conduit in Bedford Street Boston Mr Chisholm of the Boston Edison represented the company Edison A public hearing was required and notices were sent to all abutters Bedford St The Chairman read the recommendation of the Director of Public Works/ Engineering that approval be granted as the work is necessary to provide service to 424 Bedford Street (Boston Properties) No one appearing in favor or in opposition, the hearing was declared closed Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant the peti- l" tion of the Boston Edison to install conduit in Bedford Street as follows Bedford Street, southwesterly, approximately 31 feet southeast of Eldred Street, a distance of about 10 feet -- conduit Bedford Street, southwesterly approximately 236 feet southeast of Eldred Street, a distance of about 10 feet -- conduit � � - Gas Main The Chairman opened the hearing on the petition of the Boston Gas Co Boston Gas for installation of approximately 275 feet of 4 inch gas main on Grove St Co from the Bedford line to existing 4 inch main at Carriage Drive Grove St Mr Fred Colange of the Boston Gas represented the company A public hearing was required and notices were sent to all abutters The Chairman read the recommendation of the Director of Public Works/ Engineering that approval be granted as the work is necessary in order to extend service into Bedford, Massachusetts with a special condition that the trench is to be patched with 2" of binder and a 1" overlay over entire street No one appearing in favor or in opposition the hearing was declared closed Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant the petition of the Boston Gas Company for the installation of approximately 275 feet of 4 inch gas main on Grove Street, from the Bedford Line to the existing 4 inch main at Carriage Drive One Day The Chairman read a request from the RAEDACC Association of W R Grace & Liquor Co for two one-day liquor licenses for August 27 and August 31 Licenses Upon motion duly made and seconded, Mr Politi abstaining, it was voted to grant two One Day Liquor Licenses to the RAEDACC Association of W R. Grace & Co for August 27 and August 31, 1981 Emery Park The Chairman read a request from the Lexington Firefighters Against Fire Dept Muscular Dystrophy for permission to hold annual "Fill the Boot Day" at Emery Park. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant permission to the Lexington Firefighters Against Muscular Dystrophy for permission to hold its annual "Fill the Boot Day" at Emery Park on Friday, September 4 from 10 00 a.m. until 4 00 p m. Liq Lic The Chairman read a request from the Lexington Council #94 Knights of Hours Ext Columbus for an extension of hours under its liquor license from 12 00 Mid- Knights of night to 1 00 a m. on Saturday, October 3 Col Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, Mr Politi abstaining, to grant permission to the Lexington Council #94 Knights of Columbus for an extension of hours under its liquor license on Saturday, October 3 from 12 00 Midnight until 1 00 a m. Theatre Lic The Chairman read a request from Lexmil Theatres, Inc for approval of Renewals its Weekday and Sunday licenses Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approval renewal of the Weekday and Sunday Licenses for Lexmil Theatres, Inc for Cinema I, II and III Minutes Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes of the Selectmen's meeting of June 22 Garrity House Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to table Item 6 on discussion the agenda discussion,'of. the. Garrity House with the Committee until later tabled in the meeting I L ✓ / - 3 - Selectmen's Meeting August 24, 1981 The Manager requested the approval of the Board to award the contract Test Wells for test wells to the low bidder, D L Maher Company Contract Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to award the con- 82-4-E tract for Test Wells, Contract #82-4-E, to the low bidder, D L Maher Com- pany in the amount of $9,265 00 authority for the work is contained in Article 64 of 1981 Town Meeting The Manager reported to the Board that a meeting between Dr Singer, Ambulance Dr Mazur and some of the Fire Department emergency medical technicians Policy was held as a result of the Board meeting of August 3 on the ambulance policy During the meeting it was decided not to,change the existing policy but to be sure that EMT's ask the patient if they have a doctor or hospital preference If they do and it is not a life threatening emergency every effort will be made to comply with their request The doctors will con- tinue to work with the Fire Department as questions arise and will also pro- vide training for the personnel The Board met with the residents of the Rockville Avenue area to dis- Rockville cuss the reconstruction of the street Avenue The Chairman stated that the Board voted at its last meeting to go forward with the reconstruction of the street A tree hearing was held by by the Tree Warden on August 7, 1981 and under the statutes, it is the ob- i/ ligation of the Board of Selectmen to make a decision on the hearing The abutters at the hearing who had objections have been notified of the -meet- ing this evening in order to give them an opportunity to present their ob- jections to the Board Some of the residents of the Rockville Avenue area were present and reiterated their objections to the removal of 18 trees on the grounds that the trees 1) acted as noise and wind barriers, 2) provided their homes with shade and a sense of privacy and 3) added to the beauty and rural character of the neighborhood Objections were raised relative to the installation of the sidewalk, also The Manager explained that it has been the practice to install side- walks concurrently with the construction or reconstruction of streets as an economy measure After hearing the objections of all in attendance, the Board moved to go ahead with the reconstruction of Rockville Avenue and the installation of the sidewalk there Assurances were given to the residents that all pre- cautions would be given to the removal of the trees and no more than is absolutely necessary will be removed The Board met with Ms Jacqueline Lowe, representing the TIC to dis- Hartwell cuss the traffic problem again at Hartwell Avenue Ave / Ms Lowe read in its entirety the letter to the Board of Selectmen Bedford St dated August 20 from Ronald W Stutzman, Chairman, Traffic Improvement Com- mittee. The letter stated that the Committee was proceeding with a fund I - 4 - p drive and that approximately $5,000 had already been pledged in addition to the $10,000 pledged by Boston Properties The letter also incorporated two recommendations of the Committee (1) to restore the peak hour traffic patrol at the public intersection of Hartwell Avenue and Maguire Road until the road and signal projects have been completed; (2) to begin assembling the rights of way required by the construction Mr Morris of Itek reiterated his position on the traffic patrol at the location and stated that he felt it was a recognized cost of government and should be borne by the town not the businesses along the route Mr Busa pointed out that there is currently, a shortage of patrolmenin the police force and the town must first find the monies to restore the officer and then find an officer to put there Mr Hutchinson is to report on the situation at the next meeting and a decision will be made at that time Garrity House Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to remove from the table the Garrity House item and resume discussion The Manager referred the Board to its copies of the report of the Chair- man of the Garrity House Committee indicating that no viable proposals had been received as a result of the ad in the Minute Man of July 30 The Com- mittee further requested that the Selectmen direct the Committee how to proceed and asked if the buildings be offered for sale for residential use on leased land Mr Crain felt that as no residential proposals had been received, the Board should go forward with what had been received Mr Politi stated that there had been no advertising for residential use involving sale of the buildings and a lease of the land which was an op- tion that he would like to see Mr Hutchinson is to contact Mrs Grady and determine it any such pro- posals had been received and invite the Committee to meet with the Board again. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 8 30 P M. A true record, Attest Executive Clerk i�"