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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-05-18-BOS-min 1 SELECTMEN'S MEETING v � May 18, 1981 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, May 18, 1981 at 7 30 P M. Chairman Busa, Mrs. Miley, Mrs Battin and Mr Politi; Mr Hutchinson, Town Manager; Mr Cohen, Town Counsel; Mrs Banks, Assistant to the Town Manager; Miss Casey, Executive Clerk were present The Chairman opened the hearing on the petition of Joe B Fong, of Bora- Bora-Bora, Inc for permission for the transfer of 580 shares of stock under Bora, Inc the All Alcoholic Beverages License from Sally D Hsu, 12 Stevens Road, Lex- ington to Joe B Fong, 36 Aberdeen Street, Newton Highlands Mr -William Chin, attorney for Mr. Fong and explained that Ms Hsu has given up her share of stock and Mr Fong will now be the sole owner There will be no other changes Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the re- quest of Joe B Fong of Bora-Bora, Inc for permission for the transfer of 580 shares of stock under the All Alcoholic Beverages License from Sally D Hsu, 12 Stevens Road, Lexington to Joe B. Fong, 36 Aberdeen Street, Newton Highlands, Mass Mr Politi abstained from voting Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to remove from the Amnesty table the request of Amnesty International to declare May 28 as "Prisoner Inter- of Conscience Day" which was tabled at the April 6 meeting national After a brief discussion in which Mrs Miley stated that she felt that the word "declare" should be changed to "observe" the Board voted to grant the request Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the re- quest of Amnesty International to observe May 28 as "Prisoner of Conscience Day" in the Town of Lexington Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, Mr Politi abstain- One Day ing, voted to issue the following One Day Liquor Licenses Liquor Lic RAEDACC Association/W R Grace Co May 21 and May 28, 1981 Landmark School May 22, 1981 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minu- Minutes tes of the Selectmen's Meetings of March 23 and March 25, 1981 The Chairman read a request from Alexander, Inc Chauffeur Service of Common 57 Russell Street, Woburn for a Common Carrier License Carrier Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to issue a Common License Carrier License to Alexander, Inc , Chauffeur Service, 57 Russell Street, Woburn, Mass to expire December 31, 1981 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant permission Battle to the "Quadrivium" of the First Parish in Lexington for the use of the Green Battle Green for the purpose of a dance performance on May 20, 1981, sub- ject to coordination of the plans with the Director of Public Works D - 2 - Revenue The Manager reported to the Board that input from the General Revenue Sharing Sharing Hearing of May 11 indicated that requests for funding came from the Senior Citizen's Club for $300 00; AARP for $300 00 Senior Citizens Club; aid for Minute Man Home Care; Council on Aging supported funding for Minute-Man Home Care; other Human Services requests but no stated amount The Manager's proposed use of funds as follows Council on Aging Expenses and Personal Services $ 39,300 Community Services 30,488 Police Motor Vehicles 30,000 Police-Personal Services 140,212 Street Lights 360,000 The Manager reported that he felt that the human services areas are more vulnerable than other areas and recommended that $2500 00 be put back in the Council of Aging budget for Minute-Man Home Care based on the receipt of additional data from them. Dr Donald A. Lund, Executive Director of the Mystic Valley Mental Health Center Association, Inc addressed the Board and requested reconsideration of the Board's decision not to provide funding this year. He stated that loss of funding would ultimately mean decrease in and/or loss of services to the Town including Safehouse He stated that the Association was going to cut back in services to schools but he was not prepared to say that it would go to "Zero " He also stated that there is a small staff pertaining to the aged and they in- tended to maintain that staff During further discussion, it was brought out that the Town of Burlington has determined that it will not give support; Town of Winchester in cutting from $20,000 to $5,000 for emergency services; Town of Arlington is cutting 50% or funding $12,500 Dr Lund stated that all of the above is subject to Town Meeting action Mr Politi asked when the last State Quality Assurance report had been received and Dr Lund replied that they had been working with Mystic Valley from December through February He is to present these reports to the Board Dr Lund stated that, in order to justify financial support from the Board, he proposed that specific amounts be designated toward the Council on Aging who would work with the Association and for Safe House rather than ask for a general donation to Mystic Valley He stated that reports would be provided to the Board as to how the money was used The Manager, inreply to a statement by Mrs. Feakesof the Youth Com- mission that a request for funding has been refused by him, reminded the Board that, although there.±s money funded under miscellaneous committees, a danger of separate agencies is the creation of separate budgets He stated that the money requested was not available this year The Chairman thanked Dr Lund and other representatives of Town Agencies present, for attending the meeting and stated that the Board would take their input under consideration when making final decision relative to funding Capital Mr Myles N Barnert, Chairman of the Capital Expenditures Committee Expendi- presented its report of the five-year capital budget tures The report indicated that the passage of Proposition 2 1/2 has made it Comm. impossible to determine how much money can be raised by taxation, and of that total, how much should be made available for capital projects The large fluctuation in cost of borrowing and uncertainty of bond ratings made - 3 - Selectmen's Meeting May 18, 1981 it difficult to recommend large-scalethistime Therefore, where- e bonding at where- ever reasonable, the Committee recommended expenditure of no funds for this year The Committee's recommendations were for the completion of the sewer program, completion of the Marrett Road water main loop, no expenditure in the areas of drains, streets, Chapter 90 and sidewalks and the normal pro- ' jection for future years; recommendation of $140,000 for DPW equipment; completion of this year of the 6-year Comprehensive Drainage Study; no fund- ing for brook cleaning; postponement of the purchase of a new aerial ladder truck for the Fire Department; nb funding for Westview Cemetery and a recom- mendation of $25,000 in future years for the development of the cemetery In keeping with the Master Plan, these funds are expected to come from the Sale of Lots Fund; no expenditure for conservation purchases The Commitee recommended expenditure of $10,000 for a deep water well for the Old Res and $24,000 for resurfacing repair of Center Playground tennis courts; ex- penditure of $50,000 for closing of Muzzey Junior High School. No funding for a Senior Center until the Town decides on the future use of Muzzey School and $150,000 in FY86 for a computerized circulation system for the library The Manager informed the Board that he was informed this morning by the State that the Town has a serious water quality problem in the Concord Avenue area that must be dealt with He plans to present a recommendation 1114 to the Capital Expenditures Committee regarding this Mr David Wells, Chairman of the Recreation Department, updated the Recreation Board regarding the opening dates of the Pool and Res He stated that Committee they would open on June 13 with hours at the Res of 10 30 A.M. until 3 00 P.M. seven days and the Pool 9 00 A.M. until 10 00 A.M. weekdays and 10 00 A.M. until 10 00 P.M. on weekends with some closed times for lessons and specific functions He stated that he was concerned about how enforcement of hours at the Res could be accomplished He stated that the Committee felt that no matter what hours are fixed, someone will be excluded He stated that there is a fence but entrance can be gained on either side of it He stated that security is very difficult Mr. John Hayward expressed his dissatisfaction of the hours proposed for the Res and asked reconsideration of the Committee The Chairman expressed his hope that no difficulty would be presented by the early closing of the Res Mr Wells, in reply to Mrs Battin's question, stated that $7500 00 was needed to keep the Res open until 7 00 P M. Monday through Friday or approximately $2,000 per hour for the season The Chairman thanked Mr. Barnert, Mr Wells and others in attendance for their input and they retired from the meeting Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the Con- Constable stable Bond for Roy J Murphy in the amount of $5,000 Bond The Manager informed the Board that the Town had received a grant for evaluation of energy savings in the public schools and public build- ings and requested that that he be authorized to execute this Energy - 4 - Conservation Grant together with Mr James R. Maclnnes, Administrative Assist- ant Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to authorize the Town Manager and Mr James R Maclnnes, Administrative Assistant for Business, to execute the Energy Conservation Grant, subject to the approval of the School Committee or School Administration Sewer Mr Walter Tonaszuck, Director, Public Works/Engineering addressed the LEA Board and informed them that Linenthal, Eisenberg, Anderson, Inc were re- questing $49,949 increase for additional footage of sewer pipes and $25,000 to complete the inflow work in mini-system 10 He explained the reason for the request was due to a .discrepancy in the lengths of sewer pipe between the original I/I report prepared by Whitman & Howard and the field measurements made by LEA for the Sewer System Evaluation Survey During the discussion that followed, a representative from LEA explained to the Board how this discrepancy was discovered The Manager is to get a full and explicit report for the Board regard- ing the problem for the next meeting Parking The Board met with the residents of the Harding Road Area, Capt Lima Harding of the Police Department, Mr Chalpin of the Traffic Safety Committee and Road Mr Rosenberg of the Transportation Advisory Committee relative to the park- ing problem in the area Mr Chalpin reported that his Committee had discussed the matter and came to the conclusion that there was no traffic safety problem and, therefore, could not make a recommendation Understanding the concerns of the neighbor- hood, the Committee did suggest that parking be prohibited on one side of the street with a time limit posted During discussion of this suggestion, it was brought out that eliminat- ing parking on one side of the street would move the parking up further onto other streets and present a problem as to which side of the street should be posted The Chairman reported to the Board that it had been brought to his attention that there has been incidents of vandalism to cars that have been parked there He expressed concern that this had been done, especially as the Board and the Town are trying to alleviate the problem. Capt Lima reported incidents of vandalism reported on April 1 -- 13 cars, Tuesday or Wednesday of last week - 3 cars vandalized with paint He reported that last week there were only 4 cars parked not belonging to resi- dents and that perhaps the vandalism has frightened them away The neighbors expressed their concern, again, for the number of cars parked along Harding Road and also expressed the view that it is a safety hazard during the snow removal by the Town and the safety of school children Suggestions were made as to moving the bus stop to Worthen Road area and the Chairman explained that the Center Parking Committee have all the in- formation regarding areasavailable for parking and would take it under con- sideration After further discussion, the Chairman requested the cooperation and tolerance of the neighborhood in the solution of the problem and requested police enforcement of parking regulations Intersections and driveways are to be kept open and tickets issued to violators The Manager is to pursue the problem further and will integrate it with the question of whether or not Vocell Bus Lines will, in fact, add another, bus for the Bedford area, which would help alleviate the parking problem - 5 - / S3 Selectmen's Meeting May 18, 1981 The h Manager reported to the Board that a settlement had been reached Police in connection with the Police negotiations consistent with the Town's Contract last offer The overall package is a 7% increase plus a change in extra duty pay Estimated cost of the settlement is approximately $70,000 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to table the review Deferral of the list of deferral assessment requests Requests Town Counsel requested the approval of the Board regarding the con- Conservation servation easement on the Ridge Estates Easement Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the con- Ridge servation easement on the Ridge Estates Estates There was no Executive Session Upon motion duly made and seconded it w s voted to adjourn at 10 30 P.M. 0 t ` A true record, Attest • Eaea /'27 L4407-- xecutive Clerk I 1 vollY l