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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-03-02-BOS-min i31 � 39 5 �I SELECTMEN'S MEETING Cis March 2, 1981 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men's Meeging Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, March 2, 1981 at 7 30 p m Chairman Miley, Mr Busa, Mrs Battin, Mr Kent and Mr Crain; Mr Hutchinson, Town Manager; Mr Cohen, Town Counsel; Mrs Banks, Assistant to the Town Mana- ger and Miss Casey Executive Clerk were present The Chairman convened the meeting and read requests for renewals of Auctioneer Auctioneer Licenses Licenses Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to renew the Auctioneer Licenses for William Sennott and Robert N Cann The Board discussed the request from Thomas R. Kirkham for the use BattleGreen of the Battle Green for practice for Stuart Higlanders Scottish Pipe & Drum marching unit It was decided that the Battle Green would not be an appropriate location for this type of activity The Board agreed that Hastings Park was a more appropriate location and Mr Kirkham is to be so informed Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to deny the request of Thomas R. Kirkham for the use of the Battle Green for practice for the Stuart Highlanders Scottish Pipe & Drum marching unit Mr Kirkham is to be informed that Hastings Park is available and to contact the Town Mana- ger to make arrangements for its use Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to remove from the Water table the request of the Director of Public Works/Engineering to commit Betterment and abate water assessments recorded in the Registry of Deeds in 1951 but Abatements never committed or billed by the Town Mr Cohen informed the Board that he had investigated the request and did find that the assessments were recorded in the Registry of Deeds, but through some error on the part of the Town were never committed or billed He recommended that the request to commit and abate be granted Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to commit and abate the following water betterment assessments on Concord Avenue recorded at in the Registry of Deeds in 1951 but never committed or billed by the Town Paul K. Pratt, c/o Architect's Collab , 96 Mt Auburn St , Cambridge Lot #4 - $150 00; Lot #5 - $144 00 James A. Carrig, 1374 Mass Avenue, Cambridge, Mass Lot #1 - $187 50, Lot #2 - $150 00, Lot #3 - $120 00, Lot #4 - $120 00 Lot #5 - $150 00, Lot #6 - $150 00, Lot #7 - $150 00, Lot #11 - $257 54, Lot #22 - $150 00 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the Minutes minutes of the Selectmen's meeting of November 17, 1980 - 2 - Sheraton/Lex The Chairman read a request from Robert G Savio, Manager of the Shera- Liq Lic ton Lexington Inn for an extension of hours under its liquor license to 1 00 a m on March 14, 1981 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant an extension of hours until 1 00 a m. to the Sheraton Lexington Inn under its liquor li- cense on March 14, 1981 Hartwell Ave The Board briefly discussed the appointment of a Traffic Task Force Task Force regarding the Hartwell Avenue situation It was agreed that Mike Hanlon would be the administrative appointee and Mr Busa would represent the Board I & I The Manager reported to the Board that some sewerage problems in the Grant Saddle Club Road area were experienced over the week-end which necessitated Saddle Club pumping All appropriate agencies have been contacted regarding the problem Road He stated that an old by-pass line was reinstituted which did help to alleviate the problem The grant for the I & I study in the amount of $186,806 00 has been received and the Millbrook Valley Relief Sewer is still moving ahead which should also help the situation NESWEC The Chairman handed the gavel over to Mr Busa to conduct the meeting at 7 45 p m because she is now employed by the Bureau of Solid Waste which is giving technical assistance to the different solid waste projects in the State She left the meeting room Mr Busa called upon Mr John Phillips, Marketing Engineer for the Solid Waste Systems Division of UOP, Inc Mr Phillips explained that UOP was the contractor selected by the Northeast Solid Waste Committee to de- sign, engineer, construct and operate for 20 years the Northeastern Massa- chusetts Resource Recovery Project Mr Phillips reviewed the status of the project and explained in de- tail the report presented to the Selectmen Mr Busa thanked Mr Phillips for his comprehensive presentation and also thanked the Solid Waste Committee for the excellent work and dedica- tion to the project Mr Busa handed the gavel back to Mrs Miley who resumed chairing the meeting Civil Service The Board discussed the manager's report on Article 7 of the 1981 Town Meeting warrant - Proposed Revocation of Civil Service for Future Police Officers Mr Kent asked that a copy of it be furnished to the Personnel Ad- visory Board and expressed his admiration of the report to the Manager Mrs Battin suggested that both sides of the argument be presented to the PAB and the Manager agreed to do this Senator Rotondi's report and recommendations are also to be given to the PAB for study The Manager will schedule a meeting for next Monday to continue the dialogue The Manager informed the Board that he had met with Art Smith of the TMMA relative to information meetings and advised the Board that a position of not reviewing financial articles should be taken because of lack of fin- ancial information from the State - 3 - g � �r Selectmen's Meeting March 2, 1981 After discussion of the articles in the warrant, it was agreed that the financial articles would not be discussed at the informational meet- ings The Manager requested the Board's authorization to write to Rep House Vigneau, on behalf of the Transportation Advisory Committee, for support Bill 3239 of House Bill No 3239 which would allow towns to contract for a multi- Trans Adv year agreement for a community transportation system Committee Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to authorize the Manager to write to Rep Vigneau requesting his support of House Bill No 3239 Mrs Battin informed the Board that she and Mr Crain had reviewed Fair the Fair Housing Resolution and had incorporated the changes suggested at Housing last week's meeting Mr Wilson, Chairman of the Housing Authority had Resolution reviewed the resolution and suggested that part of the problem for min- orities and other persons of moderate means was not only the high cost of housing but also the lack of employment opportunities He requested that this also be incorporated into the resolution that steps be taken to en- courage employment opportunities The Board agreed Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the Fair Housing Resolution with ;the incorporation of suggested changes Mrs Battin referred the Board to its copies of a letter from the Legislation Middlesex County Selectmen's Association of February 12 requesting the support of the Board on three pieces of legislation to be considered in the 1981 session The Board agreed to support the legislation Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to support the following pieces of legislation H3875 - Providing for the Adoption of County Budgets by Advis- ory Boards on County Expenditures and Specifying Cer- tain Deadlines Therefor and Penalties for Violations Thereof H3874 - Requiring Annual Audits of County Governments, Creat- ing the Position of County Comptroller, and Subjecting the Borrowing Powers of County Commissioners to County Advisory Board Approval H3885 - Requiring the Commonwealth to Fully Fund Post-High School Vocational Education Costs Mr John Sellars, 430-432 Concord Avenue, asked permission to address John the Board He stated that he had an acute problem in that the Town was Sellars taking him to court the next day due to the Building Commissioner He in- formed the Board that he had come to the Selectmen's Office to inquire if there was a way to keep the Building Commissioner off his property and pre- venting further harassment The Building Commissioner had returned today and told people working there that they would be taken to court Mr Sellars stated that Mr DiMatteo was taking pictures of them and that he had lost his temper and bodily put Mr DiMatteo of the premises Mr Sellars stated that he would not stand to be intimidated any longer and that he felt that there was "something wrong with him upstairs " The Chairman cautioned Mr Sellars to be careful of what statements he made The Manager addressed the Chairman and stated that he felt as the mat- ter was one of litigation and assault on the Building Commissioner that no position should be taken by the Board at this time The Board agreed The Manager is to get a full report on the incident and report back to the Board Executive Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 5-0 by roll call vote Session Mrs Miley, Mr Busa, Mrs Battin, Mr Kent and Mr Crain, to go into execu- tive session for the purpose of discussing negotiations concerning land, with the intention of resuming the open session After discussion, the open session was resumed - Parker Mr Cohen requested the Board's signatures on the deed conveying the School Parker School to the developer Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the deed con- veying the Parker School to John R Clark & Associates, Inc 235 Binney Street, Cambridge, Mass , subject to delivery of the bond Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 9 25 P M. A true record, Attest C/y/,/, Executive Clerk , X41'` P I