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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-12-22-BOS-min 53 " SELECTMEN'S MEETING December 22, 1980 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, December 22, 1980 at 7 30 p m. Chairman Miley, Mr Busa, Mrs Battin, Mr Kent, and Mr Crain; Mr Hutchin- son, Town Manager; Mrs Banks, Assistant to the Town Manager; Mr Cohen, Town Counsel; Miss Casey, Executive Clerk, were present The Chairman read a request from the Acting Chairman of the Traffic Stop Sign Safety Committee requesting the pleasure of the Board relative to present- Kendall/ ing a request for a STOP sign at Kendall and Marrett Roads Marrett Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to request the recom- mendations of the Traffic Safety Committee relative to the request of Lawrence E Labadini for a STOP sign at Kendall Road at Marrett Road The Chairman read a request from the Lexington Housing Authority for Lexington the Board's support df its application for housing assistance under Section Housing 8 Section 8 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to support the Lexing- ton Housing Authority's application for housing assistance under Section 8 The Chairman read the list of applications for license renewals for' Common the year 1981 Victualler Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to renew Common Licenses Victualler Licenses for the following Pine Meadows Country Club, Friendly Ice Cream Corp (1060 Waltham St ) , Lexington Enterprises, Inc d/b/as Peking Gardens, Muffin House of Lexington d/b/as Pewter Pot, Gracie's Restaurant, Inc d/b/as Gracies, Bernie & Claude Donuts, Inc d/b/as Dunkin Donuts, Mang Corporation d/b/as Kentucky Fried Chicken, Berkhout Corp d/b/as LeBellecour, Marno's Inc d/b/as Arno's, Howard Johnson's, Alexias Panagiatou d/b/as Alexander's Pizza, Denny's Establishment, Daman Enterprises, Inc d/b/as Bel Canto Restaurant, Bellino's Bakery, Inc , Brigham's, A Division of Jewel Cos , Inc (Mass Avenue) , Louis J Carbonaro d/b/as Brigham's (Bedford Street) Friendly Ice Cream Corp (Bedford Street), Ruth Benoit d/b/as The Kitchen. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to renew Innkeeper Innkeeper Licenses for the following Licenses WHH Company d/b/as Battle Green Inn, Lexington Wild Acre Inn Lexington Chalet, Inc Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to renew Common Common Carrier Licenses as follows Carrier Bedford Local Transit, John E Osborn d/b/as Colonial Tours Licenses 1"1 - Common Car- The Chairman read a request for a Common Carrier License from Dee Bus rier Lic Service of W Concord to provide commuter service for Lincoln Lab employees The route as follows proceeding into the Town of Lexington on Massachusetts Avenue (Route 2A) to the access road of Hanscom Air Force Base to the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory Facility, where the route shall terminate for the pick up and discharge of passengers Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the appli- , cation of the Dee Bus Service for a Common Carrier License to provide com- muter service for Lincoln Lab employees along the route specified Auctioneer The Chairman read a request for an Auctioneer License from Jennett License Mael, 67 Fottler Avenue Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the request of Jennett Mael, 67 Fottler Avenue for an Auctioneer License CATV Com. The Chairman read a notification from the Town Clerk that the resigna- Resignation tion of Sandra Small from the CATV Committee was filed in the office of the Town Clerk on December 11 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the resigna- tion of Sandra Small from the CATV Committee STOP Signs The Chairman read a recommendation from the Traffic Safety Committee Kendall Rd /for the installation of a STOP sign at Kendall and Marrett Roads Marrett Rd Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the recom- mendation of the Traffic Safety Committee for the installation of a STOP sign at Kendall Road, southwestbound at Marrett Road and Kendall Road northeastbound at Marrett Road STOP Sign The Chairman read a recommendation from the Traffic Safety Committee Walnut St / for the installation of a STOP sign at Walnut Street and Concord Avenue Concord Ave Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the recom- mendation of the Traffic Safety Committee for the installation of a STOP sign at Walnut Street, northbound at Concord Avenue CATV The Board discussed the public statement on CATV issued by the Board jPublic in compliance with the licensing regulations of the Massachusetts Community Statement Antenna Television Commission (207 CMR 3 04 (2) The statement incorporated the information that the Board of Selectmen at its December 8, 1980 meeting voted to approve the application of the Adams-Russell Company and to deny the applications of Continental Cable- vision, Greater Boston/Colony, Rollins Cablevision and Sammons Communica- tions of Massachusetts for a license to construct and operate a cable tele- vision system in Lexington, stating reasons for approval or denial of each applicant Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 4-0, Mr Kent ab- staining, to sign the public statement of the Board of Selectmenrelative to applications received for a license to construct and operate a 'cabl;e television system in Lexington - 3 - = 55 Selectmen's Meeting December 22, 1980 The Chairman read a request from St Brigid's Parish for a One Day One Day Liquor License for New Year's Eve Party Liquor Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to issue a One Day License Liquor License to St Brigid's Parish for December 31, 1980 After a brief discussion, the Board decided to table the following items AppointMentsto the Traffic Safety Committee Tabled Policies and Procedures Items Request for membership on Middlesex Turnpike Improvement Committee submitted by Fred Friedman The Board discussed the rules and regulations for burglar and fire Burglar alarms Mr Cohen explained to the Board that these rules and regula- & Fire tions were never formally adopted because we were waiting for the approval Alarm of the Attorney General of the By-Law Regs Mr Crain requested that item 4-G be clarified to be more specific relative to the stipulation that the superintendent be advised if there has been maintenance to the system It was agreed by the Board that item 4-G should contain the additional wording "on a form to be furnished the user by the Department Head" Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adopt the rules and regulations for burglar and fire alarms as follows Pursuant to Section 28 of Article XXV of the General By-Laws of the ' Town of Lexington The following Rules and Regulations for Burglar and Fire Alarms are hereby adopted, effective September 14, 1980 1 No alarm device shall be installed for connection so as to dial the Fire and/or Police Department unless a permit has first been obtained Devices in existence at the time of the by-law enactment have 60 days to comply 2 The fee for a permit will be $20 00 Permits may be obtained from the Chief of either the Fire or Police Departments after an applica- tion has been filed and approved 3. All installations will be inspected and tested prior to the permit being validated Upon validation the installation may be connected 4 All devices shall meet the following requirements I' ti A) Devices may dial only a special unlisted telephone number for this purpose or be connected to terminal equipment supplied to the Town by an alarm company B) Devices shall be F C C registered for telephone intercon- nection C) Devices shall have light .ng surge protection D) Devices shall not activate on account of Boston Edison power interruptions E) Voice message shall not exceed 15 seconds in duration and shall contain a coded number as issued on the permit as a loca- tion identifier F) Devices shall not dial more than twice for the sam alarm G) Equipment shall be serviced by a competent serviceman at least once every two years Report of such service shall be made to the Department Head on a form to be furnished the user by the Department Head - 4 - H) Installers will provide instructions in writing to the user on how to prevent false alarms 5 Any device failing to meet the above specifications or which causes an undue number of false alarms must be disconnected upon order of the De- partment Head 6 All installations completed after the effective date of these regu- lations shall access the Police and/or Fire Departments only with signals on encoded in digital form in a format compatible with departmental receiv- ing equipment Hartwell The Board met with Mr Tonaszuck, Mr Hanlon and Mr Chalpin to discuss Ave the Engineering Traffic Report on Hartwell Avenue requested by the Board ( Traffic The area covered in the report included the area west of Route 128 to the i Report Bedford/Lincoln town line from Bedford Street (Routes 4 and 225) on the north to Marrett Road (Route 2A) on the south The report indicated that much of the commercial-industrial development in Lexington since 1950 has occurred in the area west of Route 128 resulting in the present traffic problems It was recommended that a system of car pooling be initiated by the major com- panies in the area, not only among their own employees, but between companies It was also recommended that a system of staggered work hours be initiated by the companies to be coordinated by the Town The report further recommended that existing traffic details be maintained, additional detail be added at the intersection of Marrett Road and Massachusetts Avenue, the cost of these details to be borne by the companies affected These efforts could reduce the traffic problems in the area on a short-term basis at no cost to the Town. The long-term solutions to the traffic problem were dealt with in the report and it was recommended that the Town pursue with the appropriate State and Federal agencies the recommended improvements to the major road- ways in the area The Chairman thanked Mr Tonaszuck, Mr Hanlon and Mr Chalpin for the presentation and they retired from the meeting Center Re- The Center Revitalization Committee met with the Board to present its vitalize- report relative to the parking problem in the center tion Comm Mrs Battin, Chairman of the Committee introduced the members present Mr Robert Sacco, Mr Joseph Trani, Mr Thomas Dyer, Mrs Laura Nichols, Mr Karsten Sorensen Unable to be present were Mr Christopher Venier, Mr Bernard DeKant and Mrs Jacquelyn Smith Mr Robert Bowyer, Planning Director, who prepared the report was present also Mrs Battin explained that the Committee had delayed the complete plan which was due in December until after the economic analysis be the MAPC which will not take place until March Mrs Battin described the committee's work to date 1) A listing of all the problems in the Center brought to the committee's attention 2) Analysis of all previous Center studies, much of which is still relevant 3) The prepa- ration of a Center parking plan which addresses current center parking prob- lems Mrs Battin briefly summarized the issues, particularly the conflict between the parking needs of employees and all day parking and of customers/ clients for short term turnover parking She described the committee's policy recommendations The use of the money from the parking funds was discussed and it was agreed that the Manager will investigate the areas of possible distri- bution and discuss it with department heads such as th e puline chief He will report back to the Board by February 15 - 5 - X5'7 IIISelectmen's Meeting December 22, 1980 Mrs Battin requested the Board to accept the report and adopt the eight policies as presented The 1981-82 action steps outlined to be referred to the Manager for review for cost and timing, a work plan and time table Mrs Miley explained that the policy of the Board was to accept the reports of committees and then at a later date discuss it and adopt if so agreed She stated that a place on the Warrant could be reserved for it The Board agreed and felt that copies should be made available for people who live in the Center area The Chairman thanked the Committee again and they retired from the meeting The Manager requested the authorization of the Board for permission Sewer Line to extend the existing sewer line on Hartwell Avenue requested by Dupree Dupree Assoc Associates, Inc Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant permission to Dupree Associates, Inc to extend the existing sewer line on Hartwell Avenue to serve the proposed building at 131 Hartwell Avenue, known as the Kiln Brook III Office Park, expenses to be borne by Dupree Associates The Board discussed the request of the Knights of Columbus to purchase Knights of a portion of land to the rear of the D P W premises on Bedford Street Columbus The Manager recommended that the request be denied Mr Busa stated that Land he felt that some time in the future they might come back and request to Bedford St least the property and that this option should be left open The Manager is to respond to the request so wording his letter that the option is open to the Knights of Columbus to come back to the Board if they wish to try to pursuade the Board to sell or if they wish to discuss possible leasing of the property The question of traffic detail at the Honeywell office was discussed Special Chief Corr has raised objections to the use of Honeywell employees for Police private traffic detail The Manager supported his objections Honeywell Mr Kent pointed out that if the Town is going to request the indus- tries requiring special traffic detail to pay for it themselves, the Board should look carefully at the possibility of arranging for appointment of Special Police Officers who are qualified He stated that if the indus- tries feel that their employees can do the work less expensively than pay- ing for a Lexington Police detail the possibility of these appointments should be considered by the Board The Manager suggested that a note be sent to Honeywell now stating that the Town will provide the additional manning He feels that this matter should be a part of the whole traffic discussion because of the fact that other firms may want to tie into this He pointed out that that there liability problems that will have to be investigated also The Manager briefed the Board relative to the request of Representa- Rep Doran tive Doran for office space in the Town Office Building After discussion, - 6 - it was agreed that the Manager and the Chairman will discuss the matter with Mr Doran Uponmotionduly made and seconded, it was voted to table the ±equest of Representative Doran for office space in the Town Office Building Standpipe The Manager informed the Board that he had a request from the Town En- "Hatch gineer for authorization from the Board for an additional sum of $450 00 Hinge" under Contract #81-3-E - Standpipe Painting for the installation of a new "Hatch Hinge" on the 1 2 million gallon steel standpipe Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the request of the Town Engineer for an additional $450 00 under Contract #81-3-E Standpipe Painting for the installation of a "Hatch Hinge" on the 1 2 million gallon steel standpipe Budget The Board discussed the cutbacks recommended by the Manager for FY 81 Cutbacks Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to table the decision on Town Celebrations and Fire Department overtime Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to delete Article 17, Kendall Road; Article 28, Rockville Avenue; Article 22, Sidewalks; Article 26, Westview Cemetery Development Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the cut- backs for #1760, Town Report; 3310, Mystic Valley; #3800, Police (Itek detail), #5500 Snow Removal; #7550, Library, LEXPRESS Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted eliminate Article 26, ('79) Westview Addition from the recommended cutbacks Budget The Manager reviewed his proposed budget and pointed out that the Review passage of Proposition 2 1/2 necessitated cutting back and cutting out of many requests He suggested that all future sidewalk and drain construc- tion be deferred at this time and that no hearings be held until a better assessment of the financial picture is available He also suggested a revision in user fees to generate more revenue Mr Hutchinson requested authorization to cancel street hearings that the D P W has scheduled for January until a better idea of the money situation Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to authorize the Manager to notify the D P.W to cancel the street hearings that involved construction. Special Town The Manager informed the Board that the police contract had been exe- Meeting cuted and asked that January 26 be the date for the Special Town Meeting Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to set the date of January 26, 1981 as the Special Town Meeting and the closing date for the submission of articles be December 29, 1980 Order of Town Counsel requested the Board's signature, for the Order of Taking Taking of the Trinity Covenant Church property Trinity Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the Order of Covenant Taking for the acquisition Of conservation land voted by the 1980 Annual Town Meeting U = s9 Selectmen's Meeting December 22, 1980 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted by roll call vote Executive 5-0, Mrs Miley, Mr Buss, Mrs Battin, Mr Kent and Mr Crain - to go Session into Executive Session to discuss matters of litigation and negotiations with no intention of resuming the Open Session Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 11 10 P M A true record, Attest /C.,26,-,ttex-e(717 °6--tet Executive Clerk 1 VOID 1 1