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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-09-08-BOS-min SELECTMEN'S MEETING 9 SEPTEMBER 8, 1980 II/ A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, September 8, 1980 at 7 30 P.M Chairman Miley, Mr Busa, Mrs Battin, Mr Crain; Mr Hutchinson, Town Mana- ger; Mr Cohen, Town Counsel and Miss Stith, Acting Clerk, Selectmen were present The Chairman opened the meeting at 7 30 P.M. and called upon Mrs Angela MAPC Frick who updated the Board on MAPC activities and in particular the A95 application requests reviewed by her since January, 1980 The Board thanked Mrs Frick for her work as Lexington's representative to MAPC Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Board voted the following items To sign order for construction of sewer on Concord Avenue, Sewer Chadbourne Road, Pleasant Street and Maple Street and to sign Constr & orders of sewer taking on Amherst Street, Fairview Avenue, Taking Hayward Avenue and Sunset Street and Colonial Avenue To approve a bond in the amount of $43,000 00 for Doris Barclay, Tax Coll Assistant Town Treasurer Bond To approve a one-day Auctioneer License for Robert J Virtue of Auction- 19 Lois Lane, Lexington for September 19, 1980 and September 26, eer 1980 at Heritage Hall, 177 Bedford Street, Lexington, from 6 p m License until midnight To sign one-day liquor license for St Brigid's Parish, 2001 Mass 1-Day Avenue, Lexington on September 26, 1980 and expiring at midnight Liquor License To accept the recommendation of Mr Busa and table any final deci- Maddox/ sion concerning the Maddox/Douglas dog hearing Douglas To accept the recommendation of Mr Busa and order Mr Papierski of Killilea/ 27 Rangeway Road to remove his mixed St Bernard dog from the Papierski boundaries of Lexington and find a nice home in a less congested Dog area To grant permission to the Lexington Minute Men to use the Lexington Lex Green on Sunday afternoon, September 28, at approximately 2 00 P.M Minute - for their annual Installation of Officers Ceremony Men To approve the minutes of the Selectmen's Meeting of August 4, 1980 Minutes To award the contract for sewer construction to Charm Construction, Sewer Inc of Westwood, MA. in the amount of $464,023 08. Contract To award the contract for standpipe to John D Ahearn Co , Inc of Standpipe Melrose in the amount of $79,670 00 Painting To approved an extra authorization under Article 25 of 1974, in the amount of $18,320 28 An intent to take a sewer easement from Woodpark Circle to Amherst Sewer Street, and Milliken Road (off Pleasant Street) Easement -2- Clean Air To proclaim the week of September 28 as Clean Air Week in Lexington Week Tax Title Not to sell Lot #52 Valleyfield Street at this time to William G Valleyfield Hooper as the Lexington Housing Authority has expressed an interest St in the lot as a possible scattered site Koehn Mr Hutchinson brought up the matter of crosshatching and crosswalks Letter on School and Wilson Streets He said that this had not been done; how- ever, the Board urged that it be done as soon as possible as the Board had made a previous commitment to the neighborhood Mr Hutchinson indicated that the work would be done within the week No Parking Mr Hutchinson said he was reviewing the matter of no parking signs Signs at the end of Carriage Drive with the Engineering Department He indi- cated he would have more information for the Board at its meeting on September 15 MBTA Bus Mr Hanlon, Town Engineer, showed the Board a map locating the areas Stop where the MBTA bus stop signs would be going He indicated that the posts Signs have been put in place at legitimate stops and the signs are ready to be placed on the posts He indicated that the MBTA says areas where the signs are not posted would no longer be bus stops He indicated that Engineering had reviewed all the areas and had recommended to the MBTA five or six areas where they would be taken out Tax Mr Hutchinson asked that the Board authorize the abatements requested Collector by the Tax Collector in her memo of August 1, 1980 Mr Crain asked that Abatement this matter be tabled and that •the Manager come back with more information as to which audit brought this to the Town's attention, last year's or this year's House Bill Mr Hutchinson brought up House Bill No 4876 and recommended that 4876 the Board not create a special commission He said the Energy Committee was doing an excellent job and that his office would be completing an application relating to an energy audit Gypsy Moth Paul Mazerall briefly reviewed his recommended gypsy moth program for next year and its cost implications He said he was attending a meeting with the State tomorrow and would have a complete report for the Board after this meeting. He said some parasitic work was being done on the gypsy moth clusters Mr Hutchinson said they could come back to the Board at its next meeting with more information Board members asked that Professor Williams be invited to come and that further discussion of this matter be made before the full Board as Mr Kent would like to be present Executive Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 4-0 by roll call vote Session - Mrs Miley, Mr Busa, Mrs Battin and Mr Crain - to go into executive session for the purpose of discussion of a matter of litigation, with no intention of resuming the open meeting Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 9 00 P.M A true record attest Ph 1 is m$6� A •ting Clerk, Selectmen