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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-04-28-BOS-min V TY SELECTMEN'S MEETING APRIL 28, 1980 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, April 28, 1980, at 7 30 p m. Chairman Miley, Mr Bpsa, Mr Kent and Mr Crain; Mr Hutchinson, Town Manager; Mrs Banks, Assistant to the Town Manager; Mrs McCurdy, Executive Clerk, were present Mrs Battin and Mr Cohen were absent Tel Chairman Miley opened the hearing on the petition of the New England Cable Telephone Company to install 18+ feet of cable in Spring Street Spring Notices of the hearing were sent to the abutters and filed with the public Street works department Mr Roland Pinault, representative of the Telephone Com- pany, was present and said that this would provide service for a new house of the Lexington Housing Authority at 39 Spring Street; the pole is located on abutting 41 Spring Street We will bury about 18 feet of conduit to the private property into the new development Chairman Miley read a report from Mr Warren Empey, Acting Director of Public Works, recommending ap- proval of the petition Mrs Flynn, 35 Spring Street, was present and said that it would not affect her as her property is on the other side of the new house Mrs Shunney and Mr Scanlon, Lexington Housing Author- ity, were present and recorded in favor of the petition No one appearing in opposition, Chairman Miley declared the hearing closed Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 3-0, Mr Crain ab- staining, to grant permission to the New England Telephone Company for the following location of underground cable .in Spring Street, on the westerly side, from existing pole 90/9 located approximately 31+ ft north of Hudson Road, northerly approximately 18+ ft to private property #39 Spring Street J/0 Chairman Miley opened the hearing on the petition of the New England Pole Telephone Company and the Boston Edison Company for a joint pole location Tarbell in Tarbell Avenue Notices of the hearing were sent to the abutters and Avenue filed with the public works department Mr Pinault, representative of the Telephone Company, said that the pole would bring both telephone and electrical service to the Housing Authority's new house at #31 Tarbell The pole is going to be located approximately at the property line and wires will be buried to the new house Mr William Domigan, 37 Tarbell Avenue, questioned whether the pole would be on the same side as the house Mr Pinault said that it would be necessary so 'that the street will not be dug up. We are going underground from the new pole location Mr Busa added that they will be going from pole:137/6 overhead to pole.137/5 and underground into the property at 37 Tarbell Mr Domigan was satisfied Chairman Miley read a report from Mr Warren Empey recommending approval of the petition. Mrs Shunney and Mr Scanlon of the Housing Authority were recorded in favor of the petition No one appearing in opposition, Chairman Miley declared the hearing closed Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 3-0, Mr Crain ab- staining, to grant permission to the New England Telephone Company and the Boston Edison Company for a joint pole location in Tarbell Avenue, on the westerly side, approximately 159+ feet south of Tucker Avenue, pole 137/5 _ aa'7 Selectmen's Meeting - 2 - April 28, 1980 Chairman Miley conducted hearings on the petitions of the Boston Edison Company at 7 36 p.m for 10+ ft of conduit in North Street; at 7 39 p m. for 18+ ft. of conduit in Davis Road; at 7 45 p m for 14 feet of conduit in Wood Street Mr Edmund Kelley, representative of the Boston Edison Company presentedthe petitions Notices were sent to the abutters and filed with the public works department Chairman Miley read reports from Mr Empey recommending approval of the petitions, which would provide electrical service to three new homes of the Lexington Housing Authority Mrs Shunney and Mr Scanlon of the Housing Authority were recorded in favor No one appearing in opposition, Chairman Miley declared the hear- ings closed Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant permission to the Boston Edison Company for the following location of underground conduit Bos Edsn. North Street, northeasterly approximately 390 feet northwest of Conduit Lowell Street, a distance of about 10 feet - conduit North St Davis Road, approximately 103 feet north of Rockville Avenue, a Rockville distance of about 18 feet - conduit Avenue Wood Street, southwesterly approximately 47 feet northwest of Wood St Wildwood Street, a distance of about 14 feet - conduit Chairman Miley read a request from Mr Peter Chalpin, Acting Chair- man of the Traffic Safety Committee, for approval of the establishment No Parking of a No Parking Zone on Massachusetts Avenue across from the East Lexing- Mass Ave ton Fire Station driveway Vehicles parked in this area inhibit the Fire Sta movement of fire apparatus in and out of the station. If approved by the Board, it should be forwarded to the Mass Department of Public Works for issuance of the necessary permit. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to amend the Traffic Rules and Orders of Lexington by adding to Article V, Section 2, Schedule 1, the following No Parking on Massachusetts Ave. , north, opposite Locust Ave 100' easterly The proper forms are to be forwarded to the Mass.. Department of Public Works for approval Mrs Shunney informed the Board of vandalism at a new Housing Authority Scattered home on Alpine Street There were extensive damages in the kitchen area Sites and holes burned in the rugs She was very concerned as it appears that the house cannot be occupied by June 1, the anticipated occupancy date Chairman Miley assured Mrs Shunney that the Manager will talk with the police department to have extra patrols in the areas of unoccupied Housing Authority homes Chairman Miley read an application from Arlex Taxi Corporation for Taxicab renewal of nine taxicab licenses Mr Hutchinson said that a report has Licenses been submitted by the police department after inspection of the taxis There were problemG with one of the cabs and while the others were ac- ceptable, the cleanliness was subject to criticism by the police department 44. Selectmen's Meeting - 3 - April 28, 1980 We plan to conduct another full investigation in the future and file another report with the board If we have any future problems with the taxicab 11/ vendor, at the next meeting our recommendation will be somewhat different The recommendation at this time is to go forward and approve. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the re- newal of nine taxicab licenses to Arlex Taxi Corporation d b a Lexington Cab Company, expiring May 1, 1981, subject to the Manager contacting Mr Tippett regarding the condition of the cabs Abate- Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the recom- ments mendation of Mr Warren Empey, DPW Director, to abate a water bill for the Red Cross Building, 3 Hancock Street, for $11 25; building vacant and account closed Also, a street opening permit to Mr David Eagle, 275 Massachusetts Avenue, for $5 00; owner cancelled job H.R.5200 Chairman Miley read a letter from U S Congressmen Wydler and Mottl HUD requesting support of an amendment to H R 5200, which would eliminate the HUD Court and thus the opportunity for HUD zoning decision review The Board agreed that very little information is available on bills in Washington Mrs Shunney, Chairman of the Housing Authority, expressed her concern about the loss of home rule Chairman Miley offered to contact Congressman Shannon's office for his reaction and additional information on H R 5200 Recycling- Chairman Miley read a letter from Mrs Judy Zabin, President, and LWV Mrs Suanne Dillman, V President for local program and action of the League of Women Voters, stating that the League is pleased and supports the town's solid waste collection with a recycling component The League urges the Selectmen to have a public discussion of the various options available. There are several issues which merit careful consideration - the use of recycling sites at the sanitary landfill and the DPW building, and collection containers throughout the town Many citizens and the League would like to have input into the planning and promotion of effective re- cycling and when the public hearing would be scheduled on this matter Mr Hutchinson said that he planned to meet with the Solid Waste Committee and to bring in a set of regulations on May 12 plus a full report Chairman Miley said there has been some concernthatperhaps we can open up the landfill again as a collection point for receptacles for cans The Manager has given us some valuable information, and we are all work- ing on that now Mr Buse said that people have some concerns about what the regulations would be, and they would like to have closed containers rather than plastic bags Now, when the trash is put out for Miller to collect, there have been problems with dogs getting into the bags What regulations would be put into effect to leave the trash out on the sidewalk? Mr Hutchinson said that this will be addressed at the Solid Waste Committee meeting Chairman Miley commented that maybe we could use the experience of other towns Mrs Zabin, Mrs Dillman, and Mr Jim Reilly, Chairman of the Solid Waste Committee, were present In response to Mrs Dillman questions, Mr Hutchinson said that we will be discussing on May 12 the regulations, a review of recycling, and a proposal regarding recycling and how to do it He added that Mr Reilly would be glad to have members of the League work with his committee. Selectmen's Meeting - 4 - April 28, 1980 Chairman Miley asked the Board to discuss the implementation of Town Meeting articles voted by Town Meeting, including Burglar Alarm Regulations, Articles the Parker School, Recreation facilities, etc Mr Kent recommended that a list of the articles be prepared These three are definitely ones that we need to look to, and we hare the responsibility with re- gard to the institution of the study of the Munroe School and the Muzzey School in terms of a Senior Center It is important that we get all of these things started and that we set our priorities We need to hold a hearing on the burglar alarm regulations, perhaps after another meeting of the Burglar Alarm Committee has been held It is important that since. Town Meeting adopted the Recreation Committee's recommendations with regard to improvements to recreation facilities - something which we did not endorse - that we proceed with reasonable promptness with respect to those Chairman Miley said that Mrs Battin has been in touch with the Chairman of the Human Services Committee to start the ball rolling on needs for the seniors Mr Crain said it is his opinion that the senior services group is generating sufficient activities and needs for funding, and he would like to see the Manager's office find a way to allocate some management surveillance and involvement with that That is going to be an important ingredient of the entire package Also, we have to formulate a data request of Mystic Valley for specifics we required for funding Also, a committee is to be formulated to take a look at the whole subject of pension funding Mr Hutchinson said that the Pension Board is picking that up, and he will look into it Mr Crain said that wasn't the intent; the specific commitment he made when the article was covered at Town Meeting was that Mhe Board would appoint a citizens' committee Mr Busa said that the fiscal year doesn't begin until July 1 and we have a schedule of 1980 recreation monies for those projects to be completed before we get into spending for FY 81 The burglar alarm regulations and the hearing should be done before July 1 if they are going to be implemented before the end of 1980 Mr Hutchin- son said that he has been working with the Police and Fire Chiefs and the committee to bring in a set of draft regulations within the next 30 days On the Munroe School needs ' assessment, with the monies in there are we going to be looking for outside help or is this going to be in-house first? Mr Hutchinson said that he was going to spend some time on how this is going to be coordinated Chairman Miley said there are people on the Human Services Committee who have done this type of thing in their work, and that is why we are going to them for advice, and working with the Manager, etc Mr Kent asked if there has been any further dialogue with the Church of Our Redeemer with respect to additional space for the Council on Aging, and how are we going to fund that additional space? Mr Hutchinson said that the initial problem for completing their budget for the year has been resolved internally without generating a request for money Mrs Banks said that the CoA has met with the Church of Our Redeemer and the Church is in the process of meeting with their own committees This has taken longer than we had originally expected but there has been communication It was agreed to address Burglar Alarm Regulations/Hearing; Parker School; Recreation facilities; Munroe School/Muzzey Jr High Study; MVMH data for funding purposes; Managerial monitoring of CoA; Pension Funding Committee Mr Hutchinson said that he would have a complete list pre- pared on articles for implementation Selectmen's Meeting - 5 - April 28, 1980 1-Day Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the Liquor one-day liquor license for the Lexington Minute Men's Ball at St License Brigid's Church hall on May 9, 1980 Minutes Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes of the Selectmen's meetings of March 17, March 19, March 24, March 26, March 31, April 2, 1980 Solid Mr Hutchinson recommended that the Board award the contract to Waste the low bidder on the collection and disposal of solid waste Contract Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the recommendation of the Town Manager to award the contract to the low bidder, Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc , 100 Ballet Street, Boston, for collection and disposal of solid waste as follows July 1, 1980 to June 30, 1981 - $510,000 July 1, 1981 to June 30, 1982 - $530,000 July 1, 1982 to June 30, 1983 - $550,000 Tax The Board approved Mr Hutchinson's recommendation that he appoint Policy the following members of the Tax Policy Committee Laurence Redgate, Committee John McLaughlin, John Pierce, Ron Levy, Linda Wik, Christina Welch, Stephen Politi, Robert Dodd, and Dr John Lawson, Superintendent of Schools Mr Hutchinson said that the intent of the committee is to look specifically at proposition 2 1/2 and come back to the Selectmen the first week in September That will give us enough time for appropriate discussion before the referendum takes place to consider how you would like to advise the community as to what they should be voting on Engineer- Mr Hutchinson said that the Board had asked him to go forward on ing Con- the selection of consultants for engineering/public works projects, sultant specifically the I/I study and comprehensive drainage study Mr Hanlon, ' Interviews Town Engineer, is working with representation from Conservation, Planning, and the Public Works Department, and we are down to finalists in both areas We would like to see if we could have Selectmen representation on our interviewing committee for the final three or four, and would bring back a specific recommendation to the Board Mr Busa agreed to represent the Board of Selectmen Dogs - Mr Busa discussed a call he had received from the residents of Harrington Precinct 1 concerning an increased problem with dogs at the Harrington School School Mr Hutchinson agreed to look into it and will have a report at the next meeting Cemetery Mr Kent asked Mr Hutchinson for a report as to the status of the Building Westview Cemetery building Mr Hutchinson said they are reviewing alternate plans now 231 Selectmen's Meeting - 6 - April 28, 1980 Mr Hutchinson informed the Board that the Transportation Advisory Transporta Committee is holding a series of dialogue meetings with the public on Adv Com May 7 and 8 Mr Crain commented that there are two inactive members of the Transportation Committee and they are ready to send in their resignations He felt it would be well to bolster that committee, particularly with a senior citizen as the committee could use that input The Board agreed to meet with the legislators and the Chamber of Commerce on May 5 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 4-0 by roll call Executive vote to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing strategy with respect to collective bargaining and litigation After discussion, it was voted to go out of executive session Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 905pm. A true record, Attest Executive Clerk, Selectmen I