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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-04-14-BOS-min• SELECTMEN'S MEETING APRIL 14, 1980 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, April 14, 1980, at 7 00 p m Chairmain Miley, Mr Buse, Mrs Battin, Mr Kent, Mr Crain; Mr Hutchinson, Town Manager; Mr Cohen, Town Counsel; Mrs Banks, Assistant to the Town Manager; Mrs McCurdy, Executive Clerk, were present S1752 Mrs Jacqueline Smith, Chairman of the Hanscom Field Advisory Committee, HFAC met with the Board regarding Senate 1752-Act Establishing the Hanscom Field Advisory Committee At its meeting of April 8, 1980, the Hanscom Field Ad- visory Committee agreed unanimously to strongly recommend to the Boards of Selectmen of Lexington, Lincoln, Bedford and Concord that they ask Senator Amick to table Senate 1752 for this year since the bill as reported out of the Transportation Committee and amended by the Governor does not reflect the spirit nor the letter of the body HFAC was trying to create through this bill Mrs Smith said that she had talked with Senator Amick, and had heard nothing from the Governor as to whether he would remove his reqmsst to have appointees to this advisory committee, so the recommendation stands At the moment, we are asking the Governor not to take any role in this, and if he agrees to that, you could then recommend that the bill go forward as you originally wanted it in an advisory commission not with approval powers We do not know what the Governor will do Mrs Battin moved to accept the recommendation of the committee As she understands the way it was voted out of the committee, it gives the communities no greater influence than they have under the current agreement, and to keep it in might mean more untoward side effects which would hobble us even more Mr Kent said that he thought when this bill was submitted, we were going to go the route of having this bill sponsored by all senators and representatives in the area, and it ended up as Senator Amick's bill only He had talked with Mrs Smith and shared her concern about it being a community advisory bill He recom- mended if we go this route again, in order to get these things through, we have to get a broader base and not have it identified as a bill of a par- ticular senator Mrs Smith said that they would try other avenues. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the recom- mendation of the Hanscom Field Advisory Committee to request Senator Amick to table Senate 1752 for this year since the bill as reported out of the Transportation Committee, and amended by the Governor, does not reflect the spirit nor the letter of the body we were trying to create through this bill The Board approved the following agenda items ' 1980 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to renew the Common Com. Victualler license for Walnut Farm Trust d b a Powder Horn Golf Club, Vict expiring December 31, 1980; hours of operation from 7 00 a m to 10 00 p m.-7 days Minutes Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes of the Selectmen's meetings of February 19 and February 25, 1980 213 Selectmen's Meeting - 2 - April 14, 1980 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to abate the water Water bills of Lucille Magliozzi, 112 Grant Street, $14 40; John Nordahl, 31 Abatements Meriam Street, $55 35; incorrect reading by customers C V S 1721 Mass Avenue-,. $11 25, extra meter removed and account closed Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept with CATV regret the resignation of Mr Howard Cravis as a member of the Advisory Resigna Committee on Cable Television Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the re- LWV quest of the Lexington League of Women Voters to declare April 22, 1980 Earth Day as Earth Day Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to refer to the Traffic Traffic Safety Committee for a recommendation on the letter received Safety Com from the Kennecott Copper Corporation concerning an obstructed view -Kennecott of traffic at their 128 Spring Street exit Spring St Mr Hutchinson requested approval of three transfer requests Transfers- A request for $20,000 to the Road Machinery account to buy gasoline DPW and diesel fuel, repairs to equipment and other automotive parts Account The original request was for $50,000 and $20,000 had been previously 5450 approved Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to request ap- proval of the Appropriation Committee for a transfer of $20,000 from the Reserve Fund to Account 5450-Road Machinery Mr Hutchinson requested $16,000 for the Fire Department, which Fire Dept is higher than expected because of additional maintenance problems, Account fuel costs and automotive supplies He pointed out that they have 4150 been having a positive experience with fire equipment being fixed at the public works' barn Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to request ap- proval of the Appropriation Committee for a transfer of $16,000 from the Reserve Fund to Account 4150-Fire Department expenses Mr Hutchinson requested $4,500 for continued support of our DPW gypsy moth program. Mr Kent felt that he was insufficiently informed; Account the material from the Pest Control Committee indicated that we ought 6100 - not to push the panic button Mrs Battin said that Mr Mazerall Gypsy Moths would be using dipel, a bacteriological spray, and what the committee had urged was that people not hurry and turn to chemical sprays on their own property Chairman Miley said that in the report from the committee at that time they felt they had no input for gypsy moths, and had nothing to say about that particular issue; that was why she felt comfortable about going ahead with what Mr Magerall told us at our last meeting with him The Board agreed Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to request ap- proval of the Appropriation Committee for a transfer of $4,500 from the Reserve Fund to Account 6100-Shade Treess for the gypsy moth program. YA Selectmen's Meeting - 3 - April 14, 1980 Munroe Mr Hutchinson requested authorization to negotiate an extension of School the lease of space at the Munroe School to the Assemblies of God Christian Lease Center, Inc which expires on July 31, 1980 This would be subject to our planning studies which are going to be made It was agreed that Mr Hutchinson is to negotiate the extension of the lease and come back to the Board with an actual date Bike Mr Hutchinson recommended approval of a request for a bike ride Ride Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the re- quest of the Americal Diabetes Association to sponsor a Bike Ride for Diabetes on Sunday, May 18, 1980 from 11 00 a m. to 4 00 p m , subject to coordination with the police department Treasurer Mr Hutchinson asked for the Board's endorsement of Mr Zehner, Town Treasurer, proceeding with the bond issue in June for the pool, sewers, and certain conservation acquisitions Mr Zehner recommends that it is cost effective to go forward on a permanent borrowing basis, subject to his right to reject the bids He has talked with Mr Crain and wanted the Board to know about the volatility of the economy. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to authorize the Treasurer to proceed with arrangements for a bond issue in June CoA Mr Hutchinson said that the Board had discussed some time ago the re- quest of the Council on Aging for $1,800 because of additional staff time and higher office expenses than anticipated He recommended that the Trustees of Public Trusts be asked to support this program. Mr Busa said that he would like to have a more detailed breakdown of the operation - the time schedule, amount of hours, and salaries of the part-time employees - in order to make a better judgment Mr Crain said that along those lines of the activities of the Council on Aging, and based on a conversation he had this weekend with someone from the Secretary of Aging, the increased attempt we are going to make to get some data and to be better prepared another year to discuss the needs of that group, it seemed to him that the Manager confronts a real problem in deciding how to allocate from his office some managerial monitoring of the activities It is reaching the proportions now where it needs some managerial attention and this is something that we have got to begin to thrust Mr Kent said that he was concerned that this particular request comes right on top of our budgeting process to take additional steps with respect to an operating budget that he had supposed the Board had just finished consideration of for the current year The Selectmen and Manager have undertaken a commitment to seek to locate funds necessary in order to support additional rental expense at the Church of Out Redeemer, and until that particular undertaking has been fulfilled, he is reluctant to go around attempting to get money from sources that we may want to get money for for other purposes Chairman Miley said that she shared the Board's concern Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to table the CoA request for $1,800 Mr Hutchinson said that he would bring it back to the Board next week 2n5 Selectmen's Meeting - 4 - April 14, 1980 Chairman Miley opened the hearing on a petition of the New England Telephone Telephone Company to install 60+ feet of conduit in Moreland Avenue Conduit - Notices of the hearing had been sent to abutters and filed with the Moreland Public Works Department Mr Roland Pinault, representative of the Avenue Telephone Company, was present and explained that a portion of the con- duit will be in the public way, and Mr Douglas Holmes, 6 Moreland Avenue, and Ms Kay Ting, 15 Moon Hill Road, have granted us the right-of-way to place our conduit in the underground to service three new homes in the the area Chairman Miley read a report from Mr Warren Empey, Acting Director of Public Works, recommending approval of the petition Mr Holmes and Ms Ting 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 4-0, Mr Crain abstaining, to grant permission to the New England Telephone Company for the following location of underground conduit Moreland Avenue, on the northerly side, opposite the northwest corner of Fern Street, from existing Pole 160/0, westerly approximately 60+ feet to private property right-of-way, approximately 60+ feet of conduit Mr Cohen recommended that the Board sign a sewer easement on Sewer Rockville Avenue Easement- Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 4-0, Mr Alfred Rockville Busa abstaining, to sign the taking of a sewer easement on Rockville Avenue Avenue on land owned by Anthony C and Beatrice E Busa Mr Cohen said that the Board had voted on November 26, 1979 to Land sell a small tax title lot on Sunny Knoll Terrace for back taxes and Conveyance- interest that came to $1,205 29 The check has been received, and he Sunny Knoll requested the Board to sign the deed Terrace The Board sign@?d the deed conveying a 25 ft wide strip of land located on the northerly side of Sunny Knoll Terrace to Steven Miller Adler and Elaine Pliskow Adler, for $1,205 29, subject to the re- striction for a period of ninety-nine years that for the purposes of building said land be combined with other lands with the buildings thereon of the grantee known as 3 Sunny Knoll Terrace and that only one building, together with customary accessary buildings, shall be maintained on the combined lot Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 7 57 p m. 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