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Home My WebLink About1978-04-24-BOS-min SELECTMEN'S MEETING April 24, 1978 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men`s 'Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, April 24, 1978 at 7 00 p m. Chairman Battin, Mr Busa, Mrs Miley and Mr Kent; Mr Hutchinson, Town Manager; Mr Cohen, Town Counsel; Mr Coscia, DPW Manager- Planning & Administration; Mr Martin, Assistant Town Engineer; Mrs Banks, Assistant to the Town Manager; Miss Casey, Principal Clerk were present At the request of the Town Clerk, the following jurors were drawn Jurors Peter M Walsh 12 Lee Avenue Anita L Andelman 1130 Mass Avenue Lottie T Ambrose 286 Woburn Street Martin Gibbs 32 Slocum Road Kathleen White 38 Fletcher Avenue Jeffrey S Maron 11 No Hancock Street } James W.McDevitt 17 Hamilton Road # Robert C Hogan 15 Dee Road Grace L Peabody 64 Locust Avenue Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint Mr Appointment Howard C Mason, 23 Reed Street an Associate Member of the Historic Historic III Districts Commission, representing the Lexington Arts and Crafts Districts Society, Inc , for a term of office to January 1, 1983 Upon motion dulymade and seconded, it was voted to approve the Bonds P PP following bonds Treasurer Tax Collector $160,000 Louis A Zehner, Town Treasurer $155,000 Doris E Barclay, Tax Collector Chairman Battin read two requests from LeeAnn McGrath, owner of Request Lee Ann's Restaurant one for an entertainment license for June 10 for Entertainment a wedding reception and one for an entertainment license for Thursday, License Friday and Saturday evenings for organ music from 7 00 p.m to Lee Ann's 12 00 midnight Mr Busa posed several questions that he felt needed answers before entertainment licenses should be issued The Board agreed and it was decided to invite Mrs McGrath to next Monday's meeting The Chairman read a letter from Ms Leslie Ochlis, Clothes Drive Permit Committee of Diamond Junior High School for permission to conduct a Clothing Drive clothing drive to aid the people of Revere and Scituate who suffered Diamond Jr losses during the February blizzard Permission was requested to High place collection booths at the Sanitary Landfill, the school and the library II/ Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant permis- sion to the Clothes Drive Committee to conduct a clothing drive and place collection booths at the Sanitary Landfill and the school and library subject to the approval of the School Department and the library officials 214 Selectmen's Meeting - 2 - April 24, 1978 Minutes Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes of January 12, April 10 and April 12, 1978 Requests The Chairman read requests for the use of Estabrook Hall for Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant permission Estabrook to the MAPC for the use of Estabrook Hall on May 3 at 7 30 P M for the Hall meeting concerning the 1978 Massachusetts Outdoor Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan The request of Mark Moore, Jr for permission to hold a business meeting of Center Village Trust on May 1 from 7 45 P M. to 10 00 P M. was tabled until research has been done regarding the renting of the hall to a business group Bicycle The Chairman informed the Board that she received a message from Paths the Recreation Committee stating that they were having a hearing on the Hearing bicycle paths and would like representatives from the Board of Selectmen The hearing will be on April 27 Mr Busa stated that he would not be able to attend and requests a full hearing before the Board of Selectmen when the time comes The other members of the Board plan to attend and Mrs Battin stated that it should be made clear that it was not a Board of Selectmen's hearing and that they were there just to listen Contin- The Board met with the Board of Health relative to the contingency gency sewer plan Sewer Mr Hutchinson referred to the letter of March 7, 1978 from the Board Plan of Health requesting immediate action to be taken to prepare and to im- plement a workable contingency plan to eliminate the present health hazard He stated that there have been negative experiences with the present con- tingency plan in the Saddle Club area and other areas in town He stated than an old relief sewer line has been made available for overflows which it is hoped will assist people in that area He cautioned the Board that even if the sewer moratorium was continued it would be no guarantee that the problem would be solved He suggested that it was not an easy decision to make and the economic growth of the town would also be affected Mr Martin, Assistant Town Engineer, briefed the Board on the plan that will be put into operation during the "low flow" period during the months of July and August He stated that approximately 60% Of the town is under the sewer moratorium He explained the problem as one where there are two receiving sewers -- a 30 inch trunk and a 16 inch main outlet sewer There are 36 and 24 inch pipes which receive the flow from the North Lexington pumping station and a 24 inch from the Hayes Lane and the downtown area The larger sewers are pumping into the smaller ones and that is what creates the problem When the 30 inch MDC is running to capacity the elevation of the water rises and flows into a 16 inch overflow which then utilizes the old 16 inch line causing back-ups It is proposed to make a short 24 foot connection between the 24 and the old 16 and use the full capacity of the 16 and then overflow into the 30 He stated that they were not sure that it would work, but that it would buy some time and might possibly solve the problem 441 Selectmen's Meeting - 3 - April 24, 1978 Mr Martin stated that he felt confident that Phase II of the Hayes Lane is going to be part of the ultimate solution The Engineering Department wants to make sure before they go ahead that they don't once again move the problem further on down to the Arlington line Dr Erdos of the Board of Health requested the Engineering Department to look at the question of the estimated number of new connections that would be made in the next two or three years and what they would add to the problem and whether or not a real solid public education about how to diminish inflow into the system in the spring, about to conserve your water, where not to put you sump pumps and whether or not this would have any effect Mr Martin is to look into the matter and report back to the Board The discussion is to be continued at a later date The Chairman thanked the Board of Health for coming and they retired from the meeting The Town Manager requested approval for a change in hours at the Sani- Sani- tary Landfill tart' Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the follow- Landfill ing hours at the Sanitary Landfill Hours Monday 8 00 a.m - 5 00 p m Tuesday 8 00 a m - 5 00 p m Wednesday Closed Thursday 8 00 a m - 5 00 p m Friday 8 00 a m - 5 00 p.m Saturday 8 00 a m. - 5 00 p.m Sunday 8 00 a m - 5 00 p.m The following hours will be observed from the third Sunday in June to Labor Day Monday 8 00 a m - 7 00 p m Tuesday 8 00 a m - 5 00 p m Wednesday Closed Thursday 8 00 a m - 5 00 p.m Friday 8 00 a.m - 7 00 p.m Saturday 8 00 a m - 5 00 p.m Sunday Closed The Town Manager requested the Board's approval of the garbage contract Garbage in the amount of $72,000 for three years with the additional stipulations of Contract a payout premium to be negotiated if the contract is terminated Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the gar- bage contract in the amount of $72,000 for three years with the additional stipulations of a payout premium to be negotiated if the contract is terminated I 1(3 - 4 Selectmen's Meeting April ril 24 1978 Town The Town Manager referenced the Board of Appeals letter of Report April 14 to the Board of Selectmen relative to errors in the Annual Corrections Town Report The letter stated that Article 10 of the Adjourned Special Meeting December 12, 1977 was inaccurate and the narratives explaining Articles 8, 10, 12, 13 and 23 in addition to being in- accurate, seem to contain the Planning Board positions to the Town Meeting which was felt to be out oll order Mr Hutchinson expressed his apologies to the Board of Appeals for the errors and stated that he had prepared a brief addendum to be distributed to Town Meeting Members reflecting the corrections Martin The Town Manager referred to the draft of a letter concerning the Dog dog owned by Mr Martin of Velley Road Mr Cohen pointed out that the Hearing letter should be sent from the Selectmen's Office and it was agreed that the letter would be written for Mrs Battin's signature Executive Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 4-0 by roll call Session vote to go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing strategy with respect to litigation, with no intention of resuming open meeting Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 8 00 P M. 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