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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-08-30-BOS-min 182 SELECTMEN'S MEETING August 30, 1976 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, August 30, 1976 at 7 30 p m. Acting Chairman Miley, Mr Bailey, Mr Busa, Mrs Battin, Mr O'Connell, Town Manager; Miss Casey, Principal Clerk were present Acting Chairman Miley convened the meeting and asked Mr O'Connell if he had any items to discuss with the Board Under Mr O'Connell informed the Board that he had three items The first Budget was to update them on the status of the review by the operating departments Program to adjust to the "under budget program" Two meetings have been held so far Mr Perry has picked up the responsibility as of the second meeting and will report to the Board at their next meeting Every department has been asked to submit, in writing, the responses to the budget program Personal Ser- vices as well as Capital Expenditures are included in the budget area Per- sonal Services represents about 70% of the budget The schools represent about 65% of the tax levy Mr MacInnes of the School Department attended the meetings also A good response was received from the Public Works Department Mr Perry will report to the Board at their next meeting the total response of departments to the program. Federal Mr O'Connell reported that the Federal Government has issued regu- Funding lations relative to funding They are not going to enlarge the area of projects and this eliminates a group of our capital budget It narrows Lexington's prospects of receiving more funds, but it is worth the effort to try Polaroid Mr O'Connell reported that he had received a call from Mr Peter Bass, Corp an employee of the Polaroid Corporation They have developed a large new Capt experimental camera capable of taking a picture about two feet square in Parker size The camera requires a small truck to move it around The camera Statue must take a picture of an object tall and narrow and the statue of Captain Parker caught Mr Bass' eye They would like permission to photograph the statue and the picture would be shown only to demonstrate the camera's capabilities They would use it in trade shows in Germany in the near-fu- ftture They would like to do the photographing tomorrow as they need ideal weather, including wind conditions and the weather forecast is good Mr O'Connell said that he had checked carefully and he was satisfied that it would be used in good taste and not commercialized and recommended that the Board give permission for the photographing Mr Bailey asked what time of day they wanted to be there Mr O'Connell said that Mr Bass had said that they would like to be there about 10.00 a m. Mr O'Connell also said that they would need a police detail as the truck would jut out into the street about 30 feet Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant the Polaroid Corporation permission to photograph the statue of Captain Parker on August 31, 1976 111 1S3 t Selectmen's Meeting August 30, 1976 Mrs Mileyinformed the BoardMcSweeney's that Mr McSweeney s report relative Access to the dirt access road to the Brookwood Road-Fairfield Drive-Vine Road Street area had been received and read the report in its entirety It Brookwood was the recommendation that posts with cable and portable barrier of Fairfield posts and wire be installed accompanied by suitable lock and key in Area the event that access is needed to this Town owned property "No auth- orized Vehicles Allowed" signs were also recommended A sketch was enclosed with the report and indicated that the closing off of this access road would greatly reduce the nuisance that now exists The matter had been reviewed with various departments and the access road is required only by the Fire Department in the event of emergency Mr Busa pointed out to the Board that this practice had been insti- tuted some time ago We have the same on the Great Meadow with the key and cable Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the recommendations of Mr McSweeney and close off the dirt access road to the Brookwood-Fairfield Drive-Vine Street area with posts and cable and wire with a suitable lock and key The Fire Department would have a key in the event they need access to the area Mr Richard H Fitzpatrick of 15 Hathaway Road had requested traffic Bedford St signals at the intersection of Bedford Street and Harrington Road A re- Harrington port from the Traffic Safety Committee relative to the request was dis- cussed. The report stated that "Without having performed a detailed study, our observations, and a check of the accident records for this lo- cation, have revealed that a traffic signal installation based on volume, number of accidents and interruption of continuous traffic, is warranted" However, the Committee felt that because of the impact a signal installa- tion would have on the Green Area, recommendation of the traffic signal proposal be tabled They felt that such a restrictive measure as a signal at this location could cause flow problems throughout the center which could only be corrected through the use of a coordinated signal system with signals at Woburn Street and at the Minute Man Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the recom- mendations of the Traffic Safety Committee not to install traffic signals at the interesection of Bedford Street and Harrington Road Mrs Miley informed the Board that Mr Perry had requested that Asst. Walter Donahue be name Assistant Comptroller Comptroller Mr Bailey- What is his title now? Mr O'Connell As far as I know, the Board has never been asked to have him named Assistant Comptroller It has to be voted and we can't find any record on this This grants him authority to sign warrants and payrolls Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to name Walter J Donahue Assistant Comptroller Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the weekday Theatre and Sunday licenses for the LexMil Theatres, Inc Licenses 1.84 Selectmen's Meeting August 30, 1976 Minutes Upon motion p of on duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes of the Selectmen's meeting of June 15, 1976 as corrected Water Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the Abatements recommendation of the Director of Public Works/Engineering to abate the following water bills W C Curtis 72 Freemont St $141 75 Incorrect reading Howard Richter 26 Suzanne Rd 1 25 Billing error Mrs C Hill 2101 Mass Ave 43 20 Incorrect reading H J Myers 27 Outlook Drive 90 00 Incorrect reading , Trailer Mr Thomas H Moon of 82 Simonds Road asked to address the Board. Zachor He stated that there was a fire in a home in his vicinity about a month or so ago and that the people were now living in a trailer in their yard He stated that it was his understanding that there is a law in Town that prohibits the use of trailers in Lexington He stated that he was here to find out if the people can live in the trailer until the home can be finished Mr Buse informed Mr Moon that permission to use trailers in cases such as this has been granted previously He stated that the only way that the Selectmen would be able to find out is to contact the Building Department and the Board of Appeals Mrs Battin asked if the Selectmen's Office could check with the Board of Health but noted that we did not have the name of the people involved Mrs Scigliano of the Lexington Minuteman informed the Board that the name of the people was Zachor The Selectmen's Office is to look into the matter further Center Mr Moon informed the Board that another matter he wanted to bring Play- up was his question as to who was responsible for planting sod on the ground macadam in back of the old baseball diamond at the Center Playground Mrs Miley asked Mr McSweeney to check into this and report back to the Board Land Mr Moon also informed the Board that he had read in the paper that Sunnyknoll the Recreation Department had two lots of land on Sunnyknoll and Sunset Sunset Drive that they were getting rid of He stated that if that is the case, Drive and he was told that the abutters given first chance to purchase such lots by someone in one of the Town offices, that he would like to purchase some land and build another house on it Mr Bailey stated that no land had been offered for sale by the Select- men He explained to Mr Moon that all land owned by the Town had to be offered for sale by the Selectmen Mrs Miley told Mr Moon that the procedure to be followed by him would be to put his request in writing to the Board of Selectmen giving the lot numbers of the land. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 7 54 P.M A true record, Attest Luz.------72-1 061_'Principal Clerk