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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-02-17-BOS-min S81 SELECTMEN'S MEETING February 17, 1976 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Tuesday,February 17, 1976, at 7 30 p.m. Chairman Bailey, Messrs, Kenney, Busa, Kessler and Mrs Battin; Mr. O'Connell, Town Manager; Mr Cohen, Town Counsel; Miss Casey, Principal Clerk, were present Chairman Bailey declared the hearing open on the petition of the Hearing Boston Edison Company to erect or construct a line for the transmission Boston of electricity at 345 kV comprising a total of eight (8) overhead wires Edison for such transmission over and across certain public ways of the Town Notices of the hearing were sent to the abutters, as shown on the plan of the petitioner, and also filed with the Director of Public Works/ Engineering Mr Arthur R. Serverson, Mr William H Jones, Mr John J Bartley, Mr Louis R. Delaplace and Mr John J Desmond representing the Boston Edison were present Mr Serverson presented the petition to the Board along with a map and pictures showing the present lines and explained how the new lines would be installed. Mr Busa asked if the installation of these new wires would create an increase in the noise because of the "hum" Mr Serverson assured him that it would not Mr Barbara Christensen, 153 Grove Street, one of the abutters stated that was her concern, also. She was satisfied with Mr Serverson's answer Chairman Bailey read a recommendation from Mr John J McSweeney, Director, Public Works/Engineering that permission be granted No one appearing in favor or in opposition, the hearing was declared closed. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant permission to the Boston Edison Company for the following locations Turning Mill Road, the northerly side line of the Right-of-Way begins at the intersection of Grimes Road and Turning Mill Road Grove Street,the southerly side line of the Right-of-Way begins at a point approximately 2850 feet north of the intersection of Grove Street and Yankee Division Highway (Route #128) Bedford Street, the westerly side line of the Right-of-Way begins at a point approximately 600 feet southeast of the intersection of Westview Street and Bedford Street Wood Street, the southeasterly side line of the Right-of-Way be- gins at a point approximately 2240 feet northwest of the inter- section of Wood Street and Massachusetts Avenue Marrett Road, Massachusetts Avenue, and Marrett Street at the inter- section of Marrett Road, Massachusetts Avenue and MarrettStreet I -682. Selectmen's Meeting February 17, 1976 Suit- MrO'Connell O Connell read a letter from Robert L Lyon of W H Lyon Real- Kingston tors, Inc commending the support and expert testimony of Jerry Martin Homes,Inc and John McCarthy of the Engineering Department in a suit for additional damages brought by Kingston Homes, Inc involving 6 5 acres of land at the end of Longfellow Road which was taken by eminent domain for conserva- tion purposes Mr Lyon stated that the suit was vigorously and aggres- sively pursued by Kingston Homes and the amount of damages were to a great extent limited and minimized by the efforts of Mr Martin and Mr McCarthy East Lex A letter from John J McSweeney to Rentel & Frost Co , Inc , commend- Library ing the people who worked on the air conditioning installation at the East Lexington Branch Library was read by Mr O'Connell who stated that there would be a favorable balance to be used in carrying forward in reducing the tax levy. The Library Trustees are also preparing a letter to be sent out Traffic Mr O'Connell read a memo from Mr McSweeney stating that during the Safety past few weeks, the Traffic Safety Committee has been discussing the formal Comm. appointment of Peter M. Chalpin, Senior Engineer and Traffic Engineer, to App't a position of full voting member of the Committee Mr Chalpin has been an Peter M. ad hoc member of the Committee for nearly six years He has also been Chalpin secretary, engineer and principal report writer since the departure of the former chairman, Mr A V Zaleski Mr Chalpin has also been the repre- sentative of the Board of Selectmen in such transportation matters as the Boston Transportation Planning Review Red Line Extension, the Commuter Rail Improvement Program, the Joint Regional Transportation Committee, the Route 2 Relocation Project and the TOPICS Program He is intimately involved with every aspect of traffic safety and traffic engineering the Town, from sign- ing and street lighting to design and installation of traffic signals Mr Chalpin holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Structural Engineering and has attended Northwestern University's Traffic Institute The Committee voted unanimously at their meeting of February 3, 1976 to request his for- mal appointment Upon motion duly made and seconded it was voted to appoint Mr Peter M. Chalpin, Senior Engineer and Traffic Engineer, to a position of full voting member of the Traffic Safety Committee Public Mr O'Connell read a letter from Mr Norman Stolz of Brewer & Lord Liab quoting a premium of $5,381 per year for Public Officials' Liability In- Ins surance with a $1,000,000 limit per occurrence and a $10,000 deductible per occurrence This quote is guaranteed for thirty days only Mr O'Connell explained that only the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager are included in the coverage He also explained that he had made arrangements to be able to cancel the policy without charge if this is unacceptable to the Town after it has been placed by Brewer & Lord Dr Kassler asked if there was any way of getting another bid Mr O'Connell agreed to hold up on awarding the business to Brewer & Lord for another week at which time he hopes to have another quote to pre- sent to the Board from Alexander & Alexander Selectmen's Meeting February 17, 1976 Chairman Bailey read a letter from Richard W MacLean, Past District Request Deputy, East District Chairman, Americanism Committee of the Massachusetts For Use of Elks Association, Inc requesting permission to hold a wreath placing cere- Green By The. mony at the memorial tablet of Captain Parker on the Lexington Green at Elks 2 00 p m. on Sunday, April 25, 1976 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant permission to the Massachusetts Elks Association, Inc to hold a wreath placing cere- mony at the memorial tablet of Captain Parker on the Lexington Green on Sunday, April 25, 1976 at 2 00 p.m Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to certify the char- Cert of acter of the following who have applied for a Certificate Incorporation: Incorp Allan Rodman, 7 Abernathy Road, "Calphad, Inc " Richard A Michelson, 54 Asbury Street, "New England Shoe Retailers, Association, Inc " Upon motion duly made and seconded it was voted to sign the following Auction- renewal Auctioneer's Licenses eer's Robert N Cann, 48 Hancock Street; Richard H Soule, 16 Hancock Street;Licenses Lawrence W Graham, Jr , 23 Baker Avenue Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the Common Comm. Victualler license for Christos Kontos, d/b/as "Christo's", One Meriam Vict 111 Street, approved by the Board of Health License The Board agreed to reconfirm the vote of January 5, 1976 relative Reconfirm to the payment of certain costs for group life and health insurance cov- Vote on erage for retired teachers This action was necessary because Chapter Retired 739 of the Acts of 1975 did not become effective until 30 days after it Teachers was signed by the Governor Ins Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to reconfirm the vote of January 5, 1976 rescinding acceptance of the law relative to the payment of certain costs for group life and health insurance coverage for retired teachers The Board discussed the application from Ong, Ong, Inc for a Common Comm. Victualler License and All Alcoholic Beverage License to open a Chinese- Vict & All American restaurant at 21-23-25 Depot Square During the discussion, Dr Alcoholic Kassler stated that he was concerned about having a restaurant at this License App location Mr Bailey stated that the Board of Appeals had granted their Ong, Ong, request and that Mr Busa had attended the meeting and pointed out that Inc there would be a parking problem. Mr Busa stated that at the Board of Appeals hearing the owners had requested a closing time of 1 00 a m. Mr Bailey read the hours of the other restaurants in Town It was agreed to advertise the hearing date of March 8 and request recommendations from the Board of Health, Fire Department, and Building Commissioner Chairman Bailey read a letter from Stuart F Liss, Esq of the law Transfer 111 offices of Nicholson & Less requesting a transfer of the liquor license Liquor of the Dunfey Family Corporation at the Sheraton Lexington Motor Inn to License Sheraton 584 Selectmen's Meeting February 17, 1976 Hotel Tara Limited It was agreed to advertise this request on February 26, and hold the hearing on March 8 Request Chairman Bailey read a letter from Joel M. Schulman, 2nd Lt /Adju- for use tant of The Lexington Minute Men, Inc requesting the use of the Lexington of the Common for the purpose of staging the annual reenactment of the Battle of Green Lexington on April 19, 1976 between the hours of 5 00 a m. and 7 00 a m. Minutemen and 10 00 a m. and 12 00 noon Mr O'Connell brought out the point that it is still dark at this time of year and felt it would be better if this could be scheduled for a later time, because of the Police, D P W and Fire Department support that is needed The funds for this extra detail is not in the budget and we are getting very restrictive on the overtime It was agreed that the Chairman would request a later starting time for the ceremonies Acting Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint Allan F Chairman Kenney as acting Chairman of the Board from February 21 through March 1 Mr Kenney Chairman Bailey stated that as he would not be here when Mr Kenney's term of office expires he would like to take the opportunity to commend Mr Kenney on the excellent job he has done while as a member of the Board and as Chairman. He expressed pleasure as being his partner and wished "good luck to one of the best " Annual The Board discussed the list of 1976 annual appointments to be made Appoint- in March and it was agreed to post the list of vacancies on the boards ments and committees on the bulletin board of the Town Clerk and also in the Lexington Minute-man Youth A request from the Youth Commission to meet with the Board of Select- Comm. men to discuss their role in the Town was presented to the Board. It was agreed to meet with them at the meeting on February 23 at 7 30 p m. Turning The Board discussed a letter from Mr McSweeney relative to the En- Mill Env vironmental Overview Report which was prepared in conjunction with the Report construction of the Turning Mill Road Trunk Sewer Mr McSweeney's sug- gestion that the exhibit that was on display in the Town Hall during the construction of the project along with copies of the report, go to the Cary Library was accepted so that the public may fully avail themselves of this unusual report After interest in the material subsides, it is to be donated to the School Department for their permanent use and custo- dianship Expense Mr O'Connell distributed summary sheets of the Expense Budgdt Budget Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the Ex- pense Budget as presented by Mr O'Connell Capital Mr Busa informed the Board that he had received a phone call regard- Budget ing the recreation funds for the Senior Citizens that is now being taken111 L_ _ e? Selectmen' s Meeting February 17, 1976 over by the Council on Aging It was brought out that the Council on Aging had a problem in getting started but, at the present time, they were going forward Mr O'Connell distributed summary sheets of the Capital Budget and in- formed the Board that he believed they did not need to formally vote the account number on the summary sheet It was only necessary to vote their intent that the summary sheet represented the basis on which they wished to have the current article read Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the Capital budget as presented by the Town Manager Mr McSweeney reported to the Board that the Traffic Safety Committee Parking had reviewed the request of the North Lexington Association relative to Grove St their request to restrict the parking on Grove Street and agreed that it Voting Days would be permissible to do so for voting days Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 5-0, by roll call Executive vote to go into Executive Session to discuss strategy with respect to Session collective bargaining or litigation as an open meeting may have a detri- mental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the govern- mental body, 8 40 p m. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 111 11 10 p m. A true record, Attest i(S?aliz.c.(;:7-A7 , 00_4_1( Principal Clerk I