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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-02-18-BOS-min SELECTMEN'S MEETING February 18, 1975 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Tuesday, February 18, 1975, at 7 30 p.m. Chairman Kenney, Messrs Bailey, Buse, Brown, and Mrs Battin; Mr O'Connell, Town Manager; Mr Cohen, Town Counsel; Mr McSweeney, Director of Public Works/ Engineering; Mrs McCurdy, Executive Clerk, were present Mr Zehner, Town Treasurer, met with the Board to request Treasurer approval to renew a $650,000 bond anticipation loan We had $85,000 last year for a down payment on the purchase of the Porter land for conservation purposes, and $565,000 in sewer loans to be renewed. We want to be able to carry it through to December 15. We asked the banks to have payment prior to maturity and this is agreeable with the banks Seven bids were received and it is recommended to award to the County Bank as the lowest bidder at 3 39 percent Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the recommendation of the Town Treasurer for the renewal of a $650,000 bond anticipation loan from the County Bank of Cambridge at 3 39 percent, notes to be dated February 19 and maturing on September 15, 1975, with the privilege of pre-payment Mr O'Connell stated that he had no items for open meeting but would discuss personal services and collective bargaining matters in Executive Chairman Kenney requested the Board to vote to lay out the Streets - streets to be presented to Town Meeting for acceptance. Lay Out Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to lay out the following streets Construction Street Belfry Terrace 350' from Forest Street to the end Subdivision Streets Columbus Street 150' from the accepted portion of Columbus T to end Kendall Road 2230' from Sherburne Road to the Vine Brook Sherburne Road 1125' from Kendall Road to 110' beyond Dane Road Worthen Road 1100' starting 400' from John Poulter Road to 150' beyond. Springdale Road 900' from Bars Road to the end 226 Selectmen's Meeting February 18, 1975 Subdivision Streets (Con't ) Emerson Road 1520' from Maple Street to the end Bryant Road 330' from Page Road to Emerson Road Bushnell Drive 470' from Worthen Road to the end Village Circle 1350' from Bryant Road to the end. Militia Drive 460' from Worthen Road to the end. Foothpath Construction Public Foothpath 900' from Valleyfield Street to Walthem Street Mr Bailey questioned the construction of the footpath. Chairman Kenney replied that the Board will meet with the people involved Chairman Kenney informed the Board that a meeting has been Appointments held with representatives of the League of Women Voters we reach- Recreation ed an agreement on appointments to the Recreation Study Committee Study/ Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint Committee the following as members of the Recreation Study Committee: Paul J MacKenzie Representing the Planning Board Vincent Hayes Representing the Recreation Committee Robert Rotberg Representing the School Committee Judith Uhrig Representing the League of Women Voters Irving H Mabee Member-at-Large Alfred S Buse Member-at-Large Dan Fenn Member-at-Large Sign Request Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to table the request from Mr. Trimhold of Reed Street for a "Blind Person Crossing" sign at Bedford and Reed Streets, pending further in- formation from Mr McSweeney Permit Chairmen Kenney read the annual request from the Greek Road Race Orthodox Church of Cambridge for a 10-mile Road Race on Sunday, March 16, 1975, at 1 00 p m. , including a police escort to the Arlington line. Mr O'Connell The Board might wish to go on record as grant- ing permission, not sponsoring, the race The Board agreed Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant permission to the Greek Orthodox Church of Cambridge to conduct a 10-mile road race commencing at the Minute Man on Sunday, March 16, 1975, at 1 00 p.m. , with a police escort to the Arlington Town Line 22'i Selectmen' Meeting February 18, 1975 e Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to certify Cert of the character of Marjorie Fletcher, 36 Moon Hill Road, who has Incorp applied for a Certificate of Incorporation, "Alice James Poetry Cooperative, Inc " Chairman Kenney read a request from the Director of Public Intent Works/Engineering to approve the intent to take sewer and drain to Take easements, authority for which is contained in Article 20 of Sewer/ 1974-Sewer Laterals, and Article 21 of 1974-Trunk Sewers Drain Ease Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Board voted an in- Carriage Dr tent to take the following easements: Volunteer Carriage Drive Sewer Easements A 15 ft sewer easement and ad- jacent 10 ft. temporary construction easements on land owned by David L. and Doris Gennaro Volunteer Way Sewer and Drain Easement Alter the drain ease- ment taken in 1963 to a sewer and drain easement with an ad- jacent 10 ft temporary construction easement along the prop- erties of Chester A. and Gunvor M I Fuller and John R. and Sally H Louis Mr. McSweeney agreed to contact all parties involved. Chairman Kenney recommended that the Board look into the matter of having a mold made of the Minute Man statue made in case there is any vandalism during the Bicentennial celebration The Board agreed Mrs Anne Scigliano requested and received approval of the Vernon Page Board to be listed as an honorary sponsor of the Vernon Page Scholorship Scholarship Fund Sponsor At 8r15 p.m. , representatives of the State DPW, Skidmore- Route 2 Owings and Merrill, Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff, Plann- Environ- ing Board and Conservation Commission met with the Board to mental discuss Route 2 Environmental Inpact Statement Impact Mr. Peter Hopkinson of Skidmore, Owing & Merrill explained the study, which extends from Route 128 west through Action. Mr Hopkinson In the past two years, we have created nine alternative programs for Route 2, and the creation of not only a technical team but of a committee for the Route 2 study Alternative 1 is called a "No Build" and it is the base from which will be determined transportation, planning, ecology, wet- lands, noise, etc Alternative 2 is a draft alignment presented one or two years ago and it received adverse criticism From this, we put together additional alternatives to explore pros and cons for a trade-off in alternative scales and improvement programs 228 Selectmen's Meeting February 18, 1975 Alternative 3 is a large-scale expressway located in the Route 2 alignment Alternatives 4,5, 6, and 7 have roadways of 102 feet In addition to improvements to Route 2, there are issues that center around Hanscom Field on how Route 2 will or will not serve Hanscom. We have difficult problemsftom Hanscom to Route 2 because of the Minuteman National Park We have developed a number of alternatives for the purpose of reducing the number of roads in wetlands Alternative 8 is in Lincoln; three roads tied together at the request of Lincoln Alternative 9 converts existing Route 2 to a local town road in Lincoln Mrs Frick You are aware of the environmental on all of these areas I wonder whether you are going to have any kind of environmental impact statement Mr Hopkinson That is what we are preparing At this point in time, we have just finalized the alternatives to be evaluated We have a working committee that meets every two weeks and anyone can attend A draft will be public informa- tion when it is completed Public information meetings will also be scheduled, possibly in June Chairman Kenney informed the working teams that the Board of Selectmen will request reports £rom_those involved in the Town and then evaluate the alternatives All concerned persons retired from the meeting Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing, de- liberating or voting on matters which, if made public, might have an adverse effect on the public security, financial in- terests of the Town or the reputation of a person After discussion of personal services budgets, it was voted to go out of Executive Session Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 10 25 p m. A true record, Attest Executive Clerk, Selectmen