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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-09-10-BOS-min 236 SELECTMEN'S MEETING September 10, 1973 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, September 10, 1973, at 7 30 p m. Chairman Kenney, Messrs Bailey, Busa, Brown and Mrs Rif fin; Mr O'Connell, Town Manager; Mr Cohen, Town Counsel; Mr McSweeney, Director of Public Works/Engineering and Mrs McCurdy, Exe- cutive Clerk were present. Mr Zehner, Town Treasurer, met with the Board to request approval of borrowing $700,000 in tax anticipation New England Merchants National Bank was low bidder for the entire $700,000 @ 5 84% Treasurer Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to award the bid to borrow $700,000 at 5 84%; loan to be dated September 14, 1973 and mature October 30, 1973 Chairman Kenney congratulated Mr Zehner and the members of the Town Report Committee for the outstanding job done on the 1972 Town Town Report Report The Massachusetts Selectmen's Association has informed us that First Prize this report won first prize in the state competition and the certificate is to be awarded to the Town on October 6, 1973 at Hyannis At the request of the Town, Clerk, four jurors were drawn, as follows Jurors Rudolph E Penzer 29 Justin Street Leo James Najarian 234 Woburn Street Edwin H Farr 49 Effierson Gardens Paul H Fraser 17 Crescent Road Mr O'Connell informed the Board that the planned use report under General Revenue Sharing for July 1, 1973 through June 30, 1974 is to be General filed with the federal government Over that period, we will be re- Revenue ceiving approximately $400,000 When we complete the plan for that Sharing period for previous entitlements, $293,616 will be used to pay Fire De- partment salaries, leaving a balance of approximately $107,000 My forecast is these funds are likely to be used for capital expenditures The Board agreed Chairman Kenney read a letter from the Planning Board recommending Bicenten- the appointment of Mrs Lois W Brown as a replacement for Mr Donald nial Appt. Graham as the Planning Board liaison member of the Bicentennial Committee Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint Mrs Lois W Brown as Planning Board liaison member of the Bicentennial Committee I 237 Selectmen's Meeting September 10, 1973 Chairman Kenney read a letter from Mr Kingston L. Howard, Chair- man of the Bicentennial Committee, recommending the appointment of an Bicentennial Executive Board of the Bicentennial Committee Executive Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint the Board following members of the Executive Board of the Bicentennial Committee Kingston Howard Richard A Michelson Steven M Politi Alan G Adams Roland B Greeley Mrs Miriam W Butts Lincoln P Cole, Jr Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint Select- man Allan F Kenney an ex-officio member of the Executive Board of the Bicentennial Committee Mr Kenney abstained. The Board discussed the program to be presented by the Bicenten- nial Committee to the Military Logistics Group on September 27 at Hanscom Field It was agreed to request the Bicentennial Committee to submit to the Board a complete preliminary program, including defin- ite information about each scheduled event The Board discussed a request from the Woodworkers Guild of Arts and Crafts and agreed to inform them that it had no objection to the Permit Guild conducting a yard sale in their parking lot and building at 130 Waltham Street on Saturday, September 29, 1973 The Board agreed to inform Horizons for Youth that it had no ob- jection to the group conducting a march for disadvantaged youth in Permit Lexington on Sunday, October 14, 1973 starting at 9 00 a.m , with the understanding that they march on the sidewalk and a schedule is to be submitted to the Town Manager 'upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the list of sewer betterment assessments for the following streets Sewer Betterment Bridle Path Larchmont Lane Revere St Assessments Concord Ave Leeland Terr Spring St East St. North St Valley Rd Hill St Partridge Rd Wingate Rd 'Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the recommendation of the Director of Public Works and to sign water abatements for the following Lexington Tennis Club 19 Washington St $ 25 55 Wrong reading Hanscom Field Bedford, Mass 696 10 Billing error Water Hanscpm Field Bedford, Mass 323 90 Billing error Abatements Bernard's French Shop 397 Lowell St 3 85 Wrong reading 238 Selectmen's Meeting September 10, 1973 Ambulance Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the abate- Abatement ment of an ambulance bill of Mr Medardo Collina, 7 Ellison Road, in the amount of $12 00, because of hardship circumstances Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the Minutes minutes of the Executive Session of April 23, 1973; also, open and exe- cutive session of April 30, 1973 Mr Brown abstained from voting on the meeting of April 23 as he was not present. Mr McSweeney came into the meeting at 7 55 p.m The Board discussed a preliminary 1974 street and sidewalk program 1974 Street submitted by the Director of Public Works/Engineering & Sidewalk The Board agreed that Mr McSweeney is to meet with the Street and Program Sidewalk Advisory Committee and the Traffic Safety Committee and come back to the Board with recommendations The Conservation Commission met with the Board to discuss Park and Recreation Regulations and. also, Conservation Regulations Chairman Kenney explained that the Board has received petitions Conservation from residents living near Park and Recreation areas regarding parties Committee being held by young people Rules & Mr O'Connell added that we are trying to strengthen our rules Regulations and regulations and make them more enforceable; especially regarding the use of liquor Mr Larsen, Conservation Commission Is it difficult to enforce "disturbing of the peace?" Mr O'Connell The Police say it is wasting taxpayers' money to take it to court Dr Kassler We are not going to have "abuse the use of alcoholic beverages" in our rules We obviously are not anxious to make it more difficult for Chief Corr and, as a matter of fact, we would like to buy him a minibike as we have lots of problems on conservation land, also We fully understand your problem and we will go back and discuss our conservation rules and will meet with you again The Conservation Commission retired from the meeting Chairman Kenney read a request from Miss Anne Donovan and Miss Geraldine Mendes for a sewer connection to service lot 58B Pleasant Pleasant St Street Sewer A report from Mr McSweeney was read stating there are no funds Request or plans for this request This particular lot faces the intersection of Pleasant and Mason Streets If the Mason Street sewer were extended 50 ft more or less to Pleasant Street, this lot could then be serviced However, we recommend that this lot and Pleasant Street be considered as part of our 1975 program 239 Selectmen's Meeting September 10, 1973 It was agreed to inform the owners of Lot 58B Pleasant Street that no plans or funds are available at the present time for a sewer connec- tion but the request will be taken into consideration when the 1974- 1975 budget is discussed. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign orders of taking for slope easements for street and sidewalk construction on Fern Slope Street, Waltham Street, Brookside Avenue, Grassland Street, and Holland Easements Street Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the order Sewer & Dr of taking for sewer and drain easement off Mohawk Drive Easement Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign orders of taking in connection with Contract 73-5-E, off Woburn Street; Rolfe Road to Lowell Street; Lowell Street to Laconia Street Orders of IMr and Mrs Kenneth Champion, 6 Rolfe Road, were present at the Taking meeting to discuss the sewer easement through their property It was Rolfe Rd agreed to set up a meeting with the Champions and Mr McSweeney on Sewer September 12 Easement Chairman Kenney informed the Board that Town Counsel Cohen re- quests that the Board sign the Order of Taking by eminent domain for Order of conservation purposes, upon the request of the Lexington Conservation Taking Commission. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the Order Lexington of Taking by eminent domain, upon the request of the Lexington Conserve- Burlington tion; Commission, for conservation purposes, shown as Parcels A, B, C, D, Line E, F', and G on plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass ," dated June' 22, 1972, Joseph W Moore Co , Inc , Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors, with awards of damages as shown as follows Owner Lot Damages Awarded Thomas C Wright & Sara M. Wright Parcel A $6,400 Raymond Carchia a/k/a Raimondo Carchia for life Parcel B 5,300 , Owners Unknown Parcel C 100 ' Robert C Nordblom, Rodger P Nordblom IC Clark Macomber & George Macomber Parcel D 700 240 Selectmen's Meeting September 10, 1973 Owner Lot Damages Awarded Robert C Nordblom Rodger P Nordblom & George Macomber Parcel E $1,000 Philip Taylor & Sarah Moss Parcel F 2,500 Walter E Steeves & Isabella Steeves Parcel G 1,000 The Board discussed the bids received for repair and control work on Buckman the rear shed at Buckman Tavern Tavern Shed Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted the intent to award Contract the contract to R & M Wood Products, Inc , 27 Faneuil Street, Brighton, in the amount of $7,725 00 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to go into Execu- tive Session for the purpose of discussing, deliberating or voting on Executive matters which, if made public, would adversely affect the public security Session financial interests of the Town or the reputation of a person After discussion of matters of financial interest to the Town, it was voted to go out of Executive Session Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 10 10 p.m A true record, Attest xec�Clerk, Selectmen I