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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-12-26-BOS-min 13 SELECTMEN'S MEETING December 26, 1972 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men's Meeting Room on Tuesday, December 26, 1972, at 7 30 P.M. Chairman Kenney, Messrs. Bailey, Busa and Brown, Mr. O'Connell , Town Manager, Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel, Mr. McSweeney, Director of Public Works; Mrs. McCurdy, Ekecutive Clerk, were present. At the request of the Town Clerk, six jurors were drawn as follows Jacob G. Hiscock 533 Marrett Road Jurors Raymond C. Block I Whitman Circle Kenneth A. Hall 29 Nickerson Road Edward J. Stande, Jr. 6 Colony Road Ann Scolaro 5 Bruce Road Mr. O'Connell recommended that two transfer requests;be approved. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to request the Appropriation Committee for a transfer from E d D to Account 5450-Road Machinery, in the amount of $1 ,300 to cover bills for repair parts. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to request the Transfers Appropriation Committee for a transfer from E & D to Account 5850- Sanitary Landfill in the amount of $5,000 for additional fill to meet the State requirements. Mr. O'Connell discussed the repairs to Buckman Tavern and said that the transfer of $8,500 for design work has been approved and the question now comes on the project responsibility. I have talked with the Permanent Building Committee and they are willing to take on the Buckman job, and they should. They have suggested that Mr. Butters and Mr. Tavern Cataldo be on the Buckman Tavern Reconstruction Committee. Mr. Cohen Mr. Perry said that last time the funds for repairs were by a special act of the Legislature. There is authority for a town to maintain historic buildings, so you don't need to get a special act. After discussion, the Board agreed to have an Article in the Warrant for construction funds for structural renovations to Buckman Tavern; also, to appoint the committee as soon as possible. Chairman Kenney read a letter from Louis H. Spencer, 52 Waltham Street, complaining about excessive noise on the premises at 32 Waltham Street, owned by the Lexington News Company, during the hours of 12:00 M to 6:00 A.M. Spencer Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to table the Complaint matter pending reports from the Building Inspector, Police Chief Corr, and the Planning Board regarding zoning. 14 Selectmen's Meeting December 26, 1972 Chairman Kenney read a request from the Hospital Transportation Service, Inc , 9 Munroe Avenue, Watertown, for a license for the carriage of passengers for hire in the Town of Lexington, with one stop at Raytheon Company. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to issue a license to the Hospital Transportation Service, Inc. , Watertown, for the operation of mini shuttle buses for carriage of passengers for Mini hire over the following ways and streets in the Town of Lexington Buses with the stipulation that the only stop to be made would be at the License Executive Offices of the Raytheon Company on Spring Street, Lexington Route 2 between the Lexington-Lincoln Town Line and the Lexington-Arlington Town Line. Spring Street between the Lexington-Waltham Town Line and the Executive Office of the Raytheon Company. Route 128 between Route 2 and the Lexington-Waltham Town Line. Chairman Kenney read a letter from Dale Kutnick, 10 Gould Road Kutnick requesting an amendment to the no-parking ban in the dead end area Parking on at Gould and Turning Mill Roads. Street Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to refer the request to the Traffic Committee for a recommendation. Chairman Kenney read a request from the Director of Public Nickerson Works for an extension of 30 days sick leave for Ronald Nickerson, Sick Leave Highway Division, who had major surgery on November 27, 1972. Extension Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve an extension of 30 days sick leave for Ronald Nickerson. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve Minutes the minutes of the Selectmen's Meetings of November 27 and December 11 , 1972. Edison Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant the Withdrawal written request from the Boston Edison Company for "Leave to With- Mass. Ave. draw" the petition for the location of one pole on Massachusetts Slocum Rd. Avenue approximately 125 feet southeast of Slocum Road. Chairman Kenney read a request from Secretary Davoren to certify the character of the following Lexington residents who have Cert. of applied for Certificate of Incorporation, "Lexington Friends Com- Incorp. munity Residence, Inc. ," 3 Forest Street, Lexington Robert E. Reynolds 3 Forest Street Anthony L. Mancini 115 Reed Street Lester E. Goodridge, Jr. 24 Freemont Street 15 Selectmen's Meeting December 26, 1972 William E. Rice 5 Raymond Street Frederick J. Conroy 5 John Poulter Road David A. Lavender 20 Avon Street Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to refer the matter to Town Counsel for further information on the location. Moore Street Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the con- Survey tract with Joseph W. Moore Co. Inc. , for survey and engineering Contract services for the preparation of preliminary plans for local street improvements Grassland Street, Holland Street, Fern and Pleasant Street. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the Whitman & contract with Whitman & Howard, Inc. , for landscape architectural Howard services for the Town of Lexington-Old Reservoir Development and Contract Harrington School Playground. The Board discussed polling places under the new 9-precinct polling plan. After discussion, it was agreed to ask the School Committee for comments regarding the possibility of closing the schools on Polling a state or national election day as it would only involve closing Places for one day every two years. Also, to point out that it is under- stood that schools such as the Bowman School would not have adequate space for storage of voting machines and arrangements could be made to store the machines elsewhere. Chairman Kenney read a request from Attorney Francis W.K. Smith, Executor of the Estate of Arthur A. Gorman, for extension of sewer service to 206 Bedford Street. A report from the Engineering Department was read stating that a sewer is in Bedford Street to Sunnyknoll Avenue, up Sunnyknoll Avenue to Reed Street, up Reed Street past the rear property line Sewer of the subject lot. This property was assessed a sewer betterment Connection of $214, which was paid in 1949. The service from this sewer would Request not be capable of accommodating anything below the sill elevation 206 Bedford due to the nature of the terrain and the depth of the main in the Street street. The length of the service would be approximately 350 feet and we would require one manhole at the halfway point. Depending on what price Mr. Smith receives, it would cost approximately $3,500 - $4,000 for the service installation. The other method of servicing this parcel would be to run the sewer up Bedford Street from the existing sewer manhole at the intersection of Bedford Street and Sunnyknoll Avenue, a distance of approximately 250 feet; the cost for the installation of this section Selectmen' s Meeting December 26, 1972 of main would be approximately $7,500. If we would use this approach, it would be the feeling that betterments should be again assessed against the subject property After discussion, the Board agreed to deny the request Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to deny the re- quest of Attorney Francis W.K Smith for extension of sewer service to 206 Bedford Street, and to inform Mr Smith that the estimated cost of the project would be $7,500 and there is no distinct appropriation for this purpose Also, to point out that a sewer connection to this property is possible if done from the rear of the property on Reed Street Licenses Upon motion duly made and seconded, ;it was voted to issue the follow- ing licenses for 1973 Lodaina House Wild Acre Inn Inc 50 Percy Road Common Victualler (Approved by Board of Health) Alexander' s Pizza 180 Bedford Street Hayden Skating Rink 24 Lincoln Street Dunkin Donuts 373 Waltham Street Bellino' s Bakery, Inc 141 Massachusetts Avenue Folsom' s Seafood 182 Bedford Street Chairman Kenney informed the Board that a letter has been received from the School Committee regarding the traffic at the Clarke Junior High School , stating some suggestions for immediate .and long-range solutions other than the access road, as follows Traffic Police Officer at Waltham Street and Brookside Avenue Intersection Clarke at appropriate hours. Junior High School Zone signs installed on Waltham Street. Flashing yellow warning lights on Waltham Street. Extension of present sidewalk on westerly side of Waltham Street from opposite Kendall Road to opposite Brookside Avenue (if this is feasible the traffic crossing guard now located at Waltham Street at Kendall Road could then be placed at this intersection. ) The letter further stated that the Traffic Committee had rejected all of these suggestions as they felt that this would not lesson the problem of sight distance on Waltham Street as it pertains to the Brookside Avenue Selectmen's Meeting December 26, 1972 intersection. The School Zone and flashing lights were ruled out as the school property does not abut Waltham Street. The School Com- mittee will support any solution, both short and long-term, that will improve the situation. Chairman Kenney read a report from the Traffic Committee stating that the traffic situation had been discussed and it was noted that from the planning stages through the last two years, the Traffic Com- mittee met with the architects and the Permanent Building Committee seeking justification for their providing only one access to the school , namely Brookside Avenue. Some of the information requested was a traffic generation study yielding the number of pupils, the percentage walking and taking school buses, the number of school buses, the number of pupils dropped off by parents, and turning- movement counts at Waltham Street, To date, we have not received this information. We again recommend that these studies be under- taken and, this time, to ascertain whether or not a second access is justified and, if so, where it should be located. As a partial and interim solution, we recommend that the School Department be urged to encourage children walking to and from the school from the west side of Waltham Street to cross at the traffic signals at Marrett Road and proceed on the sidewalk on the east side of Waltham Street to the school rather than to cross at Brookside Avenue, as they are currently doing. Partial as this may be, it will alleviate some of the conges- tion and confusion at Brookside Avenue until studies can be completed and evaluated. The Board agreed to put an Article in the Warrant for the access road; to ask the Permanent Building Committee to furnish information on the traffic generation study; to request, as an interim solution, that the School Department instruct the children about the better method of approaching- the school from the westside of Waltham Street. Chairman Kenney read a letter from the State Department of Natural Resources-Division of Conservation Services regarding devia- tions from the original plan for sewer line construction in the DNR vicinity of Route 128, Patterson Road and Wood Street. Wood St The Board agreed that Mr. McSweeney is to draft a letter to the Trunk Department of Natural Resources containing an explanation of the deviations from the original plan. The Board discussed the proposal by SILC to have an Article in SILC the Warrant to join a Regional Waste Disposal District. Regional After discussion, it was agreed not to join. Waste Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to inform the Disposal Subregion Intertown Liaison Committee of the decision of the Board District not to submit an Article in the Warrant for the purpose of joining with SILC in a Regional Waste Disposal District. Selectmen's Meeting December 26, 1972 ' Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to go into Executive Session. for the purpose of discussing, deliberating or Executive voting on matters which, if made public, would adversely affect the Session public security, fibancial 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 vo+ed to adjourn at 9. 15 P.M. A true record, Attest `J ,511 �,�"r E scut i ve. Clerk, Selectmen