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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-03-20-BOS-min 285. SELECTMEN'S MEETING March 20, 1972 - A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men' s Room, Town Office Building, on Monday evening, March 20, 1972, at 7 00 p.m. Chairman Kenney, Messrs. Bailey, Busa and Brown, and Mrs. Riff in; Mr. O'Connell, Town Manager; Mrs. McCurdy, Executive Clerk, were present. Mr. Bailey recommended that the Town Manager become a Town Meeting Town Mgr. Member-at-Large. TMM- The Board agreed this should be taken care of before the next Town At-Large Meeting. Mr. O'Connell informed the Board that bids had been received on seen police cruisers from Rowe Chevrolet for $15,335 and Lawless- Mawhinney for $ 17,700. We are in a position to grant the bid to Rowe Police Chevrolet if Article 4 is enacted as, under this Article, we have Cruisers asked for $ 15,000 for seven vehicles, six cruisers and one unmarked car We received a good trade-in and it wilt be just under $2,000 a cruiser Mr. O'Connell informed the Board of a codxnunication from the Direc- tor of Civil Service regarding height and weight requirements for applicants for police forces. According to a recent decision of the Courts, a new police examination must be held and our requirements must be onfile; they do correspond to the height and weight limits of the State Civil Service. 1 recommend, that the Board authorize the Chairman to sign the form to be submitted. Police Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to amend the Regula- Rules and Regulations of the Lexington Police Department, Rule 23- tions Weight Requirements, adopted by the Board of Selectmen on August 14, 1967 and effective on September I, 1968, by adding minimum weights to the existing regulation HEIGHT WEIGHT MINIMUM MAXIMUM MINIMUM MAXIMUM Police Force 5'7" 6'5" 135 lbs. 231 lbs. Heiaht Weiaht Height Weight Min. Max. Min. Max. 5'7" 135 177 6' 1" 160 205 5'8" 135 181 6'2" 165 210 5'9" 140 185 6'3" 170 215 5' 10" 145 190 6'4" 175 225 5' 1 I 150 195 6' 5" 180 231 6' 155 200 ' Effective Date March 20, 1972 286 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to authorize the Chairman to sign the form, containing the above requirements, to be submitted to the Director of Civil Service. Mr. O'Connell discussed the snow removal account 5500; the last action of the Board was to approve $95,000. Prior to the last storm we expended $81 ,000, exclusive of labor. The recent storms of Snow March 14, 15 and 16 have added another $8,000 which includes about Removal $7,000 for hired equipment and $1,000 for materials. To date, we have expended $89,400 against this planned $95,000 budget. Another significant thing is that in this Account-5500 we originally asked for $10,000 for two additional sander bodies and plows that we do not put in the capital budget. The $89,400 expenditure has wiped out that item and if we were not to get this equipment in the summer, we would go into the winter in poor shape. After discussion, the Board agreed to $115,000. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the request of the Town Manager to increase the snow removal account 5500 to $ 115,000. Chairman Kenney informed the Board that an application has been received from Denny's Restaurant for a Common Victualler License. Denny's The premises have been inspected and approved by the Board of Health. Restaurant Under the permit of the Board of Appeals, the hours of operation are Common 6 00 a.m. to II 00 p.m. for seven days a week. Victualler Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign and License issue a Common Victualler License to Harold Butler Enterprises 0705 Inc., d.b.a. Denny's Restaurant, 438 Bedford Street, the hours of operation are to be 6:00 a.m. to II 00 p.m., according to the con- ditions set forth by the Board of Appeals. Chairman Kenney read a letter from the Metropolitan Planning Council regarding the receipt of the final application from the Hanscom Massachusetts Port Authority for certain aircraft apron and service Field road improvements at Hanscom Field. The Board agreed that a reply is not necessary. Chairman Kenney read a request from the U.S. Environmental Spring Protection Agency for two designees, a male and a female, from Clean-up Lexington to help in setting up local projects to improve the envi.r Projects ronment. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to request the League of Women Voters for a designee, and to request the Conservation Commission for a male designee; both names are to be submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant the Abatement request of the Collector of Taxes to rescind the *ote of June 10, 1970 for abatement of ambulance bill of Michael Allen, 305 Elm Road, Cambridge; bill in the amount of $ 10 has been paid. 287 Upon motion duly made end seconded, it was voted to grant the re- quest of the Superintendent of Public Works for an abatement of the Abatement water bill of George Rowe, 25 Hilltop Avenue, in the amount of $8.47; incorrectly charged. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes of the Selectmen's Meetings of February 28, March 6 and Mi Mites March 8, 1972. Chairman Kenney read a request from the Lexington Lodge of Elks for an extension of hoursundertheir Club Liquor License for Patriots' Day, April 17, 1972, from 100 p.m. to 12 00 M. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant permis- sion to the Lexington Lodge of Elks No. 2204 for an extension of hours Elks Club under their Club Liquor License for Patriots' Day, April 17, 1972, from 100 p.m. to 12 00 M. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to aothorize the Chairman to sign the Liquor Identification Card for Michael L. Hurley, 10. Card 4 Carville Avenue. Chairman Kenney read a report from Mr. Zaleski , Chairman of the Traffic Committee, regarding the TOPICS meeting he had attended at the Massachusetts DPW Transportation Planning Center on March 14. The report is as follows item I on the agenda was a review of the Type II roads as recom- mended in the areawide TOPICS plan. Only Type II (or higher) classifications are eligible for federal assistance under TOPICS and other improvement programs. I pointed out that the TOPICS plan desig- nated Burlington Street, North Street and Kendall Road between Worthen and Marrett Roads as Type II highways, and that the first two are narrow, winding streets unlikely to be widened because of local TOPICS opposition, whi le much of the portion of Kendall Road designated is not a public way, but an unpaved unaccepted street. The Committee was of the opinion that Type II designation did not imply widening or other improvements of Burlington and North Streets, except at junctions with Grove and Adams Streets, and left them in Type II classification. The Committee voted to exclude Kendall Road and Waltham Street from Type II network, at least until such time as the Town accepts Kendall Road as a public way and requests Type II designation. At Mr. Grove's (Mass. DPW) recommendation and to con- form to Type II network in adjacent towns, the Committee voted to drop Watertown Street south of Rte 2 as Federal Aid Secondary high- way, to designate Maguire Road as Type 11 road, to move Type II designation from Westminister Avenue to Lowell Street at Arlington line, also to remove the erroneous designation of Marrett Street at Lincoln line and of Westminister Avenue as Federal Aid Secondary highways. 1 2 S8 Item 2 on the agenda was the Areawide TOPICS plan On behalf of the Town I recommended approval of the plan, subject to the conditions recommended by the Traffic Committee. The Technical Advisory Com- mittee then voted to approve the proposed Areawide TOPICS plan for Lexington (Area 64). Chairman Kenney Mr. Zaleski recommends approval of the Area- wide TOPICS Plan and suggests the following comments be included in the letter to the Technical Advisory Committee of the Boston Metro- politan Area Transportation Study I. The Comprehensive Circulation Study should represent a thorough study of existing and anticipated conditions, so that its results could be used in refining and modifying the design of specific intersections. 2. In our opinion too much emphasis is being placed in the TOPICS Plan on traffic signals, flashing beacons and stop signs. While these regulatory or warning devices are appropriate or neces- sary in some instances, they are frequently less effective than channelization and intersec+ion design which lead the motorist auto- matically into following the proper traffic pattern. We hope that this comment will be borne in mind in the next phase of TOPICS when designing specific improvements. 3. Based on accident records and traffic volumes the follow- ing locations should be given priority within the Project Grouping One Rte. 4-225 north of Rte. 128, Rte. 2A at Waltham Street and Rte. 4-225 at Massachusetts Avenue (south). The latter intersec- tion should be coordinated with the intersections of Rte. 4-225 and with Rte. 2A. 4. The familiarity of Lexington officials with the locat condi- tions should be of particular value and should be utilized in the next phase of the TOPICS, i .e. in the design for the specific locations. The Board agreed to recommend approval of the Plan, subject to the comments and conditions outlined by the Traffic Committee. A letter is to be forwarded to the Technical Advisory Committee to that effect. Chairman Kenney read a request from the New England Telephone Company and the Boston Edison Company for "Leave to Withdraw" the Dewey Rd. petition to relocate one pole on Dewey Road; hearing was held on Pole March 13, 1972. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant per- mission to the New England Telephone Company and the Boston Edison Company for "Leave to Withdraw" the petition to relocate onepole on Dewey Road, northwesterly from Gould Road. 289 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the recommendation of the Town Engineer for surveys and plans to be made Moore by Joseph W. Moore,Co., Inc., Bedford, for the 1972 sewer laterals, Survey with the exception of the Battle View Area, for a sum not to exceed 1972 Sewers $4,500; subject to the approval of the Town Manager. Chairman Kenney requested the Board to come back with recom- mendations for the annual appointments to be made before March 31 . Mr. Bailey agreed to set up a meeting with the State Department of Public Works to discuss the possibility of a traffic signal at Bedford and the intersection of Bedford and Eldred Streets. A representative Eldred of the area is to accompany Mr. Bailey to the meeting. Streets The Board agreed to advertise for bids on the sale of Lot 37 Rockville Avenue, as approved by the 1970 Annual Town Meeting - Arti- cle 100. The Board discussed Town Meeting Articles and agreed to a favor- Articles able position on $3,000 appropriation for P.T.S.A.; sewers and drains; Chapter 90; unanimously support the Cary Library Article. Mr. Busa declared that if an agreement is not reached on the Pinard land negotiations, he will move for indefinite postponement; Pinard we have yet to sit down with the Pinards. Land Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 7 35 p.m. A true record, Attest \-!)°'4' )21 Executive Clerk, Selectmen