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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970-03-09-BOS-min 11. SELECTMEN'S MEETING March 9, 1970 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Se- lectmen' s Office, Town Office Building, on Monday evening, March 9, 1970 at 7 30 P.M Chairman Cataldo, Messrs. Mabee, Kenney, Greeley and Bailey were present Mr Legro, Town Counsel , Mr O'Connell , Town Manager; Mr Gray, Executive Assistant, Mr Burke, Superintendent of Public Works; Mr McSweeney, Town Engineer and Mrs. McCurdy, Executive Clerk were also present The meeting was called to order by the Clerk, who declared that nominations were in order for the election of the Chairman of the Board Organization Mr. Robert Cataldo was nominated and the nomination seconded There were no other nominations Upon motion duly made and seconded, nominations were closed Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Clerk cast one ballot and Mr Robert Cataldo was unanimously elected Chairman of the Board for the ensuing year. At the request of the Town Clerk, five jurors were drawn, as follows Gustave T Peterson 54 Cliffe Avenue Jurors Edward R Ingham 62 Fern Street Elinus B. Hadley 31 Robbins Road Rodney A. Brooks 62 Dexter Road Irwin L Alberts 21 Burroughs Road Mr Legro requested the Board to sign the indenture between the Town and the Commonwealth for the purpose of incorporating as part of the Metropolitan Sewerage System a transfer to the Commission, for no consideration paid, fifteen feet of a twenty-seven inch sewer and manhole owned by the Town and located within an MDC sewer ease- ment taking, dated July 13, 1933. MDC Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the indenture between the Town and Commonwealth for a transfer to the Metropolitan Sewerage System, for no consideration paid, of fifteen feet of a twenty-seven inch sewer and manhole owned by the Town and located within an MDC sewer easement taking, dated July 13, 1933 Mr Legro informed the Board that he had received a call from Mr Murphy, representing the Valleyfield Trust Company, because he Hayden felt that the trunk sewer was in the wrong location and didn't Avenue agree with the Town Trunk Mr. McSweeney is to talk with Mr Murphy regarding the location Sewer of the sewer Mr Legro informed the Board that he had received the corrected extension of time on the Crawford option and the Board will act on this on next Monday evening The Chairman asked if he had heard from Bolt, Berenek and Newman? Mr Legro is to talk with Attorney Rutherford. It was agreed to contact all involved persons on the Hayden Avenue sewer Mr O'Connell reported to the Board that he had received a letter from Blue Cross-Blue Shield in which they submit the bid for the renewal of their rates In essence, the Town' s experience has been good and the benefit ratio is 86% for Blue Cross, 81% for Blue Shield, 70% for Extended Benefits, this will yield the Town the sum of $5,000 or $6,000 The purpose of the letter is to quote Blue the new rate, as there is a substantial increase in costs because Cross of inflation, the net result is to quote the Town the following figures, as of April I , 1970, $8 72 is to be maintained for the individaul rate, on family coverage, it is presently $26.32 and will increase to $27 92, optional medicare rate also changed, at the present time, it is $7 44 and will increase to $9 60 However, this rather large increase is not the total picture as Blue Cross advises that they made a mistake in that, previously, the increase * is not the total picture as Blue Cross advises that they made a mistake in that, previously, the increase*should have been to $9 12 instead of $7.44 and they will absorb this; as of April I , 1970, the figure for optional medicare is $9 60 It was agreed that the Treasurer is to take care of the new Blue Cross-Blue Shield increased rates Mr O'Connell informed the Board that he had written a memo regarding the current situation on the old "res" and would like to get authorization to proceed This represents an agreement with the Recreation Committee and it is our intent to set up the "res" to get a good one-season test of this body of water for swimming and we would attempt to get good water conditions and still spend Old the amount of capital expenditures To make this a satisfactory "res" arrangement, we have devised a plan under the guidance of Mr Cortell and have Recreation operate for one season and then judge what the Town should do beyond that, the cost for a one-season trial would not exceed $ 14,000, probably less than that We need $3500 worth of fencing , and fencing may be less for a one-season trial . This would make it possible to do this on the available balance of $ 15,000 of the $30,000 appropriated In considering the matter, the Board should be aware of our judgment that it wi-bl not do what was apparently intended For a permanent bathhouse and other equipment that was originally intended, there will be a probable requirement of $30,000 to $50,000 over and above this for an improved recreational area; that should be kept in mind with anything done this season equipment-wise The flow circulators * Should be deleted, repetitious 1 3 ✓ are in and we have bern promised delivery of control panels this week We have confirmed that a sanitary facility requirement can be met by a rented trailer unit, on a monthly basis at $550 per month We would like to get an early decision so that Mr Burke can get underway on the water line and Edison can get the power line in The report does not mention the forecast of additional capital requirements. It was agreed that the Board is to receive copies of Mr O'Connell ' s report and act on it on next Monday evening The Chairman informed the Board that a memo has been received from the Planning Board regarding a report on Article 107-Wetland Conservancy District, which is to be approved by the Planning Board on March 9 The Planning Board is opposed to the adoption of Article 107 and recommends that it be defeated. Mr McSweeney has been asked to make recommendations to our Board as to what our position should be and he has submitted his recommendations for agreeing with the Planning Board' s position and stating that it is the opinion of the Wetland Engineering Department that a more satisfactory solution could be ob- Conser- tained by initiating a major program of water course improvements to vancy alleviate the existing flooding problems and by establishing a mini- mum sill and cellar floor elevation as part of our Subdivision Rules and Regulations and/or our Zoning By-Laws as a mans of approaching this in the future. The Board agreed with Mr McSweeney' s recommendations and the Planning Board was informed of them and requested to incorporate the position of the Board in their report for Town Meeting. Members of the Mystic Valley Association for the Retarded, Inc met with the Board and requested that the Board sign a Proclamation declaring the Month of March 1970 as Membership Month in Lexington The Chairman explained the policy of the Board regarding the proclamations, in that the Board would agree to discuss the request Proclama- for them before signing and then let the organization know the de- tion cision Because of the circumstances, as explained by Richard Binell, President of the Association, the Board agreed to approve the issu- ance of the proclamation Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to authorize the Chairman to sign the proclamation declaring the Month of March, 1970 Membership Month in Lexington Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint the list of Special Police Officers for a term expiring March 31 , 1971 , as recommended by Chief Corr: Special ACHESON, Eugene A. 2634 Massachusetts Avenue Resident Police ADAMS, Adam A. 23 Charles Street Resident ADAMS, Alan G 15 Somerset Road Resident ADAMS, Bertr m:H Jr 127 Wyoming Avenue, Malden M I T Lincoln Lab ANDERSON, Carl 41 Ledge lawn Avenue Civil Defense " 14 BAILEY, Fred C 48 Coolidge Avenue Selectmen III BAKER, Ramon C 14 Stratham Road Resident BALLOU, Sidney R. 38 Highland Avenue Resident BARNES, John E 15 Eagle Dr Salem, N.H M.I `T Lincoln Lab BARNES, Raymond B 59 Gleason Road Resident BARRETT, Elliott J. 92 Middle Street Resident BARRY, George C 36 Forest Street Resident BARRY, John M 34 Forest Street Resident BELCASTRO, Francis 174 Wood Street Firefighter BELCASTRO, Frank b74 Wood Street Dog Officer BENTLEY, Thomas F 264 South Road, Bedford Custodian BEVINGTON, Alfred 130 Marrett Road Firefighter BLUTEAU, Joseph 2IA Flint St Somerville School Department BURKE, Joseph F 10 Totman Drive, Woburn Supt Public Works BURRELL, Arthur E 2 Thoreau Road Civil Defense BUSSEY, Francis 12 Bowker 'Street Firefighter BERNIER, Arthur T 54 Baskin Road Resident BROWN, Otis, Jr 3 Bond Road Resident CASEY, William P 1063 Massachusetts Avenue School Department CATALDO, James 43 Rindge Avenue Firefighter CATALDO, Robert 14 Aerial Street Selectman COLE, Lincoln P. Jr. 16 Hill Street State Representative DELFINO, Nicholas J I Forest St , Stoneham School Department DOHERTY, Stephen 74 Adams Street Police Cadet DOOLEY, Henry W. 77 Baker Avenue Resident DOUGHTY, George Jr. 75 Paul Revere Road School Department DRISCOLL, Robert V. 30 No Broadway, Haverhill M I .T Lincoln Lab EMERY, Alan 441 Lowell Street Firefighter ERNST, Karl 37 Eldred Street Resident EWERS, Joseph E 12 Old Coach Road, Weston M. I T Lincoln Lab FINNEY, Cherie A 36 Albemarle Avenue Resident FLAHERTY, John W , Jr. 4 Spencer Street Firefighter FREEMAN, George 13 Grant Street, Concord Police Employee FULLERTON, Dennis 2400 Massachusetts Avenue Firefighter GALLAGHER, Edward T 8 Spring Lane, Maynard M I T Lincoln Lab. GARBER, Kenneth S 6 Reed •Street Police Photographer GILMAN, Edward M. 56 Bloomfield Street Firefighter GOODFELLOW, Arthur L 12 Edge Street, Ipswich M I T Lincoln Lab GOULART, Edward G 6 Rindge Terr. Cambridge M I T Lincoln Lab GREELEY, Roland B 1359 Massachusetts Avenue Selectman HADLEY, Herbert R 6 Fern Street, Chelmsford M I T. Lincoln Lab. HRUBY, Albert W 36 Williams Road Resident HURD, Richard G. 12 Loring Avenue, Maynard M 1 T. Lincoln Lab I L 15 III JACKSON, Lee B. 62 Bow Street Police Dispatcher JEFFERSON, Charles E. 8 Alcott Road Civil Defense JONES, Cecil 36 Woburn Street Civil Defense KELLEY, Kenneth, Jr 54 Ward Street Firefighter KENNEY, Allan F 10 Frost Road Selectman MARSHALL, Joseph 110 Woburn Street Firefighter MABEE, Irving H 5 Tavern Lane Selectman MAC DONALD, Charles 24 Bernard Street Civil Defense MAC LEAN, Ralph D. 9 Spring Street Resident MAZERALL, Paul 20 Wilson Road Park Superintendent MC CARRON, Francis 5 Hillside Terrace Firefighter MC DONNELL, Edward T 62 Elm Street, Bedford Cary Library MC SWEENEY, John 54 Emerald St , Quincy Town Engineer MERCER, Charles R 6 Park Street Resident MORAN, Thomas II Valley Road Police Cadet MULLER, Eugene T 24 Ewell Avenue Firefighter MULLER, Leonard E 19 Fairbanks Road • Firefighter NUTT, Alfred 45A Ridge Road School Department O'CONNELL, Walter C Lowell Road, Groton Town Manager ORMISTON, Wallace W 38 Charles Street School Department III PEKINS, George 28 Chase Avenue Firefighter PEZZULO, Michael 247 Marren Road School Department POTZKA, Joseph G 14 Banks Avenue School Department PRESCOTT, Robert 2 Forest Street Resident REDMOND, James J 9 Utica Street Firefighter ROONEY, Joseph 0. 222 Waltham Street Resident RYAN, Thomas 53 Vine Street School Department RYDER, Howard D. 2 Wilson Road M I .T Lincoln Lab. SAMUEL, Frank T , Jr 8 Burnham Road Resident SAUNDERS, Robert W 295 Marrett Road Resident SPELLMAN, Walter 267 Massachusetts Avenue Fire Chief SPIERS, William L., Jr 185 Lowell Street M I T Lincoln Lab STEVENS, Edward P 4 Chandler Street, Salem School Department STEVENS, Raymond Treble Cove Rd Billerica School Department STUCKE,�I Alden F 31 Hancock Street Resident SULLIVAN, Thomas 17 Curve Street School Department SWAN, Duncan F. 24 Bedford Street School Department TOTMAN,I Frank H., Jr 46 Moreland Avenue Resident WALTON, Robert E 5 Spencer Street Firefighter WENHAM, Thomas I Francis Road Asst Supt Public Works I WHITING, William 341 Lowell Street Firefighter WILSON, David L Jr I Burnham Road Civil Defense WRIGHT„ Glenn 67 Simonds Road Resident 1.6 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the Bonds bond for the Tax Collector in the amount of $ 110,900 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the bond for the Treasurer in the amount of $ 109,300 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to certify the character of the following, who have applied for a Certificate of Cert of Incorporation Incorp David S. Wiesen 23 Blueberry Lane "Faculty Club of Brandies Un i vers'i•ty, Inc " Rev. John P. Fitzpatrick 1977 Massachusetts Avenue "New England Communications Service for the Deaf, Inc " Minutes Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes of the Selectmen' s Meeting held on February 23, 1970 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to authorize Proclamation the Chairman io sign the amended Proclamation submitted by ORT, de- claring March 18, 1970, to be ORT Day in Lexington Workable Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the Program application for Workable Program re-certification Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to lay out and sign the Orders of Layout for the following streets Angier Road, from Burlington Street a distance of 799 feet, more or less, north easterly to Emerson Road, as described in the order presented to and signed at this meeting Street Layouts Augustus Road from Reed Street a distance of 1396 feet, more or less, southwesterly to Vailie Avenue, as described in the order pre- sented to and signed at this meeting. Blinn Road from Hickory Street a distance of 447 feet, more or less, southwesterly to end, as described in the order presented to and signed at this meeting Bloomfield Street from 100 feet, more or less, beyond Minola Road a distance of 438 feet, more or less, westerly to end, as de- scribed in the order presented to and signed at this meeting. Carol Lane from Bedford Street a distance of 700 feet, more or less, northeasterly to end, as described in the order presented to and signed at this meeting Diamond Road from Grove Street a distance of 1297 feet, more or less, northeasterly and northerly to Emerson Road, as described in the order presented and signed at this meeting 17 En'erson Road from near Diamond Road a distance of 1380 feet, more or less, easterly to a distance of 337 feet, more or less, be- yond Angier Road, as described in the order presented to and signed at this meeting Hickory Street from Garfield Street a distance of 1012 feet, more or less, southeasterly and easterly to Kimball Road, as described in the order presented to and signed at this meeting . Mason Street from Pleasant Street a distance of 1332 feet, more or less, easterly and southeasterly to previously accepted portion, as described in the order presented to and signed at this meeting Oak Park Circle from Saddle Club Road a distance of 505 feet, more or less, northerly to end, as described in the order presented to and signed at this meeting Paddock Lane from Follen Road a distance of 645 feet, more or less, southwesterly to end, as described in the order presented to and signed at this meeting. Saddle Club Road from Grant Street a distance of 1165 feet, more or less, northeasterly to the previously accepted portion, as de- scribed in the order presented to and signed at this meeting Shaw Place from Augustus Road a distance of 276 feet, more or less, northwesterly to end, as described in the order presented to and signed at this meeting Vaille Avenue from the previously accepted portion a distance of 112d feet, more or less, westerly to end, as described in the order presented to and signed at this meeting . White Pine Lane from Mason Street a distance of 763 feet, more or less, southwesterly to end, as described in the order presented to and signed at this meeting White Terrace from Diamond Road a distance of 425 feet, more or less, northwesterly to end, as described in the order presented to and signed at this meeting. Bloomfield Street from Highland Avenue a distance of 350 feet, more or less, westerly to beyond Minola Road, as described in the order plresented to and signed at this meeting ['Owning Road from Marrett Road a distance of 1050 feet, more or less, northwesterly to Outlook Drive, as described in the order pre- sented Ito re- sentedIto and signed at this meeting Minola Road from Bloomfield Street a distance of 105 feet, more or less, northerly to the previously accepted portion, as described in the order presented to and signed at this meeting J is Massachusetts Avenue Building Line from the easterly boundary line of the premises now numbered 1620 Massachusetts Avenue to the westerly boundary line of the premises now numbered 1654- 1656 Massachusetts Avenue, said building line being parallel to and distant 15 feet southerly from the southerly side line of the 1916 County Layout of Massachusetts Avenue, as described in the order presented to and signed at this meeting Wallis Court Building Lines on the entire length of the east- erly side of the 1956 Town Layout of Wallis Court, said building line being parallel to and distant 7 5 feet easterly from the easterly side line of said Wallis Court, and a building line on the entire length of the westerly side of said Wallis Court, said building line being parallel to and distant 7 5 feet westerly from the westerly side line of said Wallis Court, as described in the order presented to and signed at this meeting The Housing Authority met with the Board Mr Scanlon thanked the Public Works and Engineering Depart- ments for tests made at Vine Brook, plus the formal report they had submitted Mr McSweeney said that they had been unable to get up in the area requested by the Planning Board, due to the growth The soil Vine Brook conditions appear to be similar to those recorded during the con- struction of the Vine Brook drain and sewer by Metcalf & Eddy in 1938 The test pits indicate that from 0' to I' is a topsoil con- dition, the next strata from I ' to 3' or 4' is stiff grey silty clay with traces of fine to course sand From 6' to 8' or 9' the conditions appear to be similar with a stiff hard clay mixed with stone and sand The central portion of the lot appears to be low and surface runoff collects in this area by means of an artifi- cial dam created by the construction of the Vine Brook sewer Test pits I and 2 were filled with water and made sampling very difficult The other test pits appear to be generally dry, indi- cating that the wet condition exists because of previously men- tioned surface runoff Preliminary investigation indicates that the land warrants a more detailed study to further investigate the feasibility of this property The Chairman asked Mr McSweeney if he felt there would be any problem with construction? Mr. McSweeney replied, no, he felt it would be very suitable but it warrants further investigation; it was certainly buildable The Chairman asked if he had talked with the Planning Board and Mr Scanlon2 Mr McSweeney had not, they were to have a report The Chairman said that he meant as far as their approach on the whole area Mr McSweeney had not talked with them The Chairman asked who had evaluated the samples for the Plan- ning Board 19v Mrj. McSweeney answered that Ivan Szillassy, a Consulting Engineer, had done them and in his report on soil conditions, he had said it is buildable Mr Greeley asked Mr Scanlon if he knew where they stand as far as the Planning Board' s attitude to the whole or part of the land Mr Scanlon said that at the last meeting on last Monday night, they felt it would be more expeditious to turn the entire piece over to Housing and the piece that would not be needed could be returned to the Frown They did not take a vote but said they would discuss it later j We have not had a report of a vote or a final decision The Chairman asked if they were to meet with the Planning Board again? Mr! Scanlon said that we are tomeet with them as soon as we get a final report on the soil and it would be prior to Town Meeting There are details which should be ironed out with Town Counsel on con- veyance of the property The Chairman said that there are two issues, we will settle one at a time. He asked the feeling of the Board about supporting the conveyance of the whole parcel and return what they don't need. Mr Legro asked if anybody has considered that to give all or any part to the Housing Authority by the Board, there might be trouble to get the Housing Authority to give it back? The Board discussed this question and the Chairman asked Mr. Scanlon to check it out with the State Housing Authority Mr Legro said that they are going to incur expenses before they determine what they need The Chairman said that we don't want to restrict them to five acres end convey that, and find it would be better operation with seven ecres My feeling is that this should be put to housing and recreational use for the elderly and leave the rest in a natural state , Mr. Greeley asked if it were possible to find out whether a vote of Towrj Meeting to convey any or all would be acceptable to the State. Mr. Scanlon said that we have to have specific boundaries to put all or any of it we still have to come to the point of a specific boundary, we have buildings and the area needed by the zoning laws. Mr Mabee said that it sounds to him that you couldn't give the land beck because of the boundaries Mit McSweeney said that on most project sites the boundaries are described and recorded Drainage was discussed and Mr Scanlon said that there is a con- tour problem The Chairman said that if they are given a drainage easement, you car) work in there, but until you find out what acreage you need, we are lnot in a position to grant this to you; get a master plan drawn Mr Scanlon asked about rezoning? The Chairman said that we can rezone the whole parcel and at a later Town Meeting, take it out of that zone. I 0 Mr. Hruby asked what the problem would be in conveying it back to the Town? The Chairman said that we are going to ask you if you can con- vey it back Mr. Hruby asked if Town Meeting would accept the proposal of any or all and then it would be at the Board' s discretion In this case,, he didn't see that it would be any problem with the State; the boundaries are there and we would only take the portion to build on. The Board agreed that the Housing Authority is to get a letter from the State saying it will accept the fact that the Town has given the Selectmen the authority to turn over all or part of this property to the Housing Authority as a basis for advancing funds to the Housing Authority to make a study of this land The Housing Authority is to get the letter to that effect from the State Housing The Housing Authority retired from the meeting Mr O'Connell informed the Board that he had received a visit today from Mrs Robinson, a representative of Opportunity Industriali- zation Center, whose headquarters are in Boston,. They are conducting OIC a fund drive throughout the metropolitan area and are in the process of renting a vacant store next to Grimes' Travel Agency as a temporary headquarters for fund drive work in Lexington Mrs Robinson wanted the Selectmen to be aware of their work and raised the question of whether a permit was needed for their fund drive activities. Mrs Robinson was advised that there was no formal requirement for a permit and it was agreed they would use discretion in the use of the signs The Chairman said that it would be wise to notify the Police Department Mr. O'Connell agreed 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, might adversely affect Session the public security, the financial interests of the Town or the reputation of a person After discussion of land acquisition, it was voted to go out of Executive Session Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 902 P M A true record, Attest Executive Clerk, Selectmen Y J