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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-01-20-BOS-min i6 SELECTMEN'S MEETING January 20, 1969 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, on Monday evening, January 20, 1969 at 7 :30 p.m. Chair- man Cataldo, Messrs. Cole, Mabee, Kenney and Greeley were present. Mr. Legro, Town Counsel, Mr. Burke, Superintendent of Public Works, Mr. McSweeney, Town Engineer, and Mrs. McCurdy, Executive Clerk were also present. The Chairman informed the Board that bids for the printing of the Town Report were advertised in the news- paper, P paper, to be opened on January 20, 1969. Only one bid was received, from Spaulding-Moss, Inc. for $3,519.00, with additional charges of $380 .00, for color pages and Town photographic work. Mr. Zbhner has checked the bid Report and has approved it. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to award the contract for the printing of the Town Report of 1968 to Spaulding-Moss, Inc., in the amount of $3,519.00 and additional charges of $380.00. J . Legro requested the Board to sign a release to us in settlement of a claim by the Town for damage to a traffic sign in the amount of $211..46. Release Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign a release in the amount of $24.46. Mr. McSweeney requested the Board to award the con- tract for the Lowell Street-Woburn Street trunk sewer to P. Gioioso and Sons in the amount of $11111s707. The con- tract has been prepared and received late today and Mr. McSweeney asked the Board to sign it, subject to the approval of Town Counsel. Contract Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to Lowell St. award the contract for the Lowell Street-Woburn Street Woburn St. trunk sewer to P. Gioioso and Sons, 38 Robinson Street, Trunk Dorchester, in the amount of $11111 ,707. Sewer Mr. McSweeney requested the Board to approve the taking of an easement for the Lowell Street-Woburn Street trunk sewer and force main. He has talked with Easement all but one of the people involved and there has not been too much comment. This was discussed at a Selectmen's Meeting with Mr. Altman and others. The Chairman said that you are referring to the sewer to serve the Douglas Road area. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the taking of an easement for the Lowell Street-Woburn Street trunk sewer and the preparation of the necessary legal documents. Mr. McSweeney showed a preliminary report on Hill- crest Avenue; this is the second section of Hillcrest Avenue that was approved for the 1969 budget. We are preparing a preliminary layout but, due to a hazardous condition, three schemes were presented to the Board of Selectmen for their review. The scheme that we recom- mended not only includes Hillcrest but Cliffe and Rawson. The Chairman asked if he wanted to present these Hillcrest three schemes at the public hearing? Avenue Mr. McSweeney replied that he wanted to present one. We are recommending the middle one. IMIr. Greeley said that it is a modification of the plan for Hillcrest; there isn't depth for additional lots. The Chairman asked if we are leaving a section as Town land? Mr. McSweeney replied in the negative; the section you referred to fronts another street. The Chairman asked if we include this to Hillcrest to this point. Mr. McSweeney said that it was included; this was estimated in our preliminary budget. Mr. Greeley asked if Mr. McSweeney could talk with the owner of the property; before we decide between the other two, it would be worthwhile to work with the owner. M Mr. McSweeney is to talk with the owner and report back to the Board. Mr. McSweeney informed the Board that he had the list of Chapter 90 streets that was requested. It is a preliminary list which gives you the width of the travel way, the layout width and the length. Chapter The Chairman asked if we could use Chapter 90 funds 90 for them? Mr. McSweeney answered in the affirmative. The mini- mum requirement is a 30' pavement width within a 501 lay- out. Mr. Mabee said that they were all here, except Worthen Road. The Chairman asked Mr. Legro to look over the list. The Data Processing Committee met with the Board. Mr. Perry said that the Committee would like to give a progress report on what they had accomplished, and would look to the Board for assistance and advice. 153 The Article asks to extend the time our Committee is to give the report. There are many factors involved and we have proposed additions to the Town Office Building. We have gne vulnerable area in pur payroll. department. The machine we use is seven years / old and we are hav- ing service problems with it. I mention this, as we plan ahead. We may have to think of a short term plan to answer whether we have a rental or a service company or service bureau or a bank to do our payroll. I have talked with different departments and would like your blessing to go in and sit down with the department heads and chat about the problems. It could be a samll task force with a member of our committee to go in and Data make a good study of the systems and methods of proced- Processing ures and, perhaps, give more useful data. In setting Committee up these task forces we look for your help, the TMMA or the Minute-man. Mr. Cole asked if he wanted people with some know- ledge of computers? Mr. Blake said that our concept is simple. We feel that a group of our kind should tread softly. The preparation of citizens is involved in this and we feel that we shoulddo it right, to use a resource plan. Each of the Town departments needs to sit down, batter- board, where not only data processing can be used or, perhaps, systems can be re-done. With that kind of review, we would take steps to advertise, TMMA to help, or group it. Mr. Cole said that he would not argue that. He asked if they are going to use TMMA as a resource, would they have to advertise? You know them and just go after them. The Chairman said that Mr. Perry is looking for permission to go after the people he is looking for. My feeling is, we could give them permission to set up a task force as they see fit. Mr. Kenney said that we could ask the department heads to give them the utmost co-operation. Mr. Bevin said that it is important when we talk with department heads to give them the idea that we are not trying to monitor, to give them the idea that there is not an efficient record-keeper. The Chairman asked the Committee to get together and decide how they are going to set up the task force. Once they decide, come back to the Board and let us know how you are going to do it. The Data Processing Committee retired. "Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign Common Victualler Licenses for the following, all having been approved by the Board of Health: 154 Minute Man Buffeteria 316 Marrett Road Bamboo Hut, Inc. 177 Mass. Avenue Common Reed's Drug Store 1721 Mass. Avenue Victualler James H. McManus 399 Lowell Street Licenses Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign an Auctioneer's License for Dean A. DeMarre, Auctioneer 22 Bernard Street. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to authorize the Chairman to certify the character of Cert. of Robert G. Godwin, 15 Normandy Road, who has applied for Incorp. a Certificate of Incorporation for the "Church of Christ (Christian) Inc." Hearing was declared open upon petition of the Boston Edison Company and the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company for permission to remove and install one existing joint owned pole and guy wire and anchor on Spring Street. Notices of the hearing were mailed to the petition- ers, owners of the property as listed on the petitioners' plan and also filed with the Town Engineer. Mr. Pratt, representing the Boston Edison Company, Pole and Mr. Dunn, representing the N.E.T. & T. Co., were Location present. Mr. Dunn said that a request has been received from a subscriber to remove a pole 40' from the middle of the driveway in order to clear the driveway. The Chairman asked what has happened to the proposal for other poles on Spring Street? Mr. Dunn said that as far as he knew it is being held in. abeyance. Mr. Pratt .acid thdt _ .e had not covered that hytrinc but he had seen it in the files and it is being held in abeyance. The Chairman asked if this pole would have anything to do with that proposal? Mr. Dunn said that it would not. He said that this new pole can be set but it would take time for a new cable to be put in. Mr. McSweeney said that we have been trying to get Kennecott Copper, Raytheon and your companies together. Under- In talking with Kennecott Copper the cost is $40,000, ground which Kennecott and Raytheon feel should be shared with Conduit the Boston Edison and N.E.T. & T. We would like to see it put underground. Mr. Pratt said that he would talk with his Company tomorrow. 1b No one was present in favor or in opposition and the Chairman declared the hearing closed. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the petition and sign the order for the following JO pole location: Spring Street, northwesterly side, approximately 565 feet northeast of Hayden Avenue,-- One (1) pole, guy wire and anchor (One existing JO pole and guy wire and anchor to be removed. ) Mrs. Eckstein and residents of Barberry Road met with the Board. Mr. Richard Sousa acted as spokesman for the group and thanked the Selectmen for the opportunity to demon- Barberry strate their intense need and desire for a sewer and to Road ask for reconsideration on the postponement of the in- stallation of the sewer for an additional year. He said that over 85 percent of the residents had signed the petition and only four or five people didn't want it. The Chairman said that the Selectmen are aware of the situation in that area and we are installing the trunk sewer with the pumping station, to cover part of your area. Looking one step further, we asked the Capital Expenditures Committee for more sewer money and they have only agreed to the usual 3540,000 for trunks and laterals. We were thinking of coming into Five Fields and doing the first section, which would be *113,000 on Barberry Road. We didn't have that much money. Taking that into consideration, plus trouble spots in the Town that are larger and more serious, we felt that we would come in next year and do a substantial part of the Five Fields area with one construction contract. We would do the whole thing at one time and ease your aggravation. We have had other groups in with the same request for a sewer. We understand the problem very well, but it is a money problem. Mr. William Whalon was present and said that he lived on Benjamin Road and they have an urgent situation there. He had seen something in the Minute-man about a proposal to extend the sewer line on Waltham Street for an office complex and he would much prefer to see the people serviced. The Chairman said that this is the same trunk for Five Fields and once it is in, it will serve the whole part. We don't think this money should be spent strictly for an office building, this will serve the lower end of Concord Avenue. To service Five Fields, we go to one point and to service this office complex we don't have to go much beyond that point. VA) Mr. Whalon said that citizens have been neglected to promote industrial developments; in the meantime, our basements are filling up. Mr. Cole said that people are going to be taken care of too. Mr. Kenney said that people cantt be serviced without that Hayden Avenue trunk. Mr. McSweeney drew a plan and explained the system to the residents. The Chairman explained that the Town had a master plan fifteen years ago on how the Town would be serviced and we updated it. Mrs. Eckstein said that, for people in genuine distress in our neighborhood, we want a commitment from t1 Selectmen that they plan on doing their area next year. The Chairman said that we will definitely come into the Five Fields area and do a substantial amount next year. The residents of Barberry Road retired. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing, deliberating or voting on matters which, if made public, Executive might adversely affect the public security, the financial Session interests of the Tgwn, or the reputation of a person. After discussion involving the financial interests of the Town, it was voted to go out of Executive Session. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 11:05 P.M. A true record, Attest: Executive Clerk, Selectmen ( ' ar' , c-- 0 _, na