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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1966-04-20-BOS-min 42 5Z SELECTMEN'S MEETING April 20, 1966 1 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, on Wednesday, April 20, 1966, at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Burnell, Cataldo, Sheldon and Mabee were present. Mr. Gray, Executive Assistant, Mr. Carroll, Superintendent of Public Works, and Miss Murray, Executive Clerk, were also present. In the absence of the Chairman, Mr. Burnell conducted the meeting until the Chairman arrived at 7:50 P.M. At the request of Miss Mary R. McDonough, Town Clerk, Juror one juror, George A. Davidson, 6 Revere Street, was drawn for jury duty. Mr. Carroll mentioned the possibility of obtaining Federal aid for the trunk sewers and asked the Board to Federal authorize him to sign a preliminary inquiry form to find aid for out if the Town is eligible. trunk Upon motion duly and seconded, it was voted to sewers authorize Mr. Carroll to sign a preliminary inquiry form relative to Federal aid for trunk sewers. Mr. Carroll reported on bids taken for three pickup trucks as follms: Rowe Chevrolet, Inc. $5,779.00 Truck bids Automotive Service 6,205.56 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the low bid of $5,779.00 net received from Rowe Chevrolet, Inc. Mr. Carroll reported on bids taken for a car to Bid on be used by him as Superintendent of Public Works as car for follows: Supt. Rowe Chevrolet, Inc. $2,070.00 Dunn Ford Sales 2,300.00 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the low bid of $2,070.00 net received from Rowe Chevrolet, Inc. Mr. Carroll reported on bids taken for fill for Dump fill the dump as follows: IIbids Acme Sand & Gravel 85,E per cubic yard Trebino 98X " " " Ruggiero $1.08 " Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the low bid of 851i per cubic yard received from the Acme Sand & Gravel Company. The Chairman read a letter from Peter M. Hose' , 23 Suzanne Road, requesting the Town to convert an open ditch into a covered culvert. Mr. Carroll submitted a plan and indicated the parcel of land involved with the exchange of land with Castoldi. He explained, with reference to Castoldi' s first subdivi6 sion, there was a brook that ran down to "here" from west to east. The Town made him put a pipe in and he boxed it through his subdivision. This left an open brook through Town land. He said in the second subdivision, Hose' re- again this was Town land, and he was required to box it quest to to the main brook which heft an open ditch. Mr. Hose' pipe ditch acquired from Castoldi this parcel Al and he is talking about ten or fifteen feet on his own land. Mr. Carroll said if the Board decides to do this, it should go from "here" to "here". He said he was not sure there is any benefit to the public at large, and he would say there is not . He said he f elt the benefit is to Mr. Hose' and he did not think the Town should pipe it . Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to deny Mr. Hose's request. The Chairman read a letter from Henry Chin Park, requesting permission to move a building from 740 Concord Turnpike, Belmont, to Hayes Lane, Lexington. Mr. Carroll advised this man has already been told to contact a mover and have the mover contact him so he Permit could go over the route. He said the best thing to do is to have the Chairman write and tell Mr. Park to get in touch with him, Mr. Carroll. Mr. Cataldo said he felt the Board should not allow the mover to go through the Center again. Mr. Carroll said he thought Mrl Cataldo should qualify that in what time the Board wants the house to go through the Center. He said Mr. Mazerall has looked at this and said he did not anticipate any difficulty with trees. Mr. Cataldo explained he was not referring to trees; the last time, the stores were without electricity. Mr. Carroll said he could advise the mover that the Board does not want any interruption of service to the merchants in the Center . The Chairman read a letter from Mr. Irwin, with reference to property at 475 Massachusetts Avenue, Basil L. Cummings, stating prior to Town Meeting and as a result Cummings ' of further complaints, the Chairman asked to be reminded property again of the existing problem as he expected the Board to take action under Chapter 139 of the General Laws. 44 CAD N4 The Chairman asked Mr. Gray to have the file on this available for the next Board meeting. 11Mr. Gray stated the first step would be to have Mr. Irwin make another inspection. The Chairman read a letter from Mr. Irwin, enclosing copy of letter he sent to Town Counsel regarding Country- Countryside side property. The Chairman said within the next two or ,three days, he would sit down with Mr. Irwin and discuss the subject. The Chairman read a letter from Doris M. Coughlin, 11 Wingate Road, stating that she has not received a reply to her letter of February 211., 1966. The Chairman reported that on March 1, adknowledge- Coughlin ment was made, and he stated in the letter a complete claim report would be submitted to Town Counsel, and this has been done. Form notice was received from the State Department of Natural Resources relative to the use of pesticides. Pesticides Mr. Gray explained the memorandum is merely a warn- ing to cities and towns to use care in the pesticides they use. The Chairman read a letter from the Board of Fire Commissioners stating if and when the Police Department Police radios are changed, the Commissioners would like con- radios sideration in obtaining one. The Chairman stated these radios have been spoken for by the Public Works Department. Mr. Gray said it was agreed that the eight units would go to the Department of Public Works. The Chairman read a letter from the Planning Board with reference to the Central Business District, dated April 15, 1966, stating it is that Board's hope that the Central Selectmen would not decide any major steps without giving Business the Planning Board an opportunity to study them and make District recommendations. The Chairman said he thought there had been some misunderstanding relative to the purpose of the committee. He said the revitalization committee is still in existence, and the new committee was formed as a committee to bring back all the information to the Board of Selectmen so it can make a dthcision; it is only collecting and corrglating information to bring back to the Board. He said he would answer the Planning Board as in the past the Selectmen will continue not to work in the dark and keep it enlightened as to whatever is proceeding under the Board's jurisdiction. The Chairman read a letter from R . Lindsay Shives, AIA, Still River, Massachusetts, relative to the proposed II enlargement of the present Town Office Building. The 45 Chairman sugLested that the letter be referred to the com- I/ mittee that will be handling this. Certificaticn of Representatives was received from the Labor Relations Commission in the matter of the Town of Lexington and International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1491. An election by secret ballot was conducted Local on March 30, 1966 with the following results: 1491 Total number eligible 47 Total ballots cast 40 Ballots ca t for the Union 38 Ballots cast against the Union2 Ballots protested 0 Blabk and void ballots 0 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to certify the character of Karl G . Fredrikson, 48 Golden Avenue, satisfactory references having been received Cert. of from the Chief of Police. Mr. Fredrikson has applied Inc. to the Secretary of State for a Certificate of Incorporation Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to certify the character of Phyllis Buda Norton, 22 Crescent Hill Avenue, satisfactory references having Cert. of been received from the Chief of Police. Miss Norton Inc. has applied to the Secretary of State for a Certificate of Incorporation. Letter was received from Alford S. Peckham re- questing permission, on behalf of the Lexington Youth Baseball Leagues, to hold a parade on Saturday, April 30, Parade 1966, and asking a member of the Board to participate. The Chairman agreed to represent the Board. Upon motion duly made and secnnded, it was voted to grant the request. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant the Lexington Science Engineering group per- mission to fold a dinner meeting in Cary Memorial Hall Use of on May 5, 1966, from 6:30 P.M. until 11:00 P.M. , free hall of charge, subject to custodian's fee of $4.18 per hour for overtime services. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant the Lexington Sons of Italy permission to con- duct on-duct a banquet and dance in Cary Memorial Hall on June Use of 18, 1966, from 4:00 P.M. until 12:00 midnight, subject to hall a charge of $35.00, plus custodian's fee of $4.18 per hour for overtime services. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant the Senior Citizens Club permission to hold 46 pliao meetings in Cary Memorial Hall on the third Monday of each month, beginning in September, from 1:00 P.M. until 4:30 P.M. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted Permit to grant a Yearly Dump Permit to Nelson F. Fleming, Old Bedford Road, Concord. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted Minutes to approve the minutes of the Selectmen 's Meeting held on Monday, April 11, 1966. Mrs. A. R. Doherty, a gentleman and two teenagers, met with the Board relative to the use of Cary Memorial Hall on April 16, 1966, by the "Unknowns". The Chairman stated he received a report of the last time the group used the hall. According to the report the door to the ladies ' toilet had been ripped off and a piece of marble torn from the wall. Broken coke bottles were found in the yard and some of the group went into the hall at four o'clock, whereas the appli- cation specified eight o' clock. One of the boys said he knewthe girl= who knocked the door down and it was an accident. The door came off the beginning of the night, and it was part way off when they came in. He said if it meant they would have to pay for it, they would, although they did not do the damage, but were using the hail. He said they only had five coke bottles missing. They found two on the floor and two were taken by the band, which left one. He said if there were bottles broken on the ground, they would have picked them up, and he did not think those bottles were theirs. Mrs. Doherty said they offered to help clean up and were told by the janitor he did not need them. The Chairman asked what time they went into the hall and one of the boys replied about quarter to six. He said they were renting the hall from eight until eleven and he figured they would have to go in to set it up. Mr. Mabee explained the custodian figures the use of the building is from eight until eleven if that is what is on the application. He said very definitely the group should include in the application the setup time. He said the custodian should open the door, let the group in„ know who they are and help them set up. The Chairman asked about the condition of the door. Mr. Carroll replied the door was taken off. It apparently had been taken off at some previous time and it was not put back properly and could have come off accidently. The Chairman asked about the condition of the other doors, and Mr. Carroll replied he did not look atihem. A gentleman, who did not give his name for the record, said he was a chaperon at the dance and this door came off in the ladies' room. One of the other doors is ready to come off. He said these doors consist of a strip of 47 marble which is about four inches wide, one inch thick and five feet long which is screwed into the dowel. There should be lead dowels, and he said it is quite likely that the door will fall off within a week with normal use. Mr. Burnell and Mr. Sheldon said they had no objection to giving the group another chance. The Chairman explained when he received the report, he tentatively cancelled the use of the hall for Saturday night. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to instruct the Chairman to remove the cancellation and the Chair so instructed, so did. Mr. Cataldo advised the next time something like this happens, it should be brought to the custodian's attention immediately and then there will be no problem. He said in this instance, the custodian did not know under what conditions the incident occurred. Mr. Mabee mentioned the time requested for next Saturday and pointed out the custodian would have to be paid for whatever time he is on duty. One of the boys said they would change it to 6:00 P.M. until midnight. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the change in the hours, the building to be open from 6:00 P.M. until midnight. The group retired at 8:20 P.M. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing, Executive deliberating or voting on matters which, if made public, Session might adversely affect the public security, the financial interest of the Town, or the reputaion of any person. Meesrs. Parrish and Blaisdell of the Appropriation Committee met with the Board. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to resume the open meeting. No business was transacted. Mr. George H. Matheson, Jr. , President of Manhattan Builders, Inc. , met with the Board. Mr. Matheson said he bought the land on the entrance to the parking lot and he understood the overhang was to go to the end of the Manhattan Building but finds it should go to the end of the present building he just built. He said he would like to have the Board look at the finished product and consider the possibility of not continuing it. He asked the Board to review what has been done, to see if it would be practical to leave it as it is. Mr. Carroll said the agreement stated Mr. Matheson is to cover the entire length of the easement beyond the building. Mr. Matheson agreed. 48 N The Chairman read from the agreement "That it will promptly erect and forever maintain, in accordance with the provisions of the Lexington Building By-Law from time to time in effect and in accordance with the provisions of any laws or by-laws enacted or adopted in place thereof, a roof or roofs over all portions of the "101 Easement" described in paragraph A hereof that are not covered by any extension of building permitted under the preceding paragraph hereof. Such roof or roofs shall be subject to the same height limitations as specified herein for the aforesaid extension or extensions." Mr. Cataldo said he thought the Board should release Mr. Matheson from the front part and t ake a look at the back part. Mr. Sheldon said he would like to look at it. Mr. Matheson said as far as _the lighting goes, he put in twelve lights. He has six now on with a time clock and six additional ones boxed off. Mr. Matheson retired. Messrs. Parri::h and Blaisdell, of the Appropriation Committee, met with the Board. Uppn motion duly made and seconded, it was voted Executive to go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing, Session deliberating or voting on matters which, if made public, might adversely affect the public security, the financial interest of the Town, or the reputation of any person. Following discussion involving the Accounting Department, Inspections Department, awards of damages on the various streets, submitted by Mr. Carroll, it was voted to resume the open meeting. Messrs. Parrish and Blaisdell retired at 9:10 P.M. Mr. Carroll returned to the meeting and referred to street takings for 1966 and informed the Board there are fourteen. The Chairman said he thought one motion would cover Street it as long as it covers them specifically. takings Mr. Carroll read the awards recommended by him and Town Counsel as follows: Middleby Road Owner Lot No. Damages Alexander M. & Louise A. Hahigian, h/w 36 $ 25.00 Ralph J. & Dora E. Frissore, h/w C none Howell C. & Janet F. Rice, h/w 153 500.00 Otis J. & Hannah M. Conner, h/w 154 150.00 1 Thomas E. & Lorette A. Rafferty, h/w 37 300.00 49 Moreland Avenue Owner Lot No. Damages George L. & Demetra A. Stamens, h/w 1 none Daisy G. Wilson none Laconia Street Frank E. & Catherine Ward, h/w 7 50.00 Howard G. & Audrey S. VanAlstine, h/w 8 50.00 Agnes T. Kelly 100.00 Butler Avenue Richard D. & Viola D. Tracey, h/w B 25.00 Janet L. Cameron 511-512-513 25.00 David C. & Margaret A. Hatfield, h/w 322-323-324 25.00 Henry W. & Arlene V . Dooley, h/w A 25.00 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to make takings and award damages as recommended by town Counsel and the Superintendent of Public Works. The Chairman said that Dennis Slone called in regard to Route 2. The Chairman told him he would check with Commissioner Sargent 's office and get a commitment from them whenthey make a decision to give the Board time to Route 2 take any further steps it may want to. He said the only other step is with the Federal Bureau of Roads and having a hearing. Mr. Carroll suggested that a member of the Board, or Mr. Gray, and he go in to see Jack Gardner to find out if he has made any progress. The Chairman said to ask him if he has made any decision. Mr. Carroll said he would bring back a report to the Board Monday night. Mr. Cataldo asked in what capacity Dr. Slone called and the Chairman replied he is the one many people consider as Spokesman for the group. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 9:45 P.M. II A true record, Attest: ' , � GGA ecvrilh^tiv Clerk Selec men r 1