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SELECTMEN 'S MEETING
October 18, 1965
A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was
held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building,
on Monday, October 18, 1965, at 7 :30 P.M. Chairman
Cole, Messrs . Burnell, Cataldo, Sheldon and Mabee
were present. Mr. Legro, Town Counsel, Mr. Gray,
Executive Assistant, Mr. Carroll, Superintendent of
Public Works, and Miss Murray, Executive Clerk, were
also present
Hearing was declared open upon petition of the
Boston Edison Company for permission to locate one
pole, guy wire and anchor on Hartwell Road.
Notices of the hearing were mailed tothe peti-
tioner, owners of property listed on the petitioner 's Pole
plan and also filed with the Superintendent of Public location
Works .
No one was present at the hearing in favor or
in opposition.
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Mr. Serverson, representing the petitioner, ex-
plained the proposed location by use of a plan
Mr. Carroll had no objection.
Upon motion duly made andseconded, the hearing
was declared closed and it was further voted to grant
the petition and sign the order for the following
pole location
Hartwell Avenue, northeasterly side, at
Maguire Road, --
One pole, guy wire and anchor
Mr. Serverson retired.
Mr. Gray submitted a bill in the amount of $275.58
received from C. Harry Erickson for architectural ser-
vices covering supervision of thework on the Public Architect 'f
Facilities & Information Building bill
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to authorize payment of Mr C. Harry Erickson's bill
in the amount of $275.58.
Mr. Gray submitted a Certificate for Payment , in
the amount of $6,41.95 on project No. 6408, Public Cert. of
Facilities and Information Building, contractor Payment
F. Chaivarini Construction Company, Inc.
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Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to authorize the Chairman to sign the Certificate, as
submitted, for the Town of Lexington.
Mr. Gray reported receipt of a letter from Mrs
Graham R Easson, 198 Bedford Stre t, asking that
Traffic the Board discuss the blind crossing at 240 Bedford
Street
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to refer the communication to the Traffic Study Com-
mittee.
Mr. Gray referred to letter received last week
from Salvatore Ferraguto, 145 Laconia Street, listing
several questions pertaining to improvements of the
street. He reported he talked with Mr. Ferraguto and
also took a ride over Laconia Street. In reply to some
questions, Mr . Gray advised Mr. Ferraguto that he should
probably refer them to his attorney.
Mr. Legro advised tha Mr. Ferraguto should refer
all the questions to his attorney.
Mr. Carroll reported on bids taken for sidewalk
Sidewalk construction
bid Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to award the contract to Bernard J. Lazard, Inc. , the
low bidder, for $19,875.
Mr. Carroll reported that xoute 2 construction bids
were taken a few weeks ago and DiMatteo was the low
bidder. Last week Robert Mead, who owns Mead Bros .
Trees from Tree Company, came in. He is bidding as a subcontractor
Route 2 on the removal of the trees on the job. Mr. Mead told
him there is a fantastic number of trees that have to
be removed The State specifications say they can't be
burned because of the fact Lexington is just one town
removed from the Metropolitan Air Pollution District. He
either has to get them off or chip them on the site. He
has talked to some owner of private property in Lexington
asking for permission to burn the trees and told Mr.
Carroll he had permission from Chief Belcastro . Mr.
Carroll said the problem is what is to be done about
large tree trunks and trees that will be brought up
to the dump
The Chairman said they would not be burned.
Mr . Carroll said this is the question he wants to
ask the Board, whether they are tobe burned in the
dump or not . The trees do come from Lexington.
Mr. Cataldo asked if the Town was legally bound to
supply a place to dump these .
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Mr. Legro replied not that he knew of . He explained
the Board maintains a dump for the convenience of the
citizens of Lexington and bars people from other towns .
Mr. Carroll stated someone other than Mead may get
this contract snd want to take all the trees to the dump
The small material can be burned He said there will be
thousands of trees
Mr. Mabee said he could not see where there is any
action to be taken. DiMatteo must have taken care of
this in his bid .
Mr. Carroll said his recommendation to the Board
would be to refuse and negotiate from there
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to refuse permission to dump trees taken down in con-
nection with the construction of Route 2 in the Sani-
tary Land Fill area on Hartwell Avenue .
The Chairman said for some time the Town has had
a problem. The Town has grown so fast anc the account- Town Ac-
ing job has become so great the Board has to find some countant
way to make things work. He stated the feeling of the (Comptroller
Board of Selectmen and the Appropriation Committee is
that there should be an article in the warrant and proper
legislation started to have a comptroller as part of the
Town government . Mr White, the Town Accountant, work-
ing very diligently, is aware that the Board has been
advertising for a town accountant and he has agreed to
work with whoever is hired. He said ifthe Board goes
to a comptroller, it will need someone other than Mr.
White for this job and he is agreeable. He said the
Board has been advertising and to date has had no
results because it has not been able to advertise for
a comptroller
Mr. Sheldon asked if anything had been done about
going through agencies. He said he thought a good man
goes via employment agencies
Mr. Gray said he advertised in the City Managers '
Newsletter, Replacement Bureau of Northeastern and Boston
University
Mr. Sheldon said he would give Mr. Gray the name of
two good agencies . If a man is hired, an obligation is
incurred but the list will not cost anything. He said
if he wanted to hire a man, the last thing he would do
would be to ptt an ad in the paper because high-grade
people don't look in newspapers for jobs; they go through
high-grade agencies . He asked if the Board would rather
have a top man without municipal background, or a second-
rate man with excellent municipal background
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Mr. Burnell said there is the question of salary.
The Chairman stated the Board can 't pay the first
three months next year any more than it has paid the
last three months of this year
Mr. Mabee said an adjustment can always be made
for at least nine months
Mr. Burnell said ifthe Board is going to hire the
man it wants, he is going to be a comptroller and the
charter hes to be changed. He said the Board should
start at the beginning and take care of this first
He said the Board could get the man it wants and will
have to pay the going price, which is certainly more
than $8,000.
Mr. Sheldon mentioned the possibility of hiring a
man as comptroller without the title, with the under-
standing that he would be a comptroller .
Mr. Burnell said this has to be taken to Town
Meeting.
Mr Cataldo said if the Board can get the man it
wants, and give him what he wants, he did not think it
would make any difference what the Board calls him.
Mr . Cataldo said the Board should go to the legis-
lature right away, but it should not wait to hire a man,
and if the Board was able to get a good man, he did not
think the individual would care what the Board calls him.
The Chairman seriously doubted if he could succeed
in getting the required legislation through this session
but said he would make every effort.
Mr Cataldo said he thought the Board should let the
Chairman take care of this .
The Chairman read Chapter 57 of the Acts of 1965 -
An Act establishing the office of comptroller in the
Town of Winchester.
Mr. Mabee asked what the difference was between this
and what the Town now has .
Mr. Legro advised it has control of many of the Boards .
Mr. Blaisdell, of the Appropriation Committee, said
this would interfere very definitely with the School De-
partment and he thought possibly it should be discussed
with the School Committee or at lest called to its
attention. He said the School Department spends over
half the money. It is doing bookkeeping there and it is
being duplicated here
Mr. Mabee asked if this made sense and if :Mr. Blaisdell
agreed with the specific wording
Mr. Blaisdell replied as far as he was concerned, yes.
Mr. Mabee suggested that, before the Chairman does
anything, perhaps the Board should talk to other people
involved who will be affected by this.
The Chairman stated if the Board wastes time - he
thought this Act made a lot of sense and just what is needed
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Mr. Mabee asked if the Board would have a better
chance putting this through by getting everyone involved
now.
The Chairman said he would have a copy of the Act
made up and sent to the School Committee and tell the
committee he intends to file this Act, and he would proceed
to file it .
It was agreed that the Chairman would send a copy of
the Act to the School Committee and at the same time, file
a copy of the bill
Mr. Mabee asked what about the idea of a comptroller
The Chairman said he would entertain a motion from
any member of the Board that the Town create the position
of comptroller and when the position is created shall hire
someone to fill the position. It shall be substantially
as the Act read this evening, a copy of which shall be on
file, and until the Act is passed and the position
created, an individual shall be hired to perform substan-
tially the same duties as a comptroller
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to create the position of comptroller
Mr. Legro advised that if this bill is passed before
Town Meeting, the Board has an Act which can be accepted
If it is delayed, the Board may want to have something in
the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting, a vote of the
Town to validate the action of the Town Meeting.
Mr. Douglas T. Ross, 33 Dawes Road, met with the
Board and said he did not know if the Board would like
a summary of the memo he sent in a year ago relative to
an even exchange of land . He said nh.en he first looked
for land in Lexington, there was a lot at the end of Hawes
Road which had a hill on it . Mr. Couette had been holding
that lot for five years with a view toward finding a builder
to bulldoze and make three house lots. Before he went to
see Mr. Couette , he checked with the D'Arrigos and Hunts
and found that they would be interested in realigning land
in back of their properties He arranced to add almost
an acre to his lot. He tried to adjust the land but
Mr Couette was then in the medium of negotiations and
the sale went through as it was . Later he reopened the
question, and the Town working with Attorneys for the
Tower estate arranged to purchase the remaining parcel.
At the time, he inquired about rearranging the line when
the Town purchased the land so he could purchase the land
from him. The Town was having the land surveyed and it
sas suggested that this be done as an exchange later He
said the land exchange had the verbal approval of Mr. Snow,
then Planning Director, but there were some questions at
that time whether it would leave sufficient access to the
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Town land. He resubmitted this after the Town sewer went
through. He said he believed the question of the Board
was a diff-rence in value between the two portions of land
and Mr . Gray asked him what price he was willing to pay
He said he had no idea and decided to wait until later .
He said he would like to pursue further what , if any,
monetary exchange e would be appropriate, as he is still
interested
The Chairman said Mr . Ross did offer an even land
exchange originally and asked if he was prepared at this
time to make an offer, a certain amount of cash.
Mr. Ross replied originally he thought the land would
be the same use and he would not build on it as it is not
a building parcel of land . He did notice in the paper
when the Conservation Commission purchased land, prime
land was valued at $3,000 an acre and unbuildable land was
$800 or $900 different . The amount he is talking about is
one fifth of an acre and his feeling was it might be appropri-
ate that if the Board took one fifth of the going rate for the
prime land and bad land, it would be acceptable ; $100 or $150.
He submitted a plan and said he would be willing to consider
something less than $200 which he .could pay for the exchange .
The Chairman asked if the Planning Board had any ob-
jection last year when this was brought up and Mr. Cataldo
replied in the negative .
The Chairman said the Board would make a further check
with the Planning Board to see if it has any objection at
this time, and for the moment the Board would take the
subject under advisement and Mr. Ross would hear from it
later
The Chairman asked Mr. Gray to obtain the Planning
Board 's opinion in writing and asked Mr. Ross to submit
a formal offer to the Board .
Mr. Ross retired at 8:31 P.M.
Mr. Aiden L. Ripley and Mr. Wilbur Jaquith met with
.#572 Massa- the Board with further reference to the house at 572
chusetts Massachusetts Avenue
Avenue Mr. Ripley stated he had a rough outline, in the form
of a lease, he would like to present to the Board.
Mr.Jaquith presented a copy to Mr .Legro, Town Counsel,
and also to the members of the Boar . The Board and Town
Counsel took the time to read the outline entitled "#572
Massachuset ,.s Avenue . Memorandum On Proposed Lease Of
Premiss to Mr . McGirr For Renovation And Occupahcy".
Mr. Jaquith explained this is an attempt to set forth
possible terms of a lea e , if there is going to be one, for
bhetpurpose of discussion and for advice from Town Counsel
as to how far the Board can go. He said he would admit
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to being the author of the draft which tries to protect the
Town as well as Iver. McGirr.
Mr. Sheldon said he thought it was important to know
whether the proposed tenant had seen this and if he is
agreeable to su;h a document
Mr. Ripley stated Mr. McGirr had read this and he is
substantially ready, in agreement on everything in this
lease . He did say he realized this is a rough draft and
has to have more work done on it He was not asked to
sign anything but thought itcould be brought into shape
where he would sign it
Mr. Sheldon asked if Mr . McGirr realized fully that
it includes items that could force him out in six months-,--
a ) if the road went in and b ) if the Town wanted the
property
Mr. Ripley said Mr McGirr is the only person inter-
ested who has an advantage like he has because he has land
onto which he could move the house and the minute the road
was built, he would havefrontage on Emerson Road.
The Chairman explained what disturbed him was when
this st rted he understood the house would be moved out of
there. Now the Board is in the position where the house
will be moved on condition of finishing Emerson Road. He
said Town Counsel has only had time to give this a cursory
glance.
Mr Legro said he had no comment to make at this
point
Mr Cataldo asked how much Mr . Ripley was talking
about for land
Mr. Ripley replied he talked to Mr. Cronin this
morning and he said the best thing he could do was to
take another similar piece of property nearby and cited
the house that did belong to Wilson, the grey house
with white trim located at the corner of rleaseant Street.
The taxes are $600 today He asked Mr. Cronin if he
thought , considering the difference in the property, etc . ,
a fair guess would be something like $14.00 and he thought
it would probably be in that neighborhood.
The Chairman said before the Board would take any
action on this, it would want some comment from Town
Counsel and would like Town Counsel to have time to look
at it
Mr Sheldon said the Board ha to know two things .
Mr. McGirr has to be willing to accept it and Town Counsel
has to advise the Board it can be done .
Mr. Legro advised that the Board should decide whether
it wants to do it before any substantial amount of work
is done on this
Mr. Sheldon said the Board needs to know if this, or
something similar to it, can be done He said he, for one,
would like to pursue this
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Mr. Cataldo asked if Mr. Ripley had given up on
moving the house
Mr. Ripley replied he has not tried to work in
more than one direction at one time
Mr. Cataldo asked if this was Mr. Ripley's last
approach, and he replied he was not sure . He said he
could see no harm in the house remaining where it is
until Town Meeting
Mr. Jaquith poJnted out the fact to make this lease
final would require about twenty ,hours of work
Mr. Mabee ststed if Mr. McGirr does not agree to
the substance of this lease, it seemed to him the Board
is wasting its time
Mr . Cataldo said he couldnot see putting the Town
in this position. He said if the house is to be moved
once and for all, that was different . He felt the Board
would be leaving the Town open to leasing other properties
for the betterment of other properties in question. He
said he could not see Town Counsel being required to spend
twenty or thirty hours on this and there should be a concrete
proposal which either Mr . McGirr accepts or does not accept.
Mr. Mabee agreed, and said the legal expense should be
borne by the man who is going to lease the house andthe
Board should determine the amount of the cost . He said
it would take hours to draw this up because it is something
the Town has never had to do before The easiest way
would be to sell the house or tear it down.
Mr. Legro said very often he is asked to prepare
instruments but he always refuses because he can't be
paid for anything thathe does for the Town by anyone
else .
The Chairman asked if the Board would go along
with the lease if Town Counsel found the whole thing
to be feasible .
Mr. Legro asked if the Board was asking if this
could be done or if it is feasible .
The Chairman replied, can it be done and if it is
feasible: .
Mr. Jaquith said he wouod not want to spend twenty
or ten hours .
The Chairman asked how much time Mr. Legro would
have to spend, and he replied he had no idea.
Mr. Jaquith informed theBoard he had spent five
hours on the draft .
Mr. Cataldo asked Mr. Jaquith what was being done
on the extension of the Historic Districts .
Mr. Jaquith replied the committee would be ready
for the Town Meeting.
Messrs . Ripley and Jaquith retired at 9:05 P.M.
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Mr. Burnell said he would like th tell the Board
the Traffic Study Committee is meeting once a week.
Fridays, at 11:00 As a result of this Friday's meeting,
the Com. ittee has several ideas that will come before Traffic
the Board for it to vote on. The Committee would
like the Board 's opinion on the parking area between
Muzzey Street and Waltham Street which is one-way out
into Muzzey Street. He said it seems obvious that this
should be two ways from Muzzey Street and this is what
the committee proposes . It would mean relining the
parking areas on both sides of the exit, but this would
not be very costly. He said if the Board approved, the
committee will go ahead with a letter to the State
Mr Sheldon asked if the committee was unaimously
in favor and Mr. Burnell replied in the affirmative.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to concur with the committee.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to grant a Common Victualler license to Arthur M. Zeitler, Comm. Viet
145 Audubon Road, Milton, now the owner of the Village license
Variety Store at 93 Massachusett-' Avenue .
Mr. William M. Curran's letters, requesting $100 for
taking of 519 square feet at the corner of Cliffe Avenue
and Melrose Avenue, was held over
Mr . Legro asked for a copy of the letter and said
he would see that the necessary release is obtained
The Chairman read a letter from Alvin Fiering,
66 Munroe Road,registering complaint in regard to the
sewer and drain easement through his property. Fiering
Mr Carroll said his feeling is the Town has im- complaint
proved the property substantially and should do nothing
more . He said he looked at it today. He said a taking
had been made and he thought this should be referred to
Town Counsel He said he looked at the property, it came
out very well, and he does not think the Town should spend
any more money on it .
It was agreed to advise Mr. Fiering that in the
opinion of the Board, the property h, s been left in an
improved condition and it does not intend to do anything
further
The Chairman read a letter from Sam G. Countanis,
written on behalf of Dr. and Mrs. Varant Hagopian, 3
Bryant Road, requesting permission to connect a drain Drain
into the Town catch basin.
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Mr . Carroll said he checked this today and Dr.
Hagopian should give the Town a plan, made by an engi-
neer, showing the location and details of the drain
connection.
The Chairman said he would advise Mr Gountanis
that a plan, as requested by Mr Car oll, should be
submitted.
Further consideration was given to request from
Mystic Valley Gas Company 's request to open Massa-
chusetts Avenue to serve the building at #465.
Gas Mr. Cataldo recalled the time tie company requested
company permission to open Blake Road and said the Board at that
time did grant permission with the understanding this
situation, of opening a newly constructed street, would
never happen again. He said if it meant a loss of $3,000
or $4,000, he would look on this differently, but the most
involved is $300 and he could not see opening the street .
Mr. Burnell said it seemed to him it was going to be
difficult to -enforce the rule the Board made
Mr. Carroll pointed out , with reference to Blake
Road, that the company knew of this well in advance.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
that the request be denied.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it waa voted
Use of hall to grant the Board of Health permission to use Estabrook
Hall on October 28, 1965 for an open meeting of the
Senior Citizens ' Council
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
Licenses to grant a Taxi Driver license to Frederick M Muller, Jr .
29 Anna Road, Woburn, satisfactory character reference
having been received from Chief Corr.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to grant a Taxi Driver license to William S. Reilly,
905 Main Street, Woburn, satisfactory character reference
having been received from Chief Corr.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
Minutes to approve the minutes of the Selectmen 's Meeting held
on October 11, 1965.
Mr. James A. Ingalls, 1 Burnham Road, William L.
Nelson and Mrs . Wein, 6 Burnham Road, met with the Board .
Mr. Ingalls saidhe would like to set forth their
case from the point of view of background and recommendation.
He said he also had two residents of Burnham Road, Mrs .
Wein and Mr. Nelson. He said on April 26, 1965, Mr . Nelson,
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Mr. Samuels and he attended a meeting which set forth
the situation that exists there , a pumping station and
gravity sewer amounting to about $100,000 He also
referred to the minutes ofMay 10, 1965 and a statement
made by Mr Sheldon, had the TGwn had a ruling that
clay is not an acceptable soil for this type of system,
the problem of Burnham Farms would not exist. He then
referred to the minutes of the meeting on September 13,
1965, at which time Mr Carroll recommended that the
Board consider putting in the trunk sewer and force main
in these areas and tell the people they would have to wait
until 1967 for the laterals Also in these minutes, Mr
Carroll referred tothe installation of sewer to serve
Burnham Farms and The Adams Estates ' area and reported
the cost for putting in a pumping station, force main and
trunk sewer would be around $140,000; to serve the Burnham
Berms and Adams Estates ' areas with laterals would be
approximately $400,000 taking every street in the area
He said that was so much for the background. The sug-
gestion they are setting forth at the present time is the
force main and trunk sewer is a cost of $140,000. He
said there does exist in the Burnham Farm and Adams Estate
areas a condition different than Burnham Road and Brown
Road . In the former, there is a soil situation that is
different than Burnham Farms . Burnham Farms has clay
I Burnham Road and Brown Road have a serious problem. He
has contacted about 65 or 70 people. About 50 have
signed a petition expressing their interest The reason
for the survey was to determine how serious the situation
is The people are apprehensive in general . He said in
the Burnham Road and Brown Road areas, the situation is bad
because of the clay which was brought out by Mr Sheldon in
his statement of the meeting of May 10. He said he would
like to say, as a recommendation, that there be something
done relative to the matter of installing laterals in the
Burnham Road and Brown Road areas in 1966 . He stated
there are approximately one dozen homes in Burnham Road
and Brown Road areas, and, hardly without an exception,
these people live in very limited and stringent conditions .
He said he would submit to the Board that it consider
installing laterals in these two specific roads during
the year 1966.
Mr. Nelson stated he is the only home owner on
Burnham Road with two leach beds. His leach bed will
come off the septic and go the other way He said he
would take the clay out andbring in gravel, but then he
can't leach any more. He said there are dogs running
through the sewage He has been there for eight years, is
not gegging, and will pay for this . He said they cannot
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leach Burnham Road and Brown Road, but were not trying to
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give anyone a difficult time. He said he has three '
baths and takes showers The people are getting incensed
Mrs Wein referred to her downstairs bathroom and
said her child sleeps downstairs . If someone uses the
bathroom upstairs, he comes up and tells her, it 's up
When the ground thaws , she can't wash clothes and the
children cannot shower as eften as she would like them
to
The Chairman said he knew Mr. Nelson was familiar
with municipal problems
Mr. Nelson said they were just asking
The Chairman stated there are many areas in the same
position. He pointed out thereis another area just as
long on systems as these people and they are not even
going to get the trunk sewer this year He explained
the funs are limited and the Board has to work within
the amount it has available for these things He said
the Board had tentatively stated it would consider the
trunk sewer for this year 's budget and the laterals the
following year. However, if the Board wanted to change
its position, that was up to the Board. He said the
Board sympathized with these people and their problems,
but it has to sympathize with many people.
Mr. Nelson said Burnham Farms was built ii three
sections. One section is eight years old and the other
two maybe half that . He asked if there was any way
section one could come onto the pumping station first
Mr. Carroll stated the chances are it would be
almost impossible to put the laterals in next year.
Mr. Ingalls said this is something that might be
determined, and that is the cost of the laterals. He
asked what the cost would install one dozen laterals
to serve Burnham road and Brown Road . He asked what it
would cost to install one dozen laterals in Burnham Road
and Brown Road in 1966 . He said he would think it would
not cost more than about $25,000 or so.
The Chairman said the question of cost is mute .
Mr. Carroll stated the word lateral means the sewer
main that runs up the middle of the street. They are
talking a pumping station, force main and trunk sewer
He explained the sewer is not even onto the street for
that money. The $4.00,000 referred to the sewer laterals
that will run up the various streets in the area.
Mr. Ingalls asked what it would cost to have Burnham
Road and Brown Road done.
Mr. Carroll stated that is not the issue . In terms
of actual time--this year he had contracts for sewer mains,
or laterals, whichever they wanted to call them for
$200,000. The engineering work was done before Town
Meeting. Shortly after Town Meeting, contracts were '
awarded One cont actor is through and the other won't
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IIbe through until next spring . He said next year if he
has $250,000 for trunks and $250,000 for mains up the
streets , it is very unlikely the work will be completed.
He said if the money were available, they would probably
have to wait until 1967 anyway
The Chairman said Burnham Farms in toto would not
get sewers all in one year. He explained $250,000 is
set up for trunk sewers and $250,000 for laterals to keep
the system expanding. He explained the Board obtains
recommendations from the Board of Health and Superintendent
of Public Works and considers all the areas in light of the
problem and in light of time the development has been in
existence .
Mr. Ingalls, with reference tothe statement in the
minutes of April "tell the people they will have to wait
until 1967 for the laterals", said apparently "people"
was not to be construed all the people in the Burnham
Farm and Adams Estates ' areas
The Chairman said it means the people in most need
Mr . Nelson asked if the pumping station could be
used immediately after it was put in
Mr. Carroll explained that this whole area will
come down to a point near Vine Brook, and this pumping
station will have to pump into the gravity system
Then there is the skeleton over which the rest of the
body of the system can be built .
Mr Nelson asked if they have the pumping station,
then if the Town wants to connect a certain area, could
this be done .
Mr. Carroll replied there is a pumping station, force
main and pumping station. Then a line could be run the
following year
Mr. Nelson said they would not have to wait for
fifteen or twenty years and Mr. Carroll said they would
not.
The Chairman said some parts of the Burnham Farms
would get laterals in the following year, but not all of
them.
Mr. Nelson stated he was trying to get some idea
and he knew what Town Meetings can do . He would just
like to know they are going to get something
The Chairman said he believed Mr . Carroll had ex-
plained this to Mr. Ingalls .
Mr. Ingalls stated Mr Carroll did inform him
but he said he would like to bring it up here . He
said the Board feels 1966 is quite improbable . He
said he would put it this wey, Burnham Road and Brown
Road would get priority treatment
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The Chairman said the Board takes all the areas
in Town and considers the problems, how bad the problem
is, and the length of time the development has been in
existence .
Mr . Carroll said if the Board does construct the
force main and pumping station in the area, it would
be inclined to put the laterals in the area th& follow-
ing year . Once the trunk sewer is in the area, the
possibility of getting the sewer is greater.
Mrs. Wein asked if the Board thought this would
come into effect in 1967 .
Mr. Carroll said he would say yes .
The Chairman said he believed this was the same
assurance Mr 6arroll gave Mr. Ingalls over thetelephone .
Mr. Ingalls said he still thought his case of taking
a certain amount out in 1966 was a good one. He said
he thought the matter of putting effort into that area
of servicing a dozen or so homes in Burnham and Brown
Roads has merit and it is at that point thathe and Mr.
Carroll disagree .
The group retired at 9:58 P.M.
Upon motion du , y made and seconded, it was voted
to go into Executive Session for the :purpose of dis-
cussing ,
deliberating or voting on matters which, if
Executive made public, might adversely affect the public security,
Session the financial interest of the Town, or the reputation of
any person.
Following discussion of a legal nature with Town
Counsel, it was voted to resume the open meeting .
Messrs .Legro and Carroll retired at 10 :18 P.M.
Mr. Gray and Miss Murray left the meeting at 10 :30 P.M.
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