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SELECTMEN'S MEETING
February 3, 1964
A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was
held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, on
Monday, February 3, 1964, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Cole,
Messrs . Brown, Cataldo and Slaeldon were present. Mr
Gray, Executive Assistant, Mr. Carroll, Superintendent
of Public Works, and Miss Murray, Executive Clerk, were
also present.
Mr Carroll reported that he took bids on the col-
lection of garbage today, and gave each member of the
Board a canvas of the bids taken. He also read a letter
from the Pitt Disposal Service taking exception to
several items in the specifications.
Mr. Cataldo referred to the eight-hour day clause,
and asked if Mr. Carroll had stated that Town Counsel ad-
vised this was according to statute .
Mr. Carroll replied in the affirmative and stated
it was General Laws .
Mr. Sheldon said three of the bidders were reason-
ably
close, and asked Mr. Carroll if he needed any more
evidence.
Mr. Carroll replied that he thought all the bidders
should meet with the Board.
Mr. Cataldo suggested that the Board have a list of
where these bidders have collected garbage and then corn-
tact these towns .
Mr. Cataldo asked if all the bidders would use their
own site, and Mr. Carroll replied in the affirmative . He
said as far as he knew, they were all pig farmers
It was agreed to investigate the four low bidders.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to
execute a statement of expenditures, submitted by the
Chapter 90 State Department of Public Works, relative to the amount
expended for materials under Chapter 90 Memorandumo of
Agreement #21257.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to approve the following j/o pole location, subject to
approval of the Assistant Town Engineer:
Maple Street, southeasterly side, approximately 15 feet
southwest of Emerson Road, --
One (1) pole.
(One existing JO pole to be removed. )
Maple Street, southeasterly side, approximately 300 feet
southwest of Emerson Road, --
One (1) pole.
(One existing JO pole to be removed. )
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Letter from the Boston Traveler and Sunday Herald Snow
"Tell it to Joe" concerning an inquiry he had received removal
about plowing and removing snow from driveways was re-
ferred to the Superintendent of Public Works.
The Chairman read a letter fromNartin I. Small,
attorney, 54 Devonshire Str et, Boston, urging the
Board to consider an article in the warrant for the Voting
purchase of additional voting machines. machines
Mrs . Homer Hagedorn stated that the Town is in
the legal statutory limit of voting machines .
Mr. Sheldon pointed out that nothing could be done
for the March meeting. He said the Board could check
the statutory requirements, and if necessary, do some-
thing before the State elections .
The Chairman said the subject would be referred to
Town Counsel.
Letter was received from Joseph F. Curran, 496
Waltham Street, req eating the extension of the sewer
on Waltham Street from Brookside Avenue to Kendall Road.
Mr. Carroll said the sewer will cross Waltham Sewer
Street by this time next year and he will be ready to
put the sewer in if the Board so desires.
It was agreed to advise Mr. Curran that a formal
petition requesting the sewer extension will be pre-
pared by the Engineering Department and sent to him;
that it will be included in next year 's budget.
Letter was received from Mr. Burrell, Director of
Civil Defense, to which was attached a copy of Chapter I Civil
of the National Plan for Emergency Preparedness. The Befehee
Chairman said it would be available for the members of
the Board to peruse at their convenience .
Letter was received from William F. Buckley, Assist-
ant Director Cary Memorial Library, asking the Board to
appoint three special police officers for duty at the
library. Special
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted Police
to appoint the following Special Police, for terms ex-
piring March 31, 1964, subject to satisfactory refer-
ences being received from Chief Rycroft:
Robert
E. Ames Sd Bridge St. ,Lexington
Frank Langone 92 Lake St. , Arlington
Philip Nyren Ayer, Massachusetts
The Chairmanread a letter from the Lexington Con-
servation Commission requesting permission to use the
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conference room opposite the Building Inspector 's
Use of office for meetings every Monday night at 8:30 until
room further notice.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to grant the request.
Mr. Gray suggested that the members of the Con-
servation Commission and the members of the Standing
Classif i- Plumbing and Building By-Law Committee should be classi-
cation f ied in regard to the Conflict of Interest Law.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to classify the following individuals as Special Munici-
pal Employees :
Francis W. K. Smith 29 North Hancock Street
Jules P. Sussman 15 Holmes Road
Stephen F. Ells 110 Shade Street
William S. Richey 5 Hathaway Road
Aiden L. Ripley 52 Follen Road
Robert W. Custance 88 Hancock Street
Perry D. Lord 17 Patriots Drive
Leo Dunn 58 Hill Street
George E. Bullock 17 Longfellow Road
Richard W. Souza 542 Concord Avenue
The Chairman read a letter from Mr. Finneran, Execu-
Report on tive Health Officer, reporting on an investigation he
;omplaint made of a complaint made by residents on Laconia Street
that the vacant lots at the corner of Woburn and Lowell
Streets were a health menace
It was agreed to notify the first name on the peti-
tion of the report.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
License to renew the Common Victualler license issued to the
Five Forks Service Center.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to grant permission to the Lexington 4-H Town Committee
Use of hall to use Cary Memorial Hall on April 23, 1964 for an Award
Day, free of charge, subject to a fee of $3.00 per hour
for custodian' s overtime service.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to grant permission to the Boston Market Gardeners As-
Use of hall sociatton to use Cavy Memorial Hall on March 21, 1964 for
$35, plus $3.00 an hour for custodian's overtime services .
*the Association's Annual Banquet, subject to a charge of
The Chairman asked the Board if it was the intention
to lay out all the streets presented at the hearing held
on January 29, 1964
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Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to lay out the following streets to be presented to the
Annual Town Meeting in March, 1964, for acceptance: Street
layouts
Bryant Road Phinney Road Albemarle Avenue
Fairbanks Road Rogers Road Blake Road
Pessenden Way Rolfe Road Dunham Street
Marshall Road Sanderson Road Mowers Road
Mill Brook Road Suzanne Road Sullivan Street
Page Road Tufts Road Sky View Road (Alter & Relocate
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to approve the minutes of the Selectmen's Meetings held Minutes
on January 25 and 29, and the minutes of the meeting
held on January 27, as amended.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to approve the minutes of the Selectmen's Meetings held Minutes
on January 25 and 29, and the minutes of the meeting
held on Janu ?ry 27, as amended.
Dr. Robert L. Kelley, 10 Gould Road, Kingston L.
Howard, 5 Gould Road, and several other persons met with
the Board. Dr. Kelley presented a petition to the Chair-
man reque ting theconstruction of a sidewalk on Gould
Road between Dewey Road and Grove Street and also re-
questing the Town to plow this sidewalk and the existing
sidew..k on Gould Road between Dewey Road and Turning Mill
Road, and on Turning Mill Road as far as the children Sidewalks
must walk. and plow-
Dr. Kelley said Gould Road goes up a hill and has ing
an S-shape curve, and the children have to walk on the
road. He said the corner is blind and there is danger
of cars skidding into the children. He also said
once they are at the top of the hill, the vision is
obscured and while snow is on the ground, there is
great danger to the children.
The Chairman said the Board had, at a previous
meeting, read Mr. Howard 's letter on the same subject.
Mr. Carroll presented a plan and explained the
section to which Dr. Kelley referred was built when
the Planning Board was not requiring subdividers to
build sidewalks The other section came in later and
sidewalks were required
Mr. Howard said that at the last meeting of the
Banning Board, it did approve the Dewey Road area, and
the developer intends to have this road completed with
1 sidewalks and sewer by May first of this year He
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said this would then leave a gap between the section
of Gould Road and Dewey Road where the sidewalk now
ends and the point where the developer will have ended
his sidewdk on Dewey Road He said this section of
Dewey Road will represent a short cut to children going
to Estabrook School and will take all of that traffic
down Dewey Road to Grove Street. and also ipst of t4e
vehicular traffic.
Mr. Howard said he called the Planning Board 's
attention to the fact that the road formerly known as
Mountain Road, which no longer exists as a road as far
as the Town is concerned, is completely on Town pro-
perty and is therefore within the jurisdiction of the
Town to act on. If a sidewalk was built down the area
of this road, it would then provide further access for
a large section of families living on Turning Mill Road
and would eliminate a hiatus which requires bus trans-
portation. If this sidewalk were built, all the
children would be within the one mile limit.
Mr. Carroll indicated to the Board and those present
the sidewalks that the Town now plows and those that are
not plowed. He said the problem, with reference to Mr
Howard's suggestion, is whether anyone would want small
children walking through a very lonely area.
The Chairman said funds are in the 19614. budget to
be used for sidewalks on either Gould Road or Tunning
Mill Road, and when a decision has been made, he would
so advise Dr. Kelley.
The group retired at 8:15 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 reputation of any person.
Following a discussion with Mr . Carroll with fur-
ther reference to his 1964 budget, police matter, Law,
Fire and Police budgets, it was voted to resume the
open meeting.
Letter from the Visiting Nurse Association, rela-
LVNA tive to appointment of a representative from the Board
to the Board of Directors, was held over.
Mr. Cataldo asked about Workmen's compensation
coverage for fire and police.
Mr. Gray stated that it is definitely out. Mr.
Stolz is checking on the accident policy but he questions
the legality of it .
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Mr. Cataldo said he would like to see this eight
hour work day in the garbage contract. He asked how Garbage
the fines could be enforced if the contractor did not contract
complete his route in sight hours because of a snow
storm or for any other rea on.
Mr. Gray agreed to write Town Counsel for an
opinion
The meeting adjourned at 9:25 P.M.
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