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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-11-18-WSR-min.pdf P l A. L QST SUBURBAN REGIONAL REFUSE DISPOSAL PLANNING BOARD MINUTES November 18, 1969 The West Suburban Regional Refuse Disposal Planning Board met on Tuesday, November 18, 1969, at Arlington, Mass, The following representatives of the par- ticipating communities were present: Arlington - W H. Borghesani, Edward Murray Bedford - John K. Litchfield, Marietta P Ellis Concord - Robert B Lowe Lexington - William R. Whalen, Arnold B Briggs Lincoln - Robert L. Allen Waltham - Charles T Pheeney Weston - Peter A. Reiman, Alexander Jenkins The following representatives were absent Arlington - Charles Hughes Bedford - Jerome J Pickett Concord - Chester M. Howe, Ray Sunstrom, Jr Lexington - Richard H. Soule Lincoln - James T Foust, John B Niles Waltham - Joseph L. Houde, Joseph P Shea WLaton - Jackson Wright The meeting was called to order at 8:30 p.m, by Chairman Charles S Pheeney The minutes of the previous meeting were accepted The Cost and Engineering subcommittees submitted their reports as requested by the Chairman. Due to the absence of Jerome Pickett the Site and Collection subcommittee report was not submitted. William Whalon of the legal subcommittee stated that since there had been no major changes to the legal agreement submitted by his committee previously it would serve as the legal committee's report Arnold Briggs proposed that Chairman Pheeney appoint a subcommittee to integrate the various reports submitted into a document suitable for presentation to the communities The Board then discussed what the recommendation to the communities should be Key questions raised during this discussion were would the communities vote themselves into a district with so little factual information on the disposal method the Board seems to favor, compaction-rail-haul, available; would the communities be content with an interim report only and allow the Board to continue as a Planning Board until a compaction-rail haul system became successfully operative; and would the communities form a district on the stipulation that the district does not become effective until written word is received from Reclamation Systems, the compaction contractor, that they have a sanitary landfill site adequate to the district's needs Another possible a -2- MINUTES 11/18/69 recommendation discussed was would the three towns with the most urgent need, Waltham, Arlington, and Lincoln, form a district first with the remaining communities entering later Charles Pheeney brought up the wisdom of having a firm such as Reclamation Systems operate the facility completely against the district building a facility for Reclamation to conduct the operations Mr Pheeney felt by building a facility the district could exert greater control The end result of this discussion was the Board should intergrate all reports submitted and pertinent background material into a report for presentation to the communities' officials This was in essence the same as the proposal made by Mr Briggs at the start of the discussion. Robert Allen Mated that the report to be moot effective should cover the major points but be brief Alexander Jenkins aakcd what other information than that supplied by Camp, Dresser & McKee supported the costs given in the Cost Committee's report Marietta P Ellis, member of the Cost Committee, answered that facts have been compiled from various other sources ouch as the Summer Study on the Management of Solid Waste con- ducted by M.I T , and the cities of Brockton, Newton, and Somerville that yield costa that are in lino with those given by C.D.M. Chairman Pheeney appointed a report preparing committee In an effort to have all the subcommittees represented on this committee, Chairman Pheeney appointed the Chairman of each committee with the exception of the Coat Committee Its Chairman Arnold Briggs declined to serve, and in his place Board Chairman Pheeney appointed Alexander Jenkins who is not a member of the Cost Committee The names of the committee are Peter Reiman, William Whalen, Robert Allen, Jerome Pickett, Alexander Jenkins, and Chairman Pheeney, ex-officio. The report committee meeting was called for Monday, November 24, 1969, at the Jones House in Weston, Mass The report as decided by the Board'S members should' include. 1 Origin and background of the formation of the board 2 Reasons supporting method chosen by the Board for use by a district, if established 3 Reasons for district concept (Why a district) 4. Summaries of Engineering and Cost Committees' reports 5 Legal agreement outline The Board meeting for December was set for Tuesday the 16th in Waltham, Mass. The Board meeting was adjourned at 10:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Marietta P Ellis Secretary I