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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-02-18-WSR-min.pdf 4 WEST SUBURBAN REGIONAL REFUSE DISPOSAL PLANNING BOARD MINUTES February 18, 1969 The West Suburban Regional Refuse Disposal Planning Board met on Tuesday, February 18, 1969, at Concord, Mass The following representatives of the partici- pating communities were present Arlington - W H. Borghesani, Edward Murray Bedford - John K. Litchfield, Marietta P Ellis, Jerome J Pickett Concord - Robert B Lowe Lexington - William R. Whalon, Arnold B. Briggs Lincoln - Robert L. Allen, James T Foust, John B Niles Waltham - Charles T Pheeney Weston - Jackson Wright The following representatives were absent Arlington - Charles Hughes Concord - Chester M. Howe, Ray F Sunstrom, Jr Lexington - Richard H. Soule Waltham - Joseph L Houde, Joseph P Shea Weston - Peter A Reiman, Alexander Jenkins In attendance also were Mr Richard Dray and Mr Mutty of Reclamation Systems, Inc 'The meeting was called to order by Chairman Charles Pheeney at 8.10 p.m. Chairman Pheeney announced to the Board members that a legislative hearing on the various pending bills on solid waste disposal is to be held February 25, in the Gardner Auditorium at the State House and that State Senator James DeNormandie has urged the Board members to contact their state senators and representatives to attend this hearing on behalf of the bill introduced by Senator DeNormandie which will increase funds allotted regional refuse disposal planning committees from $3,000 to $10,000 The minutes were accepted as written. Mr Dray, general counsel for Reclamation Systems, Inc , and Mr Mutty, designer for the company, presented their company's program for solid waste disposal The main points of the Reclamation System, Inc , presentation are as follows 1 The company will be open to the public in 30 days time from their appearance before the Board 2 The type of press to be used in the compaction plant will be a vertical press capable of exerting 1400 tons of force The make of the presses used will be Lombard In addition Reclamation Systems has an exclusive license on the sale of Lombard presses in the world 3 These names and positions of several members of the Management cited by Mr Dray are Saul Siegel - Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, and Promoter Samuel Pearlman - Treasurer, Director, and Promoter Daniel Lombard - Director and President of the Lombard Corporation Gordon Bronson, P E. - Director and Mr Dray - General Counsel -2 Feb 18, 1969 4 Reclamation Systems, Inc , has a 3% acre site in Cambridge on which the company plans to build a receiving terminal that will compact refuse into 4'X4'X4' bales of 3,000-6,000 pounds The bales will be wrapped with steel strapping and vinyl plastic and loaded on railcars to a distant landfill operation. 5 The company will know definitely within 3 or 4 months if a 14,000 acre site in the Western part of Massachusetts will be available to them for a landfill This site was rated to have a capacity of 80 to 90 years for landfilling operations 6 The company has within its control a temporary landfill site of 3 to 4 years lasting ability 7 The company cannot and does not plan to dispose of straight garbage not in combination with other refuse 8. A total price including the operating costs of the receiving terminal, capital costs, rail haul costs, and landfill costs of $6.50 per ton could be offered communities 9 The present terminal being planned in Cambridge is to serve Boston and Cam- bridge, although no actual contract is made at this point 10 Mr Dray said his company would be willing to construct a terminal in an area more convenient to the Board's district It would take 8 months to build a transfer station providing that the land for the site was previously acquired 11 Mr Dray recommended that for any further development of a proposal from Reclamation Systems to the Board, the Board wait and see what results from the program planned for Cambridge 12 The principle problems of the program as stated by Mr Dray are working the "kinks" out of the machinery and obtaining a long range contract on a landfill site Mr Mutty showed the Board's members several photos of the compaction plant being tested in Chicago and the plans for the proposed Cambridge plant Chairman Charles Pheeney thanked Mr Dray and Mr Mutty for their presentation James Foust of the engineering subcommittee reported on that committee's meetings with the consulting firms of Hayden, Harding & Buchanan, and Camp, Dresser & McKee The engineering committee recommended that the Board choose the firm of Camp, Dresser & McKee, and Mr Foust submitted a motion to that effect It was moved that the West Suburban Regional Refuse Disposal Planning Board authorize the Chairman, upon the recom- mendation of the engineering subcommittee, to enter into a contract not to exceed $5,000 for engineering services to be supplied by the firm of Camp, Dresser & McKee for the purpose of assisting the Board to evaluate and determine methods and sites relevant to the disposal of refuse from the member communities of the Board and that the allocation and authorization of specific tasks be at the direction of the Chairman of the engineer- ing subcommittee with the approval of the subcommittee Seconded and passed unanimously Chairman Charles Pheeney introduced to the Board's members the new representatives from Weston to serve on the Board filling vacancies left by the resignations of Mr Bradley and Mr Pechilis The new representatives are Mr Jackson Wright and Mr Alexander Jenkins -3- Feb 18, 1969 The Board accepted the steering committee report with the following amendment that the agenda for the March meeting include an evaluation of the Reclamation Systems, Inc , proposal As a result of a discussion on the steps necessary to formulate a public relations program for the Board, Marietta Ellis submitted an outline of public relations plan The next meeting of the Board is to be held March 4, 1969, in Bedford, Mass The meeting was adjourned at 10-10 p m. Respectfully submitted, Marietta P Ellis Secretary