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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959-08-10-BOS-min 237 SSC TM1''S MEETING August 10, 1959 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building, on Monday evening, August 10, 1959, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Maloney, Messrs . James, Adams and Ferguson were present Mr. John J. Carroll, Superintendent of Public Works, and the Acting Clerk were present Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes of the Selectmen' s Meeting held Minutes on July 27, 1959 . Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the petition and sign the order for the fol- Pole lowing pole locations; all having been approved by locations Mr. Carroll Flintlock Road, southwesterly side, north- westerly from a point approximately 25 feet northwest of Red Coat Lane ,-- ' Five (5) poles Flintlock Road, westerly side , northerly from a point approximately 115 feet north of Red Coat Lane ,-- Nine (9) poles Winthrop Road, northwesterly side , approxi- mately 15 feet southwest of Sherburne Road,-- One (1) pole . Normandy Road, southeasterly side, south- westerly from a point approximately 115 feet southwest of Hudson Road,-- Seven (7) poles . Dane Road, southeasterly side , southwesterly from a point approximately 300' southwest of Sherburne Road,-- Ten (10) poles. Cary Avenue , easterly side, southerly from a point approximately 65 feet south of Middle Street,-- Five (5) poles . Cary Avenue, southeasterly side, northeasterly from a point approximately 475 feet north- east of Shade Street, -- Nine (9) poles. 238 cD 00 Stearns Road, southerly side, westerly from a point approximately 20' west of Pleasant Street,-- Two (2) poles. Westwood Road, southeasterly side , northeasterly from a point approximately 100' northeast of Mill Brook Road,-- Four (4) poles Westwood Road, northeasterly side , northwesterly from a point approximately 145' northwest of Adams Street,-- Three (3) poles. Demar Road, northwesterly side , southwesterly from a point approximately 475' southwest of Turning Mill Road,-- Twelve (12) poles . Hudson Road, northeasterly side , southeasterly from a point approximately 25 feet southeast of Spring Street, -- Ten (10) poles Underwood Avenue , southwesterly side , southeasterly from a point approximately 130 feet southeast of Spring Street, -- Five (5) poles. Independence Avenue , southwesterly side, north- westerly from a point approximately 510 feet northwest of Massachusetts Avenue ,-- Eight (8) poles. Munroe Road, northwesterly side, southwesterly from a point approximately 20' southwest of Woodcliffe Road,-- Three (3) poles. Munroe Road, southeasterly side, northeasterly from a point approximately 105' northeast of Woodcliffe Road,-- Seven (7) poles Woodcliffe Road, southwesterly side, southeasterly from a point approximately 25' southeast of Munroe Road,-- Seven (7) poles. Woodcliffe Road, southeasterly side, southwesterly from a point approximately 15' southwest of Hudson Road,-- Twelve (12 ) poles . 239 The Chairman read a letter from the Burlington Water Commissioners requesting permission to supply Burlington water to Fred Larson of Muller Road, Burlington. The water Board had no objection and the request was approved. Letter was received from Mr. Alfred P. Tropeano with regard to street lighting on Waltham Street, par- ticularly in front of the Professional Building at #111 . Mr. Adams suggested that this matter be taken up Street lights at Budget time, and Mr. James replied if the Board Waltham St . waited until Town Meeting for approval, it would be a year from September before they would be put in. The Chairman suggested that Mr . Carroll get the costs and the Board would discuss it . Mr James sug- gested that two or three different methods by which they could approach the problem be given at the next regular meeting of the Board. Letter was received from Mr. Henry A. Flynn, 26 Bird Hill Road, relative to the traffic condition on Fern Street. Traffic on Mr . Carroll reported that the Planning Board is Fern Street working on it now. The Chairman advised that this has been referred to the Planning Board who is giving it every consideration at the present time . The Chairman read a letter from Miss Winifred Holman, Genealogist, 275 Concord Avenue, with regard to the excessive speed on Concord Avenue . Speed on Mr. Carroll reported that this had been dis- Concord Ave . cussed previously, and the Police informed the Board that the road is being patrolled. Letter was read by the Chairman from Mr. A. F. Hinds, 2938 Massachusetts Avenue, requesting information Charge for about the charges for tte ambulance . The policy of the ambulance Town has always been to charge , and it was agreed that an explanation to that effect be sent to him. The Chairman read a letter from Captain Lagasse , USAF, relative to the WAF Band coming to Cary Hall on September 25. Their office wishes to handle all the WAF Band publicity for this performance , and the Board was unani- mously in favor. The Board is to await further inform- ation. Letter of resignation was received from Floyd J. Taylor, who is re,Lgning from the Historic Districts Commission, effective September 5, 1959. Resignation 240ac 0-4 It was agreed to ask him to extend the date of his resignation until a successor had been appointed Mr. Maloney agreed to contact him. Letter was received fromMr. James J. Carroll, Town Clerk, stating that he had received the resignation of Dexter A. Smith as a member of the Historic Districts Commission, to be effective August 7, 1959 . Resignation It was suggested that Donald Hathaway be contacted by the Chairman. Mr. Hathaway wished to know if he was filling an unexpired term, and Mr. Maloney agreed to con- tact him and straighten this matter out. Letter was received from Flynn & Flynn, 537 Main Street, Waltham, Massachusetts, offering $500.00 per Tax title lot, plus the amount of sewer betterment, on Lots 64 through 72 inclusive, Bellflower Street and Hamblen Street. The Board wished to have a map brought in at the next meeting, at which time they would discuss it. Letter was received from Homeland Re&ty Inc . in- creasing their offer to purchase tax title lots 234-242 inclusive Freemont Street; 243-258 inclusive Asbury Tax title Street; 631-634 Freemont Street to $300. per lot, or a total of $8,700 . The Board considered the offer, and upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted that it was in the best interest of the Town to retain possession of this property. Mr. Carroll retired. Mr. John W. Rycroft, Chief of Police , met with the Board relative to the appointment of two Police Women for the position of School Traffic Patrol to fill vacancies, one at Five Forks and one at Fiske School, which were caused by resignations after the last school year. Chief Rycroft retired. Each applicant was interviewed by the Board privately. They were asked the following questions : Why they wished to be a Police Officer; how long they had resided in Lex- ington; were their children to be taken care of during their duty; did they have a car availe.ble , and what pre- vious experience they had. Chief Rycroft returned and discussed the applicants with the Board. He reported that he did not have any money in the Budget for uniforms, and it will cost about $200 to uniform them. The Board inquired if the Chief had any preference and he replied none whatever. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 241 to appoint Mrs. Mary A. Bartel, 3 Sunnyknoll. Avenue and Mrs . Evelyn M. Silva, 12 Cedar Stret, Police Of- ficers for School Traffic Patrol to become effective School Traf- in September when school re-opens . fic Patrol The Chief was asked if these were annual ap- appointments pointments and he replied that they were not . If any of the new Officers do not work out, they can be dropped. Mr . Rycroft was asked if he was going to ask for any more , and he replied that he wouldn't know until school opened, and he couldn't tell if he would need more before the year ended. Mr. Harold E. Stevens arrived at the meeting at 8:35 P.M. , but retired to attend another meeting. Mr. and Mrs . Dalrymple and Mrs. Laura B. Lufkin of the Lexington Cab Company came to the rrleeting relative to their Taxi Stand. They have always had a stand in front of the Depot, and as their place was being torn up, they wanted a place for their cabs. Taxi Stand They have six cabs and will have seven. The Chairman said the Board was familiar with their problem, would discuss it and felt they would be able to help them in some way. Mr. Dalrymple said he would appreciate it very much, and they retired. The Board had discussed the matter with the Chief of Police and decided it would be well to have the Taxi Stand, now used by the Minute Man Cab for three cabs, to be increased to four places, and each company would have places for two cabs Mr. Stevens will look into the matter. Mr. Harold Roeder , Board of Fire 'ommissioners, and Mr. Arthur Burrell met with the Baird relative to Civil Defense . Outisde Mr. Roeder introduced Mr Barrell to the Board, burning and then stated that he would first like to make a report on the notice which waE in the paper in regard to outside burning . The Chairman read the following notice : Outside burning or open air fire in- tluding those in outdoor fireplaces and incinerators are prohibited unless a permit has been obtained on each oc- casion from Fire Department Headquarters on Bedford Street. Permits may be obtained in person, or by telephoning VO 2-0272. Violators will be prosecuted under Chapter 48, Section 13 of the General Laws of Massachusetts George C . ahe ldon Forest Warden Town of Lexington '242 r4 Mr. Roeder reported that over Saturday and Sunday, they had125 requests for burning, and said th- t it had really taken effect. He asked if the Board would be in- terested in the notice going into the water bill envelopes . He was asked about charcloal burners, and said that the law permits the use of those under certain circumstances. Mr . Roeder said that he had reported his conversation with Mr. Burrell to the Board and that Mr. Burrell was willing to take the job as Director of Civil Defense and that he was willing to help him. Mr. Burrell said he would like to know what the Board Civil had in mind. Defense The Chairman said the Board of Selectmen was respons- ible for a Director in the vicinity, and the Town had made some progress . There is a very active group on com- munications . The different departments or heads of de- partments had taken part in Civil Defense , but the Town needs a Director of Operations . There is a Civil Defense Office set up in this building, the room is there , a place to keep records or anything pertaining to Civil Defense . He said the Boa-d wants to make some progress and at least be pre- pared in the event of a hurricane or storm. Mr. Adams said Mr. Burrell would have the full sup- port of the Board. Mr. Roeder said they would start with the dif- ferent groups and work them into a working group, taking the Police, Fire , etc . Mr. James said that Mr. Purinton would be a great deal of help as he had done considerable research as to what should be done and what could be done , and in all fairness, he does know a great deal about it. He is willing to help anyone who will assume the responsibil- ity. The Town is probably less advanced than any other community. Mr. Roeder said they should have organizational charts to see and study what to do if they were going to do it, and Mr. James replied that it was his under- standing th=t any community plan is what it develops itself. Mr. Adams said the Board felt the heads of various subdepartments should be directly tied with the depart- ment heads and they are tied inu-with the town. Mr. Burrell asked if there was any money available . Mr. James replied that there has been for several years, but it has never been spent. There was four or five thousand dollars--what is available he did not know that wasn't earmarked, but Mr. Purinton had all the in- formation. Mr. Roeder felt that the warning signal should be tested once a week, and Mr. James said that had been 243 previously discussed, and that the warning system should be tied into the fire alarm system. Mr. Roeder and Mr. Burrell retired. Mr. Stevens returned to the meeting with Mr . Carroll. Mr. Stevens presented, for the Board' s signature, copies of Contract No. 6 for street work, which was Contract No E awarded to J. A. Vitale , the low bidder, on July 27, 1959. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign contract No. 6, awarded to J. A. Vitale Company. Mr. Carroll reported that S. Rotondi & Sons, Inc . was the low bidder on the contract for drains They are well qualified to do the work. The contract is for Drain constructing drains from Waltham Street to Clarke Street Construction in the area of the North Branch-Vine Brook. Contract Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to award the contract to S. Rotondi & Sons, Inc. , the low bidder. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the contract to S. Rotondi & Sons, Inc Mr. Carroll reported on the contract for resurfacing streets . Specifications were prepaped by the engine- ering department. Warren Brothers Roads Company was the low bidder. He reported that Forest Street, Minute Man Lane, Battle Green Road are the streets to be re- surfaced. Inspection will be done by the Town. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to award the contract to Warren Brothers Roads Company. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the contract to Warren Brothers Roads Company for Resurfacing 4300 linear feet of streets in the amount of $7,247.50. Mr Carroll showed an easement plan on the con- tract awarded to Rotondi & Sons , Inc . Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the Order of Taking for a drain easement shown on plan entitled "Plan of Drain Easements Vine Brook- North Branch from Waltham St. to Clarke St. , Lexington, Mass ." COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, ss. TOWN OF LEXINGTON At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of 244 C7C Lexington held on the 10th day of August, 1959, it is ORDERED Whereas at a Town Meeting duly called, warned and held on March 2, 1959, namely at an adjourned session thereof duly held on March 16, 1959, in accordance with the provisions of law applicable thereto, it was unanimously "VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to install drains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as they may determine , in accordance with Chapter 263 of the Acts of 1926, as amended, or other- wise, subject to the assessment of betterments or other- wise , and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee , easement or other interest in land neces- sary therefor, and to appropriate for such installation and land acquisition the sum of $58,400.00 and to provide for payment by transfer of $28,400.00 from the Excess ani Deficiency Account and by raising the balance of $30,000.00 in the current tax levy.", and WHEREAS, the Selectmen have determined that it is neces- sary for the public convenience to construct drains for the purpose of surface and ground water drainage in the land hereinafter described. NOW, THEREFORE, we, the undersigned, being a majority of the Board of Selectmen, duly elected and qualified and acting as such, do hereby, under and by virtue of the pro- visions Chapter 263 of the Acts of 1926 and Chapter ?9 of the General Laws, and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, and of any and every other power and authority us hereto in any way enabling, take in the name and on behalf of said Town of Lexington the perpetual rights and easements to lay, construct, inspect, repair, remove, replace , operate and forever maintain a covered surface water and ground water drain or drains, with any manholes, pipes, culverts and other appurtenances, and to do all other acts incidental thereto including the right to pass along and over the land for the aforesaid purposes and the right to enclose and cover the existing brook, in, through and under certain strips of land situated in said Lexington and bounded and described as follows: 1. A strip of land having a substantially uniform width of five (5) feet and running from Waltham Street across the southerly ends of lots A and B and of an unnumbered lot to land of the Town of Lexington, said strip of land abutting upon and extending northerly a distance of five (5) feet, measured at right angles, from the center line of the North Branch Vine Brook; 245 2. A strip of land having a substantially uniform width of five (5) feet and running from land of the own of Lexington across the southwesterly end of lot 4 to Forest ' ourt, said strip of land abutting upon and extending northeasterly a dis- tance of five (5) feet, measured at right angles, from the center line of said Brook; and 3 . A strip of land having a substantially uniform width of five (5) feet and running from Forest Court across the southwesterly ends of lot 3 and an unnumbered lot to Clarke Street, said strip of land abutting upon and extending north- easterly a distance of five (5) feet, measured at right angles, from the center line of said Brook: said strips of land being as shown and marked "5' Drain Easement" on plan entitled "Plan of Drain Easements Vine Brook - North Branch From Waltham St . To Clarke St. Lex- ington Mass.", dated July 1959, John J. Carroll, Town Engineer, to be recorded herewith, and reference to said plan is made and said plan is incorporated herein for a complete and detailed description of said strips of land. And we do hereby also so take temporary construction easements for use in constructing the drain now to be in- stalled in the permanent easements hereinabove described in a strip of land having a substantially uniform width of ten (10) feet and situated northerly of and extending along the full length of the permanent easement hereinabove first described,all as shown on said plan and marked 10' Construction Easement" , and in two strips of land each having a substantially uniform width of five (5) feet situated northeasterly of and extending along the full length of the second and third permanent easements herein- above described, all as shown and marked "5' Construction Easement" on said plan; and reference to said plan is made and said plan is incorporated herein for a complete and detailed description of said strips of land. The temporary construction easements herein taken include the right to enter upon the land taken, to deposit earth and material thereon, and in general to make all use necessary or desirable in connection with the aforesaid drain construction. The construction easements shall termi- nate thirty days after the completion of the drain con- struction, and, in any event, not later than one year from the date of this order. 246 *4 rz cr Said rights and easements in the land included within the above descriptions are taken without interference with or prejudice to the rights of the respective owners of the land, except so far as is reasonably necessary in the ex- ercise of the rights and easements hereby taken, and there are reserved to the respective owners and their heirs, successors and assigns all their respective rights in and to the use of their lands for all lawful purposes not inconsistent with the use thereof for all of the purposes hereinabove mentioned. On each occasion that the l own enters upon the land in which the aforesaid rights and easements are taken and performs any work thereon, it shall be the obligation of the Town to rmove all surplus material and to leave the premises in reasonably as good condition as when the entry was made . Any trees upon the land included within the above described parcels are included within the takd.ng The land in which the aforesaid rights and easements are taken is believed to belong to the following named parties, but if the name of the owner of any of said land or of any interest therein is not stated or is not cor- rectly stated, it is to be understood that such land or interest is owned by an owner or owners unknown to us: Owner Lots as shown on aforesaid plan Philip E.Lewis and Mildred T. Lewis, husband and wife A (former owner Marian D Lewis) Robert S. Prescott and Mary Louise Rankin Prescott, husband and wife B Ruth M. Cavatorta Unnumbered John J. Morrow, Jr. , and Mary A Morrow LE Amy A Currier and Daisy L. Hartwell 3 C Henry Jackson and Elizabeth L. Jackson, husband and wife Unnumbered No betterments are to be assessed for this im- provement And said Board, having considered the question of damages, he reb' determines that no damages have been sustained and none are awarded. 247 WITNESS our hands at Lexington as aforesaid, this 10th day of August, 1959 /s/ William E. Maloney Raymond W. James Alan G. Adams Gardner C . Ferguson Majority of the Board of Selectmen COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss.. August 10, 1959 Then personally appeared William E. Maloney, Alan G Adams, Gardner C . Ferguson and Raymond W. James, known to me to be a majority of the duly elected, qualified and acting Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be their free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Town of Lexington, before me, /s/ Harold E. Stevens Notary Public My commission expires September 16, 1961 Mr. Stevens reported on the Relief Sewer and the mat- ter of the change in the method of the Metropolitan Sewer- age System. A discussion was held Mr. Adams reported that he had talked with Mr. C . T. Mo"ris, Itek Corporation, and asked that he be invited to meet with the Selectmen at the next regular meeting of the Board on August 24 to hear their proposals and plans for the future . The meeting adjourned at 9:50 P.M. A true record, Attest. Acting Clerk, Selectmen. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant the following license : B. David DeLoury, Jr. 6 Middle Street Peddler's