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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-04-14-BOS-min 312 SELECTMEN'S MEETING April ll}, 1958 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, April 14, 1958 at 7:30 P. M. Chairman Maloney, Messrs . Tucker, James, Adams and Mrs. Morey were pres- ent. Mr. Gayer, Superintendent of Public Works, Mr. Stevens, Town Counsel, and the Executive Clerk were also present. Hearing was declared open upon petition of the Boston Edison Company and the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company for permission to locate one pole, guy wire and anchor on Hilltop Avenue, north- easterly side, approximately 680 feet southeast of Kendall Road . Mr. Mahon, representing the Boston Edison Company, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lassek, Mr. Gaetano Coscia, Mrs. Anna Tracy and two other individuals were present at the hearing. Mr. Mahon explained, by use of a blueprint, that there is a new house under construction at the end of Pole Hilltop Avenue with a turn around. He indicated on the location print where the line comes to now and stated that the company is desirous of setting a pole extending this line . He said that Mr. Gayer looked at the location and prefers not to have the anchor. Mr. Mahon said that there is a gentleman present at the hearing who has a home, which he indicated on the plan, being fed from a pole on Stedman Road and he wants to know why. He said he pointed out to him that Stedman Road is heavily laden with large trees and the wires now that feed to this gentleman' s home are secondary wires. If the company feeds the service here, it would be necessary to install primary wires which will have to be set and run on cross arms. He pointed out that there would be no way of geeting a truck in Stedman Road to carry transformers and the tree trimming would be terrific. He said that if there was a failure due to a storm, it would be very difficult for the maintenance mem to get in. He said the company's situation is to locate the pole at this property line . Mr. Gayer explained that the circle does not re- present the pavement, the pavement is much narrower and this would be off the pavement. The Chairman asked if anyone present was opposed 313 to the proposed location. II Mr. Lassek said he was and thought arrangements that have been made are very unsightly. He said this holds true for the other people who live on the corner of Hilltop Avenue . He said there is a pole below his house and he thought arrangements could be made with- out too much difficulty to run a wire in from that pole by adding another pole which could connect to the new building. He said there are only about twenty trees . He also said that there is no accessible road in. The Chairman said that Mr. Lassek heard Mr. Mahon explain the difficulty. He asked if he would like to have the pole on his property and Mr. Lassek replied that he did not think the pole needs to be on his pro- perty. He said the accessibility is not as difficult as has been mentioned. Mr. Gayer explained that if this new house is added, the secondary wires will not take the load any more . The wires which will have to go in are high voltage . Mr. Mahon a xF lai ne d that this will be necessary as it is required to run primary wires to this point on Hilltop Avenue because of the load. He said the com- pany would like to do what this gentleman has in mind but due to the number of trees and the size, there II would be no end to the trimming and the accessibility is nil. He said they could not get a truck in there and if there was trouble in the line, they could not get in to maintain it . The Chairman asked if the wires would be running across private property and Mr. Mahon replied that the new wires would run over the applicant's property. The Chairman said that the poles would haste to be set somewhere which would have to be on private pro- perty. Mr. Mahon sa d it would be on a public way if Stedman Road is public way. Mr. Lassek aid he thought they could get a truck in there if they Tied. Mr. Adams as ed if there wouldn't be more houses constructed down here . The Chairman asked if the new house was on Stedman Road or Hilltop A enue and Mr. Gayer replied that the address would be illtop Avenue . A woman aske how far above the land the wires would have to be nd Mr. Mahon replied that the pole from which they would serve would be thirty-five feet tall. She said it looked about ten feet and Mr. Mahon said that they would not dare run a service ten feet. The hearing was declared closed at 7:55 P. M. and 314 _ .c the group retired. Mr. Gayer explained that this is an engineering problem. Mr. Adams said that if Stedman Road is legally laid out, there will be more houses and there will have to be poles there . Mr. James said that corning up Hilltop Road would be a secondary extension and if they go up Stedman Road, they will have to put in a transformer. Mr. Adams said that in effect it is a temporary arrangement pending development of Stedman Road. Mr. Stevens reported that he received the bond on the garbage contract and it is now ready for the Garbage Board's signature. contract Upon motion of Mr. Tucker, seconded by Mrs. Morey, it was voted to sign the contract between the Town of Lexington and Silva Bros. Inc. , for a three year period commencing May 1, 1958, in the amount of $63,000.00 ($21,000.00) per year. ) Letter was received from Bicknell & Smith re the Esther estate of Esther R. Barnes. The executors under the Barnes' will have petitioned for the allowance of their first will and final account. Mr. Stevens reported that he has not checked this but this woman left some clothing to the town. Letter was received from Mr. Carroll, together with an agreement between the Town and the Automatic Voting Machine Corporation. Voting The Chairman was authorized to advise the company Machines that the Board cannot accept the additional machines until after May 21st and that an article would be in- serted in the warrant for a Spacial Town Meeting, May 12th, requesting authorization to act on acquisition of the machines. Letter was received from the Mystic Valley Gas Company requesting permission to locate a 4-inch steel Permit low pressure gas main in Larchmont Lane from #8 to #18 for the purpose of supplying gas to the Larchmont En- gineering Company The request was granted subject to the provision that the work is to be done in accordance with speci- fications and requirements of Mr. Gayer. The Chairman read a letter from Robert C. Merriam advising that he has entered into an agreement with Mr. Frederic K. Johnson to purchase his insurance business. On January 2nd next year, the F. K. Johnson Insurance 315 Agency, to be located at 11 Muzzey Street, will take over his business. Mr. Johnson' s son Bruce, and his Insurance son-in-law, Riehard J. Rogers, are to be associated with him. The Chairman read a letter frac Anthony J. Rochette with reference to lot 6 Marrett Road (Fair Oaks) which he purchased from .the Town in 19411 . At the time of pur- chase, he wanted to annex it to property he airead owned and the deed was dawn up with the stipulation that no dwelling shall ever be erected or be maintained upon Tax title the land. It was ;sold to Mr. Rochette for $150. Mr. Rochette has built a new house on lots 4 and 5 which he also purchased from the Town in 1943. Mr. Adams said that he did not thin' Mr. Rochette has a good enough case for him to vote to remove the restriction and he was opposed to it. It was the u. . imous opinion of the Board that the request should be denied and the action of a previous Board of '.electmen upheld. Letter was re eived from Mr. Carroll, Town Clerk, advising th. t he has received Mr. Rowse 's Resignation resignation as a u -•mber of the Appropriation Com- mittee . The Chairman read a letter from Mrs . Margaret Biggs, on behalf o the Theatre Guild of the Lexington Arts and Crafts So iety, requesting permission to have two members in cos ume carrying sandwich boards walk Advertising around Town on Apr 1 19th to advertise a comedy to be presented by the Gild. The Board fel that permission would be estab- lishing an undesirable precedent and the request was denied. The Chairman read a letter from David F. Toomey, Commander of the V ,F.W. requesting permission, on April 19th behalf of Mr. Ralph K Sandburg, a member of the Post, to sell popcorn at the corner of Hancock and Bedford Streets on April 19th. The Post has had this location in previous years and the request was granted. The same lett r included an invit*tion to the Beard to attend a joint installation of officers on Invitation April 19th at 8:30 P. M. The Chairman read a letter from Paul Lloyd, on behalf of the Lexington 4H Horse Club, requesting I permission to conduct a horse show on Sunday, May 4th J 316 1 lbwc s at 202 Cedar Street beginning at 12:00 noon and also Permit requesting permission to plaee cardboard directional signs at the intersection of Bedford andL:Hill Streets, Cedar Street and Massachusetts Avenue and Paul Revere Road and Massachusetts AvenueA Permission was granted with the provision that there would be no parking on Cedar Street, the signs are to be erected in the morning and removed that evening. Further consideration was given to the appoint- ment of a committee to prepare plans for observance of Memorial Day and Veterans' Day, 1958. It was agreed to appoint Mr . Healy to represent the Town and Mr. Daniel P. O'Connor to represent the Committee Ameridan Legion. The Chairman was instructed to request the V.F.W., Sons of Union Veterans and the Lexington Minute Men to submit the names of two individuals so that the Board could appoint a representative from each organization to serve on the committee . Upon motion of Mr. Adams, seconded by Mr. Tucker, Asbury it was voted to sign a Notice of Intention to lay out + Street Asbury Street from Paul Revere Road a distance of 560' northerly to Balfour Street. Upon motion of Mr. Adams, seconded by Mrs. Morey, it was voted to adopt an order of taking, submitted by Sidewalk Mr.m4pg els r slope easements along bummer, Lowell easements and/JMMapI4 SSfaets, State highways where sidewalks are to be constructed. Copy of order under "Easements", Selectmen's files, 195. Upon motion of Mr. Adams, seconded by Mrs . Morey, it was voted to appoint George W. Forten and Eugene M. LaRosa as Dog Officers in the Town of Lexington for a Appointment term expiring May 1, 1959. At 9:25 P. M. the Planning Board and Mr. Snow met with the Selectmen to discuss further the proposed amendment to the Zoning By-Law relative to the shop- ping center. Mr. Snow presented a plan of the Millyan property and reported that the house is assessed for $7,000, the garage for $150 and the land for $2,250 , approximately one and a half acres . Mr. Millyan wants $28,900 and will accept nothing less. He purchased the property about a year and a half ago and his total investment Millyan was $19,100. Property It was agreed to insert an article in the warrant for the Specihl Town Meeting to be held on May 12th to 317 purchase or take the property by eminent domain. The meeting adjourned at 10:15 P. M. A true record, Attest: ___L::/..„2:tr.112,---=--- e clerk ',Select n. 1 1