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"- SEWER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
July 7, 1977
Present Gordon Barnes, Joan Crothers, Kenneth Nill, Richard Rycroft,
Robert M Hutchinson, William Martin, Patricia Potter
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Discussion continued on the feasibility of betterment assessment variations
Barnes described Boston's system which sets repayment rates according to each
project The city pays 25% leaving 75% to abuttors The committee acknowledged
a) that decreasing the amount of time for averaging construction costs from the
present 5 years to 2-3 years affects the cost per household of remaining sewer
projects b) a new apportionment percentage of 33% to each abuttor with the town
paying the final 33% would reduce the community fiscal load. Martin will prepare
a comparative analysis of projects to show how the above changes might affect
budgets (town/homeowner)
Martin agreed to request a legal opinion regarding expenditures of town monies
on private property
Nill and Crothers described the sewer petition system DPW/ENG provides forms for
circulation among residents on streets to be sewered. Letters of request by the
Selectmen are also necessary, as well as a report from the BOH on conditions Cv
in the area. BOH and DPN/ENG responses are characteristically brief, and provide cy
little specific information for projects contemplated BOH gives quite generalrt
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comments regarding health hazards and lack of septic tank capacity, aging, neglect,
relocation problems, while DPW/ENG lists only lot sizes, square footage, and an
assessment estimate The matter of how additional information regarding citizen
obligations, construction impacts, and possible alternatives might be included
in the sewer nomination process was agreed to be of major importance to the work
of the committee Problems involving "communication" on past projects such as
Turning Mill, Moon Hill, Bacon Street, and Bennington Road were noted
Hutchinson stated that the Inflow/Infiltration study contract has been signed
He explained that preliminary work for the Hayes Lane trunk sewer which was
included delayed negotiations for the I/I contract Crothers asked what relation
the Hayes Lane project has to the proposed new MDC Mill Brook Valley relief sewer
They are separate projects, but are to be installed in the same area (between
Grant and Woburn Streets The Mill Brook line will be much longer as it starts at
the Arlington boundary and crosses Lexington through + 34 miles to connect with
Bedford Crothers said she learned of Hanscom Field area expansion needs in the
planning process; Martin said that as no Lexington personnel had attended meetings
involving Hanscom or Massport representatives he could not comment
Hutchinson described an effluent storage system called the "Interim Contingency
Plan" which was tried in early May to prevent sewage back-up in Bedford lines which
was successful We were able to control the rate of flow and prevent an emergency
discharge into the Burlington water supply Approval has been obtained from the
Department of Environmental Management to allow peak flow pumping by Lexington
into Kiln Brook (Tophet Swamp) , and to provide gas chlorination of this effluent
at the North Lexington pumping station.if. futurelemergencies arise
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Crothers and Hutchinson agreed to seek speakers and/or information about
on-site technology to present to the committee
A tentative date of August 2 at 4 30 p.m was set for the next meeting
Respectfully submitted,
Joan Crothers
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