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« -lc=ting of ' he I- larnrr_ tho_.rd wc, s held in the L"onference hoot of
the To ^rx l ffi ce Buil ii mr,r, 1ue ,C"iy Tecer'her- 27, 1 ) ' at 8 00 Y . I. Tr.essr3 .
.,rer;-, i re , Luff,/ n' : cheIbe ere present n." . Loss, „ r. Vcsgrove and
1 the secret -e ^ ,, .ire r-..1 so pr sent .
. cos :u^- Int_nciont -) r' F"e ater .'x Se-er 7... epar'trent , cane be-
fore the ,o-i ` ' o r'i 'r ss the r'1tter of sever rentals and presentee, a list
s'0' ; 'iT "^ ` other to r `_re doi -If' n regard tc this . Lexington has a sewer
rent•11 c rirce of 254 cf water races and new ssvrer- entrance fee . ';althar
I s the o 7 -,- I ty aronnd that has an entrance fee . ;,cover rentals go into
the -ecerue Account . For '':'�1 se "r rentals arounted to k3,34 .14 on 640
services and of that anount only ,,, 1268.00 has been collected. There is no
hien or sc -or rent is a-ir' ` o p:cnln ''o rot 'on" thee' . Mr. Ross stated that
Ihe rFc.nr '!nds tr_rt the se 'er rentr 1 charge be done away '-lith. Nether
+7-,e n+-c.r i s 7 e' o ± iwos or for .^tee 1erage --ou havo tee Ga ?55 of i t as a
se •her rentii char:^ . I-ople ^ 'no 'hav-3 naid sewer rental bil] s in such cases
did so udder protest and there a lot of pcople who do not pay any rental .
`1 h" r,l in,4 ra' r.-.r,s". for -lo-Ing a -'a- 'ith the sewer rental charge is
be„ ause I I sea-, ^a -e cc] le ter' . If it is p'.At on the original_ assessment ,
tt will }-e .;o--e a lien ,d , „ he ,•o7 lotted .
' ' s ;l ,11 -ec` 8';7rcnr`_ ti ,ri to tr, -e care of se'rer raintena nce
but f ._ 1 1 one coo. ” i ;tc the Geno.r.,i } evenue i c`;ou t . In 19:51 the nal 1-
ienance of +,'. � se r s-este v a s 4L•Zi-55 21 and the rental charge does ct
I- a] f r,: -vT for the r.at_ tenance . :3esides tl-is r intenance cost , the a+etropolitan
i Tax was ,4,99Q . ^5 1 Ci)' is pair"! . o the .,i.ut,
a. the ti-E,.. tlie se er rental s -ere sti'1 to , t e betterment, vE s only
K 50 I- , -'ro 1` foot for ss= , , er.t, and nor tt is three tires as 1Lrce? .
Lexi (erten has n entrance f.E. , t`-e necn1e nay for t'^ entire cost of in-
stall i
n-s.talli g +'re service ; s a - est trate and paid in advance .
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The have '--en al- i t ti -Ply., _l,-r installations this year. The entr rice
fee does not to 7e care of future --eft® of use . The Io" n Lngi.reer stated
that he tal -ed ,rich the Towi .,ounsel who said you cannot build up a fund
in `] ticip ti0n of future expend tures .
;''F s'-e, f the 3oard of le lth could not force an entrance to
the se—r, r. ass tr ted that t ,ey could only do so in the c se of a
nuhl` c _qui lance . �',,.i not or is one of fear tows who have sewer rentals
and leading is crse, off than Lexington in collecting them.
.r boss s'-at,-,1 th,t he hat tali-ed' with '.r. Powers, former Supt .
of Te "er Lepartrent in ,altham, ho told him that he had tall'e1 '^'ith i,r.
ad fell cf th, State - n' there as no ray of collecting sever rental
e'rar~es . r I:r-ery said he felt th, t Lexington shoild not do avay
^' t-h never re -tal s i *' there s an- possible ay of collecting ther o ,
s-' ' hought it part of the Town .,ounsel ' s ., ori- to find a ray to do so .
1, r . Iuff,- stole' that he t .ought it •'ould be good policy to develop
r-airtrnan_ce c u rare for every rind of service , and thin''s there should
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he some "•'a-, to h"lan'1e the matter of serer rentc,1s li''e cemeteries . When
a person b2 -s a lot , an arc' tit -ad., up of L.50 per sau re foot is placed
in a ftmc' for the ' erretual re of the lot . 'ie also suggested that the
Board study the records of certair toms and see if something can be worked
cut frr a flat rate on services .
i,.r, FOSS stated that the maintenance charge as high the last year
or two due to the eYtra vror',r that has been done nn the trunk line sewer .
It 73-^ u'Lanimn sly voted to have L,r. Ross confer 'lith the =own
,ou-s- 1 , Ith resrec'- tc the possibility of passing a lay ' or other'-'i_se cov-
er Ln, ,he sn rer re l c Tar e
It , .,c, voted to h reIr . Foss inquire Of Newton and other' sinl iar tcj-ns hot "heir ave" ,.e cost is o-r service for r"ai ntonance
a tj Sea' ; f i.,, ' riT'"Cr oa-r._'ir"l _aZ"' a flat P,it`,' ° 'lsteud of the 25% of the
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The rondo - s a;„1Ourl ad at 10 10 t""�
E. Feat^ctfull�,r sn�3�itted ,
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REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD FOR THE YEAR 1932
11 Early in the year the Board was called upon once more to consider
the extension of Sherman Street through to Oakland Street, and again the
Board felt constrained to affirm its earlier recommendation that this
extension be not endorsed until it could also be extended in the opposite
direction to a proper junction with Woburn Street and in any event, the
cost would be so great that neither extension could be made until the
demand was more imperative , and until the town could better afford to
do the work.
Considerable time was also devoted to the matter of development
in the region of the East Lexington meadows in conjunction with the
work in the same district of the Town of Arlington. Further recommenda-
tions will be made a a future date in the same connection.
Petition for approval of layout for development upon the petition
441 of Frank W. Perkins in East Lexington and petition of Harry E. Johnson
for development of the so-called "Brick Village" near the Arlington
line were heard and both reported upon adversely.
Much time was devoted to the consideration of the adaptability
of the O 'Connell land at the junction of Woburn Street and Mass. Avenue
for a fire station, and while the Chief of the Fire Department desired
a larger plot and the Selectmen found it did not contain sufficient
land for recreational purposes, the Planning Board is still of the
belief that the site is well suited for the purpose and will easily
carry a station that would be as large as the Town could afford to
build, and leave room for any necessary recreational facilities needed.
It is felt that Lexington cannot afford to be too ambitious in this
direction at this time .
The Board is actively considering the development likely to take
place in and about this area.
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The work of the Planning Board during the past year has been quite
varied with many lines of activity acted upon at the various meetings.
4111 The question of planting a Town Forest of approximately twenty
acres was considered very fully early in the year, and at the suggestion
of the Planning Board, the Board of Selectmen have agreed to recommend
this, and it only awaits the vote of the Town at our 1933 annual meet-
ing to bring this into effect. These Town Forests are planted with
trees supplied gratuitously by the State and are administered by a group
of three unpaid commissioners and should add greatly to the beauty of
the Town, and will supply trees for transplanting along our highways
and in our parks at very small expense. It is proposed that these
trees be planted by our unemployed on areas suitable for such growth.
The twenty acres need not necessarily be in one plot. The final loca-
tion is still to be determined and the commissioners to direct thee
IIIforests will be arranged for. In this connection, the Planning Board
hopes before long to secure a nursery in which we can start trees to
replace and increase the plantings in our public land.
The Planning Board has felt the need of additional engineering
services to permit of the development of a plan for a comprehensive
system of main ways in the undeveloped areas of the town consistent
I with the requirements of the design of the ultimate sewerage system.
Not only should the development of these areas be fixed by an orderly
development of a street system but these streets should be so located
in harmony with the sewerage plan so that excessive costs for takings
may be avoided and opportunity for recovery by betterment assessments
tray be afforded . We are now being assisted in securing this much needed
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data, by employing some engineers secured through the Emergency Plann-
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& Research Corporation.
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