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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1949-01-24439 The regular meeZing of the Board of 7:00 P.E. with all members presenT. approved: Se!ecZmen was held Zhis date aZ Weekly bills and payrolls were REVALUATION SURVEY: A reporz waa,received wiZh reference'Zo progress and sZatus of work which Mr. Ralph B. Brasseur and Mr. Clinton F. Goodwln had done on Zhis. survey during 1947 and 195S and ~his report will be inser:ed in.the Annual Town Repor~ for 195S. Mr. Thomson Zhen asked Mr. Herber~ Wild if Zhere was still some work To be done and Mr. Wild replied~ZhaZ Zhere was. Nr. Thomson Zhen'suggesZed ~haZ Zhere be a meeting of :ha~ committee in Zhe near future. BOARD OFASSESSORS - VACANCY: Mr..Wild came before the Board and s~ated :hat'It was his official du~y to advise the board 'thaZ Zhere was a vacancy on the Board of Assessors (due to Zhe deaZh of Oscar Soucy) buZ Mr. Wild furZher staZed tha~ he hoped no official acZion would be Saken unZil after the funeral.-nor thaZ this ma~Zer be given any.publicity. Mr. Thomson theft' Zhanked Mr. Wild ~or coming before 'ZheBoard and said that he regretted-the necessity of his having to come and inform them of the vacancy~:' MrJ Thomson Zhen Said'"We have lost a valuable town em- ployee.'',~ Mr. Thomson also sZaZed thaZ perhaps Zhere were some de- tails?ZhaZ oughZ Zo be discusseC at a later daze ....... ADJUDICATION~FAULKNER ROAD: Mr..T~6~sonlstaZed ZhaZ ~he maZZsr of the adjudication of Faulkner Roa~'~asbefore ~he Board and said Zhat Mr. Car~y had certified in - writing ~o the BoardZhaZ the road was in good condiZion for accept- anco. ~'Mr.'Thomson further staZed ZhaZ he, nersonally, had.ridden over.~zhe:roadand ZhoughZ.Zhe surface 6f i:~was very good, and~as far<a'~',draihage was concerned, i~ would be simply an 'elaboraZi. on of wtiaZ!.MrLiCar~y had said previously. Mr. Coffin made a mo~ion FadiknerlROad be adjudicaZed and by a.unanimous'vo~e of the Board, the~btion~was made and seconded Zhat Faulkner Road,~as laid out and repr~sented~to ~he Board be adjudicated as a way in condition for accep~ance~'.by the Town as a public way. ' · ~copiesof Pla~-~O covering Zhe ,!~binz,iownership of one existing pole on Dale SZ., 2356 fee~ norZheast 0f ~p~Ieton StreeZ, i pole. No hearing '~as necessary and ~he Board .voZed, unanlmous!y ~o gran~ this request. . - ' ~i,'>~, '~ ~ ~ ': · LAWRENCE .GAS. &. ELECTRIC CO~PANY: No%ification was received that a shade was placed'~bn~the street li'ght~in~,frOnt .of the residence of Mrs. Mary Sparks, 179 Main No~l'~agi'0~ Was received that alO00 ~flmen. StreeZ Light was ins~a!led'i: 6~'.~Pol~e.'$tl:;~:.Ma~blehead. Street~..NoZifica~lon was received .tha~a · ~O00.1:Lumen"~reeZ Light was insZalled'onPole ~1441, Dale' Street. survey made'on Zhe street lighting 6H ~oeZm~ryStreeZ. from Salem S~reetZo MosquiZo Brook.-The'cost for the lnsZalla~on of six (6) 1000 lumen lighZs on pgles24~l, 241~4, 2~%7,- ..... 2~5p~ .2453 and R~56'would be $108 per year. ,HAMBER F C0~WERCE. A :i~ZSer:~om..Eleanor Mlceli' requesting facZs and pictures about No. Andove~ was read. By a unanimous vote, Zhis matZer was ref6rred to Mr. O'.'Brien; Superintendent of'Sc$ools, for action. LAWRENCE.";GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY: Petltion'¥eceived from Zhe Lawrence Gas & ElecZric Co. requesting permissioqlfor the installation of two ducts from exieZing pole on the Northerly side of Zhe Salem. Turnpike approximately 1,O00' easterly fro~iAfidover'StreeZ souZherly across Salem Turnpike approximaZely 100' to Zhe,southerly line of ~he Salem Turnpike. By a unanimous voZe, ~he Board seZ a hearing for February 7, 1949 at 7:30 P.M. COURT. ROOM-Board of Heal~h: Permission was granZed ~o ~he Bd. of HealZh for use of %he Court Room on February 1,2,3, 19%9, for Zwo hours in Zhe forenoon and two hours in Zhe afZernoon for the Food Handler's Course. JANUARY 24. 1 ~ - continued. TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT: The report for tl~e year ending December 31, 19~8 was the Town Treasurer and accepted by the Board. submitted by BOARD OF APPEALS: Notice was received from the Board of Appeals :that there will be a hearing on Thursday evening, January 2?, 19~9 ax 8 o'clock to all parties interested in the appeal of the North Andover Housing Authority requesting a variation of the Zcr~ln~g Ordinance so as to permit the erection of six units of four dwellings each on the premises bounded by Francis, Baldwin and Gilbert Streets. RECIPROCAL TRADE AGREEMENTS AND PROTECTIVE TARIFFS: Letter received from Thomas J. Lane assuring t2~e Selectmen that he would do everything humanly possible to protect our~industries in the New England Sta~es, especially those in Greater Lawrence, in regard to trade agreements and protective tariffs. CHAPTER 90: NotificaTion received from the Department of Public Works that the following amounts 19dicated show the tentative 1~49 Chapter 90 allot- merits 5or this Town. Main Stree~--State, $8,0~0, Town, $4,000; County $4,000, Maintenance--State, $500, ~own, $1,000, County, --. ' POLICE DEPARTMENT--CIVIL SERVICE APPROVAL: Approval was received from Civil Service on the appointmenZs of EvereX= R. Wood-house and John J. Willis as police officers. CO}LPLAINT--BOARD OF APPEALS: In regard to ~he complaint made by ~he Board of Appeals last week, Mr. Coffin stated t2aat Mr. Beauchesne had come up to the ~own building and told Mr. Coffin that ~he.wood he has on his property is available for any dis=ribution the Board might care =o make and suggested ~hat people on public welfare might be glad ~o ge~ the wood. Mr. Beauchesne said he was perfectly willing that every s~ick of wood be ~aken away and he would like i~ to go to someone who could use it. Mr. Coffin said that perhaps M~s. Dearden would make alls= of welfare persons to whom we could distribute ~he wood. Mr. Coffin ~hough~ it woul{ be a good idea if the fac= were made public that ~he wood is there and can be had free of charge and also there is some lumber ~here =hat could be used for building. Mr. Coffin thought Mr;'Beauchesne ~ should have a little more time and Mr. Finneran stated ~ha~ he ~hought Mr. Lawlor, ~he Building Inspector, would gran= him a reprieve. Mr. Coffin al~o sta~ed tha~ Mr. Beauchesne's properW'in o~her respects had been greatly improved. POLICE DEPARTMENT--PAradING ON MAIN STREET: Mr. Coffin s~ated tha~ for many years now he has noZiced in the section on Main Street directly in front of the North Andover Restaurant and Main Line Restaurant, or from Saunders SZreet where the street broadens out in~o Railroad Square, that when cars park on both sides, i~ is difficul~ for ~raffic to ge= Through two ways, particularly a wide vehicle like a bus. Mr. Coffin said ~haT he had contacted =he police and asked if they would temnorarily request people to park on Just one side of'Main Stree=. T~e police called Mr. Coffin's attention to the parking prohibition in Section 2 of the Rules and Orders Regulating Traffic in ~he town of No. Andover. A general discussion followed and the Board voted unanimously to have the ma=ret of parking on Main S~ree~ in the vicinity of the No. Andover restaurant with particular reference to Section-2, Article 5 of ~he Rules and OrAers Regulating traffic in the town of North~ndover be referred ~o the police for study and a repor~ made to the Board. LAWRENCE DL~P: On Monday, January 2~th, at 10:30 A.M. the Board met with the' Lawrence Ci=y Council =o discuss the matter of the Lawrencedump... the following memo was given by Mr. Coffin: JANUARY ~ 1'~ - continue4 "The Board of Selectmen held a conference with the Lawrdnce City Council at the Lawrence City Council Chamber on Monday,'January 24, 1959., at 10:30 A.M., to discuss the possible abatement of the tuisance created by the Marsden S~reet dump. The three members of the Board attended ~his conference, ~he entire City Council and ~he Super- intendent of Sanitation, Daniel Carroll. The Board requested ~he City Council to take every action possible to the ehd that smoke would be aba~ed and offered suggestions for possible programs To ~ha~ effect. SNOW REMOVAL BILLS: Mr. Thomson stated that ~he snow removal bills for ~he snowstorm on December 19, 1958, should be refer, ed To Mr. Maker for paymenT. COMPLAINT--BOARD OF APPEALS: With reference ~o the complaint from the Board of Appeals regarding Domlnick Mangano, 205 Mass. Ave., last week, a letter was received by, Mr. Martin Lawlor, Sr. from Charles A. McCarthy, Counsellor at Law, and representing Mr. M~ngano, advising that Mr. Mangano was storing tanks outside his premises long before the Zoning Ordinance was passed by the Town, ~ha~ this was a non-conforming use at the time of the.passage of the ordinance and no newuse of ~he premises or extension of the same has been made by Mr. Mangano. No further action was taken on ~his matter. The regular weekly meeting of the.Board of Selectmen was held at 7:00 P.M. with all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved. DEPA~T~ENT OF CONSERVATION: Ndtice' wasredeived of the approval of the appointment of James. Hargreaves as Forest Warden inNorth Andover for the year 1949. RECIPROCAL TRADE: Letters were received from Cong. Thomas J. Lane, Senator LeverettSaltonstal!, and Senator Henr? Cabot Lodge, Jr, also a telegram from Cong. Thomas J. Lane informing the Selectmen that they would do all in their power to help bhe various industries and that they appreciate their importance to New England and all the people who are employed in them. These letters were in reply to letters sent recently by ~he Selectmen. REVALUATION C0~.$~ITTEE: Notice received that a meeting of the Revaluation Committee will be held at 8:00 P.M. in the Court Room of the Town Building. on February 7,,' BOARD OF APPFALS: Notice received that a public hearing will be held on ~anuary3[,~1949. This meeting had been~postponed from ~anuary 27, 1949. This is on the application of the Housing Auth0~ity for a variance'of th~ Zoning Ordinance in connection with the .Veterans Housing Project. RECREATIONAL COUNCIL: Mrs. John Elliot came before the board and discussed ~tHe articles which were inserted in.th~ warrant. She explained that the one asking For $6200 for a fence around Grogans Field was the result of much discussion of the committee and they fe!t that they would get this.money back within a few years. She stated that the matter had not been discussed with Mr. Dull'y but that they had asked him if he could include the money in his budget and he could not do this. The second article was to develop the playground into s park-like ares and they thought that a-tree would make it more attractive as there'is no zree there at all'and no shade only~over .the sandbox. The third,article for'open shelter at the Drummond Playground was for the good of all concermed and would be similar to the one at Grogan's Field Playground.. DEP~.R~,~ENT OF PUBLIC WOR~: The matter of collecting $102.95 from Rotondi Brothers was discussed. Mr. Coffin stated that aletter had been sent to the Commissioner of Public Works and he suggested that we had better sue as Rotondf re~uses to pay the money. Mr. Coffin wondered if Mr.- Mahoney would takm tbs case so that it would not cos~ any more than the above amount, The matter was held over for the time and discussed later when Mr. Duffy came into the meeting. Mr. Thomson then contacted Cornelius J. Mahoney and explained that the Board of Public Works had a pressing problem and~plained that the :con~ractor did certain thin~in a negligent manner and the amount of the damage now due was $102.95. The Contractor filed $300 the Department of Public works and will be hhld there until Feb. 11, 1949.