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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1949-07-1148O Thebi-monthly meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on this date, with all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved. ~ ENGLA;'~ TEL. & TEL. CO: -LAWRE~CE CAS &ELECTRIC CO: A hearing was held at 7:15 P.M. on this petition covering the Joint location of one pole on Mass. Ave. 675 feet southeast of No..Andover -Lawrence line and removing one Light Co. pole 700 feet southeast of this line. No opposition was presented and the hoard voted unanimously to grant this request. REQUEST and two copies of plan no. 25, covering the relocation of one pOle on Second Street 304 northeast~ofl~ilroad Ave. and remove one pole. No hearing required and the board voted unanimously to grant this request. LAWRENCE GAS&ELECTHIC Permission granted by unanimous vote of the board to excavate to install gas service for William Arsenaul~ at 6 Park Street, near. Chickering Road,:27 feet on street. Mr. Cartywi!l be notified of this action. PETITION to construct a lin~ of underground electric conduits including the necessary sustaining and protect£ng fix~ure$~ under and across the public way or ways hereinafter named, in accordance with plan marked. 5443; from existing pole on the northerly side of Salem Turnpike, approximately 850 feet easterly from Andover Street, southerly~ross,the Salem Turnpike a distance,of approxi- mately 100 feet to the southerly line of the Salem Turnpike, 2 ducts. A hearing will be held on July 25, 1949 at 7:30 P.M. in the Se!ecmmen's office. RESERVE FUND TRANSFERS: Approvalreceived from the Advisory Board for the transfer of $355.00:frem the Reserve Fund to the Contingent for expense of extensive repairs on'the tower clock at the Johnson High Schoo!. The Advisory Board would not approve the transfer of $18.90 from the. Reserve Fund to the Memorial Day expenses as they felt that this was not an unforse~n expenditure. The Advisory Board felt that an accurate apprmxima%i6n of costs could easily have been made in March as well as May. They a!so~fe!t that ' also, this not uncommon practice of municipal departments in this town, oD incurring liabilities in excess of their appropriations, in the ~xpectation of being able to cover the definiency with the aid of the reserve .~und. Oar!Thomas, chairman.of the Memorial Day Committee came befor~ the board and explained to them that he had tried to keep the expenses down but tha~ he ~. was new this year and that it is the same each year, a new man is chairman, who has had no experience before. Be asked that the bill for $125.00 beheld out and he will try to arrange to have them accept $!00.00 and the balanc~ will take care of the $18.90 bill and another bill for $5.~0. He will inform this office in the near future. REQUEST FOR REMOVAL OF TREE: William Ma!oney of 238 Middlesex S~reet requests the removal of a large maple tree in front of his property at the above address. The b~ard voted~to instruct the tree warden %o post the tree for a hearing to be held on July 25, 1949 at 7:20 P.M. in.the Se!ectmen's Office. ~LOANh~EGOTIATED BY TREASURER: Mr. Finneran as clerk of the Board.of Selectmen signed the approval form for the cohtr~ct for the second $120,000 s6hool bonds loan, payable $10,000 on July 15, of. each year 1950 through 1961, to be awarded to the First National Bank of Boston at 1~% interest. The vote was.unanimous and was issued pursuant toChapte~4 General laws as amended. Mr. Maker informed the board that this was th~ highest bid received for the lowest rate of interest. The town will payl~%interest and will receive a premium of $777.60. This is ~ per cent lower than the issue in October 1948 of $120,000 which cost the town 2%. This new ra~e represents a ~ecrease of $3,900 in.interest charges. The Selectmen commended Mr. Maker for his forsight in determining the proper time to make this loan and thereby save the town this money. UN~0N SCHOOL: The deeds for Doris and John Stewart and for Wasil Muzichuk were ready for them upon payment of the proper amounts and were drawn up by Mr. C. J. Mahoney. Mr. Muzichuk was not able to have his money for ~onight but ~he board granted him an extension of time until July 15, 1949 and he is positive that he will have the money available for that time. JULY 11, 1949-continued B~kDSTREET SCHOOL: Bids.were opened at eight o'clock for the Old Rradstreat School building and there were two bids: Law~ence Building Wrecking Company of Salem New Hampshire bid $510 and G. P. Sorsnson, Andover Tree Service bid $255.00. After some discussion the Selectmen voted to award the con~ract to the highest bidder, Lawrence Building Wrecking Company for the amount of $510, in accordance with the terms called for in the bid and the bidderwillbe obligated to remove the building by demolition or otherwise by August 27, 1949. Mr. 0offin made a motion that the Lawrence Building Wrecking Cqmpany be awarded the contract of removing the Bradstreet wooden school building for the sum of $510 in accordance with the terms called for in the bid and the the bidder be obligatsd 'to remove' the building by demolition or otherwise; to fill the cellar hole using fill material available on the premises or any approved material re- quired to fill the hole to groundlevel; to save the town. harmless from any lianility:whatsoever for personal injury or property damage resulting from the removal operations, either to employees of the purchases or members of the public; and to complete all work in connection with the removal not later than A~'guS% 27, 1949 and in general as is otherwise inserted incur bid. The fol~owing pa~ties signed the bid as co-partners, Armand Cocchiaro, Cresenzo W. W. Ooppczi 99 Union St~ Lawrence. Mr. Finneran seconded themotion and'vote was unanimous. Notice wi!!be sent to' the'bidders at once. A~bilt of sal~ and a copy of the vote of the 'special town meeting will be made out at"once. DESKS-~BRADSTREET SCHOOL: ~rs;~osephine Rizzo sent in abid of~7.00 for 30 desks end'chairs from the Brad- · street school'and the board voted unanimously to grant"her the thirty desks and chairs for'this amount. It will be necessary.that she remove'thema~ once. DEPARTMENTOFPUBLIC WORKS: Notice received'info~ing the Selectmen the list'of~bidders'covering the work to be~done 'on M~in Street under ~hapter 90,.and asking if~ the Selectmen had to awarding the contract tothe lowest bidder and if so~ ~o. nctifythem at 'once. %%e Selectmen were in,accordance with the~Dapartment 'of Public'Works as to their SeleCtions for~the't6w~sttb~dder. Yemma'Brothers, In%.~0Id Grovelsnd Road, Haverhill he:-lo~est bidders and the amount ~f'the~bid was~$21,854.RO.' STREE~LIGHTREQUEST: :"-' Mr$~Spadar&'of~Mablin~Avenue' had requested a street'light recently but it was foun~ that'h~ was,a resident of Lawrence .and that his,place on Mablin~e. was more or le~s'of 'a~hack. Upon further investigation the board~was advised that Mr. & Mrs. SpadarO~,were"how residing in their home and theyhad made extensive renovations. Th~BSard~voted to take this ma,%er under advisement and .they;will' inspect the locetzon'befer6~making a decision. POLICE ~DEPAR~{T: A .furtHer!,r~port on a complaint made to th~ police'departmentwith respect to ~.e~!~hich3ere in' the highway and were the direct cause 'o*~a ~c~r beinm damaged y':o~e !of the- stones which stood high in the roadway, Officer lewis reports that he ~sit~d,%hree homes'and' found therewere onlzsmallgirts living there and cou!d ~i~'~9,,nY_,.,i~,~,'~er~?formatfon, ~sl to who' ?ut the ist0ne~ in the roadway.. He is' s~zzm:mnmeresueo 'mn':ne mat{erand hopes~forsome~:inf0rmatien of, value. Noaction was, take'.The'damaged car was owned by Winfred M.'Sides, Sr. and re istration n~mber~ i~:i9~025.~'No complaint .for damages, has been made to the'Selectmen. A:let%er wk~received from Roy E. H~rdy,,Chairman of the Board of Selectmen in Andover'~Which~istated that he ha~ contacted principal department heads in Andover concerning.~heir methods of maintaining' an inventory. The School department is thei0n!y.way~which seems to keep a~conststent ~ecord and a ~orm was enclosed. 1M~'Ha~4Yf~%her'stated ~hat 4ppa~ent!yth~y ~eiy mor~ upoh the ability of their .~PeYsonne~.:th~~ they do'u~o~ ~0der~ ~ookkeeping~ ..... ~I13~NING.,BOARD- SF/tDT~EN, - - : -:~- Thefolldwt~g ~embers of the, Planning'Bo~rd'~t with.the S~lectmen to discuss various ma~ters,.espeq~allyrecreation.for,the town now ~nd in 'the'futura; Gregor~ Richard~G. Whipple, James T. Po6r and Peter kitcHie and the Selectmen. Mt. Thomson said he understood the boards were meeting:jointlyz.to discuss pas:, prssent.;and future' Recreation in s general way. ,Mr.,Moor~dkA~k~,stated tha~ his board wee concerned about permits given by the building,,inspsct0r.He explained that a manlis grantedApermit and he goes ahead and'builds a2:ho~s9 and than the question of water, sewerage, acceptance of streets and approval of ways comes along And there seems to be a great deal of uncertainty as to what should be,done. The Planning board would like to take more interest in thelayout of.the torn. In answer to a~quastionfrom Mr. Thomson, Mr. Momradkanian further explained that if s plan were available, eventually it would have to accepted. He broughtup the matterof Lorraine Ave. and stated that they are unable to find out whether or nob it been acco 482 JULY 11, 1949: - continued Mr. Whipple inquire~ as to the status o£ the building inspector. Mr. Mooradkan]sn reed the law from the Acts of 1947, chapter 340. Mr. Thomson asked if the Planning Board couldn't.start a proSact and have matters straightened aut at the Town Meeting, to approve previous actions of P~anning Boards and it would then be fundamental and basic. Mr. ~ooradkanian said their board wes compiling a street list of all approved streets andhave an approved map(official) of all approved and accepted ways and private ways. They will declare them to be accepted ways or take new action as toga particular way. A discussion was held as to who owns tn the center of the street and Mr. Thomson stated that he b~lieved that en abutter owns to the center of the street.unttl such time as it becomes an accepted street. Mr. Thomson stated that if the Planning hosed approved a plan, it is still e private way until it is adjudicated by the Selectmen and then approved at the town meeting. The Planning board members felt that there should be some understanding between between their board and the building inspector to prevent further.difficulties from arising, and several methods were discussed but no decision ~rived at. It was finally agreed that the building inspector should meetlwith the planning board end the Board of Selectmen ow ~uly 25; 19~9 at E:O0 o'clock P.M. Mr. Thomson then discussed the recreation council which he said wee appcinted by the Selectmen and they have dena their work ~,,~ell~,and he felt that this recreation falls in with the Planning board. Ne mentioeed the various pro~ct~.~w~ich had been recommended by the Recreational.Council mhd he felt that the Planning board should be prepared to recommend additional area at the Center SchQol should be given, to the Playground at the Center. F~r. Mooredkanian said he felt also that this comes under the Planning Beard but he was unable to visualize properly the master plan or study and he felt that the next step necessary wee to accomplish a mapping out of the present,and the future. He stated that he was not in e position to spend the time required forthis work but that eomec~ should look forward to doing this work~ Mr. Coffin agreed that a Master Plan is something worthwhile,~m~nwhile theproblem is with us end he would like to see the town. grow. ~e thinks that the suggestions cf~the.'Recreattomel Council. ought tobe before the various bce~ds and that they may be acted upon. He said"fcr thirty years the town did not,lng about s~hocl end then they hod ~o build them all at once. ~n matters cf this sort, leadership comes from ~he Planning Bo~rd and discussions such as this help to iron out the kinks. Mr. Ritchie brought up the matte~ of an article which was voted on at the a~nuul town meeting in 1945 with reference.to a playground at the s~ndbankonRailr0ad Ave. and mlthough p!ene were drawn and $300 appropriated) nothing was do~e about it. He stated that Char!e@ Cyr still had the p~an and he would get it for some future meeting. Mr. Mecradkenian referred to Planning Boards in various places where ~e.hed visited- in one place especially where the chairman cf the Planning,Board has a suite of officers smd he spends 3 to 4 hours with the plans every day. Mr. Coffin said he realized that the membere of this planning board.have given time a and effort en~ they ere not paid and cannot drop their own work. Mr: Thomson stated that he felt that the planning board was do~ng a marvelous job and that he appreciated their coming to this meeting. The other membere of the board agreed with the chairman. Mr. Coffin eaid he ~lt that s united effort'bythe town boards was the bestway to determine the future status of the town for early fors~ght wou!~ prevent incidents that could not be wanted in later years, also~that large savings c~moneycan be made by looking ahead and visualizing the future. -.- JULY 25, 1949: 'The by-monthly meeting ortho Board of Selectmen was held at 7:00 P.M. with all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved. TREE, REMOVAL BEARING: A hearing on the petition of William Molonoy for the removal of' a' tree in front of his property at 238 Middlesex Street :was held at 7:20 P.M.' There was no opposition 'and the board voted to instruct the tree warden to ~remove the tree. NEW ENGLAND TEL. &TEL. CO: Petitioa smd.two copies of-pla~ No.2~ cowering the pla~Img of ~e~ground co~uit on Salem~umpike,lll £eetu~dergro~d condutt frompole 2960 to p~le 2~1 thence acrose the etreet= to propert7 line for 103 feet, was received amd the board set a hearing to be held on August 8, 1949 atT:30 P.M. VACANCY-BOARD 0FPUBLIC WORKS: Notification received from the Board of Public Works that a vacancy exists in the Board due to the death of John J. Campbell. The Board will'meet with the Board of Public Works on August 5, 1949 at 1:30 P:M. to fill this vacancy.