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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1950-05-29 Board of Selectmen Minutes64 .4. ekly meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at 7:00 P.M. ~ith all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved. POLICE APPOINTE,-~.: Mr. Thomson advised that the Town Clerk should be notified that the newly appointed Reserve Officers, the two new permamen~ officers and any future appointees should sign an approved form as required in the Police Manual on the first page. The Town Clerk will keep these forms on file in his office. WIRING INSPECTOR-TRANSFER FROM RESERVE: The Board approved the requestfor a transfer of $27.00 from the Reserve Fund to take care of the bill for supplies needed for the inspector to carry on his work efficiently. Forms will be sent to the Advisory 'Board for their approval of this transfer. CCOTUIT STREET Mr. Alfred DeFusco came before the board to discuss Cotuit Street as he wished to have his work started before July 1, 1950 in compliance with the' vote at the annual to~n meeting in March Of 1950. Mr. Thomson suggested that we get approval of the Planning Board in writing 'and Mr. Brasseur 'and Mr. Carty will get 'figures on the cost of. the amount of work required to be done to comply with the vote. Mr. Thcmsone~plained that an article would be inserted in the warrant of the Special Town Meeting on June 12, to.rescind the vote on Section three of this article with respect to the posting of a bond with the Selectmen. Mr..DeFusco will attend the special ~own meeting but in the meantime he wou~d like to know the cost~ of work required to .be done. Mr~ Brasseur will have the.figures at the next Selectmen's meeting. GT~I~OOD STREET Gaet~no Midola of 11 Glenwood Street-came before the board to discuss his street. He canno~ understand why Mr. carry cannot fix up his street since he pays his %axes. Mr. Thomson explained that he should first ge~ agproval from the Planning Board and then an article could be inserted in a warran~ for a special-town meeting or the annual. Mr. Midola could not understand why this should have to bo' done ~and he left the meeting. BETTERMENT ACT-CHAP~- 80: Mr.~ Thomson suggested that we get a definite answer for' the files from C. J. Mahoney as towhether the assessment for the Betterments under Chapter.80 are collectible the' same as taxes by the tam.'collector and also 'if the'tax- coll&c~tor can forclose in the same manner. ~A letter vd~l ~, sent to Mr.'Mahoney requesting an immediate reply. "~ ~" TM RECREATIONAL COUNCIL: Communication received recommendingothe appointment of 'five instructors for an eight week period from June 26 - August 18 plus the services Of Elizabeth ' Elliot at a total cost of $600.00. The board unanimously approved the names submitted and the Council will be. so notified. They' also .-sked that the so-called Mass. Ave. Sand Lot be recognized officially as a -town playgro,~' and' that it be named after some ~eteran of the World War who may have lived in the general neighborhood. The Board voted to refer this item ~o the Veterans' Organizations~ 'for their suggestions. The Council also requested that the basement floor of the Cen~er School 'be left after the school is torn down so that it may, be used for stgrage for the playground equipme, nt and shalter~ The .board voted to file this request until the Cenmer School is officially turned'over to-the Selectmen br disposal. The fourth item was requesting that the town officials encourage and suppor~ an effort on the part. of the council to arouse neighborhood groups to set up committees which will send representatives to the Council meetings to ~dis=.,ss their particular neighborhood' needs and possible solutions. The council is anxiou~ to have more playgrounds in the t~ %o answer the d rastic needsof %he children as well as provide suitable recreation facilities for adults. The board felt that this item was very good and should be publicized as much as possible.' COMPLAINT: GLENNIE PLANT: Joseph Bishop, Anthoni Peroni, Nicholas Nardi and a Mr. Jackson came before the board to inform them that-the residents in the Mass. Ave. section of Marblehead Street are cmucerned about land belonging %o %he Glennie Plant with reference to rumors that a store is to be opened there and ice cream is to be sold as at the stand in. Lawrence. Mr. Peroni inquired of the board what limits Mr.' Glennie had and they had planned %o talk with him abou~ this matter. Mr. Bishop stated that there were rumors about this stand and that the grounds would be hot topped instead of landscaped as had been previously stated. Mr. Coffin informed the group that this was a business area and they could open a dairy business and sell ice cream at night if they wished. He ,suggested, however, that the group con%ac~ ~r. Glennie and iron the ma~ter out. He felt sure that Mr. Gleunie would.be reasonable about this matter. ' MAY 29, 1950-continued Their first objection was selling icc cream at night and all the wild kids would be around there and the refuse from the ice cream would be blowing all over the place. Secondly they objected to having the grounds hot'~topped., Mr. Coffin stated that the board has no Jurisdiction except with respect to a Sunday license. This area is unlimited for business. Mr. Peroni then said that if at some future date Mr. Glennie went out of business there could be a garage or anything else that happened to come under business. Mr. Coffin said the main thing is to discuss with Mr. Glenhie the whole matter and see if some arrangement can be made tha~ willbe agreeable to all. Mr. Bishop stated that there are many children in this area and they want their homes kept' in good condition and their children safe. He stated that they are unable to keep their homes clean because of the sand which blows in from~ the Glennie property. He then went on to mention that large trucks use Marblehead s~reet ~for ~ Short 6ut and the street is more pitted than any s treet~ in the to~n. He also mentioned that the'Eastern,Mass, buses go up there and they don't know the reason for this. t.~-. reroni stated that he realized that Glennie is a ~arge ~ax payer but they also have homes and children growing up. He mentioned 'the ~ rate increasing and the poor publicity the town is getting. Mr. Jackson stated that he would like to do some painting ~ut becau~se of the and getting into his house he is unable to do t~ic. ~.:He 'said the~sandbank is now taken down~ He said ~he went into this with his eyes c.t. osed but there was 'a s~ed up there. atthat time and he should.have known that something would have ~been built there at a later date, Mr. Thomson agreed that perhmps Mr.' Glennie will be glad to cooperate and it might be a good idea to meet again with the Selectman,and Mr. Glennie and talk. ,: .. this over. Mr. Bishop stated that they represent the neighborhood in this matter. ~e board voted to request the Chief.of Pol{ce to talk to the trucking .compan£es ~. ?/! and the Eastern Mass. Railway Co. and see if a friendly~ diversion can be made . and also~ confer.with Mr.~ Carry about the condition of this street.~ The board ~ did not want to have %hose trucks diverted to Bs~road Avenue.~ SOCIAL ACTION CO~rTTEE- GAMBLING: ~ -The-board received: a letter from the Social Action-Committee of th~ .Trinitarian ,Congregational Church which stated that a recent statement was made in,the LaWrence Tribune that North Andover is the -center of booke activities in, Greater, .~:.. '. Lawrence. The letter stated that they hoped that~ this 'problem would be 'given thought and action. On May 1~, 19~O, Mr. Coffin wrote to 'Senator MeFarland, chairman, of th~ Sub' committee on Anti-Gambling- legislation asking for information .that ~would..supply:~'.' · the 'names of .people who are receiving horse racing news On May 18, 1950, A letter was received ~from ~dward Cooper, Professional. Staff: Member of C0mmunications and the letter stated~that the newspaoer stories' · 1suggesting that such lists are available upon request from the committee, are . premature and somewhat in error. He also stated that the committee, ts. engaged mn the ~mmp~l~tion of such lists and that any properly designated law enforcement officer will have th.e full cooperation of, Western Un,.on in securing those names and 'addresses in themr area.~ As~ soon as their 1list is. established a coPy will; , be- sent to Mr. Coffin. -, , On,~ay 22~ 19~0: Mr. mCoffin sent a letter to Western Union requesting the names,. and addresses of- the subscribers to ~acing :information in this town. No,,reply.. has been received to date. COMPLAINT: DUMP: ' ~,.~ A complaint was received from Mrs. Annie Thorp relative ~o odors of burning ~ubber and in one instance recently she was ~na01e to sleep because of the strong, odor of burning rubber. She has heard.thet the Bolta Rubber Company have been dumping .refuse there and 1she was under the impression 'that dumping had been prohibited in this area. The board'votad to refer this to the Police for investigation ~.nd a report sent to this board, SPECIAL TOWN MEETING: ~June 12, 1950 The board voted to hold a special town meeting on June 19, a~ $:00 o'clock P.M. in the' Town hall to consider 15 articles. Later it was learned that this would interfere with the graduation of the High School m~d it was voted to change the date to June 12, 1950 at 8:00 P.M. a~ the Town Hall. Philip Miller came in'to discuss his article and a change in the amount he wished to pay for land am the Infirmary. Mr. Brasseur had surveyed this area and found that there were 17 acres of land and Mr. Miller agreed to change his article to read $680 for 17 acres and to be described as Mr. Brasseur had written it out. METHODIST FELLOWSHIP- This Fellowship plans to hold a Block party in the Merrimack School Yard and Mr.- Coffin inquired if a permit were necessary. He said he had talked with .Father Shea w~o is quite willing that this be held and the board voted that no permit would be required, since it will be held in the School yard. 'MAY 29,1950 - continued BUREAU OF THE CENSUS: The board reccived a letter requesting that a proclamation be published in the local newspapers with the Selectmen's names signed to it and this should insure that all persons in the community are counted by the Census Bureau. The board voted to have this proclamation inserted in the tribune. REGISTRY OF MOTOR VEHICLES: A letter receiVed inviting the chairman of the board to be a quest and to participate in the Conference which is scheduled for 2:00 P.M. in the State House, Boston, June 15, 1950 No action was taken. eekly meeting of the Board ~of Se.~.ectmen was held at 7:00 P.M. with all members present. Weekly bills~and payrolls were approved. LAWRENCE GAS & ELECTRIC CO: A hearing was held on the petition of this company for permission to locate poles, wires, etc. on the westerly side of Railroad Avenue, opposite the southerly tine of Dryad Street, lpole; On the westerly side of Railroad Avenue, a~ a point approximately 100 feet northerly from Dryad Street, ! pole. The Hoard voted unanimously to grant this request. Ail abutters had been notified and no opposition was offered. NF~ ENGLAND TEL. & TEL. CO: Hearing held at 7:35 P.M. on the petition for permission covering Plan #~7 for permission to locate poles, wires etc. on Great Pond Road, opposite Pleasant Street, 1 pole. Abutters were notified and no opposition was offered. The Board voted unanimously to grant this.request. Mr. Barry stated that a large tree was to be removed a~ this location. PLANNING BOARD: COTUIT STREET Notice received that the Planning Board has determined that the layout of Cotuit Street is a part of a plan know~ as North Andover Hillside and said plan was approved by the Board of Survey on April 30,1925 and was signed by Henry P. Rockwell, Joseph P. M~Donough and Harry Ainsworth. Mr. Alfred DeFusco was present to discuss the matter of posting a bond with the Selectmen as required by the vote of the annual town meeting. Mr. Brasseur informed the board that the cost of fixing up this street in accordance with the rule's and regulations for laying out streets would be $200.00. Mr. DeFusco was prepared to give an insurance policy as secUZity but upon investigation it was found that the policy was not assignable. It was then decided that they would wait until'after the special town meeting to see what action was taken on the article inserted~y the board of selectmen to rescind the vote on section 3 of this article. MrS' Defusco will wait until after June 12, 1950. CHRISTOPHER KELLY.'S ~RTICLE: Mr. Kelly presented a bank book in the amoun~ of $~0.00 as a bond required by a vo~e of the annual town meeting with a form stating ~hat payment is to be made to the town treasurer in case of default on his part. Filed under name of Mr. Kelly. DUMP LOCATION: The bozrd discussed a dump location due to many complaints being received about the present location on Perry Street. The board voted ~o inquire of the Board of Health if they had any location in mind and also to check to see if the location near Railroad Avenue and offered by John .Roche was still available. They will ask the Hoard of Health to look over any location which seems to be a suitable.one. MARSTEN STREET DUMP: Mr. Finneran brought up the matter of more compla~ nts about this dump and the complainants stated that they cannot put their small children out or hang their laundry out because o£ the intense smoke at times. The board voted to con~act Alderman Carney and see if he could give us information as to when they will have their new incinerator. HOARD OF ASSESSORS- E~ECUTIVE SESSION: The Board of Assessors met with the Selectmen to discuss the building inspector and the situation im,olved. Mr. Wilde stated that this situation is not wery satisfactory. Houses are being built without permits, alterations are going on and the job is not being done right. Mr. Thomson inquired if the Assessors believe that the Building huspector is aware of these things and Mr. Wilde replied that they did not believe he was aware of them that the people were Just gettinga~ay with it and this was the purpose af asking to sit in with this board at this time.