HomeMy WebLinkAbout1962-02-26 Board of Selectmen Minutes'1. O~er 400 customers would be inconvenienced by the interruption of electricity during the
moving of the hense at a considerable length of time.
2. The house is higher then the wires; therefore, the heavy, high-voltage wires wnuld have to
be be out, treffic.;stopped cmupletely on the routs; this would entail considerable expense to
the company md, if taller poles had to be installed to raise the wires higher than the house
the cost to the Pendaks w~d be close to $4,000.
Zt was decided, 'at the Board's suggestion, that the house mover inform'the utility companies,
Merrimack-Electric sad New England Tel. & Tel. Co., of the specific measurements of the house,
the route to be taken end the estimated tizm of moving so that both companies could'make a re-
~t..o~f the .p.robl.ems .involved .to see if some solution agreeable 'to all concerned could be worked
Attorne~Watman protested at great length the decision of Town Counsel, Arnold Salisbury, that
Mr. Sweeney was not specifically violating the zouing by-laws, as claimed byMr. Lacey. Atty.
Salisbmry...also stated that if this rul~g was not to his (Atty. Watman and Mr. Lacey's liking)
they coul~.;.su~ Mr':~,Swesaey. AttorneyWatmen wished to bring suit, but not at his client's
expense;, he wanted the town to sue .Mr. S~esaey. No formal action was taken by the Board who
said the matter was out of their .hands when itwas referred to town counsel and the building
inspector and when they were authorized by the hoard to take such steps to clear upthe, problem
as .t~ey deemed necessary.
P~G BOARD:' RE STREET APPLEATIONS:
Letter received by Board containing planning board approval of acceptance of the followin
Davis Street Extension, Fountain Drive, Carry Circle, and Woedstoak Road from Mass. Ave. to
Woodland Street.. The.v. voted unanimously that Morris Street could not be accepted because it did
not comply with the requiremsats of the Sub-Division Control Law.
PIING B~ARD:'. RE AIRPORT LAND FOR PLA~GR0~ND:
Planning B0a~d'highly in favor Of securing' the parcel of land. on ~adwick Street owned hy the
A.~.rport ~om~ssiou of Lawrence for use as a~pla~onnd for the children in"the airport area.
BUI~G?~INSPECTOR: ~-F~STER: Kindargardens.
Childrens' Kindergardens were inspected rem ently as required by law, end that all have complied
safety rules issued by the Mass. Dept. of Public Safety.
, hereported, · that a proposed illu~ated sign to be erected at the new motel on~ Chickering
Roa~ has. not been approved by him because it is much too large to be allowed to be erected in a
residentia~ area. Further consultations with ~he architect, the ewner and Qu~l~lty Court, Iu.,
are in progress with the hope that. a suitable compromise may be reached so that the mc. tel may
have an adequate sign that is in good taste end proper for this area.
Letter asking approval to pay bills incurred fzom three s~ew sterms on which ~mergencies were
declared in. February, 1962.
NOTICE FRC~ BOARD C~ APPEAIS: Re Charles Waites.
Notice of petition to build two buildings as advertised in the Eagle-Tribune was received by the
Board.
ARMED FORCES DAY:
Letter. seeking police protection for the Nay 19th Armed Forces Day from the 1224th Air Reserve
S~uedrou of Lawrence was tabled until a meeting with the s~uadrou comuanders scheduled for 7:30
Selectmen's Meeting on March 12th.
LA--CE GAS LTGHT COMPANY: -
Petition "to excavate in street at 80 Sutton Hill Rd. for gas service for Arthur Pernokes granted.
e~OE AIRPOR2 CC~MISSI~:
asking plan for proposed playground on the airport land received. The plans have been
dF requested by the Board.
PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINSITi~ITON:
Letter received b~ the Board re Federally aided housing program.
Proclamation received by the Board from the Town of Fairhavem, Mass..
C~LAINT:
John De, soo, 38 Turnpike Street, appeared to ask the Board that something be done about the
snow condition on the "grass" sidewalk that e~sts between Waverly Road and Peters Street on
Turnpike Street. This sidewalk is not plowed after a snowstorm, he said, and children going
down the hill to catch the school bus must walk in the street. ~lthough the street is a state
highway, the Board voted unanimously to have the highway surveyor's crew shovel out the
as it is not feasible to do it with sidewalk pXows.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 P. M.
Ali~e M. Letarte, ~eere~ary. ~