HomeMy WebLinkAbout1954-02-15 Board of Selectmen MinutesF~BRUARY 15, 1954- co~tinued
PLANNING BOARD:
Notice received that the Planning Board held a hearing on FeBruary 1, 1954 on
the petition of Daniel Olenio, for a proposed amendment of the Zoning By-Laws to
change the classification of a parcel of land, o~ned by Daniel and ~arte Olento,
from an Agricultural to a Business District. ~he board voted by a.maJority vote
to deny this, petition.
·EGAL SERVICES- ATTY. ARNOLD H. SALISBURY:
The Board of Appeals, referred a bill to the Selectmen for payment, submitted by Attorney
Arnold H. Salisbury for professional services re: Foerster and others, v. Board of Appeals,
Essex Superior Court, including conferences with Mr. Whipple, Mr. 0'Sullivan andattend-
anco at ~Courtand conference with Mr. Justice Voke, on January 4,5, and 8/1954, the fee
being $100. ?he Board voted unanimously mo pay.this bill from-the~ Contingent Fund.
MAS~. SELECTMEN'S ASSOCIATION: -. .
Memorandum received relative to bills, concerning the adoption of Standard Forms ~or Town
Manager Government, particularly concerning Barnstable County. These are H.435 amd
H-2059. Another matter to be cmusidered is H-1784 .concerning Outdoor Advertising.
No'~ a orion ~t aken.
ANDOVER BG~RD OF /RADE:
NotiCe ~received that a' testimonial dinner is to be given in honor of retiring sele~t~man,
'~RoyE. Hardy,, sometime during the latter part of March. The Board Of Trade
would~ like
every association~represented at .the first organizaticnmeeting.to be held on
at .8 ,P.M~, ,They suggest that a delegate from this board attend.~ Mr. Kirk'wilI tr~
, attent the meeting..Mr, Thomson and Mr. Willis will be unable to attend.
,; SCHOOL COM~CTTEE:
· A letter was received from the School Committee informing the Selectmen ,that'.on
the ~Schcol .Committee unanimously ~voted to recommend to the~ oitizans, of .North'~Andover
favorable action on ~the referendum to appear on the ballot of'the Annual town !electio~
which ,would authorize the Board' of Public Works to assume', responsibility for the.care and
maintenance of school grounds~ ,. ·
"On"motio~ ,of. MrJ Thomson, the: Selectmen voted'unanimously, to endorse the question ~on~
~ballot :authorizing the Board of. Public 'Works to assume,, respomslbilit~,,fo?.the care and; ,.
maintenance of the school grounds. -. . - ' ~
'~ ~h~EEHEAD 'S~ET~ CROSSINGL SCHOOL COMMITTEE: ,, . ~ ..... ,,
,~'.:k~tetter~,was~1 received from the,;School'~Oommittee, advising, the Selectmen, that. i~ was unan-
.'.:imously:vo~ed ,,by t~e~ School Committee :that they. go ~an record as 'oppOsed to the/subs-
of electric'signals for gates and crossing at the:Marblehead Street grade crossing.
~OARD OE FIRE .ENGINEERS:
There :was a 'short discussion on the. bill for painting Jame Hargreaves~ car;~whtch had been,
~, presented for payment but which had, not been: approved~j the. Board of Fire ~En~lneers.
~r. Will~S s~a~ed that he had discussed~' this with, one of' the engineers a~d .they' would '
'.-, ~ ~the.~hLll.. ,. }~r; Ki~k talked ~ith ~Mr. Snell on ,the '.~elephone and !h~'ass~red,him that
,the'~bill'~ould .be signed on ~uesday evaning.'at their regul'ar' meeting if ,the bill 'and ' .
voucher.~were msde available to' them. - '
~.REPOR2,, OF 'CIVIL DEFiaNCE DIRECTOR. for 1953'~! '- · ~ . ~ ~
.A report on the local ~,ivil Defense Organization for '1953 was' received from.'Forbes~'
Director' of 'Civil Defense. ~, :The board voted ~mafiim6usly. to, accept 'the report and.;send
~a .letter to Mr. ~ockwell, 'thanking him for the report and his interest in. the organization.'
: A~.p~tition was received,,requesting, permission' and consent to construct,: mainta~ni~nd
operate tram~/ztssion lines, wires, towers andlpoles on the following'highways and.
private ~prepertY:,i '.Salem Street, N4E~' p0We~i Co. and/or t~oger M. r. ovell to~ Elizabeth
'ourtiS~ Forest S6'~et, Frederick Rahs etI ali to John J. Wilcox et ux; Bazford Street
N. ElPower Co. to A~P. Fuller Estatef Foster Street, Fred C. Hersom to TUrner A. Bridges
and ~ComlEarl L. Foster; W~tnter Street, Commonwealth 'of Mass. and/or Hildreth~ ~., &uer et ux
to Ernest Roberts e~ ,ux and.or Zeola'Kenney~
A hearing was set,for, March 1, 195h. at 7:30 P,M. in the Selectmen.s Office.
Notice received that the hearing scheduled ~o be held on Februar~ 15, 1954 has been
cancelled. No action required.
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· FEBRUARY 15, 1954- continued
I~UEST FOR SPECIIL TOWN MEETING':
A petition signed by 239 registered:vo:e~s and an article requesting a.changein
classification from restric%ed residential, to business area was received from, Albert
· A..Steinberg:
This.is a parcel,of land on:the easterly~side of Barker Street near,its.:Juntion~with
Oskood Street and a description is given.
me Board voted to hold a special town meeting on Mar~h 13, ~954 i~ediately
· the adjourned 2own Meeting. They also voted to opan.the;warrant;and,~ close ,it
this day~ ~ ;:~hree .a~ti~les wilLbe~inser~ed in ~this warrant 'for:~ special. ~town.,meetLug.
T~o articles ,for, re-zonin~ and~ one; article ~o raise :.and . appropriate, money .fdm~'the
~Moth Department~- It. is now required ~ that cities and. towns :.pool ~certain appropr~'ati0nsl
:for.insect pest ~controI~with'~the..State~:Treasu~er to ~e 'used for the :suppress~on:of
~the:~'gYpsy'm°th"' '~Mr':C°nn°rs:wlll~':'be::required-to contribute onel
to the state-f or the above ~:;purposs,an~he will~ not have sufficient .to take :care,
~'his work'during thecoming year. ; .... ,~ ,,. ,.'
MAPS ~FOR~RELOCATION OF,.ROUTE
'. Twelve maps'and!:tw~lve copies
:i :, '/.relocation of .Route 28 was ~eceived by
"'(;, :or'ganizatton~-and g~oups,in the town.
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S TE~ENS,: HALL :: BOARU OF~ TP~n~,~;,
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Mr;: ;}¥i2tis;~'s~ated his'
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~. ~ ~'no~on~ s~a ne: amen:, t seeh~,~. :Willis ~; co~d 'reStrict; a~ cars or~ Say; hOW,;
~ ~age[~o~ ~be'~given. He s~d the charm~ ShOed 'simpl~ ~sert the .~hOught ~of;the; ~
%hat' ~e ~bb~i~ ,~ reques~d to ex.ess the feelings'of the bO~dat the to~ meeting.
:~; fKirk:s Sounded this me.on ~king it a mJority vote and ~. Willis ~shed ~obe' ,:
recorded' ~ Opposed~
FEBR~AR~ 15, 1954- continued
STOP SIGNJ NOT REC0~ED ~ CHIEF MCKEE
Chief McKee informed the board that he had a man check the number, of cars
out of Forest Street for an eight hour period and only 13 cars came out cZ the
About 70 cars went northerly and scatherly on Boxford Street.. Chief McKee said
he would not recommend 'a s~op sign at this point. He doubted very tach if the
· State would ,approve of this and it would have to be taken up with them and checked.
In,view of the chief,s recommendation, the board voted to inform Nr. Anthony Camasso,
who made the requ.es~, of the chief's recommendation and that the board would abide
by that decision. ,
mAC0'~DENT-- CA~ v. ~REE DEPARtmENT TRUCK:
Chief. NcKee informed the board that he had investigated this accident and he had
reports from the two drivers. Mrs. Cashman informed him that she was going home along
Dale Street on February 1, 1954 about 11 A.M. and the stree was very icy.'~ She'saw the
truck when she was about seventy yards away and she said she probably got excited and
applied her brakes and skidded into the rear of the truck. .Her car was taken to
V6rd~.s garage and repaired at a cost, of $400. Mr.. ~cKee said he couldn'bsee~how
the car could be damaged tc that extent since 'the other car·had only a ~deep~ cdt in
'the rear tire..... " .........
The 'reports will be held by the Selectmen as .it is felt ~hat ,this will be ~a' case·
against the town... Mr. Cashman has already notified 'the board that
a claim against the town(Highway Department). - Mr. Willis will ~ri'te ~o
andlinform him of the chief's'report. -
'~ ,GO SLO~-CHILDREN SIGN"
- Mr~ :Willis received a request for~a ,,~o Slow Chil~rcn" sig~
Beverly.Street at the corner ~'of Suffolk.and perhaps ? Perry Street near~the?ol~? i
Union School. There are· quite a number o~ Children mn. this area~and a 'gre~t 'deal ~.'
~of..traffic.· .The chief said ,h~ h~d one sign" available which he would have installed
:~ and~hei,wouldge~ a.couple more as soon as possible.
· ~FEBRUARY. 19, 1954: . ......
.,. The Board of Selectmen ~met~at 1:.30 P.M. ~on this day because of the holiday on. MondaY~.~
February 22. Bills and payrolls were approved.~ ...... ~
RE~OLV~2 PEP~T:. : ':::' ~' ~'
-' ~,An application for a license to carry a~ip~stol was approved unanimously for carl'
:~-Berg, Sutton' Hill Road. Th~s, application had been approved~by Chief Mcgee.
i'~ FOREST WARDEN: '- ..... ~ ' ·
Approval ~ received from',the Division.of Forestry 'on. the .appo~ntme.nt
.~Thomas as Forest, ~arden for '.the year .1954.
DMSION. OF CIVIL SERVICE: ....
· ~.,. C0mmunication received together with ,a copy of the poster :which is expected to,
, -.~',be issue~ for the examination for. promotion.%o,C.hief En&~ineer of the Board of
~ - '- F. Fir~ Engineers ~ The bo ~a~d checked th~e..,poster ah~ made one ~Hange by .inserting '.
..... ,.n0t~including Call ,men"' and it,was approved by. John. J. Willis,. Chairman, .to be
'~t~ur~ed to. the Division of Civil Service. ' ..., ,... i
, :'MrS. Willis ~rought up ~he matter of the old. Union School f0und~tion"and stated.that.
~ '.' : it'c~eates a' hazard 4nd.danger to the'residents of the town,, particularly the
chilSr~n. The Board voted unanimo~usly td send a~letter to Mr. Muzichuk requesting
.... that'he ~ake steps to eliminate.this hazard as soon as possible before more drastic
,,,. , measures have. to .be taken.... _
The Board of Selecumen me~ at 7:30 P.M. with members Kirk and ~homson present. Mr.
Willis was unable ~o come to the meeting until eight o'clock. ~eekly bills and
payrolls were approved.~
'' TREE
.A hear~nE ~a$ ~..el.d ontth~J petition of Charles W. Morgan, 36 Milton Street' for
the ~emoval of a tree,in front of his property. Mr. Connors informed the board
tha~ the tree is directly, in,~ine with his driveway and should be removed. The
Board voted unanimously to request the tree warden to remove this tree.
R~QUEST FOR TR~ REMOVALS: ·
- A requesm for the removal of two trees on Maple Ave. and Second Street was re-
ceived from O;E, Faraci. He stated that the trees are causing trouble with- the
sewage pipes and he has had to have the Board of Public Works come up and clear them.
The Board voted unanimously to refer this matter to the ~ree warden for investigation.
A request for removal of a tree at 69 Davis Street was received from William Roberts.
He that are three trees close ~ther and it makes kitchen
The to refer the tree