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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1966-05-09 Board of Selectmen MinutesMay' 2, 1966 (oontinned) 378", ~F~:!Z~IN~ - JCS'NSON ST.: The matter of posting speed signs on Johnson Street was brought up again and a request was made to contact the State Traffic division once again on this matter that has been pending since 1962. Ail traffic reports have been sent in, as re~u~red, and the Hoard would like to know why the matter has not been taken care of.. Contacting ~hairmen Oakes on the matter, he stated' that he would send a letter when he was back end had reviewed the correspondence on same. The state's lastlletter stated that speed zoning could not be set up on any street where reconstruction had not been completed. AD HOC CONNITTEE: At the request of the Chairman, Richard Rochon, the secretary of the Board sent out letters to members of the committee requesting them to attend an important meeting of said committee on Wednesday, May 11, at 8:00 p.m. in the Selectmen's Office. 2 Alice M. Letarte, Secretary. Cler~ Ma~ 9, 1966. The regular meeting of the Hoard of Selectmen was held .on this date with all members present. Chairman Fred P. Oakes has recovered from his illness and was present ~o pre- side much to the pleasure of all. ~. Mary R. Hurker, 14 Chickering Road, Realtor, was drawn for Jury duty at 'Salem, Mass.-on June 6~ 1966'. POLE .LOCATIONS: A:petition. for e Joint pole location on Pleasant Street was approved' at a hearing-by ~his 'Board. A'"hearing was set up on a petition received for pole end wire locations on Waverley Road. The hearing will be ~on Nay 23, at 7:30 p.m. GAS ~EX~AVATIONS: Petitions to excavate, on the following streets were approved by 'the Board: 26~ Maple Ave., 94 Lyman Rd.~ 9-11 Little Rd., 224;~0 l~dd.2esex St:, 114-245 380sgood St., 10-15 Dewey St;, 69'Davis St., 57 Lincoln St., 60 Park St., 8 Dufton ~t., 27 Furber Ave., 22 Irving:Rd., Baldwin, corner of Gilbert St. STREET LIGHTiNG: A survey for 'improved street lighting on Great Pond Rd., vicinity of the pine Crest Nursing Home was approved by the Hoard. Cost to the Town; $147 per year. R~uested by the Hoard, also, was Lane end notice was given the electric company that a street light in front of.the home .'.of Anthony ~Camasso, 500 Foster Street, had. been out for one month despitei ~epeated re- quests to have the light replaced and the area was very dark because of the si.tuation. · Rejected by the Board. was a street light survey'made fo4 Joh4son St. from Sutton Hill. Rd. to' old' N. 'Andcver Center~ - '~JJ~',i3FL'~q'N SIGN: ' '-The:mat%er"jofI the Flynn Sign, tabled from last week's meeting, was tabled once more'~ith .theBoard.'s request to'have Secretary*write to Eugene Hernardin~ Vice-Presidont' of the Sign compeny~ asking him to be present~ at their next meeting to discuss the problem ~ith the BOard and the Building Inspector, Charles Foster. The date, May 16~ 7:45 p.m. DIFALCO C~PLA~NT: Mr. Ntcetta rsp_~ted to the Board that the pr~ob~lam of burning old grass and cleaning up an alleged Town owned lot next to Mr. DiFalco s property should herreferred to the Fire ~ Dept. who could properly end safely burn the grass. His department is not allowed on · private property and their funds do not extend to include such assignments as this one. A questionaire re Town Ambulance services was also referred to ~hief Daw. CERTIFICATE C~ J~T RE OL~IO VS TG~N OF NORTH ANDO~ER: A letter from Attorney John J. Willis Contained a certificate of Judgment in favor of .Robert and Kathleen Olenin, in the amount of $I, 000. for lend taking in the reconstruc- tion of Salem Street. Approval for negotiation of same had previously bean given by the Board on February 3, 1966. REGIC~AL POLLUTION ABATEMENT STUDY GROUP APPOINTN~NTS: Appointment of the above-named committee, tabled from previous meetings because of the illness of Chairmen Oakes, was executed at this meeting after a short discussion. Originally, a three - man committee, Mr. Finneran made a motion to enlarge it to a 7- man committee because of the many problems confronting the committee on the pollution abatement of the Merrimack River. Mr. Finck, at a previous meeting, had indicated an appointment to replace a member already on the committee. Ghairmsn Oakes stated that John Monteriro, Robert Pamgione and Nicholas Szabat, the original 3-men committee had 8~4 May 9, 1966 (continued) worked very hard and conciantously and had shown a deep and continued interest in the problem and should be retained as information they had procured would be valuable to the new members of the committee. The Board agreed and the following committee was appointed: John J. Monteiro, Jr., Robert H. pangiene, Nicholas M. Szabat, William B. Duffy(~isory capacity) William J. Driscoll, Harry K. Thomas, Jean P. Phaneuf. The Hoard requested that they meet with them on Monday, May 16, at 8:00 p.m to discuss the problems involved and they could then conduct an organizational meeting in an office of the Town Building by themselves. Mr. Fianeran stated they should be advisdd to get in contact with the Regional ~rrimack pollution Director, Mr. Herbert R. pahran, ~ocated at 37 ST~a~mck Street, Lawrence. SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER: Paul D. ~omovan, 43 Elmcrest Driva, was appointed a special police officer by the Board. MEETING: H. PA~, RIVER POLLUTIC~: SEAWSHE~N RIVER OUTFALL: N~.. Pahren met with the Board to discuss the above-named problems. Chairman Oskes slid that in the matter of the sewer outfall problem due to the relocation of the Shawshean Ri~er Mr. Duffy of the Public Works had submitted a plan whereby a 24-inch pipe would run from the old bed of the Shawsheen River through to the Merrimack River. They would dredge a channel into the Merrimack to have a constant flow of water to carry the sewer- age outfall. Mr. pabren stated that this would be only a temporary corrective measure to that time whan the Town's sewerage ~plant would be constructed. M~. pahram stated he had been in Lawrence for the past two years to supervise progress in the abatement of the Merrimack River. He was meeting with the Board as a direct re- sult of the Boardls correspondence with Senator Saltonstall on the sewer outfall of the Shawsheen Rtverk The Board replied that is was first time they. bad, heard of his office. He said that state legislation concerning financialaid to communities invalved~in the pallutio~ abatement would be passed this year. He stated, however, that large cities would benefit more than smaller communities. He said that Greater Lawrence communities ere in violation of the Secretary of Health's office directive "to produce plans for treatment plants. That the then Governor of the State, Eadicott Peabody had requested Federal Health-department that Merrimack .River be .cleaned up thereby givLug th~.'Feder& Government the authority to artier communities to produce plans for treatment-plants,in ~ their areas.and expects North Andover to meet-same time. schedule as Regional program :' '~with plans for same quality plant. The plans, he continued, should, have'been on!1965' ~' Town Meeting agenda, and completion of plans, specification of construction of Said', .-plant should be furnished and completed by June, 1967,_stat. e.i.mposed de.adli~, e..~He~',sai.d, '. also, that'a small bonus would be offered communities z-or Oo~n~ng a reg~onaz p~an. Federal Government would furnish 30% of total cost. T~o additional bills are ~ow.in ~. e~se ~vernmen .... -c~ · ' e available if'State would ma%ch the .Federal funds granted. Mr. Finck asked how many tow~swere in violation and Mr. Pabran : said approximately 100 throughout the nation.. Mr. Pahren added..that it had been the --responsibility of .local communities for over 200 .years to.maintain sewerage treatment: ~plants.~..tbat the government had contributed their share of close to' 25 milliom dollam, since 1925. To ~uestions of Mr. Finck and Mr. Ftuneran t.e.....If government wents · · abatement cf river, ~hy doesn't government pay for it...Does the Federal government(Sec. of'.Health realize the fact that North Andover cannot affordaa treatment plant~Mr..'~'? pahren stated these these would not be factors until the matter reached c-ou~t' stage. i .Mr.. Finneran asked if the water would be ~ailable for dri~g parpsses and_swim~Lug~ ~- after abatement of the pollution.~ Mr. Pahren said only parts of riverlwould be'avail- able for. recreation and the ~ater-could not be used for drinking unles a treatment ~; ~ was constructed which the state expects the town to construct~. Mr. Finmeran wh~ should the town go to such expense when limited recreation would be the result' and · ~e fact that we have an adequate water supply, plus the fact that we have other pro- Jects that have priority the same as the government has priority programs. Mr. Pahren ' i" replied that. the matter was beyond these questions and problems and that the Federal'~ ~ government had ruled the abatement of the pollution with the advantage to all the ~.. Communities in mind. Mr. Finck asked if it wer6 true that the ~reatment plant' was . going to be placed near airport'where a well mo supplent N. A. water supply was bel': - · ing contemplated. Mr. pahrem said his department did not have ~o approve or disapprove site of t~eatmen% plant, that it was up to the cOn~unity where they wished to..put'iit. On the two new bills for increased aid, Mr. Pahren also stated that the approvaI 'of said bills depended on the Vier Nam expenses and demands. Mr. Finneran stated then the town was expected to go ahead with the treatment planZ and abatement of the river whether they were financially aided by the government or not. Mr. pahren said yes, this was so. Mr. pahren, in closing, ~tated that his departmen~ would be under the Secretary of the Interior as of May 15 instea~ of the department of Health, Education and Welfare. He offered his services and advice to be available at any time. The Board stated they would advise the pollution study committee to make themselves~ a~ailable to his aid. Mr. Pahren also stated that Mr. Young of the Reg. Central Plann- ing .District Committee had met with him last week for the first time to discuss the pollution abatement pland of the surrounding communities. The Board thanked him for meeting with them and Mr. Ftnneran stated that they had learned more from him in one- half hour than they had from any' other source in the pas% year. May 9, 1966 (continued) 375 -~NVITATI~: The Board was invited to the Citizens' Dedication Comittee ceremonies at 1~0 Cambridge St. Boston, Mass., Wednesday, May 18, 1966, at 1:00 p.m. NCR: A letter was received from the National Cash Register Company manager, Mr. McGuire thenk- lng the Board for placing an. order with their company for a machine accounting typewrite= · PROCLANATIGI: A proclamation was issued by the Board that all townspeople participate in the Memorial Dayparade and ceremonies at Ridgswood Cemetery, May 3Oth, and all those~ho could, fly 'the flag of our Countryon that day. VETERANS OF FCP~I~ WARS - pOpPY DAY: Commander William Dyermond appeared before 'the Board and requested the Selectmen to proclaim the month of May as Poppy month and requested permissiouto sell the ~oppym throughout the Town. Permission was granted and the Board bought their individual poppys to start off the drive as they do annually. TOWN DUNP: Mr. Nicetta, Highway Surveyor, appeared before the Board to advise them that his depar%- merit had done all the work they could do to correct the problem of fires at the town dump .. They had erected snow-fences to control the dumping and' stop debris from being thrown on the right side of the entrance. He said people'were dumping in one area as Chief Daw requested. The department had relocated the fire hydrant for easier access- tbi~ytoput fires out which might break ~out in the 'dump. Large signs were erected to direct people to area where' dumping is allowed and Mr. Nicetta stated that there was a lar.ge area on the left side for dumping. He excavated to make room for debris, also,. ~ but seidft was filled in thr~e days. The cost of. the Highway Departments work came ,~to~ $450. Mr. Fi~k~ asked what if ~eople vi'olated the rules. Mr. Finneran sale it ~was a matter of educating the people and policeman should be there to enforce ~ Mr. Nicetta he would ~uss the matter with Chief Lawlor. G~airman Oakes commented that the Highway Dept~ had done an excellent Job and the people should be instructed to co- . ~perate- He also commended the Tree Warden~ Leo Lafoud,. and his department for the fine ~Job they did clearing the additional land for a perking area. His commendations also went to the State:Department of Public Works "for the good Job done eliminating the break- down' lanes on 'Osgood Street. Mr. Ni~etta presented t~e Board with bills for injuries incurred ~hen people fell on sidewalks. He stated that he had inherited this problem of cement walks that were in depl6rable conditin.n, had krought the matter before the Advisory Board who agreed with .him that they were~in poor condition but bad'not done anything further about, the.rePair of same.. Mr~ Nicetta said he could not repair them without the money to finance the work · ANDOVER~ STREET: Nrl .Nicetta requested a 'letter be sent to Jacob Be~kovar to see if the State would do something about the 'poor condition .of Andnver Street. His department has received numerous complaints a~out the street and it should be repatred. B~ TESTIMC~IAL: Congressman William H. Bates was sent an invitation to be a guest arRay Broadhead's' testimonial at Andover ~untry 'Club, May 29th. The committee, in charge, expemt~over 500' people to attend this affair i~ honor of our former Selectman. THANK~'I~U LETTER: A Ietber cf thanks and deep appreciation was sent~ to Sidney Frankel, of West Street Motors for,the 'new, 1966 Oldsmobile car that was leased to the police department for use in their safety program of special benefit to the children of North Andover. The ~ee~ing adjourned at 9:3~ p.m. AliceM. Letarte, Secretary - -~ - ~-- -~- -~