HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-03-18 Board of Selectmen Minutes (cant ue ) 471
POLE LOCATICNS.~
Petitions for a pole and wire location on the east side of Franklin School and a Joint
location for existing poles on Osgood St. and Chickering Rd. was set for ~ hearings on
April 1,' 1968, at 7:30 p.m. Abutters ~ill be so notified.
HIGHSCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM:
The Bu~rd of Selectmen ~.ted. to send a letter of congratulations and high commendation
to. Coarch Licare and his Scarlet Knights team who wen the Little Three Championship
and the Merrimack Valley Championship. Selectman Oakes said the fine sp~_rit, sportsman-
ship and team work the bp~s have shown this year and in the past deserve the highest
praise and. commendation from everyone in North Andover. Coach Licare~s fine coaching
wes very instrumental to inspire the boys to be winners in every way.
PJ~CHF~TIG~AL FOUL SHOOT~NG:
A letter from Mr. McEw~, advised the Board of the Foul Shooting Contest enjoyed by
every student who wished to participate with prises being awarded to the first three
~rinner~..The ~Selectmen expressed a wish that year round contests be conducted if
possible., ':.-
OUTDOOR SI~ RT.l~5:
An application for an Outdoor Sign on Rt. 125, at Hillside Rd. was referred to the
Building!nsp.ector for investigation and report.
DIVISI(X~ OF WATE~..~AYB:
Noti~'e'-of a' hearing on waterwsye of. the state will be on '~prtl ll, ~10 A'~M:' a~'!iod'}~As~; .~
street accgrding to a letter received by the Board. The letter--was' refarre~, to the.~:
Supt. of .Public Works, William Dully.
OBSCENE.. T.TTEP~: ~ ' - - ·
Aletter received from the Attorney General's ofi~ce advising whatis"'bei~g donee.to
continue the' flow of obscene literature was referred to ~hief of Police, J. Lawlor.
STREET LIGHT, G: - . .
.A.~urvey. for improved street lighting at the corner of Waverley Road and Massachusetts : .
~.Av~e6.u. e, '.,~.t~.~l~di~f?om .last Week's m~eting, was'.approved by the Board and request v0ted to
have' said lights installed. Selectman Cakes said that he feels strongly that 'all int~r-'
sec.tions~ should:be well.lighted to reduce the number of accidents that always seem to 'i-
ccc~1~ ~stI tntersemtions. ~ - ·
TO~N. PPOINTEES.
Selectman'iFred Oakes again announced that .the Board would llke an indication of thewishes
. cf.,town-appointees, by letter, ~s to whether they wished to be reappointed or'not, this
'~ ~ar..~ He ~_stated this will insure 1the appointment of members who are Sincerely ~interested~
in the committee to which they are appointed.
REPRES~ITATi~E HURRELL~- ~IM~G POOLS: · . -' ":.
Selectman' William..A.: Finneran requested Mr ~ Hurrell to investigate' the matter of ~tate
for..munincipal swimming pools. As the town as adequate land .at: the Town, Forest area' for
installation'of a pool, he would like .to investigate the possiblity'of State Aid in.the:
~s...t~ll~a,tion.,of a~pool. Representative Hurrell said he w~uld i~la a. "late file
is:~,matterl Within' the next two Weeks and would contact Leo :Lafond, Tree Wurden," who i~is
making the .site a picnic' area and William McE~oy, Chairman. of the i~ecreation. Council~
NOTICES 'REC~: ~ · i . . - .
Civil'-Defense News~ ..referred t~ 'Civil Defense Director, John Farrell~
Mass. Selectman's Associati6n.'.request fc~ nominee for Distinquished citizens award.
.Conservation News .... referred to the Conservation Oommittee. : ' '
State: 'AuditorlAccount of North Andover Housing Am~hority. '
Advertising. ~ ' . .' ~ ·
SPECIAL TO~N MEETING: ~PRIL 8, 1968, 8:00 P.N.' '
The warrant was opened for a Special Town Meeting to be held on April 8,
"N.' A~.High SchooL"Auditorium at 8:12 P.M. Six ArtiCles were ~ubmitted for the meeting andl
the warrant was closed, at 8:1~ P.M. Articles to be voted on are as follows:
1..TO:"see: 'if the Town ~*ill vote to raise or appropriate a sufficient sum of money to-be
· expended under the direction of the Selectmen 'for' completing and equipping:"the new
:. ·Police Station.
2. '~TO see if the Town will vote to' raise and appropriate' the sum of $18,00~approx.)
,to suthorize ~the Selectmen to enter"into a contract with. the Ness.' Bay Transportation
,Authority and to use said sum or any'part thereof'to defray deficits of:the Eastern
'.Mass. Street Railway Co. resulting from providing bus service from North Andover to
Boston and from North Andovar to other points within the Greater Lawrence area.
3. To see if the Town will v~te to amend its Zoning By-Law by inserting, after Section 406
'thereof, the' ~ollowing new section: Section 407. Not~ithstanding any contrary pro-
vision of this By-Law, the buildings, facilities and grounds of a municipal building'
- may be maintained upon any parcel of land acquired by. the Town for such purposes.
4~ To see if the ,Town.will raise or appropriate or transfer from available funds to the
Budget items as follows: Budget Item No. 70...Interest Water Nain Notes and Bonds..
$1~62.00
Budget Item No. 71...Interest Se~er Notes and Bonds..~40~.O0
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March 18, 1968 (continued) ~.~
To see if the To~n will vote to raise ani appropriate the sum of $790. to be expended ~
under the direction of ~e Selectmen end ~e ~ ACcouter ~or ~e p~se o~ ~
p~chasing a desk t~e p~tin calculator to be used by all dep~tments ~om a c~ral ~
~t 2n the T~ Office ~ildingJ
8. To see if the Town will vote to.~coumtantappropr~atereise and the ,sum o£ $330. to be expended
under the direction of the Town and Selectmen for the purpose of replacing
a 16 year old Allen-Wales adding machfme.
The meeting was then adjourned ~o enable the Board end Secretary to paye,t~eir respects
to the late Ers. Callahan, Cha~um E~rE~s sister.
C~ark..
March '25, 1968. :
The regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on this date with Selec~m~ Firmer-
an ~nc Oake~ present with Chairman Arthur Kirk presiding:'-~
POLICE CAR BIDS:
Police cs~. Bids were received and opened at this meeting. Ail bids were taken under ad,
vlsement and at a later conference,¢the?B~Ard~vot~dP, tdl. me~ectdal~l~bids,~submitted~ becaused
Of/e~ob~ou~e~hni~c~lit£~s~in the Bids~ They then advertised for bids to be s~bm~tt'e~
on April 1, 1968, at 7:30 p.m. '
~DERGROUND C&BLES:
A ~Pe~i~ion from the Mass. Electric Company was received and tabled until the Highway_Dept.
an_ Public Works department had surveyed the. area the underground cables-would ~b~ installed.
POLE'LOCATIONS: :" ~,c:', .
A report was received and approved on pole location plans at Cumberland Fax~s and :Dufton Ct.
A ~pe~[tion
was also approved to locate 'Joint poles on accepted' Streets,. fo~me?!y.~iva~e.ways.
which were ? poles on Meadow Lane and 3 poles on .Martin Avenue. No. hearing-was necessary.
A letter enclosing, a Bill for the cost of t~ansportation services for the to~n 'f~Om 'July
1, 1967 to December 31, 1967 was received and-voted to be paid; the amount $166;~2'. ,. :.
LAND RELEASE: - --
An ,easement of land taken'by the State and pafment by the State approved by, ToWn,Meeting
action, Article 29, was finalized by the Board's signing the necessary release. '~
OUTDOOR
~. petit~ion to erec~ an outdoor sign £rom Walker~ ~ealty Trust,'[Z25 4utto~ Hill Road was"
referred to the Building Tnspector for inves~fga~ion and reco~endation.
T0~N C01]NSEL - GIARD EQUIRY: ' ·''' ';:' :':'
Er. Giard :requeste~ inform~tion about his ~egal re.4P°nsibilities to 0therssarising ou~
of. a possible flooding of a drain pip~ now located under Mark ~oed. J.f. there Was'
water.damage f~om flooding: the Town would have aninte~est i~'_Gtard's Wa~e~
Mark ,~ad has been established as a public way and must hereafter be maintained by` the ..Town
Ina ~ondition suitable for public t~avel. However, if'this situation 'does nO~Tarise,..the
Town and the .Boa~d of Selectmen have no municipal .Conce~ with Gi~d"s pr0~l~m ~ 9h~' .c~.~h~
should take up with his own. atto_rney
BILLBOARD SITES: '" ' "~' J
Rules a~d regulations f-om Mass. zoadstde Council were -eceived for' furthe~ study.
~ SF~OE: LEO LAF~D · - c ~ ~ : ,
Notice 'of, approval of.the leave of absence for Leo Lafond was received from' Cl~l
LEAGUE C~ WOM~N VOTF~S:
A letter of appreciation for all the corporation given the league by the Board. and town
departments was .received by the Board.
TABLED F~ ONE WEEK:
Appointee_to represent town at April 18th Airport Shuttle meeting.
~ppointees for ~wa~ds for Mass. Selectmen's meeting.
Approvai of a~ea filling for MaLay Garden Center.
_~epresentative Hu--ell appeared before the Boa~'d ~o express his objections to ha~in~
shuttle service installed at the airport. Many had approached him, he stated, in protest
citizen's homes would devaluate, noise of planes would be annffying, and smoke from Jets
taking ~J~w.?uld ~.ureiy add to pollution of the air over North Andove~.
Mr. Hur~ell also stated that he had filed a late bill for federal assistance on town
pool ~ed for town area.