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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-09-24241: SEPTembER 17, 1956-continued. PLANNING BOARD: The Board voted to send a le%ter to the Planning Board informing them that they have read in the newspaper that they are contemplating the appointment of an advisory. The beard would like to inform the Planning board that it is their understanding that before ar~ money can be expended for said advisor that a contract must be drawn up by the Selectmen, and Planning Board and the State Department(Commerce) The board would like to be hotified of any action taken in the futre uith respect to this matter. CHAPTER 90: The Board voted to check with Atty. Arthur A. Thomson to see if a plan showing the amoun~ of land taken at the Brook School when Chapter 90 work was done recently, was sent to the Brooks School. They have no complaints but feel that a plan should be available showing the amount of land taken at that time. They also mentioned that Henry Nason has not been notified of the amount of land taken from his property for the same work CHAPTER 80 ABATEMENT: An application for a partial abatement was received from Mrs. Margaret Griffin Mifflin Drive because of a difference in the footage listed by Mr. Brasseur and the footage shown on the deed. The Board voted unanimously to abate the amount of $115.54 and will inform the Board of Assessors of this partial abatement. A letter will be sent to Mrs. Griffinsdvising her of this action. SEPTEMBER 24, 1956: The regular weekly meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at 7:30 P.M. with all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved. TREE REMOVAL HEARING: The Board unanimously voted to instruct robe tree warden to remove the tree petitioned for removal by Robert Owens, 288 Greene Street. Mr. Conners informed the board that the tree is undesireable at this location. LAWRENCE ELECTRIC COMPANY HEARING: Hearing held at 7:31 on the petition of this company, for permission to construct a line of underground conduits from the existing pole on the southerly side of Mass. Ave. at a point approximately 36 feet easterly from Osgood Street, northeasterly a distance of approximately 51 feet to the northerly line of Mass. Ave. 1 duct. Mr. Barry informed the board that after approval is received from this board, they will be required to get a permit from the state. The Board approved this petition pending approval of William B. Duffy. LAWRENCE ELECTRIC COMPANY: A reply to our recent letters asking for a survey of various streets was received by the Beard. They voted unanimously to accept the recommendation of Mr. Frost and to request the following lights to be installed: lO00 lumen light on pole 3924 on Winter Street. 1000 lumen light on pole 3967 about half way between I~bleridge Rd. and Appleton St. 2500 lumen light on pole 3879 on Beaconhill Blvd. near Chickering Road. 1000 lumen lights on poles 2295, 2297, 2300 and 2303 on Wood Lane and lOGO lumen light on Woodstock Street on the first pole from the corner of Wood Lane 1000 lumen light on pole 2826 at 637 Johnson Street BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD: Letter inl'orming the board that the railroad will be pleased ~o go along with the suggestion of installing a telephone at the Waiting Station in North Andover and they are advising the Telephone Company to this effect. LAWRENCE GAS CO: The Board approved the following petitions for permission to excavate: To ~cavate 220 feet on Mifflin Drive to install gas main. To excavate 13 feet on Mifflin Drive to install gas service for John A. Ganem, 320 Mass Ave. Approved by Wm. B. Dully and Ira D. carry notified of these excavations. HEMINGWA¥ BROS: A reply received from Edward F. Eaton informing the board that he has referred the letter written by the Selectmen regarding excise tax on their trucks, to the New Bedford office. Mr. Kirk informed the other members that the Assessors had written to the home office also and suggested that we wait until they have received a reply before coutacting the home office direct. SEPTEMBER 24, 1956: continued N.E.T.& ~.CO: Reply to our inquiry relative to removal of a telephone pole in front of property at 101 Second Stree~ and advising that their district engineers will' investigate this situation and we will be advised of the results of their findings. RESERVE FUND TP~NSFERS APPROVED: The Advisory Board approved the following transfers from the Reserve Fund: To Police Department expenses the sun of $1,5??.4? to cover wages for police officers who worked at Stevens Mill during the strike. To Custodian of Tax Title expense the sum of $26.00 to take care of the estimated cost of a proposed sale of property. DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY: Reply to our letter relative to the hazardous condition at the corner of Chadwick and 0sgood Streets advising that f~he letter has been forwarded to Edward T.McCarthy Traffic Engineer who will investigate this location and report later. REQUEST FOR TRANSFER FROM RESERVE FUND: A request for a transfer of $200 from the Reserge Fund to the Board of Health for legal services for Atty. Arnold H. Salisbury on the Stanley Stefanowicz case in June 1956. The. board approved the transfer and referred it to the Advisory Board for their approval. LLOYD & SHERMAN: ~' letter received from Roland Sherman relative to the bond held by the town from Carmelo Marino in an agreement with respect to improvements to be made on Woodstock Street. Mr. Sherman stated that he has been informed that Mr. Marino has completed all the work in accordance with the agreement and they are again requesting on this basis that the bank book be released according to the terms of the agreement. The Board voted to inquire of the Planning, Boards Board of Public Works and the Highway Surveyor is the work has beencompleted insccordance with the agreement before releasing the bank book. LETTER RE: TRAFFIC AT BRADSTREET SCHOOL: A letter was received from Mrs. George C. Fmyes with respect to the children crossing · ~ the street at the Bradstreet School. Mrs. Hayes feels that the patrol leaders are inadequate to hold such a responsibility on such a busy street and she believes tha~ enough mothers Gould be obtained ~o act as policewomen ~o stop the traffic which wont stop for the patrol leaders. She volunteered to be mother number one.. · ~: The Board voted to refer this to the police chief for his recommendation and a ~' report to this board. Mrs. Hayes will be notified of the action taken. REVOLVER PERMIT ~PPLICATION: , ~he Board voted to approve the application for a license to carry a revolver, of - Arthur W. Mawson, 23 Francis St., newly appointed Reserve Patrolman and to waive · the usual procedure of insisting that the applicant be present when the application is acted upon. PAUL DEROSIERS: A letter sent ~by certified mail requesting Mr. Desrosiers to meet with the board to-night was returned as unclaimed. The Board voted to request that police chief to have the letterdslivered personally and if not possible to find ou~ where Mr. Desrosiers is and when he willreturn home. LAWRENCE ELECTRIC CO: Mr. Barry informed the board that two new poles~ are to be installed at the Lawrence Airport and La~rence will issue the license but they want the Selectmen to know what is going on. Mr. Barry suggested that a letter be sent to Mayor Buckley informing~ him that the Selectmen have no objection to these installations. STREET LIGHT REQUESTS: The Board voted to request a survey to be made of the street lighting at the Eittredge School where the lighting is poor and to request a street light on Wood Lane in frontcf the Roche property and a 9%,000 lumen mercury vapor ligh$~ on 0sgood Street at the Little Red Schoolhouse. Norman Scott requested a street light at the corner of Adams Avenue and Mass. Ave. but this will be held up until next week as there has been a light installed on the opposite side of Adams Ave. on Mass. Av~. The board will discuss this request later. COMPLAINT- LOAM R~OVED: Norman Scott of Adams Ave. complained to the board that someon had taken the loam from several lots of land which he owns on Wood Ave. The board referred him to the Police for investigation. Mr. Scott is not sure how long he owned the land but he had given it up and then took it over a~ain and he is to see the previous owner and smraighten the matter out and he will then contact the police. SEPTEMBER 24, 1956-continued BRADFORD STREET: Sam Di/4auro, ~nd two other gentlemen me~ with the board to discuss the condition of Bradstreet Street. A survey was made to-day by I.~. Brasseur and the trees are in the middle of the street. This is an accepted street and according to plans it is a fifty foot street. Mr. Connors was present and he explained to the board that the trees cannot be removed unless a hearing is held in the usual manner. The Board will meet at three o'clock to-morrow on Bradford Street to look over the situation and see what has to be done. FIRE CIEEF: Chief Daw came before the board to inform them that he had cu~ the wires for the contractor who is in charge of the new sewers and the cost was about $100.00. He said he would not do this in the future and they would have to let him know ahead of time so that he could mske the necessary preparations. FIRE PREVENTION WEEK: 10/7-13/1956 He slso asked the board to put out a proclamation for Fire Prevention Week. He stated that on October 6, all ladder trucks will put on a demonstration at the Bay State Building in Lawrence and there is to be a movie and lecture in the schools. BUILDING CODE: Mr. Daw said he .was testing the pumps and a report will be completed later and he would like ~o be able .to sit in when the building code is discussed at a later date. The Board was most willing to have the chief sit in at that time. AIRPORT COMMISSION- APPOININENT The Board appointed Walter S. Burke, 13 Chadwick Street to sit in on the meetings of the Lawrence Airport Commission and act as a liaison officer between the Air- port Commission and the Board of Selectmen. This arrangement was approved by the Airpor~ commission last week and a notice ~rill be sen% to them on this action. COMPLAINT: INGLEWOOD STREET: Mr. Kirk reported that the Dow Company has not put Inglewood Street back into condition when they excavated for the Water Department. Recently a car had to be towed out of the deep depression there. The board voted to refer this to Mr. Dully, Supt. of Public Works and ask him to check on it. I~r. carry was supposed to have tsken care of it but up until Monday monning it had' not been done. OCTOBER 1, 1956 The Board of Selectmen held their regular weekly meeting at 7:30 P.M. with all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved. AIRPORT CO~$~rSSION-LI3~SON OFFICER: Mr. Walter S. Burke met with the Board to discuss ~riefly his appointment as liaison officer between the town and the Lawrence Airport Commission. He was given the file on airport correspondence and also the booklet on the future changes anticipated at the airport by the Commission. He will come back later to discuss his thoughts on the matter and perhaps after he hasattended his first meeting with the Airport Commission. REVOLVER PERMIT APPLICATION: Paul D. Donovan, 109 Herrick Rd. came before the board as he, had an application for a license to carry a revolver. He stated that he wished to use the revolver for coon hunting and for target practice. The application was approved by Chief McKee and the board voted unanimously to grant the license. DOG OFFICERS REPORT., The board voted to accept the report of Dog Officer Stanley Buturlia, for the s~x months from April 1 through September 30, 1956. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS: Certification that work to the value of $26,331.52 has been performed under Con~ra tract No. 16028 by the J. J. Donovan Construction Co. 335 Euclid Ave. Lynn, ~ss. has been made by the Department of Public Works and~ they recommend that the sum of $2,879.44 be paid to the contractor under the terms of the contract. This amount will be paid by Mr. Carty, Highway Surveyor. CIVIL SERVICE Approval received from the Division of Civil Service on the appointment of Arthur W. Mawson, 23 Francis Street as a Reserve Patrolman. His duties will ~art on October 1, 1956 at an hourly salary of $1.74 per hour.