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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-08-14 Board of Selectmen Minutes1972 441. The Board of Selectmen held their regular meeting on this date with two members present; Selectmen Joseph A. Guthrie with Chairman Arthur P.Kirk presidihg. Selectman Guthrie pre- sided as Chairman of the Licensing Commissioners due to Selectman Duffy's absence. JUROR: Warren H. Sargent, 80 Boston Street, a security guard, was drawn by Selectman Guthrie$ to Serve on the September 11 Sitting at lawrence Superior Court. HEARING: BURIED CABLES: Approved was a petition to install buried cable and pedestal on Boston Rd. and buried cable on Gray Rd. JOINT POLE LOCATION: A hearing was set for a joint pole location on Marbleridge P~i. for one pole on August 28, STREE2 LIGHTS: Norman Scott, 51 Adams Ave. requested one of the street lights installed on Mass. Ave. be re- located on the corner of Adams Ave. and Mass. Ave. which was very dark and difficult to see. TheBoard voted to refer the request to John Pare, Mass. Electric Co. for recommendation on the matter. Fdchard Houde, 646 Foster Street, whose request for a street light six months ago has been tabled, asked again for installation of a light stating that the area was very dark and that 3 or 4 cars parked around the house every night making his fa~y very nervouse especially when they were alone. The Board tabled the request once more but the two-man Board stated that all street light requests would be finalized on the week of September 9th. They reques$ e.d Jack Erle to contact Selectman Dully for a meeting date on this matter on Sept. 5-6-7-8. A street light survey received for 13 Maple Avenue was also tabled until September. DRAINAGE CONPLAINT: Raymon A. Saracusa, Ingalls St., appeared before the Board re a culvert pipe extending across Ingalls St. He stated that the pipe was not big enough to carry off surplus water causing excessive water to drain onto his property from other areas making large pools of water. He also stated that he had discussed the matter with the Highway Surveyor but was not satis- fied with the answers;:he received. The Board voted to refer the matter to N. Nicetta asking to be advised of what action could be taken to correct this problem. GAS EXCAVATIONS: The Board approved the following petitions for gas excavations gas services and repairs: Chestnut Street-Osgood Street-Cotuit St., near Chickering Rd.-lO1 Gr. Pond Rd.-Sutton St. GR. LAW. SANITARY COMNISSION: The Board received notice of three licenses granted to the Gr. lawrence Sanitary District for necessary construction re the wastewater treatment plant. Copies were sent to the Public Works, Board of Health and John Finneran, town representative on this District. CHAPTER ~0 COUNTY MEETING: Notice was received by the Board of the above-named meeting to be held on October 3, in Dan- vers. Mr. J. Berkover also requested the town submit a tentative Chapter 90 program for 1~73 before Sept. 15. The Board referred the matter to N. Nicetta requesting the program be sub- mitted by August 28th Selectmem's meeting. MASS. AVE. WATER CO~5:LAINT: An answer from the Board of Public Wor?~ in regard to continuous discolored water on Mass. Ave. was deemed unsatisfactory both to the Board and Mass. Ave. residents who appeared at the meeting again with the original complainant, Mrs. Anna Sceppa. Public Works stated that was discolored when hydrants were cleaned. Mrs. Sceppa wanted to know if they cleaned the hydrants every other day for the water was unusable as often. The Board voted to write again to the Public Works Board advising them that Mass. Ave. residents t~d been advised to attend the next Public Works meeting and hope some satisfactory solution to this problem could be attained. SAFETY PROGRAM: A safety program, Chapter 87, changes was sent to the Board from the State Dept. of Public Works. The program was referred to Chief Lawlor requesting that he process any necessary action on the matter that he thought would benefit the town. UN DAY: A letter from State United Nations Day Chairman, Leverett Saltonstall, advised the Board that October 24th was designated as the date fox' UN Day Observances. He requested that a town Chairman be appointed to process a local observance. Selectman Guthrie~ motioned that Kirk be authorized to appoint the local U N Day Chairman. Mr. Kirk accepted. HOUSING STUDY COMMITTEE: A letter from the Planning Board advised the 2-man Board that a Housing Study Committe had been appointed by them, members are as follows: Rev. James P. Keller, Nichael Bohena, Michael DeParis, Mrs. James Stekert, Stewart P. Wilson, William Chepulis and Donald Keirstead They stated that the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission had suggested that the Selectmen appoint an advisory committee to work with the Housing Study Committee to study low-income housing and effect it could have on the town. Selectman Guthrie stated that the Planning Board should be commended for appointing such a capable committee. HOUSING COMMITTEE (cont.) The Board voted to table the appointments until August 17th meeting. Morley re Bemerson Case: After discussion of the above-named case, the Board voted to take it under advisement until a full Board was present. Town Counsel told Arthur Kirk on Aug. 15, that he did not require Chairman Kirk to confirm, by letter, Board's request that he contact Atty. Morley on this cas. SPECIAL MEETING: Chairman Kirk and Selectman Guthrie voted to have a meeting on Thursday, August 17th, to re- solve matters requiring a full B card. J. Erle was instructed to ¢ :,act Selectman Dully to request his presence at this meeting. The following matters will b~ discussed and resolved: Town Charter Study Committee proposal-Industrial & Development Commission-E.E.A. Agreement- Capmtal' Budget Co~. report (due August 31st)- Housing Committee and appointed Precinct~ Officers list compiled for year, August, 1972-1973. In executive s~ession,.a, st.a.nda.rd ~mile.age .a~.ount ~ for the town will be discussed together with the Peterson ~ase ana ~or~nga~e ~ons~ruc~mon case.. LICENSING COMMISSIONERS HEARING: Application for license to store 200 gals. E.P.G. fluid, aboveground, on Willow St. for Willow ~acket Club, 815 Turnpike St., was approved by Chief Daw and the Board. Application for a Class II license at Paul's 66 Service Station, 12 Mass. Ave. from Archie DeFlorio was set up for a hearing on August 28, 1972, at 7:45 P.M. Alice M. Letarte, Secretary er IN MEMORIAM of, ~ ~d and town Chairman Kirk wished to publicly state the se'--'-'~e of deep loss and regr~%~o~'~r.~ II~ Snook who passed away suddenly the preceding Saturday, August 12th. Mr. Kir~ stated that though Mr. Snook had not been born in North Andover, he was an outstanding and extraordinary citizen of North Andover who took a deep-rooted and stre~us part in North Andover community affairs, many of his beneficial activities were never known. On behalf of the Board, he extended ~heir deepest sympathy to Mr. Snook's family. Selectman Guthrie motioned that Chairman Kirk be instructed to extend their sympathy to the Snook family in an appropriate manner. Alice M. Letarte, Secretary 3Board of Selectmen held a m~eting on this date with all members present; Joseph A. Guthrie, W. B. Duffy, Jr. with Chairman Arthur P. Kirk presiding. :-_:~...-_ :: .:-~ _ ~Clerk. Selectmen TOWN CHAE2ER STUDY COMmiTTEE: Action of the Town Charter Study Committee to instigateaa'~Tcwn Charter Commission was dis- cussed at this meeting. Chairman Kirk sta~ed that, in his opinion, the Study Committee was premature to promote a Town Charter Commission; he questioned the legality of the action and stated that he had requested an opinion f~omTTo~rn Counsel for which he was still waiting. He stated that the Study Committee was just that whose members had been appointed to study the pros and cons of a Town Charter and submit their recommendations after the study. Selectman Guthrie stated that the Town Charter Study Committee should have discussed their petition with all the department heads and the Board of Selectmen before any action was ~aken. He understood that on2y six members of the Town Charter Study Committee were present to vome on the petition and that the three newly appointed membersof the Committee made the final decision on the peti- tion. It was his opinion that this decision was too important to be made by only three members . The Board voted to table the matter until Town Counsel was contacted. Chairman Kirk will con- tact Chairman Peters of the Town Charter Study Committee ~hen T own Counsel has rendered ~ his opinion. INDUSTRIAL & DEVELOPMENT COmmISSION: The Board discussed with Ted Phelan the status of the present Industrial & Development CommiSsio~ and the proposed merger with a community Industrial & Development Commission...Lawrence, Net~h~u~n~ Andover and North Andover. Mr. Phelan stated that legislation has been passed that would allo~ a Joint commission to received federal aid for their activities. However, he stated, Andover aha North Andaver are not eligible to Join at the present time for it requires Town Meeting action. Selectman Guthrie stated that he was concerned about a community industrial & develop- ment committee for he was of the opinion that it would Jeopardize town industry. He said that each town should promote its own industry. Ted Phelan stated that the town's commission had relatively been inactive because of the old zoning...they didn't have any land to sell...but with the new zoning laws, they have more to offer new industry. Selectman Duffy made a motion to table the appointment of the Commission members until the next meeting on August 28. The stated that through publicity in the paper, anyone who was interested on working on the would have a chance to apply for appointment. Mr. ~helan stated that he hoped the Board would follow the original pattern of appointments...to have a member from the different ~epartments, i.e .... Planning Board, Public Works, Selectmen, etc.