1953/08/03~,;inutes of the },'~eeting
Au~t 3, 19~:3
TOWN OF BERLIN
OFFICE OF THE SELECTEEN
The meeting onened at 7:30 P.I¥'~. with tna first and
second selectmen oreCent.
The minute~ of the r~revious me-ting were read and
acceoted.
Mr. Hall reoorted that he had contacted ~ir. 0sterhaudt
relative to relocating th.~ ~top light o~mosite the Purttlan ~,~aln
Rest~,.~urant on Route ~5 north to the S~ruce Broo~ Eoad crossing.
~,~r. 0sterhaudt stated that he would li~e to have s Nr. eob Willf~ton
.handle this ~tter but th, t ~e v,~as on vacation at the ~reseut time.
~;r. 0ste:~,haudt is to contact either Lynch H.~ll or A. N!l~son
~',r. Williston returns, to go over this m~tter thoroughly.
A letter ~;~ritten to th~ Co~m:.issioner of State Police
w ? read along with tbslr ansv.'er, relative to arran~;ing a meeting
with the Commissioner to di~cu~ Berlin's possibilities to
obtain tbs services of a resident State Policeman.
A letter from the Berlin Safety Com',~ission ctirected to
the Tow~ Planning Commisalon with a cop? to the Board of Se]~ ctr, sn
was read this evening. It w~s their recommendation that the
developers of Kew Gardens located on tbs Old Carlson DroDerty
D~ovide ~mother entrance to the development on Fa~raington Ave., nd
also that side?/alks be constructed on the inside of the re.~identiml
loop to both Farm~ngton Ave. and Patterson Way.
A motion v;a~ made and pas~e~! that a soeclal to',m ms etfng
be called to ask accer~tance of 5[ouuta~n View Drive a~ net ms~
prepared bF· Er. arth-.~r Bacon Town En_glneer. Thi~ work wo~'ld be done
at Town expense ~rovided the tovm Planning Com~,i~ion is agreeable and
tt:e propert~ ovmers affected wi?~l donate the neces~ry land to
cor~orm to [~ir. Bacon's layout.
~% motion wasmade and passed to reco~muend to the
Pl.~nning Commission th-~t ~Droximately g~uu' of Simm~ Road at the east
end, fr~mHigh Road to the Khans Develor.~nt, be t.gken over as a
Town road. Also that the necessary arr~mgemants be made to call
a special t~,~m meeting.
A motion was made and masse,~ t~at a portion of the
ab~ndone?, road in front of I',b',. T~omas ~!cGrath~s ~rorerty be returned
to him. ~!r. Hall exmlatned that ~,~r. kc~rath g~ve to the
a oort!on of hi~ p~.or, erty for flue new road "ithout charge.
~Ir. Hall i~ to contact ~;ir. Roland Klatt to see if he
~o~ld be w~llng to may a l!*t. le for the ~.o,'tion of t_~e abandone'!
road in foont of h!.~ o,~o~erty, and report back~.
~,~r. Hall re,,'.orted t~at ~f,r. F. Baumberger of West Peak
Moad ~,..~anted i~200, i~ fo~" damage to one of hi~ a~pl~ trees by
t~e Tov~n. It was agreed that ~r. Haloffer 5~r. Buumberger
with a t o~ of fez. of ~lO0.
~Ir. Harve,y Culver and i~r. Ra>~~ Stange appeared before the
Selectmen this evening and emolalne~d thn£ they we~e lookin~ for some
property i~x~ owned by the To,~n in ?,bfah to t'mild a ho~ for
the V. F. W.
~ Stange ~tated that the would like to purchase the
old Blue Hills School if th, Town vmuld agree to sellit.
~,r. Hall informed them that the would have to
see the Board of Education on this matter [Urst.
~.,~,e.:~,tir~ adjourned at 8:.~0 P.~I.
Mr. H~ 1 re~orted that ['~r. Hur~_erford met v.,~th the
Board this eyre ~ng mud discussed the matter of whet!,;er the town
-~o¥1C t'~l~en over the exreniture of traftc contro~ at the B~rlln
Fair this ye :r.
Tne Bo~rd of Selectr~en felt th,.-~t in tl~e past organ]zations
n<~.eding extra constables paid fo? this service themselves and if
this 'oolicy was abo].i~hed the to'.~m wo.~ld t~en
to go on in the future.