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1985 ANNUAL REPORT .if) §&, aauii*<-» a*fcJ &•?* intuit%m Mi' 9, M* 1W 11 TOWN OF WATERTOWN MASSACHUSETTS WAHRTOWN FREE PUBLIC LlBJARV FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY WATERTOWN, MASS. 3 4868 00102 7713 MAIN LIBRARY TOWN REPORT TOWN OF WATERTOWN for the year 1985 Except where otherwise noted, photos courtesy of Mr. Robert Ford of the Watertown Press WATERTOWN AT A GLANCE SETTLED: 1630 INCORPORATED: 1786 POPULATION: 34,384 (U.S. Census 1980) MILES OF ROAD: 66.7 AREA: 4.17 square miles ELEVATION: 30 feet TAX RATE: $22.00 per $1,000 of valuation - Residential $36.60 per $1,000 of valuation - commerical/ Industrial FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Council/Manager CHURCHES: 5 Roman Catholic Parishes; 3 Armenian Churches; 7 Protestant Churches HOSPITAL Mount Auburn, Cambridge, Waltham Hospital, Waltham TRANSPORTATION: MBTA bus connections to Cambridge, Newton, Waltham, Boston; Watertown Square; the intersection of U.S. rt.20 and Mass. rt.16. is a short distance from the Newton Corner exit on the Massachusetts Turnpike UTILITIES: Electrical services provided by Boston Edison Co.; Natural gas services provided by Boston Gas Co.; Water and Sewer Service provided by Department of Public Works SCHOOLS: Nursery schools: 10 Private and parochial schools: 5 Public schools: elementary: 5; K-8:2; Watertown High School PUBLIC LIBRARY: Main Library, 2 branches PUBLIC SAFETY: Full-time Police and Fire Departments; 3 fire stations; Fire Department provides emergency ambulance service to hospitals RECREATION: 11 playgrounds 1 swimming poo] 19 tennis courts Skating: Watertown Municipal Ice Skating Rink Summer day camp: Camp Pequossette Fields for football, soccer, softball and baseball diamonds, basketball areas Boys* and Girls' Club Arsenal Park for recreational use Bronze bas reliefby Henry Kitson depicting the landing of Roger Clap in 1630was unveiled in 1931 to commemorate the founding of Watertown. Above.: SculptuAe. by H. KajUoyi We stopped at Charlestown, where we found some wig AtancU> on tho. nonXh bank c/fj tho, wams and one house; and in the house there was a man ChoJiZzA Rlv&i juAt 0j$fj Wcut&Uom which had a boiled bass but no bread that we see. But we SqaaAQ.. did eat of his bass. We went up Charles River until the river grew narrow and shallowand there welanded our goods unth much labour and toil. The bank being steep and night coming on, we were informed that there we had by ns 300 Indians. One Englishman (an old planter) that could speak the Indian language went to them and advised them not to come near us in tiie night; and tfiey hearkened to his counsel and came not. I myself was one ofthe sentinels that first night. In t/ie morning, some ofthe Indians came and stood at a distance off, looking at us, but came not near us. But when they had been awhile in view, some of them came and held out a great bass towards us; so we sent a man with a biscuit, and changed the cakefor the bass. Afterwards they supplied us with bass, exchanging a bassfor a biscuit, and were veryfriendly unto us-We had not been there many days (although by our diligence we had got up a kind of shelter to save our goals in), but we had an order to come awayfrom that place, which was about Watertown, unto a The Town Seal, designed by place now called Dorchester, because there was a neck ofland Charles Brigham, architect. fit to keep ourcattle on. OnJ.QA.YU, o{, the. Town Jt><uoJL'- Above., le.it, u> an zx.ceApt ^A-om the. 7630 dXany o£ exvUy AmeAicjin e.xpZoA.eA RogeA Clap. In 1919 aA.cJuXe.cX ChanZeA BnXgham dej>lgne.d the. &eo& ^h.om that acxiownX. ffied \KiJbnoh.e., IocjoI heAaldXc anXXit, gave. the. hexxJL iX6 ofififcXaZ heAaldic coIoaa Jun 7965, and designed the. o^tcXal Town ilag wnXch hanat> i_n CouncXl ChambeAA. TABLE OF CONTENTS Town Officials and Committees 1 Elected Officials 3 Appointed Officials 4 Boards and Committees 5 Reports of the Town Manager and Town Council 7 Town Manager 9 Town Council 11 Reports of Town Finances 13 Board of Assessors 14 Treasurer/Collector 17 Auditor 25 Reports of the Offices of Town Administration 27 Assistant to the Town Manager 29 Town Clerk and Elections 32 Town Attorney 35 Purchasing Department 37 Reports of the Departments of Human Services 39 Health Department 40 Multi-Service Center 48 Council on Aging 52 Recreation Department 56 Public Libraries 60 Veteran's Services 67 Municipal Skating Arena 68 Reports of the Department of Public Works 69 Public Works 70 Town Engineer 79 Reports of the Departments of Public Safety 81 Police 83 Fire 91 Civil Defense 94 Reports of the Departments of Planning and Development 97 Department of Community Development and Planning 98 Facilities Inspection 100 Planning Board 104 Board of Appeals 106 Conservation Commission 107 Watertown Redevelopment Authority 109 Report of the Department of Public Schools Ill Report of the Retirement Board 141 Voting Results 147 Reference Guide inside back cover TOWN OFFICIALS AND COMMITTEES ELECTED OFFICIALS TOWN COUNCIL FOR TWO (2) YEARS COUNCIL PRESIDENT/SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBER: Paul J. Hogan 24 Kimball Road AT LARGE: Marilyn M. Devaney 98 Westminster Avenue Philip Pane 37 Orchard Street Renato D. Ray Musetti 15 Prescott Street Victor Palladino, Jr 20 Pilgrim Road DISTRICT COUNCILLOR "A" John J. Diliberto 798 Mt. Auburn Street DISTRICT COUNCILLOR "B" Robert M. Ford 22 Robbins Road DISTRICT COUNCILLOR "C" Pamela Piantedosi 188 Waverley Avenue DISTRICT COUNCILLOR "D" Mariann Pannesi 55 King Street SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR FOUR (4) YEARS Susan Kelley MacDonald 41 Longfellow Road Maureen Loukas 14 Carlton Terr. Meg Crawford 3 5 Oliver Street SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR TWO (2) YEARS Robert P. Shay, Jr 139 Russell Avenue Robert F. Kelly 49 Charles Street Anthony I. Dileso 23 Desmond Avenue LIBRARY TRUSTEES FOR FOUR (4) YEARS Gracemarie V. LeBlanc 76 Emerson Road Pamela W. Schofield 98 Pierce Road Raya Stern 207 Lexington Street LIBRARY TRUSTEES FOR TWO (2) YEARS Donald J. MacDonald 41 Longfellow Road Charles T. Burke 76 Spruce Street Mark J. Neylon 13 Nyack Street APPOINTED OFFICIALS TOWN MANAGER SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Peter F. Boyer Daniel G. O'Connor TOWN TREASURER/COLLECTOR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Michael Driscoll, Jr. Thomas E. Oates TOWN CLERK LIBRARY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR James E. Fahey, Jr. Sigrid Reddy ASSISTANT TO TOWN MANAGER TOWN ATTORNEY Marilyn Bannister Belinda Bean, Esquire Lewis J. Terr, Esquire SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TOWN AUDITOR James P. Clark Joseph O'Reilly, Jr. DIRECTOR OF PLANNING & CHIEF OF POLICE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Robert M. Kelly Gerald Marquis HEALTH DIRECTOR FIRE CHIEF/CIVIL DEFENSE Joseph J. DiVico Robert C. O'Reilly MULTI-SERVICE CENTER DIRECTOR PURCHASING & VETERANS AGENT Marsha Lazar Richard T. Johnson ELDER AFFAIRS ADVISOR RECREATION DIRECTOR Lawrence Sprague Thomas Sullivan CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF ASSESSORS SECRETARY/CLERK OF COUNCIL Raymond Massa Andrea Siedlecki BOARDS & COMMITTEES BOARD OF ASSESSORS COUNCIL ON AGING Ray Massa Harold J. Bejcek Albert DiSessa Ellen Flinter Richard Goulet Sonja Brownson Grace Gallagher Lucy Nargozian PLANNING BOARD Stella Frimmel Mary K. Read Verne Shortell Edward F. Caruso James R. McNicholas Joseph F. Deignan, Jr. James Edward McDermott Roger Erickson RECYCLING COMMITTEE Verne Shortell WATERTCWN HOUSING AUTHORITY William Oates Robert H. Krevy Mary McHugh Douglas Porter Joan O'Brien John E. Duval Harold G. Physic WATERTOWN TRAFFIC COMMISSION E. Joyce Munger James P. Clark WATERTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Robert M. Kelly Robert C. O'Reilly Albert Baillargeon Joseph P.McHugh Dennis Duff Richard O'Neil Francis X. O'Leary Richard Kelly Richard Mastrangelo John Airasian Jane Argento William T. Flecca, Jr. BOARD OF HEALTH CONVERSATION COMMISSION Karen L. Koumjian Diana Proctor Joseph L.C. Santoro Anthony Mosca Dr. Marvin L. Mitchell Robert A. Collini Andrew Jablon INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCING Robert Krevy AUTHORITY Marylouise McDermott Steven Quintiliani Robert P. Burns Carmine Pallotta RETIREMENT BOARD Robert A. Manzelli Natalie A. Lopez Robert B. McCarthy Patrick Ford LICENSING BOARD Joseph O'Reilly Jr. Thomas Sherry Joseph F. Bannon Thomas F. Reilly Russell J. Morgan, Alternate BOARDS & COMMITTEES (CONTINUED) BOARD OF APPEALS RECREATION COMMISSION Joseph Leah Lorraine LaRose Anthony D. Furia Arthur E. Todino Stephen Edward Neel Daniel S. Casey Alexander Dellapaolera, Alternate Sigrid Reddy Anthony Cristello, Alternate Daniel G. O'Connor James P. Clark Robert M. Kelly BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSION Joan Tuttle LOCAL ARTS COUNCIL Charles J. Tobin Richard W. Kelly Adelaide Sproul Noel B. Carmichael Calvin Campvell Edward Merritt Leonard Gittleman CABLE T.V. ADVISORY BOARD Juliet Stone Joseph L.C. Santoro Edward W. O'Brien, Jr. Charles Berney John G. Flores Gerry Basteri Stephen Pacifico MULTI-SERVICE CENTER Dominic Grandinetti BOARD OF DIRECTORS Rev. Paul Pierce James McCauley Grace KeBlanc Patricia Turner Melanie Bedrosian Anne C. Bartley William York Nadine Proctor Phyllis Hoffman Thomas C. Boyden Michael Munger Joan A. O'Brien Anne P. Selman Mary E. Barry Stephen J. Pacifico Mary McCauley Father William Salmon Deborah Melone Barbara Barthel Brian Costello Stephen Quintiliani Barbara Neel Joseph Guden Irene Fowler REPORTS OF THE TOWN MANAGER AND TOWN COUNCIL REPORT OF THE TOWN MANAGER The year 1985 was measured by a number of foresight has enabled this community to provide milestones for theTown ofWatertown. Perhaps the itself along term solution to the solid waste disposal most important features relate to the financial crisis. condition of the community. Crucial to the work ing oftheFY86 budget was themajor undertaking The Manager hasspenttime providing representa by the Board of Assessors of valuation update of tion for thetown in anumber of regional capacities. property values. Without this valuation update, the The Watertown Town Manager is Chairman of the restrictions on the aggregate tax levy would have Fiscal Policy Committee of the Massachusetts required cutting of5% ofthe services delivered to Municipal Association, the committee most closely the town.
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