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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1930-03-03-TE-WARRANT and 1930-03-17-ATM-WARRANT 327 1 9 3 0 TOVvN �;; 1, R R t_ y T Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex , : s . To either of the Con ? tables of the Town of Lexington , in said County , Greeting : In the name of theCorn:nonwealth of Massachusetts , you are inhabitants to notify the of the Town of Lexington , qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs , to meet in their respective voting places in said town , ( Precinct One , Emerson Hall ; Precinct Two , Three and Four , Cary memorial Hall ) , on MONDAY , the THIRD DAY OF MARCH , A . D . 1930 , at six o ' clock A . L . , then and there to act on the following articles : Art . 1 . To choose by ballot the following town officers : One Town Clerk for the term of one year Two SS 3loctmen for the term of. three years One Town Treasurer for the term of one year One Collector of Taxes for the term of one year One Cemetery Commissioner for the term of three years One Member of the School Committee for the term of three years Two Constables for the term of one year One Moderator for the term ,of one year Two Members of the Planning Board for the term of three years One Member of the Planning Board for the term of -b:o years One Trustee of Public Trusts for the term of two years One Trustee of Public trusts for the term of six years Fifty - one town meetingmembers in each precinct ,nc ,, , the first third in order of votes received of members so elected , to serve three years , the second third in such order to serve two years , and the remaining third in such order to serve one year . The polls will be open at 6 : 00 A . M . and will remain open until 8 : O0 P . M . You are also to notify the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in Cary Memorial Hall in said Town on Monday , the seventeenth day of March , 1930 , at 8 : 00 P . M . , at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by the torn meeting members , in accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929 and subject to the referendum provided for by section eight of said chapter . Art . To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town , and to appoint other Committees . Art . 3 . To choose such Iota Officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination . Art . 4 . To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer , under the direction of the Selectmen , to borrow money for any necessary purposes , in anticipation of revenue for the current year , the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said revenue , or act in any manner relative thereto . Art . 5 . To see if the Town will make the usual appropriations for Town expenses for the ensuing year , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 6 . To see if the Town will make an appropriatio s for the Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths in accordance with Chapter 132 , General Laws , or act in any manner relating thereto . 328 D Art . 7 . To see if the Town will vote to aparopria. te and assess C an amount of money to be used as a Reserve Fund as provided by Chapter 40 , section 6 , General Laws , or take any action relating thereto . Lrt . 8 . To see if the Town will appropriate funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Departments , under Chapter 32 , General Latins , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 9 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of 0, 03 . or some other amount , and elect a director , the money to be expended by and the director to serve in cooperation with the IAiudlesex County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service , under the provisions of Section 40 to 45 , Chapter 128 , General Laws of M. ssachusetts . Art . 10 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate woney for the use of the Water Department and payment of water debt , and to provide same by is . •uance of bonds , note .: or by direct appropriatiin or by transfer from other accounts , or by any or all of such methods , or take any other action relating the eto . Art . 11 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate ,,oney ,, by the issue of bonds , notes or otherv;ise , for the construction of a part or ell of M •• ssachu otts Avenue from Marrett Road to Lincoln Street . Art . 12 . To see if the Town will authorize the board of Selectmen to enter into a contract with the i _ s : achusetts Department of Public Works , Division of Highways , for the construction of any State Highway which may be laid out or constructed in the Town during the present ye _ r or tame any action with respect the -Neto . Art . 13 . To see if the Town will indemnify the Moma:onwoalth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land , grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out , alterati -�n or construction of any State Highway or section of State Highway in Lexington , and will authorize the Board of Selentmen to sign indemnity agreement therefor in behalf of the Town , or take any other action in respect thereto . Art . 14 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to place curbing and granolithic sidewalks adjacent to the toe:n property . Art . 15 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the ye:, r 1930 . Art . 16 . To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $850 . from the Account of Sale of Land to purchase of land adjoining Cary Memorial Library . Art . 17 . To see if the Town will appoint a committee to consider and make recommendations with respect to the laws and practice with reference to licensing , restraint and vaccination of dogs . Art . 18 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to install street lights in Hinchey Foal , Valley Road and Summit Road , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 19 . To see if the Town till curb and grade the Soldier ' s Lot in the Munroe Cemetery and appropriate money for same or act in any man : er relating thereto . Art . 23 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to install sewers in the following streets : Fottler avenue , Bow Street , Theresa Avenue , Cliffe Avenue and V:'inthrop Road Extension , appropriate money for said construction by direct appropriation , issue of bonds or notes therefor or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 21 . To see if the Town will vote to extend water mains in the following unaccepted streets , subject to the usual guarantee and appropriate money therefor by direct appropriation, issue of bonds or notes or otherwise : Valley Road , Fremont Street and Winthrop Road Extension , or act in any manner relt. ting thereto . 329 Frt . r2 . To see if the To-von v ill vote to extend water ma; s in the following streets , appropriate money therefor , by direct appropriation , issue of bonds or notes or otherviise : Walnut Street and Allen Street , or act in nny manner relating thereto . Art . 1. 6 . To see if the Town purchase from Paul A . Ringlaud of Lexington , for fifteen hundred and one dollars ( $1501 ) and a release of betterments , two parcels of land shown respectively as parcels B and C on a plan of Clarke Street Extension , uexington , Mass . , August 27 , 1929 , by John T . Cosgrove , Town Engineer , parcel B being included in the layout of Clarke Street Extension by the Selectmen , dated September 10 , 19 .9 and parcel C being purchased as an addition to Parker Field, the town playground , containing approximately nihe thousand five hundred and thirteen (0513 ) square feet , together with a release of all claims for damages , if any , by reason of the layout of said Clarke Street Extension . Art . 24 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as LI town way , or accept the layout of as a town way , an extension of Clarke Street , es laid out by the Selectmen , and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk , appropriate money for the construction of said street by direct appropriation or by the issue of bonds , notes or otherwise , and provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance to other construction , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 5 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way , or accept the layout of as a. town way , a portion of Fottler Avenue , a : laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk . Art . 16 . To see if the Town will vote to establish ns a town 111 way or accept the layout of as a town way , a portion of Taft Avenue , from Baler Avenue to Ellis Street , as laid out by the Selectmen a nd shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk . Art . 27 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or accept the layout of as a town Lay , a portion of Tucker Avenue , from Baker Avenue to Carville Avenue , as laid out by the elect.nen , and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk . Art . 28 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way , or accept the layout of as a town way , a portion of Bertti, ell Road , from North Hancock Street to Fuller Road , as laid out by the Selectmen , and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk . Art . 29 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money by direct appropriation , issue of bonds , notes or otherwise , for the construction of the following streets as laid out by the Select2en under the Betterment Act and provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance to other highway construction : Fottler Avenue from Cliffe Avenue approximately 610 feet westerly to Massa- chusetts Avenue ; Taft Avenue from Baker Avenue to Ellis Street ; Tucker Avenue from Baker Avenue to Carville Avenue ; Berty:ell Road from North •liancock Street to Fuller Rood , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 60 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to equip anus repair the East Lexington Fire Station Building , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 31 . To see if the Town will amend Section 1 of Article XIV of the " Code of By- laws of 1921of the Town of Lexington " , by striking out at the end of the second paragraph the words " and none of whom shall be eligible for immediate reappointment upon the expiration of the terms for which they were respectively appointed . " 0/30 r: rt . Z . To Fee if the Town will amend Section 3 (1) of Article 1 of the " Code of By- laws of 1922 of the To ::n of Lexington " , by adding at the end thereof the words " but not include town meeting members . " Art . 3a . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money for the purpose of purchasing a certain lot of land locLi. ted on the Old County Road near Allen Street known as a portion of the Swenson Brothers Farm containing approximately eight acres , and erecting thereon a public school building and originally ecyuipping and furnishing the same , and to provide for such appropriation by the issuance of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation or by any , one or more or all of such methods , or to take any action relating thereto . Art . 34 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to construct a drain approximately along the present main channel of Vine Brook from near Hayes Lane to the junction of the present north branch with the main channel , a distance of approximately 2600 feet , as laid out and recom- mended by iletcalf and Eddy , consulting Engineers in their report under date of September 29 , 1928 , appropriate money therefor by the issue of bonds , notes or by direct appro- priation , or by transfer from other account : , or by any or all of such methods , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 35 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to equip and repair the Public Vvorks Department Building located on Bedford Street , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 36 . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase a portion of the land owned by Lois U . and Lillian G . Marshall near the Cary Memorial Library said parcel being described as follows : Lot C . bounded south- westerly by land now or formerly of E . Lenham 53 . 85 feet ; northwesterly by land of Tosn of 1Jexington 76 . 84 feet ; northeasterly by land of Town of Lexington 49 . 30 feet ; southeasterly by land of the grantors 76 . 09 feet , all as shown on plan entitled , 'Plan of Land in Lexington , Mass . , Scale 1 " - 10 ' October 14 , 19._ 9 , E . N . Montague , C . E . , Vest Acton , Mass . " , appropriate money for this purpose by direct appropriation , issue of bond : or notes or otherwise , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 37 . To see if the Tovm v. i _ll vote to authorize the Selectmen to purchase for street purposes from Robbins Smith the following parcels of land : Parcel A . Bounded as follows : Southerly by Follen Road x,9 . 14 feet . Westerly by land of grantor 88 . 27 feet . Northerly by land of grantor 33 . 91 feet . Easterly by land of grantor 68 . .12, feet , containing 1590 square feet , all as shown on plan entitled , " Plan of Part of Smith Avenue , Lexington , Mass . , Scale 1 inch - 2O feet , June 16 , 19 [7 , John T . Cosgrove , Town Engineer . " Parcel B . Bounded as follow : Southerly by Follen Road 52 . 75 feet . Tlcsterly by lead of grantor 139 . 74 feet . Easterly by land of grantor 111 , 5? feet , containing 1526 : quare feet , all as shown on plan entitled , " Plan of Part of Smith Avenue , Lexington , Mass . , June 16 , 1927 , Scale 1 inch - 23 feet , John T . Cosgrove , Town Engineer , " appropriate money for this purpose by direct appropriation or act in any manner relating thereto . a 331 Art . Z8 . _ To see if the Town on the petition of George W . Carano Fad others and on the recommendation of the Planning Board thereon will amend the Lexington toning By- law and zoning map by changing from a C- 1 district to an k- 1 district a portion of the territory described in paragru, ph ic: 8 of sec . 3 so that mid patragrnph `'8 shall read as follows : "At the junction of Marrett Road , formerly School LAtreet , School and Streets , comLonly- known as " The Five Forks " , a business district on both sides of Liarrett Road extenuing southerly for a distance of 200 feet fro:.l the most southerly line of Lincoln Street and of a depth of 133 feet from the adjacent street line in each instance . " A Art . 39 . To sec if the Town v:ill provide a site or sites to be used by the Committee appointed under the vote of the town December 8 , 19`'7 for the erection of a memorial or memorials • to war veteran : or take any other action relative theroto . Art . 40 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money to be expended by the committee appointed under the vote of the Town Lece.lber 8 19:7 for the erection of a memorialorwar ' mer�ori �. l ., to veteran , after the plan of plans have been Lipproved by the Tov:n or take any other ciction relative thereto . 1.rt . 11 . To see if the Town will amend its vote of December 8 19 ` 7 relative to the establishment of a permanent memorial for the veterans of all tars for whom memorials have not elready been erected by changing the words " a permanent memorial " to the words " permanent nemorials " or take any other action re La tive thereto . fart . If, . To see if the Toy; vote n will to appropriate money for the celebration of the Tercentenary the same to be expended under the direction of the Tercentenary Committee , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 43 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for, the use of the Stanley HillRost 38 , American Legion , the same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen fr)r the celebration of the Tercentenary, or act in any manner relating thereto . Hereof, fail not , and r& ke due return of this Warrant your doings thereon , to the Town Clerk , on or before the time of said Meeting . Given under our hands , at Lexington , this eleventh day of February , A . D . , 1930 . Albert H . Burnham Francis Chamberlain electmen Theodore A . Custance of Hallie C . Blake Lexington . Lex in gton , Lass . February ? 4 , 1333 . To tha Town Clerk : I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing \Varrant in the Post Office , in the vestibule of the Town Office Building end in six other public places in the Town , and by mailing a. printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town , seven days before the time of said meeting . Attest : 'Tomes J . Sullivan • Constable of Lexington .