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Article 3. VOTED: to take up articles 3 to 7 together, and F[7RTHEh-t VOTk. ): That the Selectmen be authorize in the name of and on behalf of the town to acquire by purchnse or eminent domain for surface and sanitary drainage purposes any or all of the land on °oth sides of Vine Brook as follows: (a) on the re- located North and South Branches of Vine Brook from Marrett Road to Vine Brook Road for an aggregate width not exceeding one hundred and fifty feet; (b) from the easterly side of Waltham Street to the location described under ( a) of this vote for an aggregate width not exceeding sixty feet; ( c) from Vine Brook Road to Massachusetts Avenue for an aggregate width not exceeding fifty feet; ( d) from the land of the Town on which stands the Town Office Building to Hayes Lane for an aggregate width of twenty-five feet; ( e) from Hayes Lane to East Street for an aggregate width not exceeding one hundred fifty feet; ( f) from East Street to North Street for an aggregate width not exceeding fifty feet; ( g) temporary leasehold interest in ad- joining land for use during construction; and to deepen, widen, straighten, and relocate the parts of the channel of the said Vine Brook and its North and South Branches within the said takings, to change its location from its present channel, to construct closed conduits in place of open channels and to change the direction, volume and rapidity of the flow of the said Brook, and its said Branches, and of any surface or underground water flowing into it, and to construct drainage improvements in and adjacent to Vine Brook extending from Winthrop Road Extension so-called on the South Branch and Waltham Street on the North Branch to North Street, in- cluding the construction of a conduit in place of an open channel from the junction of the North and South. Branches to Hayes Lane, substantially as recommended by the Vine Brook Drainage Committee in a report received by the Town, September 27, 1937, and that the Selectmen be authorized to do such work as may be required to restore and maintain or supplement existing private rater supplies now in use ( exclusive of operating experes) which may become diminished or impaired as a result of the construction of the proposed Vine Brook Channel; to grant rights of way and to lay out such streets and ways across the lands to be acquired under this vote as may be deemed advisable, and for the purpose of meeting the cost of such construc- tion the sum of Q273,000.00 be appropriated, of which $291600 .00 shall be for land acquired; also under Article 4. VOTED: That the Selectmen be authorized on behalf of the Town to purchase or take by eminent domain lands or the right or easement in lands to construct at the outlet of Butterf ieldt s Pond at Lowell Street a dam to create a storage basin for flood flows of Vine Brook and the right to flow the land under and adjoin- ing the said Butterfi eld$s Pond and its tributaries to the level of elevation one hundred and seventy-six feet above mean sea leve, and that the Selectmen be authorized in the name of and on be=half of the Town to execute contracts for the construction of such a dam and appurtenant works, and that for that purpose the sum of $30,000.00 be appropriated, of which $10,000.00 shPl1 be for land and flowage rights acquired; also under Article 5 . VOTED: That the Selectmen be authorized to construct a conduit to enclose the North Brn!ch of ` _ne Brook from the west side of Waltham Street to the junction of the North and South Branches, and that for that purpose the sum of $17,000.00 be appropriated; also under Article 6. VOTED: That the Selectmen be authorized to construct a low level sewer from a point about two hundred and ten feet (210 ' ) east of Hayes Lane to a point about two hundred and twenty ,feet ( 220 ') south of Vine Brook Road near the conduit to be construction for Vine Brook as authorized by this meeting and to acquire by purchase or by taking by eminent domain any necessary easement therefor, and that for that purpose the sum of $25,000 . be appropriated; also under Article 7. VOTED: That for the purpose of meeting the appropriations voted under Articles 3 - 6 inclusive, the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow $183,000 .00, under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 50 of the Acts of 1938 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor payable in not more than fifteen years at such term and maximum rate of interest as mPy be fixed by the Emergency Finance Board®