1997-03-03-TE-Warrant-and-1997-03-24-ATM-Warrant

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ARTICLE 34 IN LIEU OF TAX PAYMENTS BY LEXHAB Shall the Town vote to request LexHAB (Lexington Housing Assistance Board) make annual payments, in lieu of taxes to help support town services utilized by and provided to its rental units or take any other action thereto. (Inserted at the request of Laurie M. Rice and nine or more registered voters) DESCRIPTION: The Lexington Housing Assistance Board (LexHAB) operates 42 properties which it rents out as affordable housing. LexHAB properties are exempt from taxation and generate no revenue for the town, while utilizing the full complement of town services, i.e., fire, police,public works, public schools, etc... In the face of the ever-increasing cost of maintaining town services, this warrant article requests LexHAB make payments in lieu of taxes to help support the services consumed by its rental units. ARTICLE 35 LAND TRANSFER To see if the Town will vote to transfer the care, custody, management, and control of any part of the following parcels of land to the Conservation Commission for conservation purposes, including oudoor recreation as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, and for general recreation purposes: (a) that portion of Lot 107 on Assessor's Property Map 13 known as Sutherland School Site located at the end of Sutherland Road that was not previously transferred and that was retained under the jurisdiction of the Selectmen pursuant to the vote under Article 24 of the Warrant for the 1995 Annual Town Meeting, and (b) land shown as Lot 139 on Assessor's Property Map 13 located on Tarbell Avenue, which is currently used as an entrance to the land known as Sutherland School Site; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at the request of Lynn Knight and nine or more registered voters) DESCRIPTION: This article authorizes the Conservation Commission to assume stewardship of two contiguous parcels of town-owned land, in their entirety. The first parcel is that portion of what is known as Sutherland Park that was retained under the jurisdiction of the Selectmen and not transferred, as was the rest of the Sutherland site, to conservation pursuant to the vote under Article 24 of the Warrant for the 1995 Annual Town Meeting. The second parcel, which is a town-owned lot with frontage on Tarbell Avenue, lies perpendicular and adjacent to the first. This 60-foot wide lot has been used as a major entrance to Sutherland Park for as long as the park has been used for recreation. Sutherland Park is in constant use as a neighborhood park and is heavily used by Lexington Little League. This article will finally combine and transfer to conservation, all sections of open land that have, for over 40 years, been considered and used as recreation land by Lexington residents, and has been referred to collectively as Sutherland Park. 26