1999-03-01-TE-Warrant-and-1999-03-22-STM-and-ATM-Warrants

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DESCRIPTION: This request will replace the existing Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tile (64,500 sq. ft.) at the Bridge Elementary School with new Vinyl Composite Tile, as well as replace the ceilings throughout the school. This article also calls for funding to remove and replace the roof of the Bridge School and the purchase of furnishings and equipment for the modular classrooms. ARTICLE 34 LAND ACQUISITION BOND To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for acquiring land for open space and conservation purposes, including outdoor recreation, as provided by G.L.c. 40, s. 8C as amended; determine whether such appropriation shall be raised by borrowing or otherwise; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at the request of the Conservation Commission) FUNDS REQUESTED: $3,000,000 DESCRIPTION: This article requests authorization to borrow $3,000,000 for future acquisition of conservation land identified in the "Land Acquisition Planing Committee Report of 1996". The Conservation Commission will present such parcels as they become available for approval at future Town Meetings. ARTICLE 35 LAND ACQUISITION To see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission to purchase or otherwise acquire, and will authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, upon the written request of the Conservation Commission, for conservation purposes including outdoor recreation as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, as amended, any fee, easement or conservation restriction as defined in Section 31 of Chapter 184 of the General Laws, or other interest in all or any part of land shown as Lot 122 on Assessor's Property Map 64 now or formerly of the Pilgrim Congregational Church; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at the request of the Conservation Commission) FUNDS REQUESTED: Unknown at press time. DESCRIPTION: This article is for the acquisition of part of the open land on the rear portion of the lot now owned by the Pilgrim Congregational Church. The land to be acquired is located between the residential lots on Coolidge Avenue, residential lots on Hancock Street, the Pilgrim Church grounds and the Chiesa Farm Conservation Land. The land is largely forested and is intersected by a brook. If acquired, the land would serve as an addition to the Chiesa Farm Conservation Land and would thus extend the corridor of natural open space in the neighborhood. 23