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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1950-06-01-STM-WarrantTOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To the Constable of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet in the Cary Memorial Building, in said Lexington, on Thursday the first day of June, A. D. 1950, at 8 o'clock P.M., then and there to act on the following articles: ARTICLE 1. To receive the reports of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town and to appoint other committees. ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate an additional sum of money for Clerk and Treas- urer's Department—Expenses, for the balance of the year 1950, and provide for payment therefor by direct appro- priation, by transfer from available funds, by transfer from the Parking Meter Account, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate a sum of money for additions, replacements, re- pairs and alterations to the heating system in the Town Offices and Cary Memorial Building, including installation of heating controls and of oil burning equipment, and pro- vide for payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote a supple- mentary appropriation in addition to the sum of $8,500 appropriated under Article 29 of the Warrant for the 1950 Annual Town Meeting, the entire amount to be used for the erection of toilet facilities at the Center Playground, and to provide for payment therefor by direct appropria- tion, by transfer from available funds, or by any combi- nation of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to accept on behalf of the Town a deed con- veying to the Town in fee a certain parcel of land in which the Town now has a sewer easement, containing about 1020 square feet and being shown as Lot 3B on a "Plan Showing Subdivision of Lots 1, 2, 3 and 7, Massachusetts Avenue Terrace Development and Proposed Drain Ease- ment, Lexington, Mass., Oct. 4, 1949, William M. Burns, Town Engineer", a copy of which is on file in the office of the Town Engineer, upon such terms and conditions as the Selectmen may determine, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to accept on behalf of the Town a grant or grants of land adjoining Oak Street between Massachu- setts Avenue and Ellis Street, or of rights therein, for all purposes of a Town way so as to provide a width of forty (40,) feet for Oak Street, as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Proposed Widening of Oak Street, Lexington, Mass., April 10, 1950, William M. Burns, Town Engineer", a copy of which is on file in the office of the Town Engineer, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to proceed with the construction of an addition to the Parker School in accordance with plans submitted and recommended by them, or as such plans may be changed by them, and with the original equipping and furnishing of such addition, and to let contracts, and provide for payment therefor by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to proceed with remodeling, recon- structing or making extraordinary repairs to the Parker School, Munroe School, Adams School and Junior High School in accordance with plans submitted and recommend- ed by them, or as such plans may be changed by them, and to let contracts, and provide for payment therefor by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, by direct appro- priation, by transfer from available funds, or by any com- bination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen, on behalf of the Town, to purchase or take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for school pur- poses, a certain parcel of land of substantially triangular shape situated north of and adjoining the Parker School, said land containing approximately 2,644 square feet and being shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Proposed Addi- tional Land for Parker School, Lexington, Mass., May, 1950, William M. Burns, Town Engineer", a copy of which is on file in the office of the Town Engineer, and provide for payment therefor by direct appropriation or by a transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will create an Ele- mentary School Sites Committee of seven, consisting of two members of the Board of Selectmen, two members of the Planning Board, two members of the School Commit- tee, and one member of the Appropriation Committee, the members to be designated by the Chairman of the respec- tive Board or Committee, to study and make recommenda- tions not later than the next Annual Town Meeting on the location of two new elementary school sites and with authority to obtain options on such sites as they may recommend, and to make an appropriation for the ex- penses of such Committee and provide for payment there- for by direct appropriation or by a transfer from avail- able funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Moderator to appoint a High School Build- ing Committee of fifteen residents of the Town, at least two of whom shall be members of the School Committee, said Committee to review existing plans for a new High School, with authority to recommend revisions in such plans, to consult with experts in the field, to obtain an estimate or estimates of current costs of construction, and to make recommendations not later than the next Annual Town Meeting; and to appropriate money for the expense of such Committee, and provide for payment therefor by direct appropriation or by a transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. And you are directed to serve this warrant seven days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in the By-laws of the Town. Hereof fail not, and make due return on this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands at Lexington, this fifteenth day of May, A. D., 1950. A true copy, Attest: John C. Russell, Constable of Lexington. GEORGE W. EMERY FREDERICK M. GAY DONALD E. NICKERSON WILLIAM H. DRISCOLL LEWIS L. HOYT SELECTMEN OF LEXINGTON