HomeMy WebLinkAbout1961-11-06-STM-Warrant TOWN WARRANT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss .
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County,
Greeting:
In the name of the Coruaonwealth 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 Cary Memorial Hall, in said
Town on Monday, the sixth day of November, 1961, at 8:00 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.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote a supplementary appropri-
ation to be used by the Standing School Building Committee , in addition
to funds heretofore appropriated or made available, for the preparation
of preliminary plans, specifications and cost estimates for the con-
struction of a new secondary school building or buildings on land in the
vicinity of the senior high school, and provide for payment by transfer
from available funds , including unexpended balances in current appropri-
ations; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 3 . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to abandon
the easement to enter upon and to flow the water of Butterfield' s Pond and
its tributaries over the parcel of land described as "10. A parcel of land
in Lexington on the northwesterly side of Adams Street containing about 0.3
acres and being a portion of land now or formerly of Mary Trupasso." , in the
order of taking by the Town dated February 13, 1939 And recorded in Middle-
sex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 6279, Page 318, such easement
in said parcel being no longer required by the Town; and will set the
minimum amount to be paid for such abandonment; or act in any other manner
in relation thereto .
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ARTICLE I}.. To see if the Town will appropriate an additional sum
of money for Fire Department - Personal Services for the balance of the
year 1961, and provide for payment thereof by transfer from available
funds, including unexpended balances in current appropriations; or act
in any other manner in relation thereto .
ARTICLE. 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install
such sewer and water mains , conduits or drains as they may deem appropriate
under the portion of Route 128 being reconstructed in the Town, including
ramps , maintenance roads and adjoining land, by entering into a contract
with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, represented by its Department of
Public Works, to have the work performed by the contractor engaged by the
Commonwealth for such reconstruction, the cost of such installation to be
paid by the Town to such contractor; and appropriate money therefor and
provide for payment by transfer from available funds, including unexpended
balances in current appropriations; or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Station Way from Edison Way to
Municipal Parking Area a distance of 78 feet, more or less, northeasterly,
as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office
of the Town Clerk, dated September 1, 1961, and to take by eminent domain,
purchase or otherwise acquire any fee , easement or other interest in land
necessary therefor; and appropriate money for the construction of said way
and for land acquisition; and provide the money by transfer from available
funds, including any unexpended balances in current appropriatic:ns, or by
borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to accept the alteration and
relocation as a town way of Worthen Road from Waltham Street a distance of
100 feet northerly on the westerly side as laid out by the Selectmen and
shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated September 1,
1961, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee ,
easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and appropriate money
for the construction of said way and for land acquisition; and provide the
money by transfer from available funds, including any unexpended balances
in current appropriations , or by borrowing, 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 establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Worthen Road from Cambridge-Concord
Highway 275 feet, more or less, northerly as laid out by the Selectmen and
shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated September 5,
1961, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee ,
easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and appropriate money
for the construction of said way and for land acquisition; and provide the
money by transfer from available funds, including any unexpended balances
in current appropriations, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these
methods ; or act in any other manner in relation thereto .
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Buckman Drive from existing Buckman
Drive a distance of 235 feet, more or less, southerly to Moreland Avenue ,
as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan
on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated September 1, 1961, and to
take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or
other interest in land necessary therefor; and appropriate money for the
construction of said street and for land acquisition; and provide the money
by transfer from available funds , including any unexpended balances in
current appropriations , or by borrowing, or by any combination of these
methods ; or act in any other manner in relation thereto .
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ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article XVI,
Section 1 of the Plumbing By-Law by striking out paragraph A and insert-
ing in place thereof a new paragraph A to read substantially as follows:
A. Prohibited Drainage . Rain water conductors,
surface or ground water or basement drainage shall not
discharge into a sanitary sewer, nor connect into any
storm drainage system of the Town, except that connection
may be made to a storm water system of the Town with
permission of the Board of Selectmen and subject to
such terms as such Board may prescribe .
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ARTICLE 11 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
to change certain land from an R1 - One Family Dwelling District to a C3 - -
Special Commercial District by adding in Section 4. Geographical Descriptions
of Districts, (h) C3 - Special commercial districts, the following paragraph:
3 . A district on the southwesterly side of Marrett Road and the
northwesterly side of the Northern Circumferential Highway (Route 128)
and bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a Massachusetts highway bound at the intersection
of the southwesterly line of Marrett Road and a southwesterly line
of the Marrett Road - Route 128 interchange , so-called, thence South
40°31'20" East by said southwesterly line of said interchange,
distant 55.16 feet; thence South 43°34'46" West by said interchange,
distant 84.34 feet; thence South 40°31'20" East, distant 201.06
feet; thence South 20°45'22" East, distant 163.00 feet; thence
South 47°16'43" West, distant 60.00 feet; thence South 42°43 '17"
East, distant i )i .20 feet; thence South 18°54'35" West, distant
522.71 feet; thence South 32°53 '53" West, distant 678.55 feet,
all by said interchange ; thence North 68°19'10"West, distant 36.96
feet, by land now or formerly of the City of Cambridge ; thence
North 75°07'50" West, distant 149.01 feet; thence South 32°37' 30"
West, distant 168.32 feet; thence North 72°34'00" West, distant
352.36 feet; thence North 27°27 '00" West, distant 257.35 feet;
thence North 27°24'20" West, distant 89.39 feet; thence North
15°30'00" East, distant 88.01 feet; thence North 16°15'30" East,
distant 87.87 feet; thence North 26°30 '30" East, distant 10.76
feet; thence North 58°43 ' 10" West, distant 347.08 feet, all by
said land of the City of Cambridge ; thence North 18°16'40" East
by land now or formerly of Edwin John Lee , distant 1073 .63 feet;
thence South 39°43136" East by land now or formerly of Florence K.
Hargrove , distant 326.17 feet; thence North 82°25 '50" East by land
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now or formerly of Bedros H. Bashian et al, distant 30.74 feet;
thence North 80°47 '50" East, distant 77.74 feet; thence North 82°
11'10" East, distant 86.71 feet; thence North 85°44'00" East, distant .
13 .15 feet; thence North 51°48 ' 10" East, aistant 463.41 feet; thence
South 62°18'50" East, distant 70.09 feet; thence South 60°42' 20"
East, distant 67.99 feet; thence South 70°06'00" East, distant
52.36 feet to a point in the southwesterly line of Marrett Road,
all by said land of Bedros H. Bashian et al; and thence running
southeasterly by a curve to the left with a radius of 644.42 feet
by said southwesterly line of Marrett Road, distant 174.17 feet
to the point of beginning .
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
to permit the construction of underground fallout or blast shelters within
required yard areas by adding in Section 8. Area, Frontage and Yard Regulations,
(g) All Districts, the following paragraph:
6. The construction of a fallout or blast shelter of a design
approved by the local director of Civil Defense or his representa-
tive shall not be deemed to be in violation of the yard regulations
provided such shelter is completely below the finished grade of the
adjoining land prior to and after such construction and is covered
by earth to a depth of not less than two feet, except that an
entrance or exit way may be substantially flush with the ground
and a ventilating pipe and cover may protrude above the ground if
they are of no greater size and height than is reasonably required
for the purpose .
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ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will appropriate money for Civil Defense-
Personal Services and appropriate money, in addition to funds already appropri-
ated, for Civil Defense-Expenses for the balance of the year, and provide for
payment by transfer from available funds, including unexpended balances in
current appropriations ; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will authorize construction and installation
of a Civil Defense alarm system, appropriate money therefor and provide for
payment by transfer from available funds, including unexpended balances in
current appropriations; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will authorize a survey of all Town owned
buildings to determine the feasibility and practicality of constructing fallout
and blast shelters in or about the same , appropriate money therefor and pro-
vide for payment by transfer from available funds, including unexpended
balances in current appropriations; or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will provide for establishing an emergency
Town government center in the basement of the Cary Memorial Building or other
location, appropriate money therefor and provide for payment by transfer from
available funds , including unexpended balances in current appropriations ; 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 sixteenth day of
October, A . D. , 1961.
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A true copy, Attest: f //;
I r Lca- Selectmen
Constable of Lexington � ;,. ,teace
of
C�CC�t 6. daim1 Lexington
CONSTARTE'S RETURN
To the Town Clerk October RC , 1961
I have served the foregoing warrant by posting a printed copy
thereof in five (5) public places in the Town and also by sending
by mail, postage prepaid, a printed copy of such warrant addressed
to every registered voter of the Town at his last residence, as
appears from the records of the Board of Registrars of Voters 10
days before the time of said meeting.
Attest: J`I 1.
Constable of Lexington