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376 in CD TOWN MEETING MAY 19 , 1930 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator , Robert H . Holt at 8 : 07 P . M . Art . 2 . Mr . Theodore A . Custance moved that article 2 be taken up . Under this article Mr . Robert P . Trask offered the following motion : " Voted : That the following amounts be appropriated for the following accounts for the ensuing year . Granolithic sidewalks 612000 . Forest Fires 1000 . Waltham Street Damages 199 . Street Signs 300 . Fire Department 2450 . Lowering Brooks 500 . Town Clerk 200 . Police Department 700 . Mr . George M . Ross , Chairman of the Appropriation Committee , reported that this committee approved the appropriations as offered by Mr . Trask . Art . 3 . Under this article , Dr . Clarence Shannon offered the following motion which was passed unanimously : " Voted : That the report of the Planning Board and Selectmen on the drainage and development of the Vine Brook Water Shed be accepted and placed on file . " Drainage of VINE BROOK WATERSHED in South Central Portion of Lexington Reports of the SELECTMEN AND PLANNING BOARD and copy of the Report of METCALF & EDDY , ENGINEERS . Report of the Planning Board. April 15 , 1930 . The Selectmen , Town Offices , Lexington , Mass . Gentlemen : Pursuant to vote of the adjourned Town Meeting of March 31 , 1930 , the Planning Board submits herewith copy of the principal part of the report of the Engineers , Messrs . Metcalf & Eddy , under date of September 29 , 1928 , upon the subject of drainage of the Vine Brook area . The copy lacks a reproduction of the plan giving the soundings taken throughout the drainage area because the data on • said plan is so small it would not reproduce satisfactorily .