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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1930-11-07-STM-WARRANT ;3 5 C TOWN /ARRANT Commonwealth of Massa chusetts Middlsex , ss . To either of the Constables 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 CART . MEMORIAL BUILDING , in said Lexington , on Friday the seventh day of November , 1930 , at 8 : 00 P . M . , then and there to act on the following articles : Art . 1 . To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town , and to appoint other Committees . Art . 2 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money by the tranfer from the Excess & Deficiency Account to the follow.. ing accounts : Law Department , Bedford Street Damages , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 3 . To see if the Town will vote to establish a building line on Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property now owned by Messrs . Rubin and Seligman, to the property of the Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation, all as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk ' s Office entitled , " Plan daowing proposed building line on Massachusetts Avenue , Lexington , from its northerly terminus to the property of Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation, Sept . di , 1930 , Scale 1 inch - 20 feet , John T . Cosurove , Town Engine er , ii , appropriate money therefor by the issue of bonds or notes , by transfer from other accounts or by any or all of such methods , or act in any manner in relation thereto Art . 4 . To see if the Town will vote to accept the relocation of Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property now owned by Messrs . Rubin & Seligman to the property of Anstiss S . Hunt , et al , all as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on plan on file at the Town Clerk ' s Office entitled , " Plan Showing Proposed Relocation of a Portion of Mass . Ave . , Lexington, Oct . 17 , 1930 , Scale 1 inch - 20 feet , John T . Cos grove , Town Engineer , " appropriate money therefor by the issue of bonds or notes , by transfer from other accounts or by any or all of such methods , or act in any manner in relation thereto . Art . 5 . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase from Daniel J . O ' Connell a portion of the land and buildings on Massachusetts Avenue between the site of the old Town Hall now owned by Rubin and Seligman and the land of Anstiss S . Hunt , .et al , between the former northeasterly street line and the new northeasterly street line as laid out by the Selectmen approximately twenty-eight feet in depth from Massachusetts Avenue in order to provide for a widening of Massachusetts Avenue , appropriate money for such purpose by the issue of bonds , notes , or by transfer from other accounts , or take any action in relation thereto . Art . 6 . To see if the town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning Dy-Law and Zoning Map by changing to a C . 1 district all or any of the corner properties now in an R . 1 District at the junction of Bed `'ord Street, North Hancock Street and Valley Road . This article includes in its scope the petition of Harriette 437 W . Smith . Art . 7 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By- Law and Zoning Map by changing from an R . 1 . District to a C . 1 District the easterly corner property at the junction of Massachusetts Avenue and Marrett Road , upon the petition of Catherine Herbert . Art . 8 . To see if the Town , upon petition of Ethel W . Bean will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By- law and map by changing from an R . 1 District to a C . 1 District the plot of land located on the easterly side of Bedford. Street nortYlwost of property of said name at 241 Bedford Stre :. t said plot extending easterly two hundred ( 200 ) feet ; thence turning and running in a northerly direction three hundred ( 300 ) feet ; thence turning and running southwesterly two hundred fifty ( 250 ) feet to Bedford Street ; thence turning andrunning southeasterly along Bedford Street two hundred forty- seven ( 247 ) feet to a point of beginning and comprising 1 3/8 acres of land more or less . Art . 9 . To see if the Town will vote to install a water main on :'food Street , subject to the usual guarantee , and appropriate money therefor ::yy the issue of bonds or notes or otherwise , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 10 . To see if the Town will appoint a Building Committee of Seven , of which three shall be the School Committee , to secure architect ' s plans and contractor ' s bids for an addition to the Adams School Building , and appropriate money for the same by transfer from Excess and. Deficiency Account , or otherwise , or take any other action relative thereto . And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the Town . Hereof , fail not , and make due return of this '17arrant , with your doings thereon , to the Town Clerk , on or before the time of said meeting . Given under our hands , at Lexington, this twenty- eighth day of October , A . D . 1930 . Albert H . Burnham Theodore A . Custance Selectmen Clarence Shannon of Hallie C . Blake Lexington . Robert P . Trask October 31 , 1930 To the Town Clerk : I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office , in the Vestibule of the Town Office Building and six other public places in the Town , andby mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town seven days before time of said meeting . Attest : Patrick J . Maguire Constable of Lexington.