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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1936-03-02-TE-WARRANT and 1936-03-16-ATM-Warrant 1Q9 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 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 their respective voting places in said town, PRECINCT ONE, ADAMS SCHOOL: PRECINCT TWO, THREE AND FOUR, CARY MEMORIAL HALL, on MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH, A. D. 1936, at six o'clock A. M. then and there to act on the follow- ing articles : Article 1. To choose by ballot the following town officers : One Town Clerk for the term of one year; Two Selectmen for the term of three years ; One Town Treasurer for the term of one year; One Col,lector of Taxes for the term of one year; One Cembery Commissioner for the term of three years ; One Meer of the School Committee for term of three years ; Two Constables for the term of one year; One moderator for the term of one year; One Member of the Planning Board for the term of one year; One Member of the Planning Boardfor the term of two years; Two Members of the Planning Board for the term of three years ; One Member of the Trustees of Public Trusts for a term of six years : Seventeen Town Meeting Members in each Precinct for the term of three years ; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Three for the term of one year; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct three for the term of two years; Three Town Meeting Members in Precinct Four for the term of one year: The polls will be open at 6:00 A. M. and will remain open until 8:00 P . M. You are also to notify the inhab-tants aforesaid to meet in SR Cary Memorial Hall in said Town on Monday, the sixteenth day of March, 1936 at 8:00 ,P. M. , at which time and place the following articles are to beacted upon and determined exclusively by the Town Meeting Members, in°accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929 and subject to the referendum provided for by section eight of said chapter. Article 2. To receive the reports of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town and to appoint other Committees . Article 3. To choose such Town Officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination. Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1937, and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the installation and maintenance of traffic signals at Meriam Street and Massachusetts Avenue. Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to refund any or all of the revenue notes issued in anticipation of the revenue of the year 1936, in accordance with the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws : any debt so incurred to be paid from the revenue of the year 1936. 193 Article 7. To see if the Town will make the usual appropriations for Town expenses for the ensuing year, or act in any manner relating thereto . Article 8. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail moths, and other pests , in accordance with Chapter 132, General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the Reserve Fund as provided by Chapter 40, Section 6, General Laws , or take any action relating thereto. Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Departments , under Chapter 32, General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1936. Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the support of a Posture Clinic, to be expended under the direction of the Board. of Health or by a Committee appointed by said Board. Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the Town' s share of the net cost of the care, maintenance, and repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, or take any action relating thereto. Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $1386.41 received from the Middlesex County for dog fees to the Cary Memorial Library Account. Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to establish a clinic for the free immunization of dogs against rabies, and appropriate money for said clinic. Article 16, To see if the Town will vote to keep the street lights on all night. Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By-Law by substituting for Section 10, a new Section 10 readin7 as follows : Section 10. Existing Uses and Buildings . Any use or building or part of a building which, at the time of the adoption of the original Lexington Zoning By-Law was and still is. being put to a non-conforming use, may continue to be used for the same purpose, and may be repaired or structurally altered; but no such building, if destroyed to the extent of 90 per cent of its insurable value, shall be rebuilt, nor shall such building be extended or enlarged, nor shall it be used for a different purpose except subject to the provisions of Section 9. Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By-Law by adding to Section 4, R. 1 Districts, Paragraph 6, the following paragraph: "Excavation and removal from the premises of any sod, loam, sand, gravel, clay or quarried or crushed stone, except that the provisions of section 9 do not apply when such excavation and removal are incidental to and in connection with the construction of a building for which a permit has been issued in accordance with the building by-law and this by-law, and when such excavation or removal are permitted under paragraph numbered "4"', in the paragraphs headed 'In R. 1 Districts ' ." Article 19. To see if the Town will vote, upon petition of Sarah A. Cutler, to amend the Lexington Zoning By-Law and Map by changing from an R. 1 District to a C . 1 District the parcel of land des- cribed as follows : 194 On the easterly side of Pleasant Street beginning at , a point about 100 feet from the northerly line of the Cambridge Turnpike extending northerly one hundred and fifty (150) feet along Pleasant Street and of a depth of one hundred (100) feet. the southerly side of the said parcel being Clematis Brook. Article 20. To see if the Town will vote, upon petition of Ernest DeVincent, to amend the Lexington Zoning By-Law and Map by changing from an R. 1 District to a C. 1 District the parcel of land des- cribed as follows : Beginning at the junction of the Northwest corner of Pleasant Street and the boundary line of the State Highway known as the Concord-Cambridge Highway and running:- Northeasterly along said Pleasant Street 105 feet to Clematis Brook, thence turning and running: Northwesterly 160 feet along said brook; thence turning and running: Westerly on a line parallel to the boundary line of said State Highway 525 feet more or less to land now or formerly of Moody Land Company; thence turning and running: Southwesterly by land of said Moody Land Company 170 feet to the boundary line of said State Highway; thence turning and running: _ Easterly along the boundary line of said highway 700 feet more or less to the point of beginning. Article 21. To see if the Town. will vote to appropriate money for the payment of tuition of pupils attending Vocational School or act in any manner relating thereto. Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the maintenance of classes for instruction in Americanization or act in any manner relating thereto. Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay the necessary expenses of the Superintendent of Schools incurred outside the Commonwealth in securing information upon matters in which the Town is interested or which may tend to improve the service in the School Department. Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the unpaid bills for the year 1935 in the following account : Law Department, $95.25. . Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of Lincoln Street; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto. - Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of Watertown Street; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Article 27. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install street lights in the following unaccepted streets : Summit Road; Cary Street; Kendall Road; Hamilton Road; Ledgelawn Avenue. Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to install water mains in the following unaccepted streets, subject to the assessment of betterments, and to take by eminent domain the necessary easement therefor: Blake Road, from the present end, to Preston Road; Preston Road from Blake Road to Simonds Road. and provide funds for said installation by direct appropriation or by transfer from other funds . Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Tax Collector and Town Collector to turn over to the Treasurer his collections daily. 1195 Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to amend the General By-Laws of the Town of Lexington so as to provide that the Tax Collector and Town Collector shall turn over to the Town Treasurer his collections daily. Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Town Clerk to turn over to the Town Treasurer any or all fees received by him as Town Clerk. Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to amend the General By-Laws of the Town of Lexington so as to provide that the Town Clerk shall turn over to the Town Treasurer any or all fees received by him as Town Clerk. Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to defray the expense incurred by the Town Counsel in the case of Ryder v. Town or Lexington, which pertains to Vine Brook Drainage. Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to satisfy the judgement entered against the Town in the case of Anthony Ross & Son v. Town of Lexington. Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to transfer unexpended balances in any of the accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account or to any of the other Town Surplus Accounts. Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or accept the layout ofas a town way, Tower Road, from Massachusetts Avenue a distance of approximately 455 feet southerly, as laid out by the Selectmen, under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated February 10, 1936, and to take by eminent domain the necessary easements therefor, and appropriate money for the construction of said street, or act in any manner relating thereto. Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Richard Road, from Tower Road to near Plymouth Road, a distance of approximately 275 feet, as laid out by the Selectmen, under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated February 10, 1936, and to take by eminent domain the necessary easements therefor, and appropriate money for the construction of said street, or act in any manner relating thereto. Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Plymouth Road, from Richard. Road to Robbins Road, a distance of approximately 585 feet, as laid out by the Selectmen, under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated February 10, 1936, and to take by eminent domain the necessary easements therefor, and anvropriate money for the construction of said street, or act in any manner relating thereto. Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Hibbert Street, from Massachusetts Avenue southwesterly, a distance of approximately 230 feet, 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. February 15, 1936, and to take by eminent domain the necessary easements therefor, and appropriate money for the construction of said street, or act in any manner relating thereto. Article 40: To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take by eminent domain for highway purposes a parcel of land approximately 23,286 square feet in area, now owned by the Boston & Maine rail- road, and used as an entrance to and exit from the Lexington Railroad station, and provide funds therefor by direct appropriation. Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to take for highway purposes the following described parcel of land, being the northerly side of Depot Park, approximately 9,000 square feet in area, and appropriate the sum of 82,000. for excavating and resurfacing the same to be used for a public parking space . 196 cn Tat Article 42 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for a power sprayer for the use of the Moth and Shade Tree Division. Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for a highway grader for the useof the Highway Division. Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to install sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as may be applied for during the year 1936 in accordance with authority contained in the By-Laws of the Towr, subject to the assessment of betterments, or otherwise and to take by eminent domain the necessary easement therefor, and to appropriate money for said installation of mains by direct appropriation or by transfer from other funds . Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to install water mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as may be applied for during the year 1936 in accordance with authority contained in the By-Laws of the Town, subject to the assessment of betterments , and to take by eminent domain the necessary easement therefor, and appropriate money for said installation of mains by direct appropriation or by transfer from other funds. Article 46 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to construct granolithic sidewalks where the abutting owner pays one-half the cost, and provide funds for said construction by direct appropriation. - Article 47 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the installation of granite curbing on the westerly side of Bedford Street from Elm Avenue to a point approximately two hundred (200) feet north of Newcomb & Dailey' s garage. Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for highway maintenance under authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws . Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to designate by name the street extending from Hancock Street to Bedford Street commonly known as North Hancock Street. Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for Pleasant Street and Watertown Street land damages resulting from the relocation or reconstruction of said streets . Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the installation and maintenance of warning signals at Fletcher Avenue at the Boston and Maine railroad. crossing. Article 52 . To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell and dispose of the property taken by the Town by foreclosure of tax titles. Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate funds for labor and materials on public works and for other expenses in connection therewith, to be exrended by the Selectmen for aid to persons employed on various projects . Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to establish the compensation of the Collector; and Town Collector, Town Clerk, and Town Treasurer. /of Taxes Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the installation of underground cable and for the separation of tapper and box circuits for the Fire Department. Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the installation of a water main not less than 6" and not more than 16" in diameter in Bloomfield Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Highland Avenue. Article 57 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the installation of surface drainage in Bloomfield Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Highland Avenue. 197 Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sunn of money for the repair of the dwelling at Westview Cemetery. or take any action in relation thereto. Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for new development at Westview Cemetery by direct appropria- tion or by transfer from other funds, or take any other action in relation thereto. Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the installation of fire alarm boxes. 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 theron, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands , at Lexington, this eighteenth day of February, A. D. , 1936. Charles E. Ferguson Philip M. Clark ' SELECTMEN John A. Lyons OF Archibald R. Giroux LEXINGTON. Feb. 24, 1936. 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, and by mailing a Printed cony of the same to every registered voter in the Town seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest : Patrick J. Maguire Constable of Lexington.