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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1937-03-01-TE-WARRANT and 1937-03-15-ATM-WARRANT 28J T OWN IUARRANT 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 FIRST DAY OF MARCH, A. D. 1937, at six o 'clock A.M. then and there to act on the following articles : Article 1. To choose by ballot the following town officers : One Town Clerk for the term of one year; One Selectman for the term of three years ; One Town Treasurer for the term of one year; One Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; One Cemetery Commissioner for the term of two years : One Cemetery Commissioner for the term of three years ; One Member of the School Committee for the term of three years ; Two Constables for the term of one year: One Moderator for the term of one year; Two Members of the Plannng Board for the term. of three years : One Member of the Planning Board for the term of one year; Seventeen Town Meeting Members in each Precinct for the term of three years : One Town Meeting Member in Precinct One for a term of two years : One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Two for a term of one year. The polls will be ()Pen at 600 A. M. and will remain open until 8 :00 P. M. You are also to notify the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in Cary Memorial Hall in said Town on Monday, the fifteenth day of March, 1937 at 8:00 P.M. , at which time and place the following articles are to be acted 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, 1938, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be wiven 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 authorize the Tow,' 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 1937, in accordance with the provisions of Section 17, Chap- ter 44, General Laws ; any debt so incurred to be paid from the rev- enue of the year 1937 . Article 6. To see if the Town will make the usual appropriations for Town expenses for the ensuing year, or act in any manner in relation thereto . Article 7 . To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail moths, and other nests , in accordance with Chapter 132, General Laws , or act in any manner in relation thereto, 282 Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to apnropriate a sum of money for the Reserve Fund as Provided by Chapter 40, Section 6, General Laws, or act in any manner in relation thereto. Article 9. 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 in relation thereto . Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the SelecLmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1937 . Article 11 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a si,ni 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 in relation thereto. Article 12 . To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of " Ia438.23 received from Middlesex County for dog fees to the Cary Memorial Library Account. Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay the necessary expenses of the Superintendent of Schools in- curred 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 Denartment. Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to defray the expense incurred in the defense of the cases of Ryder v. Town of Lexington, which pertain to Vine Brook Drainage. Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to transfer unexpended appropriation balances in any of the accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account, or take any other action in relation thereto. Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, or accept the layout of as a town way, Robbins Road, from, Locust Avenue to Lexington Avenue, a distance of approximately 790 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 January 16, 1937, and to take by eminent domain the necessary easements therefor, and appropriate money for the con- struction of said street, or act in any manner in relation, thereto. Article 17 . To see if the Town will vote. to install sewer mains in such accepted or unaccented streets as may be applied for during the year 1937 in accordance with St. 1897 , Ch. 504, as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain any necessary easements therefor, and to appropriate money for said installation of mains by direct appropriation or by transfer from other funds . Article 18. 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 1937 in accordance with authority contained in the By-Laws of the Town, subject to the assessment of betterments, and to take by eminent domain any necessary easements therefor, and appropriate money for said installation of mains by direct appropriation or by transfer from other funds . Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to install an 8 inch water main in Watertown Street for a distance of approximately 700 feet , subject to the assessment of betterments , and provide funds therefor by direct appropriation, or by transfer from other funds. Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to install an 8 inch water main in Shade Street from Weston Street a distance of approx- imately 800 feet, subject to the assessment of betterments, and to take by eminent domain any necessary easements therefor, and to provide funds for said installation by direct appropriation, or by transfer from other funds . 283 Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for highway maintenance under authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws. Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of Waltham 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 23. 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 24. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Select- men to sell and dispose of the property taken by the Town by fore- closure of tax titles . Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate funds for labor and materials on public works and for other expenses in con- nection therewith, to be expended by the Selectmen for aid to Persons employed on various projects. Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to establish a Road Machinery Fund , to which shall be credited all receipts received for the use or rental of road machinery, the Proceeds to be appro- priated as voted by the town for road machinery nurnoses , or take any action in relation thereto. Article 27 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of 5'8225.00 to establish a Road Machinery Account for the Purpose of purchasing, repairing and operating road machinery. Article 28. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Select- men to grant the Lexington Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the use of the auditorium in the Cary Memorial Building without charge on six evenings each year, also the use of Estabrook Hall in said building without charge, for the regular meetings of the Veterans of Foreign Wars , or act in any manner in relation thereto. Article 29 . To see if the Town will vote to accept the Provisions of law relative to the compensation of municipal employees who are injured in the course of their employment under authority of Chanter 260 of the Acts of 1936, as amended by Chapter 403 of the Acts of 1936, and to see if the Town will vote to determine the employees for whom compensation insurance shall be provided. Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay any unpaid bills for nrior years of the various town departments . . Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or accept the layout of as a town way. Tower Road, from the Present end of acceptance a distance of approximately 80 feet southeasterly, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a cer- tain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated February 10, 1936 . Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of 446125. 00 for the Purchase of a Man for the use of the Town Meet- ing Members , or take any other action in relation thereto. Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By-Law and Map as follows :- To substitute for the Amendment to the Zoning Law adopted by the Town at the Town Meeting November 7, 1930, which reads , uVoted:- That the town amend the Lexington Zoning By-Law and map by changing from an R.1 district to a 0 ,1 district the plot of land owned by Ethel W. Bean and located on the easterly side of Bedford Street, northwest of nroperty of said name at 241 Bedford Street, said plot extending easterly two hundred (200) feet; thence turning and running in a northerly direction 284 0-1 z=1 three hundred (300) feet; thence turning and running southwesterly two hundred fifty (250) feet to Bedford Street; thence turning and running southeasterly along Bedford Street two hundred forty-seven (247 ) feet to the Point of beginning and comorising one and three eights ( 1 3/8) acres of land more or less ." The following paragraph to be placed in Section 3, under the head- ing "In C.1 Districts :-' 22. Beginning at a point in the northeasterly side line of Bedford Street, said point being southeasterly and distant 219.04 feet from the southeasterly terminus of a curve of radius 1513.11 feet; thence running northeasterly distant 200 feet ; thence turning and • running northwesterly distant 300 feet; thence turning and running southwesterly distant 250 feet to the northeasterly side line of Bedford Street ; thence turning and running by said side line of Bedford Street, southeasterly distnnt 247 feet to the point of beginning and comprising 1 3/8 acres of land more or less, or take any action thereon. Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By-Law as follows :- B7 removing from Section 3, C . 1 Districts, the two following paragraphs : - "Beginning at a point 200 feet easterly of the junction of the easterly line of Blossom Street with the southerly line of the new Concord Highway, thence easterly along the southerly line of the Concord Highway 200 feet, and of a depth of 100 feet throughout. "At the junction of the Concord Turnpike and Watertown -Street the parcel bounded easterly by the curve at said junction 55 .98 feet; southerly by said Turnpike 277 .50 feet; westerly by a line at right angles to said Turnpike 98.97 feet; northwesterly by a line at right angles to said Watertown Street 98.9; feet; and northeasterly by said Watertown Street 286.96 feet. And by adding the following to Section 3 after paragraph 10 under "R.2 Districts" and preceding the heading "C .1 Districts :- T.1 Districts 1. Beginning at a point 200 feet easterly of the junction of the easterly line of Blossom Street with the southerly line of the new Concord Highway, thence easterly along the southerly line of the Concord Highway 200 feet, and of a depth of 100 feet throughout. 2 . At the junction of the Concord Turnpike and Watertown Street the Parcel bounded easterly by the curve at said junction 55 .98 feet: southerly by said turnpike 277 .50 feet; westerly by a line at right angles to said Turnpike 98.97 feet: northwesterly by a line at right angles to said Watertown Street 98.97 feet; and northeasterly by said Watertown Street 286.96 feet. And by changing the Zoning Map in accordance therewith, or take any action thereon. Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By-Law by inserting in Section 7 : - (a) in the first line, after "R.2" , the phrase "and T.1," or take any action thereon. Article 36. 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 construct- ion by direct appropriation. 285 Article 37 . To see if the Town will vote to install underground cable for the Fire Department and nay for the same by direct ap- propriation or by transfer from available funds . Article 38. To see if the Town will establish a Planning Board under General Laws, Chapter 41, sec. 81A, as enacted by Statute 1936, Chapter 211, sec . 4, or act in any manner in relation thereto . Article 39. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Sections 81 F, 81 G, 81 H, 81 I, and 81 J of Chapter 41 of the General Laws , as enacted by Statute 1936; Chapter 211, Section 4, or act in any manner in relation thereto. Article 40. To see if the Town will Provide for a Board of Anneals under General Laws , Chapter 41, Section 81 1, as enacted by Statute 1936,_ Chanter 211, Section 4 by amending the General By-laws of the Town by adding a paragraph to that' effect to Article XXVI, or act in any manner in relation thereto. Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to defray the expenses incurred by the Retirement Board to be established under Chapter 318 of the Acts of 1936, or take any action in relation thereto. Article 42 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of the traffic control signal system in Lexington Center, or take any action in relation thereto. Article 43. To see if the Town will purchase or take by Eminent Domain the property numbered 1557 Massachusetts Avenue, adjoining the Cary Memorial Building, formerly owned by the late William L. Barnes , for any appropriate municipal purpose, and to pay for the same in whole or in part by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town. Article 44. To see if the Town will purchase for a school play- ground and park purposes the parcel of land owned by Harriette W. Smith as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Proposed Addition to Parker School ProperLy , Lex. , Mass . ; for School, Playground and Park Purposes, Scale 1 in. - 40 ft. , Feb. 15, 1937, John T. Cos- grove, Town Engineer" and containing 38,690 square feet, and com- promise two petitions for damages arising out of the layout of Valley Road brought against the Town'are (1 HP riette W. Smith N- oPtYe and the other by Harriette W. Smith,/now ren in the Superior Court, and pay for the same by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds , or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town in accordance with Law. Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of 8300.00 to be exnended under the direction of the Selectmen upon Depot Park for construction and labor in accordance with the plan presented by the Lexington Field & Garden Club. Article 46. To see if the Town Meeting Members will vote to author- ize their precincts to choose members necessary to represent them on the Lexington Town Meeting Members Association as an Executive Com- mittee, and to appropriate a sum of money to defray the expenses of said Committee . Article 47 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the purchase of new Whistle Apparatus for the Fire Department. Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to accept the recommen- dation of the Selectmen for the changing of the names of certain streets , or act in any manner in relation thereto. Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to construct Reed Street from about 500 ft. north of Sunnyknoll Avenue to Ash Street, a dis- tance of approximately 1,000 feet, and appropriate money for the construction of said street, or act in any manner in relation there- to. 2 8 CJ1 Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate funds for the disposal of surface drainage by the construction of drains or conduits and for that purpose to take lands or easements by Eminent Domain as follows : In private lands of Ellen B. Welch,. Lulu M. Blake, Heirs of Hallie C. Blake , and in Patriot's Drive from the McIntosh drain at 24 Merriam Street to the manhole in the Right of Way off Hancock Street in the rear of land of Lena G. Dreselly; Reed Street and lands of Ernest E. MacPhee and the Lexington Co- operative Bank; Locust Avenue, Independence Avenue, and Massachusetts Avenue to Curve Street; and in such other streets and locations as the Selectmen may desig- nate . Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the replacement and installation of water mains not less than 6 inches and not more than sixteen inches in diameter in the follow- ing streets and in such other streets as the Selectmen may determine : Sherman Street from Grant Street to Fletcher Avenue, a distance of approximately 800 feet; Highland Avenue, from Bloomfield Street to Percy Road, a distance of approximately 510 feet; Forest Street, from Muzzey Street to Waltham Street, a distance of approximately 500 feet. Article 52 . To see if the Town will appropriate money to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen for thepurchase of materials and _equiPment and for wages of superintendence on public works for which the Town has !Dower to appropriate money- to be designated by the Selectmenq in which works recipients of welfare aid from the Town may be required to work, or take any action in reference there- to. 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 Feb- ruary, A. D. , 1937. Charles E. Ferguson SETROTMEN Philip M. Clark Archibald R. Giroux OF Albert A. Ross William G. Potter LEXINGTON February 20, 1937 To the Town Clerk: have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting Printed conies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town Office Bdilding and six other public places in the Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town 20 days before the time of said meeting. Attest: Patrick J. Magu-ire Constable of Lexington