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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1938-04-25-STM-WARRANT-1 OF 2 / TOT 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 the Cary Memor- ial Building, in said Lexington, on Monday, the 25th day or April, 1938, at eight o' clock P.M. , then and there to act on the following articles : Article 1, To see if the Town will vote to ratify the execution by the Selectmen of a contract, contingent upon ratification by the Town, with Charles W. Ryder, Charles W. Ryder and Robert L. Ryder as Trustees of the Lexington Estates Trust, and Robert L. Ryder as Trustee of the Lexington Real Estate Trust dated October 26, 1937, a copy of which is now on file with the Selectmen and open to public inspection, or take any other action with respect to the said contract. Article 2. To see if the Town will adopt any or all of the recom- mendations of the Vine Brook Drainage Committee which report was received by the Town at its meeting held September 27, 1937. Article 3. To see if the Town will authorize the execution by the Selectmen of a contract for the execution of drainage improvements in and adjacent to Vine Brook for the purpose of carrying out any or all of the recommendations of the Vine Brook Drainage Committee contained in the report of that committee received by the Town at its meeting of September 27, 1937 and authorize the taking by eminent domain of any lands or easements in lands for the purpose of carrying out any of the said recommendations, and will make an appropriation therefor, and meet the said appropriation by direct assessment or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town payable as provided by law. Article 4, To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to compromise actions now pending against the Town brought by Charles W. Ryder, and Charles W. Ryder and Robert L. Ryder as Trustees of the Lexington Estates Trust and Robert L. Ryder as Trustee of Lex- ington Real Estate Trust, and actions brought by the Town against them, as provided in an agreement, conditioned upon ratification by the Town, between the Selectmen and the said Ryders dated October 26, 1937, a copy of which is now on file with the Board of Selectmen and open to public inspection, and appropriate money therefor, and meet the said appropriation by direct assessment, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town payable in accordance with law, or will authorize the Treasurer under the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933, as amended, to borrow against ta.R titles from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts an amount necessary to meet said appropriation, pay- ment of the said sum of money and execution of the said settlement to be subject to such conditions, if any, with respect to perform- ance by the said Ryders in accordance with the said agreement, as may be imposed by the Town. 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. 39q Given under our hands at Lexington, this 23rd day of February, A. D. , 1938, CHARLES E. FERGUSON SELECT= PHILIP M. CLARK ARCHIBALD R. GIROUX OF WILLIAM G. POTTER ALBERT A. ROSS LEXINGTON February 28th, 1938, 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 copy 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. 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, quali- fied to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in the Cary Memorial Building, in said Lexington, on. Monday, the twenty-first day of March, 1938, at 8 :00 P.M. , then, and there to act on the follow- ing articles : Article 1, To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Taft Avenue, from Massachu- setts Avenue a distance of approximately 1037 feet southwesterly, 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 18, 1938, and to take by eminent domain the necessary ease- ments therefor, and pay for the same in whole or in part by diredt appropriation, by transfer from available funds or by the issue of notes or bonds of the town; or actin any manner relating thereto. Article 2, To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Cherry Street, from Taft Avenue a distance of approximately 193 feet westerly, 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 Febru- ary 28, 1938, and to take by eminent domain the necessary easements therefor, and pay for the same in whole or in part by direct appro- priation, by transfer from available funds or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town; or act in any manner relating thereto. Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or accept the layout of as a town, Cary Street, from Taft Avenue. a distance of approximately 250 feet westerly, 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 18, 1938, and to take by eminent domain the necessary easements therefor, and 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; or act in any manner relating 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 seventh day of March, A. D. , 1938, CHARLES E. FERGUSON SELECTMEN ARCHIBALD R. GIROUX ALBERT A. ROSS OF WILLIAM,,G. POTTER LEXITNGTON March 14, 1938. 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 copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town nine days before the time of said meet- ing. Attest : John C. Russell Constable of Lexington. 423 TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, as . To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said. County, Greeting In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachasetts , yo-a are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, oualified to vote in elections and in town affairs , to meet in the Cary Memorial Building, in said. Lexington, on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of April, 1938, 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 and to appoint other Coromittees . Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to install a trunk line sewer beginning at the MetropolitRn Sewer near the Arlington-Lex- ington Line, thence in a general northerly direction for a distance of approximately 1620 feet to a point in Rindge Avenue about 300 feet southerly of Winn Avenue, and to acquire any necessary lands or easements by purchase or eminent domain; and to authorize the Selectmen to cause this to be done as a Federal Works Progress Administration Project; and provide funds therefor, incIading land damages, by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds , or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town payable in accordance with the law, or by borrowing under the provisions of Chapter 58 of the Acts of 1938. Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to install a trunk line sewer beginning at the Metropolitan Sewer near the Arlington- Lexington Line, thence in a general northerly direction for a distance of approximately 1620 feet to a point in Rindge A7-enae about 300 feet southerly of Vann Avenue, and to acouire any nec- essary lands or easements by purchase or eminent domain; and provide funds therefor, including land damages , by direct appro- priation, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town Payable in accordance with the law. Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to install sewer mains in the following unaccepted streets, subject to the assessment of betterments, and to acquire by purchase or by eminent domain any necessary easements therefor: Rindge Avenue, from a poin.3. near Rawson Avenue, to Melrose Avenue, a distance of approsi-r:_tely 950 feet; Melrose Avenue, from Rindge Avenue northwesterly, a distance of approximately 20C feet; Rawson Avenue, between Albermarle Ave. and Rindge Avenue; Albermarle Avenue, from Rawson Avenue southerly, a distance of approximately 150 feet, and also from Winn Avenue, a distance of aPproximately 180 feet southerly; Winn Avenue , between Albermarle Avenue and Rindge Avenue, a distance of approximately 360 feet; and provide funds for said installation by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, payable in accordance with the law. Article 5 . To see if the Town will vote to install a sewer main in Bow Street, between Rawson Avenue and a point approximately 800 feet southerly of Rawson Avenue , subject to the assessment of betterments , and provide funds for said installation by direct appropriation, by transfer from available fands , or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town payable in accordance with the law. 424 Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen, on behalf of the Town, to purchase or take by eminent domain the land, right or easement to construct at the outlet of Butterfield' s Fond at Lowell Street a dam to create a Storage basin for flood flows of Vine Brook and the right to flow the land under and adjoining the said Butterfield' s Pond and its tributaries, and that the Selectmen be authorized in the name of and on behalf of the Town to execute a contract for the con- struction of such a dam and appurtenant works, and to provide payment for the same by direct appropriation, by transfer from available ±Imds, or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, payable in accordance with the law, Article 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to construct a conduit to enclose the North_ Branch of Vine Brook from the west side of Waltham Street to the junction of the North and South Branches, and to provide payment for the same by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, payable in accordPnce with the law. Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to construct a low level sewer from a point about two handred and ten feet east of Hayes Lane to a point about two handred and twenty feet south of Vine Brook Road near the conduit to be con- structed for Vine Brook as authorized by this meeting and to ac- quire by purchase or by taking by eminent domain any necessary easement therefor, and to provide payuent for the same by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town payable in accordance with the law. Article 9 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for services and expenses in the defense of the Ryder drainage cases. Article 10 , To see if the Town will vote to appropriate an additional sum of money for the Planning Board, for engineering purposes . 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 Tour Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands at Lexington, this seventh day of April, A. D, , 1938, Archibald R. Giroux MAJORITY OF THH William G. Potter SET7ICTIEN A. Edward Rowse OF Albert A. Ross LEXINGTON April 18th, 1938. 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 copy of the same to every re,fistered voter in the Town seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest: Patrick J. Maguire Constable of Lexington.