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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1949-03-07-TE-Warrant-and-1949-03-21-ATM-Warrant TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, s: 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 BUILDING, on Monday the 7th day of March, A.D. , 19149, at 7:30 & clock A. M. , then and there to act on the following articles: Article 1. To choose by ballot the following Town Officers: One Selectman for,. the term of three years; Two members of the School Committee for the term of three years; One Cemetery Commissioner for the term of three years; One member of the Planning Board for the term of one year; One member of the Planning Board for the term of two years; One member of the Planning Board for the term of three years; One member of the Planning Board for the -term of four years; Two members of the Planning Board for the term of five years; One Moderator for the term of one year; One Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; One Town Clerk for the term of one year; One Town Treasurer for the term of one year; Two Constables 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 Two to fill the unexpired term ending March, 1950; Two Town Meeting Members in Precinct Three to fill the unexpired terms ending March, 1951; Two Town Meeting Members in Precint Four to fill the unexpired terms ending March, 1950. To vote Yes or No by ballot on the following question: "Shall the Town accept the provisions of Chapter 588 of the Acts of 19)48, "An Act authorizing increases of the amounts of pensions payable to certain former public employees who have been retired and to beneficiaries of certain retired public employees. " YES NO Thepolls will be open at 7:30 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 twenty-first day of March, 1949, 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 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, 1950, and to issue a note or notes therefor, 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 h , General Laws. -2- Article 4. To see if the Town will make the usual appropriations for Town expenses for the ensuing year, by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by a combination of the two methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay the necessary expenses of the School Officers 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, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to transfer unexpended appropriation balances in any of the accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to use money from available funds toward the reduction of the 1949 tax rate, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay any unpaid bills for prior years of the various Town Departments, or act in any other manner in relation 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 act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 10. 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 1949, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to approve an agreement entered into by the Selectmen with the Veterans Administration for the extension of water mains to the Bedford Line and supplying water therefrom to the Veterans Administration Hospital in Bedford, Mass. , and to provide for the payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to install water mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as the Selectmen may determine during the year 1949 in accordance with authority contained in the By-laws of the Town, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire a4 land or easements necessary therefor, and to pay for the same by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town, or -act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to install sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as the Selectmen may determine during the year 1949 in accordance with St. 1897, Ch. 504 as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any land or easements necessary therefor, and to pay for the same by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -3- • Article 24. To see if the Town-will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a new cruising car for the Police Department, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article. 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Depart- ments under Chapter 32, General Laws, as amended, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for highway maintenance under the authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the construction of Grove 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; and to be raised by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate ' a sum of money for the widening of the southeasterly side of Waltham Street from Massachusetts Avenue southerly, said money to be used in conjunction with any money that may be allotted for this purpose by the State or County and to provide for the payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to construct cement or bituminous concrete sidewalks where the abutting owner pays one-half of the cost or otherwise, and provide funds for said construction by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by a combination of these two methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to construct curbings, and provide funds for said construction by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by a combination of these two methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the improvement of lowlands and swamps and the eradication of mosquitoes under Chapter 252 of the General Laws or for the eradication of mosquitoes by the Board of Health of Lexington or appropriate money under Section )4A of Chapter 252 of the General Laws for the purpose as set forth in that Section, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 22,. To see if the Town will vote to enlarge the scope of the Road Machinery Fund by crediting to said fund an amount based on hourly rental for the use of motorized equipment of the Public Works Department when used on various projects carried on under the direction of said Department, the amount of said charge not to exceed the amount allowed by the State for the use of similar equipment, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. - 4 - Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint one of its members to the Board of Appeals, in accordance with G. L. Chapter 41, Section 4A, or act ,in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to install street lights in such unaccepted streets as the Selectmen may determine during the year 1949, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of equipment for the Department of Public Works and provide for payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to establish the salary and compensation of the Town Treasurer, Town Clerk, and Town Collector of Taxes, being all the elected officers of the Town on a salary basis, as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended, and to provide funds necessary therefor by direct appro- __ _nri ation _ornaet_ in pnv _other_manner...in_relation theneto— Article t7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Chapter 588 of the Acts of 1948, if accepted by the Town, and provide for payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Woodland Road from Adams Street to York Street, approximately 1823 feet as laid out by the Select- men under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1949, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any land or easements necessary therefor, and to provide payment for the construction of said street and said land acquisition by direct appropriatian, by transfer from available funds or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto . Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Colony Road from Grant Street westerly approximately 810 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 January 7, 1949, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any land or easements necessary therefore, and to provide payment for the construction of said street and said land acquisition by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -5- Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Hayes Avenue from Woodland Road to Meriam Street approximately 300 feet as laid out by the Select- men, under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1949, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any land or easements necessary therefor, and to provide payment for the construction of said street and said land acquisition by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Trustees of the Cary Memorial Library to proceed with the remodelling of the Cary Memorial Library Building substantially in accordance with plans submitted by the said Trustees and recommended by them, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to obtain bids and execute contracts for said remodelling, and to provide for the payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds or by the issue of bonds of notes of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for stone bounds to be installed on streets that have been laid out by the Middlesex County Commissioners and provide for the payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to release to Charles W. Ryder and Robert L. Ryder, Trustees of Lexington Estates Trust, an easement for drainT e purposes over certain lands of Lexington Estates Trust in consideration for an easement for sewerage purposes across other lands of the said Lexington Estates Trust, from said Trustees, to the Town as agreed by the Selectmen subject to the approval of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to determine whether the Board of Assessors shall consist of three or five persons to be appointed by the Selectmen, under the provisions of General Laws, Ter. Ed. , Chapter 41, Section 26, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to establish and maintain Government sponsored hot lunch programs in the elementary schools, and to appropriate a sum of money for said purpose and provide for payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 3S . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of resurfacing the play area at the Parker School and provide for the payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. - 6 - Article 31. To see if the Town will authorize the Moderator to appoint a building committee to proceed with the erection of a new High School on land acgzired by the Town for school purposes in June, 1946; to ,obtain bids on behalf of the town, and to authorize the School Committee to sign a contract for the construction of the same, and to provide for payment thereof by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town, or by a combination of any of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building By-Laws by adding tnder Article VIII Section 1, a new subsection (I) to read as follows: (I) No single family dwelling one story in height shall have a floor area of less than 700 square feet. No single family dwelling more than one story in height shall have a first floor area of less than 500 aquare feet, or a second floor area of less than 250 square feet. Of the second floor area at least 125 square feet shall have a head room of not less than 7 feet. No duplex house shall have a floor area of less than twice the required area for one family dwellings as stated in the preceding paragraph. No two-family dwelling shall have a floor area of less than 700 square feet per family unit including stairways. No trailer shall be used as a dwelling unless it con- forms with. the requirements of this Section and Section 29 of the Plumbing By-Laws, and Article XX of the Building By- Laws. Article '39. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by striking out paragraph 18 of Section 3 and substituting ' therefor the following:-- At the junction of Marrett Road and School Street, Marrett Road and Lincoln Street, Lincoln and School Streets commonly known as "The Five Forks", a business district extending from the junction highways of the side lines of and upon both sides of all intersecting streets for a distance of 200 feet and for a depth of 100 feet from the adjacent street line in each instance. Article 40: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Law by adding to the areas designated as C. 1, or commercial districts--- retail stores and other permitted businesses, the following area now designated under said Zoning By-Law as an R. 1, or one-family dwelling, a residence districts-- Beginning at a point on the westerly side of Waltham Street and the southerly end of the business zone as defined in para- graph 16 under C. 1 districts, thence running along Waltham Street S 12° 13' 50" E a distance of 160.34 feet; thence running S 69° 27' 0" W a distance of 207.92 feet; thence running N 11° 23' 50" W a distance of 293.40 feet; thence running N 78° 36' 10" E a distance of 101.45 feet; thence running S 12° 13' 50" E a distance of 101.45 feet; thence running N 77° 46' 10" E a distance of 100 feet to the point of beginning and containing 45,510 square feet more or less. 1 • • _7_ • And you are directed to serve this warrant seven days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in the By--lavas of the Town. Hereof fail not, andmake 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 twenty-fourth day of January, A. D. , 1949. • / even 12 p Selectmen of (Lid 77 / Lexington Socatt 2' / z-e�� Constable' s Return // To the Town Clerk February 9'. , 1949 I have notified the inhabitants Of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing warrant in the Town Office Building and seven other public places in the Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town 43 days before the time of said meeting. ,,ryry �. Attest: ()astable of exington