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Home My WebLink About1953-10-05-STM-WarrantTOWN 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 Mem- or ial Building, in said Lexington, on Monday, the fifth day of October, A. D., 1953, at 8 o'clock 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. ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will rescind the bal- ance of$15,000 of a loan of $95,000 authorized for con- struction of certain town ways under articles 28 to 37 inclusive of the Warrant for the 1952 Annual Town Meet- ing and now remaining unused. ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will rescind the bal- ance of $25,000 of a loan of $200,000 authorized for con- struction of a sanitary sewer in the "Sunnyfield" area under article 51 of the Warrant for the 1952 Annual Town Meeting and now remaining unused. ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to pay the loan of $45,000, with interest, that was authorized and borrowed under the vote adopted under article 3 of the Warrant for the special town meeting held on November 19, 1952, for the purpose of constructing a sanitary sewer in or near Bedford Street from Eldred Street northerly- to the Bedford force main near Winter Street, and determine whether the money shall be pro- vided by transfer from available funds, including any special sewer funds and unexpended balances in current ap- propriations; or act in any other maner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will make a supple- mentary appropriation to be used in conjunction with money already appropriated under article 11 of the War- rant for the 1953 Annual Town Meeting for installation of sewer mains and land acquisition therefor, and deter- mine whether the money shall be provided by transfer from available funds, including any special sewer funds and unexpended balances in current appropriations, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate an additional sum of money for Sewer Services — Wages and Expenses, for the balance of the year 1953, and provide for payment thereof by transfer from avail- able funds, including unexpended balances in current ap- propriations and any special sewer funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will appropriate ad- ditional money for Street Lights — Expenses for the bal- ance of the year 1953 and provide for payment thereof by transfer from available funds, including unexpended bal- ances in current appropriations; or act in any other man- ner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or other- wise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary for the construction of drains which they are authorized to construct by the vote adopted under article 22 of the Warrant for the 1953 Annual Town Meeting and vote that the money appropriated under said article 22 be used for such land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 9.. To see if the Town will provide for and authorize a committee or committees to prepare plans and specifications, to obtain bids and enter into a contract or contracts for the construction and original equipping and furnishing of an addition to the Fiske School site, and to supervise the work; appropriate a sum of money for such purposes; and determine whether the money shall be pro- vided by transfer from available funds or by borrowing or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will provide for and authorize a committee to obtain plans and specifications and cost estimates for the construction and original equip- ping and furnishing and land development of a new ele- mentary school building on the land situated westerly of School Street, southerly of Massachusetts Avenue and northerly of Roosevelt Road that the Town acquired for school and playground purposes in 1951; appropriate a sum of money for the expenses of the committee and pro- vide for payment thereof by transfer from available funds, including unexpended balances in current appropriations; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will provide for and authorize a committee to obtain plans and specifications and cost estimates for the construction and original equip- ping and furnishing and land development of a new ele- mentary .school building on the land situated westerly of Lowell Street and northwesterly of Maple Street that the Town acquired for school and playground_pnrpnces in1951; appropriate a sum of money for the expenses of the com- mittee and provide for payment thereof by transfer from available funds, including unexpended balances in current appropriations; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 434 of the Acts of 1953 which is entitled: "An Act Relative to Rent Control," and whether the Town will declare that a substantial shortage of rental housing accommodations exists in the Town of Lexington and that the control of rents in the Town is necessary in the public interest. ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire a parcel or parcels of land situated on or near Maple Street in Lexington for playground or recreational purposes, or for any other public purposes, and authorize the development of the same; and determine whether the money shall be provided by transfer from available funds, including unexpended balances in current appropriations, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to amend paragraph (f) of section 5 of the Zoning By -Law dealing with M 1 districts as follows: By striking out in the first part of said paragraph (f) the words "C 1 and C 2" and by inserting after the word "R1" the word — and; so that said first part of the section will read as follows: M 1 districts. All buildings and uses that are per- mitted in .R 1 and R 2 districts but subject to any conditions and restrictions set forth therein, and the following: — . By inserting a sub -paragraph designated b under sub- paragraph 2. of said paragraph (f) to read as follows: b. All buildings and uses that are permitted in C 1 and C 2 districts, including those permitted therein by permission from the Board of Appeals, with the exception of liquor stores which are hereby expressly prohibited. ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to amend the third paragraph of Section 14 of the Zoning By -Law, which deals with the Board of Appeals, by inserting after the word "thereby" in the next to the last line, the words:— as they appear on the most recent local tax list—: so that said third paragraph will read as follows: The Board of Appeals shall fix a reasonable time for the And you are directed to serve this Warrant provided in the By-laws of the. Town. Hereof fail not, and make due return on this on or before the time of said meeting. hearing of any appeal, petition or other matter referred to it and shall give public notice thereof by publishing notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing in a local newspaper at least fourteen days before said hearing and also mail a copy of said notice to the peti- tioner and to the owners of all property deemed by said Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list at least seven days before said hear- ing. ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will amend Section 19 of the Zoning By -Law entitled "Amendments" by strik- ing out the second paragraph of said section, which deals with the notice to be given of Planning Board hearings on proposed amendments to the By -Law, and inserting in place thereof the following second paragraph: Notice stating the time, place and purpose of said hear- ing shall be given by publication in a local newspaper at least fourteen days before said hearing and, unless in the opinion of the Planning Board the proposed amend- ment is one of wide application in the Town, by mailing a copy of said notice to the owners of all property deemed by said Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list at least seven days before said hearing. seven days at least before the time of said meeting as Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, Given under our hands at Lexington, this fourteenth day of September, A. D., 1953. A true copy, Attest: William G. Dooley Constable of Lexington. HASKELL W. REED FREDERICK M. GAY LEON W. BATEMAN WILLIAM H. DRISCOLL DONALD E. NICKERSON SELECTMEN OF LEXINGTON