HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-03-01-TE-Warrant-and-1971-03-15-ATM-Warrant TOWN WARRANT
Town of Lexington
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, HARRINGTON SCHOOL; PRECINCT TWO, ADAMS SCHOOL; PHhCINCT THREE, CARY
MEMORIAL BUILDING; PRECINCT FOUR, SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL; PRECINCT FIVE, CENTRAL FIRE STATION;
PRECINCT SIX, MARIA HASTINGS SCHOOL, on Monday, the first day of March, A.D. 1971, at
7:00 o'clock A.M., then and there to act on the following articles:
ARTICLE 1. To choose by ballot the following Town Officers:
Two Selectmen for the term of three years;
Two members of the School Committee for the term of three years;
One member of the Planning Board for the term of five years;
One Moderator for the term of one year;
One member of the Lexington Housing Authority for the term of five years.
Eleven"Town Meeting Members in Precinct One, for the term of three years;
Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct Two, the eleven receiving the highest number of
votes to serve for the term of three years, and the one receiving the next highest
number of votes to fill the unexpired term ending March, 1972;
Twelve Town feting Members in Precinct Three, the eleven receiving the highest number
of votes to serve for the term of three years, and the one receiving the next highest
number of votes to fill the unexpired term ending March, 1973;
Thirteen Town Meeting Members in Precinct Four, the eleven receiving the highest number
of votes to serve for the term of three years, and the two receiving the next highest
number of votes to fill the unexpired terlb ending March, 1972;
Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct Five, the eleven receiving the highest number of
votes to serve for the term of three years, and the one receiving the next highest
number of votes to fill the unexpired term ending March, 1973;
Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct Six, the eleven receiving the highest number of
votes to serve for the term of three years, and the one receiving the next highest
number of votes to fill the unexpired term ending March, 1972.
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To vote YES or NO by ballot on the following questions:
Shall the town, in addition to the payment of fifty percent of a premium for contributory
group life and health insurance for employees in the service of the town and their
dependents, pay a subsidiary or additional rate?
YES
NO
Shall the town accept the provisions of sections sixteen to sixteen I, inclusive, of
Chapter seventy-one of the General Laws, providing for the establishment of a regional
vocational-technical school district, to consist of the towns of Arlington, Belmont,
Concord, and Lexington, together with such of the towns of Acton, Boxborough, Carlisle,
Lincoln, Stow, Sudbury, Wayland and Weston as vote to accept such sections, and the
construction, maintenance and operation of a regional school by the said district in
accordance with. the provisions of a proposed agreement filed with the Selectmen?
YES
NO
The polls will be open at 7:00 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, 1971, 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, as amended, and subject to the referendum
provided for by Section eight of said Chapter, as amended.
ARTICLE 2. To receive the reports of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee
of the Town.
ARTICLE 3. To appoint or provide for the appointment of the Committee on lectures
under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will make appropriations for expenditures by departments,
officers, boards, and committees of the Town for the ensuing year and determine whether the
money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, including
any special funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 5. 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 for the
financial year beginning January 1, 1971 and January 1, 1972, and to issue a note or notes
therefor, payable within one year, in accordance with provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44,
Section 4, and to -renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year,
in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
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ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will transfer unexpended appropriation balances in any
of the accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account, or to other accounts suitable for such
transfer under Chapter 44 of the General Laws; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to pay any unpaid bills
rendered to the Town for prior years; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the Reserve Find
as provided by Section 6 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, and determine whether the money
shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including the
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to petition the Director
of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1971; or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate funds for the payment of
pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Departments and their dependents under
Chapter 32 of the General Laws; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint one
of its members to the Board of Appeals, in accordance with Section 4A of Chapter 41 of the
General Laws; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
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ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will make supplementary appropriations to be used in
conjunction with money appropriated in prior years for the installation or construction of
water mains, sewers, drains, streets, or buildings that have heretofore been authorized,
and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer
from available funds, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in
any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to install street lights in such unaccepted
streets as the Selectmen may determine prior to the final adjournment of the 1972 Annual
Town Meeting; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to obtain appraisals on
and options for land or rights therein that they desire to recommend be acquired by the Town
as locations for future streets or for playground or recreational or off-street parking or
school purposes, or any combination of said purposes, and will authorize the Selectmen to
acquire by purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise, the land or rights therein that are
recommended for such purposes; appropriate money for such appraisals, options and land
acquisition and determine whether the same shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by
transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the development of
Westview Cemetery, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy
or by transfer from available funds, including the Westview Sale of Lots Fluid, or by any
combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
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ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install curbing at
such locations as they may determine; appropriate a sum of money for such installation,
and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer
from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner
in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to install drains in such accepted or
unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine, including the widening,
deepening or altering the course of brooks, streams and water courses and the construction
of new channels in said other land, in accordance with Chapter 263 of the Acts of 1926,
as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any
fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for such
installation and land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the
current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, or by borrowing, or by any combination
of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to install new or replacement water Heins
in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine,
subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain,
purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary
therefor; appropriate money for such installation and land acquisition and determine
whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds,
including any special water funds, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to construct concrete,
bituminous concrete or other sidewalks where the abutting owner pays one-half of the cost or
otherwise; appropriate a sum of money for such construction, and determine whether the money
shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by any
combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
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ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to install sewer mains in such accepted or
unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine, subject to the assessment
of betterments or otherwise, in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, as amended,
or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement
or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for such installation and
land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy,
by transfer from available funds, including any special sewer funds, or by borrowing, or by
any corrbination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to install trunk sewers in such accepted
or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine, subject to the assessment
of betterments or otherwise, in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, as amended,
or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement
or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for such installation and
land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy,
by transfer from available funds, including any special sewer funds, or by borrowing, or by
any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for highway maintenance
under the authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, and determine whether the money shall
be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination
of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for permanent street
construction and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by
transfer from available Hands, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act
in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
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ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purchase by or
with the approval of the Selectmen of equipment for the Department of Public Works, and
determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from
available fluids, including the Road Machinery Fund, or by any combination of these methods;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to retain engineering
services and prepare plans and specifications for the design, construction or reconstruction
of streets the laying out, alteration, relocation, widening or reconstruction of which the
Selectmen may desire to consider; appropriate a sum of money therefor and determine whether
the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or
by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will raise and 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 act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to be expended under the
direction of the Board of Health for providing cooperative complementary facilities to the
out-patient clinic of the Mystic Valley Children's Clinic established in accordance with the
provisions of Chapter 19 of the General Laws in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department
of Mental Health, and for providing payment for services.rendered or to be rendered by such
Clinic; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Board of Health)
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the total amount of State Aid
to public libraries received in 1971 to the Trustees of the Cary Memorial Library to use in
improving and extending library services in Lexington; or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Library Trustees)
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ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for engineering
services and plans for sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land
as the Selectmen may determine, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the
current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to be expended by the
Selectmen as authorized by Chapter 570 of the Acts of 1962 for reimbursing subdividers for
part of the cost of constructing ways or installing municipal services, as required by the
Planning Board in its approval of definitive subdivision plans under the Subdivision Control
Law, of a greater width or size than would be required to serve the subdivision alone, the
reimbursement as to any subdivision not to exceed the amount recommended by the Planning
Board, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by
transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by
eminent domain or otherwise acquire for school, playground and other public purposes all or
any part of the land now or formerly of Alice E. Ashley and Rosamond J. Ashley Savage
described in a deed recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 11806,
Page 284, and all or any part of the land now or formerly of Lexington Associates, Inc.
described in a deed recorded in said Deeds, Book 8401, Page 98; and appropriate money
therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by
transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
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9-ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission to purchase
or otherwise acquire and will authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, upon the
written request of the Conservation Commission, for conservation purposes as provided by
Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, all or any part of the land now or formerly
of Alice E. Ashley and Rosamond J. Ashley Savage described in a deed recorded in Middlesex
South District Registry of Deeds, Book 11806, Page 284, and all or any part of the land
now or formerly of Lexington Associates, Inc. described in a deed recorded in said Deeds,
Book 8401, Page 98; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall
be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by any
combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and accept the
layout of as a town way Worthen Road from Marrett Road a distance of 1470 feet, more or less,
northwesterly to Sherburne Road, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file
in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 18, 1971, and to take by eminent domain,
purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor;
appropriate money for the construction of said way and for land acquisition and determine
whether payment shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds,
or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICT,F 34. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for highway construction
under the authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, and determine whether the money shall
be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, including any funds
that may be made available to the Town under the provisions of Chapter 679 of the Acts of
1965, Chapter 616 of the Acts of 1967, or Chapter 768 of the Acts of 1969, or by any
combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
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ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for widening and
construction with permanent pavement of all or any part of East Street between the Woburn
line and Grant Street, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current
tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including any funds available to the Town under
the provisions of Chapter 679 of the Acts of 1965, Chapter 616 of the Acts of 1967 or
Chapter 768 of the Acts of 1969, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will appropriate money to be used in conjunction with
money previously appropriated under Article 34 of the Warrant for the 1971 Annual Town
Meeting for the construction of Worthen Road from Marrett Road to Sherburne Road, and
determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from
available funds, including any funds available to the Town under the provisions of
Chapter 679 of the Acts of 1965 or Chapter 616 of the Acts of 1967 or Chapter 768 of the
Acts of 1969, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will make a supplementary appropriation to be used
in conjunction with and in addition to the money appropriated in the vote adopted under
Article 37 of the Warrant for the 1970 Annual Town Meeting, to retain professional services
and prepare preliminary plans and specifications for remodeling of and additions to the
Cary Memorial Library building, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the
current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Permanent Building Committee)
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ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the
construction of a parking area for the Town Office Building and Police Building and
access thereto, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy,
or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purchase
and installation of air conditioning equipment in the Police Building, and determine whether
the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or
by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the
purchase and installation of furniture, equipment and fixtures for the Town Office Building
and Police Building, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax
levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act
in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the
purchase and installation of local disaster preparedness communications systems in such
location or locations as the Selectmen may determine, and determine whether the money shall
be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by any
cotthination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Town Manager)
ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to extend to a subsequent Town Meeting,
the time within which the Data Processing Study Committee, established under Article 43
of the 1968 Annual Town Meeting, shall report; or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Town Manager)
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ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Data Processing Committee,
established under Article 43 of the 1968 Annual Town Meeting, to retain consultants, subject
to approval of the Town Manager, or otherwise, and to study the Town's business systems and
procedures, develop recommendations for a data processing system and equipment for the Town,
and report its findings and recommendations, including those committed to it under said
Article 43, to a subsequent Town Meeting not later than the 1972 Annual Town Meeting;
appropriate a sum of money therefor and determine whether payment shall be provided by the
current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Town Manager)
ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the
purchase or lease of voting machines, and provide for payment thereof by the current tax
levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act
in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for
the purpose of paying the Town's apportioned share of the initial operating and maintenance
costs of the proposed regional vocational-technical school district consisting of the Towns
of Arlington, Belmont, Concord and Lexington and such of the Towns of Acton, Boxborough,
Carlisle, Lincoln, Stow, Sudbury, Wayland and Weston as vote to become members of said
district, or take any other action relative thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Vocational Regional School District
Planning Committee)
ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to retain professional
services for photogrametric survey and map of the Town and determine whether the money shall
be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by any
combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
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ARTICLE 47. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the further
development of the so-called dump area on Lincoln Street and determine whether the money
shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by any
combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 48. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by
eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground and recreation purposes, and other public
purposes, all or any part of the land now or formerly of First Congregational Society in
Lexington, said land being located at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Clarke Street
and described in a deed from Frederick H. Rindge to Clara W. Harrington recorded in
Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 1787, Page 280; appropriate money therefor
and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer
from available funds, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in
any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by
eminent domain or otherwise acquire for street and other public purposes any fee, easement
or other interest in all or any part of land now or formerly of Dr. Lester I. Leonard
located at the northwesterly corner of Marrett Road and Lincoln Street and described in a
deed recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 8937, Page 288; appropriate
money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy,
or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
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ARTICLE 50. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Permanent Building
Committee, in conjunction with its requests to the contractor to utilize particular
referral agencies and training programs concerned with equal employment opportunity in the
construction trades, as authorized by vote adopted under Article 4 of the June 2, 1969
Special Town Meeting, to expend funds appropriated under said Article 4 for the additional
purpose of reimbursing the contractor for the cost of the transportation of minority-group
trainees and skilled workers as may be authorized by the Permanent Building Committee in its
requests to the contractor; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Lexington Commission on Suburban Responsibility)
ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to abandon and release
any claim of the Town in a right of way that may have been acquired by eminent domain by
order dated December 16, 1968 and recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds,
Book 11618, Page 386, and registered therein as Document No. 462003, said right of way being
no longer required by the Town, and will set the minimum amount to be paid for such
abandonment and release; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 52. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for
the payment of a pension to the widow of the late Benjamin W. Day under Section 95A of
Chapter 32 of the General Laws; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Permanent Building Committee
or some other board or committee of the Town to retain professional services and prepare final
plans and specifications and to obtain bids for remodeling, reconstructing or making
extraordinary repairs of the so-called Red Cross building owned by the Town, located on the
Hancock Street side of the Buckman Tavern grounds; appropriate money for such purposes and
determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from
available funds, or by any con3tination of these methods; or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
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ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the development
of a play area on land owned by the Town located off Freemont Street, and determine whether
the money shah be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds,
or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Recreation Committee)
ARTICLE 55. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the development of
a play area on land owned by the Town located on Eldred Street, and determine whether the
money shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by
any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Recreation Committee)
ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the development
of a play area on land owned by the Town located off Oxford Street, and determine whether the
money shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by
any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Recreation Committee)
ARTICLE 57. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the development
of a horse riding ring in such location as the Recreation Committee and Board of Selectmen
may determine, and provide for payment thereof by the current tax levy, or by transfer from
available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Recreation Committee)
ARTICLE 58. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to retain professional
services and prepare final plans and specifications and to obtain bids for repair, remodeling
or reconstruction of the swimming pool at the Center Playground, and determine whether the
money shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by
any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Recreation Connittee)
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ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to provide means of
waste disposal for the Lexington Public Schools that will comply with requirements for
approval by the Metropolitan Boston Air Pollution Control District, and determine whether
the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds,
or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of School Committee)
ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will appropriate an additional sum of money to the
Conservation Fund, established by vote under Article 9 of the Warrant for the Special Town
Meeting held on June 8, 1964, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the
current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted:at the request of Conservation Commission)
ARTICLE 61. To see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission to purchase
or otherwise acquire, and will authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, upon the
written request of the Conservation Commission, for conservation purposes as provided by
Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, any fee, easement, conservation restriction
as defined in Section 31 of Chapter 184 of the General Laws or other interest in all or any
part of land southerly of Concord Avenue owned by Leroy M. Titelbaum and shown as lots S and
T on a plan recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of meds, at the end of Book
10456, and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by
the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, or by borrowing, or by any
combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Conservation Commission)
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ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission to purchase
or otherwise acquire, and will authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, upon the
written request of the Conservation Commission, for conservation purposes as provided by
Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, any fee, easement, conservation restriction
as defined in Section 31 of Chapter 184 of the General Laws or other interest in all or any
part of land southerly of Concord Avenue owned by Margaret Pal lou and described in deed
recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 7401, Page 248, excepting
therefrom lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 on plan recorded in said Deeds at the end of
Book 7489, and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided
by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, or by borrowing, or by any
combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Conservation Commission)
ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission to purchase
or otherwise acquire, and will authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, upon the
written request of the Conservation Commission, for conservation purposes as provided by
Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, all or any part of a parcel of land owned by
Francis Judd Cooke and Maymay L. Cooke, located on the northerly side of Massachusetts Avenue
and the easterly side of Woodberry Road and described in a deed recorded in Middlesex South
District Registry of Deeds, Book 6761, Page 409, and appropriate money therefor and
determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from
available funds, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Conservation Commission)
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ARTICLE 64. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town
to acquire by purchase, by eminent domain, or otherwise, or to lease, for off-street parking
and access thereto and other public purposes all or any part of Lot 67 on Assessors' Map 49,
and owned now or formerly by Simon Goldberg and Samuel B. Sheldon; appropriate a sum of
money for such acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current
tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including the Parking Meter Fund, or by borrowing,
or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Planning Board)
ARTICLE 65. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town to
acquire by purchase, by eminent domain, or otherwise, or to lease, for off-street parking
and access thereto and other public purposes all or any part of Lot 68 on Assessors' Map 49,
and owned now or formerly by Florence C. Carroll; appropriate a sum of money for such
acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by
transfer from available funds, including the Parking Meter Fund, or by borrowing, or by any
combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Planning Board)
ARTICLE 66. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town to
acquire by purchase, by eminent domain, or otherwise, or to lease, for off-street parking
and access thereto and other public purposes all or any part of Lots 69 and 75 on Assessors'
Map 49, and owned now or formerly by the Lexington Federal Savings and Loan Association;
appropriate a sum of money for such acquisition and determine whether the money shall be
provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including the Parking
Meter Fund, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; and will authorize the
Selectmen, as part or full consideration for said Lots 69 and 75, to convey such part of the
land that was acquired for off-street parking and library purposes under Article 6 of the
Warrant for the June 2, 1969 Special Town Meeting as is no longer needed for public use;
and will set the minimum amount to be paid for such conveyance; or act in any other manner
in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Planning Board)
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ARTICLE 67. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town to
acquire by purchase, by eminent domain, or otherwise, or to lease, for off-street parking
and access thereto and other public purposes all or any part of Lot 79 on Assessors' Map 49,
and owned now or formerly by Lexington Medical Center Building and Clinic Association;
appropriate a sum of money for such acquisition and determine whether the money shall be
provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including the Parking
Meter Fund, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner
in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Planning Board)
ARTICLE 68. To see if the Town will vote:
A. To establish as a CB - Central business district, as defined in the Zoning By-Law,
the land at the easterly corner of Clarke Street and Raymond Street that is now in an RS -
One family dwelling district and is bounded southwesterly by Raymond Street, 224.5 feet,
more or less; northwesterly by Clarke Street, 220 feet, more or less; northeasterly by land
of the Town of Lexington by two lines measuring 110 feet, more or less, and 100 feet, more or
less, respectively; and southeasterly by land now or formerly of Florence C. Carroll, land
now or formerly of Simon Goldberg and Samuel B. Sheldon, and land now or formerly of
William E. Rice, 209 feet, more or less; and to amend Zoning District Map No. CB-2 entitled
"CB CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT" by showing the above described district thereon and designating
it 23.98, a copy of which map as so amended is on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
B. To amend the Zoning By-Law as follows:
1. By adding at the end of subsection 23.9 the following new paragraph 23.98:
23.98 A district at the easterly corner of Clarke
Street and Raymond Street as shown on Zoning District Map No. CB-2 entitled "CB CENTRAL
BUSINESS DISTRICT", designated thereon 23.98.
2. To adopt and incorporate as a part of the Zoning Map Zoning District Map No.
CB-2 entitled "CB CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT` as amended to include the above described district.
(Inserted at the request of Planning Board)
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ARTICLE 69. To see if the Town will vote:
A. To establish as an RH - Subsidized Housing District, as defined in the Zoning By-Law,
the land on both sides of Centre Street extending southwesterly from Reed Street as shown on
Zoning District Map No. RH-1 entitled "RH SUBSIDIZED HOUSING DISTRICTS", a copy of which map
is on file in the office of the Town Clerk, and bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the southwesterly line of Reed Street, as shown on the plan
referred to below, said point being 100 feet southeasterly from the southeasterly line of the
Northern Circumferential Highway (Route 128), as laid out by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
in 1960; thence southeasterly by said line of Reed Street to the northwesterly boundary of
lot 24, block 34, on said plan; thence southwesterly by said boundary line 144.02 feet, more
or less; thence southeasterly 278.87 feet, more or less, to the northerly corner of lot 13,
block 29, on said plan; thence southwesterly 169.02 feet, more or less, by the northwesterly
boundary line of said lot 13 extended to the centerline of Ward Street; thence southeasterly
by said centerline of Ward Street to the intersection with the centerline of Centre Street;
thence southwesterly by said centerline of Centre Street to the intersection with the
centerline of Earl Street; thence southeasterly by said centerline of Earl Street to a point
100 feet southeasterly from the southeasterly line of Orchard Street; thence southwesterly
100 feet bya line parallel to and 100 feet southeasterly from said line of Orchard Street;
thence westerly by a line perpendicular to a line between the easterly corner of block 57, on
said plan, and a point in the southerly line of Earl Street, 100 feet southeasterly from the
southeasterly line of the Northern Circumferential Highway to a point on said line; thence by
said line between the easterly corner of block 57 and a point in the southwesterly line of
Earl Street 100 feet from the Northern Circumferential Highway northerly to said point; thence
northeasterly by a line parallel to and 100 feet southeasterly from the southeasterly line of
the Northern Circumferential Highway to the point of beginning; all said streets and lot
boundaries being as shown on the "Plan of Lots at Lexington Heights owned by M. C. Meagher",
dated July 1892, by E. A. W. Hammett, C. E. , recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of
Deeds, Plan Book 77, Plan 24.
B. To amend the Zoning By-Law as follows:
1. By inserting in Section 22 entitled "Geographical descriptions of residence
districts" a new subsection 22.5 and a new paragraph 22.51 as follows:
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22.5 RH - Subsidized Housing Districts as follows:
22.51 A district on both sides of Centre Street extending southwesterly
from Reed Street as shown on Zoning District Map No. RH-1 entitled "RH SUBSIDIZED HOUSING
DISTRICTS", designated thereon 22.51.
2. To adopt and incorporate as a part of the Zoning Map a Zoning District Map
No. RH-1 entitled "RH SUBSIDIZED HOUSING DISTRICTS" showing thereon the above described district.
(Inserted at the request of Planning Board)
ARTICLE 70. To see if the Town will vote:
A. To establish as an RH - Subsidized Housing District, as defined in the Zoning By-Law,
the land on both sides of Ash Street extending southwesterly from Earl Street as shown on
Zoning District Map No. RH-1 entitled "RH SUBSIDIZED HOUSING DISTRICTS", a copy of which map
is on file in the office of the Town Clerk, and bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the southwesterly line of Earl Street with the
northwesterly line of Garfield Street, both streets as shown on the "Plan of Lots at Lexington
Heights owned by M. C. Meagjner", dated July 1892, by E. A. W. Hammett, C. E. , and recorded
in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 77, Plan 24; thence southwesterly
by said line of Garfield Street 600 feet, thence northwesterly by a line parallel to and
100 feet southwesterly from the southwesterly line of Elm Street, as shown on said plan, to
the intersection with the southeasterly line of Orchard Street; thence westerly by a line
perpendicular to the line next described to the intersection therewith; thence northerly by
a line between the easterly corner of block 57, on said plan, and a point on the southwesterly
line of Earl Street distant 100 feet southeasterly from the southeasterly line of the Northern
Circimlferential Highway (Route 128), as laid out by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in
1960, 250 feet, more or less; thence easterly by a line perpendicular to the preceding line
to the westerly corner of lot 5, block 15, on said plan; thence southeasterly by a line
parallel to and 100 feet southwesterly from the southwesterly line of Earl Street to the
northwesterly boundary of lot 9, block 4, on said plan; thence northeasterly by said boundary
line of lot 9 extended to the northeasterly line of said Earl Street; thence southeasterly by
said northeasterly line of Earl Street to the northwesterly boundary of lot 35, block 3, on
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said plan; thence northeasterly 100 feet by said boundary of lot 35; thence southeasterly
by a line parallel to and 100 feet northeasterly from the northeasterly line of Earl Street
to the southeasterly boundary of lot 40, block 3, on said plan; thence southwesterly by said
boundary of lot 40 extended to the southwesterly line of Earl Street; thence southeasterly
by said line of Earl Street to the point of beginning.
B. To amend the Zoning By-Law as follows:
1. By inserting in Section 22 entitled "Geographical descriptions of residence
districts" a new subsection 22.5 and a new paragraph 22.52 as follows:
22.5 RH - Subsidized Housing Districts as follows:
22.52 A district on both sides of Ash Street extending southwesterly from
Earl Street as shown on Zoning District Map No. RH-1 entitled "RH SUBSIDIZED HOUSING DISTRICTS",
designated thereon 22.52.
2. To adopt and incorporate as a part of the Zoning Map a Zoning District Map
No. RH-1 entitled "RH SUBSIDIZED HOUSING DISTRICTS" showing thereon the above described
district.
(Inserted at the request of Planning Board)
ARTICLE 71. To see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission to purchase or
otherwise acquire and authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, upon the written
request of the Conservation Commission, for conservation purposes as provided by Section 8C of
Chapter 40 of the General Laws, any fee, easement, conservation restriction as defined in
Section 31 of Chapter 184 of the General Laws, or other interest in all or any part of the
land bounded and described as follows:
NORTHWESTERLY by a line parallel to and distant 100 feet southeasterly from the southeasterly
line of the Northern Circumferential Highway (Route 128);
NORTHEASTERLY by Reed Street, as shown on the "Plan of Lots at Lexington Heights owned by
M. C. Meagher", dated July 1892, by E. A. W. Hammatt, C. E. , recorded in Middlesex South
District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 77, Plan 24;
SOUTHEASTERLY by Garfield Street, as shown on said plan;
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NORTHEASTERLY by the northeasterly line of Lot 49, Block 1, as shown on said plan;
SOUTHEASTERLY by land shown as Lot 64 on Lexington Assessors' Map 65 and by land now
or formerly of Bellizia shown as Lot 64 on Lexington Assessors' Map 66;
SOUTHWESTERLY by land now or formerly of Bellizia shown as Lot 63 on Lexington
Assessors' Map 66;
NORTHWESTERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY by land now or formerly of Theresa G. McNamara shown
as Lot 6 on Lexington Assessors' Map 73; appropriate money therefor and determine
whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available
funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Planning Board)
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ARTICLE 72. TO see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law of the Town of
Lexington by adding the following described parcels under RH - Subsidized Housing Districts,
Geographical Descriptions:
"A district on the Easterly side of Bedford Street, bounded and described as follows:
SOUTHWESTERLY by Bedford Street 40.08 feet; NORTHWESTERLY by land now or formerly of Curran
122.10 feet; SOUTHWESTERLY by land now or formerly of Carino and Rice 125 feet; NORTHWESTERLY
by land now or formerly of Savage 240 feet; SOUTHWESTERLY by land now or formerly of Savage
and others land 303.20 feet; NORTHWESTERLY by land now or formerly of W. E. Stickle 484.1
feet; NORTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of Riley 152.46 feet; EASTERLY by land now or
formerly of B and M Railroad 577.60 feet; SOUTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of Lexington
Lumber Company 497.40 feet; SOUTHWESTERLY by land now or formerly of Balazy and Curran 130
feet; and SOUTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of Curran 125 feet to the point of beginning."
also
"A district bounded WESTERLY by land now or formerly of B and M Railroad 765.75 feet;
NORTHEASTERLY by land formerly of Charles Tedd 635.75 feet; and SOUTHEASTERLY by land formerly
of Mary Brigham 525 feet."
(Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters)
ARTICLE 73. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law so as to change
certain land from RS area "one family dwelling" to a CG area "general business", by adding
at the end of the CG designation the following paragraph:
A district on the Southeasterly corner of Waltham Street and Vine Brook Road, more fully
bounded and described as follows:
NORTHERLY by the radius of Waltham Street and Vine Brook Road, 15.7 feet;
NORTHEASTERLY by Vine Brook Road, 248 feet;
SOUTHEASTERLY by Lot 77 on the Assessors' Map, 132.3 feet; (Sheet 48)
SOUTHWESTERLY by Lot 14 on the Assessors' Map, 80 feet; (Sheet 49)
SOUTHEASTERLY again by said Lot 14, 125 feet to Assessors' Lot 15 (Sheet 49)
SOUTHERLY by said Lot 15, 165 feet;
WESTERLY by Waltham Street, 261 feet;
Said premises are nuttbered according to the present street numbering No. 1 Vine Brook Road,
Nos. 72, 82 and 100 Waltham Street.
(Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters)
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ARTICLE 74. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by adding at the
end of Section 22 thereof entitled "Geographical descriptions of residence districts", a new
subsection 22.5 reading as follows:
22.5 RH-Planned Housing & Duelling Districts
22.51 A district on the easterly side of Bow Street, containing seven and
6/10 (7.6) acres, more or less, and being bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the easterly side of Bow Street approximately
six hundred ten (610) feet from the southerly bank of Millbrook Channel, thence
easterly by land now or formerly of Robert Cataldo, Anthony Cataldo, Edward Cataldo
and Mary D'Arrigo, seven hundred sixty: seven (767) feet; thence northerly by the boundary
line between the Towns of Lexington and Arlington three hundred and twelve (312) feet;
thence westerly by land of the Town of Arlington Water Works, to a stone bound,
four hundred and forty (440) feet, and by another line by land of owners unknown,
four hundred and five (405) feet; thence southerly by said Bow.Street by three lines .
measuring seventy-three (73) feet, sixty-six and 34/100 (66.34) and two hundred twenty
and 30/100 (220.30) feet, respectively; thence easterly by land now or formerly of
Mary A. Cataldo, ninety-one (91) feet; thence southerly by land of said Mary A. Cataldo,
in two lines, thirty-seven (37) feet and one hundred eighteen and 65/100 (118.65) feet
respectively; thence westerly by land of said Mary A. Cataldo, one hundred twenty three
and 38/100 (123.38) feet; thence southerly by said Bow Street forty-two and 46/100
(42.46) feet to the point of beginning; all said distances being more or less; said
lot being shown as Lot "B" on Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass., dated Feb. 7, 1961,
Albert A. Miller and Wilbur C. Nylander, Civil Engineers and Surveyors, recorded
Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, Book 9827, Page 440.
(Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters)
ARTICLE 75. To see if the Town will vote to amend the General. By-Laws, Article XXIV
Sections 6 and 25, by substituting therefore the text set forth in the attachment to this
Petition.
ARTICLE XXIV, section 6
(1) Except as provided herein, or otherwise by law or by-law, or by easement,
license, or privilege duly granted, no person shall place or maintain in any public way
or parking lot any goods, wares, merchandise, furniture, or other chattels not related
or incidental to the normal and convenient use of such way or lot for travel, passage,
or parking.
(2) A person proposing (a) to distribute leaflets, handbills, or other literature,
or to gather signatures for an initiative, referendum, candidacy, petition, organizational
membership drive, public statement, or other similar document or matter; or (b) to engage
in other activity not conducted primarily for commercial purposes, may make written
application to the Town Manager or his designee for permission to conduct such activity
in a public way or parking lot, and in connection therewith to place and maintain in such
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public way or parking lot furniture or other chattels. Such permission shall be
granted unless the Town Manager or his designee finds that the proposed activity would
be an actual, substantial, and serious hindrance to free movement, passage, or parking
by members of the public. Any such application shall be deemed to have been granted
unless the Town Manager or his designee shall make known that he has denied it, or
granted it subject to condition or modification, by not later than twenty-four hours
after it was submitted. Activity within the scope of any such permission, or of any such
application if the application is not acted upon as hereinabove provided, shall not be
deemed to violate paragraph (1) of this section.
(3) A person may conduct any activity described in clause (a) of paragraph (2) in a
public way or parking lot, and may there make such use of furniture or other chattels
as may be reasonably necessary or convenient for the conduct of such activity, without
having frist obtained a permit therefor, except that such person may be requested by the
Chief of Police or any two Selectmen to suspend such activity if in his or their opinion
it is, or is likely to become, an actual , substantial, and serious hindrance to free
movement, passage, or parking by members of the public, Whenever such a request is
made, the activity shall be suspended until a permit to engage in it shall have been
granted (or deemed to be granted) by the Town Manager as-provided in paragraph (2) of
this section.
ARTICLE XXIV, section 25
(1) No person shall engage or take part in any game, sport, picnic, performance,
sale, fair, ceremony, celebration, or public meeting on the Battle Green or other public
open area without the written permission of the Town Manager.
(2) A person, group, or organization proposing to hold a public meeting or other
such activity, not conducted primarily for commercial purposes, in or on any such area
may make written application to the Town Manager for permission to conduct such activity.
Permission shall be granted unless the Town Manager determines that the proposed activity
would, taking into account its scope, intensity, duration, and proximity in time and place
to other activities to be conducted in the same area, be an unreasonable interference
with the normal use and enjoyment of the area by members of the public.
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The Town Manager may impose conditions or modifications in granting permission, insofar
as necessary to prevent the activity from constituting such an unreasonable interference.
(3) An application submitted under paragraph (2) of this section shall contain such
information as the Town Manager may reasonably require as necessary for the performance
of his responsibilities under said paragraph, and shall state that the applicant or
applicants will take reasonable measures to prevent littering and will remove all his
or their equipment and material from the public area promptly upon completion of the
activity for which permission is requested.
(4) The Town Manager shall act on any application submitted under paragraph (2) of
this section within three days from the time of its receipt. In exercising his powers
under the said paragraph, the Town Manager shall apply uniform and consistent standards
to all applications, shall make such standards known to applicants, and shall explain to
applicants in reasonable detail the grounds for any denial, condition, or modification
of an application.
(5) No person shall climb upon, deface, mutilate, or otherwise injure_any tree,
shrubbery, monument, boulder, fence, seat or structure on the Battle Green, or behave
or conduct himself on the Battle Green otherwise than in a quiet and orderly manner in
keeping with a respectful regard and reverence for the memory of the patriotic service
and sacrifice there so nobly rendered.
(Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters)
ARTICLE 76. To see if the Town will approve a resolution in substantially the
following language, and instruct the Selectmen to transmit the same, together with
the report of the Town's action thereon, to the Governor, the President of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth, or act in any other
manner in relation thereto:
WHEREAS property taxes in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are among the highest in
the nation,
WHEREAS the Master Tax Plan Comuui.ssion has referred to the local property tax as an
inequitable and regressive form of taxation,
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Town of Lexington petitions the Great and General Court of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts to concentrate its attentions on consideration
and early adoption of a revised tax program for the Commonwealth and its
municipalities that will alleviate the undue share of the burden borne by
local property taxpayers.
(Inserted at the request of ten or nnre registered voters)
ARTICLE 77. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to release lots 166-167,
inclusive, on Valleyfield Street from the restrictions imposed in a certain deed from the
Town to Edward E. Domings and Mary L. Owings conveying lots 166-167 on Valleyfield
Street, which deed is dated April 17, 1968 and recorded in Middlesex South District
Registry of Deeds, Book 11493, Page 147.
(Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters)
ARTICLE 78. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from
available funds toward the reduction of the 1971 tax rata or act in any other manner
in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
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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 first day of February A.D., 1971.
461}14 alesgat.
Robert Cado
A true copy, Attest: ` _./1/1/� „f07eL% z Selectmen
I. H. Mabee
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Constable of Lexington Fred C. Bailey /
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CONSTABT F''S RETURN
February 17, , 1971
To the Town Clerk:
I have served the foregoing warrant by posting a printed copy
thereof in the Tam Office Building, Cry Memorial Building and in
a public place in each of the precincts of the Town and also by
sending by mail, postage prepaid, a printed copy of such warrant
addressed to every registered voter of the Town at his last residence,
as appears from the records of the Board of Registrars / days
before the time of said meeting.
Attest: Constable:of Lexington
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