HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-03-05-TE-Warrant-and-1973-03-19-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, BOWMAN SCHOOL; PRECINCT THREE, BRIDGE
SCHOOL; PRECINCT FOUR, SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL; PRECINCT FIVE, CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING; PRECINCT
SIX, DIAMOND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL; PRECINCT SEVEN, ESTABROOK SCHOOL; PRECINCT EIGHT, FIRE
HEADQUARTERS BUILDING; PRECINCT NINE, HASTINGS SCHOOL, on Monday, the fifth day of March,
A.D., 1973, at 7:00 o'clock A.M., then and there to act on the following articles:
ARTICLE I . To choose by ballot the following Town Officers:
One Selectman for the term of three years; I
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;
Twenty-one Town Meeting Members in each of the nine precincts of the Town, the seven
receiving the highest number of votes in each precinct to serve for the term of three
years, the seven receiving the next highest number of votes in each precinct to serve
for the term of two years, and the seven receiving the next highest number of votes
in each precinct to serve for the term of one year.
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 nineteenth day of March, 1973, 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 see if the Town will authorize the appointment of the committee on
lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
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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 I , 1973, and to issue a note or notes
therefor, payable within one year, in accordance with provisions of General Laws,
Chapter 44, Section 4, and acts in addition thereto and in amendment thereof 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)
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; 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 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the Reserve Fund 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 current fiscal year; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 10. 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)
ARTICLE II . 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)
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)
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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 1974 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
land and on rights therein that they desire to recommend be acquired by the Town as
locations for future streets or for playground or recreational or open space 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 and land
acquisition 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 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 Fund, or by
any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
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)
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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 mains 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 moneyfor 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, and acts
in addition thereto and in amendment thereof, 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 21 . To see if the Town will vote to install trunk sewers in the Turning Mill
Road area of the Town as the Selectmen may determine, subject to the assessment of
betterments or otherwise, in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, and acts in
addition thereto and in amendment thereof, 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 vote to install trunk sewers In the Wyman Road
area of the Town as the Selectmen may determine, subject to the assessment of betterments
or otherwise, in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, and acts in addition
thereto and in amendment thereof, 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)
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ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to install trunk sewers in the Hayes Lane
area of the Town as the Selectmen may determine, subject to the assessment of betterments
or otherwise, in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, and acts in addition
thereto and in amendment thereof, 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 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 funds, 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 to 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 appropriate a sum of money for engineering
services for sewer survey and design work; 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 27. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for engineering
services for advance sewer survey work; 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 28. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to retain professional
consultants to study the operation of the sanitary landfill and make recommendations
therefor; 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 29. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to clean and maintain
streams and brooks in the Town; 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 at the request of Planning Board)
ARTICLE 31 . '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, 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 32. 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 33. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for constructing,
originally equipping and furnishing an addition to the Westview Cemetery Building; determine
whether such appropriation shall be raised by borrowing or otherwise; or take any other
action in relation thereto.
( inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purposes of
remodeling, reconstructing or making extraordinary repairs to the Cary Memorial Library,
for purchasing additional departmental equipment to be used in such library and for
constructing, originally equipping and furnishing an addition to such library; determine
whether such appropriation shall be raised by borrowing or otherwise; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted at the request of Library Trustees)
ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for expenses
incurred in connection with the temporary relocation of facilities at Cary Memorial Library
resulting from the construction project; 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 Library Trustees)
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for constructing,
originally equipping and furnishing an addition to the Central Headquarters Fire Station
and for remodeling, reconstructing or making extraordinary repairs to such station;
determine whether such appropriation shall be raised by borrowing or otherwise; or act in
any other manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
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ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for constructing,
originally equipping and furnishing a dog kennel on town owned land; determine whether such
appropriation shall be raised by borrowing or otherwise; or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
( Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for improving and
upgrading traffic control signals in the Town; 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 appropriate a sum of money for the further
construction of the Merlam Street off-street parking area 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 40. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for
beautification and improvement of Massachusetts Avenue between Wallis Court and Bedford
Street, including, but not limited to, the installation of pedestrian promenades, grass
plots, and the planting of trees, 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 appropriate a sum of money to improve the Belfry
Hill area, including, but not limited to, constructing a sidewalk and access road,
landscaping and the planting of trees; 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 42. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money under the provisions
of Chapter 911 of the Acts of 1971 in anticipation of the celebration of the two hundredth
anniversary of the American Revolution, 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 Bicentennial Committee)
ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purposes of
remodeling, reconstructing or making extraordinary repairs to Buckman Tavern; determine
whether such appropriation shall be raised by borrowing or otherwise; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the development of
paths for walking, bicycling and cross-country skiing in such locations as the Recreation
Committee may determine with the approval of the Board of Selectmen; 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 45. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the further
development and improvement of the Old Res area; 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 46. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the further
development of the so-called dump area on Lincoln Street; 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 construction of
four tennis courts at Diamond Junior High School ; 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 48. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to accept a gift
from Marion T. Harris of a lot of land off Burlington Street adjacent to Kinneen Park shown
as Lot 43A on Assessors' Property Map 77, such lot to be used for park and playground
purposes; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the
purchase or lease of voting machines; 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 50. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the
purchase of data processing equipment; 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 Town Manager)
ARTICLE 51 . To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of 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;
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 52. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to be
expended under the direction of the Board of Health for providing cooperative or
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; 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 Board of Health)
ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the total amount of State Aid
to public libraries received in 1973 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)
ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the study of
community development needs including, but not limited to, consideration of open space
planning, recreation needs, business center development, and environmental concerns;
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 by Board of Selectmen)
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ARTICLE 55. 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 including outdoor
recreation as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, any fee, easement,
or conservation restriction as defined in Section 31 of Chapter 184 of the General Laws or
other interest in all or any part of land shown as Lot 92A on Assessors' Property Map 54,
now or formerly of John W. Porter, and Lot 106 on Assessors' Property Map 54, now or
formerly of Waymint Realty Trust; 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 56. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by
eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground, recreation and other public purposes
all or any part of a parcel of land on Webb Street now or formerly of Helen I . Pinard,
being shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land Webb Street Lexington, Mass." dated June 3,
1968, made by William J . Skane, Registered Land Surveyor, filed as Land Court Plan No. 35798A
in the Land Registration Office; 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 57. 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 including outdoor
recreation as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, any fee, easement,
or conservation restriction as defined in Section 31 of Chapter 184 of the General Laws, or
other interest in all or any part of land shown as Lot 26, on Assessors' Property Maps 87
and 89, now or formerly of The Lucky Penny Trust; 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 58. 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 including outdoor
recreation as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, any fee, easement,
or conservation restriction as defined in Section 31 of Chapter 184 of the General Laws, or
other interest in all or any part of land shown as Lot 18 on Assessors' Property Map 82,
now or formerly of Ruth C. Johnson; 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 59. 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 including outdoor
recreation as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, any fee, easement,
or conservation restriction as defined in Section 31 of Chapter 184 of the General Laws, or
other interest in all or any part of land shown as Lots 83A, 84 and 1016 on Assessors'
Property Map 82, now or formerly of Greener and Whiter Trust; 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 60. 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 including outdoor
recreation as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, any fee, easement,
or conservation restriction as defined in Section 31 of Chapter 184 of the General Laws, or
other interest in all or any part of land shown as Lot 409 on Assessors' Property Map 13
and Lot 91 on Assessors' Property Map 20, now or formerly of Ralph D. Cataldo; 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 61 . 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)
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ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to accept a gift
from the Commissioner of Mental Health, acting for and on behalf of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, of a parcel of land located on Concord Avenue for conservation purposes; or
act in any other manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted at the request of Conservation Commission)
ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to accept a gift
from Living and Learning Center, Maple Street, of a conservation easement along the Munroe
Brook; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted at the request of Conservation Commission)
ARTICLE 64. To see if the Town will vote, pursuant to Section 2 of Article XXI of the
General By-Laws, to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used by the Permanent
Building Committee in carrying out arrangements for recruitment or training of members of
minority groups protected by the fair employment laws of the Commonwealth and of the
United States, or in compensating contractors or subcontractors for the costs actually
incurred by them in carrying out such arrangements as requested by the Permanent Building
Committee, in connection with the renovation and expansion of the Cary Memorial Library or
in connection with the addition to the Central Headquarters Fire Station; 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 Lexington Commission on Suburban Responsibility)
ARTICLE 65. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell certain equipment
and material of the Public Works Department that is no longer required by it; or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
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ARTICLE 66. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and accept the
layout of as a town way Grassland Street from Payson Street a distance of 2,050 feet, more
or less, easterly to Valleyfield Street as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan
on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 15, 1973, and to take by eminent
domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary
therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land
acquisition; 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 by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 67. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and accept the
layout of as a town way Holland Street from Taft Avenue a distance of 200 feet, more or
less, northeasterly to end as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in
the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 15, 1973, and to take by eminent domain,
purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary
therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land
acquisition; 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 by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 68. To see if the Town will vote to accept the alteration and relocation of
Fern Street from the westerly sideline of Pleasant Street a distance of 100 feet, more or
less, southwesterly as altered and relocated by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file
in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 15, 1973, and to take by eminent domain,
purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor;
and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition;
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 by Board of Selectmen)
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ARTICLE 69. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for constructing a
street from Waltham Street to the Clarke Junior High School ; 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 70. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to purchase or otherwise
acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary to construct a street from
Waltham Street to the Clarke Junior High School ; 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 71 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and accept the
layout of as a town way Barrett Road from Worthen Road a distance of 714 feet, more or less,
southwesterly to end as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on tile in the
office of the Town Clerk, dated January 15, 1973, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or
otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise
and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition;
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 Planning Board)
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ARTICLE 72. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and accept the
layout of as a town way Bond Road from John Poulter Road a distance of 281 feet, more or less,
westerly to end as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of
the Town Clerk, dated January 15, 1973, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise
acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and
appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; 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 Planning Board)
ARTICLE 73. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and accept the
layout of as a town way Viles Road from John Poulter Road a distance of 288 feet, more or
less, westerly to end as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the
office of the Town Clerk, dated January 15, 1973, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or
otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise
and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; 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 Planning Board)
ARTICLE 74. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and accept the
layout of as a town way John Poulter Road from Winthrop Road a distance of 1 ,231 feet, more
or less, southwesterly to Worthen Road, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and shown upon
a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January (5, 1973, and to take by
eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement, or other interest in land
necessary therefor, and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and
for land acquisition; 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 Planning Board)
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ARTICLE 75. 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 Waltham Street a distance of 1 ,053 feet, more or
less, southeasterly, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office
of the Town Clerk, dated January 15, 1973, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or
otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise
and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition;
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 Planning Board)
ARTICLE 76. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for filing
fees in connection with the acceptances of streets; 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 by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 77. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to abandon the pedestrian
path easement granted to the Town by Benjamin Franklin Homes, Inc. by an instrument dated
February 5, 1969, and authorize the Selectmen to accept a new easement which will take the
place of the abandoned easement; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted at the request of Planning Board)
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ARTICLE 78. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law as follows:
A. By inserting in the second sentence of Section 13 thereof following the words
"ground water drainage" the words: "protection against flooding and inundation, prevention of
water pollution and environmental damage";
B. By adding at the end of Section 20 the following new subsection:
"20.3 Wetland Protection Districts:
W—Wetland Protection Districts, which are superimposed on other districts, as
defined in Section 37."
C. By adding the following sentence after the first sentence of Section 24:
"Use of land in a Wetland Protection District shall be governed by the requirements
of Section 37, as well as the requirements of the Use Regulation Schedule."
D. By inserting a new Section 37 in proper numerical sequence and reading as follows:
"37. 1 The purposes of the Wetland Protection District are to preserve and maintain
the ground water table; to protect the public health and safety by protecting
persons and property against the hazards of flood water inundation; to protect the
community against the costs which may be incurred when unsuitable development occurs
in swamps, marshes, along water courses, or in areas subject to floods; and to
conserve natural conditions, wild life, and open spaces for the education,
recreation and general welfare of the public.
37.2 A Wetland Protection District shall not supersede other zoning districts
established by this by-law for land within the District but shall be deemed to be
superimposed over such other zoning districts.
37.3 Within a Wetland Protection District no land shall be used except for one or
more of the following uses; any woodland, grassland, wetland, agricultural ,
horticultural , or recreational use of land or water, provided such use does not
require filling of the land.
37.4 The Board of Appeals may issue a special permit for buildings and structures
accessory to any of the uses permitted in Section 37.3, or for filling and
excavation of the land for such uses, if the Board finds that such building,
structure or filling or excavation is in harmony with the general purpose and intent
of Section 37. A copy of every application for such a special permit shall be given
by the applicant at the time of submission of the application to the Board of
Selectmen, to the Board of Health, to the Planning Board, and to the Conservation
Commission as well as all other parties required.
37.5 The Board of Appeals may issue a special permit for any use of land which
would otherwise be permitted if such land were not, by operation of this section, in
the Wetland Protection District if the Board finds (I ) that such land within the
District is in fact not subject to flooding or is not unsuitable because of drainage
conditions for such use, and (2) that the use of such land for any such use will not
interfere with the general purposes for which Wetland Protection Districts have been
established, and (3) that such use will not be detrimental to the public health,
safety, or welfare. A copy of every application for a special permit under this
section shall be given by the applicant at the time of submission of the application
to the Planning Board, the Board of Health, the Conservation Commission, and the
Board of Selectmen. The Board of Appeals shall not hold a public hearing on the
application earlier than thirty days after submission of the application. The
above-named Boards may submit reports or recommendations on the application to the
Board of Appeals at or before the public hearing on the application, but failure to
make such reports or recommendations shall not prevent action by the Board of Appeals.
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37.6 Except as provided in Sections 37.4 or 37.5 there shall be in the Wetland
Protection District:
No landfill or dumping or excavation of any kind.
No drainage work other than by an authorized public agency.
No damming or relocation of any watercourse except as part of
an overall drainage basin plan.
No building or structure.
No permanent storage of materials or equipment.
37.7 No land, building, or structure in a Wetland Protection District shall be
used for sustained human occupancy except buildings or structures existing on the
effective date of this section, or land, buildings or structures which comply with
the provisions of this by-law.
37.8 Notwithstanding any other provision of Section 37, if any part of a lot is
within the Wetland Protection District, that part of the lot may be used to meet the
area and dimensional requirements specified in Section 27 for lots in the underlying
district."
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted at the request of Planning Board)
ARTICLE 79. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law as follows:
A. By adding a new subsection 22.5 as follows:
"22.5 Wetland Protection Districts:
W - Wetland Protection Districts are shown on a map entitled Wetland Protection
Districts, Lexington, Massachusetts - 1973 consisting of an index map and 56 sheets
which is filed with the Town Clerk and hereby made a part of the Zoning Map of the
Town of Lexington."
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted at the request of Planning Board)
ARTICLE 80. To see if the Town will ratify, confirm and adopt the action of the Board
of Selectmen in accepting on behalf of the Town a deed dated July 13, 1972 from Cape and
Islands Financial Corporation conveying to the Town lot 21 (98,738 square feet) as shown on
plan entitled "Idylwilde Farms, Lexington, Mass." dated December 29, 1969, revised July 1971
and June 12, 1972 by Erich W. Nitzsche, registered professional engineer and land surveyor,
recorded in Middlesex South Registry of Deeds; or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
( Inserted at the request of Planning Board)
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ARTICLE 81 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept
on behalf of the Town a deed from Jenkins Realty Inc. conveying to the Town parcel A
(3.87 acres) as shown on plan entitled "Springdale Estates, Lexington, Mass." dated July 13,
1969, revised December 15, 1972, by Miller and Nylander, Civil Engineers and Surveyors,
recorded in Middlesex South Registry of Deeds; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted at the request of Planning Board)
ARTICLE 82. To see if the Town will ratify, confirm and adopt the action of the Board
of Selectmen in accepting on behalf of the Town a deed dated July 2, 1970 from Village
Development Corporation conveying to the Town lot A (3.4 acres) and lot C (2.4 acres) as
shown on plan entitled "Village Circle Subdivision Plan of Land, Lexington, Mass." dated
May 12, 1969, revised June 26, 1969, and April 28, 1970, by E. Conrad Levy and Associates,
Surveyors and Engineers, recorded in Middlesex South Registry of Deeds; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted at the request of Planning Board)
ARTICLE 83. To see if the Town will vote to amend the General By-Laws of the Town of
Lexington by striking the third paragraph of Section 1 of Article XXX and inserting in place
thereof a new third paragraph to read substantially as follows:
The board or committee for which a structure, recreational facility, or
building is being planned or constructed shall appoint not more than two
representatives to the committee who shall be entitled to participate in the
activities of the committee and vote on matters affecting the particular project
for which they are so appointed. Such appointed members shall serve only for
the time during which the committee is exercising its function with respect to
such project.
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted at the request of Town Manager)
ARTICLE 84. To see if the Town will authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee to
study the advisability of changing the date for the annual town meeting; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted at the request of Appropriation Committee)
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ARTICLE 85. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 53C of Chapter 44 of the
General Laws relating to the deposit and expenditure of moneys received for off-duty work
details of police; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 86. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 30 of Article V of the
General By-Laws of the Town of Lexington to permit a poll of the meeting at the request of
less than the majority of members present.
( Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters)
ARTICLE 87. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article XXIV of the General By-Laws
of the Town by adding a new section 27 to read substantially as follows:
No person, without lawful authority to do so, shall deposit on the Sanitary
Landfill any of the following types of refuse:
I . corrugated board
2. newspapers and magazines
3. glass bottles and other containers made of clear, green or brown glass
4. tires
5. appliances and other scrap metals
These items shall be separately deposited at distinct, designated areas at
the Sanitary Landfill and shall be collected and then distributed as secondary
materials.
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters)
ARTICLE 88. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to establish
under the supervision and control of the Department of Public Works, separate and distinct
areas at the Hartwell Avenue Sanitary Landfill for the collection and distribution of solid
recyclable waste; to provide suitable containers at the Hartwell Avenue Sanitary Landfill
wherein solid, recyclable waste may be collected and stored; to provide for the paving of a
portion of the Hartwell Avenue Sanitary Landfill to facilitate and encourage the collection
and/or distribution of solid recyclable waste; 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 ten or more registered voters)
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ARTICLE 89. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
A. By changing the land bounded and described below from RO - One family dwelling
district to IRM - Multi Family (garden apartments) dwelling district, by revising the
Zoning Map and by adopting a new Zoning District Map No. RM-5 showing land as RM Garden
Apartment District:
A certain parcel of land situate on the easterly side of Bedford Street,
bounded and described as follows:
WESTERLY by a curved line by Bedford Street, 400 feet, more or less;
WESTERLY by Bedford Street, 75± feet; thence
N58°29'58"E, 263.65 feet; thence
N32°28'36"W, 441 .84 feet; thence
NORTHWESTERLY and NORTHERLY by Winter Street by nine (9) courses measuring
respectively 52.80 feet, 112.92 feet, 168.22 feet, 124.31 feet, 133.76 feet,
187.95 feet, 105.60 feet, 50 feet, and 190.32 feet; thence
N77°55'02"E, 247 feet; thence
N70°27' 19"E, 152 feet; thence
N66°12'40"E, 256.57 feet; thence
S86°33'23"E, 190. 12 feet; thence
S87°l5'50"E, 217.23 feet; thence
S88°00' 19"E, 160.61 feet; thence
S85°16'28"E, 80. 11 feet; thence
S84°06'54"E, 257.97 feet; thence
S78°46'54"E, 105.53 feet; thence
N77° 13'21"E, 142.65 feet; thence
S14°17'49"E, 132.42 feet; thence
516°41 '09"E, 265. 11 feet; thence
S15°36'09"E, 127.34 feet; thence
S12°53'29"E, 446.45 feet; thence
N87°00'36"W, 758.84 feet; thence
By a curved line having a radius of 256.03, a distance of 143.04 feet; thence
S35°00'00"W, 206.71 feet; thence
By a curved line having a radius of 187.50, a distance of 190.70 feet; thence
S23°16'24"E, 26. 10 feet; thence
N85°42'24"W, 86.40 feet; thence
By a curved line having a radius of 237.50, a distance of 241 .55 feet; thence
N35°00'00"E, 206.71 feet; thence
By a curved line having a radius of 206.03, a distance of 115. 11 feet; thence
N87°00'36"W, 436.90 feet; thence
S28°50'07"W, 242.04 feet; thence
S50°l8'26"E, 30.41 feet; thence
By a curved line having a radius of 322.84, a distance of 76.07 feet; thence
S51°59137"W, 214.95 feet; thence
S47°29'42"E, 248.70 feet; thence
S69°25' 17"W, 115 feet; thence
S74°56'57"W, 48.33 feet; thence
S68°48'44"W, 53.58 feet; thence
S73°47' 19"W, 68.70 feet; thence
S64°24'59"W, 42.93 feet; thence
S44°36'47"W, 32.35 feet; thence
S43°18'44"W, 193.86 feet; thence
N38°00'23"W, 180.24 feet; thence
N51°59'37"E, 100.60 feet; thence
N38°00'23"W, 459.06 feet; thence
By a straight line, 675 feet±, to the point of beginning.
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B. By adding in Section 22 at the end of subsection 22.4 thereof a new paragraph
reading as follows:
22.47 a district on the northeasterly side of Bedford Street and southerly side
of Winter Street as shown on the Zoning District Map No. RM-5 entitled RM Garden
Apartment Districts, designated thereon 22.47.
( Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters)
ARTICLE 90. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law, the Zoning
District Maps and the Zoning Map by designating as an RM-Multi-family (garden apartment)
dwelling district a certain area of land, now included in the RO-One Family dwelling
district, bounded and described as follows:
SOUTHWESTERLY by Wood Street, 202.43 feet;
NORTHWESTERLY by a stone wall running through Lot E as shown on Land
Court Plan No. 66868, about 375 feet;
SOUTHWESTERLY by the remaining portion of said Lot B, about 590 feet;
NORTHWESTERLY by Hartwell Avenue as laid out by taking by the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts by Document No. 339983,
about 664 feet;
NORTHWESTERLY by land shown on said plan as of Ernest H. Holton,
about III feet;
NORTHEASTERLY by the same, about 246 feet;
SOUTHEASTERLY by land shown on said plan as of Hugh J. Maguire, about
300 feet;
EASTERLY by the same, about 113 feet;
NORTHWESTERLY by the same, about 265 feet;
NORTHEASTERLY by the same, about 175 feet;
NORTHWESTERLY again by the same, by a line through the middle of a
cartway as shown on said plan, about 665 feet;
EASTERLY by the westerly sideline of the easement granted by
Francis H. Maguire to Boston Edison Company by instrument
dated May 3, 1947, registered as Document No. 212691 ,
about 1,380 feet;
SOUTHEASTERLY by Lot F as shown on said plan, about 400 feet;
SOUTHWESTERLY by the same, 458.73 feet; and
SOUTHERLY by the same, 233.68 feet;
or take any action relative thereto.
( Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters)
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ARTICLE 91 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by changing the
land bounded and described below from RS - one family dwelling district to CS - service and
trade district, and revise the Zoning Map to show said land as CS - service and trade
district; a district off Lincoln Street and northerly of Lincoln Street bounded and described
as follows:
Beginning at a point northwesterly of Lincoln Street at junction of land now or
formerly of Sarano et ux and running northwesterly along land of said Sarano
198. 11 feet to land now or formerly of Dalyrmple et ux; thence turning and running
northeasterly along land of said Dalyrmple 141 .5 feet to Marrett Road; thence
turning and running southeasterly along Marrett Road 29 feet to the beginning of a
curve with a radius of 470.68 feet; thence along said curve 133.9 feet to the
beginning of a second curve with a radius of 61 .59 feet at the junction of Marrett
Road and Lincoln Street; thence along said second curve 90.32 feet to the end of
said curve thence southwesterly along Lincoln Street 79.21 feet to the point of
beginning, all measurements being more or less.
The above land located at the intersection of Marrett Road (Route 2A) and Lincoln
Street, Lexington, Massachusetts is shown on a plan entitled "Sub-division of the
Barrymeade Farm in the Town of Lexington, Mass., April 22, 1946", numbered Lot 10
on said plan, and recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds at the
end of Book 6987 as Plan 744 of 1946. Said land is also shown as Lot 69 on
Assessors Property Map No. 42 of the Town of Lexington and contains a land area
of 28,470 square feet more or less.
( Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters)
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ARTICLE 92. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by changing the
zoning of the land bounded and described below from RS - One family dwelling district to
RH - Subsidized Housing District, by revising the Zoning Map and by adopting a new Zoning Map
No. RH-I showing said land described below as RH - Subsidized Housing District:
A district on the Southerly side of Worthen Road bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the Northwesterly corner, said point being 71 . 17 feet more or
less Northeasterly from a stone bound on the Southerly line of Worthen Road;
thence running Northeasterly by Worthen Road 345.00 feet more or less to the
Northeasterly corner; thence turning at right angles and running Southeasterly
222.49 feet more or less to a point; thence turning at right angles and
running Southwesterly 125.72 feet more or less to a point; thence turning an
interior angle of 233 degrees 11 minutes 5 seconds and running 82.50 feet more
or less to a point, said course being 15 feet Northwesterly from and parallel
to the Northwesterly end of the existing school building; thence turning at
right angles and running Southeasterly 20.00 feet more or less to a point;
thence turning at right angles and running Southwesterly 80.00 feet more or
less to a point; thence turning at right angles and running Northwesterly
66.02 feet more or less to a point; thence turning an interior angle of
197 degrees 49 minutes 29 seconds and running 86.20 feet more or less to the
Southwesterly corner, the seven last described courses being bounded by land
now or formerly of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston; thence turning at
right angles and running 325.00 feet more or less by land now or formerly of
the Lexington Home for Aged People to the point of beginning on said Worthen
Road, said parcel containing 97,881 square feet more or less;
or to take any other action relative thereto.
( Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters)
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ARTICLE 93. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
A. By changing the land bounded and described below from RO - One family dwelling
district to RM - Multi Family (garden apartment) dwelling district, by revising the
Zoning Map and by adopting a new Zoning District Map No. RM-5 showing land as RM Garden
Apartment District:
A district off Concord Avenue and northerly of said Concord Avenue, bounded and
described as follows:
Commencing at a point in the Northeasterly line of Concord Avenue at land of
Foster, at the end of a face wall and one hundred fifty-eight and 73/100
( 158.73) feet, Southeasterly from the County Commissioners stone bound;
thence running North 30 degrees 34' 30" East, one hundred thirty-two and
15/100 ( 132. 15) feet by said land of Foster to a drill hole in the base of a
set wall ; thence turning and running North, 43 degrees, 48' West, along said
land of Foster, seventy-nine and 9/10 (79.9) feet to a drill hole; thence
running North, 30 degrees, 6" West by said land of Foster thirty-one and
9/10 (31 .9) feet to a drill hole at a corner; thence turning and running
North, 37 degrees, 23' East, along land of said Foster seventy-three and
9/10 (73.9) feet to a point; thence running North 17 degrees, 23' East, by
said land of Foster seventeen and 2/10 (17.2) feet to another point; thence
running North 43 degrees, 10' East along said land of Foster, three hundred
ninety-six and 8/10 (396.8) feet to a point in the stone wall ; thence
continuing by said land of Foster North 42 degrees 9' East, one hundred
seventy-seven and 3/10 ( 177.3) feet to a corner in a stone wall at land of
Bedell; thence turning and running South 50 degrees, 20' , 30" East by land
of Bedell , two hundred ninety-eight and 95/100 (298.95) feet to a cross wall ;
thence running South 56 degrees East, by said land of Bedell , two hundred
sixty-four and 6/10 (264.6) feet to a corner; thence turning and running
South, 40 degrees, 58' West by land of Condon, thirty-three and 5/10 (33.5)
feet to a cross wall ; thence running South 58 degrees, 16' , 20" West by said
land formerly of Condon and by land of Fuller, five hundred ninety and 9/10
(590.9) feet to a point in said wall ; thence running South, 57 degrees, 28' ,
30" West by land of Staples, one hundred five and 9/10 ( 105.9) feet to a
point in said wall ; thence running South 55 degrees, 38' West, by land of
said Staples, ninety-nine (99) feet to a bend in said wall ; thence turning
slightly and running South, 36 degrees, 40' West, by said land of Staples
five and 8/10 (5.8) feet to Concord Avenue; thence turning and running North
61 degrees, 57', 30" West, by said Concord Avenue, one hundred thirty-six
and 10/100 ( 136. 10) feet to a point in the North-Easterly line of said
Concord Avenue; thence running North 63 degrees, 30' West by said Concord
Avenue, seventy-four and 50/100 (74.50) feet to the point of beginning.
The above land is shown on "Plan of Land in Lexington, owned by S. Louise
Foster, May 1916", Henry F. Beale, C.E., and recorded with Middlesex South
District Registry of Deeds. Said land is also shown as Lot 32 on Assessors
Property Map #10 of the Town of Lexington and contains a land area of
approximately 7.921 acres.
The land belongs to Nishan Haroian and Elizabeth D. Haroian, husband and wife,
as tenants by the entirety, both of Lexington, Massachusetts.
B. By adding in Section 22 at the end of subsection 22.4 thereof a new paragraph
reading as follows:
22.47 A district off Concord Avenue and northerly of said Concord Avenue as
shown on the Zoning District Map No. RM-5 entitled RM Garden Apartment
Districts, designated thereon 22.47.
( Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters)
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ARTICLE 94. To see if the Town Meeting will vote to petition the executive and/or
legislative branches of the federal government, expressing its dismay at the continued
military involvement of the United States in Southeast Asia, and urging immediate cessation
of such involvement; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters)
ARTICLE 95. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from available
funds toward the reduction of the tax rate for the current fiscal year; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted by Board of Selectmen)
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 fifth day of February, A.D., 1973.
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.`E� ms-� Selectmen
Fr/d-9. Bailey , i,
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Alfred S. Base Lexington
Naataj)ie H. Riffin//
Sanborn C. Brown
A true copy, Attest:
GUY D. BMSA
Constable'o7exington
CONSTABLE'S RETURN
agsa,29 iG 1973
To the Town Clerk:
I have served the foregoing warrant by posting a printed copy
thereof in the Town Office Building, Cary 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 each dwelling house and to each dwelling unit in
multiple dwelling houses, apartment buildings, or other buildings
in the Town 9) days before the time of said meeting.
Attest: „4/.9
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S otf$tab 1 e of Lexington
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OFFICERS RETURN
MIDDLESEX SS
FEBRUARY 16, 1973
I have this day notified the voters of Lexington of the election
to be held of the fifth day of March 1973. I have also notified the voters
that a Town Meeting will be held en the nineteenth day of March 1973 at
8 :00PM in Cary Hall . The voters were notified by nailin:>: to them a true
attested copy of the Town Warrant. I have ales posted a true copy of the
Town Warrant in the following public places.
Precinct #1 East Lexington Library
Precinct #2 East Lexington Fire Station
Precinct #3 Bowman School
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Precinct #4 Letting*mn Library
Precinct * 5 Cary Hall
Precinct # 6 Central Fire Headquarters
Precinct #7 Esterbrook School
Precinct #8 Public Works Building
Precinct #9 Hastings School
Town Office Building
ABLE OF LEXINGTON
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