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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959-03-02-TE-Warrant-and-1959-03-16-ATM-Warrant TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Gree ting In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington oualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet in their respective voting places in said Town. PRECINCT OItff, ADAHS SCHOOL; PRECINCT TWO, EAST LEXINGTON FIRE STATION; PRECINCT THREE, CARY i•EMORIAL BUILDING; PRECINCT FOUR, SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL; PRECINCT FIVE, CENTRAL FIR"Ev STATION; PRECINCTT SIX, MARIA HASTINGS SCHOOL on Monday the 2nd day of March, A. D. , 1959 at 7 :30 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 tern of three years; Two members of the School Committee for the term of three years; One Cemetery Commissioner for the term of three years; One member of the Planning Board for the term of five years; One Trustee of Public Trusts to fill an unexpired term ending March 1960; One Trustee of Public Trusts to fill an unexpired term ending March 1962; One Moderator for the term of one year; One Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; One Town Clerk for the term of one year; One Town Treasurer for the term of one year; Two Constables for the term of one year; Eleven Town Meeting Members in Precinct One for the term of three years; Eleven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Two for the term of three years; Eleven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Three for the term of three years; 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 unexpired terms ending March 1960; 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 an unexpired term ending March 1960; 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 an unexpired term ending March 1960; l -2- To vote Yes or No by ballot on the following question: Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-nine entitled "An Act YES to provide for the determining of ties in the election of town meeting members in the town of Lexington", be NO accepted? The polls will be open at 7:30 A. M. and will remain open until 8 P. M. You are also to notify the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in Cary Memorial Hall in said Town on Monday, the sixteenth day of March, 1959, 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. ARTICLT 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 willmake 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. ARTICTF 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in antici- pation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1960, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17 of Chapter WI of the General Laws. -3- ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will establish the salary and compensation of the Town Treasurer, Taan Clerk and Collector of Taxes, being all the elected officers of the Town on a salary basis, as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, and raise and appropriate the funds necessary therefor, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 7 . 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 Y1 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE S . 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. ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the Reserve Fund as provided by Section 6 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1959, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 11. 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 other- wise , 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. • s -4- ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to install a new or replace- ment water main from Massachusetts Avenue to the new water standpipe in such locations as the Selectmen may determine , 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. ARTICLE 13. 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 combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICTF 14. To see if the Town will vote to install a sewer main or mains in such locations as the Selectmen may determine from the westerly side of the State Highway, Route 128, to the vicinity of Westview Street, 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. -5- ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to retain engineering services and prepare plans for the extension westerly from the vicinity of Watertown Street of the sewer main authorized to be constructed by the vote adopted under Article 16 of the Warrant for the 1958 Annual Town Meeting; appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, including any special sewer funds, or by any combination of these it thods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 16. 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 hereto been authorized, 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. ARTICLE 17. 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. ARTICTF 18. 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. ARTICLE 19. 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. -6- ARTICLE 20. 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 or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICT,F 21. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to con- struct 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. ARTICLE 22. 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 com- bination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 23. 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. ARTICLF 24. To see if the Town will vote to install drains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine , in accordance with Chapter 263 of the Acts of 1926, as amended, or other- wise , 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. -7- ARTICTr 25. 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 6iorks, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, including the Road Machinery Fund, or by any combination of these methods ; or act in any other manner in relation thereto . ARTICLE 26 . To see if the Town will vote to enlarge the scope of the Road Machinery Fund by crediting to said fund an amount based on hourly rental for the use of motorized equipment of the Public Works Department when used on various projects carried on under the direction of said Department or other Town Departments, the amount of said credit not to exceed the amount allowed by the State for the use of similar eouipnent ; or act in any other manner in relation thereto . ARTICTCR 27 . 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. ARTICLE 28 . 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 1960 Annual Town Meeting; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell and convey all or any part of the land on Meriam Street known as the Old Fire Station Site , upon such terms and conditions as they deem proper; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 30 . To see if the Town will authorize the Planning Board to obtain options for land or rights therein that it desires to recommend be acquired by the Town as locations for future streets or for playground and recreational purposes and will authorize the Selectmen to acquire the land or rights therein that are recommended for such purposes; appropriate money for such 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. -8- ARTICTP 31. 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. ARTICTr 32 . To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a new car for the Fire Department by the Board of Fire Commissioners 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. ARTICTR 33 . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to abandon the drainage easement across land abutting on lot 233 Freemont Street that was granted to the Town by deed of Laland Construction Co. , Inc . dated November 17, 1958 and recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 9273, Page 139, and that is no longer needed by the Town, and will set the minimum amount to be paid for such abandonment; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 34. 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 conveying lot 70, Garfield Street, to the Town; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 35. 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 from George J. DeVries conveying to the Town a parcel of land situated on the northeasterly side of Summer Street and abutting on land acquired from DeVries Construction Company, Inc . for playground, recreational and other public purposes, pursuant to the vote adopted under Article 46 of the Warrant for the 1958 Annual Town Meeting; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -9- ARTICT,F 36 . To see if the Town will make a supplementary appropriation to be used in conjunction with money appropriated under Article 37 of the Warrant for the 1958 Annual Town Meeting for the purchase of a new ambulance , and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICTR 37 . To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of voting machines, and determine whether the money shall be pro- vided by the current tax levy or by transfer from mailable funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICL 338. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase , take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground or recreational purposes the undeveloped land abutting upon the Town land on North Street acquired for such purposes pursuant to the vote adopted under Article 13 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on September 16, 1957, and to include land on both sides of Vine Brook southerly to Last Street, appropriate money therefor and determine whether payment shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds , or by any com- bination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto . ARTICLL_; 39. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to pur- chase , take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for a future street lo- cation and other public purposes a parcel of land situated on the southerly side of Marrett Road and the northwesterly side of Bacon Street, appropriate money therefor and determine whether payment shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds; or act n any`tother manner in relation thereto. • -10- ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will provide for and authorize a committee to prepare final plans and specifications and to obtain bids for the construction and original equipping and furnishing of a new elementary school building; appropriate a sum of money for the expenses of the committee 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. ARTICLE 41. 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 a parcel of land abutting on the Town land on Lincoln Street, which is now used in part as the site of the Town dump, said parcel to be bounded northeasterly and southeasterly by land of the Town of Lexington, southwesterly by a line approximately parallel to and about 300 feet distant from the northeasterly line of Middleby Road, and northwesterly by the rear line of lots fronting on Lincoln Street, appropriate 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. ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for school, play- ground and other public purposes a parcel of land in East Lexington abutting the Lexington-Arlington Town line and bounded northeasterly by the rear lines of lots fronting on Aerial Street, the southwesterly end of Sutherland Road and the side line of a lot fronting on Sutherland Road; northwesterly by the rear lines of lots fronting on Tarbell Avenue and on Peacock Farm Road; southwesterly by land of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts and southeasterly by the Lexington-Arlington Town line; appropriate money therefore and determine whether payment shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combina- tion of these methods ; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -17- ARTICLE 43 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Burnham Road from East Street to Emerson Road a distance of 832' f northerly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 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 acquitition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICIF 44. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Compton Circle from Peacock Farm Road adistance of 325 ' ± northwesterly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, - 1959 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; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICTF, 45. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Emerson Road from Adams Street a distance of 789' ± southeasterly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk,dated January 8, 1959 and to take by e,rinent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee , ease- ment or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 46 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Grandview Avenue from School Street to Welch Road a distance of 250' ± easterly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and ap- propriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. • -12- ARTICLE 47 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Peacock Fara Road from Watertown Street to Baker Avenue a distance of 31861 ± northerly and easterly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 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; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 14.8 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Welch Road from Grandview Avenue to Estabrook Road a distance of 7110, ± easterly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 and to take by eminent domain, purchase Or otherwise acquire any fee , easement or other interest in. land necessary therefor; and raise and ap- propriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 49 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Linmoor Terrace from North Hancock Street to Crawford Road a distance of 1148 , northerly and northwesterly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 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; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 50 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Crawford Road from Preston Road to Linmoor Terrace 4531 ± southerly as laid out by the Selectman and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 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; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. • -13- ARTICTF, 51. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Laurel Street from Reed Street a distance of 100 ' ± northeasterly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1€ 59 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 acquitition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 52. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Baker Avenue from Butler Avenue to Peacock Farm Road a distance of 123 ' ± southwesterly, as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 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 street and for 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. ARTICLE 53 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Cummings Avenue from Bow Street to Cliffe Avenue a distance of 300' ± northwesterly, as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 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 street and for 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. • -14- ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Homestead Street from Cedar Street to Asbury Street a distance of 10831 ± southwesterly, as laid out by the Selectrren under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 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 street and for 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. ARTICTP 55. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Leighton Avenue from Bow Street to Cliffe Avenue a distance of 2251 ± northwesterly, as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 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 street and for 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. ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Rangeway from Skyview Road to Winter Street a distance of 2451 ± northwesterly, as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 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 street and for 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 combinatior of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -15- ARTICLE 57. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Webb Street from Dunham Street a distance of 975' ± northerly, as laid out by the Selectmen under the Better- ment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 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 street and for 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. ARTICLE 58 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town footway, a strip of land from Essex Street northeasterly through Lot M and Boston & Maine Railroad property to Valley Road a distance of 2301 ± as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 and to take by eminent domain, purhhase or otherwise acquire any fee , easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said footway and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto . ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will vote to accept the alteration and relocation of a portion of Waltham Street from a point approximately 14001 ± northerly of Barrett Road and extending northerly 850 ' t as laid out by the Selectmen andshown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 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 widening of said portion of Waltham Street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto . -C • -16- ARTICTg 60. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to release Lot 2 on Land Court plan No. 25931B from the restrictions set forth in a deed given by the Town of Lexington to Benjamin H. Golini et ux, dated January 10, 1955 and recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 8400, Page 284; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICT,M 61. To see if the Town will appropriate money, subject to validation by the General Court, to reimburse Mark Moore , Jr. as . Trustee of Moore Realty Trust, for the excess money expended by him in constructing a box culvert in Emerson Road to a more than normal width, as required by the Planning Board in its approval of his subdivision plan entitled "Burnham Farms Section Two Lexington-Mass ." so it would be of adequate size if the Town should decide later to widen the pavement of the road to make it a major traffic road, and will authorize the Selectmen to petition the General Court for such validating legislation; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by adding at the end of Section 4 (g) A 1-Garden Apartment and Hotel Districts, the following new paragraph: A district on the southeasterly side of Maple Street beginning at a point on the southeasterly side line of said Street at the intersection of land of Robert Chapman and the Town of Arlington, thence running south- easterly by land of the Town of Arlington 743 .7 feet, more or less, to a point; thence turning at an angle and running easterly by land of the Town of Arling- ton 367 feet, more or less, to a point at a brook; thence turning at an angle and continuing easterly by land of the Town of Arlington 307.7 feet, more or less, to a point at the intersection of land of the Town of,Arlington, land now or formerly of Lexwood Poultry Farms, Inc . , and land now or formerly of Harry D. Hull; thence turning at an angle and continuing easterly by land now or formerly of Harry D. Hull 300 feet more or less to a point; thence turning at an angle and running northerly b , land of Lexwood Poultry Farms, Inc . 130 -17- feet more or less to a point; thence turning at a right angle and running westerly by the land of said Lexwood Poultry Farms, Inc . , 580 feet more or less, to a point at a brook; thence turning at an angle of 35 degrees 15' more or less and running northwesterly by land of Paul Tocci, Inc . , 935 feet more or less to a point on the southeasterly side line of Maple Street; thence turning at a right angle and running in a southwesterly direction along the southeasterly side line of Maple Street 350 feet more or less to the point of beginning. The above describes an area of land., approximately 480,000 sq. feet, or 11 acres, more or less . (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters ) ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from available funds toward the reduction of the 1959 tax rate , or act in any other manner in relation thereto. , 1 . , . . -18- - 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 ninth day of February, A. D. , 1959. ,,,, A-7,)z____.---td444.„.. (..: ile2-(...-/9--"<iti,/ Selectmen -7- ' "----41C-(o/:-/ t-77 •k.. ,-/--e' -..1%/1, 11/4..,___' of ‘-7,- .71 Lexington ( - - -RR-71—C '---- (- , ( G.- CONSTABLE'S RETURN To the Town Clerk February ,' , 1959 I have served the foregoing warrant by posting a printed copy thereof in five (5) public places in 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 of Voters days before the time of said meeting. Attest: Constable of Lexington