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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1963-01-28-STM-Warrant TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs to meet in Cary Memorial Hall, in said Town on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of January, 1963, at 8:00 P .M. then and there to act on the following articles : ARTICLE 1. To receive the reports of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town. ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town wilLauthorize the Standing School Building Committee to enter into a contract or contracts for the con- struction and original equipping and furnishing of new secondary school buildings on land in the vicinity of the senior high school, additions to the senior high school building, and any alterations in the existing senior high school building required by the construction of such addi- tions and by any connection of the new buildings to such existing build- ing, and to supervise the work; and appropriate money for such purposes and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by borrowing, or by any combi- nation of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will ratify, confirm and adopt the action of the Board of Se]e ctmen in accepting on behalf of the Town a gift from the Lexington Junior Chamber of Commerce of a warming hut erected or to be erected on land adjacent to the Old Lexington Reservoir, so called, off Marrett Road, which land is owned by the Town . ARTICLE L . To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Fire Commissioners to relocate the fire alarm system wires at the Grove Street crossing over Route 128 to the extent deemed necessary as a result of the reconstruction of Route 128 by the Coliunonwealth, and to enter into a con- tract with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts represented by its Department -2- of Public Works for reimbursement to the Town by the Commonwealth of the cost of such relocation; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether payment shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Celebrations Committee to plan, provide for and conduct a celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Lexington, and to publish the proceedings thereof; appropriate money therefor 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. ARTICLE 6. To see if the'Town will vote to amend the General By-Laws by adding two new sections under Article XXVI, Miscellaneous, to read sub- stantially as follows: Section 2. The owner or owners of land which has been excavated shall, within five days after such owner or owners shall have been notified in writing by the Board of Selectmen that in the opinion of the Board of Selectmen such excavation constitutes a hazard to public safety, erect barriers or take other suitable measures adequate to eliminate such hazard. Whoever violates this section shall pay for each offense a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars . Section 3. The owner or owners of land whereon is located an abandoned well or a well in use shall either provide a covering for such well capable of sustaining a weight of three hundred pounds or shall fill such well to the level of the ground. Whoever violates this section shall pay for each offense a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. -3- ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to abandon the twenty foot drain easement situated in lot LF on Land Court Plan 1587413 and the easements for sewer, water and drain purposes in that portion of the turnaround at the southerly end of Forbes Road as shown on said plan which is not included in Forbes Road as shown on Land Court Plan 15874Q, all of which easements are no longer required by the Town, said easements having been granted to the Town by Russell N. Cox, R. John Griefen and John J. Hammond, Trustees of Lexington Office Center Trust, by instrument dated March 30, 1962 and referred to in Land Court Certificate of Title 107665 registered in Middlesex South District Land Registry, Book 668, Page 115, and will set the minimum amount to be paid for such abandonments; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will provide for and authorize a committee to make a study of the Histnric Districts in the Town, including the consideration of whether or not it is desirable for the Town to create additional Historic Districts or to extend or enlarge existing Historic Districts as established by Chapter 447 of the acts of 1956, as amended; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -4- 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 seventh day of January, A.D. , 1963. 7 `a� Selectmen -- f ...> : A true copy, Attest : It G „ , - _.__-__ .___- ( of Paul B. Pardon "y �Jc��"rcv- -- - Lexington Constable of Lexington (' ., CONSTABLE 'S RETURN To the Town Clerk January / C , 1963 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 11 days before the time of said meeting. Attest: Constable of Lexington