HomeMy WebLinkAbout1964-03-02-TE-Warrant-and-1964-03-16-ATM-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 their respective voting places in said Town,
PRECINCT ONE, HARRINGTON SCHOOL; PRECINCT TWO, ADAMS SCHOOL; PRECINCT
THREE, CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING; PRECINCT FOUR, SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL; PRECINCT
FIVE, CENTRAL FIRE STATION; PRECINCT SIX, MARIA HASTINGS SCHOOL, on Monday,
the 2nd day of March, A.D. , 1964, 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 :
One Selectman for the term of three years ;
Two members of the School Committee for the term of three years ;
One member of the School Committee to fill an unexpired term ending March, 1965;
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 for the term of six years ;
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 three years;
Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct 'One, 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, 1965;
Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct Two, the eleven receiving the
highest number of votes to serve for the terns of three years , and the
one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an unexpired
term ending March, 1966;
Thirteen Town Meeting Members in Precinct Three, 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 unexjiired terms
ending March, 1965;
Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct Four, 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, 1966;
Thirteen Town Meeting Members in Precinct Five, 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, 1966;
Eleven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Six for the term of three years ;
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Four members of the Lexington Housing Authority, the one receiving the
highest number of votes to serve for the term of five years, the one
receiving the next highest number of votes to serve for the term of
four years, the one receiving the next highest number of votes to serve
for the term of two years, and the one receiving the next highest number
of votes to serve for the term of one year .
To vote YES or NO by ballot on the following question:
"Shall the town pay one half the premium costs payable by a retired
employee for group life insurance and for group general or blanket
hospital, surgical and medical insurance?"
YES
NO
(Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters . )
To vote YES or NO by ballot on the following question:
"Shall this town accept the provisions of sections one, two and
three of chapter one hundred thirty-nine of the General Laws, a
fair and concise summary of which appears below?"
Section one provides for adjudication of burnt, dilapidated or
dangerous building as nuisance; hearing; notice; and service of
order. Section two provides for appeal to the superior court
by person aggrieved by such order . Section three provides for
abatement or removal of such nuisance by the selectmen.
YES
NO
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The polls will be open at 7:30 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 sixteenth day of March, 1964, at 8:00 P.M. ,
at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and
determined exclusively by the Town Meeting Members in accordance with Chapter
215 of the Acts of 1929, as amended, and subject to the referendum provided
for by Section eight of said Chapter, as amended.
ARTICLE 2. To receive the reports of any Board of Town Officers or of
any Committee of the Town.
ARTICLE 3. To appoint or provide for the appointment of the Committee
on Lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will make appropriations for expenditures
by departments, officers, boards, and committees of the Town for the ensuing
year and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax
levy or by transfer from available funds, including any special funds, or
by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will establish the salary and compensation
of the Town Treasurer, Town 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 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with
the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in
anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1965,
and to issue bonds 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 of the General Laws.
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 !4. of the General Laws,
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 8. 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.
ARTICLF +0. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to petition
the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1964, or act
in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICTP 11. 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.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf
of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for the
future alteration, relocation or widening of Massachusetts Avenue, and other
public purposes, all or any part of a parcel of land situated on the north-
easterly side of Massachusetts Avenue between Meriam Street and Depot Square
in Lexington and having a uniform width of fifteen feet as measured at right
angles between side lines; 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.
ARTICLE 13. 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 14. 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 15. 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 in-
stallation and land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be pro-
vided 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.
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ARTICLE 16. 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 availthle 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.
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,
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, ease-
ment 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.
.ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to construct
concrete, bituminous concrete or other sidewalks where the abutting owner
pays one-half of the cost or otherwise; appropriate a sum of money for such
construction, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current
tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these
methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto .
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install
curbing in 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 combi-
nation of these methods ; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for
highway maintenance under the autizority 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.
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ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for
highway construction under the authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws,
and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy
or by transfer from available funds, including any funds that may be made
available to the Town under the provisions of Chapter 822 of the Acts of 1963,
of by any combination of these methods ; or act in any other manner in
relation thereto .
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for
permanent street construction and determine whether the money shall be pro-
vided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrow-
ing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
ARTICT,F 23. 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, including the
Road Machinery- Fund, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 24. 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 Depart-
ment or other Town departments, the amount of said credit not to exceed the
amount allowed by the State for the use of similar equ=pment ; or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will make supplementary appropriations
to be used in conjunction with money appropriated in prior years forthe
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.
ARTICLE 26. 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 1965 Annual Town Meeting; or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 27. 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.
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ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen
to obtain appraisals on and options for land or rights therein that
it desires to recommend be acquired by the Town as locations for
future streets or for playground or recreational or school purposes,
or any combination of said purposes, and will authorize the Selectmen
to acquire by purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise, the land or
rights therein that are recommended for such purposes ; appropriate
money for such appraisals, options and land acquisition and determine
whether the same shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by
transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 29. 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.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to accept a gift in the
amount of *1,000.00 under the will of Marion W. Atwood, the income to
be used to aid in the care of Munroe Cemetery and in particular for
the perpetual care of Lot twenty-one, or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate 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; or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money 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 by any com-
bination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the
purchase of a fire engine for the Fire Department 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 .
ARTICTP 34. To see if the Town will vote to change to Holmes Road the
name of Alcott Road for that part of an accepted way extending from Burroughs
Road a distance of 1546 feet, more or less, westerly to Thoreau Road.
ARTICT.F 35. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of
money to pay the necessary expenses of the General By-Laws Committee appointed
pursuant to the vote adopted under Article 31 of the Warrant for the 1963
Annual Town Meeting; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will authorize the committee appointed
pursuant to the vote adopted under Article 32 of the Warrant for the 1963
Annual Town Meeting to retain professional services and prepare preliminary
plans, specifications and cost estimates for the construction of public
facilities in or near the Battle Green District, so-called, or elsewhere in
the Town; appropriate money for such purposes and determine whether the
money shall be provided br.•the current tax levy Or ty''transfer from available
funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner
in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of
money for the purpose of defraying the initial costs and annual administrative
expenses of the Lexington Housing Authority authorized to be organized pursuant
to the vote adopted under Article 6 of the Special Town Meeting held on
November 25, 1963; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on
behalf of the Town to acquire by purchase, by eminent domain or otherwise,
or by lease, land or interests therein situated on Waltham Street in
Lexington and shown as Lot A on a plan recorded in Middlesex South District
Registry of Deeds, Book 10436, Page 153, and containing 10,436 square feet
according to said plan, for the purpose of an off-street parking area and
access thereto; and appropriate money for the acquisition of the land and
for the construction and operation of the parking area and facilities,
and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy,
by transfer from available funds, including the Parking Meter Fund, or
by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen in
the name and on behalf of the Town to convey to the Trustees of Hartwell
Lexington Trust under Declaration of Trust dated June 2, 1960 and recorded
in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 9623, Page 33, two
parcels of land, which abut upon land of said trustees, substantially as
shown and marked Parcels 10 and 11 on plan entitled "Plan of Land
Hartwell Avenue Lexington, Mass." dated February 7, 1964, John J. Carroll,
Town Engineer, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Town
Engineer, and being a part of the land acquired by the Town for a refuse
disjosal site and for sewer, water, drain and street purposes by order of
the Board of Selectmen dated January 22, 1962 and recorded in said Deeds,
Book 9974, Page 500, and no longer required by the Town, such conveyance
to be in consideration of the conveyance by said trustees of two parcels of
land substantially as shown and marked Parcels 8B and 8C on said plan, and
release by said trustees to the Town of all claims for damages arising
from the taking by the Town of rights and easements for the purpose of
providing access to said refuse disposal site, said taking having been made
by order of the Board of Selectmen dated August 6, 1962 and recorded in
said Deeds, Book 10096, Page 1; or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
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ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money
for the application of aluminum siding to the East Lexington Branch Library,
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 appropriate a sum of money
for landscaping and grading and wall and fence construction at the Cary
Memorial Library, 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 42. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for
preliminary plans, engineering survey and layout for the construction and
development of recreational facilities on land adjoining the Harrington
School, 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 43. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money
for the construction and development of new recreational facilities on
land adjoining the Estabrook School, and determine whether the money shall
be providedby 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 44. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for
the construction and development of a recreational play area on either or
both of two adjoining parcels of land of the Town in East Lexington, one
of which parcels was acquired pursuant to vote adopted under Article 42
Annual
of the Warrant for the 1959/Town Meeting and the other of which was
Annual
acquired pursuant to vote adopted under Article 38 of the 1960/Town
Meeting, 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.
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ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will authorize the Standing School
Building Committee appointed under authority of the vote adopted under
Article 37 of the warrant for the 1957 Annual Town Meeting to enter into
a contract or contracts for the construction and original equipping and
furnishing of alterations and additions to the existing senior high school,
and to supervise the work; 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 combination
of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 4.6. To see if the Town will authorize the Standing School
Building Committee to retain professional services and prepare final
plans and specifications and to obtain bids for the construction and
original equipping and furnishing of a new elementary school building
on the parcel of land situated on the southwesterly side of Middleby
Road that was acquired for school and other public purposes in 1958;
appropriate money for such purposes and determine whether the money
shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available
funds, including any unexpended balances in current appropriations, or
by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
ARTICLE 47. To see if the Town will provide for and authorize a
committee to retain professional services and prepare preliminary plans ,
• specifications and cost estimates for the construction of a new elementary
school building; appropriate money for such purposes and determine whether
the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from
available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 48 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Bryant Road from Lowell Street a
distance of 1900 feet, more or less, to beyond Page Road as laid out by the
Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk,
dated January 7, 1964, 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 49 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Fairbanks Road from Shade Street
a distance of 2517 feet , more or less, easterly, southerly, easterly, and
northerly to Tufts Road as laid out by the Selectmen and whown upon a plan
on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1964, 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 5p . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Fessenden irlay from Rolfe Road a
distance of 990 feet, more or less, easterly to Marshall Road as laid out by
the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk,
dated January 7, 1964, 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 .
APLTICLE 51. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Marshall Road from Woburn Street a
distance of 830 feet, more or less, northerly as laid out by the Selectmen
and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7,
1964, 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.
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ARTICLE 52., To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Hill Brook Road from 210 feet, more
or less, southeasterly of Suzanne Road to 240 feet, more or less, north-
westerly of Suzanne Road as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan
on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1964, 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 53. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Page Road from Bryant Road a distance
of 895 feet, more or less, easterly and northerly, as laid out by the
Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk,
dated January 7, 1964, 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 54. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Phinney Road from Tufts Road a distance
of 628 feet, more or less, westerly and southerly, as laid out by the Selectmen
and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7,
1964, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee,
easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropri-
ate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or
act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 55 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way ,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Rogers Road from Fessenden Way a
distance of 375 feet, more or less, northerly as laid out by the Selectmen
and shown upon a _plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7,
1964, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee,
easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; end raise and appropri-
ate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or
act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 56 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Rolfe Road. from Woburn Street a
distance of Ji!O feet, more or less, northerly to Fessenden Way as laid out
by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town
Clerk, dated January 7, 1964, 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 57. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Sanderson Road from Bryant Road a
distance of 453 feet, more or less , southerly and 670 feet, more or less,
northerly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the
office of the Tti.,wn Clerk, dated January 7, 1964, 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 .
ARTICT,R 58. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Suzanne Road from Mill Brook Road a
distance of 667 feet, more or less, northerly and westerly, as laid out by
the Selectmen and shown upon a pl_n on file in the office of the Town Clerk,
dated January 7, 1964, 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
acouisition; or act in any other manner in _-elation thereto .
ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Tufts Road from Marrett Road a distance
of 2473 feet, more or less , southerly to Fairbanks Road as laid out by the
Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated
Janu ry 7, 1964, 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 .
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ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Albemarle Avenue from Melrose Avenue
a distance of 830 feet, more or lesq northerly to Rawson Avenue 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 7, 196L, and tc 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 61 . :o see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Blake Road from Burlington Street
a distance of 615 feet, more or less , northerly to Nowers Road as laid out
by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plcn on file in
the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1964, 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 62 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Dunham Street from Utica Street a
distance of 473 feet, more or less, easterly 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 7, 1964, and to take by eminent domain, purchase
or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary
then . for ; 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 .
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ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Nowers Road from Henderson Road a
distance of 625 feet, more or less, southerly and southwesterly to Blake
Road as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and shown upon a
plan on file in the office of the Tdwn Clerk, dated January 7, 196 ., 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 64. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Sullivan Street from Winter Street
a distance of 348 feet, more or less, westerly as laid out by the Selectmen
under the Betterment Act and shown upon a planon file in the office of the
Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1964, 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.
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ARTICLE 65 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning
By-Law by striking out Sub-section (a) of Section 4 thereof, under
the caption "R 1 - One family dwelling districts.", and by inserting
in place thereof the following:
"(a) R 1 - One family dwelling districts. Every part of the Town
not shown on the Zoning Map or not hereinafter specifically designated
as a district other than R 1 is hereby specifically made an R 1 district. "
ARTICLE 66 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
by adding, after Sub-section (g) of Section 114, the following:
"(h) In any instance where, by reason of any section of this By-Law,
a parking area is required to be provided for a permitted building, but
where the Board of Appeals determines that the complete development of
the required parking area is not currently necessary, to permit the owner,
for a period not exceeding two years, to limit his development of the area
for present actual parking use to not less than one-half of the total
requiredxarking area.
ARTICLE67. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by
striking out Sub-section (k) entitled "Story", in Section 2 entitled
"Definitions", and by inserting in place thereof the following:
"(k) Story - That portion of a building contained between any
floor and the floor or roof next above it, but not including either the
lowest portion so contained if more than one-half of such portion
vertically is below the mean finished grade of the ground adjoining
such building, or the uppermost portion so contained if under a sloping
roof and not designed or intended to be used for human occupancy. "
ARTICLE 68 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
by striking out from Section 5, Sub-section ( j) , Paragraph 2.a. thereof,
relating to buildings and uses in C 4 districts, the words "not exceeding
two stories in height", so that said Paragraph 2.a. shall read as follows:
"a. Office buildings. "
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ARTICLE 69 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning
By-Law by inserting at the end of Sub-section (a) of Section 7 thereof,
the following:
"In C4 districts, buildings shall not exceed two stories and
a maximum height of forty feet. "
ARTICLE 70. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning
By-Law by striking out from Section 8, Sub-section ( j) , Paragraph
l.b. thereof, relating to yards in C 4 districts, the second sentence,
and by inserting in place thereof the following:
"Within such 50 feet from each street, highway and district
boundary, there shall be permitted only (1) green areas' of grass,
plants, shrubs and trees, (2) walks, driveways and parking facilities
occupying not more than fifty percentum of the area, and (3) gates
or security stations . "
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ARTICLE 71 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the general
by-laws of the Town of Lexington by adding at the end of Section 39,
Art. XXIV the following new paragraph:
"The aforesaid discretionary powers of the Board of Selectmen or
the Chief of Police to issue permits shall be exercised only for such
land or area as has first in writing been certified by a committee that
the discharge of a specified type of firearms will not violate existing
statutes for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts pertaining to the discharge
of firearms . The said committee shall be comprised of a member of the
Board of Selectmen, a member of the Conservation Committee and a member
of the Recreation Committee, each of whom shall annually be appointed to
said committee for a period of one year by their respective Board or
Committee. "
After the aforesaid amendment, said Section 39 will read as follows :
"No person shall without a written permit from the Board of Selectmen
or the Chief of Police and a written permit from the owner or occupant of
land fire or discharge any rifle, shot-gun, air-rifle or pistol on or across
any land within the confines of the Town, ut this section shall not prevent
the use of such fire-arms in the lawful defense and protection of one' s
person or other human being or property, nor to veterinarians in the
practice of their profession nor in the performance of any duty required
or authorized by law, nor to members of the Police Department in carrying
out their duties and for target practice upon ranges duly approved by the
Chief of Police.
"Any person desiring to discharge said fire-arms or air-rifles must
first obtain a written permit specifying the locus from the owner or occupant
of the land upon and across which one desires to discharge said firearms or
air-rifles , aid permit shall then be presented to the Board of Selectmen
or to the Chief of Police and if the discharge of the above firearms or
air-rifles upon and across the locus specified does not, in the opinion
of the Board of Selectmen or the Chief of Police, endanger the safety of
persons or property of others, the Board of Selectmen or the Chief of Police
shall issue a written permit to allow such discharge and impose such safety
conditions or precautions as they deem necessary.
"The aforesaid discretionary powers of the Board of Selectmen or the
Chief of Police to issue permits shall be exercised only for such land or
area as has first in writing been certified by a committee that the
discharge of a specified type of firearms will not violate existing
statutes for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts pertaining to the discharge
of firearms . The said committee shall be comprised of a member of the
Board of Selectmen, a member of the Conservtion Committee and a member
of the Recreation Committee each of whom shall annually be appointed
to said committee for a period of one year by their respective Board or
Committee. "
(Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters )
ARTICLE 72. "To see if the Town will vote to prohibit hunting in
the Town and to establish penalties for the violation of such prohibition,
or act in any other manner in relation thereto. "
(Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters . )
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ARTICLE 73 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning
By-Law as follows :
By adding at the end of sub-section (d), Section 4 thereof, under
the caption "C2-General business districts", a new paragraph to read as
follows:
Beginning at a point in the southwesterly line of Bedford Street
which point is the northeasterly corner of land now or formerly of
Katherine Corbett and Mildred F. Johnson; thence S 58° 32' 10" W
276.60 feet; thence N 36° 17' 00" W 83.00 feet; thence N 60° 11' 50" E
285.25 feet; thence S 29° 54' 40" E 75.00 feet to the point of beginning
being all of said measurements more or less.
(Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters. )
ARTICLE 74 . "To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
of the Town of Lexington by adding at the end of Section 4 (g) A 1 - Garden
apartment and hotel district - the following new paragraph:
A district on the northwesterly side of Waltham Street, bounded and
described as follows :
Southeasterly by Waltham Street, by several courses, one thousand
twenty four and 45/100 (1024.45) feet;
Southwesterly and westerly by two courses by land now or formerly
of Stearns, two hundred forty nine and 02/100 (249.02) feet;
Northwesterly, westerly and northerly, by several courses as the
wall now stands, by land now or formerly of Wright, one thousand thirty-
seven and 56/100 (1037.56) feet; and
Northeasterly by land of said Wright, twenty-eight and 30/100
(28.30) feet. "
(Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters. )
ARTICLE 75 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
as follows:
I. By inserting after Paragraph 1, in sub-section (i) of Section 4
thereof, under the caption CH 1- Commercial and hotel districts, the
following paragraph 2 to read as follows:
"2. There is excluded from the above district the land on the
Southwesterly side of Bedford Street at the corner of Hartwell Avenue and
said Bedford Street being bounded and described as follows:
Northeasterly by Bedford Street 273.10 feet more or less; Southeasterly
by land of Howard A. Smith in two courses being 98.52 feet more or less and
101.78 feet more or less, respectively; Northeasterly again by land of said
Smith 135.70 feet more or less; Southeasterly again by land now or formerly
of Home Guardian Company in two courses being 355.62 feet more or less and
514.14 feet more or less, respectively; Southwesterly by land now or
formerly of Onel Deflice 355.00 feet more or less to the Southeasterly
boundary of Hinchey Road; Northwesterly by said Hinchey Road in two courses
being 383.30 feet more or less and 114.49 feet more or less, respectively;
Northeasterly by said Hinchey Road 55.00 feet more or less; Northwesterly
by said Hinchey Road 120.00 feet more or less ; Southwesterly by said
Hinchey Road 55.00 feet more or less; Northwesterly by said Hinchey Road
in two courses being 100.00 feet more or less and 330.15 feet more or less,
respectively; Northerly by said Hinchey Road 82.75 feet more or less, to
the junction of said Hinchey Road and Bedford Street.
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II. By adding at the end of Section 4, (g) Al- garden apartment
districts, the following new paragraph:
A district on the southwesterly side of Bedford Street at the corner
of Hartwell Avenue and said Bedford Street being bounded and described as
follows :
Northeasterly by Bedford Street 273.10 feet more or less; Southeasterly
by land of Howard A. Smith in two courses being 98.52 feet more or less
and 101.78 feet more or less, respectively; Northeasterly again by land of
said Smith 135.70 feet more or less; Southeasterly again by land now or
formerly of Home Guardian Company in two courses being 355.62 feet more or
less and 514.14 feet more or less, respectively; Southwesterly by land now
or formerly of Onel Deflice 355.00 feet more or less to the Southeasterly
boundaryof Hinchey Road; Northwesterly by said Hinchey Road in two courses
being 383.30 feet more or less and 114.49 feet more or less, respectively;
Northeasterly by said Hinchey Road 55.00 feet more or less; Northwesterly
by said Hinchey Road 120.00 feet more or less; Southwesterly by said
Hinchey Road 55.00 feet more or less; Northwesterly by said Hinchey Road in
two courses being 100.00 feet more or less, and 338.15 feet more or less, ,
respectively; North rly by said Hinchey Road 82.75 feet more or less, to
the junction of/eh'ohey Road and Bedford Street.
(Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters.)
ARTICLE 76 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
so as to change certain land from an R-1 District to a C-2 District by
adding at the end of paragraph 5 in Section 4 (d) C-2 --General business
districts, the following:-- Said district shall also include adjoining
land bounded as follows : Easterly by land described in the preceding
sentence Three Hundred Forty-two and 93/100 (34.2.93) feet; Southerly by
land of Rayco Realty Trust Sixteen and 37/100 (16.37) feet; Westerly by
land now or formerly of Whalen Three Hundred Twenty-seven and 40/100
(327.4.0) feet; and Northerly by Worthen Road, Sixty-six and 69/100 (66.69)
feet.
(Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters . )
ARTICLE 77 . To see if the Town will make an appropriation to the
Stabilization Fund established under Section 5B of Chapter 40 of the
General Laws, as amended; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 78. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of
money from available funds toward the reduction of the 1964 tax rate;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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And you are directed to serve this warrant seven days at least
before the time of said meeting as provided in the By-Laws of the Town.
Hereof fail not, and make due return on this warrant, with your
doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Lexington this tenth day of February, A.D.,
1964.
A true copy, Attest:
PAUL E. FURDON,
Constable of Lexington T/�,, , �� // , 7
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CONSTABLE' S RETURN
To the Town Clerk: February iq , 1964
Nave 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 /O days
before the time of said meeting. O� /1
Attest: v r f-
Constable of Lexington