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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1965-06-07-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 seventh day of June, 1965, 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 will authorize the Selectmen to abandon such portions of the sewer easements and temporary sewer construction easements adjacent thereto in land of Evangelical Covenant Church of Cambridge and in land of Anthony R. Cataldo, formerly of Henning W. Swenson, as are no longer required by the Town, said easements in land of Evangelical Covenant Church of Cambridge having been acquired by the Town by eminent domain by order dated April 8, 1963, recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 10260, Page 2L5, and said easements in land now of Anthony R. Cataldo having been acquired by the Town by eminent domain by order dated April 8, 1963, recorded in said Deeds, Book 10260, Page 250, and will set the minimum amount to be paid for such abandonment; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for school, playground and other public purposes all or any part of a parcel of land situated on and off Marrett Road, said land being shown on a plan entitled "Compiled Plan of Proposed School Site at Marrett Road and Stedman Road, Lexington, Mass. Scale 1" = 40' , April 20, 1965, John J. Carroll, Town Engineer" ; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by transfer from available funds, including the Conservation Fund, or by borrowing or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. 1-A ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire, for street, playground and recreational purposes, and other public purposes, all or any part of a parcel of land shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land, Lexington, Mass. Scale 1" = 40", dated Nay 10, 1965, by John J. Carroll , Town Engineer, and appropriate money. therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by transfer from available funds, including the Conservation Fund, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods ; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain, or otherwise acquire, for street, playground and recreational purposes, and other public purposes, all or any part of a parcel of land on Adams Street shown as Lot D on a plan entitled "Plan of Lots C, D, & E Adams Street Lexington, Mass . ", dated January 19, 1965, by John J. Carroll, Town Engineer, and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided 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 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen in the name and on behalf of the Town to convey to John W. Castoldi, Inc. , a Massachusetts Corporation, a parcel of land, which abuts upon land of said corporation, substantially as shown and marked Parcel A on plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass . ", dated Janua' y 14, 1965, Albert A. Miller and Wilbur C. Nylander, Civil Engineers and Surveyors, subject to a "Drain Easement 20 ' Wide" as shown and so marked on said plan, such conveyance to to the Town be in consideration of the conveyance by said corporation/of a parcel of land substantially as shown and marked Parcel B on said plan; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. 2. ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town2will vote to establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way, Cutler Farm Road from Hudson Road a distance of 832 feet, more or less, southerly 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, 1965, the vote under Article 49 of the Warrant for the 1965 Annual Town Meeting having incorrectly specified the foregoing distance as 332 feet, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and to authorize for the construction of said street and for land acquisition the use of funds appropriated for land acquisition and for construction of the ways enumerated in Articles 49 to 55, inclusive, of said Annual Town Meeting; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to permit Joseph Trani, Incorporated, the owner of the premises numbered 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, in Lexington, said premises being now represented by Certificate of Title No . 97890, registered in Middlesex South Land Registry District, Registration Book 619, Page 1440, and Bessie G. Baker, the owner of the premises numbered 1757-1765 Massachusetts Avenue, in Lexington, said premises being now represented by Certificate of Title No. 86116, V 3. registered in said Land Registry District, Registration Book 560, Page 166, or either of said owners, to make alterations in and to renovate the portions of their respective buildings on said premises that are situated between the northeasterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, as altered and relocated by the Board of Selectmen on February 24, 1965, and the building line established through said premises by the Town in 1930, which alterations and renovations are not now permitted by reason of the easement rights acquired by the Town by the establishment of said building line, and to enter into an agreement with each of said owners in relation thereto, and will set the minimum amounts to be paid for such permissions; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 9 . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for street purposes and other public purposes all or any part of a parcel of land containing approximately 13,513 square feet as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Edison Way, Lexington, Mass . Scale 1 in. = 20 ft. Jan. 30, 1953. William M. Burns, Town Engineer" , recorded in Middlesex South District Deeds , Book 8062, Page 361, said parcel being land in which the Town, by order dated April 21, 1953 and recorded in said Deeds, Book 8062, Page 365, took the perpetual right and easement for all purposes for which town ways are commonly used; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by transfer from available funds, including any unexpended balances in current appropriations ; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 7D. To see if the Town will vote to accept the alteration and relocation as a town way of a portion of Edison Way extending easterly from Depot Square 85 feet, more or less, as altered and relocated by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1965, and to discontinue as a town way such portion of Edison Way as is not included within and is rendered unnecessary for public use by such alteration and relocation; and appropriate money for said v 4+. alteration and relocation and determine whether payment shall be provided by transfer from available funds, including any unexpended balances in current appropriations, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept the alteration and relocation as a town way of a portion of Depot Square extending from the westerly end of Edison Way southwesterly 105 feet, more or less, as altered and relocated by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1965, and to discontinue as a town way such portion of Depot Square as is not included within and is rendered unnecessary for public use by such alteration and relocation; and appropriate money for said alteration and relocation and determine whether payment shall be provided by transfer from available funds, including any unexpended balances in current appropriations, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 12 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell and convey all or any part of the parcels of land shown as Parcel A and parcel B on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass. " , dated January 8, 1965, by John J. Carroll, Town Engineer, said parcels being no longer within Depot Square and Edison Way as altered and relocated and being no longer needed for public use; and will set the minimum amount or amounts to be paid for such conveyance or conveyances; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to change to tvergreer, Lane the name of Franklin Avenue, a private way running from Crescent Hill Avenue northeasterly to Arlington town line a distance of 250 feet, more or less . 5. ARTICLE 14 . To see if the Town will vote to accept the alteration and relocation of Barrymeade Drive as a town way as altered and relocated by the Selectmen from the existing northwesterly terminus of Barrymeade Drive to the land of Rosina Busa et al and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated May 6, 1965, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and appropriate money for the construction of said way and for land acquisition and provide for payment thereof by transfer from available funds including any unexpended balances in current appropriations; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to amend the General By-Laws of the Town by substituting therefor General By-Laws as prepared and recommended by the General By-Laws Committee acting under the provisions of the vote adopted under Article 31 of the Warrant for the 1963 Annual Town Meeting, a copy of which General By-Laws entitled "General By-Laws of the Town of Lexington" and dated 1965, is on file in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. 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 May, A.D. , 1965. A,,,,.tKue copy, Attest: /2 / Constable of Lexington .. z6-r�// = e � Selectmen ��L�i2�4 of , , ,/",;. . _. Lexington C 4151 CONSTABLE'S RETURN To the Town Clerk: May024 , 1965 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 10 days before the time of said meeting. Attest: Constable of Lexington