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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 , RARRINAGTON 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 1st day of March, A.D. , 1965 at
7:30 oTclock 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 term 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 Cemetery Commissioner to fill an-unexpired„ term, ending March ,l967;
One Cemetery Commissioner to fill an unexpired term ending March ,1966;
One member of the Planning Board for the term of five 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;
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, 1966;
Fourteen Town Meeting Members in Precinct Two, the eleven receiving the
highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, the
one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an unexpired
term ending March, 1967, and the two receiving the next highest
number of votes to fill unexpired terms ending March, 1966;
2.
Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct Three, the eleven receiving
the highest number 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, 1967;
Eleven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Four for the term of three years;
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, 1967 ;
Thirteen Town Meeting Members in Precinct Six, 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, 1967 ;
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 tl_e town extend contributory group hospital, surgical
and medical insurance to elderly persons retired from the service
of the town and to their dependents with. fifty per cent of the
premium cost, a portion of the administrative expense and the
payment of a surcharge or subsidiary rate to be paid by the town?"
YES
NO
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3.
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 fifteenth day of March, 1965, 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 I.E. To see if the Town will make appropriations for expendi-
tures 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, 1966,
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 44 of the General Laws.
4.
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 14. of the General
Laws; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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 14.0 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
1965; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate funds for
the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Depart-
ments 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 Board of Selectmen
to appoint one of its members to the Board of Appeals, in accordance with
Section 4A of Chapter 14 of the General Laws; or act in any other manner
in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to install new or .replacement
water mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the
Selectmen may determine, subject to the assessment of betterments or
otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire
any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate
money for such installation and land acquisition and determine whether the
money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available
funds, including any special water funds, or by borrowing, or by any
combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
5.
ARTICLE 1L'. 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.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to install a sewer
main or mains in such locations as the Selectmen may determine from
an existing sewer main on Bedford Street in the vicinity of Eldred
Street to Winter Street in the vicinity of Sullivan 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
tion thereto.
any other manner in rela
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ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to install a sewer main
or mains in such locations as the Selectmen may determine from the ex-
isting North Lexington Pumping Station to the existing sewer main located
in Hamilton Road, 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; appropri-
ate 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.
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 deter-
mine, in accordance with Chapter 263 of the Acts of 1926, as amended, or
otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire
any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropri-
ate money for such installation and land acquistion and determine whether
the money shall be provided by the current tax leyy, 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 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 19. 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 combi-
nation of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 20. 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 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, or 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
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 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 anount 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
equipment; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
8.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will make supplementary appropri-
ations to be used in conjunction with money appropriated in prior years
for the installation or construction of water mains, sewers, drains, streets,
or buildings that have heretofore been authorized, and determine whether
the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from
available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
AiRTICLE 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 1966 Annual Town Meeting; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town rill 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.
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.
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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 durrent 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 raise and q) propriate 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.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will appropriate money to be used
in conjunction with money previously appropriated for the construction
of a sewer main or mains, and the acquisition of land or interest -therein
necessary therefor, in such locations as the Selectmen may determine from
Pleasant Street, near its intersection with Route 2, to the vicinity of the
Woodhaven area and also to the westerly side of Fallen Hill and adjacent
areas, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, in accordance
with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, as amended, or otherwise, and deter-
mine 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 .
10.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to
abandon such portions of the sewer easement and the temporary sewer
construction easements adjacent thereto, in lands of Valleyfield Realty
Trust, Benjamin Del Gaudio and Theresa Del Gaudio, and Hinds Realty Trust,
as are no longer required by the Town, said easements having been acquired
by the Town by eminent domain by Order dated April 22, 1963, registered in
Middlesex South District Land Registry as Document No. 391523 and recorded
in Middle.: ex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 10260, Page 239, and
will set the minimum amount to be paid for such abandonment ; or act in
any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf
of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for
playground and recreational purposes, and other public purposes, all or
any part of a parcel of land situated on Rindge Avenue substantially as
described in a deed recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds,
Book 8345, Page 82; 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 borrowing, or by any combination of these methods;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for
replacing pavement and landscaping around the front entrance of Cary Mem-
orial 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 35. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Fire Com-
missioners to relocate the fire alarm system wires at the Spring Street and
Route 2 intersection to the extent deemed necessary as a result of the re-
construction of Route 2 by the Commonwealth, and to enter into a contract
with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts represented by its Department 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.
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. ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Fire
Commissioners to relocate the fire alarm system wires at the Waltham Street
and Route 2 intersection to the extent deemed necessary as a result of the
reconstruction of Route 2 by the Commonwealth, and to enter into a contract
with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts represented by its Department 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 37. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to be
expended under the direction of the Board of Health for providing cooperative
complementary facilities to the out-patient clinic of the Mystic Valley
Children ' s Clinic established in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
123, of the General Laws in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department
of Mental Health, and for providing payment for services rendered or to be
rendered by such Clinic; or act in any other manner in relation thereto .
ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to
construct an off-street parking area on all or any part of the land situated
on Waltham Street that was authorized to be acquired by vote adopted under
Article 10 of the Special Town Meeting of November 23, 1964 and abutting
the existing parking area situated between Waltham Street and Muzzey Street;
appropriate money therefor and determine whether the mcney 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 .
12.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen in
the name and on behalf of the Town to sell and convey, subject to
such existing easements, reserving to the Town such additional
easements, and upon such other terms and conditions , as the Selectmen
may determine, all or any part or parts of a certain parcel of land
on Waltham Street that was acquired in 1955 from Herman B. MacKay and
Margaret R. MacKay as a part of the off-street parking area situated
between Waltham Street and Muzzey Street , and is no longer needed by
the Town, 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 LEO. To see if the Town will vote to transfer to the
School Committee for school, playground or recreational purposes,
and for all purposes incidental thereto, the care, custody,
management and control of part of the land conveyed to the Town by
Augustus E. Scott by deed dated March 30, 1915 which is recorded in
Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds Book 3981, Page 109, the
conditions set forth in said deed limiting the use of the land to park
and playground purposes having been released to the Town by the
Trustees of Tufts College, the successor as residuary legatee and
devise under the will of said Augustus E. Scott of any rights to
enforce said conditions, and use of said land for school, playground
or recreational purposes, and for all purposes incidental thereto,
having been authorized by Chapter 114 of the Acts of 1961; or act
in any other manner in relation thereto.
13.
ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to amend and revise the
General By-Laws of the Town by substituting therefor new 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 recommended General By-Laws
is on file in the office of the Town CIrk and open to public inspection;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to extend to a subsequent
Town Meeting the time within which the Historic Districts Study Committee,
appointed under Article 3 of the Special Town Meeting of January 28, 1963,
shall report; or act in any other manner in relation thereto .
14.
ARTICLE 11.3. 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
near Anthony Road a distance of L!65 feet, more or less, easterly as
laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office
of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1965, 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 con-
struction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE /IJ . To see if the Town will vote to accept the alteration
and relocation of Skyview Road as a town way 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 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 .
ARTICLELJ5 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way and accept the layout of as a town way, Frost Road from East Street
a distance of 575 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 8, 1965, 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 46. To see if the Totem will vote to establish as a town
way and accept the layout of as a town way, Saddle Club Road from 300
feet, more or less, south of Bowser Road to 200 feet, more or less, west
of Todd Road, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file
in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1965, and to take by
eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other
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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 the. eto. -
ARTICLE 47 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Todd Road from 325 feet,
more or less, east of Bowser Road to Saddle Club Road as laid out by
the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town
Clerk, dated January 8, 1965, 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 48 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Turning Mill Road from
Partridge Road a distance of 1140 feet, more or less, southerly as laid
out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the
Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1965, 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, Cutler Farm Road from
Hudson Road a distance of 332 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, and to take by
eminent domain, purchaae 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 50. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Hudson Road from 110 feet,
more or less, east of noodcliffe Road a distance of 530 feet, more or
less, easterly to Cutler Farm Road 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, 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 51. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Columbus Street from Cedar
Street a distance of 600 feet, more or less, westerly 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, 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 52. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Bennett Avenue from Tarbell
Avenue a distance of 160 feet, more or less, westerly to Chase Avenue
as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and snown upon a plan
on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1965, 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 53. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Chase Avenue from Bennett
Avenue a distance of 250 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, 1565, 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 54 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Melrose Avenue from Bow
Street a distance of 400 feet, more or les;., westerly to Cliffe 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 8, 1965,
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 55. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Bruce Road from Hillside
Avenue a distance of 130 feet, more or less, easterly as laid out by the
Selectmen under the Betterment Let and shown upon a plan on file in the
office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1965, 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 56 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
of the Town of Lexington by striking out the entire paragraph 16 of sub-
section (c) of Section L. thereof.
ARTICLE 57 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
of the Town of Lexington by striking out the entire paragraph 12, of sub-
section (c) of Section 4 thereof .
ARTICLE 58. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
of the Town of Lexington by striking out paragraph 22 of subsection (c)
of Section 4 thereof and inserting in place thereof a new paragraph 22.
reading as follows :
22. Districts at the junction of Woburn and Lowell Street
upon the northeasterly, southeasterly and southwesterly
corners thereof and extending for a distance of 200 feet
along each street from the junction points of the side-
lines of each street and thence back at right angles to
each said street until the exterior lines intersect .
ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
of the Town of Lexington by striking out Section 1 thereof and inserting
in place thereof a new Section 1 reading as follows :
SECTION 1.
PURPOSE
For the purposes set forth in General Laws, Chapter L0A,
Sections 1 to 22 inclusive, and all acts in amendment thereof
and in addition thereto, and under the authority thereof and
of General Laws, Chapter 143, and any other enabling laws,
the inspection, materials, construction, alteration, repair,
height, number of stories, area, size, location and the use
of bu'ldings and structures, the size of lots, yards, courts
and other open spaces, and the use of land in the Town of
Lexington are hereby regulated as herein provided, and the
Town is divided into districts, as hereinafter defined and
as shown on the Zoning Map prepared by the Planning Board,
a copy of which is filed with the Town Clerk, which map as
filed and as from time to time revised to conform to amend-
ments of the Zoning By-Law is hereby made a pert of this
By-Law.
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ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning
By-Law of the Town of Lexington by striking out the last sentence
of Section 19 thereof and inserting in place thereof the following
two sentences:
Any failure to alter or delay in altering the Zoning Map shall
not postpone or otherwise affect the effectiveness of any amend-
ment. The Zoning Map may be revised from time to time by the
Planning Board by addition, deletion, or relocation of streets
and other geographical features required to keep the map reasonably
current and to facilitate orientation, but such revisions shall
in no way affect or change the location and boundaries of zoning
districts as defined in the text of this By-Law, as amended from
time to time.
ARTICT,F 61. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of
Selectmen to contract, in the name of the Town, with any agency
of the United States Government in order to obtain financial
assistance for the purchase of open space land in connection with
the acquisition of land for school sites and to receive and expend
Federal and other funds; or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will vote to name Blossomcrest
Road the way laid out by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts between
existing Blossomcrest Road and Meadow Brook Avenue, including the
change to Blossomcrest Road of the name of Vineyard Avenue and the
name of that portion of Blossom Street located substantially within
said way laid out by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will vote to change to Arbor Road
the name of Franklin Road, a public way running easterly from
Somerset Road to Castle Road.
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20.
ARTICLE 64. To see if the Town will vote to amend the
Zoning By-Law by adding a new subparagraph c. in paragraph 3.
of subsection (d) of Section 5 thereof as follows:
c. In the C 2 districts described in paragraphs 2. , 3. ,
4. , and 7 of subsection (d) of Section 14. of the Zoning
By-Law, apartments each having independent cooking
facilities and not more than 500 square feet of floor
area, on either the second or third floors, or both, of
buildings of first class construction designed and used
for stores, offices, and other permitted commercial uses
on the first floor. At least one readily accessible off-
street parking space not less than 200 square feet in
area and not less than 10 feet in width for each two
apartments shall be provided on the same lot with the
apartments.
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21.
ARTICLE 65. To see if the Town will vote to accept the
alteration and relocation of a portion of Massachusetts Avenue from
a point approximately 382 feet, more or less, southeasterly of
Meriam Street and extending southeasterly 235 feet, more or less,
as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the
office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1965, and to take by
eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement
or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money
for the widening of said portion of Massachusetts Avenue and for
land acquisition, and determine whether payment 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 66. To see if the Town will vote to accept the
alteration and relocation of a portion of Depot Square extending
southwesterly 105 feet, more or less, from the westerly end of
Edison Way, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on
file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1965; or
act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICT,F 67. To see if the Town will vote to accept the
alteration and relocation of Edison Way from Depot Square and
extending easterly 85 feet, more or less, as laid out by the
Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the
Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1965; or act in any other manner
in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 68. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the
Selectmen to sell and convey a1] 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; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICT,F 69. 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 alteration, relocation or widening of Massachusetts
Avenue, all or any part of the land and buildings on the northeasterly
side of Massachusetts Avenue between the land now or formerly of the
Real Estate Investment Trust of America and the northwesterly boundary
line of land of The 1775 Realty Trust and between the existing
northeasterly side line and the proposed northeasterly side line of
Massachusetts Avenue as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Proposed
Widening of Mass . Ave:. Lexington, Mass.", dated January 18, 1965,
by John J. Carroll, Town Engineer; and appropriate money for such
acquisition 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 70. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of
money for consulting planning services to be contracted for by the
Planning Board for a long-range study of the needs and resources of
the Town, 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 71. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of
money for consulting planning services to be contracted for by the
Planning Board for a study of needs, possibilities and resources of the
Lexington central business district, and determine whether the money
shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfeerfrom
available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in
any other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 72. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen,
subject to leave or validation by the General Court , to enter into
a contract or contracts for the construction and original equipping
and furnishing, in accordance with final plans and specifications
prepared by the Committee appointed pursuant to the vote adopted
under Article 32 of the Warrant for the 1963 Annual Town Meeting,
of a public facilities and information building on a part of the
Buckman Park land, and will authorize said Committee 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 combination of these
methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 73. 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 74. 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 January 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 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.
ARTICLE 75. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen
to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground
and recreational purposes and other public purposes all or any part
of a parcel of land believed to contain 56 ,802 square feet, more or
less, situated on Valleyfield Street and being shown as lots 59, 60
and 61 on a plan recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds,
Plan Book 361, Plan 20; and appropriate money therefor and determine
whether payment 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 76. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money
for the construction of a parking area on the Center Playground,
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 77. To see if the Town will vote to amend the General
By-Laws by adding a new section under Article XXVI, Miscellaneous,
to read substantially as follows:
Section 1A. No dog owned or kept in this Town shall be allowed
to be off the premises of its owner or keeper except in the
immediate restraint and control of some person by means of a
leash. The owner or keeper of any such dog that is not so
restrained or controlled off the premises of its owner or
keeper shall be punishable by a fine of ten dollars for each
offense .
ARTICLE 78 . To see if the Town will vote to change to
"Veterans' Memorial Room" the name of the "Veterans ' Memorial Library"
in the high school, that was voted under Article L. of the Warrant for
the Special Town Meeting held November 17, 1952, and to authorize the
School Committee to use the room for other than library purposes,
provided that it shall continue to be accessible to the public during
such hours of such days as the high school is open.
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ARTICLE 79. To see if the Town will appropriate money for
additional stands for seating in the enclosed field at the Center
Playground, 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 80. To see if the Town will appropriate money for
a regulation baseball backstop for the Center Playground,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 81. To see if the Town will appropriate money for the
development of an outdoor basketball area at the Adams School, 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 82. To see if the Town will appropriate money for
development of a multiple use recreation area at the Center Playground,
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.
ARTICL9 83. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning
By-Law, so as to change certain land from an R 1-One Family Dwelling
District to an A 1-Garden Apartment District, by adding in Section L ,
Geographical Descriptions of Districts, (g) A 1-Garden Apartment
Districts, the following paragraph:
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A district on the northerly side of the Cambridge-Concord
Highway (Route 2) and bounded and described as follows:
SOUTHERLY by the northerly line of said Cambridge-Concord
Highway, 1335.10 feet; NORTHWESTERLY by land formerly of Matilda M.
Richards, now believed to be of Spring Street Trust, 156.65 feet;
NORTHERLY by the same, 101.17 feet; NORTHWESTERLY by the same, by
various distances totaling 812.33 feet; NORTHERLY by the same,
143.87 feet; SOUTHWESTERLY by the same, by various distances totaling
786.41 feet; NORTHERLY AND NORTHWESTERLY by lots 112,111, 110, 109,
108, 107, 106, 105, and 104 as shown on plan hereinafter mentioned
by various distances totaling 1214.54 feet; NORTHEASTERLY by lot 283
and by a line in Burns Road to the middle thereof as shown on said
plan, 116.30 feet; NORTHWESTERLY by the middle line of said Burns
Road, 14.28 feet; NORTHEASTERLY by a line in said Burns Road and
by lot 282 on said plan, 145.06 feet; NORTHWESTERLY by said lot 282,
26.98 feet; NORTHEASTERLY by lot 265 and by a line in Cutler Farm
Road to the middle thereof as shown on said plan, 167.17 feet;
SOUTHEASTERLY by the middle line of said Cutler Farm Road, 14.97 feet;
NORTHEASTERLY by. a line in said Cutler Farm Road, 25 feet; EASTERLY
by lot 264 by a curving line as shown on said plan, 39.27 feet; NORTH-
EASTERLY by said lot 264, 108.35 feet; and SOUTHEASTERLY and NORTH-
EASTERLY by land now believed to be of the Town of Lexington and by
land formerly of the City of Waltham, now believed to be of Benjamin
and Theresa Del Gaudio, by various distances totaling 2310.04 feet,
The above described land is shown as Lot 284 on Land Court Plan
19485H, filed in the Middlesex South Registry District of the Land
Court in Book 506, Page 153, and contains approximately 40 acres.
There is excepted from said land so much thereof as was taken in
fee by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for or in connection with
alteration of said Cambridge-Concord Highway (Route 2) by orders of
taking filed in said Registry District as Documents No. 373686 and
No. 403039.
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ARTICLE 84. To see if the Town will appropriate an additional
sum of money to the Conservation Fund, established by vote under
Article 9 of the warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on June 8,
1964, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current
tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including any unexpended
balances in current appropriations, or by any combination of these
methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 85. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the
Conservation Commission to expend from the Conservation Fund, established
by vote under Article 9 of the warrant for the Special Town Meeting held
on June 8, 1964, a sum of money for the purchase, in the name of the Town,
for conservation purposes as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the
General Laws, of two certain parcels of land being shown as Lots A and B
on a plan entitled, "A Compiled Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass." , dated
April 16, 1964, made by Albert A. Miller and Wilbur C. Nylander, Civil
Engineers and Surveyors, and recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds
in Book 10511, Page 345, to which plan reference is hereby made for a
more particular description; excepting therefrom Lot containing 33,400
square feet, more or less, on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington,
Mass." dated July 23, 1964, made by Albert A. Miller and Wilbur C. Nylander,
Civil Engineers and Surveyors, and recorded with said Deeds in Book 10647,
Page 442, to which plan reference is hereby made for a more particular
description, the above described premises to be conveyed subject to
easements of record of the Town of Lexington for sewer and drain; or act
in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 86. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of
money from available funds toward the reduction of the 1965 tax rate;
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 eighth day of February, A.D. ,
1965.
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CONSTABLE' S RETURN
To the Town Clerk: February 16 , 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 / C) days
before the time of said meeting.
Attest: 1) L \ -,.�hrich,L
Constable of Lexington