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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1963-01-28-STM-min (WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - SI,v, WARRANT BOOK) 30 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD MONDAY, JANtTARY 28, 1963 Meeting called to order by the Moderator, Charles E. Ferguson, at 8:03 P. M. There were 178 Town Meeting Members present. Invocation offered by Rev. Whitmore E. Beardsley. 8:04 P. M. James J. Carroll, Town Clerk, read the warrant for the meeting until further reading was waived by the Moderator at 8:04 P. M. James J. Carroll, Town Clerk, read the Constable's Return. 8:05 P. M. Article 1. Logan Clarke, Jr. presents Appropriation Committee Report which was voted to be accepted and placed on file. 8:05 P. M. Article 2. Presented by Austin W. Fisher, Jr. VOTED: That the Standing School Building Committee, appointed under the authority of the vote adopted under Article 37 of the Warrant for the 1957 Annual Town Meeting, be and hereby is authorized on behalf of the Town to enter into a contract or contracts for the con- struction and original equipping and furnishing of new secondary school buildings on land in the vicinity of the senior high school, additions to the senior high school building, and any alterations in the existing senior high school building required by the construction of such additions and by any connection of the new buildings to such existing buildings , and to supervise the work; and that the sum of $3,200,000.00 be appropriated therefor and that payment be provided by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town for the sum of $3,200,000.00; and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $3,200,000.00 under the authority of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as amended, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town there- for, to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, as mended, within a period not exceeding twenty years. 8:07 P. 'M M. Slides were shown with various explanations. Logan Clarke, Jr. gives explanations of the town' s financial condition. Selectman, Alan G. Adams and Logan Clarke, Jr. of the Appropriation Committee state that both boards are unanimously in favor of this article. Remarks by Vincent A. McCrossen. Motion made by Mr. McCrossen that the article be placed on the ballot for the 1963 Annual Town Election. The Moderator states that the motion is not in order. 8:56 P. M. The Moderator states that this motion requires a two- thirds vote, and if the voice vote is not unanimous, a standing vote will have to be taken. Voice vote was not unanimous. 9:13 P. M. Standing vote taken as follows: In Favor - Tellers Opposed 29 Frederick E. Tucker 0 105 Ernest A. Giroux 1 40 Harold T. Handley 0 174 1 Carried 9:14 P. M. 302 Article 3. Presented by Alan G. Adams. VOTED: That the Town hereby ratifies, confirms and adopts the action of the Board of Selectmen in accepting r7' on behalf of the Town a gift from the Lexington Junior Chamber of Commerce of a warming hut erected on land adjacent to the old Lexington Reservoir, so called, off Marrett Road, which land is owned by the Town. Carried Unanimously 9:15 P. M. Article 4. Presented by Alan G. Adams. VOTED: That the Board of Fire Commissioners be and they hereby are authorized to relocate the fire alarm system wires at the Grove Street crossing over Route 128 to the extent deemed necessary as a result of the reconstruction of Route 128 by the Commonwealth, and to enter into a contract with the Commonwealth oMassachusetts represented by its Department of Public Works for reimbursement to the Town by the Commonwealth of the cost of such re- location; and that the sum of $490.00 be appropriated therefor and be raised in the current tax levy. Carried Unanimously 9:16 P. M. Article 5. VOTED: That the Town Celebrations Committee be and hereby is authorized on behalf of the Town to plan, provide Presented for and conduct a celebration of the two hundred and by fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Alan G. Lexington, and to publish the proceedings thereof; and Adams. that the sum of $3,165.00 be appropriated therefor and be raised in the current tax levy. Carried Unanimously 9:17 P. M. Article 6. Presented by Alan G. Adams. VOTED: To amend the General By-Laws by adding two new sections under Article XXVI, Miscellaneous, to read as follows: Section 2. The owner or owners of land which has been excavated shall, within five days after such owner or owners shall have been notified in writing by the Board of Selectmen that in the opinion of the Board of Selectmen such excavation constitutes a hazard to public safety, erect barriers or take other suitable measures adequate to eliminate such hazard. Whoever violates this section shall pay for each offense a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars. Section 3. The owner or owners of land whereon is located an abandoned well or a well in use shall either provide a covering for such well capable of sustaining a weight ofthreehundred pounds or shall fill such well to the level of the ground. Whoever violates this section shall pay for each offense a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. Carried Unanimously 9:17 P. M. Article 7. Presented by Robert E. Meyer. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to abandon the twenty foot drain easement situated in lot 4 on Land Court Plan 15874' and the easements for sewer, water and drain purposes in that portion of the turnaround at the southerly end of Forbes Road as shown on said plan which is not incuded in Forbes Road as shown on Land Court Plan 15874'6, all of which easements are no longer required by the Town, said easements having been granted to the Town by Russell N. Cox, R. John Griefen and John J. Hammond, Trustees of Lexington Office Center Trust, by instrument dated March 30, 1962 and referred to in Land Court Certificate of Title 107665 registered in Middlesex South District Land Registry, Book 668, Page 115, that the minimum amount to be paid for such abandonment shall be $1.00; and that the instrument of abandonment shall be in such form as the Selectmen, by the execution thereof, shall approve. Carried Unanimously 9:20 P. M. 303 Article 8. Presented by Alan G. Adams. VOTED: To create a committee consisting of one member of the Historic Districts Commission, one member of the Planning Board, one member of the Board of Selectmen and one member of the Board of Appeals, such members to be designated by the Chairman of the respective Board and Commission, and one voter of the Town to be appointed by the Moderator, to make a study of the Historic Districts in the Town, including the consideration of whether or not it is desirable to create additional Historic Districts or to extend or enlarge existing Historic Districts as established by Chapter 447 of the acts of 1956, as mn.ended, and to report to the 1963 Annual Town Meeting; and that the sum of $50.00 be appropriated for the expenses of the committee and that said sum be raised therefor in the current tax levy. Carried Unanimously 9:22 P. M. Alan G. Adams moves that meeting be dissolved. 9:23 P. M. y � Town Clerk ...................