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Route #2
As a result of the Planning Board's survey on Route #2 re-location, a presentation was made in June to the Chief Engineer of the Depart- ment of Public Works by both the Planning Board and the Selectmen. Studies being made by the State were not sufficient in detail at that time to either support or eliminate this presentation.
Major efforts have been concentrated on the re-location of Route #2 from the Cambridge line to Route #128, and a public hearing on this proposal was attended in January of this year by members of the Planning Board and the Selectmen. Lincoln has been promised the opportunity of working closely with the Department of Public Works on this problem, and the citizens should and will be given ample oppor- tunity to express their feelings on this matter as plans develop.
The impact of this limited access way running through Lincoln must be viewed from many sides. Present dislocation will have to be balanced with an appraisal of future land use brought about by such takings.
Comments
We are all fortunate in having the experienced assistance of Elizabeth Causer, who, with her staff, has been untiring in her efforts.
Thanks are also extended for the helpful suggestions received from other Town officials and the many citizens whose interest and advice we most heartily solicit. ·
Respectfully submitted:
Charles K. Fitts, Chairman William T. King Elliott V. Grabill
Board of Selectmen
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
The Town Clerk is the official recorder of Town events and activi- ties and issues licenses and certificates. £ His duties include recording the proceedings at Town Meetings and elections, and notify- ing the Selectmen and other officers concerned of appropriations which have been voted.
The record of Registered Voters of Lincoln is kept at the Clerk's office. Persons wishing to become voters in the Town should com- municate with the Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1956
Pursuant to a Warrant duly served the Meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Mr. Donald P. Donaldson, on Monday, March 19, 1956, at 7:30 P. M. Those in attendance besides the Moderator were: Ed- mund W. Giles, Chairman of the Selectmen; Henry DeC. Ward and William T. King, Selectmen; William H. Davis, Town Clerk, and Mrs. Henry DeC. Ward. On motion duly seconded, it was voted to adjourn the meeting until Wednesday, March 21, at 7:30 P. M. The reason for the post- ponement was a second heavy snow storm in two days. The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 P. M.
William H. Davis, Town Clerk
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1956
Pursuant to a Warrant duly served the Meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Mr. Donald P. Donaldson, at 7:30 o'clock P. M. The return of the Warrant was read and the following business was transacted after the Moderator called attention to Article #1 (Election of Officers).
Article 2. To bring in their votes for any committees, com- missioners, trustees, and other officers required by law to be elected by ballot or otherwise.
Voted: That Albert Brooks and C. Lee Todd, Jr. be elected Measurers of Wood and Bark for the ensuing year.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.
Voted: That the reports of the Town Officers, Committees and Trustees as printed in the Town Report be accepted and the reports of the following Committees be accepted as interim reports, and that
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the Committees and their unexpended appropriations be continued: School Building Addition #2 Committee, Acquisition of Public Land Committee; and that the following reports be accepted as final: Bedford Airport Committee, Department of Public Works Committee; and further
Voted: That the following unexpended balances of appropriations of prior years which have been carried forward into 1956 shall be cancelled and the sum thereof added to the surplus funds of the Town: Assessors' Maps 147.75
Zoning Survey
9.76
School Addition #1
411.24
School Addition #2
24,000.00
Additional School Land Committee
750.00
Building Code Committee
195.25
Bi-centennial Committee
81.29
$25,595.29
and that the sum of $136.99 in General Funds of the Town, which came from the Cemetery Investment Fund be returned to that Fund.
Under this Article, Mr. James DeNormandie asked for permission, which was granted, to present the following resolutions, which were adopted, followed by loud and prolonged applause:
Resolved: That the citizens of Lincoln in Town Meeting assembled on March 21, 1956, hereby express their appreciation and gratitude to Raymond Emerson of Concord for his generous action in reserving water rights to the Town of Lincoln in the property which he domated to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the Walden Pond State Reser- vation, and be it further
Resolved: That record of this action be included in the minutes of this meeting, and a true copy be transmitted to Mr. Emerson.
Article 4. To fix the salaries and compensation of the several elective officers of the Town and to determine whether any Department, Board of Committee shall be authorized to employ for additional com- pensation any of its members and to fix additional compensation of such members.
Voted: That the salaries of the elected officers of the Town for the current year be fixed at the following amounts respectively: Selectmen, each
$200.00 Assessors, other members, each
$175.00
Collector of Taxes
2,000.00
Auditor
50.00
Town Clerk
450.00
Water Commissioners,
each 75.00
Assessors, Chairman
200.00
Tree Warden 200.00
Treasurer 200.00
Article 5. To raise and appropriate money for the necessary and expedient purposes of the Town and enact anything in relation to the same.
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate for the 1956 fiscal
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year the ninety-two (92) separate appropriations recommended in the budget for general purposes reported by the Finance Committee as printed on pages 152 to 156 inclusive of the 1955 Town Report, except that: Item 8, Protectograph, is increased from $250.00 to $525.00; Item 18, Salaries, from $250.00 to $500.00; Item 19, Supplies and Miscellaneous, decreased from $700.00 to $550.00: Item 14A added in the amount of $400.00; Item 55, Snow removal, is increased from $3,500.00 to $5,000.00; Item 81, Town Report, is increased from $1,000.00 to $1,062.05: Item 92, Reserve Fund, is increased from $8,000.00 to $10,000.00; the entire amount to be taken from Overlay Surplus and any unexpended balance to be returned thereto, and further, that to the extent noted with respect to any item in said budget, funds therefor shall be taken from the source or sources indicated, and in addition that $38.81 of the sum appropriated under Item 63 for Instruction be taken from the account "Grammar School Fund Income", and it was further
Voted : That the Town appropriate for the Water Department for 1956 the four separate appropriations recommended as Items 93 to 96 inclusive in the budget of the Finance Committee for said Department, as printed on page 157 of said 1955 Town Report, and that the sums be taken from the Water Department Treasury.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to 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, 1957, and to issue a note 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, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Voted: That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1957, and to issue a note 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, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to conduct services on Memorial Day, the thirtieth of May, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate money, or take any other action relative thereto. Voted: That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a committee of five to plan and carry out exercises on Memorial Day, the thirtieth of May next, and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $150 for the use of such Committee in connection with these exercises.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to celebrate Independence Day, the fourth of July, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate money, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted : That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a committee
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of five to plan a celebration for Independence Day, the fourth of July, and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the use of said Committee. (A motion to substitute $250.00 for $1,000.00 was lost).
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $508.19 to pay the following unpaid 1955 bills:
Library $6.95
Insurance 26.73
Board of Health
290.46
Highways
1.25
Cemetery
182.80
or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That the sum of $298.66 be appropriated to pay the follow- ing unpaid bills of 1955, said amount to be taken from Free Cash:
Library $6.95
Board of Health
290.46
Highways 1.25
$298.66
and further that the sum of $209.53 be appropriated to pay the follow- ing unpaid bills of 1955, said amount to be taken from Free Cash: Insurance $26.73
Cemetery 182.80
$209.53
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase the following town vehicles to replace existing equipment: Police Department: Police car; Highway Depart- ment: Truck; or take any other action relative thereto. Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,450.00 for the purchase of a police car, Chevrolet to be turned in, and that the sum of $3,185.00 be appropriated for the purchase of a highway truck, $2,500.00 to be taken from the unexpended appropriation voted for a highway truck in 1954 and $685.00 to be taken from the Highway Machinery Fund.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a gift from E. W. Giles, Inc. a parcel of land in Lincoln shown as lot 8 on a plan entitled: "Subdivision of land in Lincoln, Massachusetts, owned by E. W. Giles, Inc.", dated June 28, 1954, Snelling and Hilton, Registered Land Surveyors, and recorded in Middlesex County So. District Deeds, said land being bounded and described according to said plan: Southwesterly by State Highway (Route 2A) thirty-seven and fifteen hundredths (37.15) feet; Northwesterly by Lot 7 on said plan forty and seventy-eight hundredths (40.78) feet; Northeasterly by Virginia Road fifty-one and ninety-four hundredths (51.94) feet; Southeasterly by the intersection of Virginia Road and State Highway sixteen and seventy-six hundredths (16.76) feet, containing 1,192
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square feet of land more or less, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Town accept with thanks from E. W. Giles, Inc. a parcel of land in Lincoln shown as lot 8 on a plan entitled "Sub- division of land in Lincoln, Massachusetts, owned by E. W. Giles, Inc.", dated June 28, 1954, Snelling and Hilton, Registered Land Surveyors, and recorded in Middlesex South District Deeds, said land being bounded and described according to said plan: Southwesterly by State Highway (Route 2A) thirty-seven and fifteen hundredths (37.15) feet; Northwesterly by lot 7 on said plan forty and seventy-eight hundredths (40.78) feet; Northeasterly by Virginia Road fifty-one and ninety-four hundredths (51.94) feet; Southeasterly by the inter- section of Virginia Road and State Highway sixteen and seventy-six hundredths (16.76) feet, containing 1,192 square feet of land more or less. The above action was greeted with prolonged applause.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 for the purpose of continuing the East Middlesex Mosquito Control project as provided under Chapter 252 of the General Laws, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 for the purpose of continuing the East Middlesex Mosquito Control project, as provided under Chapter 252 of the General Laws.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to extend the street lights southerly on Old County Road from Trapelo Road to property now owned by Millard Meiss, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Article 14. To see if the Town will provide for a committee to prepare preliminary plans for an addition to the Library, appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 therefor, or take any action relative thereto. Voted: That the Moderator appoint a committee of four to collaborate with the Library Trustees and the Librarian, the whole to constitute a building committee to prepare preliminary plans for an addition to the Library, and that the sum of $3,000.00 be raised and appropriated for that purpose.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 670 of the Acts of 1955 which provides for an increase in the annual amounts of certain pensions, retirement allowances, annuities and other benefits payable by the Commonwealth and its political sub- divisions to certain former employees and persons claiming under them, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Town accept Chapter 670 of the Acts of 1955 which provides for an increase in the annual amounts of certain pen- sions, retirement allowances, annuities and other benefits payable by
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the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions to certain former employees and persons claiming under them.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of adding dates to the Memorial on the Library grounds, also to provide a permanent honor roll for veterans of all wars, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a committee of three for the purpose of adding dates to the Memorial on the Library grounds, also to provide a permanent honor roll for veterans of all wars, and that the sum of $1,000.00 be appropriated for the use of said Committee, said sum to be taken from free cash.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to change the name of that section of Upland Fields Road, beginning at Lincoln Road and extending to Beaver Pond Road, to Beaver Pond Road, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: To change the name of that section of Upland Field Road, beginning at Lincoln Road and extending to Beaver Pond Road, to Beaver Pond Road.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way the remaining portion of the private road known as Upland Fields Road, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That subject to the receipt of a deed under easement in form satisfactory to the Selectmen the Town accept as a public way the private road known as Upland Fields Road.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to widen and repair Virginia Road, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $2,200.00 for the purpose of repairing and widening Virginia Road for a distance of approximately 1,000 feet northerly from the junction of Old Bedford Road, and that said sum be taken from free cash.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to continue a committee appointed by the Moderator as a Long Term Capital Requirements Com- mittee, raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00 for the use of said committee, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Moderator appoint a committee of three registered voters to continue the study of the long-term capital requirements of the Town and report to the Town at the next Annual Meeting; and that there be appointed, to meet and consult with this Committee, three advisory members, of whom one shall be a member of the Board of Selectmen, one a member of the Finance Committee, and one a member of the Planning Board, each of the advisory members to be appointed by
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the Chairman of his Board or Committee; and that the sum of $350.00 be appropriated for the use of this Committee, said sum to be taken from Free Cash.
Article 21. To see if the Town will accept as a public way the private road known as Morningside Lane, as shown on Plan #525 of 1953, recorded with South Middlesex District Registry of Deeds at the end of Book 8057, approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lincoln October 22, 1952, or take any other action relative thereto. Voted: That subject to the receipt of a deed under easement in form satisfactory to the Selectmen the Town accept as a public way the private road known as Morningside Lane, as shown on plan #525 of 1953, recorded with South Middlesex District Registry of Deeds at the end of Book 8057, and approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lincoln October 22, 1952.
Article 22. To see if the Town will accept as a public way the private road known as Sunnyside Lane, as shown on plan #524 of 1953, recorded with South Middlesex District Registry of Deeds at the end of Book 8057, approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lincoln January 21, 1953, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: . That subject to the receipt of a deed under easement in form satisfactory to the Selectmen the Town accept as a public way the private road known as Sunnyside Lane, as shown on plan #524 of 1953, recorded with South Middlesex District Registry of Deeds at the end of Book 8057, and approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lincoln January 21, 1953.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept the sum of $1,000.00 given to it by the Lincoln School Association and hold said sum, together with such additional sums of money or such other property as may be added thereto, in trust, as the Lincoln Permanent Scholarship Fund, for the purposes, in the manner and under the terms and conditions set forth in a certain Agreement and Declaration of Trust, a copy of which was deposited with the Town Clerk on February 16, 1956, and has, since that date, been available for inspection by registered voters of the Town, and the provisions of which may be fairly summarized as follows:
The Town agrees to hold the fund in trust in accordance with the terms of the trust instrument, and to act as trustee thereof. Since the instrument does not otherwise provide, the Fund is to be managed by the Lincoln Commissioners of Public Trust Funds, pursuant to Section 45, Chapter 41 of the General Laws. Articles third and fourth of the Trust, however, specifically provides that the dis- bursement of the Fund shall be under the sole control and direction of a Scholarship Fund Committee consisting of three Lincoln residents, one each to be appointed annually by the Moderator, the Chairman of the Lincoln School Committee and the senior member from Lincoln of
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the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School committee. The Scholarship Fund Committee is given absolute discretion to disburse the Fund as a majority of its members deems most appropriate to aid deserving Lincoln children continue their formal education beyond high school. The Town, as trustee, is authorized to accept additions to the Fund and the instrument provides that both income and principal may be ex- pended unless the donor specifically directs that only the income of his gift is to be expended. There is no such restriction on the donation hereby made. The instrument gives the Trustee broad powers of investment and management of the type commonly found in modern trust instruments, and it contains a provision that it may be altered or amended upon recommendation of the Selectmen by majority vote at a Town Meeting, provided that the general purpose of aiding deserving Lincoln children continue their education may not be changed. An annual report of receipts, expenditures and property remaining in trust is to be published in the Town Report. Finally, the Town by majority vote is authorized to terminate the trust at any time and distribute the Fund to a Massachusetts charitable or educational corporation for the purpose of carrying out the general purpose of the trust.
Voted: That the Town accept the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) given to it by the Lincoln School Association, and hold said sum, together with such additional sums of money or such other property as may be added thereto, in trust, as the Lincoln Permanent Scholarship Fund, for the purposes, in the manner, and under the terms and conditions set forth in a certain Agreement and Declaration of Trust, a copy of which is in the possession of the Town Clerk, and that the Selectmen be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to sign and acknowledge and affix the Town Seal to said Agreement and Declaration of Trust in the name and on behalf of the Town of Lincoln.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Committee to prepare plans for a Fire Station, appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for the use of said Committee, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Moderator appoint a committee of five to prepare plans for a fire station, and that the sum of $5,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the use of the Committee.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00, to be used by the Committee appointed by the Moderator to study further the building needs of Lincoln schools, said sum to be taken from the unexpended balance to be returned to the Town by a similar committee appointed under Article 19 of the Warrant for the year 1954, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Moderator appoint a committee to study the building needs of the elementary schools and make its recommendation to the Town, and that the sum of $5,000.00 be appropriated for the use of this Committee for its study and in developing plans and cost
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estimates, if required, said sum to be taken from free cash.
Article 26. To see whether the Town will vote to amend the zoning by-law of the Town of Lincoln by the addition at the end of Section 7, of the additional subsection K, to read as follows: Section 7, K: All uses authorized by subsections (c) through (h) and (j) of this section, hereafter established or extended, shall provide on the lot a parking area equal to three times the ground floor area of all buildings on the premises, said parking area to have a treated surface and be located within a commercial district, except that after a public hearing with due notice given, the Board of Appeals may grant a special exception to this provision and allow a lesser but appropriate parking area where it finds that conditions exist in relation to the specific use involved which render the regu- lation unduly strict.
Voted: That the zoning by-law of the Town of Lincoln be amended by the addition, at the end of Section 7, of the following:
K) All uses authorized by sub-sections (c) through (h) and (j) of this section, hereafter established or extended, shall provide on the lot a parking area, approved in writing as to lay out and design by the Lincoln Planning Board, equal of three times the ground floor area of all buildings or parts of buildings hereafter constructed on the premises, said parking area to have a treated surface and be located within a commercial district, except that after a public hearing with due notice given, the Board of Appeals may grant a special exception to this provision and allow lesser but appropriate parking areas where it finds that conditions exist in relation to the specific use involved which render this regulation unduly strict.
Article 27. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 for preliminary construction for two additional tennis courts at the Ball Field, appoint a committee with full authorization to carry out said construction, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: Under this article a motion "That the sum of $8,900.00 be appropriated for the construction of two additional tennis courts at the Ball Field, that the moderator appoint a committee of three which shall have full power and authority to contract and take all other action necessary and proper within the limits of said $8,900.00 to construct said courts" was lost with a vote of 140 against 110.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for extraordinary legal services not covered in the budget.
Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $1,517.52 for extra- ordinary legal services, said sum to be taken from free cash.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,800.00 to provide part of the cost of group life insurance,
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