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As noted from the sheet of tabulations of proposed capital expenditures over the coming years, various sums are budgeted for further land acquisition, under either the stabilization fund or the conservation fund. While there is no indication for what these sums will be used, we feel that the two groups involved in the land program will shortly assign valid reasons for this build up.
4. RECREATION.
Presently this committee is involved primarily in the opera- tion of recreational programs. However, it is understood that at some future time it intends to make studies and recommenda- tions for possible acquisition of land to be used and developed for recreational activities.
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5. SELECTMEN
a. Protection of Persons and Property:
1962 : (1) Police Department - The policy of replacing one of the two police cruisers annually was continued with the gray Chevrolet sedan replaced by a station wagon at just under the anticipated cost of $2,200.
(2) Fire Department - No major projects were scheduled.
(3) Civil Defense - The anticipated purchase of a CD generator was completed in 1962. This unit, costing ap- proximately $1,039, was purchased with funds appropriated in 1961.
1963: (1) Police Department - The replacement of a cruiser at $2,000 is planned.
(2) Fire Department - No major project scheduled.
(3) Civil Defense - At the time of this report, no specific project is planned for 1963. However, continuing efforts will be made at the Police and Fire Station to coordinate the activities and projects of the three programs involving pro- tection of persons and property.
Future : (1) Police Department - No additional projects are contemplated in addition to annual cruiser replacement.
(2) Fire Department - The purchase of a fire engine (pumper ) in 1965 to replace old equipment is contemplated at the cost of approximately $17,500. In 1966 it is anticipated that the manned North Lincoln Fire Station will be constructed ($50,000) and in 1967 purchase of a 4-wheel drive forest fire vehicle ($4,000) to complete the program of capital projects for the Fire Department.
b. Highway Department :
1962 : (1) Road Construction - Projects scheduled were completed for the most part with the exception of the Beaver Pond Road project which involved resurfacing and drainage work in the vicinity of Beaver Pond. This will be done in 1963. The com- pletion of the Lexington Road project will carry over into 1963, as additional work will be necessary to resolve some serious drainage problems. Additional drainage work will also be re- quired in 1963 to finish up the Conant. Road project. With the exception of these items, the accelerated program of spending approximately $50,000 annually on road construction and mainten- ance will come to an end. Expenditures will now drop back to slightly above previous levels.
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(2) Chapter 90 Construction - No major project was undertaken in 1962 in anticipation of a major project in 1963. Chapter 90 funds totalling $18,000 were accumulated for this purpose.
(3) Equipment - The two ton truck and sanding apparatus costing $6,250 were purchased as scheduled.
1963: (1) Major maintenance, widening, and resurfacing, etc. of Lincoln roads will continue but at the reduced expendi- ture level of approximately $35,000. Projects scheduled for 1963 include Winter Street (3000 ft.), Tower Road (2000 ft.), Tabor Hill Road (2300 ft.), Weston Road (3000 ft.), and Concord Road (2600 ft.). As mentioned previously, Lexington Road will be completed and Sandy Pond Road will be topped off to complete that project started in 1962.
(2) Chapter 90 Construction - As indicated in our 1961 Report, it had been hoped that Chapter 90 funds could be accumulated for the widening of Route 126 south from Route 117 to the Wayland line. However, due to increasing accidents of severe nature on Route 117 in the section east from Tower Road to the Weston line, priority will be given to the widening and straightening out of this narrow, curvey highway. In future years, it is hoped that the section of Route 117 west from Tower Road to and including the railroad crossing can similarly be widened, straightened, and further improved. It is anticipated that this later project can be done as a town project.
(3) Equipment - Highway Department equipment pur- chases were estimated in our 1961 Report to total around $6,000 annually. This figure continues to hold although in some years no actual purchases will be made. What would have been spent in 1963 will be combined to purchase equipment in 1964 totalling approximately $12,000.
Future : (1) Road Construction - Expenditures for annual road maintenance and construction are expected to remain at the $35,000 level. The possible road project involving the Towns of Lincoln and Weston and the City of Waltham in the Merriam St. - 117 area still has not been planned to the satisfaction of the three communities and discussions and studies concerning the pro- ject are continuing. Also unresolved are the eventual reloca- tion of Routes 2 and 2A. These projects will have a major bear- ing on the flow of traffic on Lincoln roads and hence future ex- penditures for them.
(2) Chapter 90 Construction - Upon completion of the Route 117 project, the widening of Route 126 may well re- gain its priority pending the accumulation of sufficient funds to properly complete this difficult job.
(3) Equipment - The amount of $6,000 is budgeted annually for the purchase of equipment to add to and replace ex- isting equipment.
(4) Highway Garage Addition - Scheduled for 1967 is a $20,000 addition to the Highway Dept. Garage off Codman Road in South Lincoln.
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c. Town Hall Repair - Exterior :
1962 : Extensive repair and replacement of the terra cotta on the Town Hall exterior was started in 1962. The work was completed on the north wall and the general condition of the other exterior walls made it advisable to proceed with the re- maining work in the near future.
1963: Half of the remaining work will be scheduled for 1963 at an estimated cost of $5,000.
Future (1964) : This project will be completed in 1964 with an expenditure of approximately $5,000, bringing the total cost for the extensive repair of the Town Hall exterior to $12, 500 over . a three year period.
d. Town Dump Relocation :
1962 : Not scheduled
1963 : Not scheduled.
Future : Relocation of the dump will start in 1964 and be completed in 1965 with the expenditure of approximately $30,000 in each of the two years for land purchase and site de- velopment. The. purchase of equipment for the dump costing ap- proximately $15, 000 is also earmarked for 1965. The site for the dump relocation has not been specifically determined at this time.
6. LINCOLN SCHOOLS.
Borrowing for the next expansion was made in 1962 in antici- pation of completion of construction by September 1963. The Hartwell addition is still expected to be completed by then, but the major portion of the construction will be finished in 1964. The Boyer Report called for a total expenditure of $675,000 to $980,000, with a mid-point of $800,000, approximately, and we estimated that two-thirds of this, or $550,000, would be needed at this time. However, the Boyer Report did not include pur- chase of land, site development, architect or engineering fees, and equipment. These added up to well over $300,000, to bring the total appropriation to $950,000.
Several of the items recommended in the Boyer Report, in- cluding a number of the general classrooms, are not being con- structed at this time. In addition, the School Committee ex- pects to require a new combination field house and gymnasium as the school continues to grow. We have, therefore, indicated a final round of construction in 1967 of $500,000 which will both complete the rest of the items from the Boyer Report and build this new gymnasium. This will give us facilities to handle a total school population of roughly 1,300 pupils, which would take us to the early 1970's, using the Boyer projections. The long-
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range School Building Committee suggested that we allow for a school population of 1,800, and the recent land taking had this in view. Obviously, further substantial appropriations will be necessary if and when the population does exceed the 1,300 mark. However, this will be well beyond the scope of our immediate fore- casting; also, from the capital point of view, will only occur after some of our debt contracted for in 1949 and 1952 begins to disappear. As mentioned earlier in our report, these charges, however, are very small in comparison with the operating charges of a new school.
7. LINCOLN-SUDBURY REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
At the time of the formation of this district, the initial plans for construction anticipated a school complex for 1,500 pupils. The initial contract constructed facilities to care for 600 enrollment and a subsequent contract enlarged the plant to accommodate between 1,000 and 1,100 enrollment, this latter addition being completed in the fall of 1961. Enrollment pro- jections at this time indicate a student body of 1,033 by the fall of 1965 and 1,288 by the fall of 1966. Accordingly a study group is now investigating the future requirements of the school. Funds will be required this coming year, 1963, for this study and any plans that will be necessary. Tentatively $20,000 - $25,000 is the immediate need, with Lincoln's share being about 30% . A major financing program will be required in 1966 to carry out the next building stage. This is estimated at $1,500,000, of which Lincoln's share will be 30%. Additional land was obtained in 1962 to cover further building and athletic requirements at this location.
8. STABILIZATION FUND.
(See main body of report.)
9 . CONSERVATION FUND.
(See Item 3.)
10. WATER DEPARTMENT.
1962 - The long sought after additional water source was located in 1962 through a program of test well drilling on a site off Tower Road in South Lincoln. The well drilled has been tested both for quality and quantity for a municipal water supply and the next step is to engineer plans for developing and equip- ping this well.
1963 - An engineering survey will be conducted in 1963 to determine the proper method of developing the new source, equip- ping it, and tying it in with the existing water supply and dis- tribution system. Completion of this survey should reveal more
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precisely the nature and cost of future capital projects of a major nature. Cost of this survey will be approximately $5,000 and will come from water revenues, thereby having no effect on the tax rate.
In addition, one additional section of substandard 4-inch main will be replaced on Tower Road from Route 117 north C to Twin Pond Lane. This will complete the job of replacing this old main which was stopped at Twin Pond Lane due to lack of suf- ficient funds when the project was originally undertaken.
Future - Pending the outcome of the engineering survey, the Water Commissioners are estimating the cost of developing the new water source, including land acquisition, to be approximately $120, 000, with the cost to be spread out over a four year period, G 1964 to 1967 inclusive.
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The continuing program of replacing old mains and
n hydrants will also be carried on in future years with mains on Old Winter, Old County, and Weston Road scheduled for this period. The importance of the Highway Department and Water Commissioners co-ordinating their projects cannot be over emphasized. It is t
M senseless to tear up a newly repaved road to replace a water main when the two jobs could be done together.
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WARRANT
1963 NOTICE
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln in said County :
GREET ING :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Town of Lincoln qualified to vote in Town Meeting for the transaction of Town Affairs to meet in the Charles S. Smith School in said Lincoln on Monday, the eighteenth day of March next, at 7:30 o'clock P. M. then and there to act on the following articles ex- cept Article 1, and also to meet at the Fire and Police Station on Saturday, the twenty-third day of March next, at eight o'clock A. M., then and there to act on the fol- lowing Article 1, by posting a copy of this Warrant, by you attested, in said Town seven days at least before the eighteenth day of March next.
The polls for voting the Australian ballot on Saturday, March twenty-third, will be opened at 8 o'clock A. M. and may be closed at 7 o'clock P. M.
ARTICLE 1. To bring in their votes for one member for each of the following offices: 1
Moderator for three years Town Clerk for one year
Selectman for three years Assessor for three years Treasurer for one year
School Committee member for three years Regional District School Committee for three years
Regional District School Committee for one year Water Commissioner for three years Tree Warden for one year Board of Health member for three years Cemetery Commissioner for three years
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Planning Board member for five years Commissioner of Trust Funds for three years Trustee of Bemis Fund for three years Director of DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park for four years
ARTICLE 2. To bring in their votes for any committees, commissioners, trustees, and other officers required by law to be elected by ballot or otherwise.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 3. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 4. To fix the salaries and compensation of the several elective officers of the Town and to determine whether any Department, Board, or Committee shall be auth- orized to employ for additional compensation any of its members and to fix additional compensation of such members.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 5. To raise and appropriate money for the necessary and expedient purposes of the Town or take any other action relative thereto.
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Finance Committee
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ARTICLE 6. To determine whether the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipa- tion of the revenue of the financial year beginning Januaryt 1, 1964, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable 1 within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be
t given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Be Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
ยท Selectmen
ARTICLE 7. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 to be added to the Sta- bilization Fund established pursuant to the vote of the is Town under Article 23 of the Annual Meeting on March 16, tc 1959, or take any other action relative thereto.
Finance Committee
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ARTICLE 8. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 to be added to the Sta- bilization Fund established pursuant to the vote of the
> Town under Article 23 of the Annual Meeting on March 16, 1959, or take any other action relative thereto.
Finance Committee
ARTICLE 9. To determine whether the Town will vote to conduct services on Memorial Day, the thirtieth of May, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00, or any other sum, or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen
(Finance Committee approves)
ARTICLE 10. To determine whether the Town will vote to celebrate Independence Day, the fourth of July, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00, or any other sum, or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen
(Finance Committee approves)
ARTICLE 11. To determine whether the Town will vote to request the Trustees under the Will of Julian DeCordova to pay over to the DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park one hundred per cent (100%) of the B Trust net income for the year 1963, or take any other action relative thereto.
DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park Directors
ARTICLE 12. To determine whether the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee to continue its annual contract with U. S. Commissioner of Education to operate the elementary school at L. G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts.
School Committee and Selectmen
ARTICLE 13. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00, or any other sum, for the purchase of a Police Cruiser, to replace ex- isting equipment, or take any other action relative there- to.
Selectmen (Finance Committee approves)
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ARTICLE 14. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for permanent improve- ments in the cemeteries, said sum to be taken from the Cemetery Investment Fund, or take any other action rela- tive thereto.
Cemetery Commissioners
(Finance Committee approves)
ARTICLE 15. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00, or any other sum, to make necessary repairs to the outside of the Town Hall, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
(Finance Committee approves )
ARTICLE 16. To determine whether the Town will vote to convey to Dorothy S. F. M. Codman, et al, trustees, four parcels of land, and buildings thereon, constituting what is known as the South School, on Lincoln Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts, said parcels being described in three deed from Ogden Codman to the Inhabitants of the Town of Lincon recorded in the Middlesex South District Registry of Deed in Book 1927, at Pages 534 and 536 and Book 2207, at Page 358; or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 17. To determine whether the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Map of Lincoln, Mass., dated February 2, 1953, as heretofore amended, to include within the B-2 Service Business District certain parcels of land located on the northwest side of Lincoln Road and west of the right-of-way of the Boston and Maine Railroad, shown as B-1 to B-2 and R-1 to B-2 on a plan entitled "Proposed Zoning Changes - Plan C", prepared by Cleverdon, Varney and Pike, and dated February, 1963; and to include within the R-l district a parcel of land shown as B-1 to R-1 on said plan entitled "Proposed Zoning Changes - Plan C", or take any other action relative thereto.
Planning Board
ARTICLE 18. To determine whether the Town will vote to acquire in fee for municipal road purposes by eminent do- main, purchase, or any other way, two parcels of land now or formerly of Thomas N. Codman, et al, Trustees, and
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shown as Parcels one and three on a plan entitled "Plan of Jewis Street Layout", prepared by Cleverdon, Varney and 'ike, and dated January, 1963, and raise and appropriate the sum of $5,700.00, or any other sum therefor, or take any other action relative thereto.
Planning Board
Finance Committee approves. )
ARTICLE 19. To determine whether the Town will vote to accept as a public way the private way known as Twin Pond Lane, as shown on a plan entitled "Subdivision of Land in Lincoln owned by Olga Pertzoff", drawn by McCarthy Engin- eering Service, Inc., and dated May 6, 1958. Said plan was approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lincoln on June 17, 1958, and recorded with the Middlesex Registry of Deeds on December 12, 1958, as Plan #1643 of 1958.
By Petition
ARTICLE 20. To determine whether the Town will vote to amend the Town By-Laws for the purpose of establishing a permanent Building Committee of the Town, to consist of five members, one to be appointed by the Selectmen for four years, one to be appointed by the School Committee for two years, and three to be appointed by the Moderator: one for five years, one for three years and one for one year, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 21. To determine whether the Town will vote to amend its General By-Laws so that a quorum of not less than 400 registered voters must be present at any Town Meeting at the time it is proposed to acquire private property by Eminent Domain, or take any other action relative thereto.
By Petition
ARTICLE 22. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,550.00, or some other sum, to be added to the Stabilization Fund established pur- suant to the vote of the Town under Article 23 of the 1959 Annual Town Meeting, or take any other action relative thereto.
Planning Board and Conservation Commission (Finance Committee will comment on this article at the Town Meeting)
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ARTICLE 23. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,550.00, or some other sum, to be added to the Conservation Fund established pur. suant to the vote of the Town under Article 13 of the 196] Annual Town Meeting, or take any other action relative thereto.
Planning Board and Conservation Commission (Finance Committee approves)
ARTICLE 24. To determine whether the Town will vote to acquire for conservation and recreational purposes by eminent domain, purchase, or in any other way, from Joseph and Mira C. Garland, a certain parcel of land on Sandy Pond Road, shown as Lot 3 on a plan entitled "Division of Land in Lincoln, Massachusetts, owned by Joseph and Mira C. Garland", recorded with Middlesex South District Regis- try of Deeds in Book 9955, Page 511, said parcel having al area of 3.2 acres, more or less, and for such purposes to expend from monies in the Conservation Fund established pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 13 of the 1961 Annual Town Meeting, the sum of $4,000.00, or some other sum, or take any other action relative thereto.
Planning Board and Conservation Commission (Finance Committee approves)
ARTICLE 25. To determine whether the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Map of Lincoln, Mass., dated February 2, 1953, as heretofore amended, to include within the C-Open- Space Conservation District of the Town under the Town's Zoning By-Law, a certain parcel of land lying south and west of Conant Road, now or formerly of Ranulf W. Gras, Morton B. Braun, and Richard S. Morgan, Trustees of the Valley Pond Realty Trust, or take any other action rela- tive thereto.
Planning Board and Conservation Commission
ARTICLE 26. To determine whether the Town will vote to accept as a public way the private way known as Fox Run Road, as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Wood- land Acres in Lincoln and Concord, Mass.", drawn by Willia J. Ford, Jr., Civil Engineer, and dated November 23, 1960. Said plan was approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lincoln on March 30, 1961, and recorded with the Middle
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sex Registry of Deeds on November 29, 1961, as Plan #1727 of 1961.
By Petition
ARTICLE 27. To determine whether the Town will vote to accept as a public way the private way known as Stonehedge, as shown on a plan entitled "Subdivision of Land in Lin- coln and Weston", drawn by Schofield Brothers, Registered Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers, and dated August 4, 1961. Said plan was approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lincoln on September 13, 1961, and recorded in the Land Registry Office on December 15, 1961, Book 652, Page 182, Certificate #104532.
By Petition
ARTICLE 28. To determine whether the Town will vote to accept as a public way the private road known as Laurel Drive, as shown on a plan entitled "Subdivision of Land in Lincoln, Mass., owned by Brown's Wood, Incorporated", drawn by Ranulf W. Gras, dated February 8, 1955, approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lincoln, March 9, 1955, and recorded with Middlesex Southern District Registry of Deeds at the end of Book 8475, or take any other action relative thereto.
By Petition
ARTICLE 29. To determine whether the Town will vote to accept as a public way the private road known as Moccasin Hill, as shown on a plan entitled "Subdivision of Land in Lincoln, Mass., owned by Brown's Wood, Incorporated", drawn by Ranulf W. Gras, dated February 8, 1955, approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lincoln, March 9, 1955, and recorded with Middlesex Southern District Registry of Deeds at the end of Book 8475, or take any other action relative thereto.
By Petition
ARTICLE 30. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00, or any other sum, for the purpose of obtaining a professional planning study and related engineering services in connection with
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land use and traffic in the Town.
Planning Board
(Finance Committee will comment on this article at the Town Meeting)
ARTICLE 31. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00, or any other sum, for the purpose of moving Civil Defense Headquarters to the basement of the Fire and Police Building, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
(Finance Committee will comment on this article at the Town Meeting)
ARTICLE 32. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $10,000.00, or any other sum, for the purpose of laying water mains from Sandy Pond Road to connect with existing pipe on school property, said pipe to be not less than 8" in diameter, and to determine whether the money shall be provided for by borrowing under authority of clause (5), section 8, chapter 44, General Laws, or take any other action relative thereto.
Water Commissioners
(Finance Committee approves provided the funds are from Water Department Revenue, Surplus, or borrowing. )
ARTICLE 33. To determine whether the Town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners to purchase a 1963 4- wheel drive one ton truck with snow plow, to replace ex- isting equipment, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00, or any other sum, therefor, or take any other action relative thereto.
Water Commissioners
(Finance Committee approves provided the funds are from Water Department Revenue, Surplus, or borrowing.)
ARTICLE 34. To determine whether the Town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners to replace approximately 1000 feet of 4-inch cast iron pipe on Tower Road with 8"
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cement asbestos pipe, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $7,500.00, or any other sum, therefor, or take any other action relative thereto.
Water Commissioners
(Finance Committee approves provided the funds are from Water Department Revenue, Surplus, or borrowing. )
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at or before the time for the meeting aforesaid. Given under our hands this eleventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-three.
Charles K. Fitts Elliott V. Grabill Warren F. Flint
SELECTMEN OF LINCOLN
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