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Article 17. lowing resolution: WHEREAS the General Court sitting as a Con- stitutional Convention, did on July 16, 1963, give initial approval to a Home Rule amendment to the State Constitution, and
To see if the Town will vote to adopt the fol-
WHEREAS
this bill of rights for local govern- ments requires a second approval by the members of the General Court during this legislative ses- sion, and
WHEREAS
we, as members of this Town Meet- ing, feel competent to handle the af- fairs of our town without strict sup- ervision by the Commonwealth of our every act and deed;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this town meeting hereby instructs its representatives to the General Court to vote in favor of the Home Rule pro- posal when it comes before them, or take any other action relative thereto.
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VOTED:
That the Town adopt the following resolu-
tion:
WHEREAS
the General Court sitting as a Con- stitutional Convention, did on July 16, 1963, give initial approval to a Home Rule amendment to the State Constitution, and
WHEREAS
this bill of rights for local govern- ments requires a second approval by the members of the General Court during this legislative ses- sion, and
WHEREAS
we, as members of this Town Meet- ing, feel competent to handle the af- fairs of our town without strict sup- ervision by the Commonwealth of our every act and deed;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this town meeting hereby instructs its representatives to the General Court to vote in favor of the Home Rule proposal when it comes before them.
Article 18. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1, 250, or any other sum, for the pur- pose of repairing the 1947 Diamond T. Fire Truck, or take any other action relative thereto. VOTED: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1, 250 for the purpose of repairing the 1947 Diamond T. Fire Truck.
Article 19. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2, 500, or any other sum, for the pur- pose of repairing and renovating the Ball Fields, or take any oth- er action relative thereto. VOTED: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2, 500 for the purpose of repairing and renovating the Ball Fields.
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Article 20. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3, 700, or any other sum, for the purchase of a pick-up truck for the use of the Highway and Park Departments, or take any other action relative thereto. VOTED: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3, 700 for the purchase of a pick-up truck for the use of the Highway and Park Departments.
Article 21. To determine whether the Town will vote to amend the Town By-Laws for the purpose of establishing a Cel- ebration Committee, to consist of five members, to be appointed by the Selectmen, one for a period of one year, two for a period of two years, and two for a period of three years, appropriate the sum of $1, 500, or any other sum, for the use of said committee, or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED: That the Town By-Laws be amended for the purpose of establishing a Celebration Committee, to consist of five members to be appointed by the Selectmen, one for a period of one year, two for a period of two years, and two for a period of three years, and raise and appropriate the sum of $1, 500 for the use of said committee.
Article 22. To determine whether the Town will amend the Building By-Law of the Town by striking out the whole of said By- Law as amended and by substituting therefor a new Building By-Law, copies of which are on file in the office of the Inspector of Buildings, the Board of Selectmen and the Town Clerk, or will otherwise amend said Building By-Law, or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED:
To pass over the article.
Article 23. To determine whether the Town will vote to amend the By-Laws of the Town by adding Section 4B to Section B of said By-Laws to read as follows: Section 4B - Improper storage of unregistered, disabled motor vehicles and trailers. Unregistered motor vehicles and trailers which are unfit for use, permanently disabled or have been dismantled or are otherwise inoperative, shall not be stored, parked, or placed upon any land in the Town unless the same shall be within a building or in an area properly approved for the keeping of the same by licensed junk dealers (and automobile dealers).
VOTED: The article was lost.
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Article 24. To determine whether the Town will vote to amend the Town By-Laws, Article 2, Section 9, final sentence, by adding the words "and the second", so that the final phrase reads "and the second and the third by two-thirds vote". VOTED: That the Town amend the General By-Laws of the Town, Article 2, Section 9, final sentence, by adding the words "and the second", so that the final phrase reads "and the second and the third by two-thirds vote".
Article 25. To determine whether the Town will vote to convey to Thomas J. and Doris J. Rouner 460 square feet of land as shown on plan entitled "Sketch Showing Correction of Property Line Between Thomas J. and Doris J. Rouner and the Town of Lincoln, Mass. ", December, 1964, Rowland H. Barnes and Company, Civil Engineers, for the purpose of correcting a boundary line, or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED: That the Town convey to Thomas J. and Doris J. Rouner 460 square feet of land as shown on plan entitled "Sketch Showing Correction of Property Line Between Thomas J. and Doris J. Rouner and the Town of Lincoln, Mass. ", Decem- ber, 1964, Rowland H. Barnes and Company, Civil Engineers, for the purpose of correcting a boundary line.
Article 26. To determine whether the Town will vote to become a member of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council under the provisions of Chapter 40B of the General Laws, or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED: To authorize the Selectmen to apply for membership in the Metropolitan Area Planning Council in ac- cordance with the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 6, Section 111.
Article 27. 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 certain parcels of land in the Todd Pond subdivision, on the easterly side of Lincoln Road, or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED: To pass over the article.
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Article 28. 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 certain parcels of land in the cluster subdivision on the northwesterly side of Tower Road between Stonehedge and the Boston and Maine Railroad, now or formerly of Wes-Lex Corpor- ation, or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED: That the Zoning Map of the Town of Lincoln, dated February 2, 1953, as heretofore amended, be further amen- ded to include within the C-Open-Space Conservation District es- tablished under Section V-C of the Zoning By-Law of the Town those portions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 designated for such inclusion in the C-Open-Space Conservation District as shown on a plan en- titled "A Subdivision in Lincoln, Mass. ", by Schofield Brothers, Registered Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers, - Owner and Developer, Wes-Lex Corporation, dated July 9, 1964, and filed with the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 10704, Page 494.
Article 29. 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 1965, or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED: That the Town vote to request the Trustees under the will of Julian DeCordova to pay over to the DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park 100% of the B Trust net income for the year 1965.
Article 30. To determine whether the Town will vote to rescind the remaining unissued balance of the Water Main Loan authorized by vote of the Town under Article 32 of the Annual Town Meeting of March 16, 1964, said balance being $5, 000. VOTED: That the Town vote to rescind the authority to issue the unissued balance of $5, 000 in bonds out of the loan of $20, 000 authorized by action taken under Article 32 of the Annual Town Meeting March 16, 1964.
Article 31.
To determine whether the Town will vote to rescind the remaining unissued balance of the Water Main Loan
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authorized by vote of the Town under Article 34 of the Annual Town Meeting of March 16, 1964, said balance being $5, 000.
VOTED: That the Town vote to rescind the authority to issue the unissued balance of $5, 000 in bonds out of the loan of $30, 000, authorized by action taken under Article 34 of the Annu- al Town Meeting March 16, 1964.
Article 32. To determine whether the Town will vote to rescind the remaining unissued balance of the Water Main Loan authorized by vote of the Town under Article 1 of a Special Town Meeting held on April 15, 1964, said balance being $5, 000. VOTED: That the Town vote to rescind the authority to issue the unissued balance of $5, 000 in bonds out of the loan of $60, 000, authorized by action taken under Article 1 of a Special Town Meeting April 15, 1964.
Article 33. To determine whether the Town will vote to rescind the remaining unissued balance of the Water Main Loan authorized by vote of the Town under Article 1 of a Special Town Meeting held on August 3, 1964, said balance being $2, 000. VOTED: That the Town vote to rescind the authority to issue the unissued balance of $2, 000 in bonds out of the loan of $7, 000, authorized by action taken under Article of a Special Town Meeting August 3, 1964.
Article 34. To determine whether the Town will vote to authorize the Water Board to purchase a 1965 2-wheel drive truck, to replace existing equipment, and to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $2, 500, or any other sum, therefor, or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED: That the Town authorize the Water Com- missioners to purchase a 1965 2-wheel drive truck to replace ex- isting equipment, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $2, 500 therefor, said sum to be taken from Water Department Receipts.
Article 35. To determine whether the Town will vote to acquire for water source and other water department purposes by eminent domain, purchase, or in any other way, or to acquire options for purchase from Heirs of Charles Lunt, James V. and Elin Lennon, Heirs of Robert D. Donaldson, Joseph R. Campo- basso, Mary J. Ryan, et als, as their ownerships may appear, certain parcels of land on the westerly side of Tower Road con-
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taining 16 acres, more or less, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, and determine whether the money shall be pro- vided for by borrowing under authority of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 8, Clause (3), or take any other action relative there- to.
VOTED: That the Selectmen be, and they hereby are, authorized and empowered in the name and on behalf of the Town, to acquire in fee or an easement by eminent domain, purchase, or any other way, for water source purposes a certain parcel of land in Lincoln, Massachusetts on the westerly side of Tower Road, con- taining sixteen and forty-six hundredths (16. 46) acres, more or less, as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lincoln, Mass., to be acquired by Town of Lincoln", dated March 16, 1965, Snel- ling, Hilton & Associates, Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors, to be recorded with the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, bounded and described as follows: Easterly: by Tower Road six hundred twenty and 91/100 (620. 91) feet; Northerly: by land now or formerly of Elizabeth H. Doherty five hundred fifty-eight and 96/100 (558. 96) feet; Northerly: by land now or formerly of James V. and Elin Lennon three hundred forty-four and 92/100 (344. 92) feet; Nor- therly: by land now or formerly of the Heirs of Robert D. Donald- son two hundred fifty-eight and 80/100 (258.80) feet; Westerly: by land now or formerly of Lincoln Associates one hundred eighty-one (181. 00) feet and three hundred thirty-nine and 46/100 (339. 46) feet; Southerly: by land now or formerly of the Heirs of Robert D. Don- aldson three hundred eighty-four and 65/100 (384.65) feet; Souther- ly: by land now or formerly of Mary J. Ryan, and land now or for- merly of James J. and Helen Ryan three hundred twenty-eight and 76/100 (328. 76) feet; Easterly: by land now or formerly of Joseph R. Campobasso forty-seven (47. 00) feet; Southeasterly: again by said land of Joseph R. Campobasso one hundred ninety-seven and 52/100 (197.52) feet; Southerly: again by said land now or formerly of Joseph R. Campobasso thirty-eight (38.00) feet; subject to an easement duly recorded with said Deeds marked on said plan as "20' Easement, Town of Lincoln"; and to raise and appropriate the sum of $30, 000 therefor, and that to meet said appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $30, 000, or such lesser amount as may be necessary, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Sec- tion 8, Clause (3), so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than 30 years from date of issue of the first bond or note.
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Article 36. To determine whether the Town will vote to instruct the Water Board to replace four inch mains with eight inch cement asbestos pipe with appropriate fittings on various public ways as may appear necessary, appropriate the sum of $60, 000. 00, or any other sum, $26, 111. 16 to be taken from balan- ces in the following loan accounts voted in 1964: Sandy Pond Road, $21, 160. 00; South Great Road, $4, 951. 16; and to determine whether the remainder shall be provided for by borrowing under authority of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 8, Clause (5), or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED: That the Town instruct the Water Board to replace four inch mains with eight inch cement asbestos pipe, with appropriate fittings, on various public ways, as may appear nec- essary, and that the sum of $60, 000. is hereby appropriated there- for, and that to meet said appropriation, $20, 160. be taken from the balance in the Sandy Pond Road account, and $4, 840. be taken from the balance in the South Great Road account, and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be, and hereby is, authorized to borrow the sum of $35, 000. under the provisions of Chapter 44, Section 8, Clause (5) of the General Laws, and to is - sue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, payable in accordance with said Chapter 44, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from the date of issue of the first bond or note.
On motion duly seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 11:50 P. M.
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ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION March 27, 1965
In accordance with Article 1 of the Warrant, the Polls were declared open at 8 o'clock A. M. by Mr. Elliott V. Grabill. At 1 o'clock P. M. Mr. Russell L. Haden assumed the duties of War- den until 2:45 o'clock P. M., when Mr. Grabill again took over the duties. At 5:15 o'clock P. M. Mr. Haden again took over the dut- ies and declared the polls closed at 7 o'clock P. M. The follow- ing Ballot Clerks were duly sworn: Alvin Levin, Barbara O'Brien, David Garrison, Henry Morgan, Gwen Morgan, D. Everett Sher- man, Jr., Isabel Peirce, Alice McKennan, Manley Boyce, and Al- ice Boyce. The total number of votes cast was 1, 067, with the following result:
Town Clerk (1 year)
William H. Davis 1,026
Blanks 41
Selectman (3 years)
Harold E. Lawson 908
Scattering
1
Blanks 168
Assessor (3 years)
John B. French
960
Blanks
107
Treasurer (1 year)
Frederick B. Taylor
980
Blanks 87
Collector of Taxes (3 years)
William H. Davis
1,007
Blanks 60
School Committee (3 years)
John R. Caswell
291
Philip T. Cate, Jr.
68
Homer D. Eckhardt
192
Norman Hapgood, Jr.
79
Charles H. Stevens
431
Blanks
6
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Regional District School Committee (3 years)
James J. Jagger Blanks 118
949
Water Commissioner (3 years)
Alan McClennen 956
Blanks
111
Tree Warden (1 year)
Albert S. Brooks 970
Blanks 91
Board of Health (3 years)
Pierre M. Dreyfus, M. D. 954
Blanks 113
Cemetery Commiss- ioner (3 years)
James DeNormandie 968
Blanks 99
Planning Board (5 years)
R. Langdon Wales 952
Blanks 115
Commissioner of Trust Funds (3 years)
Richard F. Schroeder 947
Blanks 120
Trustee of Free Bemis Public Lectures (3 years)
Elizabeth E. Harney
926
Blanks 141
Director of DeCordova & Dana Museum (4 years)
Francis S. Andrews 923
Blanks 144
Trustee of Library
Albert L. Fullerton, Jr. 937
Blanks 130
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING June 7, 1965
Pursuant to a Warrant duly served, the meeting was called to order at 7:30 o'clock P. M. by the Moderator, Mr. Charles Y. Wadsworth. The return of the Warrant was read and the invoca- tion given by the Rev. Harold B. Sedgwick. A quorum being pre- sent, the following business was transacted:
Article 1. To determine whether the Town will vote to increase the Bond and Interest accounts in the Water Department budget by the following amounts:
955. Bonds $1,000.00
956. Interest 140.00
or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED: That the Town increase the Bond and Inter- est accounts in the Water Department budget by the following sums: 955. Bonds $1, 000.00 956. Interest 140.00
said sums to be taken from Water Department receipts.
Article 2. To determine whether the Town will vote to transfer the balance of $2, 998. 84 in the Water Pipe Cleaning Ac- count, voted under Article 31, at the adjourned Town Meeting held on March 17th, 1964, to the Water Department Wages Account - #951, or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED: That the balance of $2, 998. 84 in the Water Pipe Cleaning Account, voted under Article 31, at the adjourned Town Meeting held on March 17, 1964, be transferred to the Water Department Wage Account - #951.
Article 3. To determine whether the Town will vote to acquire an easement for water main purposes by eminent domain, purchase, or in any other way, from the Heirs of Robert D. Don- aldson, or successors thereto, in a parcel of land called "Wood Lot Road", running 1300 feet more or less southerly from Lincoln Road, as shown on a plan entitled "Subdivision of Land in Lincoln, Massachusetts, owned by Heirs of Robert D. Donaldson", dated February 25, 1965, Snelling, Hilton & Associates, Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, and determine whether the money shall be provided for by borrowing under authority of General Laws, Chapter 44, Sec-
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tion 8, Clause (3), or take any other action relative thereto. VOTED: That the Selectmen be, and they hereby are, authorized and empowered in the name and on behalf of the Town to acquire an easement by eminent domain, purchase, or any oth- er way, for water main purposes, in a certain parcel of land in Lincoln, Massachusetts, on the southerly side of Lincoln Road, identified as Wood Lot Road, being twenty-five (25) feet wide and thirteen hundred (1300) feet long, more or less, as shown on a plan entitled "Subdivision of Land in Lincoln, Massachusetts, Owned by the Heirs of Robert D. Donaldson", dated February 25, 1965, Snelling, Hilton & Associates, Civil Engineers and Land Sur- veyors, recorded with the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds as plan No. 623 of 1965, May 21, 1965, and that there be, and there hereby is, appropriated for this purpose the sum of one dollar ($1. 00), said sum to be taken from Water Department Sur- plus.
Article 4. To determine whether the Town will vote to transfer the following sums in the Water Department budget: $1, 000. 00 from #952 to #954, and $600. 00 from #953 to #954
or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED: That the following transfers be made in the
Water Department budget:
$1, 000. 00 from #952 to #954, and $600. 00 from #953 to #954.
Article 5. To determine whether the Town will vote to increase the appropriation made at Annual Town Meeting, held on March 22, 1965, for the Interest on Tax Note Account by the sum of $2, 500. 00, or take any other action relative thereto. VOTED: That the Interest on Tax Note Account be increased by $2, 500. 00, said sum to be taken from Free Cash.
Article 6. To determine whether the Town will amend the Building By-Law of the Town by striking out the whole of said By-Law, as amended, and by substituting therefor a new Building By-Law, copies of which are on file in the office of the Inspector of Buildings, the Board of Selectmen, and the Town Clerk, or will otherwise amend said Building By-Law, or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED: That the Town amend the Building By-Law
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of the Town by striking out the whole of said By-Law, as amended, and by substituting therefor a new Building By-Law, copies of which are on file in the office of the Inspector of Buildings, the Board of Selectmen and the Town Clerk, with the attached amend- ments.
Article 7. To determine whether the Town will vote to amend Sections V-A-2, V-B-3, VIII, and IX-B of the Zoning By- Law, as proposed in a notice now on file with the Town Clerk, or take any other action relative thereto. VOTED: That the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Lin- coln, as adopted December 13th, 1960, approved by the Attorney General January 27th, 1961, and effective February 7, 1961, and thereafter amended, be further amended, as follows:
(1) In Section V-A-2 (subparagraph 2 on page 6) - change the word "dwelling" to the word "house".
(2) In Section V-A-2 (pages 6 and 7) - Delete subpara- graphs 3a, 3b and 3d, and rearrange to read: "3. Limited type of multi-family development known as "garden apartments", "row houses", or "town houses", provided that no permit for a multi- family development shall be issued hereunder unless a site plan has been submitted and approved in accordance with the provisions of Section VI-G, below. "
(3) In Section V-B-3 (page 10) - Delete subparagraph (1) entitled Building Construction.
(4) In Section VIII (page 24) - Delete the present sub- paragraph (1) and substitute the following: "1. Structure: A com- bination of materials to form a construction that is safe and sta- ble; including among others, building, stadiums, tents, review- ing stands, platforms, stagings, observation towers, water tanks, towers, swimming pools, trestles, sheds, shelters, fences, dis- play signs; the term "structure" shall be construed as if followed by the words "or portion thereof".
(5) In Section VIII (page 24) - Delete the present sub- paragraph (2) and substitute the following: "2. Building: A com- bination of materials to form a construction that is safe and stable, and adapted to permanent or continuous occupancy for assembly, business, education, industrial, institutional, residential or stor- age purposes; and the term "building" shall be construed as if fol- lowed by the words "or portion thereof".
(6) In Section VIII (page 24) - Delete the present sub- paragraph (3) and substitute the following: 13. Dwelling Unit: A
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portion of a building occupied or suitable for occupancy as a resi- dence and arranged for the use of one or more individuals living as a single housekeeping unit with cooking, living, sanitary and sleep- ing facilities, but not including trailers, however mounted, or com- mercial accommodations offered for periodic occupancy. "
(7) In Section VIII (page 24) - Delete the present subpar- agraph (4) and substitute the following: "4. Two-family house: A single building containing two dwelling units. "
(8) In Section VIII (page 24) - Delete the present subpar- agraph (5) and renumber the remaining definitions.
(9) In Section IX-B (page 26) - Change "Occupancy Per- mit" to "Certificate of Occupancy" in both title and text.
Article 8. To determine whether the Town will vote to increase the appropriation made at Annual Town Meeting, held on March 22, 1965, for the Consulting and Engineering Account by the sum of $3, 500. 00, or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED: That the Consulting and Engineering Account #85 be increased by $3, 500.00, said sum to be taken from Free Cash.
Article 9. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $10, 000., or some other sum, to be added to the Conservation Fund established pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 13 of the 1961 Annual Town Meeting, or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $9, 000, to be added to the Conservation Fund established pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 13 of the 1961 Annual Town Meeting.
Article 10. To determine whether the Town will vote to acquire for conservation and recreational purposes by eminent do- main, purchase, or in any other way, from Lincolnsfield Realty Trust, a certain parcel of land lying northeasterly of the Concord Turnpike and southwesterly of North Great Road and adjoining land of the Town of Lincoln, containing 45 acres, more or less, and for such purposes to expend a sum of money from the Conservation Fund established pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 13 of the 1961 Annual Town Meeting.
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