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Article 13-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the amount of $14000.00 for the purpose of enclosing Roger's Brook in a buried culvert between the west line of Whittier Street and the south line of Chestnut Street together with such regrading as may be necessary therefor.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to postpone action on Article 13 until Annual Town Meeting of 1951, before which time the Board of Public Works is requested to make a survey and study of conditions and report at said meeting.
Article 14-To see if the town will vote to purchase or seize by eminent domain a parcel of land necessary to reduce the curvature and widen the present roadway on the easterly side of Chandler Road abutting land of Octave Jr. and Florence A. Bourdelais for a distance of 245 feet more or less, as shown on a plan on file at the office of the Town Clerk, and grade and re- surface said section of roadway as widened, and raise and appro- priate the amount of $450.00 for said land acquisition and con- struction work.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED unanimously to accept Article 14 as read.
Article 15-To see if the town will vote to purchase or seize by eminent domain a parcel of land necessary to reduce the curva- ture and widen the present roadway on the westerly side of North Street abutting land of Agnes V. Bateman for a distance of 144 feet more or less, as shown on a plan on file at the office of the Town Clerk, and grade and resurface said section of roadway as widened, and raise and appropriate the amount of $250.00 for said land acquisition and construction work.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED unanimously to accept Article 15 as read.
Article 16-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the amount of $2500.00 for the purpose of relocating the existing
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curb stones on the west side of Stevens Street and widen the traveled way to 26 feet for a distance of about 700 feet in the vicinity of house numbers 29 to 75.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 16 as read.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to take up Article 18 and then to take up Article 17.
Article 17-To see if the town will vote to purchase by negoti- ated sale or seize by right of eminent domain, a parcel of land off Bancroft Road to be used in conjunction with the construction of a water distribution reservoir; said parcel of land being owned now or formerly by George J. Flathers and Melrena Flathers and containing about 3.49 acres; as shown on a plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office entitled "Plan of Land on Bancroft Road to be acquired for a New Distribution Reservoir drawn by Warren O. Petersen, Town Engineer, dated February 8, 1950" and raise and appropriate the sum of $4000.00 therefor.
Article defeated.
Article 18-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the amount of $114,500.00 for the purpose of improving and enlarging certain facilities of the water system; the work con- templated under this article consists of the following major sub- divisions which are enumerated in the order of their urgency and desirability for the improvement of the system as a whole; first the construction of a new Low-Service Distribution Reservoir of six million gallon capacity with necessary piping, secondly a new dual-driven pump, controls, measuring devices and necessary piping rearrangements all at the High-Service Pumping Station; lastly, the cleaning and relining of the present force main from the High-Service Pumping Station to the High-Service Reservoir and cleaning and relining small portions of the High Service mains: work to proceed only with the approval of the Board of Select- men, the Finance Committee and the Board of Public Works.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appro- priate the amount of $34,500.00 for the purpose of improving and enlarging certain facilities of the water system. The work con- templated under this article consists of the following : First, new pumping equipment, controls, measuring devices and necessary piping re-arrangements all at the High-Service Pumping Station;
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secondly, the cleaning and relining of the present force main from the High-Service Pumping Station to the High-Service Reservoir, and cleaning and relining small portions of the High-Service mains; work to proceed only with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee and the Board of Public Works.
Article 19-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $12,000.00 for the purpose of purchasing and installing a high-pressure horizontal tubular steam boiler to replace an existing boiler which has been condemned at Haggetts Pond Pumping Station.
Article withdrawn.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED at this time to take up Article One, Supplementary Warrant. See Supplementary Warrant following Article 50, Regular Town Meeting Warrant.
Article 20-To see if the town will vote to purchase a parcel of land necessary for the relocation of a portion of Argilla Road at Lowell Street abutting land of Arthur Peatman, said parcel con- taining about 23,000 square feet or 0.53 acres, as shown on a plan on file at the office of the Town Clerk; and grade and pave said relocated portion of Argilla Road; and raise and appropriate the amount of $4,700.00 for said land acquisition and roadway construction work.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to refer Article 20 to Annual Town Meeting of 1951.
Article 21-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $20,000.00 for the purpose of extending and improving the water system of the Town of Andover, all work to be done under the supervision of the Board of Public Works and no work to be started until approved by the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee and the Board of Public Works.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to consider with Article 21, Articles 31-34 inclusive.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appro- priate the sum of $20,000.00 for the purpose of extending and im- proving the water system of the Town of Andover, all work to be done under the supervision of the Board of Public Works and no
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work to be started until approved by the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee and the Board of Public Works.
Article 22-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 for control of the Dutch Elm Disease as re- quired by Chapter 761 of the General Laws of Massachusetts, Acts of 1949. Up to $200.00 of the above sum to be available to the Moth Superintendent in seeking information outside the Commonwealth.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 22 as read.
Article 23-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1700.00, plus the turn-in value of an old 1934 truck to purchase a new truck for use in the Tree and Moth Depart- ments.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 23 as read.
Article 24-To see if the town will vote to authorize the School Committee to continue to maintain State-aided vocational education in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 74, Gen- eral Laws, and Acts amendatory thereto, or dependent thereon, and further raise and appropriate the sum of $980.00 therefor.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 24 as read.
Article 25-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $1585.00 to be paid to the Commonwealth for assessments for members of the Teachers' Retirement Association on military leave of absence. This is to be paid under Section 9 of Chapter 708 of the Acts of 1941 and Section 9A of said 708, as inserted by Chapter 419 of the Acts of 1943.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 25 as read.
Article 26-To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 for preliminary plans for a new 12 basic room elementary school building plus other facilities at the Central Plant and for a new six basic room elementary school building plus other facilities in the West Center District, and authorize the Moderator to appoint a school building committee.
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Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appro- priate the sum of $10,000. for preliminary plans for a new ele- mentary school building, plus other facilities, at the Central Plant, and for a new elementary school building, plus other facili- ties, in the West Center District, and authorize the Moderator to appoint a school building committee.
Article 27-To see what action the town will take relative to a pension for retirement of Eugene V. Lovely at one-half the annual salary as Principal of Punchard High School.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Chapter 212 Acts 1950 of the Legislature, recently passed, to establish pension for retirement for Eugene V. Lovely at $2375.00 per annum and raise and appropriate that amount.
Article 28-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $775.00 for the purpose of converting the present boiler in the Memorial Hall Library to oil.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 28 as read.
Article 29-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2175.00 for the purpose of improving the lighting in the Memorial Hall Library through the installation of modern electric light fixtures.
Article defeated. Yes 62. No 182.
Article 30-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2500.00 to resurface and improve a portion of the Ballardvale Playground on Andover Street, for year round recre- ational purposes, this money to be expended under the super- vision of the Board of Public Works and the Committee on Recre- ation.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appro- priate $2350.00 under Article 30.
Article 31-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Pub- lic Works to extend the ten-inch water main on Bailey Road a distance of approximately 800 feet and raise and appropriate the sum of $7,500.00 therefor, on petition of George W. Brouillard and others.
Article 31 referred to under Article 21.
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Article 32-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Pub- lic Works to extend the water main from the present dead end on Flint Circle along Flint Circle a distance of 400 feet and appro- priate the sum of $1600.00 therefor, on petition of Edward P. Hall and others.
Article 32 referred to under Article 21.
Article 33-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to install a water main in Lovejoy Road extending a distance of twelve hundred (1200) feet from Dascomb Road to property owned by Robert F. MacMackin and raise and appro- priate the sum of $5000.00 therefor, on petition of Robert F. MacMackin and others.
Article 33 referred to under Article 21.
Article 34-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Pub- lic Works to extend the water line on Salem Street a distance of 3,550 feet from the property owned by Fred A. Gould to a point opposite the Conway property at the corner of Jenkins Road and Salem Street and raise and appropriate the sum of $18,000.00 therefor, on petition of John J. Conway and others.
Article 34 referred to under Article 21.
Article 35-To see if the town will vote to accept as a public way, Beech Circle, so called, for a distance of 400 feet northerly from the northerly line of Shawsheen Road, as approved by the Planning Board and as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and as shown on a plan with descriptions dated July, 1946, made by Clin- ton F. Goodwin, Engineer, Haverhill, on file at the Town Clerk's Office, on petition of George F. Dufton and others.
Article 35 withdrawn.
Article 36-To see if the town will vote to accept as a public way and name Cornell Road, as approved by the Board of Survey and laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as shown on a plan en- titled, Acceptance Plan for Cornell Road, Andover, Mass., made January, 1949, by Ralph B. Brasseur, Civil Engineer, Haverhill, Mass. Both plan and description referred to being on file at the Town Clerk's Office, on petition of Edward F. Murach, and others.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 36 as read.
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Article 37-To see if the town will vote to accept as a public way and name "Elm Court" as approved by the Board of Survey and as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, on a revised plan entitled "Acceptance Plan for Elm Court, Andover, Mass." made March, 1949, by Clinton F. Goodwin, Engineer, Haverhill, Mass., said plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, on peti- tion of Mary C. Connor and others.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 37 as read.
Article 38-To see if the town will vote to accept as a public way Marwood Drive from Lowell Street southerly to a turning circle as laid out 40' in width as shown on a plan of said way made August, 1948, by Clinton F. Goodwin, Engineer, and on file at the office of the Town Clerk, on petition of Claude P. Woodworth and others.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 38 as read.
Article 39-To see if the town will vote to accept as a public way and name West Wind Road, as approved by the Board of Survey, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as shown on a plan entitled "Acceptance Plan for West Wind Road, Andover, Mass. made October, 18, 1948, by Warren M. Mirrick, C.E., of Stoneham, Mass.", on file in the Town Clerk's office, on petition of Lilla A. Burton and others.
Article withdrawn.
Article 40-To see if the town will vote to rescind the vote passed on Article 6 of the warrant of Annual Town Meeting, March 11, 1946, relative to the sum of $35,000 voted for sewer system.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to rescind the vote passed on Article 6 of the warrant of Annual Town Meeting, March 11, 1946.
Article 41-To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by designating as a Business District the area on the northerly side of Essex Street between Railroad Avenue on the east, the Shawsheen River on the west and bounded on the north by the Industrial District two hundred (200) feet north of Essex Street, on petition of Edward O'Hagan and others.
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Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED unanimously to amend the Zoning By-Law by designating as a Business District the area on the northerly side of Essex Street between Railroad Avenue on the east, the Shawsheen River on the west and bound- ed on the north by the Industrial District two hundred (200) feet north of Essex Street.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to take up Article 44 before Article 42.
Article 42-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $350.00 for printing Town By-Laws.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 42 as read.
Article 43-To see if the town will vote to accept sections 132 to 136 of Chapter 140, General Laws relative to smoke nuisance prevention.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept sections 132 to 136 of Chapter 140, General Laws relative to smoke nuisance prevention.
Article 44-To see if the town will vote to accept the recom- mendations of special committee for revision of building laws, and adopt these recommendations as the Building Code for the Town of Andover when approved by the Attorney General.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept the re- port of the Committee to Revise the Town Building Laws as printed in the Annual Town Report for 1949, Pages 138 through 157.
Article 45-To see if the town will vote to accept from M. T. Stevens & Sons Co., a parcel of land on the easterly side of Stevens Street as described on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk and entitled "Land of M. T. Stevens & Sons Co. in Andover, Mass., to be acquired for Stevens Street Widening," dated April, 1949, and prepared by C. T. Gilliard, Town Engineer.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 45 as read.
Article 46-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $550.00 for the purpose of constructing a press booth
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on the permanent bleachers at the Central Playstead, on petition of Andover Boosters Committee.
Article 47-To see if the town will vote to accept the sum of $4,399.00 received in 1949 for the perpetual care of lots in Spring Grove Cemetery, and $500.00 for lots in the South Church Ceme- tery on petition of Thaxter Eaton, Treasurer.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 47 as read.
Article 48-To determine what disposition shall be made of un- expended appropriations and free cash in the treasury.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED that all unexpend- ed appropriations be turned into the treasury except the follow- ing :
Article 8 (1946)-History of Andover $2000.00
Article 22 (1945)-Shaw Property Plans 2500.00
Article 4 (Dec. 1948)-Sewer-Morton St. 400.00
Article 19 (1945)-Water and Sewer Special Com. Study 716.50 Article 44-Sewer Chestnut Street 600.00
Board of Public Works Machinery Account 2088.76
Article 7 (Dec. 1948)-Central St. Bridge
70.68
Article 19-Andover Street Bridge
6103.04
Article 38 (1948)-Widening Dascomb Road
19.80
Article 54-Land and Wall, Dascomb Road Article 30 (1948)-Shawsheen School Yard
1500.00
Article 1 (May 1948)-Housing Authority 395.47
Article 5-Extending Water System
1283.05
Article 24-Pumping Equipment-Bancroft Road 6080.13 Article 33-Water-Red Spring Road 1200.00
That $15000.00 of the Overlay Reserve be transferred to the Reserve Fund, and that $65000.00 free cash be voted to the Assessors to reduce the 1950 tax rate, and to offset appropriations for capital outlays voted in preceding articles.
Article 49-To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept report of town officers and place on file.
Article 50-To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to adjourn at 11:18 P.M.
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758.07
SUPPLEMENTARY WARRANT
At 8:30 P.M. after motion duly seconded it was VOTED to take up Article One, Supplementary Warrant, with Article 19, Regular Town Meeting Warrant.
Article 1-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing and installing a new engine-driven centrifugal pump together with necessary diesel engine, foundations, piping, and other appurtenances, for use at Haggetts Pond Pumping Station, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appro- priate the sum of fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars for the purpose of purchasing and installing an electric-driven centrifugal pump together with the necessary electric motor, foundations, piping, and other appurtenances including provisions for connec- tion to a gasoline or diesel power unit to be used as a future auxiliary; for use at Haggetts Pond Pumping Station.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MODERATOR
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Howell M. Stillman Stanley F. Swanton George E. Abbot
Victor J. Mill, Jr. Harold G. Bowen Louis E. Gleason
Frederick W. Doyle
SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
Roy E. Hardy Stanley F. Swanton Gordon L. Colquhoun Kenneth L. Sherman Harold T. Houston C. Carleton Kimball Herbert P. Carter
SEWER AND WATER ADVISORY COMMITTEE Sidney P. White Joseph A. McCarthy William R. Edwards
The foregoing is a true record of the doings of the meeting. Attest:
GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Town Clerk
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Special Town Meeting NOVEMBER 13, 1950
Agreeably to a Warrant signed by the Selectmen, October 13, 1950, the Inhabitants of the Town of Andover, qualified to vote in Town Affairs met and assembled in the Memorial Auditorium on Bartlet Street on Monday, the Thirteenth Day of November, 1950, at 7:30 o'clock P.M.
The meeting was called to order by Moderator Arthur Sweeney at 7:30 P.M. Prayer was offered by Rev. Frederick B. Noss. Selectman J. Everett Collins led in a salute to the flag. Unani- mous consent of the meeting to admit several non-voters was asked. This vote failed to pass and the applicants were not ad- mitted.
The warrant and return of service by the Constable was read by the Town Clerk, as well as each article as it was taken up.
(Constable's return at the end of record.)
Article 1-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or take from available funds the sum of $1,200,000.00 for the pur- poses of acquiring land, and the construction of two elementary school buildings; one of twelve or eighteen basic class rooms on the Bartlet Street site now owned by the Town: the other of six basic class rooms in West Andover; $50,000.00 to be included in the 1951 tax levy, $75,000.00 to be taken from the post-war reha- bilitation fund, $275,000.00 to be taken from available funds, and the balance of $800,000.00 to be obtained by an issue of bonds payable in not over fifteen years from date of issue.
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED to use printed ballots on the final vote on Article 1.
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appropriate or take from available funds the sum of $1,200,- 000.00 for the purposes of acquiring land, and the construction of two elementary school buildings; one of twelve or eighteen basic class rooms on the Bartlet Street site now owned by the Town; the other of six basic class rooms in West Andover; $50,000.00 to be included in the 1951 tax levy, $75,000.00 to be taken from the post-war rehabilitation fund, $275,000.00 to be taken from avail-
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able funds, and the balance of $800,000.00 to be obtained by an issue of bonds payable in not over fifteen years from date of issue.
Counted ballots-Yes 1030; No 299.
Article 2-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of nine hundred dollars for the continuance of Depart- ment of Civil Defense from January 1st, 1951, through March 10th, 1951.
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of nine hundred dollars for the continu- ance of the Department of Civil Defense from January 1st, 1951, through March 10th, 1951.
Article 3-To see if the town will vote to re-zone to a private recreational area the following described property.
Beginning at a point in the Northerly line of Lowell Street at an iron post set in the ground by land formerly of one Jefferson, more recently of one Bailey: thence running North 18° 15' West by a wall by land now or formerly of said Bailey and by land now or formerly of one Biederman seven hundred seventy feet to a corner of a wall by land retained by one Agnes Wallace; thence turning by a fence by said retained land; thence running South 5°20' West by a wall thirty feet; thence running South 78° 35' West by a fence twenty-five feet to a point marked by a post, thence turning and running South 2° East one hundred feet by a wall to a post; thence running South 7º45' West one hundred thirty-two feet by a wall to a post; thence running South 16° 35' West one hundred thirty-two feet by a fence to Lowell Street, all of said boundaries being by land retained by the said Agnes Wallace; thence turning and running by said Lowell Street in three courses: South 73° East fifty-four feet, South 30' East six hundred seventy-four feet and North 78° 35' East fifty-eight and 5/10 feet to the point of the beginning, on petition of Richard K. Gordon and others.
A standing vote was taken and counted. Motion was lost, Yes 85; No 677.
Article 4-To see if the Town of Andover will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, the sum of $14,- 000.00 to constitute a general raise of ten dollars a week for all permanent full-time employees of the Town of Andover, on peti- tion of Joseph E. O'Brien and others.
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Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED to use printed ballots on the final vote on Article 4.
Upon motion made and duly seconded on Amendment to original motion it was VOTED that action on this article be re- ferred to the next regular town meeting in 1951 and that a com- mittee of three persons, other than elected officials or town em- ployees, be appointed by the Moderator to act with the heads of the various town departments to make a careful study of town salaries and wages and report their findings and recommenda- tions to the next annual Town Meeting.
Counted ballots. Yes 870; No 366.
Article 5. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED that the Moderator appoint a building committee to carry out work authorized in vote on Article 1.
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED to give the building committee a vote of thanks for the excellent work done on the subject of Article 1.
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED to ad- journ at 10:50 P.M.
The check lists were used and 1372 voters were admitted to the meeting.
(Constable's Return)
ESSEX, SS.
Andover, November 13, 1950
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I, the subscriber, one of the constables of the Town of Andover, have notified the inhabitants of said town, to meet at the time and places and for the purposes stated in said warrant, by posting a true and attested copy of the same, on the Town House, on each Schoolhouse, and in no less than five other public places where bills and notices are usually posted and by publication in the Andover Townsman. Said war- rants have been posted and published seven days.
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