Town annual report of Andover 1960-1962, Part 2

Author: Andover (Mass.)
Publication date: 1960
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 666

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ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Manager to purchase one utility truck with equip- ment for the use of the Water and Sewer Department and raise and appropriate the sum of $4,300.00 therefor.

Article 8 was withdrawn.

ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Manager to purchase a loader with backhoe equip- ment for the Public Works Department and raise and appro- priate the sum of $15,725.00 therefor.

Article 9 was withdrawn.

ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 for an engineering sur- vey and Master Plan on storm sewer drainage.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer the sum of $11,000.00 from available funds under Article 10.

ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 for the purpose of con- structing a drain from the Municipal Parking Lot on Main Street to School Street or Central Street. Easements for this construction to be obtained by gift, by purchase, or by seizure by right of eminent domain.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to transfer the sum of $4,000.00 from available funds under

Article 11, with the understanding that no expenditures will be made for the purchase of any easements. A quorum was present.

ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to transfer to the Highway Department for construction work done with State approval, that part of the allotment received from the Commonwealth under Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956 which was not used in Articles 23 of 1956, 13 of 1958 and 29 of 1958, $11,000 of which amount to be transferred as the Town's share of Chapter 90 construction for Dascomb Road.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer un- der Article 12 that part of the allotment received from the Commonwealth under Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956, and the balance remaining in Articles 23 of 1956, 13 of 1958 and 29 of 1958 in the amount of $21,295.65 -- $11,000 to be used for the Town's share of Chapter 90 construction for Dascomb Road and the balance for State approved high- way construction.

ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate, or transfer from available funds the sum of $44,000.00 for Chapter 90 Highway Construction, the Town to be reimbursed 50% by the State, 25% by the County, net cost to the town $11,000.00.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to transfer the amount of $33,000.00 from available funds un- der Article 13 and the amount of $11,000.00 transferred from Article 12 above.

ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate by taxation and/or available funds and/or by bond issue the sum of $260,000.00 for the purpose of con- structing a relief trunk sewer from Riverina Road Sewage Pumping Station to Essex Street, and then to the intercep- tor sewer on Essex Street, and authorize the Town to ac- quire the necessary easements by gift, by purchase, or by seizure by right of eminent domain.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously that the sum of $260,000.00 be appropriated for the purpose of constructing a relief trunk sewer from Riverina Road Sew- age Pumping Station to Essex Street and then to the inter- ceptor sewer on Essex Street, that, to meet the foregoing appropriation, $26,000 is to be used from available funds and the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, is authorized to issue $234,000 bonds or notes of the town payable in equal or diminishing annual installments within 15 years from their dates; and to authorize the town to

acquire the necessary easements by gift, by purchase, or by seizure by right of eminent domain. A quorum was pres- ent.

ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate, or transfer from available funds the sum of $7,000.00 for engineering studies required for town utilities to be relocated in connection with the con- struction of the new route 495.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer the sum of $7,000.00 from available funds under Article 15.

ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate, or transfer from available funds the sum of $35,000.00 for purchasing the correct size pipes and appurtenances for water and sewer lines to be installed in connection with the new route 495 during the construction period.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer the sum of $35,000.00 from available funds under Article 16.

A motion was made and seconded to adjourn at 5:30 P. M.

The meeting will be continued Monday, March 14, 1960 at 7:30 o'clock P. M.

ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 14, 1960

The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M., having been adjourned from March 12, 1960 after passing Article 16 and supplementary warrant Articles 1 to 3 inclusive.

The check lists were used at the entrance and showed 536 voters admitted to the meeting.

The meeting was called to order by Charles G. Hatch, Moderator, at 7:35 P. M.

Took up

ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate, or transfer from available funds the sum of $91,000.00 for improvements to the water system and authorize the construction hereinafter described.

1. To construct 1250 feet more or less of dikes on the easterly and northeasterly side of Haggetts Pond and to authorize the Selectmen to acquire easements

for access to the construction sites by purchase, by gift, or by seizure by right of eminent domain.

2. To install water mains not less than six and not more than 16 inches in size from Lowell Street to Sherbourne Street by way of Poor Street and William Street, a distance of 1800 feet more or less and on River Street and Lowell Junction Road to close in the dead ends .

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to transfer the sum of $51,000.00 from available funds under Article 17 for improvements to the water system and author- ize the construction hereinafter described.

1. To construct 1250 feet more or less of dikes on the easterly and northeasterly side of Haggetts Pond and to authorize the Selectmen to acquire easements for access to the construction sites by purchase, by gift, or by seizure by right of eminent domain. ($25,000.00)

ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to acquire the necessary land and easements for the Rogers Brook drainage construction, said land to be acquired by gift, by pur- chase, or by seizure by right of eminent domain and to raise by taxation and appropriation, or by transfer from available funds $20,000.00 therefor.

Article 18 was withdrawn.

ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the expenditure of $5,000. for Mosquito Control, said fund to be taken from money appropriated for Mosquito Control in 1959.

Article 19 was defeated.

ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Manager to install a sewer easterly along Summer Street for a distance of 285 feet, then southerly along Highland Road for a distance of 380 feet, and raise and appropriate the sum of $9,000. therefor, on petition of R. Milton Cole and others.

Article 20 was withdrawn.

ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to enact a By- Law for the Town under which the Town Manager, with the approval of the Selectmen, may sell any personal property of the Town which has become obsolete or is not required for further use by the Town and which does not, in the opinion of the Selectmen, exceed $1,000.00 in value.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Arti- cle 21 as printed.

ARTICLE 22. 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, General Laws, and acts amendatory thereto, or dependent thereon, and further raise and appropriate the sum of $2,470.00 therefor.

Article 22 was withdrawn. Included in School Committee budget.

ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to create a Special unpaid committee to be known as The Regional Voca- tional School District Planning Committee, to consist of three members, including one member of the School Commit- tee, all to be appointed by the Moderator, which Committee may join with a comparable committee, or committees, from one or more neighboring towns and/or city, to form a Re- gional Vocational School District Planning Board for the purpose of studying the advisability of establishing a Regional Vocational School District, and making recommen- dations relative thereto, pursuant to Chapter 71 of the General Laws, Sections 14 to 161, inclusive.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Arti- cle 23 as printed.

ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $12,000.00 for the purpose of pre- paring preliminary plans for a new elementary school in West Andover, and to determine whether the money shall be provided from available funds, or by bond issue; and fur- ther to have the moderator appoint a building committee; and to take any other action in relation thereto.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer from available funds the sum of $12,000.00 under Article 24, for the purpose of preparing preliminary plans for a new elementary school in West Andover, with no commitment for such expenditure to be made without the prior approval of both the School Committee and the Finance Committee. The Committee to be appointed by the Town Manager.

ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated available sums in the treasury, the sum of $5,000.00 for the con- struction of public tennis courts, the courts to be loca- ted and constructed under supervision of the Recreation Committee, on petition of Gaspar Jako and others.

Article 25 was defeated.

ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate by taxation or transfer from available funds, the sum of $25,000 to be spent by the Land Acquisition Committee, previously appointed by the Board of Selectmen, for the purpose of acquiring by purchase or by gift, land, and any buildings thereon, for such school sites as may be designated by the School Committee, for such areas as may be designated by the Recreation Committee, and for a fire station site as may be designated by the Committee appoint- ed for such purpose pursuant to Article 17 of the Warrant of the 1959 Town Meeting, and for the purpose of securing options or refusals or making down payments of part pay- ments on any such lands, including any buildings thereon, or obtaining easements; no money to be spent without the approval of the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee, and the Planning Board, on petition of the Land Acquisi- tion Committee, Harold R. Rafton, Chairman.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to transfer from available funds, the sum of $25,000 under Article 26, to be spent by the Land Acquisition Committee, previously appointed by the Board of Selectmen, for the purpose of acquiring by purchase, by gift, or by seizure by right of eminent domain, land, and any buildings there- on, for such school sites as may be designated by the School Committee, for such areas as may be designated by the Recreation Committee, and for a fire station site as may be designated by the Committee appointed for such pur- pose pursuant to Article 17 of the Warrant of the 1959 Town Meeting, and for the purpose of securing options or refusals or making down payments or part payments on any such lands, including any buildings thereon, or obtaining easements; no money to be spent without the approval of the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee, and the Planning Board. A quorum was present.

ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to accept a confirmatory deed to the Town from the Quannapowitt Council Inc., Boy Scouts of America of a parcel of land bounded northerly by Pomps Pond; northeasterly, easterly and northerly by land now or for- merly owned by the Quannapowitt Council Inc., Boy Scouts of America; easterly by land now or formerly of the Town

of Andover; southerly by land now or formerly of the Essex Sand & Gravel Company and by land of the Town of Andover; westerly by Spring Brook. Containing 2.7 acres, more or less. Said confirmatory deed will be accepted subject to the rights of the Quannapowitt Council Inc., Boy Scouts of America and its heirs and assigns to use a roadway on said land and to use said land for recreational purposes only, such rights to be subject to rules and regulations which may be established by the Town of Andover, its Board of Health and by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to protect the purity of the water supply; and to authorize the Selectmen to grant such rights to the Quannapowitt Council Inc., Boy Scouts of America and its heirs and as- signs by a separate document.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to accept Article 27 as printed. A quorum was present.

ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate by taxation or transfer from available funds the sum of $1478.33 to purchase a parcel of land from Sarah S. Youmans, consisting of about 19.75 acres situated on the west side of Greenwood Road, shown as Lot #1 on Assessors' Map #150 on file in the Assessors' Office of the Town of Andover, said sum being the total amount of taxes and betterment assessment owed to the Town of Ando- ver by Sarah S. Youmans for said parcel of land, on peti- tion of Virginia H. Hammond and others.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to transfer the sum of $1,478.33 from available funds under Article 28.

ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a gift from the Andover Village Improvement Society the tract of land known as Roger's Dell located at the inter- section of School Street and Lupine Road, on petition of Albert R. Retelle and others.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to accept Article 29 as printed.

ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to add a Para- graph 7 to Section IX, (Area & Yard Regulations) of the Zoning By-Law as follows :

7. Special Development Plans

The Planning Board may approve, according to the Sub- division Control procedures authorized in Sections 81K to 81GG of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, a subdivi- sion plan in the Single Residence C Districts for a

tract of 10 acres or more in which some of the indi- vidual lots do not conform specifically to the lot area, frontage, setback, or yard requirements of Sec- tion IX above, provided that:

b. The aggregate street frontage of lots in such proposed subdivision, counting only one frontage for corner lots, is not less than three-fourths of the product of the number of lots times the minimum frontage requirement for the zoning district in which the subdivision is located;

c. The proposed setback lines are clearly shown on the proposed subdivision plan and are deemed by the Board to be adequate under the specific conditions which pertain to the property in question;

d. The Planning Board finds that the proposed dis- position of lots and buildings, under the par- ticular circumstances involved, will make more efficient the provision by the Town, of health, Safety, protective, and other services without detracting from the character of the neighborhood.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to add a Paragraph 7 to Section IX, (Area & Yard Regulations) of the Zoning By-Law as follows :

7. Special Development Plans

The Planning Board may approve, according to the Sub- division Control procedures authorized in Sections 81K to 81GG of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, a sub- division plan in any Single Residence District other than Single Residence A District for a tract of ten (10) acres or more in which some of the individual lots do not conform specifically to the lot area, frontage, setback, or yard requirements of Section IX

above, provided that:

a. The total area of all lots in such proposed sub- division is not less than the product of the total number of lots times the minimum lot size for the zoning district in which the subdivision is located, and in no case shall an individual lot have less than two-thirds of the required lot size for the zoning district in which the subdivision is located;

b. The aggregate street frontage of lots in such proposed subdivision, counting only one frontage for corner lots, is not less than one-half of the product of the number of lots times the minimum frontage requirement for the zoning district in which the subdivision is located, and in no case shall an individual lot have less than 100' frontage.

c. The proposed setback lines are clearly shown on the proposed subdivision plan and are deemed by the Board to be adequate under the specific conditions which pertain to the property in question.

d. The Planning Board finds that the proposed disposition of lots and buildings, under the particular circumstances involved, will make more efficient the provision by the Town of health, safety, protective, and other ser- vices without detracting from the character of the neighborhood.

Said subdivision plan, when approved and recorded, shall be considered a supplementary part of this Zoning By-Law, and thereafter no land therein shall be sold and no lot line shall be changed in such way as to increase the ex- tent of nonconformity with the general provision of this By-Law. A quorum was present. A report of the Andover Planning Board relative to Article 30 was read by the secretary, Virginia H. Hammond.

ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by inserting in Paragraph 1 of Section IX as amended March, 1955 after the words "on file with the Town Clerk" the following: "and in Zone D for lot front- ages of not less than 225' and for lot areas not less than 2 acres".

Article 31 was defeated.

ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by inserting in Paragraph 3 (a) of Section IX as amended in March, 1955 after the words "on file with the Town Clerk" the following: "nor within 50' of the street line toward which it faces in Zone D"; and by in- serting after the words "and 40' in Zone C" the following: "and Zone D" .

Article 32 was withdrawn.

ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to change from Single Residence C to Single Residence D a portion of the Town bounded and described as follows: beginning at that intersection of the westerly side line of Route 93 right of way immediately north of the Lowell Branch of the B&M railway, and the Tewksbury/Andover Town Line; thence run- ning along said westerly sideline of Route 93, northerly to its intersection with the present Industrial C Zone; thence turning and running westerly along the southerly bound of said Industrial C Zone to the Merrimack River; thence turning and running southwesterly along the Merri- mack River to the Tewksbury/Andover Town Line; thence turning and running southeasterly along said town line to the point of beginning.

Article 33 was withdrawn.

ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to change from Single Residence C to Single Residence D a portion of the town bounded and described as follows: beginning at the northerly intersection of the easterly side of the Right of Way of Route 125 and the town line between Andover and North Andover and running southerly along the easterly side of said Right of Way to its intersection with the easterly side of the Right of Way of Route 28; thence turn- ing and running southerly along the easterly side of the right of way of Route 28 to its intersection with the Andover/North Reading Town Line; thence turning and run- ning easterly along said town line to its intersection with the Andover/North Andover Town Line; thence turning and running northwesterly along the Andover/North Andover Town Line to the point of beginning.

Article 34 was withdrawn.

ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to extend the Shopping Center District to include the Single Residence C property bounded and described as follows: beginning at a point on the northerly side of Lowell Street at its inter- section with the easterly line of new Route 93, thence running northerly 387' more or less to the southwesterly corner of the Shopping Center District land; thence

turning and running easterly 371' more or less to a point, said point being the northeasterly corner of land now or formerly of William Lowe; thence turning and running south- erly 190' more or less to a point at the northwesterly corner of land now or formerly of William McKeon; thence turning and running easterly 240' more or less to a point at the northeasterly corner of land now or formerly of Leo Silva; thence turning and running southerly 124' more or less to Lowell Street, the last four bounds all being by the Shopping Center District; thence turning and run- ning westerly by said Lowell Street 762' more or less to the point of beginning.

Article 35 was defeated.

ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by striking out Paragraph e of the Regula- tions of Section VIIC (Restricted Industrial District-West Andover Area) and substituting therefor:

"e. No plant shall be built within 50' of an existing highway nor within 40' of a prop- erty line. "

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to amend the Zoning By-Law by striking out Paragraph e of the Regulations of Section VIIC (Restricted Industrial Dis- trict-West Andover Area) and substituting therefor:

te. No plant shall be built within 50' of an existing highway nor within 40' of a prop- erty line."

A quorum was present. A report of the Andover Planning Board relative to Article 36 was read by the secretary, Virginia H. Hammond.

ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee of five members; one to be an accountant, one to be a construction engineer, one to be a lawyer, one to be engaged in planning, and the fifth to be engaged in finance; to study what new housing is costing and may be expected to cost the Town, in the way of new or expanded Town services and facilities, and the probable effect of such cost upon the tax rate; by means of already existing information obtained from Town Boards, Departments, or Committees, or from any other source outside of the Town records; and to ascertain from other communities, so far as is feasible, what steps have been taken to control such costs and their effect on the tax rate; and to report upon its findings to the Board of Selectmen at or before the next Town Meeting. Provided,

however, that the consideration of drainage be excluded from the scope of this Article, on petition of Harold R. Rafton and others.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee of five members; one to be an accountant, one to be an engineer, one to be a law- yer, one to be engaged in planning, and the fifth to be engaged in finance; to study what new housing is costing and may be expected to cost the Town, in the way of new or expanded Town services and facilities, and the probable effect of such cost upon the tax rate; by means of already existing information obtained from Town Boards, Depart- ments, or Committees, or from any other source outside of the Town records; and to ascertain from other communities, so far as is feasible, what steps have been taken to con- trol such costs and their effect on the tax rate; and to report upon its findings to the Board of Selectmen at or before the next Town Meeting. Provided, however, that the consideration of drainage be excluded from the scope of this Article.

ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town of Andover will vote to accept the provisions of Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, inserted by Section I of Chapter 223 of Acts of 1957, so that it may establish a Conservation Commis- sion for the promotion and development of the natural re- sources and for the protection of watershed resources of the town, on petition of the Andover Garden Club.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept the provisions of Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, inserted by Section I of Chapter 223 of Acts of 1957, so that it may establish a Conservation Commission for the promotion and development of the natural resources and for the protection of watershed resources of the Town.

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Town annual report of Andover 1960-1962, Part 2

Author: Andover (Mass.) Publication date: 1960 Publisher: The Town Number of Pages: 666

Author: Andover (Mass.)
Publication date: 1960
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 666