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than 2/3 as required. A quorum was present.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $10,000 for the construction of sewers and surface drainage for Rogers Brook and its tributaries with the understanding that this sum and the sum of $195, 000 voted under Article 48 of the Warrant of the adjourned Town Meeting of March 12, 1960 will be used for construc- tion from the Shawsheen River to Main Street and for ease- ments throughout the length of the brook and with the fur- ther understanding that no sums will be used for construc- tion unless matching state funds, at least to the extent of $185,000 are determined by the Selectmen to be avail- able under Chapter 91 of the General Laws, and to author- ize the Selectmen to acquire on behalf of the Town the necessary easements throughout the length of Rogers Brook by gift, by purchase, or by seizure by right of eminent domain.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 under Article 22 as printed. The Vote YES 291 -- NO 138 -- voted by more than 2/3 as required. A quorum was present.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the vote passed under Article 48 of the Warrant of the ad- journed Town Meeting of March 12, 1960 appropriating $195, 000 for storm drainage purposes, except for $20,000 of said sum to be retained for damages resulting from easements secured under said article and to authorize the Selectmen to return to the present owners the easements secured.
Article 23 was withdrawn.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate or transfer from available funds, the sum of $2,000 to establish boundaries and lay out the lines of existing ways used publicly but not accepted as public ways by Town Meeting action.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer from available funds the sum of $2,000 under Article 24.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate or to transfer from available funds the sum of $28,000 to be added to the $22,000 appro- priated under Article 23 of the 1961 Town Meeting for the purpose of rough grading and installing sub-drainage of approximately twenty acres at the high school on Shawsheen Road, for physical education, athletics and recreation, according to a master plan prepared by Clinch, Crimp,
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Brown and Fisher, Architects, which is on file at the office of the Town Manager, all funds to be spent only with the prior approval of the School Committee, Town Mana- ger and the Finance Committee.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer from available funds the sum of $18,000.00 under Article 25.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to enter into agreements with the Boston & Maine Railroad and others relative to the establishment of automatic crossing gates at Essex Street, which agree- ments will require the Town to grant certain easements and to acquire land and easements by gift, by purchase, or by seizure by right of eminent domain and to transfer from available funds the sum of $25.00 therefor. A plan of all proposed relocations is on file at the office of the Town Manager .
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to transfer from available funds the sum of $25.00 under Article 26.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate, or transfer from available funds the sum of $2,000 for a reappraisal of plans for extension of the Memorial Hall Library building and a study of the adequacy of its heating plant, on petition of the Trustees of the Memorial Hall Library.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer from available funds the sum of $2,000 under Article 27.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to change from Single Residence "A" to Apartment District, the following parcel of land :
A certain parcel of land in Andover, Essex County, Massa- chusetts, bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at the Northerly abutment of the bridge across the Shawsheen River on the easterly side of North Main Street; thence running Northerly by said North Main Street, one thousand thirty-three (1033) feet, more or less, to land of Ellen Ayer Wood; Thence Easterly at right angles one hundred thirty (130) feet, more or less , by land of Ellen Ayer Wood to the Shawsheen River; Thence Southerly, easterly, southerly and southwesterly by the Shawsheen River to the point of beginning. The Northwest corner of the premises is at a point in the Easterly line of North Main Street four and 2/10 (4.2) feet South of a Massachusetts Highway Bound.
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Containing twelve and 8/10 (12.8) acres, more or less. Being that parcel of land indicated as "Windmill Lot" on a plan of lands of Maurice J. Curran drawn by Horace H. Smith, Engineer, and recorded Feb. 6, 1914, in North District of Essex Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 3, Plan 161, be the boundaries more or less as shown on said plan, on petition of Schlott Realty Co. Inc. and others.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to change from Single Residence "A" to Apartment District, the following parcel of land :
A certain parcel of land in Andover, Essex County, Massa- chusetts, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the Northerly abutment of the bridge across the Shawsheen River on the easterly side of North Main Street; thence running Northerly by said North Main Street, one thousand thirty-three (1033) feet, more or less, to land of Ellen Ayer Wood; Thence Easterly at right angles one hundred thirty (130) feet, more or less, by land of Ellen Ayer Wood to the Shawsheen River; Thence Southerly, easterly, southerly and southwesterly by the Shawsheen River to the point of beginning. The North- west corner of the premises is at a point in the Easterly line of North Main Street four and 2/10 (4.2) feet South of a Massachusetts Highway Bound.
Containing twelve and 8/10 (12.8) acres, more or less. Being that parcel of land indicated as "Windmill Lot" on a plan of lands of Maurice J. Curran drawn by Horace H. Smith, Engineer, and recorded Feb. 6, 1914, in North District of Essex Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 3, Plan 161, be the boundaries more or less as shown on said plan. The vote- YES 391 -- NO 75. Voted by more than 2/3 as required. A quorum was present. A report of the Andover Planning Board relative to Article 28 was read by Virginia Hammond.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell and convey Lot fifty-nine (59) on Assessor's Plat No. 88, for such amount and under such terms and restrictions as they may deem necessary and proper, on petition of Richard E. Barton and others.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to authorize the Selectmen to sell and convey Lot fifty-nine (59) or any portion thereof, on Assessor's Plat No. 88, for such amount and under such terms and restrictions as they may deem necessary and proper .
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to grant an easement fifty (50') feet in
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width across Lot numbered fifty-nine (59) on Assessor's Plat No. 88, for the purposes of a public way, said ease- ment to be along the Northerly bound of said lot and going from Beacon Street to land now or formerly owned by Kate S. and Lillian N. Pike, as shown on plan of land entitled: "Plan of Property in Andover, Mass., as Surveyed for Kate S. and Lillian N. Pike and Frances N. Johnson, dated October 1944, Clinton F. Goodwin, Engineer," being Parcel B thereon, said plan being recorded with the Essex North District Registry of Deeds as Plan No. 1496, a plan and description of which is on file at the office of the Town Clerk, on petition of Richard E. Barton and others.
Article 30 was withdrawn.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Town Manager to increase by ten percent (10%) the salaries and wages of all full-time and part-time employ- ees of the town with the exception of the School Teachers, on petition of the Andover Town Employees Association.
Article 31 was withdrawn.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 41, Section 111G as it applies to employees, on petition of the Town Employees Association.
Article 32 was withdrawn.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Town Manager to have printed a classification and com- pensation plan and personnel policy plan. All Town em- ployees to receive a copy and such plan to be reviewed an- nually. All employees to receive a copy of changes in said plan, on petition of the Andover Town Employees Asso- ciation.
Article 33 was withdrawn.
ARTICLE 34. To see what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations and free cash in the treasury.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED that the follow- ing unexpended appropriations be transferred to Surplus Revenue :
Item No.
1 Article 37, 1958-Trunk Sewer Lowell Street $ 3,821.14 and Shawsheen Hylands
2 Article 13, 1961-Loader with Backhoe Equipment
220.00
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Item No.
3 Article 1, 1956-South School $ 393.92 3,002.62
4 Article 24, 1960-Preliminary Plans, New Elementary School
5 Article 20, 1959-Additions to Library 630.31
6 Article 15, 1953-Purchase and Develop Parking Areas-Transferred to Meter Fund $941.90 .75
7 Article 15, 1960-Engineering Studies for Town Facilities Route 495
8 Article 1, 1957-Additional Water Supply 29,926.80
Ballardvale and Abbot Wells
9 Article 11, 1960-Construct Drain from 1,473.77 Municipal Parking Lot to School or Central Streets
10 Article 17, 1960-Main Construction Lowell 1,802.91 Street and Sherbourne Street
11 Article 31, 1957-Improvements to Water System 804.07
$43,018.19
ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to transfer $35,000.00 from Overlay Reserve to the Reserve Fund.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Arti- cle 35 as printed.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to permit the Assessors to use $200,000.00 free cash to reduce the 1962 tax rate and to offset appropriations for capital outlay voted at the 1962 town meeting.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to permit the Assessors to use $150,000.00 free cash to reduce the 1962 tax rate and to offset appropriations for capital outlay voted at the 1962 town meeting.
ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way and name Gardner Avenue in accord with plans on file at the office of the Town Clerk and as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, the said avenue having been in open, adverse, uninterrupted use by the public for over 50 years .
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Arti- cle 37 as printed.
ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate or transfer from available funds
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the sum of $24,000 for the purpose of constructing a drain on Gleason Street according to the master drainage plan of the Town, and authorize the town to acquire the necessary easements by gift, by purchase, or by seizure by right of eminent domain, no work to be done and no money to be spent until Gleason Street is accepted as a public way.
Article 38 was withdrawn.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way and name Charlotte Drive as approved August 3, 1959 by the Andover Planning Board and laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as shown on a plan entitled "Accept- ance Plan of Charlotte Drive in Andover, Mass." drawn by MacCarthy Engineering Service, Inc. of Natick, Massachu- setts. Both plan and description along with easement for recording purposes, being on file at the Town Clerk's office, on petition of J & E Company, Inc. and J. J. Sega- delli, Inc. and others.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Arti- cle 39 as printed, subject to receipt by the Town Clerk within three weeks of an instrument of conveyance signed by all interested parties granting the required easement to the town, and also subject to approval of the road by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way the extension of Juniper Road, as approved by the Andover Planning Board, laid out by the Board of Selectmen and shown on a plan entitled "Subdivision and Acceptance Plan, Juniper Road Extension", Andover, Massa- chusetts, dated October 5, 1960, by Clinton F. Goodwin, Reg. Prof. Engr., Haverhill, Mass. Both plan and descrip- tion, along with utility and drainage easements for record- ing purposes, on file at the office of the Town Clerk, on petition of Fred W. Doyle and others.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Arti- cle 40 as printed, subject to receipt by the Town Clerk within three weeks of an instrument of conveyance signed by all interested parties granting the required easement to the town, and also subject to approval of the road by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way and name Sequoia Lane running between Sheri- dan Road and Sagamore Drive for a distance of 700 feet as approved by the Planning Board and laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and as shown on a Plan entitled "Academy Acres", owner Roy R. Farr, and recorded with North Essex Registry of Deeds as Plan No. 4095, a plan and description
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along with drainage and utility easements for recording purposes being also on file with the Town Clerk for the Town of Andover, on petition of Roy R. Farr and others.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Arti- cle 41 as printed, subject to receipt by the Town Clerk within three weeks of an instrument of conveyance signed by all interested parties granting the required easement to the town, and also subject to approval of the road by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way and name Sagamore Drive, running Southerly from Wildwood Road for a distance of 1700 feet, as approved by the Planning Board and laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and as shown on a Plan entitled "Academy Acres", owner Roy R. Farr, and recorded with North Essex Registry of Deeds as Plan No. 4095, a plan and description along with drainage and utility easements for recording purposes being also on file with the Town Clerk for the Town of Andover, on petition of Roy R. Farr and others.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Arti- cle 42 as printed, subject to receipt by the Town Clerk within three weeks of an instrument of conveyance signed by all interested parties granting the required easement to the town, and also subject to approval of the road by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way and name Sheridan Road running Southerly from Wildwood Road for a distance of 2310 feet, as approved by the Planning Board and laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and as shown on a Plan entitled "Academy Acres", Owner Roy R. Farr, and recorded with North Essex Registry of Deeds as Plan No. 4095, a plan and description along with drainage and utility easements for recording purposes being also on file with the Town Clerk for the Town of Andover, on petition of Roy R. Farr and others.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Arti- cle 43 as printed, subject to receipt by the Town Clerk within three weeks of an instrument of conveyance signed by all interested parties granting the required easement to the town, and also subject to approval of the road by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way that portion of Shepley Street shown on a plan of land entitled: "Plan A Showing Property Owned by Tex- tile Realty Co., located in Shawsheen Village, Andover, Mass., John Franklin, C. E., dated June 1932," recorded
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with the North Essex Registry of Deeds as Plan No. 876, a description of said portion to be accepted, together with a copy of said plan having been filed in the office of the Town Clerk, on petition of Frederick W. Bradley and others .
Article 44 was defeated.
ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town of Andover will vote to accept as a public way, Birch Road as approved by the Planning Board and laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown on a plan entitled, "Subdivision and Acceptance Plan ' West Center Acres', Owner, Ruth T. Stevens, approved March 1956, Engineer, Clinton F. Goodwin," said plan being recorded in the North District of Essex Registry of Deeds as Plan #3235. Plan and description, along with drainage and utility easements for recording purposes being on file with the Town Clerk, on petition of Albert E. Schlott and others.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Arti- cle 45 as printed, subject to receipt by the Town Clerk within three weeks of an instrument of conveyance signed by all interested parties granting the required easement to the town, and also subject to approval of the road by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town of Andover will vote to accept as a public way, Thresher Road as approved by the Planning Board and laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown on a plan entitled, "Subdivision and Acceptance Plan 'West Center Acres', Owner, Ruth T. Stevens, approved March 1956, Engineer, Clinton F. Goodwin," said plan being recorded in the North District of Essex Registry of Deeds as Plan #3235. Plan and description, along with drainage and utility easements for recording purposes being on file with the Town Clerk, on petition of Albert E. Schlott and others.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Arti- cle 46 as printed, subject to receipt by the Town Clerk within three weeks of an instrument of conveyance signed by all interested parties granting the required easement to the town, and also subject to approval of the road by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 47. To see if the Town of Andover will vote to accept as a public way, West Parish Drive, as approved by the Planning Board and laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown on a plan entitled, "Subdivision and Acceptance Plan 'West Center Acres', Owner, Ruth T. Stevens, approved March 1956, Engineer, Clinton F. Goodwin," said plan being
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recorded in the North District of Essex Registry of Deeds as Plan #3235. £ Plan and description, along with drainage and utility easements for recording purposes being on file with the Town Clerk, on petition of Albert E. Schlott and others.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Arti- cle 47 as printed, subject to receipt by the Town Clerk within three weeks of an instrument of conveyance signed by all interested parties granting the required easement to the town, and also subject to approval of the road by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 48. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way and name Linwood Street as shown on a Plan entitled "Acceptance Plan of Proposed Linwood Street; owner: Andover Shawsheen Realty Co., F. W. Stowers, Reg. Surveyor, Methuen, Mass .; Scale: Horizontal 1"-40', verticle 1"-10" dated November, 1951, which is on file in the office of the Town Clerk, on petition of Donald K. Ellsworth and others.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Arti- cle 48 as printed, subject to receipt by the Town Clerk within three weeks of an instrument of conveyance signed by all interested parties granting the required easement to the Town.
ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of $54,000.00 for Chapter 90 Highway Construction, the town to be reimbursed 50% by the State, 25% by the County, net cost to the town $13,500.00.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer from available funds the sum of $54,000.00 for Chapter 90 High- way Construction, the town to be reimbursed 50% by the State and 25% by the County.
ARTICLE 50. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Upon motion made by Karl Haartz and duly seconded, it was was VOTED to open each annual Town Meeting hereafter with the placing of a suitable bouquet of red, white and blue flowers, front and center, in the hall in respect to those who have passed on in military service. (Have Town Meeting members stand for fifteen seconds) .
Upon motion made and duly seconded, it was VOTED to ad- journ at 4:13 P. M.
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The foregoing is a true record of the doings of the meeting.
ATTEST:
IRVING O. PIPER Town Clerk
RECOUNT
March 17, 1962
The Board of Registrars met at the Town House at 9:00 o'clock A. M. for the purpose of recounting the votes cast for School Committee for Three Years at the Annual Town Election held on March 5, 1962. Petitions were filed for said recount in all Precincts in behalf of Reta V. Buchan. Notices of said meeting were sent according to law to all candidates.
The ballots were carefully examined and votes counted and totaled as follows :
RECOUNT
PRECINCTS
CANDIDATES
TOTALS
1 2 3 4 5 6
489
9 249 349 423 151 664
Reta V. Buchan
2335
513 281 399
491 121 692
John S. Sullivan
2497
615 416 406 320 226 362
Vincent P. Davey
2345
315 177 212
261 145 193
Charles Liponis
1303
298 203 178 165
93 143
Blanks
1080
ORIGINAL COUNT
485 259 347 424 151 664
Reta V. Buchan
2330
517 283 399 490 120 692
John S. Sullivan
2501
613 413 403 320 227 361
Vincent P. Davey 2337
318 173 213 260 145 192
Charles Liponis
1301
297 208 182 166 93 145
Blanks
1091
Length of session -- 42 hours
A true record
ATTEST:
BOARD OF REGISTRARS
IRVING O. PIPER, Clerk
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Report Of The Town Clerk
To Thomas E. Duff, Town Manager
I hereby submit my report for the Office of the Town Clerk for the year 1962.
The total number of registered voters in Andover as of October 5, 1962 was 9,726 by Precincts as follows:
1 2054
4 1760
2 1344
5 -- 779
3 1752
6 - - 2037
VITAL STATISTICS
Number of births recorded
339
Males
186
Females 153
Number of deaths recorded
172
Males
80
Females 92
134
Number of marriages recorded
FEES
Fees collected and turned over to the Town Treasurer:
Marriage Intentions
$ 304.00
Alcoholic Beverage Licenses
9,050.00
One-Day Alcoholic Beverage Licenses 60.00
Auto Dealers' Licenses 175.00
Common Victualers' Licenses 50.00
Certified copies of Vital Statistics
596.50
Uniform Commercial Code Fees
1,070.00
Fish and Game License Fees
176.45
Dog License Fees
357.00
Street Lists
312.00
Miscellaneous Fees
457.20
Total Fees
$ 12,608.15 Respectfully submitted,
IRVING O. PIPER, Town Clerk
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Report Of Town Manager
To the Citizens of Andover:
The year 1962 has been a year of study and research on several major issues for our community and, for the most part, the decisions to be made on these programs will come, we trust, at our 1963 Town Meeting. The proposed construction of new municipal buildings and the Urban Renewal Study have been developed to a point where this problem can be voted on intelligently at the 1963 Town Meeting. Working in har- mony with these two studies, we have started on a ten year capital expenditure program which will serve to give us a basic financial direction for a planned growth of services and civic improvements with due consideration to the effect on the tax rate. The three year study of a Master Drainage Program for the center, south, and western sections of Andover has been completed and will also be presented for consideration at the forthcoming Town Meeting.
The reports of each individual department which follow in this Annual Report explain in detail the services, work programs, and develop- ments that have demanded the coordinated efforts of all our employees, town boards and committees, and town officials in order to render the best service to our citizens. For this effort, we are all grateful and I wish to express to all the participants my thanks and apprecia- tion for a job well done. In Andover we are fortunate to have a reservoir of willing workers with the initiative and ability to be able to serve on the many projects that have become necessary with increased subdivision development and the resulting population growth which has placed increased demands on local government. With this team effort, we should be willing to accept the challenge of redevel- oping and reassembling our Center Core Area of the Business District.
1962 has been another successful year for Andover in that we were able to maintain a $26.00 tax rate for the fifth straight year while con- tinuing to expand our employee benefits, construct a new 18-room ele- mentary school, initiate garbage collection for the entire town, ex- tend our water main facilities, develop a Recreation Department and extend our recreation area facilities at Pomps Pond, improve our Fire Department apparatus, purchase a new ambulance, and extend improved services in many of our other departments.
This stable pattern of growth should serve to make it possible for our community to venture on a task of revitalizing our downtown busi- ness area and to accommodate a new municipal building program to properly coordinate our growing town activities, thus channeling new subdivision development traffic into a pattern of a Center Core Area. Our studies and surveys on the re-use of land in the center of town tend to place the emphasis on upgrading our municipal facilities while, at the same time, developing a general plan for private enter- prise to use the authority of government to increase their services
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