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Adjourned at 10.06 P. M. Attendance 1000.
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - March 14, 1934
In accordance with a vote of the town passed March 12, a Referendum Vote on the question of restoration of town employees' salaries was held, a "Yes" and "No" ballot being prepared by the Town Clerk. The ballot boxes were inspected by the Moderator and Clerk and found empty. The Moderator declared the polls open at four o'clock, and balloting proceeded until nine o'clock when the polls were declared closed.
Ballots were counted by the Moderator and Clerk with the assistance of the Election Officers.
Total number of ballots cast 2684. "Yes", 750; "No", 1929; Blank, 5; and the vote was declared not carried.
On motion by Mr. Tenney.
Voted: That this meeting stand adjourned to Monday evening, March 19, at 7.45 o'clock. Adjourned at 9.25 P. M.
Committee under Article 2
Cyrus M. Dolbeare, William R. Lindsay, David Sliney, Walter Carley and John W. Hurley.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - March 19, 1934
Meeting called to order at 7.47 o'clock by Moderator O'Connell, Article 7 being in order.
ARTICLE 7
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $87,113.95 to be apportioned as follows:
Water Department
Salaries
$ 270.00
Expenses
45,140.20
Bonds
32,000.00
Interest
9,703.75
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $138,500 to be apportioned as follows:
Interest
Maturing Debt
$47,000.00 91,500.00
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town appropriate $265,735 from the receipts of the Municipal Light Department to be apportioned as follows:
Salaries
Department Expenses
$ 270.00 265,465.00
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ARTICLE 8
Art. 8. To see if the town will vote to adopt as a By-Law substan- tially the following :
Every board or officer in charge of a department may, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, sell or trade in, any personal property or material not required by such department, to be inserted in the Town By-Laws as Section 7 of Chapter 5 .- Finance Committee.
On motion by M. E. S. Clemons.
Voted: That the town accept the following amendment to its By-Laws, to be inserted in Chapter 5 as Section 7.
Section 7. Every board or officer in charge of a department may, with the approval of the Selectmen, sell or trade in, any personal property or material not required by such department.
Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 10
The Finance Committee reported in favor of the appropriation of $100,000 to carry out the purposes of Article 10.
On motion by Mr. Clemons.
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $100,000.00 to be ex- pended as set forth in Article 10, such sum to be in furtherance of and not in addition to the same sum heretofore voted therefor; and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is author- ized to issue bonds of the town to an amount not exceeding $70,000.00 to provide funds for carrying out the project referred to in said Article 10, the terms and interest rate to be determined by said Treasurer and Board of Selectmen. The authority to issue said bonds is granted to be exercised only if the present agreement with the United States through the Public Works Administration is changed from a loan and grant agreement to a grant agreement only by amendment or otherwise.
Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 11
Art. 11. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to reimburse Eugene J. Sullivan and J. Theodore Whitney for expenses incurred in connection with P. W. A. and C. W. A. work affect- ing the town .- Joseph A. Hines and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $50.00 to re- imburse Eugene J. Sullivan and $100.00 to reimburse J. Theodore Whitney to carry out the purposes of Article 11.
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ARTICLE 12
Art. 12. To see if the town will vote to return to the Town Treasury any part of the balance remaining January 1, 1934, of the income of the Municipal Light Plant for the year 1933 for the use of the town in reducing the tax rate for the current year .- Municipal Light Board.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That $16,500.00 of the Cash Balance of the Municipal Light Department of January 1, 1934, be returned to the Town Treasurer, and the Assessors be hereby authorized to use the same in computing the Tax Rate in 1934.
ARTICLE 13
Art. 13. ORDERED, That there be included in the tax levy for electricity used for street lights the sum of $18,000, and that said sum and . the income from sales of electricity to private consumers or for electricity supplied to municipal buildings or for municipal power, and from sales of appliances and jobbing during the current fiscal year, be appropriated for the municipal lighting plant, the whole to be expended by the man- ager of the municipal lighting under the direction and control of the municipal light board for the expense of the plant for said fiscal year, as defined in Section 57 of Chapter 164 of the General Laws, and that, if said sum and said income shall exceed said expense for said fiscal year, such excess shall be transferred to the construction fund of said plant and appropriated and used for such additions thereto as may thereafter be authorized by the Municipal Light Board .- Municipal Light Board, Marcus Beebe, 2nd, Chairman.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 13 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 14
Art. 14. To see if the town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to construct sewers in the following streets: Vernon Street, from Aborn Avenue northerly to Cordis Street, approximately 970 feet; Cordis Street, from Vernon Street westerly, approximately 1550 feet; and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor, or authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow and issue notes or bonds therefor .- Board of Health.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the Water and Sewerage Board be authorized to con- struct sewers as proposed under Article 14 and that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $9,100.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 14.
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ARTICLE 15
Art. 15. To see if the town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to construct a sewer in Broadway from Station 6 + 59 westerly approximately 180 feet to Station 8 + 39, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor, or authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow and issue notes or bonds therefor .- Board of Health.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the Water and Sewerage Board be authorized to con- struct sewers as proposed under Article 15 and that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,800.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 15.
ARTICLE 16
Art. 16. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $4,000.00 to resurface Main Street from the Boston & Maine Railroad crossing to Water Street, provided additional funds are provided by State and County. -Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 for the purposes named in Article 16 provided the State and County jointly appropriate $8,000.00
ARTICLE 17
Art. 17. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $3,000.00 to resurface North Main Street from Lowell Street to the Reading line provided additional funds are provided by State and County .- Board of Selectmen.
A motion by Mr. Sullivan to recommit was withdrawn.
A motion by Finance Committee to indefinitely postpone was lost.
On motion by Mr. Whitney.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 to resurface north Main Street from Lowell Street to the Reading line, pro- vided additional funds are provided by State and County, and further provided that no expense be incurred by the Water Department.
ARTICLE 18
Art. 18. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $1,500.00 to resurface and widen roadway on Salem Street from the Lynnfield line, provided additional funds are provided by State and County .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 18 be indefinitely postponed.
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ARTICLE 16
On motion by Mr. Whitney.
Voted: That Article 16 be taken up. Unanimous vote.
On motion by Mr. Whitney.
Voted: That the town reconsider the vote whereby the town voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 for the purposes named in Article 16, provided the State and County jointly appropriate $8,000.00.
Amendment by Mr. Eaton.
That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 to resurface Main Street from the Boston & Maine Railroad crossing to Water Street, provided sufficient additional fuuds are provided by State and County. Amendment voted and original motion as amended was then voted.
ARTICLE 19
Art. 19. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $4,800.00 to resurface Vernon Street from Lowell Street to Salem Street, provided additional funds are provided by State and County .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 19 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 20
Art. 20. To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the location of the private way known as Walnut Street, running from Chestnut Street to Gould Street .- Board of Selectmen.
Finance Committee recommends that the report of the Selectmen be accepted.
On motion by M. E. S. Clemons.
Voted: That the town accept and allow a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way in substantially the location of the Private Way known as Walnut Street, all as shown on a plan filed with - the Town Clerk with said report. This street to be laid out under the law authorizing betterments.
ARTICLE 21
Art. 21. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500.00 to carry out the purposes outlined in Article 20 or what it will do about it .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 21 be indefinitely postponed.
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ARTICLE 22
Art. 22. To see if the town will appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex as required by law on account of assessments levied on the town for its share of the principal of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital Funding Loan, Act of 1932, bonds maturing in 1934, issued in compliance with Chapter 10, Acts of 1932, also for any other indebtedness, incurred and outstanding under said Chapter 10, also for the town's share of the cost and interest on said bonds due in 1934, also for the town's share of the expense incurred under the provisions of Chapter 331 of the Acts of 1933 which provided for the settlement of certain claims of the Commonwealth against the Middlesex County « Tuberculosis Hospital District, also for the care, maintenance, and repair of said hospital for 1933, and including interest on temporary notes issued therefor, in accordance with sections of Chapter 111 of the General Laws applicable thereto, and for all other expenses in connection therewith, determine how the money shall be raised, or in any way act thereon .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $9,289.57 to carry out the purposes of Article 22.
ARTICLE 23
Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to authorize and direct its Board of Selectmen to take for a playground the following described property:
A strip of land between the present playground near the low level sewer pumping station and the brook westerly therefrom and bounded and described as follows:
Commencing at a stake in the Saugus River about six feet north of the bridge near the low level pumping station, thence running easterly about 31.14 feet; thence turning and running northerly by two courses, 174.58 feet; thence running westerly in a line parallel with said first- mentioned bound about 35 feet to said Saugus River; southerly by said river about 175 feet to the point of beginning, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 23 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 24
Art. 24. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the use of the Wakefield Visiting Nurse Association, the same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen .- Mary E. Eaton.
A motion by Finance Committee to indefinitely postpone was lost.
On motion by Mr. Heywood.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to carry out the purposes of Article 24.
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ARTICLE 25
Art. 25. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $28.77 to refund Frank Szydlowski on account of a Beer License issued April 25, 1933, and surrendered to the Board of Selectmen, Jan. 9, 1934, in accordance with Section 7, Chapter 376, Acts 1933 .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $28.77 to carry out the purposes of Article 25.
ARTICLE 26
Art. 26. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $250 for H. M. Warren Post No. 12, G. A. R., to use in its observance of Memorial Day .- Joseph W. Fuller and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 26.
ARTICLE 27
Art. 27. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $200 to cover part of the expense of rent of quarters for the United Spanish War Veterans .- Edward J. Gihon and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 27.
ARTICLE 28
Art. 28. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for Memorial Day purposes, for the use of the United Spanish War Veterans .- Edward J. Gihon and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 28.
ARTICLE 29
Art. 29. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 to be expended by the Corp. Harry E. Nelson Post, No. 63, Amer- ican Legion, for the proper observance of Memorial Day, May 30, 1934 .- John N. Heningar and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $175.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 29.
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ARTICLE 30
Art. 30. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $75.00 to be expended by the Corp. Harry E. Nelson Post 63, American Legion, for the proper observance of Armistice Day, Nov. 11, 1934 .- John N. Heningar and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $40.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 30.
ARTICLE 31
Art. 31. To hear and act upon a report of the Committee appointed under Article 35 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1932 .- Frederic S. Harts- horne and others.
Mr. W. E. Eaton reported for the committee.
On motion by Mr. Round.
Voted: That the report be accepted as a report of progress.
ARTICLE 32
Art. 32 To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to carry out the recommendations of the committee report- ing under the previous article .- Frederic S. Hartshorne and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $25.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 32.
ARTICLE 33
Art. 33. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00 and pay the amount to Olivier Lavallee for the damage done to his house last August by the Water Department .- Olivier Lavallee and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 33 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 34
Art. 34. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for Columbus Day purposes, for the use of the Italian Order of Columbian Pioneers .- Guiseppe Lariccia and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 34 be indefinitely postponed.
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ARTICLE 35
Art. 35. To see if the town will vote to place in charge of the Park and Cemetery Commissioners, the areas not used for highway purposes at the intersection of Elm, Prospect, Cedar and Emerson Streets. - Sarah A. Cowdrey and others.
On motion by Mr. Cowdrey.
Voted: That the areas named in Article 35 be placed in charge of the Park and Cemetery Commissioners.
ARTICLE 36
Art. 36. That the town authorize the expenditure of such amount as may be necessary from the special fund known on the town books as the Surplus War Bonus Fund, set aside under a previous town meeting under Article 37 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting in 1925, to defray the cost of preserving the likenesses in a permanent manner of the men of Wakefield who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War as a fitting memorial, and instruct the Selectmen to carry out the vote of the town .- John N. Heningar and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $1,575.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 36, the same to be taken from the Surplus War Bonus Fund so-called.
ARTICLE 37
Art. 37. To see if the Town of Wakefield will grant permission to Jennie Berman of Malden, Mass., her heirs and assigns, to use as a cemetery for burial purposes, and to sell lots therein, a certain parcel of land in said Wakefield bounded and described as follows:
Commencing at a point on the private way known as Lyons Lane opposite the southeasterly corner of land now or formerly of Albert and Clementine D'Ambrosia, said land is bounded on the west by said Lyons Lane opposite said D'Ambrosia land and land now or formerly of Charles M. Cheever for a distance of about 800 feet; on the north by a line about 600 feet in length; thence northeasterly by a line about 175 feet in length; thence easterly by a curved line about 875 feet in length to the northwesterly corner of land now or formerly of Beebe Farm, Inc., and thence southerly by a straight line about 585 feet to the point of beginning; said land containing about ten (10) acres; be all of said measurements more or less or however otherwise the said prem- ises may be measured, bounded or described. Said land is both subject to and entitled to the benefit of any and all rights of way or record or however otherwise legally acquired .- Albert W. Rockwood.
On motion by Mr. Wilder.
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Voted: That the subject matter of this Article be indefinitely post- poned.
ARTICLE 33
A motion by Mr. Lavallee to take up Article 33 was lost.
ARTICLE 38
. Art. 38. To see if the town will amend the Zoning By-Laws by add- ing the following under the Heading "Special Cases of Section 2, Single Residence Districts." The Board of Appeal may order the issuance of a permit for the alteration of dwellings having nine or more rooms and existing in the year 1934, into two family dwellings provided in each case the alteration is not injurious or detrimental to the neigh- borhood .- Board of Appeal.
On motion by Mr. Eaton.
Voted: That the town amend the Zoning By-Laws by adding the following under the heading, "Special Cases of Section 2, Single Resi- dence Districts." The Board of Appeal may order the issuance of a permit for the alteration of dwellings having nine or more rooms and existing in the year 1934, into two-family dwellings provided in each case the alteration is not injurious or detrimental to the neighborhood. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 39
Art. 39. To see if the town will vote to amend its Zoning By-Law by adding at the end of paragraph C, Section 6, the following new paragraph to be designated as paragraph D:
"The business of removal, for sale, of loam, sand, stone or gravel from Single and/or General Residence Districts shall be deemed, unless incidental to the erection of a building or other structure, a non- conforming use. Such use shall be permitted, as a variance, only under and by virtue of a special permit issued by the Board of Appeal. No such permit shall be granted by the Board of Appeal which, in its judg- ment, would adversely affect the health, safety, convenience and welfare of the neighborhood and/or of the town. Said Board may grant such permits under such conditions as it may deem necessary for the pro- tection of the health, safety, convenience and welfare of the neighbor- hood and/or of the town."-Town Planning Board.
Mr. Bridge reported for the Planning Board that a hearing was held on this amendment and no opposition developed.
The Town Clerk reported no protest had been filed.
On motion by Mr. Bridge.
Voted: That the town amend its Zoning By-Laws by adding at the
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end of paragraph C, Section 6, the following new paragraph to be designated as paragraph D:
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"The business of removal, for sale, of loam, sand stone or gravel from Single and/or General Residence Districts shall be deemed, unless. incidental to the erection of a building or other structures, a non-con- forming use. Such use shall be permitted, as a variance, only under and by virtue of a special permit issued by the Board of Appeal. No such permit shall be granted by the Board of Appeal which, in its judgment, would adversely affect the health, safety, convenience and welfare of the neighborhood and/or of the town. Said Board may grant such permits under such conditions as it may deem necessary for the protection of the health, safety, convenience and welfare of the neighborhood and/or of the town." Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 40
Art. 40. To see if the town will vote to rezone the area bounded as follows:
Beginning at a point on the westerly side line of Main Street on the present boundary line between Business and Residential Districts, which point is 260 feet northerly from a stone bound located at the northwesterly junction of Lowell and Main Streets; thence by the westerly side line of Main Street a distance of 344.7 feet to a point at the most northeasterly corner of land now or formerly of Mary E. Lich- tenhein; thence westerly along the northerly boundary line of said land. of Lichtenhein 467.8 feet to the easterly side line of Pratt Street; thence southerly along the easterly side line of Pratt Street to the present. boundary line of the Business District; thence southeasterly along said present boundary line of the Business District 620 feet to a corner, the last.described line running parallel to and 150 feet distant from the north- easterly side line of Lowell Street; and thence easterly along said bound- ary line of the Business District about 70 feet to the westerly side line of Main Street and the point of beginning; so that the entire area described above shall be changed from a Residential District to a Business District or what it will do in relation thereto .- George J. Heustis and others.
Mr. Bridge reported for the Planning Board that a hearing was held on this amendment and no opposition developed.
The Town Clerk reported no protest had been filed.
On motion by Mr. Bridge.
Voted: To rezone the area bounded as follows:
Beginning at a point on the westerly side line of Main Street on the present boundary line between Business and Residential Districts, which point is 260 feet northerly from a stone bound located at the northwesterly junction of Lowell and Main Streets; thence by the westerly side line of Main Street a distance of 344.7 feet to a point at the most northeasterly corner of land now or formerly of Mary E. Lich- tenhein; thence westerly along the northerly boundary line of said land
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of Lichtenhein 467.8 feet to the easterly side line of Pratt Street; thence southerly along the easterly side line of Pratt Street to the present boundary line of the Business District; thence southeasterly along said present boundary line of the Business District 620 feet to a corner, the last described line running parallel to and 150 feet distant from the north- easterly side line of Lowell Street; and thence easterly along said bound- ary line of the Business District about 70 feet to the westerly side line of Main Street and the point of beginning; so that the entire area described above shall be changed from a Residential District to a Business District. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 41
Art. 41. To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen, Planning Board and Welfare Board, relative to the sale or lease of that part of the Poor Farm not heretofore reserved by vote of the town for School or Welfare purposes, together with bids received therefor and take any appropriate action with relation to the same .- Board of Select- men.
On motion by Mr. Sullivan
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 41 be indefinitely postponed.
At this time Mr. Robbins asked permission of the meeting to intro- duce a Resolve endorsing the bill to co-ordinate the Police Force of the State. Unanimous assent not being secured, no action was taken.
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