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On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 3 be indefinitely postponed. On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That Article 6 be taken up out of order. A show of hands showed the vote to be nearly unanimous and the moderator declared the motion carried.
ARTICLE 6
To see if the town will vote to authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to purchase or take by right of eminent domain under Chapter 79 of the General Laws for school purposes a certain parcel of land includ- ing any buildings or structures thereon, bounded and described as follows:
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Beginning at a point in the northwesterly line of New Salem Street 75 feet southwesterly from the intersection of New Salem Street and Grand Passway, thence running southwesterly along the northwesterly line of New Salem Street to land now or formerly of Tobey about 854 feet, thence run- ning northerly and northwesterly by said Tobey 502 feet, thence running westerly by said Tobey about 220 feet, thence continuing westerly by land now or formerly of Burnham about 140 feet to land of Harco Realty Trust, thence northwesterly by land of said Harco Realty Trust about 140 feet to the southeasterly location line of the Boston & Maine Railroad, thence running northeasterly along said railroad location line about 565 feet to a point in said location line about 100 feet southwesterly from the southerly line of Salem Street, thence running southeasterly through lands now or formerly of LaCauza and of Larson about 420 feet; thence continuing southeasterly along the southwesterly lines of Reddington, Bridge, and Todd to land now or formerly of Jeffrey about 400 feet, thence running northeasterly by land of said Todd about 63 feet to land of Tucker, thence running along the southwesterly line of said Tucker about 99 feet, thence running northeasterly along above mentioned land of Tucker about 120 feet to land now or formerly of Hatch, thence running southeasterly by land of Hatch 124 feet to land now or formerly of Jeffrey, thence south- easterly through land of above mentioned Jeffrey to the northwesterly cor- ner of land now or formerly of Bigelow about 470 feet, thence continuing southeasterly by said Bigelow 120 feet to point of beginning.
The above mentioned premises include the greater portion of Lot 18 on Plat 29 owned by Josephine J. Jeffrey, Lot 12 on said Plat owned by Marion Dow, Lot 11 owned by Jesse M. Dow, Lot 8 owned by Philip W. and Ruth E. Rice, Lot A5 on Plat 16 owned by above mentioned Rice, Lot Al on Plat 16 owned by now or formerly James H. Hillsgrove or estate of said Hills- grove, portion of Lot 1 on Plat 29 owned by Gaetano LaCauza, portion of Lot Al owned by Ruth L. Larson.
And furthermore to instruct the Board of Selectmen to negotiate for the use of or purchase, or take by eminent doman, under the authority stated above, a strip of land 40 feet wide across the land of said LaCauza from the new boundary described above northerly to Salem Street.
And to raise and appropriate and/or appropriate by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account or by transfer from other available bal- ances, a sum of money sufficient to carry out the purposes of this article .- Junior High School Building Survey Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to purchase or take by right of eminent domain under Chapter 79 of the General Laws for school purposes a certain parcel of land including any buildings or structures thereon, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the northwesterly line of New Salem Street 75 feet southwesterly from the intersection of New Salem Street and Grand Passway, thence running southwesterly along the northwesterly line of New Salem Street to land now or formerly of Tobey about 854 feet, thence running northerly and northwesterly by said Tobey 502 feet, thence running westerly by said Tobey about 220 feet, thence continuing westerly by land now or formerly of Burnham about 140 feet to land of Harco Realty Trust,
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thence northwesterly by land of said Harco Realty Trust about 140 feet to the southeasterly location line of the Boston & Maine Railroad, thence running northeasterly along said railroad location line about 565 feet to a point in said location line about 100 feet southwesterly from the southerly line of Salem Street, thence running southeasterly through lands now or formerly of LaCauza and of Larson about 420 feet; thence continuing southeasterly along the southwesterly lines of Reddington, Bridge, and Todd and to land now or formerly of Jeffrey about 400 feet, thence running northeasterly by land of said Todd about 63 feet to land of Tucker thence running along the southwesterly line of said Tucker about 99 feet thence running northeasterly along above mentioned land of Tucker about 120 feet to land now or formerly of Hatch, thence running southeasterly by land of Hatch 124 feet to land now or formerly of Jeffrey, thence south- easterly through land of above mentioned Jeffrey to the northwesterly corner of land now or formerly of Bigelow about 470 feet, thence continuing southeasterly by said Bigelow 120 feet to point of beginning.
The above mentioned premises include the greater portion of Lot 18 on Plat 29 owned by Josephine J. Jeffrey, Lot 12 on said Plat owned by Marion Dow, Lot 11 owned by Jesse M. Dow, Lot 8 owned by Philip W. and Ruth E. Rice, Lot A5 on Plat 16 owned by above mentioned Rice, Lot A1 on Plat 16 owned by now or formerly James H. Hillsgrove or estate of said Hillsgrove, portion of Lot 1 on Plat 29 owned by Gaetano LaCauza, por- tion of Lot Al owned by Ruth L. Larson.
And furthermore to instruct the Board of Selectmen to negotiate for the use of or purchase, or take by eminent domain under the authority stated above a strip of land 40 feet wide across the land of said LaCauza from the new boundary described above northerly to Salem Street and appropriate by transfer from the Excess & Deficiency Account the sum of $65,000.00 to carry out the purpose of this article.
The vote in the affirmative was-Yes 217; No 58, and the moderator declared the motion carried.
ARTICLE 4
To see if the town will vote to build, with original equipment and fur- nishings and at a cost not to exceed one million dollars, a new Junior High School building on land bordering the northwesterly side of New Salem Street and lying generally westerly and southwesterly of Grand Passway, and to instruct the moderator to appoint a committee of eleven consisting of two members of the School Committee, the Superintendent of Schools, and eight other citizens to be authorized on behalf of the town to make and execute such agreements for architectural and technical ad- vice as may be necessary, to make studies and sketches sufficiently com- plete so that final cost figures may be obtained for the erection of the Junior High School building, including original equipment and furnishings therefor, said committee to consult with the School Committee on any action proposed before reporting to a future town meeting, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to be expended by the committee to carry out the purpose of this article or any vote passed thereunder .- Junior High School Building Survey Committee.
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On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To build and equip with original equipment and furnishings, at a cost not to exceed $1,000,000.00, a new Junior High School building on land bordering the northwesterly side of New Salem Street and lying gen- erally westerly and southwesterly of Grand Passway, and to instruct the moderator to appoint a committee of eleven members, consisting of two members of the School Committee, the Superintendent of Schools, and eight other citizens, to be authorized on behalf of the town to make and execute such arrangements for architectural and technical advice as may be necessary to make studies and sketches sufficiently complete so that final cost figures may be obtained for the erection of the Junior High School building, including original equipment and furnishings therefor, said committee to consult with the School Committee on any action pro- posed before reporting to a future town meeting, and appropriate by trans- fer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of $45,000.00, to be expended by the committee to carry out the purposes of this article or any vote passed thereunder.
The vote was taken at 9:17 P. M.
The result of the vote, as counted by the tellers, was-Yes 235; No 67, and the moderator declared the motion carried.
ARTICLE 5
To see if the town will vote to transfer control and jurisdiction from the Board of Selectmen, the Board of Public Welfare and any other town department having control and jurisdiction thereof, to the School Commit- tee of the Town of Wakefield the following described parcel of property, namely the land bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the southeasterly corner of the land owned by the Town of Wakefield, the control and jurisdiction of which was conveyed to the Wakefield School Department by Article 53 of the Annual Town Meeting of the year 1955, thence running northerly by the same above mentioned parcel 750 feet, thence running easterly a distance of about 150 feet to land now or formerly of Irene H. Astle, thence the line runs southeasterly along the land of said Astle, land now or formerly of Rufo or Ruffo and land formerly of the New England Provision Company, Inc., now Town of Wakefield, a distance of 1050 feet to the northerly line of a proposed taking by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, M. D. C., Parks Division, being a proposed way 60 feet wide leading easterly from Farm Street as shown on a plan recorded in South Middlesex Registry of Deeds on deed book 8544, page 274, thence westerly along the northerly line of said proposed taking in various courses, a total distance of some 768.59 feet to land of the Town of Wakefield, control of which was conveyed to the Department of Public Works by Article 21 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1957, thence northerly to the point of beginning; said parcel containing approximately 10.5 acres. -Junior High School Building Survey Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 5 be indefinitely postponed. On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To take up Article 1 again.
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On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the report of the Junior High Survey Committee be ac- cepted with gratitude as a final report of the committee.
ARTICLE 7
To see if the town will vote to perform work as provided for in Chap- ter 40, Section 6E of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts as accepted by the town at the annual town meeting of 1956, and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay therefor, or to transfer a sufficient sum from the Excess and Deficiency Account and/or other available funds .- Eugene J. Sullivan and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 7 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 8
To see if the town will vote to remodel, reconstruct or make extraor- dinary repairs to the Lafayette Building and to provide for such equipment and moving expenses as may be necessary, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor, or to transfer funds therefor from the Town Hall Fire Loss Account and/or from the Excess and Deficiency Ac- count or other available funds; or authorize the treasurer, with the ap- proval of the selectmen, to borrow and issue notes or bonds of the town therefor, and authorize the committee appointed under Article 68 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1952 and reappointed under Article 63 of the An- nual Town Meeting of 1953 to enter into contract therefor and to hire such professional services as they may deem necessary .- Town Hall Committee.
Motion by Finance Committee :
That the town vote to remodel, reconstruct or make extraordinary re- pairs to the Lafayette Building and provide for such equipment and mov- ing expenses as may be necessary and authorize the committee appointed under Article 68 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1952 and reappointed under Article 63 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1953 to enter into a con- tract therefor and to hire such professional services as they may deem necessary; and, to pay therefor, the sum of $43,120.79 be appropriated by transfer from the Town Hall fire loss account, of which sum not more than $9,000.00 shall be expended for moving expenses and equipment, and the sum of $1,879.21 be appropriated by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account, and authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow the sum of $50,000.00, under and pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 275 of the Acts of the year 1948, payable in annual installments within ten years or at such earlier time as the selectmen and treasurer may determine.
The result of the vote, as counted by the tellers, was-Yes 140; No 149, and the moderator announced that the motion was not carried, and many voters left the hall. Total vote-289.
After a little delay, Peter Volpe then offered the following motion:
That the subject matter of Article 8 be reconsidered.
After some discussion, the moderator announced that reconsideration could be accomplished by a majority vote. The announcement was ques-
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tioned by a voter. The moderator then requested a ruling from the town counsel, and the town counsel affirmed the moderator's ruling.
The vote to reconsider then was taken and, on a show of hands, the moderator declared the motion was carried in the affirmative.
Motion by Peter Volpe:
That the town vote to remodel, reconstruct or make extraordinary re- pairs to the Lafayette Building and provide for such equipment and mov- ing expenses as may be necessary and authorize the committee appointed under Article 68 of the annual town meeting of 1952 and reappointed under Article 63 of the annual town meeting of 1953 to enter into a contract therefor and to hire such professional services as they may deem neces- sary; and, to pay therefor, the sum of $43,120.79 be appropriated by transfer from the Town Hall Fire Loss Account, of which sum not more than $9,000.00 shall be expended for moving expenses and equipment, and the sum of $26,879.21 be appropriated by transfer from the Excess and De- ficiency Account.
Amendment by George F. Gardner:
That the town vote to remodel, reconstruct or make extraordinary re- pairs to the Lafayette Building and provide for such equipment and mov- ing expenses as may be necessary and authorize the committee appointed under Article 68 of the annual town meeting of 1952 and reappointed under Article 63 of the annual town meeting of 1953 to enter into a contract therefor and to hire such professional services as they may deem neces- sary; and, to pay therefor, the sum of $43,120.79 be appropriated by transfer from the Town Hall Fire Loss Account, of which sum not more than $9,000.00 shall be expended for moving expenses and equipment, and the sum of $1,879.21 be appropriated by transfer from the Excess and De- ficiency Account, and authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the se- lectmen, to borrow the sum of $50,000.00, under and pursuant to the pro- visions of Chapter 275, of the Acts of the year 1948, payable in annual in- stallments within ten years or at such earlier time as the selectmen and treasurer may determine.
The vote on Mr. Volpe's motion, as amended, as counted by the tellers, was-Yes 186; No 20, and the moderator declared the motion carried. Total vote-206.
ARTICLE 9
To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to lay and/or re-lay water mains of not less than 6 inches but less than 16 inches in diameter in any or all of the following streets or private ways;
Fellsmere Avenue approximately 770 feet
Clifton Avenue approximately 553 feet
Lotus Avenue approximately 325 feet
and for any other work of like construction where pipes of the same dimen- sions as mentioned above are used; to pay therefor, raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money, and/or appropriate by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account or from other available balances, and/or authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow and issue notes or bonds of the town therefor .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
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Voted: That the town authorize the Board of Public Works to lay and/or re-lay water mains of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter in any or all of the streets or private ways named in Article 9, and for any other work of like construction where pipes of the same diameter are used, and, to pay the cost thereof, the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be authorized to borrow the sum of $20,000.00 and issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, payable in annual install- ments in fifteen years or at such earlier time as the treasurer and select- men may determine.
The vote in the affirmative was unanimous. .
ARTICLE 10
To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to make repairs to the Fire Station .- Board of Public Works.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $265.00 by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account to carry out the purposes of Article 10.
ARTICLE 11
To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to con- struct sewers across private land and in or across highways hereinafter named:
a. Green Street, from an existing manhole 270' northerly of Sherman Road, approximately 1000' northwesterly to a dead end.
b. Stark Avenue, from an existing manhole 1055' southeasterly from Nahant Street, approximately 325' southeasterly to a dead end.
c. Myrtle Avenue, from an existing manhole 710' southerly from Greenwood Street, approximately 480' southerly to a dead end, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor and/or appropriate by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account or by transfer from other available balances or authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow and issue notes or bonds of the town there- for, and authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase or take by right of eminent domain easements in and over private land necessary in the construction works.
Motion by Finance Committee:
That the town vote to authorize and instruct the Board of Public Works to construct sewers in any or all of the streets or ways described in Paragraph C, Article 11, and to pay therefor, the town appropriate the sum of $1,450.00 by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account.
An amendment by George F. Gardner to include paragraph A, B and C, was voted in the negative.
A further amendment from the floor to include paragraph B was be- fore the meeting when, on motion by Gardner C. Reed, it was
Voted: That this meeting be adjourned to next Monday evening, June 17, 1957 at 7:30 P. M., in the Memorial High School auditorium.
Meeting adjourned at 11:18 P. M.
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Attendance:
Prec. 1
90
Prec. 2
80
Prec. 3
110
Prec. 4
55
Prec. 5
15
Total
350
A True Record:
Attest : CHARLES F. YOUNG,
Town Clerk
Adjourned Session, June 17, 1957
Meeting called to order at 7:38 P. M. by Moderator Roger H. Wingate in the Memorial High School auditorium.
ARTICLE 11 (Continued From June 10, 1957)
Former Moderator Harry Marshall questioned the legality of the meet- ing owing to a misprint in the warrant.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town authorize the Board of Public Works to con- struct sewers in the streets described in Article 11, paragraph (a) 200 feet in Green Street at a cost of $3,200.00, and paragraph (c) 145 feet in Myrtle Avenue at a cost of $1,450.00, and to purchase or take by right of eminent domain easements in and over private land necessary in con- struction of said sewers, and, to pay the cost thereof, the town appropriate the sum of $4,650.00 by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account.
ARTICLE 12
To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to make necessary repairs to existing facilities in the Water Division and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor, and/or appropriate by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account or by transfer from other available balances and/or authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen to borrow and issue notes or bonds of the town therefor .- Board of Public Works.
Motion by Finance Committee:
That the town vote to appropriate the sum of $2,100.00 by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account for the purchase of two new con- trollers for the 30 horse power pump at the Lower Level Sewerage Pump- ing Station.
Amendment by Chairman Sabatino Benedetto of the Board of Public Works:
To add $1,500.00 to the appropriation, the added money to be used to gravel-pack the Bay State Well.
The vote on the amendment was in the negative.
The original motion then was voted in the affirmative.
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ARTICLE 13
To see if the town will raise and appropriate and/or transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account, and/or transfer from other available bal- ances the sum of $1,357.23 to be applied to the following accounts:
Garage-Material and Supplies $939.74, Care of Dump-Contractual Serv- ices $235.00, Buildings-Town Hall-Personal Services $182.49 .- Board of Pub- lic Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $1,357.23 by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account to carry out the purposes of Article 13.
ARTICLE 14
To see if the town will vote to transfer jurisdiction to the Board of Public Works, the parcel of land shown as Lot 10 on Plat 40C of Assessors' Maps of the Town of Wakefield bounded and described as follows:
Easterly by Nahant Street by two courses a total of 491.3 feet; southerly by Town of Saugus by two courses a total of 1077 feet more or less; westerly by land now or formerly of Clarence Hogg, 521 feet more or less; northerly by land now or formerly of Clarence Hogg, 283 feet more or less and by land now or formerly of Thomas W. and Dorothy C. Hoag, 769 feet more or less to beginning, and containing about 12.9 acres .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To transfer jurisdiction to the Board of Public Works, the par- cel of land shown as Lot 10 on Plat 40C of Assessors' Maps of the Town of Wakefield bounded and described as follows:
Easterly by Nahant Street by two courses a total of 491.3 feet; south- erly by Town of Saugus by two courses a total of 1077 feet more or less; westerly by land now or formerly of Clarence Hogg, 521 feet more or less; northerly by land now or formerly of Clarence Hogg, 283 feet more or less, and by land now or formerly of Thomas W. and Dorothy C. Hoag, 769 feet more or less to beginning, and containing about 12.9 acres.
ARTICLE 15
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or appropriate by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account or from other avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to maintain the Farm Street Little League Field during the 1957 Baseball Season, or to see what the town will do about it .- Recreation Commission.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 15 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 16
To see if the town will vote to amend Section 7A of the Classification, Salary and Wage Plan of the Town of Wakefield, being Chapter 17 of the By-Laws of the Town of Wakefield, under the authority of Section 108A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, in the manner following:
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By adding to "Clerical, Fiscal and Administrative" of the said section a new classification of S-4, Assistant Town Clerk .- Personnel Board.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To amend Section 7A of the Classification, Salary and Wage Plan of the Town of Wakefield, being Chapter 17 of the By-Laws of the Town of Wakefield, under the authority of Section 108A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, in the manner following:
By adding to "Clerical, Fiscal, and Administrative" of the said section a new classification of S-4, Assistant Town Clerk.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved.
Meeting dissolved at 9:32 P. M.
Attendance:
Prec. 1
20
Prec. 2
22
Prec. 3
25
Prec. 4
29
Prec. 5
5
Total
101
A True Record:
Attest: CHARLES F. YOUNG,
Town Clerk
Special Town Meeting, July 1, 1957
Meeting called to order at 7:38 P. M. in the Memorial High School audi- torium by Moderator Roger H. Wingate, who read the call for the meeting. Constable's return read by the town clerk.
ARTICLE 1
To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to con- tract for the purchase of pumping and filtration equipment for the Water Division of the Department of Public Works and to pay the cost thereof the town raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money and/or appro- priate by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account and/or other available balances, and/or authorize the treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, or to see what the town will do about it.
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