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p. Renwick Road from an existing manhole at the junction of Spring Street and Renwick Road northerly in Renwick Road a distance of ap- proximately 300 feet.
q. 1. Beginning at an existing manhole at the intersection of Elm Street and Parker Road; thence southeasterly along Parker Road approx- imately 900 feet to its intersection with Outlook Road; thence westerly along Outlook Road approximately 660 feet to a dead end manhole at Strathmore Road.
2. From the high points on Outlook Road and Outlook Circle; thence cross country to an existing sewer in Brook Street a total of approximately 2100 feet.
r. From an existing manhole in Prospect Street at the intersection of Park Avenue, approximately 300 feet in Park Avenue to the Stoneham- Wakefield Town line, and in Bellevue Road from the Stoneham-Wakefield Town line approximately 250 feet to the intersection of Park Avenue and Bellevue Road.
and to see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money
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therefor and/or authorize the treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow and issue notes or bonds of the Town therefor and/or appropriate by transfer from available balances and authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase or take by right of eminent domain easements in and over private land necessary for the construction, maintenance and repair of said sewers.
-Board of Health.
Motion by Finance Committee:
That the Town vote to authorize and instruct the Board of Public Works to construct sewers in the streets described in Article 39, paragraphs e, i, j, l, m, o, p, q and purchase, or take by right of eminent domain, ease- ments in and over private land necessary for the construction, maintenance and repair of said sewers, and to pay the cost thereof the town raise and appropriate the sum of $111,990.83, and appropriate by transfer the sum of $38,009.17 from the following unexpended balances:
Article 2 - Special Town Meeting Aug. 13, 1956 1,042.30
Article 59 - Annual Town Meeting 1957 26,051.67
Article 57 - Annual Town Meeting 1957 1,351.16
Article 19 - Annual Town Meeting 1952 8,927.26
Article 21 - Annual Town Meeting 1952 636.78
An amendment by Merle G. Jones to eliminate paragraph "M" and appropriate $108,490.83 and transfer the sum of $38,009.17 was not voted.
An amendment by Theodore H. von Kamecke to eliminate "M" and "P" and appropriate $107,190.83 and transfer $38,009.17 was voted in the negative, also.
The original motion, by the Finance Committee then was voted in the affirmative by a unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 40
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for fencing and guard rails.
-Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $835.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 40.
At this time a motion by Mr. Finklestein to take up Article 21 for recon- sideration was not voted.
ARTICLE 41
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from other available funds, a sufficient sum of money for the reconstruction of Foundry Street from Maple Street to Broadway, and to authorize the Board of Public Works to acquire by purchase or by eminent domain pro- ceedings, rights and easements necessary in connection therewith, or take any other action in relation thereto.
-Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 41 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 42
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the construction of sewers for surface drainage in the Town,
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and to authorize the Board of Public Works to acquire by purchase or by eminent domain proceeding rights and easements necessary in connection therewith for construction, maintenance and repair, and to authorize and instruct the treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow and issue notes or bonds of the Town therefor, and/or by transfer from other available funds.
-Board of Public Works.
Motion by Finance Committee:
That the Town authorize the Board of Public Works to construct sewers for surface drainage in Spring Street, Hart Street, Valley Street, and pipe a brook from Stedman Street to Converse Street, and construct a new culvert at the Boston & Maine tracks on Lowell Street; to acquire by purchase or by eminent domain proceedings, rights and easements necessary in con- nection therewith for construction, maintenance and repair and to provide therefor, the town raise and appropriate the sum of $16,000.
Amendment by Chairman Sabatino Benedetto:
To authorize the Board of Public Works to construct sewers for surface drainage in various streets of the town, including Spring Street, Hart Street and Valley Street; to pipe a brook from Stedman Street to Converse Street; to construct a new culvert at the Boston and Maine tracks on Lowell Street; to acquire, by purchase or by eminent domain proceedings, rights and easements necessary in connection therewith for construction, main- tenance and repair; and to provide therefor, the town raise and appropriate the sum of $16,000.
The vote on the amendment was in the affirmative, and it was:
Voted Unanimously: That the original motion, as amended, be adopt- ed.
ARTICLE 29 TAKEN FROM TABLE
On motion by Mr. Green, it was voted to take Article 29 from the table.
Mr. Green withdrew his previous amendment, and offered a new amendment to appropriate $13,142.29 to construct the sidewalk on the westerly side of North Avenue from a point opposite Fielding Street to Church Street and to raise and appropriate by transfer $8,057.71 from the following balances:
From Article 27 of Annual Meeting of 1960
$22.13
Article 33 of 1960 -
$246.67
Article 44 of 1958 - 5.40
Article 3 of Special Meeting Oct. 13, 1959 $
84.00
Article 13 of Annual Meeting of 1960
2,316.26
Article 14 of Annual Meeting of 1960
5,293.00
Article 59 of Annual Meeting of 1960
89.50
Article 24 of Annual Meeting of 1960 .75
The amendment was voted in the affirmative and the original motion, by the Finance Committee then was voted, unanimously.
ARTICLE 43
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to construct a bituminous concrete parking area on the Moulton Playground.
-Board of Public Works.
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On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 43 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 44
To see if the town will vote to accept for highway purposes, a grant of land bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the northerly sideline of Albion Street, the line runs southwesterly a distance of 19.00 feet along said northerly sideline of Albion Street, to a point at the intersection of the easterly sideline of Tuttle Street; thence northwesterly along said easterly sideline of Tuttle Street, a distance of 19.00 feet to a point of tangency; thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on a curve to the left with a radius of 15.24 feet; a distance of 27.27 feet to the point of beginning. Said parcel containing 81.69 square feet, more or less; all as shown on a plan entitled, "Plan of Land to be used for street pur- poses in Wakefield, Mass.," by Wakefield D.P.W., Engr. Div., dated May 27,1960.
-Board of Public Works.
Kenneth W. Thomson, chairman of the Planning Board, reported that his board voted unanimously to recommend this acceptance.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That Town accept the grant of land described in Article 44.
ARTICLE 45
To see if the Town will vote to accept, for highway purposes, a grant of land bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point of curve on the westerly sideline of Lake Street, the line runs northwesterly along said westerly sideline of Lake Street, a distance of 41.38 feet to a point on the southerly sideline of Albion Street; thence Southwesterly along said Southerly sideline of Albion Street, a distance of 41.38 feet to a point of tangency; thence northeasterly, easterly and southeasterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 30.00 feet, a distance of 56.61 feet to the point of beginning. Said parcel contains 392.25 square feet, more or less; all as shown on a plan entitled, "Plan of Corner Taking, Albion and Lake Streets, Wakefield, Mass.," by Wakefield D.P.W. Eng. Div., dated March 11, 1960.
-Board of Public Works.
Kenneth W. Thomson reported that the Planning Board, at a meeting held February 7, 1961, considered the proposal described in Article 45, and unanimously voted to recommend favorable action.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the Town accept the grant of land described in Article 45.
ARTICLE 46
To see if the town will vote to authorize the abandonment for nom- inal consideration, of a portion of an easement in land owned by Louis L. Nutile and Mary E. Nutile, taken by the Town of Wakefield for the con- struction, maintenance and repair of public drains, by Order of Taking dated August 18, 1959, recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 9440, Page 376, and shown on a plan entitled, "Plan of Drainage Easement on Myrtle Avenue", by Wakefield B.P.W., also duly recorded, said portion thereof to be abandoned being bounded and des- cribed as follows:
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Beginning at a point 35.85 feet Southeasterly of the Easterly sideline of Myrtle Avenue, the line runs 73.26 feet to land of Boston and Maine Rail- road; thence 17.17 feet northerly; thence 48.43 feet Northwesterly to a point; thence 22.74 feet Westerly to the point of beginning.
-Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted Unanimously: To abandon a portion of an easement in land owned by Louis L. Nutile and Mary E. Nutile, taken by the Town of Wake- field for the construction, maintenance and repair of public drains by Order of Taking dated August 18, 1959, recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 9440, Page 376, and shown on a plan entitled, "Plan of Drainage Easement on Myrtle Avenue," by Wakefield B.P.W., also duly recorded, said portion thereof to be abandoned being bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point 35.85 feet Southeasterly of the Easterly sideline of Myrtle Avenue, the line runs 73.26 feet to land of Boston and Maine Railroad; thence 17.17 feet northerly; thence 48.43 feet Northwesterly to a point; thence 22.74 feet Westerly to the point of beginning.
ARTICLE 47
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to accept on behalf of the Town conveyances or easements from time to time, giving the Town the right to slope land back from the street lines and construct retaining walls.
-Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: To authorize the Board of Public Works to accept, on behalf of the Town, conveyances or easements from time to time, giving the Town the right to slope land back from the street lines and construct retaining walls, such authorization to extend until the next annual Town meeting.
ARTICLE 48
To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 40, General Laws Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Section 6F; an act provid- ing for the making of repairs on private ways.
-Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To accept the provisions of Chapter 40, General Laws Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, Section 6F; an act providing for the making of repairs on private ways.
ARTICLE 49
To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee of five citizens, one of whom shall be the Fire Chief and a mem- ber of the Board of Public Works, to study the location and erection of a Fire Station in the Greenwood Section of the Town and report back at some future town meeting.
-Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
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Voted: To instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee of five citizens to study the location and erection of a fire station in the Green- wood section of the Town.
ARTICLE 50
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to construct six tennis courts on the Hall Park property.
-Recreation Commission.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 50 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 51
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to be used by the Board of Public Works for the purpose of in- vestigating the cost of installing a regulation 90-foot baseball diamond on the Rice property, so-called, on New Salem Street.
-Recreation Commission.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To direct the Board of Public Works to investigate the cost of installing a regulation 90 foot baseball diamond on the Rice Property so-called, on New Salem Street; said work to be done within the scope of the budgetary appropriation for the Engineering Division of the Depart- ment of Public Works.
ARTICLE 52
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to construct a Chain Link Fence addition to the present Back- stop on Dolbeare Field.
-Recreation Commission.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 52.
ARTICLE 53
To hear and act on a report of the Town Planning Board on the status of the Master Plan for which an appropriation was made under Article 44 in the warrant fo the 1959 annual town meeting.
-Planning Board.
Laurence J. Mccluskey read the report of the Planning Board which explained what a Master Plan is - "a comprehensive study which encom- passes and accumulates all the factual data concerning present day land uses, zoning population, school and library needs, parking, traffic and rec- reation. This data is then assembled and projected toward the orderly development of the town in the future."
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the report be accepted as a report of progress.
ARTICLE 54
To see if the Town will vote to amend the second paragraph of (d) Board of Appeals in Section 8. of the Zoning By-laws by changing the fee
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for a hearing from $20.00 to $30.00 so that the paragraph as amended will read "All appeals under this By-law shall be accompanied by a fee of $30.00 to cover expenses incidental to such appeal."
-Planning Board.
Kenneth W. Thomson read the report of the Planning Board, stating that a hearing was held on March 7, 1961, and the Planning Board approved. On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted Unanimously: To amend the second paragraph of (d) Board of Appeals in Section 8 of the Zoning By-laws by changing the fee for a hearing from $20.00 to $30.00 so that the paragraph as amended will read "All appeals under this By-law shall be accompanied by a fee of $30.00 to cover expenses incidental to such appeal."
ARTICLE 55
To see if the Town will vote to amend Article 1. of Section 6. of the Building Laws of the town by providing that the fee for appeals shall be $30.00 instead of $20.00 as provided therein.
-Planning Board.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To amend Article 1, of Section 6, of the Building Laws of the Town by providing that the fee for appeals shall be $30. instead of $20. as provided therein. The vote in the affirmative was unanimous.
ARTICLE 56
To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning By-laws by striking out paragraph (a) of Section 8 Enforcement and substituting in place thereof the following:
(a) No building or structure shall be erected, added to or structurally altered and no foundation shall be constructed until a permit therefor has been issued by the Building Inspector. All applications for such permits shall be accompanied by two (2) copies of a layout or plot plan showing the exact size and location of the lot and the location thereon of all present and proposed buildings and offstreet parking areas; said layout or plot plan shall be accompanied by a certificate of a registered profes- sional engineer that the plan conforms to all applicable requirements of the Zoning By-laws.
The Building Inspector shall not approve any application or issue any permit for the erection, addition to or alteration of any building or structure unless all plans, specifications and the intended use conform in all respects with the provisions of the Zoning By-laws.
-Planning Board.
Kenneth W. Thomson read the report of the Planning Board stating that a hearing was held, after due advertising, on March 7, 1961, and the Planning Board recommended favorable action.
Motion by Mr. Thomson:
To amend the Zoning By-laws by striking out paragraph (a) of Section 8, Enforcement, and substituting in the place thereof the following:
(a) No building or structure shall be erected, the perimeter of an existing building shall not be enlarged and no foundation shall be con- structed until a permit therefor has been issued by the Building Inspector.
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All applications for such permits shall be accompanied by two (2) copies of a layout or plot plan showing the exact size and location of the lot and the location thereon of all present and proposed buildings and offstreet parking areas; said layout or plot plan shall be accompanied by a certif- icate of a registered land surveyor or a registered professional engineer that the plan conforms to all applicable requirements of the Zoning By- laws.
The Building Inspector shall not approve any application or issue any permit for the erection, addition to or alteration of any building or struc- ture unless all plans, specifications and the intended use conform in all respects with the provisions of the Zoning By-laws.
After considerable discussion, the "previous question" was voted at 10:24 P.M.
The vote on the motion was then voted in the negative.
ARTICLE 57
To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 2, Single Residence Districts, by eliminating the use numbered 8., Physicians' and doctors' offices, and renumbering 9. Accessory use, to 8.
-Planning Board.
Kenneth W. Thomson read the report of the Planning Board, stating that a hearing on Article 57 was held on March 7, 1961, and all legal requirements complied with.
A motion by Mr. Thomson to amend Section 2 was voted in the neg- ative.
On motion by George F. Gardner:
Voted: That this meeting be adjourned to next Thursday evening, March 23rd, in the auditorium of the Memorial High School building at 7:30 P.M.
Meeting adjourned at 10:41 P.M.
Attendance:
Precinct 1
80
Precinct 2
78
Precinct 3
148
Precinct 4
101
Precinct 5
30
Total
437
A True Record:
Attest: CHARLES F. YOUNG,
Town Clerk.
Adjourned Session, March 23, 1961
Meeting called to order at 7:34 P.M. by Moderator Roger H. Wingate. ARTICLE 58
To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-laws and Zoning Map by extending from One Hundred (100) feet to One Hundred-Fifty (150) feet that portion of the present district on the Southerly side of Nahant Street bounded and described as follows:
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Beginning at a point Four Hundred-Twenty (420) feet West of the present Easterly end of the business district on the Southerly side of Nahant Street; thence turning at a right angle and running SOUTHERLY Fifty (50) feet; thence turning at a right angle and running WESTERLY One Hundred-Ten (110) feet; thence turning at a right angle and running Fifty (50) feet to the present business district line, said line being One Hundred (100) feet Southerly of and parallel to Nahant Street.
-John Gallugi and Others.
On motion by Chairman Thomson:
Voted Unanimously: To amend the Town's Zoning Map and Zoning By-laws by extending from One Hundred (100) feet to One Hundred-Fifty (150) feet that portion of the present Business District near Hart Street on the Southerly side of Nahant Street bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point Four Hundred-Twenty (420) feet West of the present Easterly end of the Business District near Hart Street on the Southerly side of Nahant Street; thence turning at a right angle and running Southerly Fifty (50) feet; thence turning at a right angle and running Westerly One Hundred-Ten (110) feet; thence turning at a right angle and running Fifty (50) feet to the present Business District line, said line being One Hundred (100) feet Southerly of and parallel to Nahant Street.
Lewis Day asked for and received unanimous consent of the meeting to offer the following:
RESOLUTION:
Whereas: The Town of Wakefield has been indicated among the com- munities which has been contemplated as the area for expansion and ex- tension of the Metropolitan Transit Authority and
Whereas: The Metropolitan Transit Authority has been represented as an organization of diverse characteristics which have a major influence and impact upon the economy and society of a community
Be It Resolved: That this Town Meeting direct the Town Moderator to appoint a committee of three citizens to work with the Board of Select- men in the protection of the Town's interests in the matter of mass trans- portation.
On motion by Burton F. Whitcomb:
Voted: That the resolution be adopted.
ARTICLE 59
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the moderator to appoint a special unpaid committee to be known as a Regional School District Plan- ning Committee to consist of three members, including one member of the School Committee, in accordance with Section 14 of Chapter 71 of the General Laws of Massachusetts.
-School Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the Town vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a special unpaid committee to be known as a Regional School District Plan- ning Committee to consist of three members, including one member of the School Committee, in accordance with Section 14 of Chapter 71 of the General Laws of Massachusetts.
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ARTICLE 60
To hear and act upon the report of the Committee appointed by the Moderator under authority of Article 51 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1960, to conduct a long-range survey of the Library needs of the Town of Wakefield.
-Library Survey Committee.
The report of the committee was read by Imar K. Salmassy.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the report be accepted as a report of progress.
ARTICLE 61
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) to cover the cost of participation of retarded children of the Town of Wakefield in the Retarded Children's Camp pro- gram in the Town of Stoneham.
-Moses M. Frankel and Others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $500. to carry out the purposes of Article 61.
ARTICLE 62
To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars for the Maternal, Infant and Health Guidance program, exclusive of therapeutic nursing for the Town of Wakefield, the same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen to the nurse supervisor of the Wakefield Visiting Nurse Association for direction of this program.
-Mrs. Philip L. McAuliffe and Others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500. to carry out the purposes of Article 62.
ARTICLE 63
To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the observance of the Christmas season of 1961 by the decoration and illumination of public buildings and public streets, and the decoration of Christmas trees upon municipal land, or what it will do in relation thereto.
-Wakefield Chamber of Commerce.
Frederick W. Bliss read a statement prepared by the president of the Chamber of Commerce explaining decorations and economical program compared to nearby communities.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000. to carry out the purposes of Article 63.
ARTICLE 64
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to lease for a period of one year suitable headquarters for the use of the various veterans organizations listed below:
Sergeant Gerald F. Scott Amvets Post 145 - $1,200.00.
Wakefield Post 2106, Veterans of Foreign Wars - $1,200.00.
Col. Allen C. Kelton Det. Marine Corps League - $600.00.
,
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Corp. H. E. Nelson Post 63 American Legion - $1,000.00.
and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to carry out the purpose of this article.
-John J. Mackay and Others.
Motion by Finance Committee:
To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 to carry out the purposes of Article 64.
Amendment by Merritt H. Tenney to raise and appropriate $4,000 to carry out the purposes of Article 64.
On motion by John Morley, the "previous question" was voted at 8:25 P.M.
The vote on the amendment was in the affirmative: YES, 154 - NO, 136.
The original motion, as amended, then was voted in the affirmative.
ARTICLE 65
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $380.00 for the proper observance of Veterans Day, November 11, 1961 to be expend- ed by Corporal Harry E. Nelson Post No. 63, American Legion; Corporal Charles F. Parker Camp No. 39, United Spanish War Veterans; Wakefield Post No. 2106, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Marie E. Riess Post No. 376, American Legion; Colonel Allen C. Kelton Detachment, Marine Corps League; Sergeant Gerald F. Scott Post No. 145 AMVETS.
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