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Voted: (Unanimously) That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized and empowered in the name and on behalf of the Town to convey or release all the right, title and interest which the Town acquired under or by virtue of a certain deed of Julia E. Fuller to it, dated June 3, 1916, and recorded with Middlesex So. Dist. Deeds, book 4058 page 223, in and to the premises therein described, being a certain parcel of land situated on Lansdowne Road and Millett Street, containing 4342 square feet of land more or less, and shown as the lot No. 37 on a plan entitled "Plan of House Lots at Home- stead Park, Arlington, belonging to William Millett", drawn by J. O. Goodwin, Surveyor, dated May 1901, revised June 1902, recorded with said Deeds, plan book 138 plan 15; and to execute, acknowledge and deliver a proper deed for that purpose for the minimum amount of one dollar for such conveyance or release, and upon such other terms as the Selectmen shall consider proper.
Article 13 taken up. (To Revoke Tenement House Act.)
Voted : (Unanimously) That the Board of Select- men be and hereby is authorized and empowered in the name and on behalf of the Town to petition the General Court for authority to revoke the Town's acceptance of Chapter 635 of the Acts of 1912 entitled An Act Relative to Tenement Houses in Towns.
Article 14 taken up. (New Law Relative to Tene- ment Houses.)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town do not vote to petition the General Court for the enactment of a statute applicable to the Town of Arlington, relating to
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tenement houses as defined by Chapter 145 of the Gen- eral Laws or to buildings and other structures.
On motion of Hollis M. Gott:
Article 15 taken up. (Zoning-Massachusetts Ave- nue from Academy Street to Newman Way.)
On motion of Charles M. MacMillin, Chairman of the Planning Board :
Voted: That action on Article 15 be deferred until January 28, 1926.
· On motion of Hollis M. Gott:
Article 16 taken up. (Zoning-Lot 16 on T. H. Teel Estate.)
On motion of Charles M. MacMillin :
Voted: That action on Article 16 be deferred until January 28, 1926.
On motion of Hollis M. Gott:
Article 17 taken up. (Zoning-Massachusetts Ave- nue between Newman Way and Churchill Avenue to a Depth of One Hundred and Seventy Feet.)
Voted: (On rising vote, ninety-eight voting in favor, forty-nine in opposition, more than the necessary two- thirds; Messrs. Ladd, Bent, and Hendrick acting as tellers) That the Town's Zoning By-law be and hereby is amended by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in a Business District, the land on the southerly side of Massachusetts Avenue between New- man Way and Churchill Avenue to a depth of one hundred seventy (170) feet from the southerly side line of said Massachusetts Avenue.
On motion of Hollis M. Gott:
Article 18 taken up. (Zoning-Massachusetts Ave- nue between Churchill Avenue and Lockeland Avenue to a Depth of One Hundred Ten (110) Feet.)
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Voted: (On rising vote, ninety-two voting in favor. forty in opposition, more than the necessary two-thirds ; Messers. Ladd, Bent, and Hendrick acting as tellers) That the Town's Zoning By-law be and hereby is amended by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to - include in a Business District, the land on the southerly side of Massachusetts Avenue between Churchill Avenue and Lockeland Avenue to a depth of one hundred ten (110) feet from the southerly side line of said Massachu- setts Avenue.
On motion of Hollis M. Gott:
Article 19 taken up. (Zoning-Bounded Gloucester Street, Highland Avenue, Gray Street, Lockeland Ave- nue.)
On substitute motion of William A. Muller : Voted : (On rising vote, eighty-seven voting in favor, thirty-four in opposition, more than the necessary two-thirds; Messrs. Ladd, Bent, and Hendrick acting as tellers) That the Town's Zoning By-law be amended by including in the second or General Residence District, the land bounded northeasterly by Gloucester Street, northwesterly by Highland Avenue, southwesterly by Gray Street, southeasterly by Lockeland Avenue.
On motion of Hollis M. Gott:
Article 20 taken up. (Zoning-Corner Jason Street and Massachusetts Avenue.)
On motion of Charles M. MacMillin :
Voted: That action on Article 20 be deferred until January 28, 1926, at forty-four minutes after ten o'clock.
On motion of Earl A. Ryder :
Voted: That this meeting adjourn.
A True Record, Attest : E. CAROLINE PIERCE, Town Clerk
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Arlington, January 28, 1926.
Pursuant to the vote of adjournment on January 14, 1926, the Town Meeting Members met in the Town Hall on Thursday evening, January 28, 1926, notices having been sent by mail by the Town Clerk to the Town Meet- ing Members seven days before the meeting. Notices were published in the local paper and posted in three places in each precinct.
Lists of the duly qualified Town Meeting Members were used at the entrances of the meeting place and were in charge of James F. Higgins and Philip T. Robinson.
The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that one hundred and fifty-one members attended the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at five minutes past eight o'clock in the evening by the Moderator, John G. Brackett.
The Town Meeting Members who had not already been sworn were sworn by the Moderator.
On motion of William A. Muller :
Voted : That Article 21 be taken up. (Zoning- Massachusetts Avenue from High School Lot to Court Street.)
By permission of the Moderator, Mr. Walter C. Sar- gent presented to the Town Meeting Members the reasons why twenty abutting owners in this district were in favor of changing this territory from a single residence district to a business district.
On motion of William A. Muller:
Voted: (On rising vote, one hundred and sixteen voting in favor, thirty-two in opposition, more than the necessary two-thirds ; Messrs. Converse, Bent and Hardy acting as tellers) That the Town's Zoning By-law be
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and hereby is amended by altering the zoning map there- in referred to so as to include in a Business District all the area on the northerly side of Massachusetts Avenue, bounded southerly by Massachusetts Avenue, westerly by the High School lot, northerly by the Industrial Dis- trict and the Semi-Residence District, as shown on said zoning map, and easterly by Court Street.
Article 15 taken up. (Zoning-Massachusetts Ave- nue-Southerly-from Academy Street to Newman Way.)
On motion of Hollis M. Gott:
Voted : (On rising vote, one hundred and fourteen voting in favor, twenty in opposition, more than the nec- essary two-thirds; Messrs. Converse, Bent and Hardy acting as tellers) That the Town's Zoning By-law be and hereby is amended by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in a Business District all the area on the southerly side of Massachusetts Ave- nue bounded easterly by Academy Street, southerly by the General Residence District as shown on said map, westerly by Newman Way, so-called, and northerly by Massachusetts Avenue.
Article 16 taken up. (Zoning-Premises 792 Massa- chusetts Avenue.)
The following motion was made by Hollis M. Gott:
That the Town's Zoning By-law be and hereby is amended by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in a Business District the premises num- bered 792 on the southerly side of Massachusetts Avenue, and being lot 16 as shown on plan entitled "Partition Plan of the T. H. Teel Estate in Arlington, J. O. Goodwin, Surveyor, dated April 18, 1884" recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds, plan book 42, plan 3, and more particularly described in Article 16 of the Warrant.
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On rising vote, twenty-nine voting in favor, eighty- seven in opposition-less than the necessary two-thirds, the motion was lost; Messrs. Converse, Bent and Hardy acting as tellers.
Article 20 taken up. (Zoning-Corner of Massachu- setts. Avenue and Jason Street.)
The following motion of Hollis M. Gott being put before the meeting was declared lost by the Moderator.
That the Town's Zoning By-law be and hereby is amended by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in a Business District a certain lot of land containing seven thousand four hundred (7,400) square. feet, more or less, situated at the corner of Massachu- setts Avenue and Jason Street and more particularly described in Article 20 of the Warrant.
Article 22 taken up. (Zoning-Corner of Massachu- setts Avenue and Mill Street.)
On motion of Hollis M. Gott:
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town's Zoning By- law be and hereby is amended by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in a Business District all the land bordering on Massachusetts Avenue on the northerly side thereof at the southeasterly corner of Mill Street from the westerly corner of the property known as the Colonial Garage to the corner of Mill Street and having a frontage on Massachusetts Avenue of eighty-four and 85.100 (84.85) feet, and now in a single Residence District.
Article 23 taken up. (Zoning-Land 213 Broadway.)
On motion of Hollis M. Gott:
Voted : (Unanimously) That the Town's Zoning By-law be and hereby is amended by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in a Business District all that portion of land situated at 213 Broad-
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way, Arlington, and more particularly bounded and described in Article 23 of the Warrant.
On motion of Hollis M. Gott: Article 1 taken from the table.
There being no further business under Article 1, the Moderator declared the same disposed of.
The meeting adjourned at 9:25 o'clock in the evening.
A True Record, Attest : E. CAROLINE PIERCE, Town Clerk
TOWN WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex, ss. To any of the Constables of the Town of Arlington, in said County :
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the Consti- tution requires, to vote in elections, to meet at the polling places designated for the several precincts in said town on Monday, the first day of March, 1926, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following Articles, namely :
Article 1. To elect by ballot the following town officers : a Moderator for one year ; a Selectman for three years ; a Town Clerk for one year; a Town Treasurer for one year: a Collector of Taxes for one year ; one member of the Board of Public Works for three years ; one Asses- sor for one year; one Assessor for three years; three members of the School Committee for three years; two Trustees of the Robbins Library for three years; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one Park Commissioner for three years; two members of the Planning Board for three years; one Commissioner of the Sinking Fund for one year; one Commissioner of the Sinking Fund for three years; one Trustee of the Pratt Fund for five years; one Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons for one year; one Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons for five years ; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years; a Tree Warden for one year; also, in each precinct twelve Town Meeting Members for three years; one Town Meeting
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Member in Precinct 1 for one year; two Town Meeting Members in Precinct 1 for two years ; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 2 for one year; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 6 for one year; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 6 for two years.
For these purposes, the polls will be opened at seven o'clock A. M., and remain open until eight P. M., at each of the polling places designated, viz: Precinct One in the Crosby School Building, Winter Street; Precinct Two in the Hardy School Building, Lake Street ; Precincts Three, Four, Five and Six in the Town Hall; Precinct Seven in the Locke School Building, Park Avenue, Heights.
You are, also, required to notify and warn the said inhabitants to meet at the Town Hall in said Town on Friday, the twenty-sixth day of March, 1926, at eight o'clock in the evening to act on the following articles.
Article 2. To choose or appoint all other usual town officers not hereinbefore mentioned in such manner as, the Town may determine.
Article 3. To hear and act on the reports of the Board of Selectmen, of the committee under vote passed April 16, 1923, to investigate the matter of additional fire protection in the western part of the Town; of the committee under vote of April 16, 1923, to draw up regu- lations relating to land acquired by the Town in connec- tion with unpaid taxes and assessments; of the commit- tee under vote passed March 28, 1923, for the construc- tion of a fire department building ; of the committee under vote passed March 26, 1925, to procure plans and estimates for the construction of a building for the use of the Police Department; of the committee under vote passed May 28, 1925, to consider the amendment, alteration, repeal or revision of or addi- tions to the Town's By-Laws; of the committee under vote passed January 14, 1926, to consider the condition of Spy Pond; of the committee under vote passed
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January 14, 1926, to procure plans and estimates for the construction of a school building on land of the Town on Irving Street; and of other town boards and officers and of the Finance and other committees heretofore appointed.
Article 4. To make an appropriation for the Rob- bins Library.
Article 5. · To make an appropriation for the public schools of the Town; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the proper observance of Memorial Day; determine in what manner the money shall be expended ; or take any action thereon.
Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate $7,000 in accordance with the vote passed December 6, - 1904, for water used for public purposes.
Article 8. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the construction of permanent sidewalks and for the installing of curbstone; determine in what man- ner the money shall be raised ; or take any action thereon.
Article 9. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the use of the Highway Division; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action thereon.
Article 10. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the maintenance of the sewerage system; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action thereon.
Article 11. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the extension of the sewerage system; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action thereon.
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Article 12. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the extension of water mains; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action thereon.
Article 13. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the extension of storm drains; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action thereon.
Article 14. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the removal of snow and ice from the high- ways; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action thereon.
Article 15. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the collection and disposal of ashes, offal and rubbish; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action thereon.
Article 16. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for street lighting; or take any action thereon.
Article 17. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the engineering work of the Town; or take any action thereon.
Article 18. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation to be expended for suppressing the gypsy and brown tail moths under Chapter 132 of the General Laws and Amendments thereof; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action thereon. 1
Article 19. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the planting of trees, removal of dead and dangerous trees, and for the trimming and general care of existing trees, the same to be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden; or take any action thereon.
Article 20. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the maintenance and improvement of the
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public parks of the Town; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action thereon.
Article 21. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the payment of pensions to persons entitled to such pensions under the provisions of law accepted by the Town; or take any action thereon.
Article 22. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue for the year 1926, the same to be repaid directly from the pro- ceeds of said revenue ; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will authorize its Collector of Taxes to use all means of collecting taxes for the year 1926, which a Town Treasurer may use when appointed a Collector of Taxes.
Article 24. To determine in what manner the Town ways, highways, and bridges shall be repaired during the ensuing year.
Article 25. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation of the sum of one thousand ($1000) dollars or any other sum for the employment of district or other nurses; determine in what manner the money shall be raised or expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to con- struct a Building to be used for Police purposes upon the land of the Town situated on Central Street; make an appropriation for such construction; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee to Procure Plans and Estimates for the Construction of a Building for the Use of the Police Department)
Article 27. To see if the Town will authorize the sale, conveyance or other disposition of the building on the land . on Central Street, acquired by the Town for
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police purposes, under vote passed March 26, 1925; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee to Procure Plans and Estimates for the Construction of a Building for the Use of the Police Department)
Article 28. To see if the Town will appoint a com- mittee of five, same to be appointed by the Moderator · to secure sufficient land by purchase or otherwise, for park or playground purposes adjacent to the present reservoir of the Town of Arlington at Arlington Heights ; make an appropriation therefor; or take any action relat- ing thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 29. To see if the Town will make an addi- tional appropriation for the grading of and the construc- tion of walks upon the grounds of the new school build- ing on Lake Street, Brooks Avenue, so-called, and Chand- ler Street, so-called ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Hardy School Building Committee)
. Article 30. To see if the Town will make an addi- tional appropriation for the grading of the playground of the Cutter School lot; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Committee for Further De- velopment of Accommodations in the Cutter School District)
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to construct a schoolhouse on land of the Town on Irving Street: make an appropriation for such construction, including the cost of original equipment and furnishing ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Committee on New School Building on Irving Street)
Article 32. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the laying out and grading of the grounds,
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including walks, and other improvements, of the land of the Town on Irving Street; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Committee on New School Building on Irving Street)
Article 33. To see if the Town will appoint a com- mittee of five to procure plans and estimates for the con- struction of a Junior High School building on land of the Town situated on Tufts Street; make an appropria- tion therefor; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 34. To see if the Town will appoint a com- mittee of five to investigate and consider the matter of additional school accommodations; make an appropria- tion therefor ; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 35. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation to be expended for the improvement of, or in connection with, Spy Pond; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee appointed by . the Moderator at the special Town meeting held January 14, 1926, to consider the condition of Spy Pond)
Article 36. To see if the Town will appoint an Arlington World War Memorial Committee, consisting of citizens of the Town and two representatives from each of the organizations of the Town now represented on the Arlington World War Memorial Committee, so- called ; make an appropriation for their use; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 37. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation of two hundred ($200) dollars, or any other sum, for the observance of "Patriots' Day" April 19; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
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Article 38. To see if the Town will transfer the control of the so-called Crosby School Playground sit- uated at Winter Street from joint control of the School Committee and Park Commissioners to that of the Park Commissioners ; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Park Commissioners)
Article 39. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the improvement, development, and use of the playground situated between the "High School Lot" and the land of the Boston and Maine Railroad; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Park Commissioners)
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by purchase, or otherwise, all or any portion of the land bounded by Broadway, River Street, Warren Street, and Tufts Street for park purposes; make an appropriation for such acquisition; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Park Commissioners)
Article 41. To see if the Town will make an addi- tional appropriation or additional appropriations for the settlement of claims or the payment of damages in con- nection with the acquisition by the Town of land situated on Lake Street, on Park Avenue, on Central Street and on Irving Street, under votes passed respectively June 4, 1924; June 4, 1924; March 26, 1925, and May 28, 1925; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 42. To see if the Town will amend Article thirteen (13) of its by-laws so as to provide for the pay- ment of fees for the permits therein mentioned and for any and all inspections by the Inspector of Wires; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 43. To see if the Town will revoke its accept- ance of chapter six hundred and thirty-five of the Acts
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of nineteen hundred and twelve, being an act relative to tenement houses in towns; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Revision of Town By-laws)
Article 44. To hear and act upon the reports of the Committee appointed under vote passed May 28, 1925, to consider the Town's by-laws relating to buildings, structures and premises; to amend, alter, repeal, revise and add to such by-laws; to make an appropriation for the printing of such by-laws or for any purpose connected therewith and determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Revision of Town By-laws)
Article 45. To see if the Town will amend, alter, repeal, revise and add to Section thirteen (13) of its "Zoning By-law", adopted under vote passed May 15, 1924, relating to the "area of the floor or floors intended, arranged or used for living purposes on the same general level on any one lot" in the Semi-Residence, Business and Industrial Districts ; or take any action relating thereto.
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