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Article 16 taken up. (Laying out of Philips Street)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Webster Street to Franklin Street, substan- tially in the location of the private way known as Philips Street, as more particularly described in Article 16 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the as- sessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board au- thorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 17 taken up. (Laying Out of Scituate Street)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Gray Street to Longfellow Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Scituate Street, as more particularly described in Article 17 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board au- thorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 18 taken up. (Laying Out of Sunset Road)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Bow Street to Blossom Street, substantially in
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the location of the private way known as Sunset Road, as more particularly described in Article 18 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 19 taken up. (Alteration of Way: Appleton Place)
Voted: (By standing vote Messrs. Buttrick, Dutcher and Wyman acting as tellers, 115 in the affirmative and 73 in the negative) That the sum of six thousand five hundred eighty-two and 82/100 (6,582.82) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the relocation, alteration, con- struction of, and specific repairs, including land damages, if any, upon all or any portion of the way known as Apple- ton Place extending from Appleton Street to a point approximately 150 feet southerly as now existing or as hereafter altered and as more particularly described in Article 19 of the Warrant, under the provisons of law authorizing the assessment of betterments or otherwise, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; said sum to be raised by gen- eral tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
Article 20 taken up. (Construction of Ways)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of fifty-two thousand nine hundred forty and 76/100 (52,940.76) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the original con- struction of ways, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting, including land damages and the cost of storm drains, pavement and corner edgestones, but with- out sidewalks, laid at the time of such construction, all under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment
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of betterments; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works as follows, except that such amounts thereof not exceeding a total of one thousand (1,000) dollars, as may be awarded as damages by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works shall be expended under the direction of the said Joint Board:
Bailey Road (Article 13) $8,427.84
Burch Street (Article 14) 8,332.69
Gloucester Street (Article 15) 4,121.16
Philips Street (Article 16)
2,728.42
Scituate Street (Article 17) 15,182.32
Sunset Road (Article 18)
14,148.33
$52,940.76
Article 21 taken up. (Easements in Land)
Voted: (Unanimously-More than the necessary two- thirds.)
That the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works be and hereby is authorized and empowered on behalf of the Town, to purchase or take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire, easements in lands adjoining the location of ways, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting, consisting of the right to have the lands of said locations protected by having the surface of such adjoining lands slope from the boundaries of said loca- tions; that for this purpose the sum of one thousand (1,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direc- tion of said Joint Board.
Article 22 taken up. (Overdrafts)
Voted: (Unanimously) That sum be appropriated and expended in the following manner to pay debts, obli-
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gations, and expenses incurred for the following purposes prior to January 1, 1934; in connection with snow and ice removal, the sum of ninety-seven hundred and sixty-six and 09/100 (9,766.09) dollars to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works ; in connection with the Public Welfare Department for Welfare aid, the sum of thirty-three hundred forty-eight and 61/100 (3,348.61) dollars to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen; and that all said sums be raised by general tax.
Article 23 taken up. (G. A. R. Hall: Repair, Main- tenance)
Voted: That the town do not repair and maintain the building on Massachusetts Avenue known as Grand Army Hall for the headquarters of the various organizations of war veterans of Arlington.
Article 24 taken up. (G. A. R. Hall: Remodeling for War Veterans)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the town do not make any appropriation to repair and remodel the building on Massachusetts Avenue known as Grand Army Hall.
Article 25 taken up. (G. A. R. Hall: Committee on Plans)
Voted: That the town do not appoint a committee to investigate the advisability of repairing or remodeling the building on Massachusetts Avenue known as Grand Army Hall.
Article 26 taken up. (Abandonment of Exterior Lines)
Voted: (Unanimously) (More than two-thirds) That the town does hereby abandon and relinquish whatever interest or title, if any, it may have or seem to have by virtue of an attempted taking establishing exterior lines
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of a way from Medford Street to Mystic Street, the es- tablishment of which lines was accepted by the Town by a vote not recorded as being a two thirds vote under Article 8 for a Town Meeting held on April 9, 1930; and as more particularly referred to in Article 26 of the Warrant.
Article 27 taken up. (Perpetual Care of Cemetery Lots)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town do approve the following proposed regulation of the Cemetery Com- missioners relative to the sale of lots in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, to wit: "Every lot in Mount Pleasant Cemetery shall be sold under perpetual care."
Article 28 taken up. (Reduction of Town Meeting Members)
Voted: That the town do not reduce the number of town meeting members from eighteen to six.
Article 29 taken up. (Civil Service: Fire Department)
The motion to lay this Article on the table was lost.
The substitute motion of William E. Taylor being put before the Meeting was lost.
Voted: (More than two-thirds) That Section 48 of Chapter 31 of the General Laws and any amendments thereto relative to Fire Departments be and hereby is accepted
Article 30 taken up. (Alteration of Town's Building Code)
Voted: (Unanimously-More than two-thirds.)
- That the Town do amend or alter the Town's by-law known as the "Building Code" by adding at the end of paragraph (b) of Section 1-11 of Division 1-Administra- tion, the following sentence: "A fee of Three Dollars,
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shall be paid by the applicant for filing the sketch plan required by this section" so that said paragraph shall read as particularly defined in Article 30 of the Warrant: and that the sum of twenty-five (25) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for publishing such amended paragraph, said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 31 taken up. (Acceptance of General Laws: Sale of Food Products on the Lord's Day)
Voted: (Unanimously-More than two-thirds.)
That Sections 7 and 8 of Chapter 136 of the General Laws and any amendments thereto relating to the grant- ing to reputable persons who on secular days are retail dealers in ice cream, confectionery, soda water or fruit, licenses to keep open their places of business on the Lord's day for the retail sale of said food products only be and hereby are accepted.
Article 32 taken up.
Voted: That the Town's Zoning By-law be not amended by altering the Zoning map therein referred to so as to include in a Business District the area bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at the point on the easterly side of River Street at the southerly boundary of the Business District a distance of 97 feet, more or less, from the southerly side line of Decatur St. thence easterly on the said southerly boundary of the Business District to a point 100 feet from the side line of River Street thence southerly 100 feet east of and parallel to the easterly side line of River Street a distance of 105 feet, thence westerly a distance of 100 feet to a point on the easterly side line of River Street, thence northerly on the easterly side line of River St., a distance of 105 feet to the point of beginning.
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Article 33 taken up.
Voted: (Unanimously-More than two-thirds.)
That the Town's Zoning By-law be amended by alter- ing the Zoning map so as to include in a Business District all of a certain parcel of land beginning at the point of curve on the easterly side line of Forest Street, thence northeasterly and easterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 80.28 feet, a distance of 132.28 feet to the point of tangency on the southerly side line of Summer Street, thence easterly on the said southerly side line of Summer Street, a distance of 113.64 feet to a point, thence south- erly on a line parallel to the easterly side line of Forest Street ,a distance of 100 feet to a point, thence westerly on a line parallel to the said southerly side line of Summer Street, a distance of 200 feet to a point in the easterly side line of Forest Street, thence northerly on said east- erly side line of Forest Street, a distance of 13.64 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 34 taken up.
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town's Zoning By- law be not amended by altering the Zoning Map therein referred to so as to include in the Business District all or any part of the areas now included in the Single Residence District bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the southeasterly side line of Appleton Street at land now or formerly of Hutchinson, said point being 860 feet northeasterly of the intersection ยท of said southeasterly side line of Appleton Street and the Arlington-Lexington Town Line, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Appleton Street, a distance of 400 feet to other land, now or formerly of Hutchinson, thence southeasterly through said other land, now or for- merly of Hutchinson, a distance of 150 feet to other land,
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now or formerly of Hutchinson, thence southwesterly through said other land, now or formerly of Hutchinson, a distance of 400 feet to other land, now or formerly of Hutchinson, thence northwesterly through said other land, now or formerly of Hutchinson, a distance of 150 feet to the point of beginning.
Beginning at a point on the southeasterly side line of Appleton Street at land now or formerly of Hutchinson, said point being 270 feet northeasterly of the intersection of said southeasterly side line of Appleton Street and the Arlington-Lexington Town Line, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Appleton Street, a distance of 385 feet to other land, now or formerly of Hutchinson, thence southeasterly through said other land, now or formerly of Hutchinson to land, now or formerly of Hen- derson, on a line northeasterly of and 100 feet from and parallel to proposed new road, as laid out by State Depart- ment of Public Works, thence southwesterly by land, now or formerly of Henderson and land now or formerly of Arlmont Country Club to a point 100 feet southwesterly from said new road, thence northwesterly through other land, now or formerly of Hutchinson on a line south- westerly of and 100 feet from and parallel to said new road to the point of beginning.
Beginning at a point on the northeasterly side line of the new road laid out by the State Department of Public Works, said point being 34 feet, more or less, northwest of the intersection of said northeasterly side line of the road laid out by the State Department of Public Works and the northwesterly side line of Appleton Street, thence northerly on the division line between land now or formerly of Fannie W. Hutchinson et al and land now or formerly of Vincent Nunziato a distance of 104 feet, more or less, to a point, thence westerly on the division line be- tween land now or formerly of Fannie W. Hutchinson et al
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and land of owners unknown, a distance of 125 feet, more or less, to the Arlington-Lexington Town Line, thence southwesterly on said Arlington-Lexington Town Line and across said new road laid out by the State Department of Public Works, a distance of 277 feet, more or less, to a point on said Arlington-Lexington Town Line, thence southeasterly through said land now or formerly of Fan- nie W. Hutchinson et al on a line 100 feet southwest of and parallel to the southwesterly side line of the new road laid out by the State Department of Public Works a dis- tance of 94 feet, more or less, to the northwesterly side line of Appleton Street, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Appleton Street and through said new road laid out by the State Department of Public Works, a distance of 231 feet, more or less, to a point, thence northerly through said new road laid out by the State Department of Public Works, a distance of 28.59 feet to the point of beginning; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 35 taken up.
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town's Zoning By- Law be not amended by changing section No. 8, para- graph C relating to Non-Conforming Buildings and Uses to read
C. Any building or part of a building which, at the time of the adoption of this amendment, is being put to a use not conforming with the regulations of the district in which it is situated, may continue to be used for the same purpose or for purposes not substantially different, and may be repaired or structurally altered; but no such building, if destroyed to the extent of 90% of its insurable value, shall be rebuilt, nor shall such building be extended or enlarged except by permission of the Selectmen ob- tained in the manner set forth in Section 16; or take any action relating thereto.
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Article 36 taken up. (Plans for Betterment Projects by Federal Aid)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of one hundred (100) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for expenses in connection with securing aid from the Federal Govern- ment for preparing plans and studies of proposed public betterment projects in Arlington, as more particularly described in Article 36 of the Warrant; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Planning Board .
Article 37 taken up.
Voted: (Unanimously-More than two-thirds.)
That the Town's Zoning By-Law be amended by al- tering the Zoning map therein referred to so as to include in a Single Residence District all of the area now included in the General Residence District bounded as follows:
Beginning at the point on the center line of Summer Street, opposite the division line, between the land of the Town of Arlington, and land of John J., Edward L., Wil- liam J. McHugh, thence northwesterly on said center line of Summer Street to the center line of Hemlock Street Extended, thence northerly on said center line of Hemlock Street to the center line of Governor Road Extended, thence southwesterly and northwesterly on said center line of Governor Road to a point opposite the division line between lots 9 and 10, thence southwesterly on said divi- sion line between lots 9 and 10 to Charles Street, thence northwesterly across the end of Charles Street to the center line of Charles Street, thence southwesterly on said center line of Charles Street to the center line of Brattle Lane, thence continuing southwesterly on said center line of Brattle Lane to the southerly property line of land of
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George Mead, thence northwesterly on said southerly line of land of George Mead to Washington Street at the present single residence 'zone, thence northeasterly along said single residence zone across land of Mead by Candia Street, Crawford Street, Jackson Street, Pheasant Avenue to a point on land of Mary J. Dixon, thence northerly on a curved line on single residence zone to a point on other land of Mary J. Dixon, thence northeasterly along single residence zone by lot 76, Greenwood Road, lot 72, Ridge Street, Stone Road, lot 63, lot 43, Melvin Road, lot 42, lot 41, to a point in lot 24, thence southeasterly across lot 24, Lovell Road, lot 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 Winchester Road, lot 33, 32, and land of Lester T. Langley, Trustee, all along the said division line of single residence zone, to land of Herman C. McManus and land of Frank W. Marshall, thence southeasterly along said single residence zone by lots 33 to 52 inclusive to a point, thence southwesterly along said single residence zone by lot 52 Brattle Avenue, lot 53, land of the Town of Arlington, land of Symmes Hospital, and other land of the Town of Arlington, to the point of beginning; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 38 taken up. (Acceptance of General Laws: Sports or Games on the Lord's Day)
The following substitute motion of Paul Griffin being put before the meeting was lost by a standing vote, ninety-nine (99) voting in the affirmative and one hun- dred and one (101) in the negative, Messrs. Buttrick, Dutcher and Wyman acting as tellers.
That sections twenty-one (21) to twenty-five (25) inclusive, of chapter one hundred thirty-six (136) of the General Laws, relating to outdoor sports and games on the Lord's Day, more particularly defined in Article 38 of the Warrant be and hereby are accepted.
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A roll call was petitioned for which resulted in one hundred and twelve (112) in the affirmative and one hun- dred and two (102) in the negative, less than the neces- sary two-thirds.
William F. Davis, Jr. wished to be recorded as noting that the roll call lasted thirty-five minutes.
Article 39 taken up. (Work Relating to Employment)
Voted: (Unanimously) That for the employment of the poor the sum of twenty-three thousand twenty (23,020) dollars be and hereby is appropriated to be raised by general tax and to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen as follows: Administration
(Personal Services, $3,000; Material and Expenses, $920)
$3,920.00
Sidewalk Construction and Reconstruction .... 4,500.00
High School, Grading and Drainage .. 2,500.00
Locke School, Drainage and Resurfacing Play- ground 400.00
Cutter School, Grading and Fencing
700.00
Mill Brook, Cleaning, Straightening, Deeping Culverts, Wall Construction 4,000.00
Six Schools: Pointing Brick and Masonry ... ... To Finish Projects under Federal Civil Works Administration 5,000.00
2,000.00
$23,020.00
Article 40 taken up. (Acceptance of General Law: Civil Service)
William E. Taylor offered a substitute motion. At the request of William E. Taylor, Sylvester Keaney addressed the Town Meeting Members relative to Civil Service. The substitute motion of Mr. Taylor being put before the meeting was lost.
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A petition for roll call was presented to the Moderator who ruled that the same was not acceptable as four of the twelve names signed were names of persons not present at that time at the meeting.
Voted: That the Town do not accept Section 47 of Chapter 31 of the General Laws for all Town Employees and thereby place all such employees not already classi- fied under the provisions of Civil Service.
Article 41 taken up. (Sale of Land: G. A. R. Hall) Miss Grace Parker spoke relative to the G. A. R. Hall. Voted: (Unanimously-More than two-thirds.)
That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is au- thorized and empowered in the name and on behalf of the Town to sell at public auction or private sale its right, title, and interest in and to all or any portion of a certain lot of land with the buildings thereon situated on Massa- chusetts Avenue in the Town, said lot and building being known as G. A. R. Hall and more particularly described in Article 41 of the Warrant; and to execute, acknowledge and deliver the proper documents for said purpose.
On motion of Harold M. Estabrook:
Voted: (Unanimously) That Article 3 be taken from the table. There being no further business under Article 3 the Moderator declared Article 3 disposed of.
The Moderator declaring that all business in the Warrant calling this meeting having been disposed of the meeting adjourned at 11:59 P. M.
A True Record, Attest :
E. CAROLINE PIERCE,
Town Clerk.
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WARRANT FOR REFERENDUM
TOWN MEETING, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1934
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex, ss.
To the Constables of the Town of Arlington,
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the Constitution requires to vote in elections, to meet at the polling places designated for the several precincts in said Town on Monday, the twenty-third day of April, 1934 at 2 o'clock in the after- noon to determine by ballot the questions involved in certain votes passed at an adjourned Town Meeting held on the twenty-eighth day of March, 1934, said votes being substantially as follows:
1. Shall the Town accept Section 48 of Chapter 31 of the General Laws and any amendments thereto and thereby bring the members of the Fire Department under Civil Service.
2. Shall the Town accept Sections 21 to 25 inclusive of Chapter 136 of the General Laws making it lawful to take part in or witness any athletic outdoor sport or game, except horse racing, automobile racing, boxing or hunting with firearms on the Lord's Day between 2 and 6 P. M., and providing that such sports or games shall take place on such playground, parks or other places as may be designated in a license issued by certain local licensing authorities ; that no sport or game shall be permitted in a place other than a public playground or park, within
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one thousand feet of any regular place of worship; that the charging of admission fees or the taking of collections or the receiving of remuneration by any person in charge of or participating in any such sport or game shall not be prohibited; and that the license may be revoked.
3. Shall the Town accept Section 47 of Chapter 31 of the General Laws and thereby place all Town Employees not already so classified under Civil Service.
For these purposes the polls will be opened at two o'clock P. M. and remain open until eight o'clock P. M., at each of the polling places designated, viz: Precinct One, Crosby School, entrance on Winter Street; Precincts two- Four, Hardy School, entrance on Lake Street; Precincts Three-Five, Junior High School East, entrance on Tufts Street; Precincts Six-Eight, Robbins Town Hall, entrance on Massachusetts Avenue; Precincts Seven-Nine, Russell School, entrance on Medford Street; Precincts Ten- Twelve, Cutter School, entrance on Robbins Road; Pre- cinct Eleven, Highland Hose House, entrance on Massa- chusetts Avenue; Precinct 13, Peirce School, entrance on Park Avenue North; Precinct Fourteen, Locke School, en- trance on Park Avenue.
And you will notify and warn the voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the time and places herein speci- fied by leaving at every dwelling house in the Town a printed copy of this warrant, and also by posting a copy of the same at the doors of the Town Hall and in a con- spicuous place in each of the fourteen precincts of the Town, seven days at least prior to the time of said meeting.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, on or before said day and hour of meeting.
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Given under our hands at said Arlington, this six- teenth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four.
LEONARD COLLINS GEORGE H. LOWE, Jr. ERNEST W. DAVIS Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
CONSTABLE'S RETURN
Arlington, Mass., April 18, 1934.
Middlesex County :
By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the time and places and for the purposes herein named by causing a printed attested copy of the same to be left at every dwelling house in the Town and by posting an at- tested copy at the doors of the Town Hall seven days at least before said day of meeting and by posting attested copies in two or more conspicuous places in each voting precinct in the Town. A notice of the time, places and objects of the meeting was published in the local papers.
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