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Article 40 taken up. The Planning Board presented its report and
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On motion duly made and seconded it was:
Voted : To accept the same.
On motion duly made and seconded it was :
Voted: (Unanimously) That the town do not amend its Zoning By-law by altering the zoning map therein re- ferred to so as to include in a Business District the area now included in a Single Residence District as more par- ticularly described and set forth in article #40 of the War- rant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 1937.
There being no further business under Article 40 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 41 taken up (Annual Rental for Arlington Post 1775, V. F. W.).
On motion duly made and seconded :
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of four hundred (400) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of providing headquarters for Arlington Post 1775, Vet- erans of Foreign Wars of the United States; and that said sum be raised by general tax and expended under the direc- tion of the Board of Selectmen.
There being no further business under Article 41 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 42 taken up. (Renting of Land for Free Parking of Motor Vehicles.)
On motion duly made and seconded :
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town do not make any appropriation for the purpose of renting land to be used for free parking of motor vehicles.
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There being no further business under Article 42 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 43 taken up. (Sale of Land.)
On motion duly made and seconded :
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Board of Selectmen be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered in the name and on behalf of the Town to sell and convey at public auc- tion or private sale the parcel of land situated on Florence Avenue and Waverly Street and particularly described in article 43 of the warrant, or the Town's interests therein, for the minimum amount of six hundred (600) dollars for such conveyance and upon such other terms as the Select- men may consider proper.
There being no further business under Article 43 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
On motion of Mr. Chamberlain:
Voted: That Article 3 be taken from the table.
Mr. Loren Marsh presented the report of the Commit- tee appointed to study the methods of disposal of Ashes, Rubbish and Offal and
On motion duly made and seconded it was :
Voted: That the Report be received and placed on file.
On motion duly made and seconded it was:
Voted: (Unanimously) That the said committee be continued and report again at a later town meeting; that any vacancies in said committee be filled by the Moderator ; and that the additional sum of seventy-five (75) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the expenses of said commit- tee and expended under its direction, said sum to be raised by general tax.
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There being no further business under Article 3 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
The Moderator declared all business in the Warrant calling this meeting disposed of and
On motion duly made and seconded it was;
Voted: (Unanimously) to adjourn.
The meeting adjourned at 10:55 P. M.
A True Record, Attest :
EARL A. RYDER, Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex, ss.
To 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 legal voters of the Town of Arlington, to meet in the Town Hall in said Town on Monday, the 15th day of November, 1937 at 8 o'clock, P. M., at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by town meeting members, in accordance with, and subject to, the referenda provided for by Chapter 43A of the General Laws.
Article 1. To hear and act upon the reports of the Finance and other committees heretofore appointed.
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Article 2. To see if the Town will appropriate the sums hereinafter set forth or any other sums for the following purposes : for public welfare including aid to dependent children the sum of two thousand (2,000) dollars; for sol- diers' relief including soldiers' burials the sum of two thou- sand (2,000) dollars; for expenses of the Board of Survey the sum of one hundred twenty-five (125) dollars; for ex- penses of the Police Department including expenses for the dog officer the sum of three hundred fifty (350) dollars; for insurance the sum of five hundred fifty (550) dollars; for Works Progress Administration projects the sum of seven thousand, forty-eight (7,048) dollars; and for useful pro- jects to provide employment of the poor the sum of seven thousand, two hundred (7,200) dollars; provide for all or any of these appropriations by borrowing under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933 as most recently amended by Chapter 281 of the Acts of 1936, or by transfer or otherwise; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 3. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of twelve thousand (12,000) dollars or any other sum for the removal of snow and ice; provide for this appropriation by borrowing under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933 as most recently amended by chapter 281 of the Acts of 1936, or by transfer or otherwise; or take any action relative thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works)
Article 4. To see if the Town, under the provisions of section 3 of chapter 43A of the General Laws, will direct the Selectmen to review, and if need be, wholly or partly revise, the boundaries of the voting precincts of the Town in December of this year; make an appropriation for the purpose; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 5. To see if the Town will transfer the sum of one hundred seventy-three (173) dollars, or any other
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sum, from (Mt. Pleasant Cemetery) sale of lots and graves fund to the (Mt. Pleasant Cemetery) perpetual care fund; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Cemetery Commissioners)
Article 6. To see if the Town will accept the estab- lishment of exterior lines of a way from Appleton Street westerly to the dedicated portion of Rublee Street, in the location shown upon the plan hereinafter mentioned, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; make an appropriation therefor including damages; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Said lines as so establshed are more particularly de- scribed as follows:
FIRST PARCEL
Beginning at a point on the northwesterly side line of Appleton Street said point being 35.24 feet northeast of a stone bound at an angle point in said northwesterly side line of Appleton Street, thence northeasterly on said north- westerly side line of Appleton Street, a distance of 14.05 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Appleton Street and the northeasterly side line of Rublee Street, thence southwesterly, westerly and north- westerly on said northeasterly side line of Rublee Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 15 feet, a distance of 22.58 feet to a point of tangency in said northeasterly side line of Rublee Street, thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Rublee Street and through land now or formerly of Humbert A. Beckett, a distance of 82.74 feet to a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Rublee Street, thence continuing northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Rublee Street and through land now or formerly of Humbert A. Beckett, and land now or formerly of Marie L. Nicod on a curve to the left with a radius of 439.24 feet, a distance of 136.33 feet to a point
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of tangency in said northeasterly side line of Rublee Street, thence continuing northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Rublee Street and through land now or formerly of Marie L. Nicod, a distance of 28.95 feet, thence southwest- erly across said Rublee Street and through land now or formerly of Marie L. Nicod, a distance of 40.67 feet to the southwesterly side line of Rublee Street, thence southeast- erly on said southwesterly side line of Rublee Street and through land now or formerly of Marie L. Nicod, a distance of 21.13 feet to a point of curve in said southwesterly side line of Rublee Street, thence continuing southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Rublee Street and through land now or formerly of Marie L. Nicod, and land now or formerly of Humbert A. Beckett, on a curve to the right with a radius of 399.24 feet, a distance of 122.87 feet to a point on the southwesterly side line of Rublee Street, thence southeasterly through said Rublee Street and by land now or formerly of Humbert A. Beckett a distance of 51.53 feet to an angle point thence southeasterly through said Rublee Street and by said land now or formerly of Humbert A. Beckett, a distance of 57.50 feet to the point of beginning.
SECOND PARCEL
Beginning at a point on the southwesterly side line of Rublee Street said point being 329.06 feet, more or less, northwest of the northwesterly side line of Appleton Street, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Rublee Street and through land now or formerly of Marie L. Nicod, a distance of 80.67 feet to a point on said south- westerly side line of Rublee Street, thence northeasterly across said Rublee Street and by land now or formerly of Marie L. Nicod, a distance of 40.06 feet to a point on the northeasterly side line of Rublee Street, thence southeast- erly on said northeasterly side line of Rublee Street and through land now or formerly of Marie L. Nicod, a distance of 75.06 feet to a point on said northeasterly side line of Rublee Street, thence southwesterly across said Rublee Street and through land now or formerly of Marie L. Nicod, a distance of 40.65 feet to the point of beginning both par-
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cels as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan Showing Proposed Exterior Lines of Rublee Street, Arlington, Mass., Scale 1"=30', Apr. 13, 1937, James M. Keane, Town Engineer."
Article 7. To see if the Town will amend its zoning laws by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in the business district the area now included in the general residential district bounded as follows :-
"Beginning at a point on the Northeasterly line of the new Concord Highway at its inter-section with the North- erly line of Lake Street; thence running in a Northwesterly direction 330' more or less along said Concord Highway to the shore of Spy Pond; thence running Northeasterly by the shore of said Spy Pond 730' more or less to land now or formerly of Wyman; thence running Easterly by land now or formerly of said Wyman 115' more or less; thence turning at right angles and running 745' more or less in a Southwesterly direction by land now or formerly of said Wyman to a point on the Northerly line of Lake Street 35' more or less East of the point of beginning; thence turning and running in a Westerly direction to the point of begin- ning ;"
or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than 100 registered voters)
And you will notify and warn the voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the time and place herein specified 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 conspicuous 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 thir- tieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven.
HAROLD M. ESTABROOK GEORGE H. LOWE, JR. ERNEST W. DAVIS
Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
CONSTABLE'S RETURN
Arlington, Mass., Nov. 6, 1937.
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 place and for the purposes herein named by caus- ing a printed attested copy of the same to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and by posting an attested 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, place and object of the meeting was published in the local papers.
(Signed) JAMES J. GOLDEN, Jr. Constable, Town of Arlington, Mass.
SPECIAL MEETING
Arlington, Mass., November 15, 1937.
Pursuant to the Warrant of the Selectmen served ac- cording to law upon the inhabitants of the Town of Arling- ton, by a constable of the said Town and notices sent by mail by the Town Clerk seven days before the day of meet- ing to the Town Meeting Members duly elected and quali-
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fied to act in Town Meetings in Arlington, the Town Meet- ing Members met at the Robbins Memorial Town Hall in said Town on Monday, November 15, 1937 at 8:00 in the evening.
Lists of the duly qualified Town Meeting Members were used at the entrances of the meeting place and were in charge of Philip T. Robinson and James E. Sweeney.
The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that one hundred and forty-nine members attended the meeting.
The Moderator called the meeting to order at 8:20 P. M.
One Town Meeting Member not previously sworn was sworn by the Moderator.
Mr. Estabrook requested that Selectman Lowe, the Secretary of the Board of Selectmen, Mr. Golden, and the Town Counsel, Mr. White, be allowed to sit with him.
The Town Clerk read the call and the Constable's re- turn of the warrant, the reading of the remainder of the warrant was waived by consent of the meeting.
On motion of Mr. Estabrook :
Voted: (Unanimously) That Article 1 be taken up. (Reports of Committees.)
On motion of Mr. Anderson :
Voted: (Unanimously) That the report of the Finance Committee as presented in printed form be now received.
On motion of Mr. Anderson :
Voted: (Unanimously) That Article 1 be laid on the table.
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On motion of Mr. Anderson:
Voted: (Unanimously) That the remaining Articles in the warrant be now taken up separately in the order in which they appear in said warrant and that the recommen- dations of the Finance Committee under said articles as presented in their printed report be considered as now be- fore the meeting to be voted upon without further motion, separately, under the respective articles as they appear in said report.
Article 2 taken up. (Public Welfare, Soldiers' Relief, Board of Survey, Police Department, Insurance, W. P. A. Projects, Employment of Poor.
Voted: (Unanimously) That the amounts hereinafter stated be and hereby are appropriated for the following pur- poses :
(a) Public Welfare including aid to dependent children $2,000.00
(b) Soldiers' Relief including soldiers' burials 2,000.00
(c) Board of Survey expenses 125.00
(d) Police Department expenses including expenses for the dog officer 350.00
(e) Insurance including the protection of the Town's interest in real estate held by it under purchases and takings for non-pay- ment of taxes, as provided in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, clause 38 550.00
(f) Works Progress Administration projects. 7,048.00
(g) Employment of the Poor on useful projects ...... 7,200.00 and that to meet said appropriations the amounts stated in items (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e), together amounting to five
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thousand twenty-five (5,025) dollars be taken from free cash now in the treasury; that for the amount of seven thousand forty-eight (7,048) dollars for Works Progress Administration projects and the amount of seven thousand two hundred (7,200) dollars for employment of the poor on useful projects, stated in items (f) and (g), together amounting to fourteen thousand two hundred forty-eight (14,248) dollars, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of fourteen thousand two hundred forty-eight (14,248) dol- lars, and to issue a note or notes of the Town therefor, all under and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933 as most recently amended by Chapter 281 of the Acts of 1936; and that all said appropriations be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen. If the entire amount appropriated for Works Progress Ad- ministration projects is not required for such purpose, any remaining balance thereof shall, so far as permitted by law, be expended for employment of the poor on useful projects under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
There being no further business under Article 2 the Moderator declared Article 2 disposed of.
Article 3 taken up. (Removal of Snow and Ice.)
On motion duly made and seconded :
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of twelve thou- sand (12,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the removal of snow and ice; that to meet said appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and here- by is authorized to borrow the said sum of twelve thousand (12,000) dollars, and to issue a note or notes of the Town therefor, under and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933 as most recently amended by Chapter 281 of the Acts of 1936; and that said appro- priation be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
There being no further business under Article 3 the Moderator declared Article 3 disposed of.
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Article 4 taken up. (Revision of Boundaries of Voting Precincts.)
The Finance Committee offered the following :
Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is directed, under the provisions of Section 3 of Chapter 43A of the General Laws to review, and, if need be, wholly or partly revise, the boundaries of the voting precincts of the Town in December of this year ; that the sum of one hundred (100) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the use of said Board for this purpose ; and that said sum be taken from free cash now in the treasury.
Mr. Donovan, of Precinct 2, offered an amendment, which was duly accepted, to add after "this year" the words, "to be restricted in effect to Precincts 6 and 8 and 9 and 11", and being put to a vote it was carried ; and
On motion duly made and seconded it was
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is directed, under the provisions of Section 3 of Chapter 43A of the General Laws, to review, and if need be, wholly or partly revise, the boundaries of the voting precincts of the Town in December of this year, to be re- stricted in effect to Precincts 6 and 8 and 9 and 11; that the sum of one hundred (100) dollars be and hereby is appro- priated for the use of said Board for this purpose; and that said sum be taken from free cash now in the treasury.
There being no further business under Article 4 the Moderator declared Article 4 disposed of.
Article 5 taken up. (Transfer of Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Funds.)
On motion duly made and seconded it was
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of one hundred seventy-three (173) dollars be transferred from (Mt.
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Pleasant Cemetery) Sale of Lots and Graves Fund to the (Mt. Pleasant Cemetery). Perpetual Care Fund.
Article 6 taken up. (Exterior Lines; Appleton Street to Rublee Street.)
By a standing vote 119 voting in the affirmative and 16 in the negative (more than the necessary two-thirds) Messrs. Washburn, Donovan and Cutler acting as tellers ; it was
Voted: That the establishment of exterior lines of a way from Appleton Street westerly to the dedicated portion of Rublee Street, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works and more particu- larly described in Article 6 of the Warrant, be and hereby is accepted, said lines established and said Joint Board author- ized to take land for the purpose; that the sum of two hun- dred twenty and 42/100 (220.42) dollars be appropriated for the purpose, including land damages; and that said sum be taken from free cash now in the treasury and expended under the direction of said Joint Board.
There being no further business under Article 6 the Moderator declared Article 6 disposed of.
Article 7 taken up. (Zoning.)
Chairman Knight read the report of the Planning Board as follows :
Arlington, Mass., November 13, 1937.
To the Town Meeting,
Arlington, Massachusetts
In connection with the proposed modification or amend- ment to the Town's "Zoning By-Law" so-called, relating to the area which lies between the southeasterly side of Spy Pond and the Concord Turnpike, near the junction of Lake
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Street and the Concord Turnpike, as more particularly set forth in Article #7 of the Warrant for the meeting of No- vember 15, 1937, the Planning Board reports as follows :
The said Board received a petition for the said proposed modification or amendment on November 2, 1937.
The said Board held a public hearing upon the matter of such proposed amendment at the hearing room in the Robbins Memorial Town Hall on November 8, 1937, public notice of which hearing was first given by publication in the Arlington Advocate of November 4, 1937 and the Arl- ington News of November 5, 1937, copies of which notices are attached hereto.
The area under consideration has been in a residence zone since the adoption of the Zoning By-Law and Map in 1924. The development surrounding and overlooking this lo- cation has been entirely of a residential character. A change as requested would result in this property being made avail- able for any form of business use which use would be of a character entirely different from that possible on the con- tiguous land. The area under consideration is a part of a section of high scenic value and if not developed in conform- ity with this section will seriously impair the appearance and probably the best future development of this part of the Town. In view of the preceding and the established pol- icy of the Planning Board with respect to development along this Highway and the strongly expressed opposition of those now living in the immediate neighborhood, together with opposition from representatives of other precincts and civic organizations, it is recommended that no change be made.
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD C. KNIGHT, Chairman HERBERT M. DUTCHER WALTER F. ROBINSON SEROVP P. BASMAJIAN CHARLES L. SHEDD
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And thereupon, he offered the following vote, which was seconded by Mr. J. Edwin Kimball and unanimously carried :
Voted: That the Town do not amend its Zoning By- Law by altering the Zoning Map therein referred to so as to include in the Business District all or any part of the area now included in the General Residence District bound- ed and described as follows:
"Beginning at a point on the Northeasterly line of the new Concord Highway at its inter-section with the North- erly line of Lake Street; thence running in a Northwesterly direction 330' more or less along said Concord Highway to the shore of Spy Pond; thence running Northeasterly by the shore of said Spy Pond 730' more or less to land now or formerly of Wyman; thence running Easterly by land now or formerly of said Wyman 115' more or less; thence turn- ing at right angles and running 745' more or less in a Southwesterly direction by land now or formerly of said Wyman to a point on the Northerly line of Lake Street 35' more or less East of the point of beginning; thence turning and running in a Westerly direction to the point of begin- ning."
There being no further business under Article 7 the Moderator declared Article 7 disposed of.
On motion of Mr. Anderson:
Voted: (Unanimously) That Article 1 be taken from the table.
There being no further business under Article 1 the Moderator declared Article 1 disposed of.
A motion being made to adjourn, the meeting adjourn- ed at 9:05 P. M.
A True Record, Attest :
EARL A. RYDER, Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Arlington, Mass., December 31, 1937.
In accordance with section 3 of Article 3 of the Town By-Laws, I beg to submit my report of this Department for the year 1937.
RECEIPTS :
During the year we have taken in the sum of $7,620.95, and the Town's fees amounted to $3,030.95 as follows:
$ 731.24 Marriage Licenses.
1,277.85 Mortgages, discharges, etc.
154.58 Certificates.
31.50 Garage Renewals.
72.00 Pole Locations.
288.53 Miscellaneous Licenses.
138.25 Sporting Licenses.
337.00 Dog Licenses.
In accordance with the law we have approved vouchers for $79.00 to pay doctors for reporting births, and $75.00 to pay undertakers for reporting deaths.
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