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Article 12. (Removal of Snow and Ice)
That the sum of twenty-seven thousand three hundred and sixty-eight ($27,368.00) dollars be and hereby is ap- propriated for the removal of snow and ice; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
On being put to a vote the Moderator declared the mo- tion carried.
Thereupon, it was unanimously
Voted: That the sum of twenty-seven thousand three hundred and sixty-eight ($27,368.00) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the removal of snow and ice; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
There being no further business under Article 12, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 13 taken up. (Sidewalks and Edgestones)
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the sum of six thousand ($6,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the construction of
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permanent sidewalks and for the installing of edgestones in the year 1944; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Joint Board of Select- men and Board of Public Works.
There being no further business under Article 13, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 14 taken up. (Relocation, Alteration, Widen- ing, Construction of Town Ways)
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars · be and hereby is appropriated for maintaining, repairing and improving ways within the town, said appropriation to be used with any sum or sums which may be allotted by the Commonwealth or the County of Middlesex, or both, for such purpose or purposes; and that said sum be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
There being no further business under Article 14, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 15 taken up. (Abandonment of Town Way- Aberdeen Road)
Òn motion, duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the Town does hereby abandon and re- linquish whatever title or interest, if any, it may have or seem to have by virtue of an attempted laying out and accepting a town way from Sutherland Road to Dundee Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Aberdeen Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, the establishment of which was accepted by the Town by a unanimous (more than two-thirds) vote
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under Article 14 for a Town Meeting held March 19, 1941; and as more particularly referred to in Article 15 of the Warrant.
"There being no further business under Article 15, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 16 taken up. (Abandonment of Town Way- Huntington Road)
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the Town does hereby abandon and re- linquish whatever title or interest, if any, it may have or seem to have by virtue of an attempted laying out and accepting a town way from Forest Street to Park Avenue Extension in the location of the private way known as Hunt- ington Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, the establishment of which was accepted by the Town by a unanimous (more than two-thirds) vote under Article 22 for a Town Meeting held March 19, 1941; and as more particularly referred to in Article 16 of the War- rant.
There being no further business under Article 16, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 18 taken up. (Claims or Charges of Symmes Arlington Hospital)
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the sum of three thousand and five hun- dred eight and 14/100 ($3,508.14) dollars be and hereby is appropriated to pay claims and charges of Symmes Arling- ton Hospital, including such, claims and charges for aid, relief or care furnished prior to January 1, 1944, to persons falling into distress and standing in need of immediate re-
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lief; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
There being no further business under Article 18, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 19 taken up. (Preservation of Health and Protection of Persons and Property)
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the sum of three thousand ($3,000) dol- lars be and hereby is appropriated to provide for such means, within the authorization of the Commonwealth Emergency Defense Act of 1941, or other legislation now in effect or hereafter enacted, as may be necessary in the present national emergency for the preservation of health and the protection of persons and property in the town, and for any purposes incidental to civilian defense; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
There being no further business under Article 19, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 20 taken up. (Acceptance of Ambulance)
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the action of the Board of Selectmen in accepting on behalf of the Town, the gift of an ambulance chassis for the use of the Town; be and hereby is ratified, approved and confirmed.
There being no further business under Article 20, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 21 taken up. (Expenses-Arlington Rationing Board No. 49)
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
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Voted: That the sum of twelve hundred ($1,200) dol- lars be and hereby is appropriated to defray the necessary expenses of the Arlington rationing Board No. 49; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
There being no further business under Article 21, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 22 taken up. Advisory Committee for the Re- habilitation of Returned Servicemen)
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the action of the Board of Selectmen on December 27, 1943, in establishing a Local Advisory Com- mittee for the rehabilitation of returned servicemen be and hereby is ratified, approved and confirmed and that
The sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars to be raised by general tax, is hereby appropriated for the necessary expenses to be incurred by the committee with the approval of the Board of Selectmen.
There being no further business under Article 22, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 23 taken up. (Sale of Radio Equipment-Police and Fire Departments)
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is authorized on behalf of the Town to sell, convey or other- wise dispose of any or all of the radio equipment now owned by the Town and used by the Police and Fire Departments under the control of the said Board.
There being no further business under Article 23, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
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Article 24 taken up. (Improvements-Town Land on Medford Street)
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of grading, loaming and seeding the land owned by the Town on Med- ford Street, east of the Russell School; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
There being no further business under Article 24, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 25 taken up. (Acquisition of Land for Fire Department Purposes)
The Finance Committee recommended the following:
That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is author- ized and empowered on behalf of the Town to purchase or take in fee by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for the purposes of the Fire Department the parcel of land situated within the Town and bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the northeasterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue at the division line between land with buildings thereon now numbered 1003 Massachusetts Avenue and land of the Town of Arlington (known as the Highland Fire Station lot) thence northeasterly by said land of the Town of Arlington, a distance of 183.0 feet to land now or formerly of Mary E. Kelly et al, thence southeasterly about 80 feet to an angle point, thence southwesterly by land now or formerly of Mary E. Kelly and/or Mary E. Laffee, a distance of 187.0 feet more or less to a point on the northeasterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Massachu- setts Avenue, a distance of 80.0 feet to the point of begin-
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· ning and containing 14,800 square feet more or less and being the premises described in a deed recorded in the Registry of Deeds, for the County of Middlesex south district, Book 4945, page 341.
That for the purpose of such purchase, taking or ac- quisition the sum of ten thousand six hundred eighty seven and 50/100 ($10,687.50) dollars be and hereby is appropri- ated; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
On being put to a vote, the Moderator declared the motion lost.
There being no further business under Article 25, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 26 taken up. (Purchase of Federal Government or Other Bonds)
The Finance Committee recommended the following :
That the sum of one hundred seventy five thousand ($175,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of purchasing, in order to establish a postwar re- habilitation fund, war bonds or other bonds, as authorized by Chapter 5 of the Acts of 1943; that for the purpose of such purchase said sum be taken from available funds now in the Treasury and expended by the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen:
Mr. Barker offered the following substitute motion, which was duly seconded.
That the sum of fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of purchasing, in order to establish a postwar rehabilitation fund, war bonds or other bonds, as authorized by Chapter 5 of the Acts of 1943; that for the purpose of such purchase said
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sum be taken from available funds now in the Treasury and · expended by the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen.
On being put to a vote the Moderator declared the motion lost.
Thereupon, a vote was taken on the recommendation of the Finance Committee, and the Moderator declared the motion lost.
There being no further business under Article 26, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was
Voted: to adjourn.
The Meeting adjourned at 11:15 P. M.
A True Record, Attest:
EARL A. RYDER, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED MEETING
March 24, 1944.
Pursuant to the vote of Adjournment of March 22, 1944, the Town Meeting Members met in the Robbins Memo- rial Town Hall on Friday evening, March 24, 1944, notices having been sent to the Town Meeting Members.
Lists of the duly qualified Town Meeting Members were used at the entrance 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
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of the meeting showed that one hundred and thirty-eight attended the meeting.
The Moderator called the meeting to order at 8:15 P. M.
At the suggestion of the Moderator, the Assembly stood and sang one verse of the National Anthem.
One Town Meeting Member not previously sworn was sworn by the Moderator.
On motion of Chairman Adams, duly seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That if all the business of the meeting as set forth in the Warrant is not disposed of at this session, when the meeting adjourns, it adjourn to Monday evening, March 27, 1944 at 8 o'clock.
The Moderator stated that Article 27 was before the Meeting.
Article 27 taken up. (Committee on Advanced Pro- gramming and Budgeting)
The Finance Committee recommended the following:
That a Committee is hereby established to consist of seven (7) registered voters of the Town to be appointed by the Moderator, two of whom shall be members of the Finance Committee, exclusive of the Chairman, two of whom shall be members of the Planning Board, exclusive of the Chairman.
The duty of the committee shall be to investigate and study and make recommendations as to the needs of the Town relative to capital expenditures for a period of years in advance, and to submit a report with recommendations annually to the Town Meeting.
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The sum of three hundred fifty ($350) dollars to be raised by general tax, is hereby appropriated for the neces- sary expenses to be incurred by the committee with the approval of the Board of Selectmen.
Mr. Sawyer offered the following substitute motion; duly seconded :
That a committee is hereby established to be known as the Committee on Advanced Programming and Budgeting. It shall consist of five registered voters of the Town to be appointed by the Moderator, one of whom shall be a member of the Finance Committee and one of whom shall be a mem- ber of the Planning Board, the other three to be citizens of the Town other than employees or officials of the Town. The Committee shall prepare a report as herein directed and file it with the Town Clerk prior to December 20th of each year, the Town Clerk shall upon receipt thereof make said report available to the Finance Committee and all other boards and departments of the Town. The report shall contain a suggested program of capital expenditures and improvements for the succeeding six years together with the estimated costs and methods of financing such program. This Committee shall use as a guide for its report the publication of the United States Government Printing Of- fice entitled "Long Range Programming of Public Works" issued June 1941.
That there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of three hundred fifty ($350) dollars to be taken from avail- able funds now in treasury for the expenses of the Com- mittee appointed under this article.
A vote being taken, the Moderator declared the motion carried.
Thereupon, it was unanimously
Voted: That a committee is hereby established to be
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known as the Committee on Advanced Programming and Budgeting. It shall consist of five registered voters of the Town to be appointed by the Moderator, one of whom shall be a member of the Finance Committee and one of whom shall be a member of the Planning Board, the other three to be citizens of the Town other than employees or officials of the Town. The Committee shall prepare a report as herein directed and file it with the Town Clerk prior to December 20th of each year; the Town Clerk shall upon receipt thereof make said report available to the Finance Committee and all other boards and departments of the Town. The report shall contain a suggested program of capital expenditures and improvements for the succeeding six years together with the estimated costs and methods of financing such program. This Committee shall use as a guide for its report the publication of the United States Government Printing Office entitled "Long Range Program- ming of Public Works" issued June 1941.
That there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of three hundred fifty ($350) dollars to be taken from avail- able funds now in treasury for the expenses of the Com- mittee appointed under this article.
There being no further business under Article 27, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 28 taken up. (Election of Tree Warden)
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That in accordance with Chapter 41, Section 1, as amended by the Acts of 1939, Chapter 3, a Tree Warden be elected by ballot at the Annual Town Meeting, for the term of three years; this vote to take effect at the Annual Town Meeting for the year 1945.
There being no further business under Article 28, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
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Article 29 taken up. (Acceptance of Gifts u/w of Francis E. Thompson)
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the Town do accept the gifts set forth under the will of the late Francis E. Thompson, said gifts to be expended under the direction of the Trustees of the Robbins Library.
There being no further business under Article 29, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 30 taken up. (Sale of Automobile-School De- partment)
The Finance Committee recommended the following:
That the School Committee be and hereby is author- ized on behalf of the Town to sell, convey or otherwise dis- pose of one 1938 Ford Tudor Sedan now owned by the Town and under the control of said Committee.
It was moved and seconded to amend the recommenda- tion of the Finance Committee by adding after the word "one" "1937 or."
A vote was taken and the Moderator declared the motion carried.
Thereupon, it was unanimously
Voted: That the School Committee be and hereby is authorized on behalf of the Town to sell, convey or other- wise dispose of one 1937 or 1938 Ford Tudor Sedan now owned by the Town and under the control of said Com- mittee.
There being no further business under Article 30, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
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Article 31 taken up. (State-Aided Vocational Educa- tion)
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was
Voted: That the School Committee be and hereby is authorized on behalf of the Town, to establish and maintain State-aided vocational education in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 74, General Laws and Acts amenda- tory thereto, or dependent thereon.
There being no further business under Article 31, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 32 taken up. (Transfer of Mount Pleasant Cemetery Funds)
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars be transferred from (Mt. Pleasant Cemetery) Sale of Lots and Graves Fund to the Cemetery Commissioners for the improvement of undeveloped land to be used for cemetery purposes.
There being no further business under Article 32, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 33 taken up. (Improvements-North Union Street Playground)
The Finance Committee recommended the following:
That the sum of eight thousand ($8,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of developing the playground area, known as the Purcell property situated in East Arlington, as follows :- a bituminous concrete flat area with berm 120'x 150' to be used in season for ice skat- ing, roller skating, and a shower spray wading pool. To lay
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out and construct a base-ball field, back stop, benches, and other equipment relating thereto, a small children's play area, sand boxes, swings, and other equipment, a drinking fountain, and to plant the banks with protective shrubbery and hedges, to plant trees, and to loam and seed the play- ing area and make any other improvements necessary to complete said playground, said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Park Commissioners.
Mr. Barker offered an amendment striking out "said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Park Commissioners" and insert- ing in place thereof "said sum to be taken from surplus revenue now in the Treasury and expended under the direc- tion of the Board of Park Commissioners."
And on being put to a vote the Moderator declared it unanimously carried.
Thereupon, it was unanimously
Voted: That the sum of eight thousand ($8,000) dol- lars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of de- veloping the playground area, known as the Purcell property situated in East Arlington, as follows :- a bituminous con- crete flat area with berm 120'x 150' to be used in season for ice skating, roller skating, and a shower spray wading pool. To lay out and construct a base-ball field, back stop, benches, and other equipment relating thereto, a small children's play area, sand boxes, swings, and other equipment, a drink- ing fountain, and to plant the banks with protective shrub- bery and hedges, to plant trees, and to loam and seed the playing area and make any other improvements necessary to complete said playground, said sum to be taken from surplus revenue now in the Treasury and expended under the direction of the Board of Park Commissioners.
There being no further business under Article 33, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
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Article 34 taken up. (Improvements-Thorndike Street Playground)
The Finance Committee recommended the following:
That the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of rough grading, loaming, and seeding that portion of the area now near sub- grade, and planting trees and shrubs and generally improv- ing the area known as the Thorndike Street Playground; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Park Commissioners.
Mr. Barker offered an amendment striking out "said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Park Commissioners" and inserting in place thereof "said sum to be taken from surplus revenue now in the Treasury and expended under the direction of the Board of Park Commissioners."
And on being put to a vote the Moderator declared it unanimously carried.
Thereupon, it was unanimously
Voted: That the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dol- lars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of rough grading, loaming, and seeding that portion of the area now near sub-grade, and planting trees and shrubs and generally improving the area known as the Thorndike Street Play- ground; said sum to be taken from surplus revenue now in the Treasury and expended under the direction of the Board of Park Commissioners.
There being no further business under Article 34, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 35 taken up. (Improvements-Linwood Street Beach)
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The Finance Committee recommended the following:
That the sum of four thousand ($4,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of subgrading and, otherwise improving the area known as the Linwood Street Beach; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Park Commissioners.
Mr. Barker offered an amendment striking out "said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Park Commissioners" and insert- ing in place thereof "said sum to be taken from surplus revenue now in the Treasury and expended under the direc- tion of the Board of Park Commissioners."
And on being put to a vote the Moderator declared it unanimously carried.
Thereupon, it was unanimously
Voted: That the sum of four thousand ($4,000) dol- lars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of sub- grading and otherwise improving the area known as the Linwood Street Beach; said sum to be taken from surplus revenue now in the Treasury and expended under the direc- tion of the Board of Park Commissioners.
There being no further business under Article 35, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 36 taken up. (Zoning)
The Finance Committee recommended :
The Planning Board will report under this Article
Mr. Knight presented the following report, which was unanimously received.
In connection with the proposed modification or amend-
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ment to the Town's "Zoning By-Law" so called, relating to the changing from the Single Residence classification to the Business classification an area at the North West corner of Appleton Street and Massachusetts Avenue, as more particularly set forth in Article No. 36 of the Warrant for Town Meeting of March 15, 1944, the Planning Board reports as follows :
The said Board did receive a petition for the said pro- posed modification or amendment and it held a public hear- ing in the Hearing Room of the Robbins Memorial Town Hall on Wednesday, February 16, 1944, public notice of which hearing having previously been given by publication in the Arlington Advocate of February 3, 1944 and the Arlington News of February 4, 1944, copies of which are attached hereto.
The Planning Board feels that this change is' not incon- sistent under present conditions with the general character of the zoning now in force for practically the entire length of Massachusetts Avenue.
The Planning Board, therefore, recommends that the proposed change be made.
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the Town amend its Zoning By-Law by amending the Zoning Map therein referred to so as to in- clude in the Business District the area now in the Single Residence District, described in Article No. 36 of the War- rant for Town Meeting, Wednesday, March 15, 1944.
There being no further business under Article 36, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
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