Town of Arlington annual report 1948, Part 2

Author: Arlington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1948
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Number of Pages: 386

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Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to ratify, approve and confirm the action of the Board of Selectmen in the sale and delivery by the Selectmen of one (1) 1939 Chevrolet Sedan, owned by the Town and in use by the Public Welfare Department, all in connection with the purchase of one (1) 1947 Chevrolet Sedan for the use of the Public Welfare De- partment; or take any action relating thereto.

Article 19. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the use of the "Committee on Advanced Programming and Budgeting"; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.

Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Com- mittee to investigate, consider, study and make recommenda- tions of the financial matters connected with athletic activities at the High School, with particular reference to the operation, maintenance and usage of the land and structures owned by the Town in the rear of the High School, known as the Warren A. Peirce Field; determine the time of reporting of said Com- mittee ; appropriate a sum of money for the use of said Com- mittee ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised ; or take any action relating thereto.

(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Advanced Programming and Budgeting.)

Article 21. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to be expended under the joint direction of the School Committee and the Board of Park Commissioners, for the

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purpose of acquiring and erecting additional bleachers, and to otherwise improve the area known as Warren A. Peirce Field; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and ex- pended, or take any action relating thereto.

(Inserted at the request of the School Committee and Board of Park Commissioners.)

Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to amend its By-Laws by inserting after ARTICLE 9, an article to be known as ARTICLE 9A; or take any action relating thereto ; said ARTICLE 9A to read as follows :

ARTICLE 9A-USE OF AREAS UNDER CONTROL OF PARK DEPARTMENT.

SECTION I.

No person shall enter or leave any Park, Playground, Beach or other area except at regular designated entrances or exits.

SECTION II.

No person shall injure, deface, dig up or displace, cut, break, remove, fill in, raise, destroy, or tamper with any road, walk, lawn or beach; or deface, defile, injure, destroy or ill use any building, bridge, structure, fence, sign, bench, seat, platform, plant, flower, bush, tree, shrub, turf, rock or any other prop- erty or equipment, real or personal, belonging to the Town of Arlington under the jurisdiction of the Park Department, or have possession of any part thereof.

SECTION III.

No person shall within any park or playground area throw any stone or missile ; or have possession of or discharge any destructive weapon, firearm, fireworks, torpedo or explosive ; or make a fire except by written consent of the Park Commis- sioners ; or post, paint, affix, distribute or display any sign, notice, circular, program, placard or any other advertising device except by written consent of the Park Commissioners ; or engage in business, sell, expose for sale or give away any goods or wares except by written consent of the Park Com- missioners ; or drop or place and suffer to remain any piece of paper, garbage or other refuse, except in the receptacles desig- nated therefore, nor throw a lighted match, cigar, cigarette or other burning substance in said receptacles, or upon the ground; nor bring or cause to be brought within any area under the control of said Park Department any garbage, refuse or material for the purpose of depositing same within said receptacles ; or bring or cause to be brought within any area

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under the control of the Park Department glass containers or any articles made of glass ; or break or cause to be broken any glass containers or any articles made of glass within any area under the control of the Park Department.

SECTION IV.

No person shall within a park or playground area solicit the acquaintance of or annoy another person; or utter any pro- fane, threatening, abusive or indecent language or loud out- cry ; or solicit alms or subscriptions ; or have possession of or drink any intoxicating liquor ; or play any game of chance ; or have possession of any instrument of gambling; or do any obscene or indecent act; or make a harangue; or make any undue noise or disturbance; or except with the written con- sent of the Park Commissioners, preach or pray aloud or make an oration, or any political or other canvass.

SECTION V.

No dumping of any kind shall be made within any park or playground area, except by written consent of the Park Com- missioners.

SECTION VI.

All areas under the care and control of the Park Depart- ment are considered to be closed at 9:00 P. M., unless extended by the written consent of the Park Commissioners. Anyone found on said areas after said hour shall be considered as trespassers.

SECTION VII.

The playing of golf is strictly prohibited in or upon all areas under the care and control of the Park Department.

SECTION VIII.

No person unless properly clothed, shall be upon any beach, or swim, bathe or wade in any water within or adjoining any area under the care and control of the Park Department, and then only at such times and in such places as the Park Com- missioners may designate ; nor loiter or walk upon a sidewalk or roadway or about an area, other than a bathing beach, in a bathing costume, unless wearing a closed covering; nor lower from their shoulders or remove any part of their bathing costume on any beach; nor disrobe for bathing in a public sanitary or within public view.

SECTION IX.

No person shall cause or permit any animal owned by him or in his custody or under his control, to roam or be at large,

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in, on or through any park or playground under the care and control of the Park Department, except a dog when restrained by a leash not exceeding seven (7) feet in length. No animals are allowed on any beach under the care and control of the Park Department.

SECTION X.

No person shall ride or drive an animal or ride a bicycle or motor cycle, or ride or drive a motor car or other vehicle upon or over any area under the care and control of the Park De- partment which has been closed to travel by the placing therein or the erection thereon of a barrier, fence, light or sign indicat- ing that such area is closed for public travel.

SECTION XI.

No person shall refuse or neglect to obey any rule, posted by sign, concerning the use of any area under the care and control of the Park Department; nor shall they refuse or neglect to obey any reasonable direction of a police officer or a person in charge of such area.

SECTION XII.

Any person violating any of the foregoing sections shall, for each offense, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty (20) dollars.

(Inserted at the request of the Board of Park Commission- ers.)

Article 23. To see if the Town will acquire by purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise, for the purpose of a public playground or recreation center, the parcel of land hereinafter described, any portion thereof, any interest of easements therein and any rights or easements of way or otherwise as appurtenant thereto ; and subject to or with reservation of any rights or easements therein; determine by whom the powers conferred by Section 14 of Chapter 45 of the General Laws shall be exercised; make an appropriation of money for the purpose aforesaid; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating to any or all of the foregoing.

Said land is bounded and described substantially as follows :

Beginning at a point on the northerly side line of Yerxa Road at a stone wall on the division line between lot 89 and land now or formerly of Bennett, thence northwesterly by said stone wall a distance of 57.38, 27.17, 72.85 and 7.0 feet to the point of intersection of said stone wall and the southeasterly side line of Stone Road, thence northeasterly on said south-

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easterly side line of Stone Road a distance of 52.26 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Stone Road, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Stone Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 740 feet a distance of 330.96 feet to a point of tangency in said southeasterly side line of Stone Road, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Stone Road a distance of 235.27 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Stone Road, thence northeasterly, easterly and southeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Stone Road, on a curve to the right with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 45.27 feet to a point of compound curve at the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Stone Road, and the westerly side line of Ridge Street, thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Ridge Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 390 feet a distance of 267.79 feet to a point of tangency in said westerly side line of Ridge Street, thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 150.59 feet to an angle point in said westerly side line of Ridge Street, thence southerly on said westerly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 266.76 feet to the point of intersection of said westerly side line of Ridge Street and the northerly side line of Yerxa Road, thence south- erly on said northerly side line of Yerxa Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 37.30 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Yerxa Road, thence southwesterly on said northerly side line of Yerxa Road a distance of 437.04 feet to the point of beginning and con- taining 3.9 acres, more or less, as shown on Plan No. 1433 on file in the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Massachu- setts, entitled "Plan of Morningside Extension in Arlington, Massachusetts, scale 40 feet to an inch, May 9, 1928, W. A. Mason & Son Co., Civil Engineers, Cambridge, Massachu- setts."

(Inserted at the request of the Board of Park Commis- sioners.)

Article 24. To see if the Town will acquire by purchase, eminent domain, or accept as a gift for the purpose of a public park, the parcel of land hereinafter described, any portion thereof, any interest or easement therein, and any rights or easements of way or otherwise as appurtenant thereto, and subject to or with reservation of any rights or easements therein ; determine by whom the powers conferred by Section 14 of Chapter 45 of the General Laws shall be exercised ; make an appropriation of money for the purpose aforesaid ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and ex-

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pended ; or take any action relating to any or all of the fore- going.

Said land is bounded and described substantially as follows :

Beginning at a point on the northwesterly side line of Jason Street located at the southwesterly boundary line of lot 39 and 217.32 feet southwesterly side line of Woodland Street, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Jason Street, a distance of 76.85 feet to a point on the northerly boundary line of Menotomy Rocks Park, thence northwesterly by said boundary line of the Menotomy Rocks Park a distance of 4.06 feet, to a point of curve in said northerly boundary line of the Menotomy Rocks Park, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly by said northerly boundary line of the Meno- tomy Rocks Park on a curve to the left with a radius of 421.05 feet a distance of 177.14 feet to an angle point in said boundary line of Menotomy Rocks Park, thence northeasterly by the northeasterly boundary line of Menotomy Rocks Park a dis- tance of 129.99 feet to a point at the southwesterly boundary line of lot 39, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly boundary line of lot 39 a distance of 179.97 feet to the point of beginning and containing 17,580 square feet of land, all as shown on Block Plan No. 139 on file in the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Massachusetts.

(Inserted at the request of the Board of Park Commis- sioners.)

Article 25. To see if the Town will accept for care and control for the purpose of a public playground or recreation center, the parcel of land hereinafter described and at present under the jurisdiction and control of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Metropolitan District Commission, any por- tion thereof; determine by whom the powers conferred by Section 14 of Chapter 45 of the General Laws shall be ex- ercised ; make an appropriation of money for all or any of the purpose aforesaid; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating to any or all of the foregoing.

Said land is bounded and described substantially as follows :

Beginning at the point of intersection of the northeasterly side line of Parallel Street and the southeasterly side line of Medford street, thence north 30°-50'-30" east on said south- easterly side line of Medford Street a distance of 166.93 feet to a stone bound at a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Medford Street, thence northeasterly on said south- easterly side line of Medford Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 279.55 feet a distance of 245.14 feet to a stone

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bound at a point of compound curve at the point of intersec- tion of said southeasterly side line of Medford Street and the westerly side line of Mystic Valley Parkway, thence easterly, southerly and southwesterly on said westerly side line of Mystic Valley Parkway on a curve to the right with a radius of 20.0 feet a distance of 39.93 feet to a stone bound at a point of reverse curve in said westerly side line of Mystic Valley Parkway, thence southwesterly on said westerly side line of Mystic Valley Parkway on a curve to the left with a radius of 454.91 feet a distance of 75.0 feet to a point on said westerly side line of Mystic Valley Parkway at land now or formerly of William H. Jones, thence south 28°-16'-52" west by said land now or formerly of William H. Jones a distance of 291.16 feet to a point on the northeasterly side line of Parallel Street, thence north 62°-40'-30" west on said northeasterly side line of Parallel Street a distance of 171.90 feet to the point of be- ginning and containing 53.886 square feet as shown on a plan recorded at the Middlesex County Registry of Deeds in Book 260, Page 11 dated June 29, 1917, and made by David A. Ambrose, Ass't. Engineer.

(Inserted at the request of the Board of Park Commis- sioners.)

Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to ratify, approve and confirm the action of the School Committee in the sale and delivery by the School Committee of one (1) 1938 Dodge half- ton truck, owned by the Town and in use by the School De- partment ; or take any action relating thereto.

(Inserted at the request of the School Committee.)

Article 27. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum or sums of money for the purpose of erecting an addition or addi- tions to the present Junior High School West and to provide for gymnasium, assembly, or lunchroom facilities or other alterations, improvements, or reconstruction to said Junior High School West ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating to any or all of the foregoing.

(Inserted at the request of the School Committee.)

Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum or sums of money to be used to make such necessary further repairs, alterations or renovations, to the basement of the George H. Lowe, Jr. Auditorium as may be required by the state and local building departments, and the needs of the School Department in increasing and improving present school

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facilities ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relating to any or all of the foregoing.

(Inserted at the request of the School Committee.)

Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept the gift set forth under the will of the late Emma L. Sprague, to be expended under the direction of the Trustees of Robbins Li- brary ; or take any action relating thereto.

(Inserted at the request of the Trustees of Robbins Library.)

Article 30. To see if the Town will make an appropriation, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works, for the purpose of constructing or erecting a building on land of the Town, known as the Town Yard; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.

(Inserted at the request of the Town Yard Committee.)

Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to construct a building to be used for school purposes upon the land of the Town situated on Columbia Road, Stowecroft Road and Crosby Street, acquired for such purposes ; make an appropria- tion for such construction, including the cost of original equip- ment and furnishings; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating to any or all of the foregoing.

(Inserted at the request of the Committee appointed to procure plans and estimates of an elementary school building on land of the Town situated in the Mystic Street Area.)

Article 32. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to construct a municipal parking area on the Peirce and Winn property, so-called, on Mystic Street, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any other action relating thereto.

(Inserted at the request of the Planning Board.)

Article 33. To see if the Town will amend its zoning by- law by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to in- clude in the Business A District all or any part of the area now included in the Residence A District, bounded as follows :

Beginning at the point of intersection of the northwesterly side line of Appleton Street and the northeasterly side line of Concord Turnpike, thence northwesterly on said northeasterly

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side line of Concord Turnpike a distance of 203.35 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Concord Turnpike and the Arlington-Lexington Town Line, thence northeasterly on said Arlington-Lexington Town Line a dis- tance of 206 feet more or less to a point, thence southeasterly through private lands, on a line 200 feet northeast of and parallel to the northeasterly side line of Concord Pike a dis- tance of 290 feet more or less to a point on the northwesterly side line of Appleton Street thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Appleton Street a distance of 235 feet more or less to the point of beginning.