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On being put to a vote, the Moderator declared the motion to amend carried.
Thereupon, it was
Voted: That the Town does hereby abandon the purposes for which the land on Pheasant Avenue, now owned by the Town, was taken. Said land contains about 3.23 acres and is shown upon a plan marked "Plan of Proposed School Site on land of Mary J. Dickson, Arlington, Mass., Scale 1"=40', March 21, 1927, Geo. E. Ahern, Town Engineer", recorded in the Town Engineer's Office and as more particularly described in Article 50 of the Town Warrant; and that the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is authorized and empowered in the name and behalf of the Town, to sell and convey at public auction said parcel of land or the Town's interest therein, for a minimum price of $16,000., and upon such terms and conditions as the said Board of Selectmen may consider proper.
This vote was taken by count, 161 voting in the affirmative and 46 in the negative.
There being no further business under Article 50, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 51 taken up. (Acquisition of Land and Buildings for Use of the Park Department)
On motion duly made and seconded, it was
Voted: That the Board of Park Commissioners be and hereby is authorized and empowered on behalf of the Town to purchase or take in fee by eminent domain or otherwise and acquire for the use of the Park Department the land, together with the buildings thereon, within the Town, hereinafter described, any interest or easements therein and any rights or easements of way or otherwise as appurtenant thereto and subject to or with any reservations of any rights or easements therein. Said parcel of land being bounded and described as follows :-
Beginning at the point of intersection of the southwesterly side line of Beck Road and the northwesterly side line of a right of way, now known as Ryder Street, thence northeasterly by said northwesterly side line of Ryder Street a distance of 152 feet more or less to the south- westerly boundary line of the B.&M. R.R. right of way, thence south- easterly by said southwesterly boundary line of the B.&.M. R.R. right of way, a distance of 329 feet more or less, thence southwesterly by land now or formerly of the Theodore Schwamb Co., a distance of 20 feet more or less to an angle point, thence southeasterly by said land of Schwamb a distance of 10.57 feet to an angle point, thence south- westerly by said land of Schwamb a distance of 167.46 feet to a point, thence northwesterly by lot D, a distance of 342.31 feet to a point on the northwesterly side line for Ryder Street, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Ryder Street a distance of 20.74 feet to the point of beginning and containing 68,864 square feet more or less and subject to the rights of ways across the northwesterly end and the southeasterly end of the property and as shown on a plan on file at the Registry of Deeds, East Cambridge, Mass., in Book 7178, Page 331.
For the purpose of such purchase, taking or acquisition the sum of twenty-one thousand one hundred eighty-eight ($21,188.) dollars be and
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hereby is appropriated and that for this purpose the sum of fifteen thousand nine hundred forty-two and 65/100 ($15,942.65) dollars be raised by general tax and the sum of five thousand two hundred forty- five and 35/100 ($5,245.35) dollars be and hereby is transferred from the available unexpended balances now in the treasury as follows :-
From the amount appropriated for the Acquisition of Land
under Article 39, of the Annual Warrant for 1937
..
$3,058.35
From the amount appropriated for the Acquisition of Land under Article 23, of the Annual Warrant for 1948 $2,187.00 all to be expended under the direction of the Board of Park Com- missioners.
This . vote was taken by count, 130 voting in the affirmative and 55 in the negative.
On motion of William F. Holian, duly seconded, it was
Voted: To adjourn.
This vote was taken by count, 119 voting in the affirmative and 65 in the negative.
The meeting was declared adjourned by the Moderator at 10:50 P.M. A True Record, ATTEST:
JAMES J. GOLDEN, Town Clerk
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ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 24, 1950
Pursuant to the vote of adjournment of March 22, 1950, and written notices sent by mail by the Town Clerk, the town meeting members met in the Robbins Memorial Town Hall on Friday evening, March 24, 1950, to act upon the remaining articles set forth in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting.
Lists of the duly qualified town meeting members were used at the entrances of the meeting place and were in charge of Philip T. Robin- son and James E. Sweeney. The lists contained the names of two hun- dred and fifty-six (256) town meeting members.
The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that two hundred and twenty (220) members and ten (10) members at large attended the meeting.
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Mr. Harold E. Magnuson, at 8:10 o'clock P.M.
Those town meeting members who had not previously been sworn were thereupon sworn by the Moderator.
On motion of Selectman Purcell, duly seconded, it was
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, 1950, at 8 o'clock.
There being no further business under Article 51, inasmuch as the motion had been carried at the last session before it was voted to adjourn, the Moderator declared Article 51 disposed of.
Article 52 taken up. (Acquisition of Land for Park Purposes)
On motion duly made and seconded, it was
Voted: That no action be taken under Article 52 of the warrant.
There being no further business under Article 52, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 53 taken up. (Memorial-Daniel P. Barry)
George A. Harris offered the following amendment to the motion of the Finance Committee, which was duly seconded:
"That the word "Police" be inserted between the word "late" and the word "Lieutenant".
On being put to a vote, the Moderator declared the motion to amend carried.
Thereupon, it was
Voted: That the committee appointed by the Moderator in ac- cordance with the vote of the Town of March 25, 1949, under Article 39 of the Town Warrant for the 1949 Annual Town Meeting, be and hereby is authorized and directed to purchase a stone monument
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bearing a bronze plaque with an appropriate inscription thereon, mem- orializing the late Police Lieutenant Daniel P. Barry and to erect said monument and plaque upon land owned by the Town on Medford Street near the intersection of Warren Street and Medford Street and between Warren Street and Lewis Avenue at a site within said land to be selected by said committee; that the Park Commissioners be and hereby are authorized and directed to maintain said monument and plaque on said site; that the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) be and hereby is appropriated for the purposes of purchasing said monu- ment and plaque and erecting the same as aforesaid and any incidentals thereto, to be expended under the direction of said committee; said sum to be raised by general tax.
There being no further business under Article 53, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 54 taken up. (Outdoor Band Concerts)
The Finance Committee recommended the following:
That no action be taken under Article 54 of the warrant.
Felix V. Cutler offered the following substitute motion, duly seconded :-
"That the sum of five hundred (500) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of providing outdoor band concerts within the town; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Park Com- missioners."
On being put to a vote, the Moderator declared the motion to amend carried.
Thereupon, it was
Voted: That the sum of five hundred (500) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of providing outdoor band concerts within the town; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Park Commissioners.
There being no further business under Article 54, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 55 taken up. (Transfer of Park Land)
On the motion of John N. Loud to amend the substitute motion offered by J. Howard Hayes of the Finance Committee for the original motion of the Finance Committee, it was unanimously
Voted: Authority having been granted by the legislature under Chapter 54 of the Acts of 1950, the control and charge of that portion of the park land located in the Town and known as Meadowbrook Park, and more particularly bounded and described as follows :-
Beginning at a stone bound at the point of intersection of the northeasterly side line of Mystic Street and the southeasterly side line of Mystic Valley Parkway, thence northwesterly, northerly and north- easterly on said southeasterly side line of Mystic Valley Parkway on a curve to the right with a radius of 38.16 feet a distance 46.64 feet to a point of reverse curve in said southeasterly side line of Mystic Valley
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Parkway, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Mystic Valley Parkway on a curve to the left with a radius of 451.41 feet a distance of 290.61 feet to a point of tangency, thence N 2° - 39' - 50" E, a distance of 190.00 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Mystic Valley Parkway, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Mystic Valley Parkway, on a curve to the right with a radius of 659.11 feet a distance of 92.80 feet to a point, thence southeasterly through Meadowbrook Park a distance of 330 feet more or less to a point on the boundary line between Meadowbrook Park and Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, thence southwesterly, southerly, and southeasterly on said boundary line on a curve to the left with a radius of 240.0 feet a distance of 174.31 feet to a point of tangency in said boundary line, thence S 26° - 44' - 55" E on said boundary line a distance of 210.77 feet to a point, thence northwesterly, westerly, and southwesterly on the southerly boundary line of Meadowbrook Park on a curve to the left with a radius of 189.51 feet a distance of 247.54 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly boundary line of Meadowbrook Park, thence S 78° - 22' - 05" W on said southerly boundary line of Meadowbrook Park a dis- tance of 109.48 feet to a point of curve, thence southwesterly and westerly on said southerly boundary line of Meadowbrook Park on a curve to the right with a radius of 213.11 feet a distance of 149.03 feet to a point, thence southwesterly on said southerly boundary line of Meadowbrook Park a distance of 21 feet, more or less, to a point at or near the south- easterly side line of Mystic Valley Parkway, thence southeasterly on the division line between Mt. Pleasant Cemetery and other land of the Park Commission a distance of 198.80 feet to an angle point in said division line, thence southwesterly on said division line and by lot 1 a distance of 203.63 feet to the point of beginning; said land being shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan of Land, Arlington, Mass., to be transferred from Park to Cemetery, scale 1"=40', Nov. 25, 1949, James M. Keane, Town Engineer" be and hereby is transferred to the Board of Cemetery Commissioners to be developed and maintained for cemetery purposes.
There being no further business under Article 55, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 56 taken up. (Transfer of Cemetery Funds)
On motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the sum of fifteen thousand (15,000) dollars be and hereby is transferred from (Mount Pleasant Cemetery) sale of lots and graves fund to the Cemetery Commissioners for the improvement of the Town Cemetery.
There being no further business under Article 56, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 57 taken up. (Traffic-Arlington Center Area)
On motion of Harvey C. Abbott of the Planning Board, duly seconded, it was
Voted: That the report of the Planning Board under Article 57 be received.
Following extended discussion by the town meeting of the following motion of the Planning Board:
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"That the Town approve in principle or in substance, a plan or plans for street construction and other changes for the control of traffic in the Arlington Center area, and that the town authorize and instruct the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works to petition the proper departments of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts and County of Middlesex and to do such other acts and deeds as may be expedient, to the end that such land as may be necessary may be taken and streets altered, relocated or constructed, for the improvement and control of traffic flow in the said area. This plan or plans for these changes as embodied in the report of this date by the Planning Board to this Town Meeting",
and of the substitute motions presented in lieu thereof, each of which was defeated, on motion of Hallam T. Ring, duly seconded, it was
Voted: To adjourn.
This vote was taken by count, 108 voting in the affirmative and 38 in the negative.
The meeting was declared adjourned by the Moderator at 11.15 P.M. A True Record, ATTEST:
JAMES J. GOLDEN, Town Clerk
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ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 27, 1950
Pursuant to the vote of adjournment of March 24, 1950, and written notices sent by mail by the Town Clerk, the town meeting members met in the Robbins Memorial Town Hall on Monday evening, March 27, 1950, to act upon the remaining articles set forth in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting.
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 lists contained the name of two hundred and fifty-six (256) town meeting members.
The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that one hundred and ninety-seven (197) members and eleven (11) members-at-large attended the meeting.
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Mr. Harold E. Magnuson, at 8:10 o'clock P.M.
On motion of Selectman Purcell, duly seconded, it was
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 Wednesday evening, March 29, 1950, at 8 o'clock.
The Moderator declared that the effect of the adjournment of the previous meeting was to remove the motion of the Planning Board from the meeting and that Article 57 was now before the meeting with no motion pending.
On motion of Harvey C. Abbott of the Planning Board, duly seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the plans embodied in the report of the Planning Board as submitted to this town meeting for street construction and other changes for the control of traffic in the Arlington Center Area be ap- proved in principle, that the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works be and hereby is authorized and empowered to consult with the proper departments and divisions of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and County of Middlesex, and do such other acts as may be expedient, to the end that a plan or plans, approved by the said departments or divisions, for the improvements and control of traffic flow in said area may be prepared and submitted to the representative town meeting for approval, disapproval or other action; that action taken in this vote shall not authorize any land takings within the Town of Arlington for such purpose before being submitted to a representative town meeting.
There being no further business under Article 57, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 58 taken up. (Zoning-By-Law)
Harvey C. Abbott of the Planning Board presented the Report of the Planning Board, and on motion duly made and seconded, it was
Voted: That the report be received.
On motion of Harvey C. Abbott of the Planning Board, duly seconded, it was unanimously
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Voted: That the Town amend its Zoning By-Law by inserting a new section as more particularly described in Article 58 of the Warrant for the Town Meeting of March 20, 1950.
On motion of J. Howard Hayes of the Finance Committee, duly seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the sum of $100.00 be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of advertising this by-law; said amount to be expended under the direction of the Town Clerk and to be raised by general tax.
There being no further business under Article 58, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 59 taken up. (Zoning By-Law)
Harvey C. Abbott of the Planning Board presented the Report of the Planning Board, and on motion duly made and seconded, it was
Voted: That the report be received.
On motion of Harvey C. Abbott of the Planning Board, duly seconded, it was
Voted: That the Town amend its Zoning By-Law by making the changes as more particularly described under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Article 59 of the Warrant for the Town Meeting of March 20, 1950.
This vote was taken by count, 176 voting in the affirmative and 2 in the negative.
On motion of J. Howard Hayes of the Finance Committee, duly seconded, it was
Voted: That the sum of $100.00 be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of advertising this by-law; said amount to be expended under the direction of the Town Clerk and to be raised by general tax.
There being no further business under Article 59, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 60 taken up. (Zoning-Appleton Street and Concord Turn- pike)
On motion of Harvey C. Abbott of the Planning Board, duly seconded, it was
Voted: That no action be taken under Article 60 of the Warrant for the Town Meeting of March 20, 1950.
There being no further business under Article 60, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 61 taken up. (Zoning-Garden Street)
Harvey C. Abbott of the Planning Board presented the Report of the Planning Board, and on motion duly made and seconded, it was
Voted: That the report be received.
On motion of Percival E. Richardson to amend the motion of Harvey C. Abbott of the Planning Board, it was unanimously
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Voted: That the Town amend its Zoning By-Law by altering the Zoning Map therein referred to so as to include in the Industrial Dis- trict the area now included in the Residence B. District and being bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the center line of Garden Street, said point being 100 feet easterly of the easterly side line of Mystic Street and on the boundary line of the business A district, thence southeasterly on said center line of Garden Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 120 feet a distance of 178 feet more or less to a point of tangency in said center line of Garden Street, thence continuing southeasterly on said center line of Garden Street a distance of 40 feet more or less to a point opposite the southerly boundary line of lot 35, thence westerly across said Garden Street and on said southerly boundary line of lot 35, a distance of 119.4 feet more or less to the boundary line of the business A district, thence northerly on said boundary line of the business A dis- trict and by the westerly boundary line of lots 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40, and through Garden Street, a distance of 155 feet to the point of beginning.
On motion of J. Howard Hayes of the Finance Committee, duly seconded, it was
Voted: That the sum of $100.00 be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of advertising this by-law; said amount to be expended under the direction of the Town Clerk and to be raised by general tax.
There being no further business under Article 61, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 62 taken up. (Discharge of Moral Obligation)
The Finance Committee recommended the following:
That, without acknowledgement or assumption of any legal obliga- tion, the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred ($1,500.00) Dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of discharging a moral obligation of the Town of Arlington to the heirs of Kevork H. Mouradian; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen subject to the condition that enabling legislation be enacted by the General Court for the payment of said sum.
William B. Houser offered the following substitute motion, duly seconded :
"That without acknowledgement or assumption of any legal obligation, the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000.) Dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of discharging a moral obligation of the Town of Arlington to the heirs of Kevork H. Mouradian, said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, subject to the condition that enabling legislation be enacted by the General Court for the payment of said sum".
On being put to a vote which was taken by count, eighty-four (84) voting in the affirmative and eight-five (85) in the negative, the Moder- ator declared the motion to amend lost.
A roll call was then taken on the question at the request of forty (40) town meeting members, following which the Moderator declared a recess from 10:10 P.M. until 10:25 P.M.
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On the roll call, one hundred and ten (110) having voted in the affirmative and eighty-seven (87) in the negative, the Moderator declared the motion to amend carried.
Thereupon, it was
Voted: That without acknowledgement or assumption of any legal obligation, the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000.) Dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of discharging a moral obligation of the Town of Arlington to the heirs of Kevork H. Mouradian, said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, subject to the condition that enabling legislation be enacted by the General Court for the payment of said sum.
There being no further business under Article 62, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
On motion of Paul R. Shanahan, duly seconded, it was
Voted: That Article 10 be taken from the table.
Paul R. Shanahan offered the following motion, which was duly seconded, for the substitute motion presented by him at the first session of this meeting on March 20, 1950 :-
"That there be paid to each employee of the Town as special compensation for the year 1950 an equal sum from the total appropriated under this article, said sum to be paid no later than May 1, 1950, all elected officials, school teachers, policemen, firemen and employees whose basic annual income in 1949, was $3,000 or more and also temporary employees presently employed who have less than six months consecutive service with the Town are specifically excluded from receiving any payments hereunder; this action shall not be construed as permanently increasing salaries or wages, nor shall payment hereunder be deemed to be part of the regular compensation of any town employee; that the sum of $25,913. be taken from available funds now in the treasury, and expended under the direction of the various boards and heads of departments and charged to the appropriation made under this article",
and on being put to a vote, the Moderator declared the motion lost.
Thereupon, it was
Voted: That no action be taken under Article 10 of the Warrant.
There being no further business under Article 10, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
.
Article 63 taken up. (Headquarters for Lt. Stanley G. Benner Detachment, Marine Corps League of Arlington)
On motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That in accordance with Chapter 40, Section 9 under the General Laws of Massachusetts, as amended by Chapter 409 of the Acts of 1946, the sum of six hundred (600) dollars be and hereby is ap- propriated for the purpose of providing headquarters for the "Lt. Stanley G. Benner Detachment, Marine Corps League of Arlington";
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and that said sum be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
There being no further business under Article 63, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 64 taken up. (Appropriation of Available Funds)
On motion duly made and seconded, it was
Voted: To take the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Nineteen and 82/100 ($177,219.82) Dollars voted for the appropriations heretofore made under the Warrant for this meeting, and not to be borrowed or to be taken from available funds or from balances of special appropriations made in other years, from any avail- able funds in the Treasury and to authorize the Assessors to use free cash in the Treasury in any available funds to that amount in the determination of the 1950 tax rate; said sum to be composed of One Hundred Fifty Thousand ($150,000.00) Dollars free cash in the Treasury and Twenty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Nineteen and 82/100 ($27,219.82) Dollars from unexpended balances as released by the various Town departments.
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