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westerly on said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive a distance of 220.16 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive thence southwesterly, westerly and northwesterly on said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive on a curve to the right with a radius of 350 feet a distance of 252.30 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive thence northwesterly on said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive a distance of 264.56 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive thence northwesterly and westerly on said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive on a curve to the left with a radius of 1210 feet a distance of 187.24 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive thence westerly on said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive a distance of 270.89 feet to an angle point in said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive a distance of 88 feet more or less to an angle point in said southerly side line of Oak Hlli Drive thence westerly on said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive a distance of 22.07 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive thence westerly and southwesterly on said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive on a curve to the left with a radius of 350 feet a distance of 97.99 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Ook Hill Drive a distance of 46.46 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive thence southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly on said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive on a curve to the left with a radius of 30 feet a distance of 49.87 feet to the point of intersection of said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive and the easterly side line of Summer Street thence northwesterly on said easterly side line of Summer Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 872.16 feet a distance of 107.66 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 33. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Bow Street to Lennon Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Blossom Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northerly side line of Bow Street and the of Blossom Street a distance of 43.85 feet thence northerly on said southwesterly side line southwesterly side line of Blossom Street to a point of curve in said southwesterly side line of Blossom Street thence northerly and northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Blossom Street on a curve to to the left with a radius of 29.33 feet a distance of 20.31 feet to a point of tangency in said south- westerly side line of Blossom Street thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Blossom Street a distance of 369.52 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Blossom Street and the center line of Lennon Road thence northeasterly across said Blossom Street and on said center line of Lennon Road a distance of 40.28 feet to the point of intersection of said center line of Lennon Road and the northeasterly side line of Blossom Street thence south-
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easterly on said northeasterly side line of Blossom Street a distance of 375.07 feet to a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Blossom Street thence southeasterly and southerly on said northeasterly side line of Blossom Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 69.33 feet a distance of 40.02 feet to a point of tangency in said northeasterly side line of Blossom Street thence southerly on said northeasterly side line of Blossom Street a distance of 40.79 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Blossom Street and the northerly side line of Bow Street thence southwesterly on said northerly side line of Bow Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 256.67 feet a distance of 40.13 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 34. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Rhinecliff Street to its present end, substantially in the location of the private way known as Florence Avenue, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northeasterly side line of Rhinecliff Street and the southeasterly side line of Florence Avenue thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Florence Avenue a distance of 616.10 feet to a point on said southeasterly side line of Florence Avenue at the southwesterly boundary line of lot 361 thence northwesterly across said Florence Avenue a distance of 57.01 feet to a point on the northwesterly side line of Florence Avenue at the south- westerly boundary line of lot 362 thence northeasterly on said north- westerly side line of Florence Avenue a distance of 640.50 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Florence Avenue and the northeasterly side line of Rhinecliff Street thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Rhinecliff Street and by the end of the present accepted portion of Florence Avenue a distance of 50.09 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 35. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Bow Street to Park Avenue Extension, substantially in the location of the private way known as Oakledge Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterment; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the southeasterly side line of Park Avenue Extension and the northeasterly side line of Oakledge Street, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Oakledge Street a distance of 304.79 feet to a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Oakledge Street, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly
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side line of Oakledge Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 30.01 feet a distance of 27.24 feet to the point of intersection of said north- easterly side line of Oakledge Street and the northwesterly side line of Newland Road, thence southwesterly a distance of 12.10 feet to a point on the northerly side line of Bow Street, thence northwesterly on said northerly side line of Bow Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 315 feet a distance of 59.74 feet to the point of intersection of said northerly side line of Bow Street and the southwesterly side line of Oakledge Street, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Oakledge Street a distance of 292.05 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Oakledge Street and the southeasterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, thence northeasterly on said south- easterly side line of Park Avenue Extension a distance of 40.26 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to accept the laying out of a Town way from Appleton Street to Florence Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Rhinecliff Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
FIRST SECTION
Beginning at the point of intersection of the southerly side line of Appleton Street and the easterly side of Rhinecliff Street thence south- westerly, southerly and southeasterly on said easterly side line of Rhine- cliff on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 31.42 feet to a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street thence southeasterly on said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street a distance of 154.28 feet to a point on said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street at the accepted portion of Valentine Road thelice south- westerly across said Rhinecliff Street and by the accepted portion of Valentine Road a distance of 50.32 feet to a point on the westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street a distance of 155.0 feet to a point of curve in said westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 34.05 feet to the point of intersection of said westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street and the southerly side line of Appleton Street thence northeasterly on said southerly side line of Appleton Street distances of 41.03 feet and 51.74 feet respectively to the point of beginning.
SECOND SECTION
Beginning at a point on the easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street at the present accepted portion of Valentine Road thence southeasterly on said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street a distance of 273.78 feet to a point on said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street at the north-
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westerly side line of Dow Avenue thence southerly on said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street a distance of 94.03 feet to an angle point thence southeasterly on said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street a distance of 40.0 feet to a point on said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street at the southeasterly side line of Dow Avenue thence southeasterly and southerly on said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 419.4 feet a distance of 119.19 feet to a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street thence south- erly on said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street a distance of 4.66 feet to a point of curve in said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street thence southerly, southwesterly on said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 477 feet a distance of 174.62 feet to a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Rhine- cliff Street thence southeasterly on said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street a distance of 22.77 feet to the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street and the northwesterly side line of Florence Avenue thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Florence Avenue a distance of 40.07 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Florence Avenue and the westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street a distance of 20.39 feet to a point of curve in said westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street thence northwesterly and north- erly on said westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 517 feet a distance of 189.26 feet to the point of tangency in said westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street thence northerly on said westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street a distance of 4.66 feet to a point of curve in said westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street thence northerly and northwesterly on said westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 379.4 feet a distance of 107.82 feet to a point of tangency in said westerly side line of Rhine- cliff Street thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Rhine- cliff Street a distance of 406.06 feet to a point on said westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street at the present accepted portion of Valentine Road thence northeasterly across said Rhinecliff Street and by said accepted portion of Valentine Road a distance of 50.19 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 37. To see if the Town will make an appropriation under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, for the original construction of public ways in the Town, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting, including land damages and the cost of pavement and sidewalks laid at the time of said construction; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 38. To see if the Town will authorize the acquisition by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise of any land easements or rights therein, including an easement or easements in land adjoining the location of any or all public ways, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting, consisting of a right to have the land of the location protected by having the surface of such adjoining land slope from the boundary of the location; make an appropriation for such acquisition; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
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Article 39. To see if the Town will make an appropriation or appropriations to pay the claims or charges of Symmes Arlington Hospital including such claims and charges for aid, relief or care furnished prior to January 1, 1951, to persons falling into distress and standing in need of immediate relief; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 40. To see if the Town will accept Section 6E of Chapter 40, as inserted by Chapter 538 of the Acts of 1950, which act is entitled, "An Act Providing That Cities and Towns May Make Tem- porary Minor Repairs On Private Ways Therein In Certain Cases"; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 41. 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 42. To see if the Town will acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, for the purpose of a Branch Library or for any other lawful purpose, all or any portion of the land as hereinafter described with the structures thereon; 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; 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 all or any of the foregoing.
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northwesterly side line of Cleveland Street and the northeasterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue; thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue a distance of 50.02 feet to a point on said northeasterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue; thence northeasterly through Lot E and on the center line of a brick fire wall between the stores numbered 177 and 177A a distance of 51.63 feet to a point on the division line between Lot E and Lot D; thence southeasterly on said division line between Lot E and Lot D a distance of 51.33 feet to a point on the northwesterly side line of Cleveland Street; thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Cleveland Street a distance of 53 feet to the point of beginning and containing 2645 square feet more or less and being the southeasterly portion of the premises shown as Lot E on a plan by L. G. Brackett & Co., Engineers, dated Dec. 10, 1927 and filed at the Registry of Deeds, East Cambridge, Mass. in Plan Book 409, P. 36.
(Inserted at the request of the Trustees of Robbins Library)
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to sell, demolish, alter, reconstruct, transfer the use of or otherwise dispose of the wooden building at the corner of Irving Street and Academy Street known as the Junior High School Industrial Arts; will vote to appropriate a sum or sums of money to be ex- pended under the direction of the School Committee for such purpose,
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including furniture and equipment, if any; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating to any or all of the foregoing.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum or sums of money for alterations, improvements, or reconstruction of the present Russell School, or for the construction of a new building, including furniture and equipment; 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 45. To see if the Town will vote to use the building at the corner of Academy Street and Maple Street for school department ad- ministrative and maintenance facilities and for the use of any other town departments; will vote to appropriate a sum or sums of money to be expended under the direction of the School Committee for altera- tion, improvements, or reconstruction of said building, including furni- ture and equipment, for the use of said department or departments; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating to any or all of the foregoing.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 46. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to be added to that appropriated under Article 54 of the 1946 Annual Town Meeting for the purpose of erecting an addition or additions to the present Robbins Memorial Town Hall and the alteration or recon- struction of the present interior of said Robbins Memorial Town Hall to provide for the rearrangement of Town Departmental quarters; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating to any or all of the foregoing.
Article 47. To see if the Town will transfer the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) from (Mt. Pleasant Cemetery) sale of graves and lots fund to the Cemetery Commissioners for the improve- ment of the Town Cemetery.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners)
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee to investigate and consider a Fire Prevention Code for the Town of Arlington; make an appropriation for the use of said committee; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 49. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the repair, maintenance and upkeep of the Honor Roll Board; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Committee to
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investigate and consider the advisibility of the erection and main- tenance of central garaging for town vehicles; make an appropriation for the use of said Committee; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to review the precinct boundaries of the Town, or take any action re- lating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 52. To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-Laws by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in the Business A District all or any part of the area now included in the Residence B District, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the northwesterly property line of lots situated on the northwesterly side of Sunnyside Avenue said point being a distance of 100.00 feet perpendicularly from the northeasterly side line of Broadway and being the point of intersection of said north- westerly property lines and a line 100.00 feet from and parallel to the northeasterly side line of Broadway; thence northeasterly along the said northwesterly property lines, the said northwesterly lines being 110.00 feet from and parallel to the said northwesterly side line of Sunnyside Avenue, a distance of 303.45 feet to a point, said point being the intersection of the northwesterly property line of lot C and the southwesterly property line of lot 50; thence northwesterly along the southwesterly property lines of lots 50, 49, R, 47, and Pt. 17 a dis- tance of 212.75 feet to a point, said point being the intersection of the southwesterly property lines of lot 17 and the southeasterly property line of lot 9; thence southwesterly along the southeasterly property lines of lots 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 a distance of 300.00 feet to a point, said point being the intersection of the southeasterly and southwesterly property line of lot 14; thence northwesterly along the said southwesterly property line of lot 14 a distance of 92.10 feet to the southeasterly side line of Silk Street; thence southwesterly along said side line of Silk Street 48.29 feet to a point, which point is on the line previously designated as being parallel to Broadway and 100.00 feet therefrom; thence south- easterly along said line, said line also being the division line of the Business A District and the Residence B District, a distance of 298.31 feet to the point of beginning and containing 71,394 square feet more or less area all as shown on Block Plan No. 33 on file in the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Massachusetts.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 53. To see if the Town will approve legislation now filed with the General Court which would restrict use of land in the Town abutting the highway now known as Route 2 or Concord Turnpike to a depth of 200 feet from either sideline of said highway to agricultural and single residence purposes, except those portions of said land in the Town lying easterly of Lake Street; or take any other action re- lating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Planning Board)
Article 54. To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-Law by
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altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in the Business A District all or any part of the area now included in the Residence B District and being bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the Northerly side line of Concord Turnpike and the Easterly side line of land of Foley; thence running Northerly by land of Foley and Lee a distance of 318.44 feet to the Southwesterly corner of Lot L; thence Northerly by land of Lee along the Westerly side line of Lot L a distance of 100 feet to the Southerly side line of Dorothy Road; thence Easterly on said Southerly side line of Dorothy Road a distance of 300 feet to the Northerly corner of Lot G; thence Southerly on the lot line between Lot G and Lot 23 a distance of 100 feet; thence Easterly by Lots 23, 24 and 24A, 207, 206, 205, Parker Street, 204 and 203, a distance of 406.36 feet to a point; thence Southerly by the rear line of Lots 317, 316 and 315 a distance of 178.95 feet to the Southwesterly corner of Lot 315; thence Easterly along the Southerly line of said Lot 315 a distance of 110 feet to a point in the center line of Burch Street; thence Southerly along said Center line of Burch Street a distance of 174.55 feet to an angle point; thence continuing Southerly by land of Pearl and land of the Town of Arlington a distance of 678.58 feet to the Northerly side line of Concord Turnpike; thence Northwesterly along said Northerly side line of Concord Turnpike a distance of 1277.43 feet to the point of beginning. All as shown on a Plan of Land in Arlington, Mass. Scale 1" = 80', Dec. 1950 G.B. Northrup C. E. Belmont.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee to investigate, consider and make recommendations relative to amend- ing the by-laws of the Town by inserting a provision that when any article in the Warrant is under consideration, the meeting may vote by ballot upon such article; make an appropriation for the use of said committee, or take any action relative thereto.
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