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Article 22. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the construction of permanent sidewalks and for the installing of edge- stones; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for maintaining, repairing and improving all or any part of the 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 Middle- sex, or both, for such purpose or purposes; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action in any way relative to all or any of the foregoing.
Article 24. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the relocation, alteration and widening, construction of, specific repairs upon and improvement of all or any parts of Massachusetts Avenue, Medford Street and Pleasant Street, within the town as now existing or hereafter relocated, altered or widened, including land damages, if any, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments or otherwise; said appropriation to be used with any sum or sums which may be allotted by the Commonwealth or County of Middlesex, or both, for such purpose or purposes; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action in any way relative to all or any of the foregoing.
Article 25. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the relocation, alteration, and widening, construction of, specific repairs upon and improvement of all or any parts of Park Circle and Park Avenue in its immediate vicinity, within the Town as now existing or hereafter relocated, altered or widened, including land damages, if any,
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under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments or otherwise; said appropriation to be used with any sum or sums which may be allotted by the Commonwealth or County of Middlesex, or both, for such purpose or purposes; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action in any way relative to all or any of the foregoing.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 26. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the construction of, specific repairs upon and improvements of all or any parts of Park Circle and Park Avenue within the town as now existing, including the construction of a walk over town land and land of the Metropolitan District Commission within the confines of Park Circle, and including the construction of permanent sidewalks and for the installing of edgestones, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 27. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Mystic Street to Mystic Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Beverly Road, 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 assesment 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 easterly side line of Mystic Street and the northeasterly side line of Beverly Road, thence southerly and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Beverly Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 30 feet a distance of 47.12 feet to a point of tangency in said northeasterly side line of Beverly Road, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Beverly Road a distance of 93.86 feet to a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Beverly Road, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Beverly Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 311.38 feet a distance of 283.75 feet to a point of tangency in said northeasterly side line of Beverly Road, thence continuing southeasterly on said north- easterly side line of Beverly Road a distance of 512.55 feet to a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Beverly Road, thence south- easterly on said northeasterly side line of Beverly Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 413.48 feet a distance of 193.10 feet to a point of compound curve in said northeasterly side line of Beverly Road, thence southerly, westerly and northwesterly on the southerly side line of Beverly Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 114. feet a distance of 290.49 feet to a point of reverse curve in said southerly side line of Beverly Road, thence northwesterly on the southwesterly side line of Beverly Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 1,532.84 feet a distance of 146.55 feet to a point of tangency in said south- westerly side line of Beverly Road, thence continuing northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Beverly Road a distance of 457.66 feet
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to a point of curve in said southwesterly side line of Beverly Road, thence northwesterly and westerly on said southwesterly side line of Beverly Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 170. feet a distance of 87.54 feet to a point of compound curve in said southwesterly side line of Beverly Road, thence westerly and southwesterly on said south- westerly side line of Beverly Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 30.43 feet a distance of 48.47 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Beverly Road and the easterly side line of Mystic Street, thence northeasterly on said easterly side line of Mystic Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 433.3 feet a distance of 66.47 feet to a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Mystic Street, thence northeasterly on said easterly side line of Mystic Street a distance of 46.52 feet to the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Mystic Street and the northeasterly side line of Beverly Road, thence southerly and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Beverly Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 50. feet a distance of 69.03 feet to a point of reverse curve in said northeasterly side line of Beverly Road, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Beverly Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 210. feet a distance of 104.81 feet to a point of tangency in said northeasterly side line of Beverly Road, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Beverly Road a distance of 457.66 feet to a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Beverly Road, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Beverly Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 1572.84 feet a distance of 150.37 feet to a point of re- verse curve in said northeasterly side line of Beverly Road, thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on the northerly side line of Beverly Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 74. feet a distance of 188.565 feet to a point of compound curve in the southwesterly side line of Beverly Road, thence northerly and northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Beverly Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 373.48 feet a distance of 174.42 feet to a point of tangency in said southwesterly side line of Beverly Road, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Beverly Road a distance of 512.55 feet to a point of curve in said southwesterly side line of Beverly Road, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Beverly Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 271.38 feet a distance of 247.30 feet to a point of tangency in said southwesterly side line of Beverly Road, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Beverly Road a distance of 93.86 feet to a point of curve in said southwesterly side line of Beverly Road, thence westerly and southwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Beverly Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 30 feet a distance of 47.12 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Beverly Road and the easterly side line of Mystic Street, thence northeasterly on said easterly side line of Mystic Street a distance of 100. feet to the point of beginning as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., both entitled "Plan and Profile of Part of Beverly Road, Arlington, Mass., As Petitioned For By Monadnock Realty Trust, Emil Fellman, Trustee, September 17, 1941, Scale Hor. 1 In .= 40 Ft., Vert. 1 In .= 6 Ft., Jos. Selwyn, Civil Engineer, 80 Gilbert Road, Belmont".
Article 28. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Bonad Road to High Haith Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Shawnee Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and
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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 southwesterly side line of Bonad Road and the southeasterly side line of Shawnee Road, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Shawnee Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 33.01 feet to a point of tangency in said southeasterly side line of Shawnee Road, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Shawnee Road a distance of 136.13 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Shawnee Road, thence southwesterly and westerly on said southeasterly side line of Shawnee Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 366.86 feet a distance of 248.22 feet to a point of tangency in said southeasterly side line of Shawnee Road, thence westerly on said southeasterly side line of Shawnee Road a distance of 82.54 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Shawnee Road, thence westerly and southwesterly on said south- easterly side line of Shawnee Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 77.34 feet a distance of 44.38 feet to a point on said southeasterly side line of Shawnee Road, thence northwesterly across said Shawnee Road and on the easterly side line of High Haith Road a distance of 71 feet more or less to a point on the northwesterly side line of Shawnee Road, thence southeasterly and easterly on said northwesterly side line of Shawnee Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 62.71 feet a dis- tance of 42.21 feet to a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Shawnee Road, thence easterly on said northwesterly side line of Shawnee Road a distance of 107.14 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Shawnee Road, thence easterly and north- easterly on said northwesterly side line of Shawnee Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 326.86 feet a distance of 221.16 feet to a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Shawnee Road, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Shawnee Road a distance of 148.59 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Shawnee Road, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Shawnee Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 39.06 feet to the point of inter- section of said northwesterly side line of Shawnee Road and the south- westerly side line of Bonad Road, thence ,southeasterly on said south- westerly side line of Bonad Road distances of 37.18 and 47.19 feet re- spectively, to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan and Profile of Shawnee Road, High Haith, Arlington, Horizontal Scale 40 Feet to an inch, Vertical Scale 6 Feet to an inch, Ernest W. Branch, Civil Engineer, Boston, Quincy."
Article 29. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Gardner Street to Sunnyside Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Fremont Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Select- men and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing
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the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropria- tion for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action re- lating 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 Gardner Street and the northeasterly side line of Fremont Street, thence southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly on said north- easterly side line of Fremont Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 15 feet a distance of 19.38 feet to a point of tangency in said north- easterly side line of Fremont Street, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Fremont Street a distance of 514.96 feet to a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Fremont Street, thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Fremont Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 44.28 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Fremont Street and the northwesterly side line of Sunny- side Avenue, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Sunnyside Avenue on a curve to the right with a radius of 127.44 feet a distance of 35.75 feet to a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Sunnyside Avenue, thence continuing southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Sunnyside Avenue a distance of 63.28 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Sunnyside Avenue and the southwesterly side line of Fremont Street, thence northerly and northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Fremont Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 30.28 feet to a point of tangency in said southwesterly side line of Fremont Street, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Fremont Street a distance of 514.15 feet to a point of curve in said southwesterly side line of Fremont Street, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Fremont Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 32.88 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Fremont Street and the southeasterly side line of Gardner Street, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Gardner Street distances of 55.85 and 29.70 feet respectively, to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan and Profile of Fremont Street, Arlington, Mass., A. C. Peters, Civil Engineer, 46 Cornhill, Boston, March, 1928, Scales Hor. 1"=40', Ver. 1"=6'."
Article 30. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Mystic Street to Crosby Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as College 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 appropria- tion 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:
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Beginning at the point of intersection of the westerly side line of Mystic Street and the southerly side line of College Avenue, thence northwesterly and westerly on said southerly side line of College Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 31.49 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly side line of College Avenue, thence westerly on said southerly side line of College Avenue a distance of 154.14 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of College Avenue, thence westerly and southwesterly on said southerly side line of College Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 167.67 feet a distance of 94.38 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly line of College Avenue, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of College Avenue a distance of 19.24 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of College Avenue, thence southwesterly and westerly on said southerly side line of College Avenue on a curve to the right with a radius of 356.44 feet a distance of 175.94 feet to a point of tan- gency in said southerly side line of College Avenue, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of College Avenue a distance of 395.95 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of College Avenue, thence southwesterly and southerly on said southerly side line of College Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.19 feet a distance of 39.95 feet to the point of intersection of said southerly side line of College Avenue and the easterly side line of Crosby Street, thence northerly on said easterly side line of Crosby Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 675.17 feet a distance of 93.44 feet to the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Crosby Street and the northerly side line of College Avenue, thence southeasterly and easterly on said northerly side line of College Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 24.63 feet a distance of 41.72 feet to a point of tan- gency in said northerly side line of College Avenue, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of College Avenue a distance of 391.58 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of College Avenue, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of College Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 316.44 feet a distance of 156.20 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of College Avenue, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of College Avenue a distance of 19.24 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of College Avenue, thence northeasterly and easterly on said northerly side line of College Avenue on a curve to the right with a radius of 207.67 feet a distance of 116.89 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of College Avenue, thence easterly on said northerly side line of College Avenue a distance of 154.46 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of College Avenue, thence northeasterly and northerly on said northerly side line of College Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 31.34 feet to the point of inter- section of said northerly side line of College Avenue and the westerly side line of Mystic Street, thence southerly on said westerly side line of Mystic Street a distance of 80.0 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk entitled "Plan and Profile of College Avenue, Arlington, Mass., Scales Horizontal 40'= 1". Vertical 6'=1", May, 1929, Whitman & Howard, Civil Engineers, 89 Broad Street, Boston".
Article 31. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Massachusetts Avenue to Paul Revere Road, substan- tially in the location of the private way known as Davis Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Select-
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men and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropria- tion 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 southerly side line of Mass. Avenue and the southeasterly side line of Davis Road thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Davis Road, a distance of 415.56 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Davis Road and the northwesterly side line of Paul Revere Road, thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Paul Revere Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 778.90 feet a distance of 40.33 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Paul Revere Road and the northwesterly side line of Davis Road, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Davis Road a distance of 405.74 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Davis Road and the southerly side of Mass. Avenue, thence south- easterly on said southerly side of Mass. Avenue a distance of 42.12 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan of Proposed Street in Arlington, Mass., from Massachusetts Avenue to Vine Street, Petitioned for by M. A. Davis, Scale 40' & 6'=1", May, 1898, H. S. Adams, C. E.
Article 32. 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 33. 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.
Article 34. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to be expended under the Board of Public Works for the widening of the roadway and the reconstruction of the sidewalk and curbing of Pleasant Street, from Swan Street to Massachusetts Avenue; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of a certain parcel of land located on Mystic Street, hereinafter described; or take any action relating thereto.
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Said parcel of land is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the westerly sideline of Mystic Street, said point being 160.87 feet southerly from the point of curve at the northerly intersection of Mystic Street and Old Mystic Street, thence southerly along said westerly sideline of Mystic Street a distance of 411.2 feet to the point of intersection of the said westerly sideline of Mystic Street and the northerly property line of Lot Pt. 4, thence southwesterly along the northerly property lines of Lot Pt. 4 and Lot 5 a distance of 347.17 plus or minus feet to a point on the easterly sideline of Old Mystic Street, thence northerly and northeasterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 252.67 feet a distance of 195.87 plus or minus feet to a point of tangency on said easterly sideline of Old Mystic Street, thence continuing northeasterly on said easterly sideline of Old Mystic Street a distance of 39.82 feet to a point of curve on said easterly side line of Old Mystic Street, thence northerly and norhwesterly on a curve to the left with a radius of 472.67 feet a distance of 361.31 feet to a point on said easterly side line of Old Mystic Street, thence easterly along the southerly property line of the premises at #442 Mystic Street, a distance of 79.55 feet to the point of beginning containing 89,450 square feet area, all as shown on block plans 77 and 78 on file in the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Massachusetts.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of a certain parcel of land located at the corner of Forest Street and Summer Street, hereinafter described; or take any action relating thereto.
Said parcel of land is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the southwesterly sideline of Summer Street, said point being a distance of 42.38 feet from a stone bound at the intersection of the southwesterly sideline of Summer Street and the northwesterly sideline of Thorn Road, thence southeasterly and southerly on a curve to the right with a radius of 740.36 feet a distance of 226.30 feet to a point of tangency on said southwesterly sideline of Summer Street, thence continuing along said southwesterly sideline of Summer Street S 11° - 36' - 42" E a distance of 23.33 feet to a point of curve on said southwesterly side line of Summer Street, thence southerly and southwesterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 213.38 feet a distance of 195.83 feet to a point of tangency on the northwesterly side line of Forest Street, thence S 40° - 45' - 27" W along the said north- westerly side line of Forest Street, a distance of 129.50 feet to an angle point on the said northwesterly side line of Forest Street, thence con- tinuing S 62° - 36' - 21" W along the said northwesterly side line of Forest Street a distance of 167.47 feet to a point on said northwesterly side line of Forest Street, thence turning and running N 50° - 19' - 09" W a distance of 181.12 feet to an angle point, thence running N 50° - 33' - 35" W a distance of 80.31 feet to a point on the northeasterly property line of Lot 18, thence turning and running N 45° - 55' - 51" E a distance of 94.70 feet to an angle point, thence running N 43º - 18' - 21" E a distance of 187.12 feet to an angle point, thence running N 42° - 31' - 21" E a distance of 134.41 feet to an angle point, thence running N 41° - 28' - 21" E a distance of 165.95 feet to the point of beginning and containing 3.48 acres all as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Arlington,
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