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Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 310.24 feet a distance of 349.88 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 74.82 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street and the northerly side line of Pamela Drive, thence easterly across said Ridge Street a distance of 50.0 feet to a point on the northeasterly side line of Ridge Street, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 74.82 feet to a point of curve, thence southeasterly, southerly and southwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Ridge Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 360.24 feet a distance of 406.27 feet to a point of tangency, thence southwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 80.0 feet to a point of curve, thence south- westerly, southerly and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Ridge Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 272.40 feet a distance of 449.52 feet to a point of tangency, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 142.0 feet to a point of curve, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Ridge Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 470.29 feet a distance of 305.62 feet to a point of tangency thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Ridge Street a dis- tance of 147.62 feet to an angle point, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 227.57 feet to a point of curve thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Ridge Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 58.31 feet to the point of inter- section of said northeasterly side line of Ridge Street and the west- erly side line of Mystic Street thence southwesterly on said westerly side line of Mystic Street a distance of 256.72 feet to the point of be- ginning as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Massachusetts, both entitled, "Plan and Profile of Part of Ridge Street, Arlington, Mass., as Petitioned For by Henry G. Wilton, Scales, HOR. 1 in = 40 ft., VERT. 1 in. = 6 ft., Everett M. Brooks. Civil Eng., Newtonville, Mass., June 12, 1939."
Article 40. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Parker Street to Littlejohn Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Mott 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 appro- priation for said laying out and the construction of said way; deter- mine 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 Parker Street and the southeasterly side line of Mott Street thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southeast- rly side line of Mott Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 37.82 feet to the point of tangency thence south- westerly on said southeasterly side line of Mott Street a distance of. 680.39 feet to a point of curve thence southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Mott Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 40.96 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Mott Street and the northeasterly side line of Littlejohn Street thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Littlejohn Street a
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distance of 90.21 feet to the point of intersection of said northeast- erly side line of Littlejohn Street and the northwesterly side line of Mott Street thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Mott Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 37.58 feet to a point of tangency thence northeasterly on said north westerly side line of Mott Street a distance of 681.23 feet to a point of curve thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Mott Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 40.72 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Mott Street and the southwesterly side line of Parker Street thence south- easterly on said southwesterly side line of Parker Street a distance of 90.16 feet 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 Mott Street as Petitioned for by Franklin & Daniel Wyman, Scales Hor. 1" = 40' Vert. 1" = 6' April 1927 Bremer W. Pond, Landscape Architect."
Article 41. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Oakhill Drive to Richfield Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Rockmont 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 assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appro- priation for said laying out and the construction of said way; deter- mine 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 Oakhill Drive and the northeasterly side line of Rockmont Road thence southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Rockmont Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 44.30 feet to a point of tangency thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Rockmont Road a distance of 470.48 feet to a point of curve thence southeast- erly on said northeasterly side line of Rockmont Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 292.46 feet a distance of 172.75 feet to a point of tangency thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Rockmont Road a distance of 76.80 feet to a point of curve thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.0 feet a distance of 26.16 feet to the point of intersec- tion of said northeasterly side line of Rockmont Road and the north- westerly side line of Richfield Road thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Richfield Road a distance of 62 feet more or less to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Richfield Road and the southwesterly side line of Rockmont Road thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Rockinout Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet a distance of 13.65 feet to the point of tangency thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Rockmont Road a distance of 96.55 feet to a point of curve thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Rockmont Road on a curve to the right with a radius of332.46 feet a distance of 196.38 feet to the point of tangency thence north- westerly on said southwesterly side line of Rockmont Road a dis- tance of 478.65 feet to a point of curve thence northwesterly, west- erly and southwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Rockmont
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Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet a distance of 34.23 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Rockmont Road and the southeasterly side line of Oakhill Drive thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Oakhill Drive a distance of 88 feet more or less to the point of beginning as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Massa- chusetts, one entitled, "Plan and Profile of Rockmont Rd. Arlington, Mass. Scales Hor. 1" = 40' Ver. 1" = 6' Nov. 9, 1945, Fred A. Joyce, Surveyor" and the other "Plan and Profile of Rockmont Road and Saratoga Road, Arlington, Mass, Hor. Scale 1in = 40 ft. Ver. Scale 1 in = 6 ft. Feb. 12, 1930 Fred A. Joyce. Surveyor, Belmont, Mass."
Article 42. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Belknap Street southwesterly, substantially in the location of the private way known as Marion 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 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 a point on the southeasterly side line of Marion Road said point being 310 feet southwesterly of the southwesterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue and at the end of the present ac- cepted portion of Marion Road, thence southwesterly on said south- easterly side line of Marion Road a distance of 347.56 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Marion Road, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Marion Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 17.33 feet to a point of reverse curve, thence southwesterly, easterly, northerly and northeasterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 40 feet a distance of 181.11 feet to a point of reverse curve on the northwest- erly side line of Marion Road, thence northeasterly on said north- westerly side line of Marion Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 17.33 feet to a point of tangency, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Marion Road a dis- tance of 328.09 feet to a point of curve thence northeasterly, north- erly and northwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Marion Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 31.27 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Marion Road and the southwesterly side line of Belknap Street. thence southeasterly across Marion Road and by the present accept- ed portions of Belknap Street and Marion Road a distance of 69.85 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in tlie office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Massachusetts, entitled, "Board of Survey Plan and Profile of Marion Rd. and Marion Circle, Arlington, Mass. Scales Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', August, 1950, G. B. Northrup, C. E. Belmont."
Article 43. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Appleton Street to Piedmont Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Ortona 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 author_ izing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an
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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 Appleton Street and the northwesterly side line of Ortona Street thence easterly and northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Ortona Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 19.85 feet a distance of 27.18 feet to a point of tangency thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Ortona Street a distance of 243.12 feet to the point of curve thence northeasterly, northerly and north- westerly on said northwesterly side line of Ortona Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 15 feet a distance of 19.81 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Ortona Street and the southwesterly side line of Piedmont Street thence soutli- easterly on said southwesterly side line of Piedmont Street a distance of 72.25 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Piedmont Street and the southeasterly side line of Ortona Street thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Ortona Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 15 feet a distance of 27.31 feet to a point of tangency thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Ortona Street a dis- tance of 223.17 feet to a point of curve thence southwesterly, south- erly and southeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Ortona Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 17.68 feet a distance of 26.12 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Ortona Street and the northerly side line of Appleton Street thence northwesterly on said northerly side line of Appleton Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 245.37 feet a distance of 72.31 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Massachusetts entitled, "Plan and Pro- file of Ortona Street, Appleton Terrace, Arlington, Mass. Scales Horizontal 40 feet to an inch Vertical 6 feet to an inch Ernest W. Branch Civil Engineer 73 Tremont St. Boston."
Article 44. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Wollaston Avenue to Appleton Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as West 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 author- izing 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 southerly side line of Wollaston Avenue and the easterly side line of West Street thence southwesterly on said easterly side line of West Street a distance of 441.01 feet to the point of intersection of said easterly side line of West Street and the northerly side line of Appleton Street thence westerly on said northerly side line of Appleton Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 233.61 feet a distance of 50.11 feet to the point of intersection of said northerly side line of Appleton Street and the westerly side line of West Street thence northeasterly on
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said westerly side line of West Street a distance of 437.10 feet to the point of intersection of said westerly side line of West Street and the southerly side line of Wollaston Avenue thence easterly on said southerly side line of Wollaston Avenue a distance of 50.77 feet 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 West Street Petitioned For By E. A. Snow et al Showing Proposed Lines and Grades Made by C. H. Gannett C. E. Scales 40' and 6' = 1" May 25,1910."
Article 45. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Newland Road to Sunset 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 appro- priation for said laying out and the construction of said way; deter_ mine 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 Newland Road and the northeasterly side line of Blossom Street thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Blossom Street a distance of 178.64 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Blossom Street and the northwesterly side Jine of Sunset Road thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Sunset Road a distance of 40.08 feet to the point of intersec- tion of said northwesterly side line of Sunset Road and the south- westerly side line of Blossom Street thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Blossom Street a distance of 179.52 feet to the point of intersection of the southwesterly side line of Blossom Street and the southeasterly side line of Newland Road thence north- easterly on said southeasterly side line of Newland Road a distance of 40.03 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Massachusetts entitled, "Plan and Profile of Blossom Street Section B as Laid Out on a Plan of Houselots entitled Highland Park by R. W. Seamans, Eng'r. Prov, R. I. August 1913, Scale Horizontal 1" = 40' Vertical 1" = 6'."
Article 46. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from the Concord Turnpike to Spring Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Morton Path, 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 author- izing 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 a point on the northeasterly side line of Concord Turnpike said point being 186.96 feet southeasterly of a Massachu- setts highway bound at Sta. 13+05.05 thence northeasterly through land now or formerly of Morton a distance of 35.34 feet to a point on the southwesterly side line of Spring Street thence southeasterly
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on said southwesterly side line of Spring Street a distance of 11.19 feet to a point on said souuthwesterly side line of Spring Street at the division line between land of Morton and land of Frost, thence southwesterly by said division line a distance of 35.21 feet to a point on the northeasterly side line of Concord Turnpike, thence north- westerly on said northeasterly side line of Concord Turnpike a dis- tance of 10.97 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Massachusetts, en- titled, "Board of Survey Plan & Profile of Morton Path, Arlington, Mass., Scales, Hor. 1" = 20', Vert. 1" = 3', Nov. 1952, James M. Keane, Town Eng.'
Article 47. To see if the Town will make an appropriation under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments, for the original construction of public ways in the Town, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting, including land dam- ages 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 48. 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 ac- cepted 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 49. To see if the the Town will accept a gift to the Town from B & G Realty Trust of a strip of land ten (10) feet in width abutting the southeasterly side line of River Street, beginning at a point 97 feet southwesterly from Decatur Street, thence south- westerly 473.75 feet to a point, or take any action relating thereto.
Article 50. To see if the Town will accept a gift to the Town from Moore Realty Trust and M. Ernest Moore and B & G Realty Trust of a strip of land ten (10) feet in width abutting the south- easterly side of River Street, from Regis Road to Warren Street; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 51. To see if the Town will accept the alteration of the way known as River Street, on the easterly side from Regis Road to Warren Street, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Select- men and Board of Public Works, will make an appropriation for said alteration; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so altered is to include the parcel of land bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northeasterly side line of Warren Street and the present southeasterly side line of River Street, thence northeasterly on said present southeasterly side line of River Street a distance of 964.14 feet to a point, thence southeast- erly through private lands a distance of 10.0 feet to a point on the proposed southeasterly side line of River Street, thence southwest- erly on said proposed southeasterly side line of River Street a dis-
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tance of 966.32 feet to a point on the northeasterly side line of War- ren Street, thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Warren Street a distance of 10.26 feet to the point of beginning and containing 9652 square feet more or less as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled, "Plan Showing Proposed Alteration River Street, Arlington, Mass., Scale 1" = 40', April, 1952, James M. Keane, Town Eng."
Article 52. To see if the Town will accept the alteration of the way known as Franklin Street, on the westerly side from Massachu- setts Avenue to Broadway, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; will make an appropria- tion for the alteration, construction of, and specific repairs upon all or any part of said way as now existing or hereafter altered; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so altered is to include the parcels of land bounded and described, as follows:
First Parcel-Beginning at a point on the southwesterly side line of Broadway 40.51 feet northwesterly from the southeasterly side line of Franklin Street, thence southwesterly on the existing northwesterly side line of Franklin Street a distance of 60.0 feet, thence northeasterly on the proposed northwesterly side line of Franklin Street a distance of 60.98 feet to a point on the southwest- erly side line of Broadway, thence southeasterly on said southwest- erly side line of Broadway a distance of 24.0 feet to the point of be- ginning.
Second Parcel-Beginning at a point on the northeasterly side line of Mass. Avenue 40.97 feet northwesterly of the southeasterly side line of Franklin Street thence northwesterly on said northeast- erly side line of Mass. Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 2031.70 feet a distance of 24.0 feet, thence easterly on the proposed northwesterly side line of Franklin Street a distance of 59.69 feet to a point on the existing northwesterly side line of Franklin Street, thence southwesterly on said existing northwesterly side line of Franklin Street a distance of 60.0 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington. Massachusetts, entitled "Board of Survey Plan and Profile of Frank- lin Street, Arlington, Mass. Scales Hor. 1" = 20', Vert. 1" = 3', Jan. 1953. James M. Keane, Town Eng."
Article 53. To see if the Town will accept Chapter 11 of the Acts of 1953, and 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 side line of Summer Street, said point being a distance of 42.38 feet from a stone bound at the intersection of the southwesterly side line of Summer Street and the northwesterly side line 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 side line of Summer Street, thence continuing along said southwest-
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erly side line 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 northwesterly side line of Forest Street, a distance of 129.50 feet to an angle point on the said north- westerly side line of Forest Street, thence continuing 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 43°-18'-21" E a distance of 187.12 feet to an angle point, thence running N 42°-31'-21" E a dis- tace 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. Mass., Owned by Charles A. Peirce, Scale 1" = 40', Jan. 3, 1918, Geo. E. Ahern, Town Engineer, Prepared for Commission on School House Sites, on file in the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Mass."
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