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There being no further business under Article 62, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
On motion of G. Bertram Washburn of Precinct 12, duly second- ed, it was
VOTED : That the meeting adjourn.
The meeting thereupon adjourned at 10:55 P.M., Wednesday, March 23, 1955, until Friday, March 25, 1955, at 8 P.M.
A true record, ATTEST:
JAMES J. GOLDEN
Town Clerk
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ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 25, 1955
Pursuant to the vote of adjournment of March 23, 1955, and written notices sent by mail by the Town Clerk, the town meeting members met in the Town Hall on Friday evening, March 25, 1955, 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 names of two hundred fifty-three (253) town meeting members.
The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that one hundred ninety-seven (197) members and eight (8) members-at-large attended the meeting.
The Moderator, Harold E. Magnuson, declaring a quorum pre- sent, called the meeting to order at 8:10 o'clock P.M.
The meeting was opened with the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" by the assembly, accompanied by Mr. Augustus Mazzocca and Mr. Walter E. Russell of the School Department, and prayer offered by Rev. Halsey I. Andrews, Minister of St. John's Episcopal Church.
The town meeting members who had not previously been sworn were thereupon sworn by the Moderator.
On motion of Selectman Rawson, 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 28, 1955, at 8 o'clock.
On motion of Lawrence E. Corcoran of Precinct 14, duly second- ed, it was
VOTED: That Article 3 be taken from the table. (Reports of Committees. )
William F. Meade presented the report of the committee to investigate, consider and make recommendations relative to the con- struction and operation of refuse disposal incinerators and, on motion duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: That the report be received.
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On motion of Arthur D. Saul, Jr. of the Finance Committee, duly seconded, it was
VOTED: That Article 3 be laid on the table.
On motion of Town Manager Monahan, duly seconded, it was
VOTED: That Article 59 be taken from the table. (Construc- tion of Ways. )
After lengthy discussion, the motion of Arthur D. Saul, Jr. of the Finance Committee to amend the substitute motion presented by Town Manager Monahan for the original motion of the Finance Committee was declared by the Moderator to have carried on a standing vote, 109 having voted in the affirmative and 89 in the nega- tive. Thereupon, it was
VOTED: (On a standing vote, 139 having voted in the affirma- tive and 33 in the negative, more than the required two-thirds. ) That the sum of Four hundred seven thousand nine hundred fifty-eight and 47/100 (407,958.47) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the original construction of public ways, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting, including land damages, and the cost of pavements and sidewalks laid at the time of such construction, all under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments; that for this purpose the sum of fifty thousand three hundred seventy-three and 38/100 (50,373.38) dollars be raised by general tax, and the sum of eighty-two thousand five hundred eighty-five and 09/100 (82,585.09) dollars be taken from unexpended balances now in the Treasury as follows:
"For Construction of Ways" under Article 44 of the Annual Warrant for 1950 $ 12,065.76
"For Construction of Ways" under Article 37 of the Annual Warrant for 1951 $ 53,912.06
"For Construction of Ways" under Article 32 of the
Annual Warrant for 1952
$
14,523.89
"Town Manager" Capital Outlay-Under Article 34,
Item #3 of the Annual Warrant for 1954 $ 10.00
"Sewer Maintenance" under Article 34, Item #31 of $ 1,444.74 the Annual Warrant for 1954
"Sanitary Division" under Article 34, Item #32 of the annual Warrant for 1954 $ 628.64
$ 82,585.09
and for the balance, two hundred seventy-five thousand (275,000) dollars, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the said sum of two hundred seventy- five thousand (275,000) dollars and to issue bonds or notes of the
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Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 19, of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and all Acts in addition thereto or amendment thereof, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten (10) years from the issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine; and further that the said sum of four hundred seven thousand nine hundred fifty-eight and 47/100 (407,958.47) dollars be expended under the direction of the Town Manager, substantially as follows:
Hamlet Street (Article 47)
$ 9,352.20
Philips Street
(Article 48)
10,282.25
Edgehill Road
(Article 49)
24,938.65
Sunnyside Avenue
(Article 50)
59,071.10
Lancaster Road
(Article 51)
57,555.69
Williams Street
( Article 52)
98,863.71
Farrington Street
(Article 53)
10,234.51
Renfrew Street
( Article 54)
31,915.07
Westmoreland Avenue (Article 55)
11,564.80
Arnold Street
( Article 56)
39,903.05
Gloucester Street
(Article 57)
18,607.60
Wachusett Avenue
(Article 58)
35,120.91
Land Damages
548.93
Total
$ 407,958.47
There being no further business under Article 59, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 63. (Purchase or Acceptance of M. D. C. Land - Lake Street and Concord Turnpike. )
VOTED: That no action be taken under Article 63 of the Warrant.
There being no further business under Article 63, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 64. (Acquisition of Land - Massachusetts Avenue and Marathon Street. )
VOTED: That no action be taken under Article 64 of the Warrant.
There being no further business under Article 64, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 65. (Release of Town Land - to Symmes Arlington Hospital. )
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VOTED: That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is autho- rized to convey to Symmes Arlington Hospital, Inc., for a nominal consideration a certain parcel of land now owned by the Town of Arlington as shown on a Plan filed in the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Massachusetts, entitled
"Plan of Land in Arlington, Mass., Owned by the Town of Arlington, Scale 1" = 40', March 1948, James M. Keane, Town Engineer", said land being more particularly bounded and described in Article 65 of the Warrant, to be used for hospital purposes only and with the provision that if said land is not so used for hospital purposes, the title to same shall revert to the Town of Arlington.
There being no further business under Article 65, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 66. (Construction of Overpass. )
VOTED: That no action be taken under Article 66 of the Warrant.
There being no further business under Article 66, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 67. (Construction of Building - Cemetery Depart- ment. )
That the sum of five thousand (5 000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of constructing a building for the use of the Cemetery Department on land of the Town; said sum to be transferred from (Mount Pleasant Cemetery) sales of graves and lots fund and expended under the direction of the Town Manager.
There being no further business under Article 67, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 68. (Transfer of Cemetery Funds. )
VOTED: That the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars be and hereby is transferred from (Mount Pleasant Cemetery ) sale of graves and lots fund to the Cemetery Commissioners for the improvement of the Town Cemetery.
There being no further business under Article 68, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
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Article 69. (Sale of Obsolete Hose Racks - Fire Department.)
VOTED: That the Town Manager be and hereby is authorized on behalf of the Town to sell or transfer to some other Town Depart- ment the hose racks owned by the Town and formerly used by the Fire Department.
There being no further business under Article 69, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 70. (Sale of Fire Engines.)
VOTED: That the Town Manager be and hereby is authorized on behalf of the Town to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of one obso- lete 1931 Seagrave 1,000 gallon pumper fire engine and one obsolete 1927 Seagrave 750 gallon pumper fire engine owned by the Town of Arlington and formerly used by the Fire Department.
There being no further business under Article 70, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 71. (Acquisition of Land for School Purposes - Florence Avenue Area.)
VOTED: ( Unanimously) That the School Committee be and hereby is authorized and empowered on behalf of the Town to pur- chase or take in fee by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for school purposes, all or any portion of the land within the Town herein- after described, any interests 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 a stone bound at the point of intersection of the northerly side line of Florence Avenue and the westerly side line of Renfrew Street, thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Renfrew Street a distance of 278.30 feet to a point, thence northeasterly across said Renfrew Street and by private lands a distance of 44.64 feet to a point on the easterly side line of Ren- frew Street, thence southeasterly on said easterly side line of Ren- frew Street a distance of 302.0 feet to the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Renfrew Street and the northerly side line of Florence Avenue, thence southwesterly on said northerly side line of Florence, Avenue a distance of 40.07 feet to the point of beginning.
There being no further business under Article 71, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
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Article 72. (Improvements - Peirce School Playground.)
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Moderator be and hereby is instructed to appoint a committee of five (5) registered voters of the Town, including two (2) members of the Peirce P.T.A. for the purpose of the improvement of the Peirce School playground area; that for this purpose the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the said committee.
There being no further business under Article 72, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 73. (Additional Appropriation-Improvements Parmenter School.)
VOTED : That the additional sum of six thousand and five hun- dred ($6,500.00) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of constructing an addition to as well as reconstructing, altering and improving the Parmenter School, including furnishings and equipment; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Committee appointed under Article 72 of the Warrant for the 1954 Annual Town Meeting and the Town Manager.
There being no further business under Article 73, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 74. (Construction of School Building - North Union Street.)
By general consent, leave was granted to withdraw the motion of the Finance Committee under Article 74, and on the new motion of Arthur D. Saul, Jr. of the Finance Committee, which was seconded, it was
VOTED: (On a standing vote, 185 having voted in the affirma- tive and 1 in the negative, more than the required two-thirds.) That the sum of Eight hundred and eighty-five thousand Dollars ($885,000) be and hereby is appropriated for the construction of a building to be used for elementary school purposes, including the cost of original equipment and furnishing of said building, upon land of the Town situated on North Union Street, acquired for such purpose; that for this purpose the sum of Eighty-five thousand Dollars ($85,000) be raised by general tax, that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of Eight hundred thousand Dollars ($800,000) of which sum
(I) Six hundred twenty-five thousand Dollars ($625,000) shall be borrowed by the issuance of bonds of the Town authorized under and in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.) and acts in
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amendment thereof and in addition thereto, the whole loan under said Section 7 to mature not more than twenty (20) years from the date of issue borne by said bonds or by such earlier date as may be determined by the Treasurer and Se- lectmen, and
(II) One hundred seventy-five thousand Dollars ($175,000) shall be borrowed by the issuance of bonds of the Town authorized under and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 645 of Massachusetts Acts of 1948 and acts in amendments there- of and in addition thereto, the whole loan under said Chapter 645 to mature not more than twenty (20) years from the date of issue borne by said' bonds or by such earlier date as may be determined by the Treasurer and Selectmen;
and that said appropriation be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the Committee appointed under Article 64 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1954 to procure plans and estimates for the construction of a school building on land of the Town situated in the area of North Union Street, the Town Manager and said Committee to have full authority to construct such school building within the sum herein appropriated; and that the Moderator of the Town shall have the power to fill any vacancy in said Commit- tee's membership.
There being no further business under Article 74, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
At this point, a recess was taken from 9:55 to 10 P.M.
Article 75. (Construction of School Building-Florence Avenue.)
By general consent, leave was granted to withdraw the motion of the Finance Committee under Article 75, and on the new motion of Arthur D. Saul, Jr. of the Finance Committee, which was seconded, it was
VOTED: (On a standing vote, 164 having voted in the affirmative and 10 in the negative, more than the required two-thirds.) That the sum of Six hundred and twelve thousand Dollars ($612,000) be and hereby is appropriated for construction of a building to be used' for elementary school purposes, including the cost of original equip- ment and furnishing of said building, upon land of the Town situated' on Florence Avenue, acquired for such purpose; that for this purpose the sum of Sixty-two thousand Dollars ($62,000) be raised by general tax; that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of Five hundred and fifty thousand Dollars ($550,000) of which sum
(I) Four hundred twenty-five thousand Dollars ($425,000) shall be borrowed by the issuance of bonds of the Town authorized under and in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of
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Chapter 44 of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.) and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, the whole loan under said Section 7 to mature not more than twenty (20) years from the date of issue borne by said bonds or by such earlier date as may be determined by the Treasurer and Selectmen, and
(II) One hundred twenty-five thousand Dollars ($125,000) shall be borrowed by the issuance of bonds of the Town authorized under and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 645 of Massachusetts Acts of 1948 and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, the whole loan under said Chapter 645 to mature not more than twenty (20) years from the date of issue borne by said bonds or by such, earlier date as may be determined by the Treasurer and Selectmen;
that as may be determined by the Treasurer and the Selectmen, con- sistent with the applicable provisions of law, the bonds authorized hereby under said Chapter 44 may be combined, and sold, as a single issue, with the bonds under said Chapter 44 authorized by the pre- ceding vote under Article 74, and that the bonds authorized hereby under said Chapter 645 may be combined, and sold as a single issue, with the bonds under said Chapter 645 authorized by said preceding vote; and that said appropriation be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the Committee appointed under Article 68 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1954 to procure plans and estimates for the construction of a school building on land of the Town situated in the area of Florence Avenue, the Town Manager and said committee to have full authority to construct such school building within the sum herein appropriated; and that the Moderator of the Town shall have the power to fill any vacancy in said Commit- tee's membership.
There being no further business under Article 75, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 76. (Addition to the Junior High School East.)
Harold A. Holbrook of Precinct 9 moved, and it was seconded, to amend the motion of the Finance Committee under Article 76 by substituting in place thereof the following:
"That the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of determining the feasibility, adequacy and cost of the construction of an addition or additions to the present Junior High School East relative to other means of providing suitable junior high school facilities for the maximum number of students expected to be enrolled at any time during the next ten years, and for the purpose, of procuring such plans and estimates as are needed to make such a determination, including plans and estimates for the construction of an addition or additions to the present Junior High School East; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the School Committee. Said committee is instructed to correlate its work with that of the Special Committee appointed in Article 8 of the Special Town Meeting of March 15, 1954."
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On motion of Arthur D. Saul, Jr. of the Finance Committee, duly seconded, it was
VOTED: That Article 76 be laid on the table.
Article 77 (Addition to the Junior High School West.)
On the substitute motion of Harold A. Holbrook of Precinct 9 to amend the motion of the Finance Committee, which was seconded and was declared by the Moderator to have carried, it was
VOTED: That the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of determining the feasibility, adequacy and cost of the construction of an addition or additions to the present Junior High School West relative to other means of providing suitable junior high school facilities for the maximum number of students expected to be enrolled at any time during the next ten years, and for the purpose of procuring such plans and esti- mates as are needed to make such a determination; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the School Committee. Said committee is instructed to correlate its work with that of the Special Committee appointed in Article 8 of the Special Town Meeting of March 15, 1954.
There being no further business under Article 77, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Arthur D. Saul, Jr. of the Finance Committee served notice of intention to move to reconsider Article 77 and the votes on Mr. Hol- brook's motion to amend, and the motion as amended.
(See amended votes under Article 77 at adjourned meeting of March 28, 1955.)
Article 78. (Roadway and Parking Facilities - High School Property. )
VOTED: That the sum of one thousand five hundred (1,500) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the construction of perma- nent sidewalks and for the installing of edgestones on the east side of Schouler Court; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Town Manager.
There being no further business under Article 78, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 79. (Oil Burning Burners, Etc. - Crosby School.) VOTED: That no action be taken under Article 79 of the Warrant.
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There being no further business under Article 79, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Edward J. Sennott of Precinct 8 served notice of intention to move to reconsider Article 79 and the votes on the substitute motion of Carl F. Allen, Chairman of the School Committee, and the motion of the Finance Committee.
(See amended votes under Article 79 at adjourned meeting of March 28, 1955.)
On motion of Arthur D. Saul, Jr. of the Finance Committee, duly seconded, it was
VOTED: That the meeting adjourn.
The meeting thereupon adjourned at 11:30 P.M., Friday, March 25, 1955, until Monday, March 28, 1955, at 8 P.M.
A true record, ATTEST:
JAMES J. GOLDEN
Town Clerk
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 28, 1955
Pursuant to the vote of adjournment of March 25, 1955, and written notices sent by mail by the Town Clerk, the town meeting members met in the Town Hall on Monday evening, March 28, 1955, 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 names of two hundred fifty-three town meeting members.
The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that one hundred ninety-nine (199) members and eight (8) members-at-large attended the meeting.
The Moderator, Harold E. Magnuson, declaring a quorum present, called the meeting to order at 8:10 o'clock P.M.
The meeting was opened with the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" by the assembly, accompanied by Mr. Augustus Mazzocca and Mr. Walter E. Russell of the School Department, and prayer offered by Rabbi Leo Shubow of Temple B'nai B'rith of Somerville.
A town meeting member who had not previously been sworn was thereupon sworn by the Moderator.
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On motion of Selectman Rawson, 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 30, 1955, at 8 o'clock.
On motion of Arthur D. Saul, Jr. of the Finance Committee, duly seconded, it was
VOTED: That Article 76 be taken from the table. (Addition to the Junior High School East.)
At the time of the adjournment of the meeting on March 25, 1955, a substitute motion presented under Article 76 was being considered, and was declared by the Moderator, after further discussion at this meeting, to have carried unanimously, and then it was
VOTED (Unanimously) That the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of determining the feasibility, adequacy and cost of the construction of an addition or additions to the present Junior High School East relative to other means of providing suitable junior high school facilities for the maxi- mum number of students expected to be enrolled at any time during the next ten years, and for the purpose of procuring such plans and estimates as are needed to make such a determination, including plans and estimates for the construction of an addition or additions to the present Junior High School East; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the School Committee. Said committee is instructed to correlate its work with that of the Special Committee appointed in Article 8 of the Special Town Meeting of March 15, 1954.
There being no further business under Article 76, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
On motion of Arthur D. Saul, Jr. of the Finance Committee, duly seconded, it was
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the votes under Article 77 of the Warrant be reconsidered. (Addition to the Junior High School West.)
By general consent, leave was granted Harold A. Holbrook of Precinct 9 to withdraw his motion under Article 77, and on his new substitute motion to amend the motion of the Finance Committee, which was seconded and was declared by the Moderator to have carried, it was
VOTED: That the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated, for the purpose of determining the feasibility, adequacy and cost of the construction of an addition or additions to
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the present Junior High School West relative to other means of providing suitable junior high school facilities for the maximum number of students expected to be enrolled at any time during the next ten years, and for the purpose of procuring such plans and estimates as are needed to make such a determination, including plans and estimates for the construction, of an addition or additions to the present Junior High School West; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the School Committee. Said committee is instructed to correlate its work with that of the Special Committee appointed in Article 8 of the Special Town Meeting of March 15, 1954.
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