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extension thereof and the northerly side line of Dow Avenue, thence southwesterly on said northerly side line of Dow Avenue a distance of 59.07 feet to the point of intersection of said north- erly side line of Dow Avenue and the westerly side line of Virginia Road, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said westerly side line of Virginia Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 30.06 feet to a point of tangency, thence north 20°03'30" west a distance of 175.57 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly, northerly and northeasterly on said westerly side line of Virginia Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 300 feet a distance of 232.87 feet to a point of tangency, thence north 24°25' east a distance of 175.76 feet to a point of curve, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said westerly side line of Virginia Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 70 feet a distance of 69.77 feet to a point of tangency, thence north 32°41'40" west a distance of 116.35 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly and westerly on said westerly side line of Virginia Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 20.20 feet to the point of intersec- tion of said westerly side line of Virginia Road and the easterly side line of Wollaston Avenue, thence northeasterly on the division line between Virginia Road and Wollaston Avenue a distance of 36 feet more or less to the point of intersection of the easterly side line of Wollaston Avenue and the southerly side line of Appleton Street, thence southeasterly on said southerly side line of Appleton Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 279.79 feet a distance of 73.55 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 Virginia Road, Arlington, Mass., Scale as shown Sept. 1946."
Article 45. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from the present end of the acceptance to Virginia Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Valentine Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen 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; 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 southeasterly side line of Valen- tine Road at the end of the present accepted portion of Valentine Road, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Valentine Road and the extension thereof a distance of 170.39 feet to the point of intersection of said extension of the south- easterly side line of Valentine Road and the easterly side line of Virginia Road, thence north 20°03'30" west a distance of 104.49 feet to the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Virgi- nia Road and the northwesterly side line of Valentine Road, thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Valentine Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 47.06 feet to a point of tangency, thence north 25°06'50" east a distance of 74.02 feet to the end of the present accepted portion of Valentine Road, thence northeasterly
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across said Valentine Road and by the end of the accepted portion of Valentine Road a distance of 40.00 feet to the point of begin- uin- as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan and Profile of Virginia Road, Arlington, Mass., Scale as shown Sept. 1946."
Article 46. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Broadway to Fremont Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Silk Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Select- men 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 Broadway and the northwesterly side line of Silk Street, thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Silk Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 36.59 feet to a point of tangency, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Silk Street a distance of 551.64 feet to an angle point, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Silk Street a distance of 400.69 feet to a point of curve, thence northerly and northwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Silk Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 30.28 feet to a point of il:tersection of said northwesterly side line of Silk Street and the southwesterly side line of Fremont Street, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Fremont Street a distance of 96.30 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Fremont Street and the southeasterly side line of Silk Street, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Silk Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 48.34 feet to a point of tangency, thence south- westerly on said southeasterly side line of Silk Street a distance of 375.85 feet to an angle point, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Silk Street a distance of 551.44 feet to a point of curve, thence southwesterly, southerly and south- easterly on said southeasterly side line of Silk Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 41.95 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Silk Street and the northeasterly side line of Broadway, thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Broadway a distance of 90.51 feet to the point of beginning as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., one entitled "Plan and Profile of Proposed Street, Arlington, Mass., Scale as shown Apr. 1927, Dana F. Perkins, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, Read- ing, Mass." and the other entitled "Plan and Profile of Silk Street, Arlington, Mass. A. C. Peters, Civil Engineer, 46 Cornhill, Boston, March, 1928, Scales Hor. 1"=40', Ver. 1"=6'."
Article 47. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Gardner Street to Sunnyside Avenue, sub- stantially in the location of the private way known as Michael Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen under the provisions of law authorizing the
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assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appro- priation 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 Gardner Street and the northeasterly side line of Michael Street, thence southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Michael Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 36.38 feet to a point of tangency, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Michael Street a distance of 650.36 feet to a point of curve, thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northeast- erly side line of Michael Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 17.12 feet a distance of 34.79 feet to the point of inter- section of said northeasterly side line of Michael Street and the northwesterly side line of Sunnyside Avenue, thence southwester- ly on said northwesterly side line of Sunnyside Avenue a distance of 53.79 feet to a point of curve, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Sunnyside Avenue on a curve to the right with a radius of 215.95 feet a distance of 36.93 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Sunny- side Avenue and the southwesterly side line of Michael Street, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said south- westerly side line of Michael Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 24.85 feet a distance of 31.82 feet to a point of tangen- cy, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Michael Street a distance of 668.55 feet to a point of curve, thence north- westerly, westerly and southwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Michael Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 42.16 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Michael Street and the southeasterly side line of Gardner Street, thence northeasterly on said south- easterly side line of Gardner Street a distance of 90.59 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 Michael St., Arlington, Mass. A. C. Peters, Civil Engineer, 46 Cornhill, Boston, March 1928, Scales Hor. 1"=40', Ver. 1"=6'."
Article 48. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Norcross Street to Fremont Street, substan- tially in the location of the private way known as Gardner Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen 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 re- lating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northwesterly side line of Gardner Street and the southwesterly side line of Nor- cross Street, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Gardner Street a distance of '203.71 feet to an angle point, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Gardner Street a distance of 223.23 feet to the point of intersection of the northwesterly side line of Gardner Street and the southwesterly
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side line of Fremont Street Extended, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Fremont Street Extended a dis- tance of 41.53 feet to the point of intersection of said south- westerly side line of Fremont Street Extended and the south- easterly side line of Gardner Street, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Gardner Street a distance of 218.12 feet to an angle point, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Gardner Street a distance of 210.57 feet to a point on said southeasterly side line of Gardner Street, thence northwesterly across said Gardner Street and by the end of the present accepted portion of Gardner Street a distance of 40 feet more or less 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 Gardner St., Arlington, May 17, 1902, Horizontal Scale 40 ft. = 1 in., Vertical Scale 4 ft. = 1 in., Charles D. Elliott, Engineer."
Article 49. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from northeast of Mountain Avenue to Ridge Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Overlook Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen under the provisions of law authoriz- ing 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 northwesterly side line of Over- look Road at the end of the present accepted portion of Overlook Road, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Overlook Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 950.25 feet a distance of 18.68 feet to a point of tangency, thence north- easterly on said northwesterly side line of Overlook Road a dis- tance of 572.11 feet to a point of curve, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Overlook Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 29.28 feet to the point of intersection of said north- westerly side line of Overlook Road and the southwesterly side line of Ridge Street, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 80.46 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street and the southeasterly side line of Overlook Road, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Overlook Road a distance of 563.56 feet to a point of curve, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Overlook Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 910.25 feet a dis- tance of 17.90 feet to the end of the present accepted portion of Overlook Road, thence northwesterly across said Overlook Road a distance of 40.5 feet more or less 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 Overlook Road in Arlington, Mass. Scale as shown March 16, 1951, Dana F. Perkins and Sons Inc., Civil Engineers and Surveyors, Reading, Mass."
Article 50. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Park Avenue Extension to Newland Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Blossom
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Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen 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; 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 Blossom Street, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Blossom Street a distance of 240.27 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Blossom Street and the northwesterly side line of Newland Road, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Newland Road a distance of 40.03 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Newland Road and the southwesterly side line of Blossom Street, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Blossom Street a distance of 245.56 feet to the point of intersec- tion of said southwesterly side line of Blossom Street and the southeasterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, thence north- easterly on said southeasterly side line of Park Avenue Extension a distance of 40.16 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Massachu- setts entitled, "Plan and Profile of Blossom Street Section B as Laid Out On A Plan of House Lots Entitled Highland Park by R. W. Seamans Eng'r. Prov. R. I. August 1913 Scale Horizontal 1"=40' Vertical 1"=6'."
Article 51. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Richfield Road to Ridge Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Edgehill Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen 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 re- lating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the easterly side line et Richfield Road and the northwesterly side line of Edgehill Road, thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Edgehill Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 49.09 feet to a point of tangency, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Edgehill Road a distance of 71.73 feet and 275.73 feet respectively to a point of curve, thence northeasterly, northerly and north- westerly on said northwesterly side line of Edgehill Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance 28.87 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Edgehill Road and the southwesterly side line of Ridge Street, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street distances of 16.29 feet and 75.73 feet respectively to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street and the southeasterly side line of Edgehill Road, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Edgehill Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 22.70 feet a distance of 43.91 feet to a point of tangency, thence
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southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Edgehill Road distances of 257.32 feet and 98.90 feet respectively to a point of curve, thence southwesterly and southerly on said southeasterly side line of Edgehill Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 23.56 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Edgehill Road and the easterly side line of Richfield Road, thence northwesterly on said easterly side line of Richfield Road a distance of 94.08 feet to the point of beginning as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk. Arlington, Mass. one entitled "Street Plan Edgehill Road, Arlington, Mass. Hor. Scale 1 in. = 40 ft. Ver. Scale 1 in. = 6 ft. February 29, 1928, Fred A. Joyce, Surveyor, Belmont" and the other entitled "Plan and Profile of Edgehill Road and Stowecroft Road, 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 52. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Lowell Street to Mill Brook, substantially in the location of the private way known as Locke Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Select- men 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 Lowell Street and the northwesterly side line of Locke Street, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Locke Street a distance of 407.34 feet to a point on said north- westerly side line of Locke Street at the northerly boundary line of Lot 38, thence southeasterly across said Locke Street and by Lot D2 a distance of 45 feet more or less to a point on the south- easterly side line of Locke Street at the northerly boundary line of Lot 37A thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Locke Street a distance of 430.25 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Locke Street and the northeaster- ly side line of Lowell Street, thence northwesterly on said north- easterly side line of Lowell Street a distance of 40.0 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 Locke Street, Arlington Heights on land of Warren A. Peirce, Scale Hori- zontal 40 ft. = 1 in. Vertical 6 ft. = 1 in. J. O. Goodwin, Surveyor, Medford, August 1899."
Article 53. To see if the Town will accept the laying out cf a Town way from Park Avenue Extension to Wright Street, sub- stantially in the location of the private way known as Cypress Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen under the provisions of law authorizing the assess- ment 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:
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Beginning at the point of intersection of the northwesterly side line of Park Avenue Extension and the southwesterly side line of Cypress Road, thence northeasterly, northerly and north- westerly on said southwesterly side line of Cypress Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 15 feet a distance of 20.36 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Cypress Road a distance of 490.31 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Cypress Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 15 feet a distance of 23.63 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Cypress Road and the southeasterly side line of Wright Street, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Wright Street a distance of 70.0 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Wright Street and the northeasterly side line of Cypress Road, thence southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly on said north- easterly side line of Cypress Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 15 feet a distance of 23.49 feet to a point of tangency, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Cypress Road a distance of 469.28 feet to a point of curve, thence south- easterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Cypress Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 35.68 feet to the point of intersection of said northeast- erly side line of Cypress Road and the northwesterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Park Avenue Extension a distance of 77.81 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 Cypress Road, Arlington Heights, Mass. Scale Hor. 1" = 40' Ver. 1" = 6' June 30, 1930 C. H. Gannett Co., Civil Engineers, 53 State St., Boston."
Article 54. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Columbia Road northeasterly, substantially in the location of the private way known as Crosby Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Select- men 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 Columbia Road Extended and the northwesterly side line of Crosby Street, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Crosby Street a distance of 163.50 feet to a point of curve, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Crosby Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 394.02 feet a distance of 76.20 feet to a point on said northwesterly side line of Crosby Street, thence southeasterly across said Crosby Street a distance of 50.0 feet to a point on the southeasterly side line of Crosby Street at the northeasterly boundary line of school proper- ty, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Crosby Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 444.02 feet a distance of 85.87 feet to a point of tangency, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Crosby Street a distance of 165.04 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Crosby Street and the northeasterly side line of Columbia
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Road Extended, thence northwesterly across said Crosby Street and by the end of the previously accepted portion of Crosby Street a distance of 50.02 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., en- titled, "Plan and Profile of Crosby 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 55. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Massachusetts Avenue to its end, substantially in the location of the private way known as Swan Place, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Select- nien under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; authorize the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen to execute any and all documents necessary to effect the laying out of said way; 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 re- lating thereto.
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