Town of Arlington annual report 1958, Part 4

Author: Arlington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1958
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Article 57. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Wollaston Avenue to Appleton Street, substan- tially in the location of the private way known as West 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 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 southerly 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 northerly on 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 south- erly 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 & 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 58. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Oak Hill Drive to Saratoga Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Joyce 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 con- struction 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 Oak Hill Drive, and the northwesterly side line of Joyce Rd., thence southeasterly and southerly on said northwesterly side line of Joyce Rd., on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 39.27 feet to a point of compound curve, tlience southerly and southeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Joyce Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 118.13 feet a distance of 132.79 feet to a point of tan- gency, thence southeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Joyce Road, a distance of 243.01 feet to a point of curve, thence easterly and northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Joyce Rd., on a curve to the left with a radius of 92.0 feet a distance of 93.19 feet tor a point of tangency, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side.


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line of Joyce Road, a distance of 208.34 feet to a point of curve, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Joyce Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 42.25 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Joyce Road, and the southwesterly side line of Saratoga Road, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Sara- toga Road, a distance of 90.64 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Saratoga Road, and the southeasterly side line of Joyce Road, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Joyce Road, on a curve to the left. with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 36.28 feet to a point of tangency, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Joyce Road, a distance of 219.14 feet to a point of curve, thence southwesterly and westerly on said southeasterly side line of Joyce Road, on a curve to the right with a radius of 132.0 feet a distance of 133.66 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Joyce Road, a distance of 250.01 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Joyce Road, on a curve to the right with a radius of 158.13 feet a distance of 177.76 feet to a point of reverse curve, thence northwesterly and westerly on said southeasterly side line of Joyce Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 39.27 feet to the point of inter- section of said southeasterly side line of Joyce Road, and the south- erly side line of Oak Hill Drive, thence easterly on said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive, a distance of 90.0 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 Joyce Rd., Arlington, Mass., Scales Hor. 1"=40', Ver. 1"=6', Nov. 9, 1945, Fred A. Joyce, Surveyor".


Article 59. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Joyce Road to its end, substantially in the location of the private way known as Ivy Circle, 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 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 Joyce Road, and the easterly side line of Ivy Circle, thence south- westerly on said easterly side line of Ivy Circle, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 39.27 feet to a point of compound curve, thence southwesterly and southerly on said easterly side line of Ivy Circle, on a curve to the left with a radius of 246.67 feet a distance of 165.57 feet to a point of tangency, thence south- easterly on said easterly side line of Ivy Circle, a distance of 11.67 feet to a point of curve, thence southeasterly and easterly on said easterly side line of Ivy Circle, on a curve to the left with a radius of 40 feet a distance of 41.89 feet to a point of reverse curve, thence southeasterly, southerly, westerly, and northwesterly on a curve with a radius of 40 feet connecting said easterly side line of Ivy Circle, with the westerly side line of Ivy Circle, a distance of 167.55 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Ivy Circle, a distance of 80.95 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly, northerly and northeasterly on said westerly side line of Ivy Circle, on a curve to the right with a radius


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of 286.67 feet a distance of 192.43 feet to a point of reverse curve, thence northerly and northwesterly on said westerly side line of Ivy Circle, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.18 feet a distance of 38.44 feet to the point of intersection of said westerly side line of Ivy Circle, and the southerly side line of Joyce Road, thence southeasterly on said southerly side line of Joyce Road, a distance of 90.0 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 Ivy Circle, Arlington, Mass., Scales Hor. 1"=40', Ver. 1"=6', Nov. 9, 1945, Fred A. Joyce, Surveyor".


Article 60. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Quincy Street to Burton Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Appleton Place, 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 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 Burton Street, and the northeasterly side line of Appleton Place, at the end of the present accepted portion of Appleton Place, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Appleton Place, on a curve to the left with a radius of 321.96 feet a distance of 89.63 feet to a point of tangency, thence southeasterly on said notheasterly side line of Appleton Place, a distance of 225.55 feet to an angle point, thence continuing southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Appleton Place, a distance of 228.23 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Appleton Place, and the northerly side line of Quincy Street, thence westerly on said northerly side line of Quincy Street, a distance of 5.17 feet to a point of curve, thence westerly and southwesterly on said northerly side line of Quincy Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 210.10 feet a distance of 59.10 feet to the point of intersection of said northerly side line of Quincy Street, and the southwesterly side line of Appleton Place, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said southwest- erly side line of Appleton Place, on a curve to the left with a radius of 19.75 feet, a distance of 33.15 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Appleton Place, a distance of 192.08 feet to an angle point, thence continuing north- westerly on said southwesterly side line of Appleton Place, a distance of 225.75 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly on said south- westerly side line of Appleton Place, on a curve to the right with a radius of 361.96 feet a distance of 100.77 feet to a point of said south- westerly side line of Appleton Place, at the present end of the accept- ed portion of Appleton Place, thence northeasterly across at Appleton Place, and by the end of the present accepted portion of Appleton Place, 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 & Profile of Appleton Place, Arlington, Mass., Scales Hor. 1"=40' Ver. 1"=6', Jan. 1953, James M. Keane, Town Engineer".


Article 61. 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


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of which is accepted at this meeting, including land damages and the cost of payment 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 62. 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 63. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum or sums of money for the reconstruction of any or all parts of the following streets or ways within the Town: Pond Lane, Lewis Avenue, Beacon Street, Park Street, Decatur Street, and North Union Street; or take any action relating thereto.


Article 64. To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-Laws by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in the Residence C District the area now included partly in the Business A District and partly in the Residence B District, bounded and des- cribed as follows:


WESTERLY by Massachusetts Avenue, 101 feet;


WESTERLY again by a curved line forming the intersection of said Massachusetts Avenue and Allen Street, 34.54 feet; NORTHWESTERLY by said Allen Street, 159.53 feet;


NORTHEASTERLY by Lot 24 & Pt. 23 as shown on plan herein- after mentioned, 90 feet;


SOUTHEASTERLY by Lot 29 as shown on said plan, 5 feet; NORTHEASTERLY again by said Lot 29 as shown on said plan, 11.05 feet;


SOUTHEASTERLY again by Lots 28 and 27 as shown on said plan, 110 feet;


NORTHEASTERLY again by said Lot 27 as shown on said plan, 8.95 feet; and


SOUTHEASTERLY again by Lots 26 and 25 as shown on said plan, 113.04 feet.


Containing 20,894 square feet of land according to said plan.


Said parcel being shown on a plan entitled, "Plan of Proposed Change in Zoning" dated January 15, 1958.


(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)


Article 65. To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-Law by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in the Residence C District the area now included in the Residence B Dis- trict and being bounded and described as follows:


EASTERLY by Summer Street, 83.59 feet;


SOUTHERLY by Lot 7 as shown on plan hereinafter mentioned, in two courses, 32.36 feet and 109.41 feet;


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EASTERLY by Lots 7 and 6 as shown on said plan, 73 feet; SOUTHEASTERLY by Lots 5, 4 and 3 as shown on said plan, 178.90 feet;


SOUTHERLY by Lots 2 and 1 as shown on said plan, 132 feet; SOUTHWESTERLY by land now or formerly of Hitchcock, Chak- makjian, Lantz and Freeman, as shown on said plan, 156.43 feet;


NORTHWESTERLY by land now or formerly of Baker and by Thorne Road, as shown on said plan, 462.88 feet;


EASTERLY by Lots 10, 9 and 8 as shown on said plan, 130.69 feet; and


NORTHERLY by Lot 8 as shown on said plan, in two courses, 98.79 feet and 33.83 feet.


Containing 1.89 acres, more or less.


Being shown as Lot 11 on "Plan of Land in Arlington, Mass., dated August 8, 1953, by Joseph Selwyn, Civil Engineer."


(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)


Article 66. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for paving a portion of the Junior High School West property, adjacent to Appleton Place, for off-street parking purposes; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.


(Inserted at the request of the Committee to study parking and traffic facilities in the rear of the Junior High School West)


Article 67. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter 223 of the Acts of 1957, entitled, "AN ACT AUTHORIZING CITIES AND TOWNS TO ESTABLISH CONSERVATION COMMIS- SIONS TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RE- SOURCES AND TO APPROPRIATE MONEY THEREFOR"; make an appropriation for the use of said Commission; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.


Article 68. To see if the Town will accept a gift to the Town of a parcel of land at the southeasterly corner of Franklin Street and Broadway from Louis Gordon.


Said land is bounded and described as follows:


Beginning at the point of intersection of the southwesterly side line of Broadway and the southeasterly side of Franklin Street, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Broadway, a distance of 13.01 feet to a point on said southwesterly side of Broadway, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly through land for- merly No. 248 Broadway on a curve to the left with a radius of 15 feet a distance of 21.43 feet to a point on the southeasterly side line of Franklin Street, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Franklin Street, a distance of 13.01 feet to the point of be- ginning, containing 34 sq. ft. more or less and shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Sketch showing proposed alteration, Arlington, Mass., Scale I inch =10 feet, Dec. 1957, W. H. Roby, Town Engineer".


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Article 69. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum or sums of money to be expended under the direction of the Committee appointed under Article 86 of the Warrant for the 1956 Annual Town Meeting, said appropriation to be added to the amount appropriated under said Article 86 for the purpose of construction, including fur- nishings and equipment, of additions to the present high school build- ing and also for the remodelling and reconstruction of said building; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating to any or all of the foregoing.


(Inserted at the request of the Committee on the High School Additions and Reconstruction )


Article 70. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee of five, one of whom shall be the Town Clerk, to investigate, consider and make recommendations as to the advisability of installing voting machines in any or all of the precincts of the Town, said commmittee to report not later than the 1959 Annual Town Meeting; appropriate a sum of money for use of said committee; determine in what man- ner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.


Article 71. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to determine fully the Town's right, title and interest in Town-owned land known as the Great Meadows located in Lexington, and to provide for a land survey and the installation of suitable markers to define the boundaries of said land; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.


Article 72. To see if the Town will vote to make an appropria- tion of a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the Peirce School Playground Improvement Com- mittee for the improvement of the Peirce School playground area; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take action relating thereto.


(Inserted at the request of the Peirce School Playground Improvement Committee)


Article 73. To see if the Town will vote to create a Stabilization Fund in accordance with provisions contained in Mass. General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 40, Section 5B, as amended; make an appropria- tion to establish such fund; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.


(Inserted at the request of the Finance Committee)


Article 74. To see if the Town under the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 43A, Section 3, will direct the Board of Selectmen to redraw, or reestablish the precinct lines within the boundaries of the Town of Arlington; or take any action relating to any or all of the foregoing.


(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)


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Article 75. To see if the Town, through its Town Meeting Mem- bers, will recommend that the Board of Selectmen cause all necessary action to be taken to determine if Federal Aid can be obtained under existing legislation, and to qualify for such aid if available, to assist the Town in its program for the relocation of Mystic Street, the im- provement of the Arlington Center business area, and for the solution of traffic problems in Arlington Center; or take any action relating thereto.


Article 76. To see if the Town will transfer the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) from the Mount Pleasant Cemetery sale of graves and lots fund to the Cemetery Commissioners for the im- provement of the Town Cemeteries.


(Inserted at the request of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners)


Article 77. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Town Clerk, for the purpose of defraying the expense of advertising and other incidental costs relat- ing to the By-Laws voted at this Town Meeting; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.


Article 78. To see if the Town will vote to relieve the older residents by half of their taxes. These people must have been residents for thirty years or more and paid taxes for that time and be on Social Security with no other income.


(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)


Article 79. To see if the Town will vote to make an appropria- tion for the purpose of providing ornamental and additional light to the streets in the business area of the Town during the Christmas holiday season; determine in what manner the funds shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.


(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)


Article 80. To see if the Town will make an appropriation of a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen for the purpose of providing suitable headquarters for the Lt. Stanley G. Benner Detachment, Marine Corps League of Arlington, determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.


(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)


Article 81. To see if the Town will authorize taking a sum of money voted for the appropriations heretofore made at this Town Meeting under this Warrant, and not voted to be borrowed from any available funds in the treasury and will authorize the Assessors to use free cash in the treasury in any available funds to an amount not exceeding $400,000.00, in the determination of the 1958 tax rate.


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And you will notify and warn the voters of the Town of Arling- ton to meet at the times and places herein specified by leaving at every dwelling house in the Town a printed copy of this Warrant, and also by posting a copy of the same at the doors of the Town Hall, and in a conspicuous place in each of the fourteen precincts of the Town, seven days at least before the day of said meeting for the election of officers.


Hereof, fail not, and make due return of the Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk before the day of said meeting.


Given under our hands, at said Arlington this twenty-seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight.


(SIGNED) BOARD OF SELECTMEN


THOMAS R. RAWSON


GEORGE A. HARRIS OF THE


MARCUS L. SORENSEN TOWN


FRANKLIN W. HURD OF


JOSEPH P. GREELEY ARLINGTON


A True copy. Attest:


(SIGNED) FRANK K. NICKSAY Constable, Town of Arlington


CONSTABLE'S RETURN COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Middlesex, ss.


Arlington, February 27, 1958


By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the time and place and for the purposes herein specified by causing a printed attested copy of said warrant to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and by posting an attested copy of said warrant at the doors of the Town Hall and in two or more conspicuous places in each of the fourteen precincts of the Town, seven days at least before the day of said meeting. A notice of the time, place and objects of the meeting was published in the local papers.


Frank K. Nicksay Constable of the Town of Arlington, Massachusetts


ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION, MARCH 3, 1958


In pursuance of the foregoing Warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections, met in the polling places designated by the Board of Selectmen for the several pre- cincts in said Town on Monday, March 3, 1958, at seven o'clock in the forenoon.


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Upon receipt of the returns as made by the election officers of the several precincts, they were canvassed by the Town Clerk and Registrars of Voters, assisted by Miss Ann Mahon, Assistant Town Clerk, and the result was announced at 11:30 P.M. on Monday, March 3, 1958, as follows:


Total of Ballots Cast - 12,063 (45.7% of total - 26,350)


Precinct


1


2


3


4


5


6


7 808


8


9


Precinct


10A


10B


11


12A


12B


13


14A


14B


335


476


1042


633


3:21


792


526


645


SELECTMEN FOR THREE YEARS


Precinct


1


2


3


4


5


6


George A. Harris


137


228


153


256


325


146


Cornelius J. Brosnan


285


454


195


339


393


88


Daniel J. Buckley, Jr.


378


382


391


441


469


582


Frank J. Hughes


135


168


122


153


314


103


Arthur D. Saul, Jr.


289


285


291


324


283


552


Blanks


104


189


66


119


146


69


Precinct


7


8


9


10A


10B


11


George A. Harris


225


191


259


93


107


336


Cornelius J. Brosnan


221


100


239


72


70


353


Daniel J. Buckley, Jr.


485


614


616


196


312


593


Frank J. Hughes


278


99


136


45


68


147


Arthur D. Saul, Jr.


296


640


503


205


340


507


Blanks


111


90


129


59


55


148


Precinct


12A


12B


13


14A


14B


Total


George A. Harris


156


63


268


168


247


3358


Cornelius J. Brosnan


117


45


298


143


157


3569


*Daniel J. Buckley, Jr.


425


229


385


305


358


7161


Frank J. Hughes


61


34


114


59


67


2103


* Arthur D. Saul, Jr. Blanks


434


227


386


289


357


6208


73


44


133


88


104


1727


ASSESSOR FOR THREE YEARS


Precinct


1


2


3


4


5


6


William O. Hauser


547


649


503


646


765


650


John L. Collins


Thomas V. Foley


George A. Harris


Blanks


117


204


106


170


200


120


Precinct


William O. Hauser


648


718


785


281


405


827


Thomas V. Foley


George A. Harris


Blanks


160


147


156


54


71


215


664


853


609


816


965


770


867




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