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Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the westerly side line of Sunnyside Ave. and the southwesterly side line of Memorial Way, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Memorial Way on a curve to the left with a radius of 15 feet a distance of 9.05 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said south- westerly side line of Memorial Way, a distance of 383.47 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Memorial Way on a curve to the left with a radius of 15 feet a distance of 27.75 feet to the point of inter- section of said southwesterly side line of Memorial Way and the southeasterly side line of Gardner St., thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Gardner Street a distance of 73.49 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Gardner Street and the northeasterly side line of Memorial Way, thence southerly and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Mem- orial Way on a curve to the left with a radius of 15 feet a distance of 19.37 feet to a point of tangency, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Memorial Way a distance of 314.98 feet to a point of curve, thence easterly, northeasterly and northerly on said northeasterly side line of Memorial Way on a curve to the left with a radius of 13.61 feet a distance of 33.47 feet to the point of inter- section of said northeasterly side line of Memorial Way and the Westerly side line of Sunnyside Avenue, thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Sunnyside Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 1407.89 feet a distance of 111.44 feet to the point of be- ginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled, "Board of Survey Plan and Profile of Memorial Way as Petitioned For By Arlington Housing Authority, Edouard N. Dube, Consulting Engineer, 120 Tremont St., Boston 8, Mass.
Article 60. 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 Gilboa Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen; establish said way; niake 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 Massa- chusetts Ave. 36.98 feet northwesterly of a stone bound at a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Massachusetts Ave., thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Massachusetts Ave. on a curve to the left with a radius of 494.46 feet a distance of 50.15 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Massachusetts Ave. and the northwesterly side line of Gilboa Rd., thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Gilboa Rd. a distance of 27.41 feet to a point on the southwesterly side line of the Boston & Maine R. R., thence northwesterly by said southwesterly
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side line of the Boston & Maine R.R. and on said northwesterly side line of Gilboa Rd. a distance of 25.0 feet to an angle point, thence northeasterly across said Boston & Maine R.R. and on said north- westerly side line of Gilboa Rd. a distance of 82.5 feet to a point on the northeasterly side line of the Boston & Maine R.R., thence southeasterly on said nortlieasterly side line of the Boston & Maine R.R. and by land of the Town of Arlington a distance of 95.0 feet to an angle point, thence southwesterly across said Boston & Maine R.R. and on the southeasterly side line of Gilboa Rd. a distance of 82.5 feet to a point on the southwesterly side line of the Boston & Maine R.R., thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of the Boston & Maine R.R. and on said southeasterly side line of Gil- boa Rd. a distance of 20.0 feet to an angle point, thence south- westerly on said southeasterly side line of Gilboa Rd. a distance of 30.93 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 Gilboa Rd., Scales Hor. 1" = 20', Ver. 1" == 3', Jan. 1959, W. H. Roby, Town Engineer."
Article 61. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the reconstruction of any or all parts of certain public ways in the Town, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting including costs of acceptance, land damages and the cost of paving of any or all sidewalks to be laid out at the time of said reconstruction; deter- mine how the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 62. 'To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate, or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum or sums of money for the reconstruction of any or all parts of Jason Street; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 63. 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.
(Inserted at the request of the Great Meadows Committee)
Article 64. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to erect a fence and install out-door lighting at the Town Yard, 1083 Mass. Avenue; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended: or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of Committee on Garaging of Town-Owned Vehicles)
Article 65. To see if the Town will acquire by purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise, for municipal purposes, the parcel of land with buildings thereon hereinafter described, any portion thereof, any interest or easements therein and any rights or easements of way or otherwise as appurtenant thereto; and subject to or with
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reservation of any rights or easements therein; make an appropria- tion of money for the purpose aforesaid; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action to any or all of the foregoing.
Beginning at a point on the northerly side line of Lake St., at the easterly boundary line of the property numbered 75-77 Lake St., thence northwesterly by Lot B a distance of 62.0 feet to an angle point, thence northwesterly by Lot B and Lot 2 a distance of 68.35 feet to an angle point, thence northwesterly by Lot 3 and part of Lot 4 a distance of 60.0 feet to an angle point, thence northeasterly by part of Lot 4, Lot 5 and part of Lot 6 a distance of 114.75 feet to an angle point, thence northeasterly by part of Lot 6 and through part of the Boston & Maine right-of-way a distance of 39 feet more or less to an angle point, thence southeasterly on a line 18 feet easterly of and parallel to the westerly side line of the Boston & Maine right-of-way a distance of 313 feet more or less to a point on the northerly side line of Lake St., thence westerly on said northerly side line of Lake St., a distance of 44 feet more or less to the point of beginning and containing 16,000 square feet as shown on block plan #7 on file in the office of the Town Engineer, Arling- ton, Mass.
Article 66. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise, a portion of Mill Brook, from Park Avenue to the Arlington Reservoir for flood control purposes and any land adjoining said brook which may be necessary for the aforesaid purpose as hereinafter described, any portion thereof, any interest or easements therein and any rights or easements of way or otherwise as appurtenant thereto; and subject to or with reservation of any rights or easements therein; make an appropriation of money for the purpose aforesaid; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating to any or all of the foregoing.
Beginning at the rear of the building numbered 47-53 Park Av- enue, the center line of the taking coincides with the center line of Mill Brook and is 15 feet in width, thence the center line of the taking is produced northwesterly at right angles to Park Ave., a distance of 18.0 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly and westerly on said center line on a curve to the left with a radius of 58.0 feet a distance of 38.52 feet to a point of tangency, thence west- erly on said center line a distance of 69 feet, thence westerly on said center line on a curve to the right with a radius of 215 feet a dis- tance of 19.99 feet to a point of tangency (taking width at this point 15.0 feet), thence westerly on said center line a distance of 96.0 feet to a point of curve at the division line between Lot A2 and Lot 1 and 2 (taking width at this point 22 feet), thence westerly and north- westerly on said center line on a curve to the right with a radius: of 176 feet a distance of 141.96 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said center line a distance of 186 feet to a point of curve (taking width at this point 20 feet), thence northwesterly on said center line on a curve to the left with a radius of 113 feet a distance of 58.65 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said center line a distance of 271 feet to point at the end of' the proposed taking with a width of 20 feet said point being 30.0
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feet southwesterly of the point of intersection of the center line of the Boston & Maine R.R. location and the southeasterly side of the Mill Brook culvert as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Engineer entitled, "Taking Plan of Mill Brook, Arlington, Mass. Scale 1" = 40', Feb. 1959, W. H. Roby, Town Engineer".
Article 67. To see if the Town will transfer the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) from the Mount Pleasant Cemetery Sale of Lots and Graves Fund to the Cemetery Commissioners for the improvement of the Town Cemeteries.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners)
Article 68. To see if the Town will transfer the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) from the Mount Pleasant Cemetery Sale of Lots and Graves Fund to the Cemtery Commissioners for the purchase of burial rights.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners)
Article 69. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to convert the existing manual interior fire alarm systems to an auto- matic call system in all schools not presently connected with the Fire Department in order to provide immediate contact with the Fire Department when an inside fire alarm station is activated; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Town Manager and the School Committee)
Article 70. To see if the Town will vote to accept the gift set forth under Clause Fourth of the Will of Henry E. Dodge, to be expended under the direction of the Trustees of Robbins Library; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Trustees of Robbins Library )
Article 71. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to furnish and install an elevator in the Robbins Library including any reconstruction work which may be necessary to house such an in- stallation; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Trustees of Robbins Library)
Article 72. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a commmit- tee of five comprised of the Chief of Police, the Chief of the Fire Department, the Director of Civil Defense and two Registered Voters of the Town experienced in radio communications to investigate, consider and make recommendations relative to the replacement of the Town's radio broadcasting and receiving system in accordance with the directives contained in Docket 12295 of the Federal Communications Commission said committee to report not later than the 1960 Annual Town Meeting; appropriate a sum of money for use of said commit-
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tee; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 73. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the use of the Arlington Brotherhood Committee in its promotion of understanding and amicable relations between persons and groups, juvenile and adult, in the Town, and the assistance to other agencies, public and private, concerned with such matters; determine in what manner such sum shall be raised and expended; or take any action in any way relating to all or any part of the foregoing.
(Inserted at the request of the Arlington Brotherhood Committee)
Article 74. 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 Committee on Swimming Conditions at Arlington Heights Reservoir Beach and the Town Manager, for cleaning, leveling and graveling of a beach and possible aeration of water; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Reservoir Beach and Flood Control Committee)
Article 75. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the installation of a sanitary sewer to service the lower end of Churchill Avenue, adjacent to Menotomy Rocks Park, including an outlet sewer through Menotomy Rocks Park to Jason Street; deter- mine 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 76. To see if the Town will vote to adopt General Laws Chapter 180, Section 17-B, or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 77. 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 Resi- dence B District and partly in the Residence A District, bounded and described as follows:
1. Southwesterly of Massachusetts Avenue, from Boulevard Road to Whittemore Street, the area between the present Business A and B Districts, and a line 300 ft. southwesterly of, parallel to and con- centric with, the southwesterly side line of Mass. Avenue.
2. Northeasterly of Massachusetts Avenue, from the northwest- erly side of the Industrial District at Sunapee Road to Broadway near Franklin Street, the area between the present Business A and Residence C Districts and a line 300 ft. northeasterly of, parallel to and concentric with, the northeasterly side line of Mass. Avenue.
3. Southwesterly of Massachusetts Avenue, from Academy Street to Davis Road, the area between the present Business A and Resi-
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dence C Districts and a line 300 ft. southwesterly of, parallel to and concentric with, the southwesterly side line of Mass. Avenue and to include the present Residence A District east and west of Appleton Street and excluding the School property known as the Cutter School, between Robbins Road and School Street.
4. Northeasterly of Massachusetts Avenue, from Clark Street to the easterly side of the Industrial District east of Mill Lane, the area between the present Business A District and the center line of Pierce Street and the northwesterly extension thereof.
(Inserted at the request of the Planning Board)
Article 78. To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-Law as proposed by the Planning Board of the Town. (The proposed amendment and notification of the time and place of public hearing will be published in the Arlington Advocate and Arlington News. Copies of the proposed amendments will be mailed to each Town Meeting Member prior to March 16, 1959.)
(Inserted at the request of the Planning Board)
Article 79. 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 Industrial District the area now included in the Residence B Dis- trict and bounded and described as follows:
SOUTHWESTERLY by Garden Street, one hundred forty-five and 5/10 (145.5) feet, more or less;
NORTHWESTERLY by Lot 19, as shown on a plan entitled "Arl- ington Gardens, Plan of Lots, Arlington, Mass.", dated Dec. 20, 1918, C. H. Gannett, C. E., recorded with Middle- sex South District Deeds, Book 5425, Page 57, one hun- dred nine and 6/10 (109.6) feet more or less; and
SOUTHEASTERLY by land of the Town of Arlington, one hun- dred seventy-eight and 4/10 (178.4) feet, more or less.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 80. 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 Industrial District the area now included in the Residence B District and bounded and described as follows:
NORTHEASTERLY by Garden Street, one hundred seventy-three (173) feet;
NORTHWESTERLY by Lot 35 as shown on a plan entitled "Arl- ington Gardens, Plan of Lots, Arlington, Mass." dated Dec. 20, 1918, C. H. Gannett, C.E., recorded with Middle- sex South District Deeds, Book 5425, Page 57, ninety-nine and 4/10 (99.4) feet more or less;
SOUTHWESTERLY by land of Charles McConnell and Claire McConnell, one hundred ninety-three (193 feet; and
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SOUTHEASTERLY by Lot 25, as shown on said plan, ninety- eight and 8/10 (98.8) feet.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 81. 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 D District the area now included in the Residence A Dis- trict, bounded and described as follows:
NORTHWESTERLY by Pleasant Street, 91.0 feet;
NORTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of Arthur T. Trow- bridge and Helen H. Trowbridge in three courses meas- uring 110.68 feet, 33.62 feet more or less, and 22.0 feet, more or less respectively ;
SOUTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of Arthur T. Trow- bridge and Helen H. Trowbridge and by land now or formerly of Raymond L. Carey and May Carey, 71.0 feet; and
SOUTHWESTERLY by land now or formerly of Harry Jeghelian and Mary Jeghelian, 145.87 feet.
Said parcel being shown as a lot containing 13,855 square feet. on a plan entitled "Plan Showing Proposed Change in Zoning, Arl- ington, Mass., Dec. 10, 1958, Fred A. Joyce, Surveyor".
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 82. 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 Business A District the area now included in the Residence B District and being bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the southerly side line of Elmhurst Road, said point being one hundred eleven (111') feet from the curve formed by the junction of the westerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue and the southerly side line of Elmhurst Road;
Thence running southwesterly along the southerly side line of said Elmhurst Road a distance of forty-five (45') feet to land, now or formerly of Mary J. Sullivan and Alice F. Callahan;
Thence turning and running in a southeasterly direction along land now or formerly of Mary J. Sullivan and Alice F. Callahan a distance of one-hundred forty-three and eighty-five one-hundredths (143.85') feet to a point;
Thence turning and running in a northeasterly direction along land, now or formerly of Pasquale and Frances Correggia a distance of forty-five (45') feet to a point;
Thence turning and running in a northerly direction along other land of The Texas Company a distance of one-hundred forty-two and fifty one-hundredths (142.50') feet, more or less, to a point on the southerly side line of Elmhurst Road and the point of beginning.
Lot contains approximately 6,435 square feet.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
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Article 83. 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 Business B District the area now included in the Residence B District, and bounded and described as follows:
SOUTHEASTERLY by Magnolia Street, ninety feet;
SOUTHWESTERLY by land now or formerly of Lewis J. Jacob- son, one hundred feet;
NORTHWESTERLY by land now or formerly of Abbot Allen et al, ninety feet; and
NORTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of John Forward, one hundred feet.
Said parcel is shown as Lots 41, 42 and 43 on plan hereinafter nientioned. All of said boundaries are determined by the Court to be located as shown on a plan, as approved by the Court, filed in the Land Registration Office, a copy of a portion of which is filed in the Registry of Deeds for the South Registry District of Middlesex County in Registration Book 34, Page 149, with Certificate 5095, and shown on a plan filed in the Land Registration Office, March 26, 1912, by one C. B. Humphrey, Surveyor for Court.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 84. 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 Business B District the area now included in the Residence B District, and bounded and described as follows:
NORTHWESTERLY by Magnolia Street, one hundred twenty-one and 94/100 feet;
NORTHEASTERLY by Lot 49 as shown on plan hereinafter mentioned, one hundred and 06/100 feet;
SOUTHEASTERLY by lands now or formerly of B. Almede and of Rosario Larivee, one hundred and eight feet; and
SOUTHWESTERLY by land now or formerly of the Boston and Maine Railroad, one hundred one and 02/100 feet.
Said parcel is shown as Lots 45, 46, 47 and 48, Sheet 2, on said plan. All of said boundaries are determined by the Court to be lo- cated as shown on a plan, as modified and approved by the Court, filed in the Land Registration Office, a copy of a portion of which is filed in the Registry of Deeds for the South Registry District of Middlesex County in Registration Book 34, Page 149, with certificate 5095, and shown on a Plan filed in the Land Registration Office March 26, 1912, by one C. B. Humphrey, Surveyor for Court.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 85. To see if the Town will rescind the vote taken under Article 83 of the Warrant for the 1955 Annual Town Meeting, wherein the School Committee was authorized and empowered to
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purchase or take in fee by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for school purposes certain land within the Town, situated on Tufts Street and an appropriation was made for such purpose; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 86. To see if the Town will make an appropriation, to. be expended under the direction of the High School Additions and Reconstruction Committee, for the installation of roadways and sidewalks in the area at the front of the Arlington High School; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the High School Additions and Reconstruction Committee)
Article 87. To see if the Town will make an appropriation, to be expended under the direction of the High School Additions and Reconstruction Committee, for the purpose of completing the Main- tenance Department quarters in the new addition to the Arlington High School; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the High School Additions and Reconstruction Committee)
Article 88. To see if the Town will appoint a committee of seven, composed of the Town Manager, two members of the School Committee, two members of the School Survey Committee, and two registered voters of the Town, to procure complete working plans and specifications and to obtain bids for the construction of an ele- mentary school building on land owned by the Town, located on Pheasant Avenue; said plans and specifications to be completed and bids to be obtained prior to the Annual Town Meeting of 1960; ap- propriate the sum of $25,000.00 for the use of said committee; 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 School Committee and the School Survey Committee)
Article 89. To see if the Town will acquire by purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise for school purposes, all or any portion of the land within the Town (with or without the buildings thereon) here- inafter 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; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating to all or any of the foregoing.
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