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There being no further business under Article 58, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 59. (Laying Out of Nicod Street.)
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Wollaston Avenue to No. 14, substantially in the location of the private way known as Nicod Street, as more particularly described in Article 59 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen, be accepted, said way established and said Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
There being no further business under Article 59, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 60. (Laying Out of Hadley Court.)
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Gardner Street to its end, substantially in the location of the private way known as Hadley Court, as more particularly described in Article 60 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen, be accepted, said way established and said Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
There being no further business under Article 60, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 61. (Laying Out of Tower Road.)
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Overlook Road to end of construction, substantially in the location of the private way known as Tower Road, as more particularly described in Article 61 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen, be accepted, said way established and said Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
There being no further business under Article 61, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 62. (Laying Out of Greeley Circle.)
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VOTED: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Tower Road to Tower Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Greeley Circle, as more particularly described in Article 62 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen, be accepted, said way established and said Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
There being no further business under Article 62, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 63. (Construction of Ways.)
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the sum of twenty four thousand seven hundred sixty five (24,765) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the construction of the public ways, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting under Articles 54 to 62 inclusive of the Warrant, all under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Town Manager substantially as follows:
Lantern Lane
(Article 54) Article 55
$ 5,600.00
Country Club Drive
8,150.00
Pawnee Drive
Article 56
5,686.00
Apache Trail
Article 57
4,829.00
Nicod Street
Article 58
100.00
Nicod Street
Article 59
100.00
Hadley Court
Article 60)
100.00
Tower Road
Article 61)
100.00
Greeley Circle
Article 62)
100.00
$ 24,765.00
There being no further business under Article 63, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 64. (Abandonment of Exterior Lines.)
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the exterior lines of a way between Pioneer Road and Alfred Road, as more particularly described in Article 64 of the Warrant, in the location shown upon the plan therein mentioned as accepted under Article 40 of the Warrant for the 1931 Annual Town Meeting and Article 31 of the Warrant for the 1941 Annual Town Meeting and as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be and hereby are abandoned; and that the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to abandon any rights acquired under any and all instruments granting any rights or easements to the Town within the lines of said way and to give releases for any such rights or easements held by the Town therein.
There being no further business under Article 64, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 65. (Culvert -- Day Street.)
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the sum of five hundred (500) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the construction of a culvert across and under the private way known as Day Street, to connect two portions of a natural waterway for drainage purposes and for cleaning and maintaining said natural waterway through private lands between Day Street and Dow Avenue; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Town Manager.
There being no further business under Article 65, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 66. (Surface Drain-Appleton Street.)
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.
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Article 67. (Transfer of Cemetery Funds.)
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars be and hereby is transferred from Mount Pleasant Cemetery Sale of Lots and Graves Fund to the Cemetery Commissioners for the improvement of the Town Cemetery.
There being no further business under Article 67, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
On the motion of Mr. William H. Shirley, Town Meeting Member from Precinct 13, duly seconded, it was
VOTED: That the meeting adjourn.
The meeting thereupon adjourned at 10:53 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23, 1960, until Moday, March 28, 1960 at 8:00 p.m.
A true record.
ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING -- MARCH 28, 1960
Pursuant to the vote of adjournment of March 23, 1960, and written notices sent by mail by the Town Clerk, the town meeting members met in the Town Hall on Monday evening, March 28, 1960, 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 Mary A. Farrington and James E. Sweeney. The lists contained the names of two hundred forty-three (243) elected town meeting members and eight (8) town meeting members at large qualified to participate in and vote in town meetings in Arlington.
The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting by the checkers showed that two hundred three (203) elected town meeting members and eight (8) town meeting members at large (84% of total 251) attended the meeting.
The Moderator, Lawrence E. Corcoran, 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. Anton Kovar, pianist, and Mr. Augustus Mazzocca, trumpeter, both of the School Department.
The invocation was given by Rabbi Herbert Rosenblum of the Jewish Community Center in Lexington.
A town meeting member who had not previously been sworn was thereupon sworn by the Moderator.
There being no objection to the request of Selectman Buckley, permission was granted by general consent for Mr. Thomas Kenna, a member of the Planning Board, to sit within the town meeting enclosure.
On motion of Selectman Buckley, duly seconded, it was
VOTED: That if all the business of the meeting as set forth in the Warrant is not disposed of at the session, when the meeting adjourns it adjourns to Wednesday evening, March 30, 1960, at 8:00 o'clock.
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On motion of Kermit C. Streng, Chairman of the Finance Committee, duly seconded, it was
VOTED: That Article 34, Budget 40, be taken from the table.
40. Public Parks and Playgrounds (Town Manager)
By consent of the meeting, the motion of the Finance Committee as appearing in its printed report was considered withdrawn, and on the new motion of Mr. Kermit C. Streng, Chairman of the Finance Committee, duly seconded, it was
VOTED:
40. Public Parks and Playgrounds (Town Manager)
Personal Services
$ 94,008.00
Expenses 23,400.00
Capital Outlay 4,000.00
(to be expended substantially as follows:)
Maintenance Equipment $ 300.00
1 - 3/4 Ton Truck 2,300.00
Bench Slats . 900.00
Backstop-Reservoir Field .500.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as described in Gen- eral Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 34.
300.00
TOTAL $121,708. 00
Detail Personal Services
Superintendent . $ 6,818.00
Principal Clerk-Stenographer .
3,894.00
Wages -- Laborers and Others 83,296.00
$ 94,008.00
On motion of Kermit C. Streng, chairman of the Finance Committee, duly seconded, it was
VOTED: That Article 34, Budget 48, be taken from the table.
48. Maintenance of Menotomy Hall and Houses Owned by Town. (Town Manager)
By consent of the meeting, the motion of the Finance Committee as appearing in its printed report was considered withdrawn, and on the new motion of Mr. Kermit C. Streng, Chairman of the Finance Committee, duly seconded, it was
VOTED:
48. Maintenance of Menotomy Hall and Houses Owned by Town.
(Town Manager)
Personal Services
Senior Building Custodian
$ 4,500.00
Others and Overtime
600.00
Expenses
4,753.00
TOTAL $ 9,853.00
There being no further business under Article 34, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
The Moderator declared Article 68 to be now before the meeting.
Article 68. (Amendment of Zoning By-Law.)
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Chairman Murdena A. Campbell reported for the Planning Board and on her motion, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: That the report be received.
Thereupon, on the motion of Miss Campbell, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town amend its Zoning By-Law by striking out paragraph 5 of Section 4 and inserting in place thereof the following:
5. Any person or persons desiring to obtain the permission of the Zoning Board of Appeals for any purpose for which such permission is required under the provisions of this by-law shall make application in writing therefor to the Zoning Board of Appeals which shall, within a reasonable time, hold a public hearing thereon. Notice of such hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town once in each of two successive weeks, the first publication to be not less than twenty-one days before the day of the hearing.
There being no further business under Article 68, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 69. (Amendment of Zoning By-Law.)
Chairman Murdena A. Campbell reported for the Planning Board and on her motion, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: That the report be received.
Thereupon, on the motion of Miss Campbell, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town amend its Zoning By-Law by striking out paragraph 6 of Section 4 and inserting in place thereof the following:
6. The Zoning Board of Appeals shall also, at least ten days prior to the hearing, send notice by mail, postage prepaid, to the petitioner, to all the owners of real estate opposite to or abutting on the property in connection with which any permission is sought, to the owners of all property deemed by the board to be affected thereby, as they appear on the most recent local tax list, and to the Planning Board, and shall at least ten days before the hearing, post a notice of the hearing upon the property in a conspicuous location, adjacent to a street on which the property is situated, stating the nature of the petition in connection with which permission is sought. A copy of this notice shall be posted on the Bulletin Board at the Town Hall.
There being. no further business under Article 69, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 70. (Amendment of Zoning By-Law.)
Chairman Murdena A. Campbell reported for the Planning Board and on her motion, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: That the report be received.
Thereupon, on the motion of Miss Campbell, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town amend its Zoning By-Law by striking out paragraph 2 of Section 5 and inserting in place thereof the following:
2. The Planning Board, upon the request in writing of not less than ten registered voters of the Town shall, or upon its own initiative may, hold a public hearing for the consideration of any proposed amendment, modification or repeal of this by-law, provided that where a petition is filed such petition shall show that copies of the peti- tion have been sent by registered mail to all abutters of the land referred to in the petition. The Planning Board shall report to the Town Meeting its recommendations with respect to the action to be taken thereon. Notice of such hearing shall be given
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by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town once in each of two successive weeks, the first publication being not less than twenty-one days before the day of such hearing.
There being no further business under Article 70, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 71. (Appropriation for a Planning Consultant.)
VOTED: That the sum of eighteen thousand (18,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of engaging the services of a planning consultant to prepare a comprehensive plan for the Town of Arlington and to do other related planning work; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Planning Board.
There being no further business under Article 71, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 72. (Amendment of Zoning By-Law.)
Chairman Murdena A. Campbell reported for the Planning Board and on her motion, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: That the report be received.
Thereupon, on the motion of the Planning Board as amended by the substitute motion of Mr. Wallace J. Flynn, town meeting member from Precinct 7, on behalf of Mr. Francis Keefe, which was duly made and seconded and declared to have carried on a voice vote, it was
VOTED: (Standing Vote, 129 in the affirmative and 43 in the negative) That the Town amend its Zoning By-Law by striking out subparagraph 1. of Section 15-A and inserting in place thereof the following:
"1. In the residence C districts, no building or buildings including garages shall be constructed, altered, enlarged, reconstructed or moved in such a way as to cover more than 30 per cent of the area of the lot for a building five stories in height, or more than 35 per cent for a building of four stories or less.", and to amend the schedule of heights and area regulations in conformity with the above.
There being no further business under Article 72, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 73. (Zoning -- Area on Gardner and Decatur Streets.)
Chairman Murdena A. Campbell reported for the Planning Board and on her motion, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: That the report be received.
Thereupon, on the motion of Miss Campbell, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town 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 District and bounded and described as follows:
WESTERLY by Gardner Street, 411.50 feet;
NORTHERLY by Decatur Street, 214.53 feet;
EASTERLY by land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 443.38 feet; and. SOUTHERLY by land now or formerly of Simondisky and Femia, 248.02 feet.
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Said parcel being shown on a plan entitled "Site Plan Proposed Apartment House Gardner St., Arlington, Mass." dated October 15, 1959, by Joseph Selwyn, Civil Engineer.
There being no further business under Article 73, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 74. (Zoning -- Area on Brattle Street.)
Chairman Murdena A. Campbell reported for the Planning Board and on her motion, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: That the report be received.
Thereupon, on the motion of Miss Campbell, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: (Unanimously) That no action be taken under Article 74 of the Warrant.
There being no further business under Article 74, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 75. (Zoning -- Area on Academy and Maple Streets.)
Chairman Murdena A. Campbell reported for the Planning Board and on her motion, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: That the report be received.
Thereupon, on the motion of Miss Campbell, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: (Unanimously) That no action be taken under Article 75 of the Warrant.
There being no further business under Article 75, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
On motion of Mr. James A. Barry, Jr., town meeting member from Precinct 14, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: That Article 77 be taken up at this time out of the normal course of business.
Article 77. (Zoning -- Area on Magnolia Street.)
Chairman Murdena A. Campbell reported for the Planning Board and on her motion, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: That the report be received.
Thereupon, on the motion of Miss Campbell, duly made and seconded, it was VOTED: (Unanimously) That no action be taken under Article 77 of the Warrant.
There being no further business under Article 77, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
On motion of Mr. James A. Barry, Jr., town meeting member from Precinct 14, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: That Article 78 be taken up at this time.
Article 78. (Zoning -- Area on Magnolia Street.)
Chairman Murdena A. Campbell reported for the Planning Board and on her motion, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: That the report be received.
Thereupon, on the motion of Miss Campbell, duly made and seconded, it was
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VOTED: (Unanimously) That no action be taken under Article 78 of the Warrant.
There being no further business under Article 78, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
At this point a ten minute recess was taken on the motion of Mr. Thomas A. O'Keefe, town meeting member from Precinct 7.
Article 76. (Zoning -- Area on Mystic Street at junction of Summer Street and Mystic Valley Parkway West.)
Chairman Murdena A. Campbell reported for the Planning Board and on her motion, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: That the report be received.
Thereupon, on the motion of Miss Campbell, duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: That no action be taken under Article 76 of the Warrant.
There being no further business under Article 76, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 79. (Appropriation for Arlington Heights Reservoir Beach.)
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the sum of three thousand (3,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated to complete the Arlington Heights Reservoir Beach; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Committee on Swimming Conditions at Arlington Heights Reservoir Beach.
There being no further business under Article 79, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 80. (Removal of Building -- Robbins Farm Playground.)
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the sum of two thousand four hundred (2,400) dollars be and hereby is appropriated to remove the wooden building located at the Robbins Farm Playground and Recreation Center, now being used by the Public Works Department for storage and formerly being known as the property of Nathan Robbins, numbered 61 Eastern Avenue, and to complete the grading of the area; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Town Manager.
There being no further business under Article 80, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 81. (Abandonment of Easement.)
VOTED: That the following easement dated May 9, 1955, Taken for Sloping Purposes on Williams Street by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Arlington, duly recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 8466, Page 425, be and hereby is abandoned. Said easement is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the northwesterly side line of Williams Street, said point being 165.14 feet southwesterly of the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Williams Street, and the southwesterly side line of Arnold Street, thence north- westerly on the division line between Lots 144 and 143 a distance of 23.0 feet to an angle point, thence through Lots 143, 142, 141, 140, 139, 138, 137, 136, 135 and 134 a total distance of 335 feet more or less to a point on the division line between Lots 134 and 133, thence southeasterly on said division line between Lots 134 and 133 a distance of 10 feet to a point on the northwesterly side line of Williams Street, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Williams Street, a distance of 330 feet to the point of beginning, as shown upon a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Arlington -- Mass. Showing Slope Easements, Scale 1" = 40', April, 1955, W. H. Roby, Acting Town Eng."
There being no further business under Article 81, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 82. (Appropriation -- Construction of a New School.)
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VOTED: That the sum of eight hundred fifty one thousand five hundred (851, 500) dollars is hereby appropriated to meet the cost of constructing, originally equipping and furnishing an elementary school building to be located on land of the town situated on Pheasant and Mountain Avenues previously acquired for school purposes; that to meet said appropriation two hundred thousand (200,000) dollars shall be transferred from the Stabilization Fund, three thousand two hundred one and 12/100 (3,201.12) dollars shall be transferred from the unexpended balance appropriated under Article 62 of the Warrant for the 1954 Annual Town Meeting, forty eight thousand two hundred ninety eight and 88/100 (48,298.88) dollars shall be included in the current year's tax levy, and the balance of said appropriation in the amount of six hundred thousand (600,000) dollars shall be borrowed by the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds of the town as hereinafter provided. The Town Treasurer is hereby authorized with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow at one time, or from time to time, the sum of six hundred thousand (600,000) dollars by the issuance and sale of bonds of the town in that aggregate principal amount under the authority of and in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as amended and supplemented, and the bonds of such issue or issues shall bear such date, be issued and sold in such manner (except as herein or by law otherwise provided) as shall be determined by the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, provided, however, that any sum or sums, not exceeding two hundred thousand (200,000) dollars in the aggregate, which shall be received by the town from The Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a construction grant toward the cost of said school building under Section 9 of said Chapter 645, as most recently amended by Chapter 591 of the Acts of 1959, shall be used to meet the cost of said school project or the payment of debt incurred for such purpose and, in the event and to the extent such sum or sums may be received prior to sale of bonds or notes hereinbefore authorized, the amount of debt so authorized to be issued shall be reduced accordingly. Said appropriation shall be expended under the direction of the Committee appointed under Article 88 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1959 to procure plans and estimates for the construction of an elementary school building on land of the Town situated in the area of Pheasant Avenue; said committee to have full authority to construct such school building within the sum herein appropriated; and the Moderator of the Town shall have the power to fill any vacancy in said Committee's membership.
There being no further business under Article 82, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 83. (Purchase of Land for School Purposes.)
VOTED: That no action be taken under Article 83 of the Warrant.
There being no further business under Article 83, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 84. (Conversion of Boilers -- Brackett School.)
VOTED: That no action be taken under Article 84 of the Warrant.
There being no further business under Article 84, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 85. (Conversion of Boilers -- Junior High School West.)
VOTED: That no action be taken under Article 85 of the Warrant.
There being no further business under Article 85, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 86. (Reconstruction at Robbins Library.)
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the sum of sixteen thousand (16,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the reconstruction of the gallery of the Robbins Library to restore, increase and improve existing library facilities, including the
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cost of an outside fire escape; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Trustees of Robbins Library.
There being no further business under Article 86, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
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