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Article 34. To make appropriations to defray Town Obligations, liabilities, outlay and expenses and especially for or relating to all or any of the boards, depart- ments, purposes and matters hereinafter mentioned, and to provide for the disposal
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of motor vehicles and other personal property belonging to the Town; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Finance Committee: Board of Selectmen: Town Manager; Purchasing Agent: Maintenance Department; Accountant: Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes De- partment: Assessors' Department: Legal Department; Claims: Town Clerk's Depart- ment: Vital Statistics: Public Works Department: Engineering Department; Elections and Town Meetings: Planning Board; Board of Survey; Robbins Memorial Town Hall: Town House Grounds Department; Police Department; Parking Meters; Fire Depart- ment: Fire and Police Signal System: Building, Plumbing, and Gas Inspection; Boards of Appeals (Building and Zoning); Wire Department; Sealer of Weights and Measures; Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Suppression; Tree Warden's Department: Health Depart- ment: Inspector of Animals: Sewerage System Maintenance: Removal of Ashes, Offal and Rubbish: Highway Division: Snow and Ice Removal: Lighting of Streets and Ways; Traffic Signals: Public Welfare Department; Aid to Dependent Children; Old Age Assistance: Disability Assistance: District or Other Nurses: Veterans' Benefits: Schools: Robbins Library and Branches: Parks: Playgrounds : Pensions (Non-Contribu- tory); Contributory Retirement System: Memorial Day; Patriots' Day: Printing Town Reports: Insurance; Workmen's Compensation Insurance Funds; Municipal Insurance Fund; Reserve Fund: Maintenance of Menotomy Hall and Houses Owned by the Town: Water Department Maintenance: Cemeteries: Interest; Debt: Sinking Fund; Personnel Board; Civil Defense.
Article 35. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Extension of the Sewerage System: determine in what manner the money shall be raised and ex- pended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 36. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Extension of Water Mains: determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 37. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Extension of Storm Drains: determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 38. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for improvement of Volume and Pressure - Water System: determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 39. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Construction and Installation of Sidewalks and Edgestones; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended: or take any action relating thereto.
Article 40. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Reconstruc- tion and Maintenance of Permanent Sidewalks and Resetting of Edgestones Upon the Public Ways of the Town: determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended: or take any action relating thereto.
Article 41. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the relocation, alteration and widening, construction of, specific repairs upon and improvement of all or any parts of River Street, Massachusetts Avenue and Park Avenue, within the town as now existing or hereafter relocated, altered and widened, including land damages, if any, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments or otherwise; said appropriation to be used with any sum or sums which may be allotted by the Commonwealth or County or Middlesex, or both, for such purpose or purposes: determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action in any way relative to all or any of the foregoing.
Article 42. To see if the Town will accept the alteration of the way known as Park Avenue Extension, on the westerly corner of Summer Street, a State Highway, as made and reported by the Board of Selectmen in its capacity as a Board of Survey; will make an appropriation for the taking, alteration, construction of, and specific repairs upon all or any part of said way as now existing or hereafter altered: deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
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Said way as so altered is to include the parcel of land bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at a stone bound at the point of intersection of the northwesterly side southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, a distance of 33.72 feet to a point of tangency, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly through Lot 2 on a curve to the left with a radius of 22.50 feet a distance of 44.15 feet to a point of curve on the southwesterly side line of Summer Street; thence south- easterly on said southwesterly side line of Summer Street, a distance of 33.72 feet to the point of beginning. Said way as so altered is shown upon a plan marked "Plan Showing Proposed Alteration of Park Ave. Ext., Arlington, Mass., Scale 1" = 10", Sept. 1959, W. H. Roby, Town Engineer".
Article 43. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Falmouth Road West to Upland Road West, substantially in the location of the private way known as Columbia 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 better- ments: establish said way ; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construc- tion 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 easterly side line of Columbia Road at the northerly boundary line of Lot 57 and Pt. 54, thence southerly on said easterly side line of Columbia Road a distance of 336.40 feet to an angle point, thence southwesterly on said easterly side line of Columbia Road a distance of 78.62 feet to the point of inter- section of said easterly side line of Columbia Road and the southerly side line of Upland Road West, thence westerly across said Columbia Road a distance of 40.0 feet to a point on the westerly side line of Columbia Road, thence northeasterly on said westerly side line of Columbia Road a distance of 76.38 feet to an angle point, thence northerly on said westerly side line of Columbia Road a distance of 334.20 feet to a point, thence easterly across said Columbia Road and by the present accepted portion thereof 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 Columbia Road, Arlington, Mass. Petitioned For By Stephen S. Langley, Scale Hor. 1" = 40' Ver. 1" = 6' Mar 1917 C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St. Boston."
Article 44. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Florence Avenue to Oakland Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Charlton 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 better- ments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construc- tion 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 of Florence Avenue and the easterly side line of Charlton Street, thence southeasterly on said easterly side line of Charlton Street, a distance of 765.16 feet to the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Charlton Street and the northerly side line of Oakland Avenue, thence southwesterly on said northerly side line of Oakland Avenue distances of 40.22 feet and 16.95 feet respectively to the point of intersection of said northerly side line of Oakland Avenue and the westerly side line of Charlton Street, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said westerly side line of Charlton Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 29.80 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Charlton Street a distance of 754.76 feet to the point of intersection of said westerly side line of Charl- ton Street and the southerly side line of Florence Avenue, thence northeasterly on said southerly side line of Florence Avenue a distance of 40.06 feet to the point of begin- ning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. en- titled "Plan and Profile Showing Proposed Lines and Grades For Charlton St., Arlington. Hor. Sc. 40' = 1" Ver. Sc. 6' = 1" Chas. J. Elliot. Eng'r. & Surveyer. Nov. 5, 1910.
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Article 45. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Florence Avenue 164 feet northerly to its end, substantially in the location of the private way know as Charlton 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 northerly side line of Florence Avenue and the westerly side line of Charlton Street, thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Charlton Street a distance of 164.30 feet to a point on said westerly side line of Charlton Street at the northerly boundary line of Lot C, thence easterly across said Charlton Street a distance of 40.104 feet to a point on the easterly side line of Charlton Street at the northerly boundary line of Lot 369, thence southeasterly on said easterly side line of Charlton Street a distance of 163.80 feet to the point of inter- section of said easterly side line of Charlton Street and the northerly side line of Florence Avenue, thence southwesterly on said northerly side line of Florence Avenue a distance of 40.07 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled, "Plan and Profile Showing Proposed Lines and Grades For Charlton St., Arlington. Hor. Sc. 40' = 1" Ver. Sc. 6' = 1" Chas. J. Elliot. Eng'r. & Surveyor. Nov. 5, 1910."
Article 46. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Huntington Road to its end, substantially in the location of the private way known as Alpine Terrace, 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 southwesterly side line of Huntington Road and the southeasterly side line of Alpine Terrace, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Alpine Terrace on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 32.05 feet to a point of tangency, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Alpine Terrace a distance of 274.01 feet to a point, thence northwesterly across said Alpine Terrace a distance of 42.23 feet to a point on the northwesterly side line of Alpine Terrace, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Alpine Terrace a distance of 263.03 feet to a point of curve, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Alpine Terrace on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 30.78 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Alpine Terrace and the southwesterly side line of Huntington Road, thence southeasterly on said south- westerly side line of Huntington Road a distance of 80.04 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 Alpine Terrace, Arlington, Mass. Petitioned For By Geo. H. Johnson, Scales Hor. 1" = 40' Ver. 1" = 6' Feb. 1929 Fred A. Joyce - Surveyor".
Article 47. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from North Union Street to its end, substantially in the location of the private way known as Decatur 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 Decatur Street and the southeasterly side line of North Union Street, thence northeasterly across said Decatur Street and by the present accepted portion of Decatur Street a distance of 35.0 feet to a point on the northerly side line of Decatur Street, thence southeasterly on said
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northerly side line of Decatur Street a distance of 577.88 feet to an angle point, thence southwesterly across said Decatur Street a distance of 40.70 feet to an angle point, thence northwesterly on the southerly side line of Decatur Street a distance of 558.25 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled, "Board of Survey Plan and Profile of Decatur Street, Arlington; Mass. Scale: Hor. 1" = 40' Ver. 1"= 6' June 1959 W. H. Roby, Town Eng."
Article 48. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Hemlock Street to Millett Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Lansdowne 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 relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the easterly side line of Hemlock Street and the northwesterly side line of Lansdowne Road, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Lansdowne Road a distance of 429.66 feet to a point, thence southeasterly across said Lansdowne Road a distance of 40.0 feet to the point of inter- section of the southeasterly side line of Lansdowne Road and the northeasterly side line of Millett Street, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Lans- downe Road a distance of 468.42 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Lansdowne Road and the easterly side line of Hemlock Street, thence northerly on said easterly side line of Hemlock Street a distance of 55.70 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 Lansdowne Road, Arlington On Land Of William Millet, Scale, Horizontal, 40 Ft. = 1 In. Vertical, 6 Ft. = 1 In. J. O. Goodwin, Survey- or, Medford, March 1902".
Article 49. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Arrowhead Lane to Ridge Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Longmeadow 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 relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northerly side line of Overlook Road extended and the westerly side line of Ridge Street at the end of the present accepted portion of Overlook Road, thence northeasterly across said Ridge Street and on the extension of the northerly side line of Longmeadow Road a distance of 50.62 feet to a point on the easterly side line of Ridge Street, thence northerly on said easterly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 23.40 feet to the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Ridge Street and the northerly side line of Longmeadow Road, thence south- easterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northerly side line of Longmeadow Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 34.54 feet to a point of tangency, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Longmeadow Road a distance of 240.02 feet to a point of curve, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Longmeadow Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 289.82 feet a dis- tance of 114.54 feet to a point of tangency, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Longmeadow Road a distance of 75.0 feet to a point of curve, thence easterly and southeasterly on said northerly side line of Longmeadow Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 263.92 feet a distance of 138.19 feet to a point of tangency, thence southeasterly on said northerly side line of Longmeadow Road a distance of 175.53 feet to a point of curve, thence southeasterly and easterly on said northerly side line of Longmeadow Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 195 feet a distance of 97.89 feet to a point of tangency, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Longmeadow Road a distance of 206.33 feet to a point of curve, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Longmeadow Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 252.74 feet a distance of 161.06 feet to the point of intersection of said northerly side line of Longmeadow Road and the northwesterly side line of Arrowhead Lane, thence
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southeasterly across said Longmeadow Road and Arrowhead Lane a distance of 40.0 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Arrowhead Lane and the southerly side line of Longmeadow Road, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Longmeadow Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 292.74 feet a distance of 186.53 feet to a point of tangency, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Longmeadow Road a distance of 206.33 feet to a point of curve, thence westerly and northwesterly on said southerly side line of Longmeadow Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 235 feet a distance of 117.97 feet to the point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said southerly side line of Longmeadow Road a distance of 175.53 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly and westerly on said southerly side line of Longmeadow Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 223.92 feet a distance of 117.24 feet to a point of tangency, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Longmeadow Road a distance of 75.0 feet to a point of curve, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Longmeadow Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 249.82 feet a distance of 98.69 feet to a point of tangency, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Longmeadow Road a distance of 252.63 feet to a point of curve, thence southwesterly and southerly on said southerly side line of Longmeadow Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 28.29 feet to the point of intersection of said southerly side line of Longmeadow Road and the easterly side line of Ridge Street, thence northerly on said easterly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 17.09 feet to a point, thence southwesterly across said Ridge Street and on the extension of the southerly side line of Longmeadow Road a
distance of 50.62 feet to a point on the westerly side line of Ridge Street at the end of the present accepted portion of Overlook Road, thence northerly by the end of the pre- sent accepted portion of Overlook Road a distance of 40.49 feet to the point of begin- ning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. en- titled, "Plan and Profile of Longmeadow 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. April 12, 1937" and "Plan and Profile of a Part of Longmeadow Road, Arlington - Mass. As Petitioned For By Robbins Spring Realty Trust. Scales - Horizontal: 1 In = 40 Ft. Vertical: 1 In. = 6 Ft. - January 25, 1952. Everett M. Brooks Co. - Civil Engineers. Newtonville - Massachusetts".
Article 50. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Appleton Street to No. 24, substantially in the location of the private way known as Kipling Road, 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 southerly side line of Appleton Street and the easterly side line of Kipling Road, thence westerly and southwesterly on said easterly side line of Kipling Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a dis- tance of 34.68 feet to a point of tangency, thence southwesterly on said easterly side line of Kipling Road a distance of 173.36 feet to a point of curve, thence southwesterly on said easterly side line of Kipling Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 300 feet a distance of 68.40 feet to a point of tangency, thence southerly on said easterly side line of Kipling Road a distance of 224.46 feet to a point at the southerly boundary line of Lot 47A, thence westerly across said Kipling Road a distance of 40.0 feet to a point on the westerly side line of Kipling Road, thence northerly on said westerly side line of Kipling Road a distance of 224.46 feet to a point of curve, thence northeasterly on said westerly side line of Kipling Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 340 feet a distance of 77.52 feet to a point of tangency, thence northeasterly on said west- erly side line of Kipling Road a distance of 169.0 feet to a point of curve, thence north- erly, northwesterly and westerly on said westerly side line of Kipling Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 37.56 feet to the point of intersection of said westerly side line of Kipling Road and the southerly side line of Appleton Street, thence easterly and southeasterly on said southerly side line of Appleton Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 205.37 feet a distance of 89.49 feet to the point entitled, "Plan and Profile of Kipling Road, Arlington, Mass. Scale As Shown. Sept. 1946. Dana F. Perkins. Civil Enginner and Surveyer, Reading, Mass."
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Article 51. To see if the Town will accept laying out of a Town way from Over- look Road to Ronald Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Pheasant Avenue, 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 southeasterly side line of Overlook Road and the northeasterly side line of Pheasant Avenue, thence southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Pheasant Avenue on a cure to the left with a radius of 10 feet a distance of 16.86 feet to a point of curve, thence southeasterly on siad northeasterly side line of Pheasant Avenue a distance of 268.77 feet to a point, thence southwesterly across said Pheasant Avenue a distance of 40.0 feet to the point of intersection of the southwesterly side line of Pheasant Avenue and the southeasterly side line of Ronald Road extended, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Pheasant Avenue a distance of 280.0 feet to the point of intersection of the extension of the southwesterly side line of Pheasant Av- enue and the southeasterly side line of Overlook Road, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Overlook Road distances of 40.0 feet and 11.23 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arling- ton, Mass. entitled, "Plan and Profile of Pheasant Ave., Arlington, Mass. As Petitioned For By Neil McIntosh Jr. Trustee Showing Proposed Lines and Grades Scale: Hor. 1" = 40' Vert. 1" = 6' April 1914. C. H. Gannett. C. E. 53 State St .. Boston".
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