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Article 32. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Old Colony Road to #20 and #21, substantially in the location of the private way known as Old Middlesex Path, as made and filed in the office of
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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:
First Section:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northerly side line of Old Colony Road and the westerly side line of Old Middlesex Path, thence east- erly, northeasterly and northerly on said westerly side line of Old Middlesex Path on a curve to the left with a radius of 19.30 feet a distance of 31.06 feet to a point of compound curve, thence northerly and northwesterly on said westerly side line of Old Middlesex Path on a curve to the left with a radius of 287.62 feet a distance of 247.23 feet to a point of reverse curve, thence northwesterly and northerly on said westerly side line of Old Middle- sex Path on a curve to the right with a radius of 190 feet a distance of 178.24 feet to a point of reverse curve, thence northerly and northwesterly on said westerly side line of Old Middlesex Path on a curve to the left with a radius of 26.86 feet a distance of 36.91 feet to the point of intersection of said westerly side line of Old Middlesex Path and the southerly side line of Long- meadow Road, thence easterly on said southerly side line of Longmeadow Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 235 feet a distance of 83.16 feet to the point of intersection of said southerly side line of Longmeadow Road and the easterly side line of Old Middlesex Path, thence southwesterly and southerly on said easterly side line of Old Middlesex Path on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 35.34 feet to a point of compound curve, thence southerly and southeasterly on said easterly side line of Old Middlesex Path on a curve to the left with a radius of 150 feet a distance of 140.72 feet to a point of reverse curve, thence southeasterly and southerly on said easterly side line of Old Middlesex Path on a curve to the right with a radius of 327.62 feet a distance of 281.61 feet to a point of reverse curve, thence southeasterly and easterly on said easterly side line of Old Middlesex Path on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.27 feet a distance of 32.12 feet to the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Old Middlesex Path and the northerly side line of Old Colony Road, thence westerly on said northerly side line of Old Colony Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 1541.41 feet a distance of 80.62 feet.
Second Section:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northerly side line of Long- meadow Road and the westerly side line of Old Middlesex Path, thence easterly and northeasterly on said westerly side line of Old Middlesex Path on a curve to the left with a radius of 45.14 feet a distance of 65.09 feet to a point of tangency, thence northeasterly on said westerly side line of Old Middlesex Path a distance of 186.11 feet to a point of curve, thence north- easterly on said westerly side line of Old Middlesex Path on a curve to the left with a radius of 303.98 feet a distance of 16.22 feet to a point at the northerly boundary line of Lot 104, thence northeasterly across said Old Middlesex Path a distance of 58.36 feet to a point on the easterly side line of Old Middlesex Path at the northerly boundary line of Lot 42, thence south- westerly on said easterly side line of Old Middlesex Path on a curve to the right with a radius of 353.98 feet a distance of 48.99 feet to a point of tang- ency, thence southwesterly on said easterly side line of Old Middlesex Path a distance of 156.01 feet to a point of curve, thence southerly, southeasterly and easterly on said easterly side line of Old Middlesex Path on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 44.03 feet to the point of inter- section of said easterly side line of Old Middlesex Path and the northerly side line of Longmeadow Road, thence southwesterly on said northerly side line of Longmeadow Road a distance of 38.61 feet to a point of curve, thence
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southwesterly and westerly on said northerly side line of Longmeadow Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 195 feet a distance of 97.89 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 33. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Lowell Street to the Boston and Main Railroad, substantially in the location of the private way known as Lowell Street Place, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen under the provi- sions 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 Lowell Street and the southeasterly side line of Lowell Street Place, thence south- westerly on said southeasterly side line of Lowell Street Place a distance of 289.52 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Lowell Street Place and the northerly side line of the Boston & Maine Rail- road, thence northwesterly by said Railroad Right-of-Way a distance of 6.99 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly by said Boston & Maine Right- of-Way on a curve to the right with a radius of 1882.08 feet a distance of 36.54 feet to the point of intersection of said northerly side line of the Boston & Maine Railroad and the northwesterly side line of Lowell Street Place, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Lowell Street Place a distance of 300.64 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Lowell Street Place and the southerly side line of Lowell Street, thence southeasterly on said southerly side line of Lowell Street a distance of 40.05 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 34. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from North Union Street to Gardner Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Norcross 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 southeasterly side line of North Union Street and the northeasterly side line of Norcross Street, thence southeasterly on said northeeasterly side line of Norcross Street a distance of 252.30 feet to an angle point, thence northeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Norcross Street by the southeasterly boundary line of Lot 35 a distance of 4.0 feet to an angle point, thence southeasterly on said north- easterly side line of Norcross Street a distance of 249.0 feet to an angle point, thence southwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Norcross Street and by the northwesterly boundary line of Lot Pt. A a distance of 4.0 feet to an angle point, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Nor- cross Street a distance of 265.0 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Norcross Street and the northwesterly side line of Gardner Street, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Gardner Street a distance of 35.0 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Gardner Street and the southwesterly side line of Norcross Street a distance of 763.80 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Norcross Street and the southeasterly side line of North Union Street, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of North Union Street a distance of 35.04 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 35. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Fremont Street to Norcross Street, substantially in the location of the
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private way known as Granton Park, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen under the provisions of law authoriz- ing the assessment of betterments; establish said way ; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the southwesterly side line of Fremont Street and the southeasterly side line of Granton Park, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Granton Park on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 31.70 feet to a point of tangency, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Granton Park a distance of 338.80 feet to a point of curve, thence southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Granton Park on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 30.52 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Gran- ton Park and the northeasterly side line of Norcross Street, thence north- westerly on said northeasterly side line of Norcross Street a distance of 80.08 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Nor- cross Street and the northwesterly side line of Granton Park, thence south- easterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Granton Park on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 32.31 feet to a point of tangency, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Granton Park a distance of 336.35 feet to a point of curve, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Granton Park on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 31.13 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Granton Park and the southwesterly side line of Fremont Street, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Fremont Street a distance of 80.01 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 36. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from end of acceptance to Yerxa Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Hemlock Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen under the provisions of law authoriz- ing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what man- ner 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 westerly side line of Hemlock Street at the end of the present accepted portion thereof, thence northerly on said westerly side line of Hemlock Street a distance of 24.0 feet to an angle point, thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Hemlock Street a distance of 161.89 feet to an angle point, thence northerly on said westerly side line of Hemlock Street a distance of 147.22 feet to a point of curve, thence northerly on said westerly side line of Hemlock Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 507.96 feet a distance of 86.65 feet to a point of tangency, thence northerly on said westerly side line of Hemlock Street a distance of 61.38 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Hemlock Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 63.0 feet a distance of 35.27 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Hemlock Street a distance of 53.52 feet to a point at the northwesterly boundary line of Lot 30, thence northeasterly across said Hemlock Street a distance of 40.06 feet to a point on the easterly side line of Hemlock Street, thence southeasterly on said easterly side line of Hemlock Street a distance of 70.64 feet to a point of curve, thence southeasterly on said easterly side line of Hemlock Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 130.0 feet a distance of 28.16 feet to a point of compound curve at the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Hemlock Street and the southeasterly side line of Yerxa Road, thence southeasterly and southerly on said easterly side
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line of Hemlock Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 35.98 feet a distance of 19.51 feet to a point of reverse curve, thence southerly on said easterly side line of Hemlock Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 297.91 feet a distance of 59.26 feet to a point of reverse curve, thence southerly on said easterly side line of Hemlock Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 547.96 feet a distance of 93.47 feet to a point of tang- ency, thence southerly on said easterly side line of Hemlock Street a distance of 113.68 feet to a point of curve, thence southeasterly on said easterly side line of Hemlock Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 109.19 feet a distance of 48.27 feet to a point of tangency, thence southeasterly on said easterly side line of Hemlock Street a distance of 133.37 feet to an angle point, thence southerly on said easterly side line of Hemlock Street a distance of 21.73 feet to a point, thence southwesterly across said Hemlock Street and by the end of the present accepted portion thereof a distance of 41.28 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 37. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from north of Columbia Road to 270' south of College Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Crosby Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen under the provi- sions 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 a point on the westerly side line of Crosby Street, 239.7 feet northeasterly of Columbia Road, at the end of the present accepted por- tion of Crosby Street, thence northeasterly on said westerly side line of Crosby Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 394.02 feet a distance of 57.90 feet to a point of tangency, thence north 15° 58' 00" east a distance of 262.0 feet to a point of curve, thence northeasterly and northerly on said westerly side line of Crosby Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 582.66 feet a distance of 152.54 feet to a point of tangency, thence northerly on said westerly side line of Crosby Street, a distance of 21.11 feet to a point of curve, thence northerly on said westerly side line of Crosby Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 614.20 feet a distance of 26.10 feet to the present accepted portion of Crosby Street, thence easterly across said Crosby Street, and by the end of the present accepted portion of Crosby Street, a distance of 50.0 feet to a point on the easterly side line of Crosby Street, thence southerly on said easterly side line of Crosby Street, on a curve to the right with a radius of 664.20 feet a distance of 28.29 feet to a point of tangency, thence southerly on said easterly side line of Crosby Street, a distance of 21.11 feet to a point of curve, thence southerly and southwesterly on said easterly side line of Crosby Street, on a curve to the right with a radius of 632.66 feet a distance of 165.63 feet to a point of tangency, thence southwesterly on said easterly side line of Crosby Street, a distance of 262.0 feet to a point of curve, thence southwesterly on said easterly side line of Crosby Street, on a curve to the right with a radius of 444.02 feet a distance of 65.25 feet to a point, thence northwesterly across said Crosby Street, and by the end of the present accepted portion of Crosby Street, a distance of 50.0 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 38. To see if the Town will accept the alteration of the way known as Mill Street, on the northeasterly corner of Massachusetts Avenue, 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; determine 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 the point of intersection of the northerly side line of Mass. Avenue, and the easterly side line of Mill Street; thence northwesterly, northerly and northeasterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 14.05 feet a distance of 22.02 feet to a point of tangency; thence northeasterly on said easterly side line of Mill Street, a distance of 60.51 feet to a point; thence southwesterly and southerly on the proposed easterly side line of Mill Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 123.50 feet a distance of 39.66 feet to a point of tangency; thence southerly on said proposed easterly side line of Mill Street, a distance of 22.38 feet to a point of curve; thence southerly and southeasterly on said proposed easterly side line of Mill Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.72 feet a distance of 25.97 feet to a point on the northerly side line of Mass. Avenue; thence north- westerly on said northerly side line of Mass. Avenue, a distance of 19.11 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 39. To see if the Town will accept the alteration of the way known as Jason Street, on the southwesterly corner of Massachusetts Avenue, 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; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so altered is to include the parcel of land bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the southerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, and the northwesterly side line of Jason Street, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Jason Street, a dis- tance of 64.55 feet to a point, thence northeasterly and northerly on the proposed northwesterly side line of Jason Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 104.36 feet a distance of 35.12 feet to a point of compound curve, thence northwesterly on said proposed northwesterly side line of Jason Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 22.0 feet a distance of 15.93 feet to a point of compound curve, thence northwesterly and westerly on said proposed northwesterly side line of Jason Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 9.0 feet a distance of 7.54 feet to the point of intersection of said proposed northwesterly side line of Jason Street, and the southerly building line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence northwesterly a distance of 9.89 feet on a point on the southerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence easterly on said southerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, a distance of 31.67 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 40. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Washington Street to King Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Candia Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen under the provisions of law authoriz- ing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropria- tion 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 northwesterly side line of Washington Street and the southwesterly side line of Candia Street, thence northerly and northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Candia Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 15 feet a distance of 23.56 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Candia Street a distance of 85.0 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly
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on said southwesterly side line of Candia Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 369.32 feet a distance of 110.44 feet more or less to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Candia Street and the south- easterly side line of King Street, thence northeasterly across said Candia Street a distance of .41.5 feet more or less to a point on the northeasterly side line of Candia Street at the northwesterly boundary line of Lot 17, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Candia Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 329.32 feet a distance of 110.0 feet to a point of tangency, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Candia Street a distance of 85.0 feet to a point of curve, thence easterly and north- easterly on said northeasterly side line of Candia Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 15 feet a distance of 23.56 feet to the point of inter- section of said northeasterly side line of Candia Street and the northwesterly side line of Washington Street, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Washington Street a distance of 70.0 feet to the point of begin- ning.
Article 41. 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 of which is accepted at this meeting, including land damages and the cost of pavement and side- walks 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 42. To see if the Town will authorize the acquisition by pur- chase, 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, consist- ing 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 43. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Morningside Drive to Old Colony Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Windmill Lane, 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 Morningside Drive and the southwesterly side line of Windmill Lane, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Windmill Lane on a curve to the left with a radius of 26.16 feet a distance of 44.99 feet to a point of compound curve, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Windmill Lane on a curve to the left with a radius of 160 feet a distance of 50.0 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Windmill Lane a distance of 116.29 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Windmill Lane and the southerly side line of Old Colony Road, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Windmill Lane a distance of 140.08 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Windmill Lane and the northerly side line of Old Colony Road, thence northeasterly across said Windmill Lane a distance of 42.0 feet to a point on the northeasterly side line of Windmill Lane at the northwesterly boundary line of Lot 18, thence south- easterly on said northeasterly side line of Windmill Lane a distance of 78.55 feet to a point of curve, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Windmill Lane on a curve to the left with a radius of 644.80 feet a distance of 139.45 feet to a point of tangency, thence southeasterly on said north- easterly side line of Windmill Lane a distance of 42.0 feet to a point of
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