Town of Norwell annual report 1960-1969, Part 47

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Publication date: 1960
Publisher: The Board
Number of Pages: 2480

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ARTICLE 13

To see if the Town will vote to name the new road which is parallel to the northerly side of the Southeast Expressway and which extends from Pine Street to River Street, "Pine Street," so that Pine Street will be continuous from Circuit Street to River Street, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Planning Board.

ARTICLE 14

To see if the Town will vote to rename that portion of Pine Street from Common Street to a dead-end at the Southeast Ex- pressway, "Leonard Lane," or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Planning Board.

ARTICLE 15

To see if the Town will vote to name the new road which is parallel to the southerly side of the Southeast Expressway and which extends from Stetson Road to River Street, "Stetson Road," so that Stetson Road will be continuous or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Planning Board.

ARTICLE 16

To see if the Town will vote to rename that portion of Stet- son Road which is on the northerly side of the Southeast Express- way, and which extends from River Street to a dead-end at the Southeast Expressway, "Elm Street," or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Planning Board.

ARTICLE 17

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $5,000.00 or any other sum, to be used by the Permanent Drainage Committee for the replacement of culverts, field engineering and other drainage work throughout the town, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Permanent Drainage Committee.

ARTICLE 18

To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Millwood Circle as a Town Way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a Hearing in the Cush- ing Memorial Town Hall and now on file in the Town Clerk's office, without appropriation, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Selectmen.

ARTICLE 19

To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to establish a second polling precinct, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Norwell Citizens' Association.

Requested by : Joseph F. DeFrancesco, Fred A. Nucci, Rob- ert A. Hoffman, Natale A. Mola, Ada R. Mol- la, Henry A. St. Ours, Stephanie St. Ours, Charles L. Fraser, Geraldine M. McCarvell, Francis A. Aicardi, Dominic J. Ilacqua, John J. Wilson, James P. Keaveney, William F. Dempsey, Clyde Keene, Jr., Marjorie G. De Francesco, Pearl M. Gilmore, John O. Paul- son, Geraldine M. Pompeo, Groce Pompeo, Frederick G. Johnson, William G. Hurley, Joseph E. Tetreault, John J. McCarvell, Kathleen T. Aicardi, Eugene J. Schneider, Pauline A. Wilson, Rosemary A. Keaveney, Dorothy Dempsey

ARTICLE 20

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 for the purpose of maintaining during the ensu- ing year, the mosquito control works as estimated and certified to by the State Reclamation Board in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 112, Acts of 1931.

ARTICLE 21

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Account- ant to close out the unexpended balances of the following appro- priations, the purposes of which have been completed, or act on anything relative thereto:

Police-New Cruiser .01

Highways-New Snow Plow 52.00

Highways-Old Meeting House Lane 11.35

Highways-Drainage, Washington Pk. 170.42

Requested by the Town Accountant.

ARTICLE 22

To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $82,000.00 to be added to the Stabilization Fund, as provided by the General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5B, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Advisory Board.

ARTICLE 23

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the 1962 Dog Tax Refund to the School Department Operation Account, or act on anything relative thereto.

ARTICLE 24

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $46,000.00, or such other sum as the town may vote, to purchase or take by eminent domain for use as a school site, town garage site and other municipal purposes, sixty-five acres, more or less, from a parcel of land owned by Joseph F. and Anna L. Pilalas as the northwesterly corner of Grove and Prospect Streets, being all the land contained in said parcel, excepting therefrom approximately two acres with the present dwelling thereon, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Planning Board.

ARTICLE 25

To see if the Town will vote to take by eminent domain for use as a school site not less than twenty acres nor more than twenty-five acres from a parcel of land owned by Joseph F. and Anna L. Pilalas at the northwesterly corner of Grove and Pros- pect Streets ; said land to be taken being the southerly portion of said parcel bounded by Grove and Prospect Streets, or act on any- thing relative thereto.

Requested by the Planning Board.

ARTICLE 26

* From Special Town Meeting of September 24, 1962 (Article 11)

To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take by eminent domain a portion of a parcel of land owned by Nellie L. Sparrell and containing about 81/2 acres, bounded southerly by land of Elizabeth B. Power, Francis E. MacFarlane, other land of Nellie L. Sparrell, Herbert E. and Grace C. Joseph, other land of Francis E. and Marjorie G. MacFarlane and land of Thomas A. and Lo- retta M. McNiff ; westerly by land of Elizabeth B. Power and land of Nellie L. Sparrell; northerly by land of Grace L. Sparrell, Ernest W., Jr., and Phyllis C. Haskins and Ruth S. Broughton; easterly by land of Richard A. and Mary E. Housley, together with a strip of other land of Nellie L. Sparrell forty feet wide

running from Main Street to the above-described and being the westerly line of said parcel and bounded westerly by land of Francis E. MacFarlane for municipal purposes and to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $6,500.00 therefor, or such other sum or sums as the Town may vote, or act on anything relative thereto.

* NOTE: The main motion was amened to include the phrase "for a garage site" before the words "municipal purposes." A motion was then made, seconded and voted to postpone action on the main motion until the Annual Town Meeting in March, 1963.

ARTICLE 27

To see if the Town will raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $7,500.00, or any other sum, for preliminary plans and specifications for a new elementary school, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Permanent Building and Maintenance Committee.

ARTICLE 28

To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Permanent Build- ing and Maintenance Committee to include in the planning of the new Elementary School, facilities for the William J. Leonard Memorial Library, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Selectmen.

ARTICLE 29

To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Tree Warden to maintain all outside public grounds, including school playground areas and to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the following sums for-

General new equipment $2,850.00

Operation and maintenance of new and pres- ently-owned equipment 500.00

Supplies (lime fertilizer, pesticides, etc.) 1,100.00

Labor 3,200.00

Supervisor salary increase 800.00

$8,450.00

or any other sum, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Town Government Study Committee.

ARTICLE 30

To see if the Town will vote to request the School Committee to consider the use of school properties for all public functions now held in the Town Hall Auditorium, and if such use is ac- ceptable to the school authorities, to instruct the Permanent Building and Maintenance Committee to prepare preliminary costs and layouts for the conversion of the Town Hall Auditorium into general office administration areas, town department engi- neering records and planning areas, general committee and board conference areas, all to replace present annex and Water Depart- ment administrative facilities, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Town Government Study Committee.

ARTICLE 31

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or ap- propriate from available funds the sum of $43,000.00 to install water mains of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter in Grove Street from the end of the existing main at the junction of Norwell Avenue, Lincoln Street and Grove Street for a distance of approximately 7,250 feet toward Prospect Street and to meet such appropriation by appropriating a sum of $3,001.23 from available funds from the remaining appropriation under the following articles :

Annual Town Meeting Article 20 $ 232.27

March 7, 1961 Central Street

Special Town Meeting Article 2 2,768.96

October 10, 1960 Pond Street

and by raising and appropriating from the tax levy of 1963 or from available funds in the Treasury the sum of $39,998.77, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners.

ARTICLE 32

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $64,000.00 to install water mains of not less than six inches in diameter, but less than sixteen inches in diameter in Grove Street from the end of the existing main at the junction of Norwell Avenue, Lincoln Street and Grove Street to the junction of Grove Street and Prospect Street and to meet such appropriation by appropriating a sum of $3,001.23 from available funds from the remaining appropria- tions under the following articles :

Annual Town Meeting Article 20 $ 232.27

March 7, 1961 Central Street

Special Town Meeting Article 2 October 10, 1960 Pond Street 2,768,96

and by raising and appropriating from the tax levy of 1963 or from available funds in the Treasury the sum of $60,998.77, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners.

ARTICLE 33

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $3,000.00; said sum to be added to the Pumping Station and Mains Account and to be spent, in conjunction with the present account balance, for a pump house, pump and other equipment necessary to connect the new well site to the system or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners.

ARTICLE 34

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $3,000.00; said sum to be added to the Developing Well and Well Fields Account and to be spent to conduct tests on potential well or water source sites, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners.

ARTICLE 35

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds in the Treasury the sum of $5,000.00 or any other sum or sums of money to be added to the Water Department Land and Rights Account for the purpose of acquiring by purchase or eminent domain, land for water source sites or for land to protect such existing or approved sites.

Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners.

ARTICLE 36

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $850.00 to install water mains of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter in Old Oaken Bucket Road from the end of the existing main in front of the Goudie property for a distance of approximately 250 feet, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by : Evelyn Seavey, Irma Edwards, Kathleen J. Goudie, Carol J. Maken Susanne E. Tuttle, Ethel T. Deane, Ruth M. Murray, H. Phillip Causer, William Seavey, Burton M. Ed- wards, Robert Goudie, Henry J. Maken, Harold E. Tuttle, Jr., Walter A. Deane, Eleanor Causer

ARTICLE 37

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section II of the Zon- ing By-Laws by adding the following paragraph :

Expansion of a non-conforming use is limited to not more than 50% of the original size, and is to be allowed only by permit or variance granted by the Board of Appeals as hereinafter pro- vided, and provided that such expansion is not detrimental or objectionable to the neighborhood and the Town, or act on any- thing relative thereto.

Requested by the Planning Board.

ARTICLE 38

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section IV of the Zon- ing By-Laws by amending Paragraph A to read as follows:

A. A one-family detached dwelling and associated outbuild- ings, with not more than one such dwelling located on any one lot; but the conversion of a dwelling existing at the time of the passage of this By-Law to a two or three family dwelling is not prohibited provided that such conversion does not substantially change the character or size of the structure, and provided fur- ther that the lot appurtenant to said dwelling has an area per family unit of at least half that required for a single family dwelling. By Amending Paragraph C to read as follows:

C. Institutional, educational, recreational, philanthropic or re- ligious building or use, but not including one, the chief activity of which is a service (1) to delinquent, criminal, mentally deficent or mentally deranged persons; or (2) customarily carried on as a business ; or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Planning Board.

ARTICLE 39

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section V of the Zon- ing By-Laws by adding the following paragraph :

C. No multi-family dwellings or apartment buildings are to be permitted in business district "A" except for conversion of existing dwellings as provided in Section IV, Paragraph A; or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Planning Board.

ARTICLE 40

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section VI of the Zon- ing By-Laws by adding the following paragraph:

C. No multi-family dwellings or apartment buildings are to be permitted in business district "B" except for conversion of ex- isting dwellings as provided in Section IV, Paragraph A, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Planning Board.

ARTICLE 41

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section VI-A of the Zoning By-Laws by striking out the word "and" in Paragraph "A" or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Planning Board.

ARTICLE 42

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section VII of the Zon- By-Laws as follows:

1. By amending the heading of Article A, which now reads "Lot Sizes for Dwellings" to read "Lot Sizes."

2. By amending Paragraph "A" of Subsection 1 to read: A. Residential District A - One acre with a frontage of 150 feet or more for each dwelling (remainder un- changed).

3. By amending Paragraph "B" of Subsection 1 to read: B. Residential District B - One-half acre with a frontage of 125 feet or more for each dwelling (remainder un- changed).

4. By amending Paragraph "C" of Subsection 1 to read :

C. Residential District C-8,000 square feet, with a front- age of 100 feet or more on a public way or private way, or, with respect to a single lot described, etc. (re- mainder unchanged).

5. By striking out Subsection 2 in its entirety.

6. Insert a new Subsection 2 as follows:

2. The minimum lot size on which a building may be erected, placed or altered for business purposes shall be :

A. Business District A and B - One-half acre with a frontage of 125 feet or more, or for backland with inadequate frontage under the existing Zoning By-Laws, one acre, including an access strip not less than forty feet wide with a frontage of forty feet or more on which no building shall be placed or erected. The boundary line of a setback one acre lot running most nearly parallel to the way to which the lot is connected, as well as one inter- secting boundary line, must be at least 125 feet in length, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Planning Board.

ARTICLE 43

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section VIII of the Zon- ing By-Laws by adding the following to Paragraph B:

Except that trailers may be placed upon a construction site for use as an engineering or construction office only. Permits for such use shall be granted by the Building Inspector for a period not exceeding one year, subject to annual renewal, which shall terminate within thirty days of completion of the project, or act an anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Planning Board.

ARTICLE 46

To see if the Town will vote to accept a gift from the estate of Rena F. Jones, to wit: "To the Town of Norwell, Mass., I leave the sum of $100.00 the interest to be used to care for the family lot in the Washington Street Cemetery, Norwell, Mass.," or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Selectmen.

ARTICLE 44

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $7,000.00 or any other sum to add to the Conservation Fund, under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Clause 51 and Section 8C, as amended, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Conservation Commission.

ARTICLE 45

To see if the Town will vote to approve the purchase by the Conservation Commission of the land of George Farrar at King's Landing, consisting of twenty-five acres, more or less, for the purpose of developing a boat launching ramp and parking, camp- ing and swimming areas for $10,000.00, with half the price being assumed by the State, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Conservation Commission.

ARTICLE 47

To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Town Government Study Committee to prepare a report on the Town Meeting Rep- resentative form of Town Government, principally as a possible solution to the serious problems of lacking quorums and the in- sufficient consideration of complex articles, frequently unavoid- able under open-meeting conditions, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Town Government Study Committee.

ARTICLE 48

To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Town Government Study Committee to examine state-local relations and to report their findings to the Selectmen from time to time, or act on any- thing relative thereto.

Requested by the Town Government Study Committee.

ARTICLE 49

To see if the Town will give instructions to its elected Town Officers.

SALE OF FISH RIGHTS

Subsequent Meeting for the Election of Officers SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1963 Polls Open 12:00 Noon to 8:00 P.M.

And you are further directed to notify all legal voters to assemble at the Senior High School, Main Street, on Saturday, March 16, 1963, during the polling hours, then and there to act upon the following :

To bring to the Election Officers, their votes, all on one bal- lot for the following-named officers to wit: One Selectman for three years; one Assessor for three years, one Assessor for one

year (to fill unexpired term of W. Clarke Atwater) ; one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years; Town Clerk for three years; Moderator, Highway Surveyor and Tree Warden, each for one year; one member of Board of Health for three years ; one member of Board of Water Commissioners for three years; one member of Planning Board for five years; two mem- bers of School Committee for three years; two Trustees of the William J. Leonard Memorial Library, one Trustee for three years and one Trustee for one year (unexpired term of Alfred Prouty).

To vote on the following question :

"Shall the Town accept the provisions of Section 16C of Chapter 147 of the General Laws providing for a five-day week for members of the police force in cities and towns ?"

You are hereby required to notify and warn said inhabitants of Norwell qualified to vote in town affairs, in case all the articles in the foregoing Warrant shall not be acted upon at the meeting called for the eleventh day of March, to meet in adjourned session at the Senior High School Tuesday, the twelfth day of March, 1963, Thursday, the fourteenth day of March, 1963, and Friday, the fifteenth day of March, 1963, at 7:30 P.M. in the afternoon then and there to act upon such of the foregoing articles as shall not have been acted upon on March 11, 1963, or act upon such other articles in said Warrant as the meeting may deem advisable.

You are directed to serve this Warrant by posting a copy thereof, attested to by you in writing, at each of five public places in the Town, seven days at least before the time for holding the meeting called for in the Warrant. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said Town on or before the eleventh day of March, 1963.

Given under our hands at Norwell this 11th day of February in the year of our Lord 1963.

G. HERBERT REPASS, Chairman EARLE F. ALLEN CHARLES H. WHITING

ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - MARCH 11, 1963

Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, issued by the Selectmen of Norwell and executed by a duly appointed and qualified Consta- ble of the Town, at which time a quorum was present, the voters met on March 11, 1963, at the Senior High School and took the following action:

The Annual Town Meeting was called to order by the Moder- ator, Joseph M. Silvia, at 7:35 P.M. at the Norwell Senior High School with 250 registered voters in attendance. Later the num- ber of voters present was 554.

Rev. Charles A. Engvall of the First Parish Church offered prayer.

The privilege of attending the meeting was extended to Mr. Francis DiSabatino who ran the tape recorder, 30 Social Study students of Norwell High School, and guests of Mr. William C. Bennett, as voted by the assembly. These people were seated on the stage. Six (6) non-voters were also voted to be admitted.

Tellers were appointed as follows: Arthur Raymond, head teller; William Spradlin, William Frehill, Orville Devine, Charles E. White and William Kerwin. These were sworn to the faithful performance of their duty.

The Moderator. Mr. Silvia, mentioned the absence of Mrs. Nellie L. Sparrell, Town Clerk, who had not missed an Annual Town Meeting in her 21 years of office. Mrs. Edmund V. Anderson presented the following resolution, which was unani- mously voted: "That the Town vote to confer on Nellie L. Sparrell, Town Clerk 1941 - 1963, the title of "Town Clerk Emeritus" in recognition of her long and faithful service, that the town office manager and the Assistant Town Clerk have prepared a suitable scroll or booklet attesting to this vote of the Town; and that the Moderator present this scroll or booklet to Mrs. Sparrell as soon after the March 16, 1963 elections as possible."

It was moved, seconded and voted that the reading of the.

warrant be deferred until taken up for action. The service of the warrant and return of the Constable was read by the Assistant Town Clerk.

ARTICLE 1. Motion made, seconded and voted that the Town accept the reports of its officers and committees as printed in the Town Report.

ARTICLE 2. The Moderator read the items listed under Article 2 and the voters present called out "pass" if they wished an item discussed separately. Motion made, seconded and voted unanimously as follows: "That the Town raise and appropriate the sums of money as indicated in the recommended column of the Transcript of Articles in the Warrant and Budget for 1963 for the Town of Norwell and for the purposes as noted for all items in Article 2, excepting Items 4, 7, 18, 21, 24, 30, 32, 38, 39, 46,51, 62, 63, 66, 69, 73, 78, 80, 105 through 111, 113, 115, 117, 142, 143, 144, 147; and that the Town fix the salaries and compensation of all elective officers of the Town as shown in the recom- mended column effective from January 1, 1963 as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws.

ARTICLE 2

Item 4. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate the Sum of $2,100.00 for 3 members of the Board of Selectmen, salaries.

At this point, the non-voters and overflow of voters were moved into the gymnasium and Mr. Robert Broderick was appointed Assistant Town Moderator and sworn to the faithful performance of his duty. He was on duty in the gymnasium

Item 7. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $15, 093. for salaries of Town Hall Clerks.

Item 18. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $657., Capital Outlay, Treasurer.

Item 21. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $1, 800., Clerical Assistance, Collector.

Item 24. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro-

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priate $2, 700., Salaries, 3 members of Board of Assessors.

Item 30. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $2,500., Salary, Town Clerk.

Item 32. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $1, 000., Clerical Assistance, Town Clerk.

Item 38. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $1, 000. , Planning Board, Expenses.

Item 39. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $300., Development and Industrial Commission, Expenses.

Item 46. Motion made, seconded and voted that $6, 300. be raised and appropriated for Chief's Salary, Police Department. This was amended that $7, 000. be raised and appro- priated for the Police Chief's Salary. The amendment carried 248 yes 177 no.

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Town of Norwell annual report 1960-1969, Part 47

Author: Publication date: 1960 Publisher: The Board Number of Pages: 2480

Author:
Publication date: 1960
Publisher: The Board
Number of Pages: 2480