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Thence by a curved line to the Left, running in a South-Easterly direction, having a radius of 60.00 feet, still by lands of Alvin L. Mac- Leod and Mary E. Macleod, a length of 85.22 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence S. 68°-58'-10" E., still by lands of said Alvin L. Macleod and Mary E. Macleod and by lands of JosephE. Callahan and Anna H. Callahan a distance of 108.32 feet to a point of curve;
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Thence by a curved line to the Left, running in a North-Easterly direction, having a radius of 60.00 feet, by lands of said Joseph E. Callahan and Anna H. Callahan, a length of 79.57 feet to a point of tangent at the said Westerly side line of Haverhille St .;
Thence S. 35°-02'-30" W., along said Westerly side line of Haver- hill Street, a distance of 46.87 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left running in a Southerly direction, still along the said Westerly side line of Haverhill Street, having a radius of 1356.35 feet, a length of 112.02 feet to the point of beginning of this description.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan entitled "Batchelder Road, Reading, Mass." dated January 1955, Board of Public Works, James T. Putnam, Supt.
We determine that no damages will be sustained by any person or persons in their property by reason of the taking to be made for this improvement. All acts in connection with said laying out are done under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, and betterments are to be assessed therefore.
This laying out so made by us we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that said way shall thereafter be known as a Public Town Way and named Batchelder Road, and that the sum of Eight Thousand Four Hundred Sixty ($8,460.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for said laying out and for the construction of said way.
(Signed) HAROLD D. KILGORE, JR., Chairman WALTER S. HOPKINS, JR. DOMENICK ZANNI, JR. KENNETH R. JOHNSON
Members of the Board of Public Works Town of Reading
ARTICLE 46. On motion of Walter S. Hopkins, Jr. it was voted that the Town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out of a Private way known as Bolton Street and adopt the recommen- dations contained therein, and that the sum of Five Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-five and Twenty-one one hundredths ($5,795.21) Dollars be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated for the laying out and construction of said way, said sum to be apportioned as follows:
Three Thousand One Hundred Ninety-five and Twenty-one one hundredths ($3,195.21) Dollars for Salaries and Two Thousand Six Hundred ($2,600.00) Dollars for expenses, and that the Town Account- ant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to carry out the purpose of this vote.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
Town of Reading
Report of the Board of Public Works on the Laying Out of
Bolton Street
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having deter- mined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require the laying out of a Town Way under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, substantially in the location hereinafter described, having complied with all requirements of law relating to notice to the owner of land thereof and of a hearing thereon, and having met at the time and place appointed for such hearing and then and there heard all persons present who desired to be heard, have laid out as a Town Way for use of the Town running South-Easterly from a private way now known as Goodall-Sanford Road to a dead end, substantially as and in the location of the private way known as Bolton Street, the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows:
Beginning at a point on the North-Easterly side line of said private way known as Goodall-Sanford Road, said point being located by three courses respectively S. 140°-54'-40" W., a distance of 255.00 feet measured along the Easterly side line of Main Street, S. 17º-03'-55" E., a distance of 88.30 feet measured along the North-Easterly side line of Ash Street and S. 48°-09'-10" E., a distance of 25.66 feet measured along the said North-Easterly side line of Goodall-Sanford (Private) Road, from a stone bound set at the intersection of the said Easterly side line of Main Street and the Southerly side line of Washington Street;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, having a radius of 40.00 feet, running in a South-Easterly direction by lands of Frederick M. Bowker and Natalie R. Bowker, a length of 24.60 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence S. 83º-24'-10" E., still by lands of said Frederick M. Bowker and Natalie M. Bowker and by lands of Muriel Bolton, et al., Fred Granelli and Lena Granelli, Fred Granelli, Jr., and Frances P. Granelli, Quinn W. Jordan and Mary Ann Jordan and by lands of Charles H. Castor and Mary E. Castor, a distance of 564.76 feet to a point, said point being the Easterly terminus of the Northerly side line of this layout;
Thence S. 06°-35'-50" W., by the Easterly terminus of this layout a distance of 40.00 feet to a point at lands of Goodall-Sanford, Inc .;
Thence N. 83º-24'-10" W., by lands of said Goodall-Sanford ,Inc., and by lands of Myron E. Wing and Charles H. Strout, Reading Lumber Company, and by lands of Simon D. Hubbard and Mary D. Hubbard, a distance of 489.32 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left running in a South-Westerly direction having a radius of 10.00 feet, still by lands of said Simon D. Hubbard and Mary D. Hubbard, a length of 25.56 feet to a point of tangent at the said North-Easterly side line of Goodall-Sanford Road;
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Thence N. 48°-09'-10" W., along said North-Easterly side line of Goodall-Sanford Road, a distance of 113.42 feet to the point of beginning of this description.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan entitled, "Bolton Street, Reading, Mass.," dated January 17, 1955, Board of Public Works, James T. Putnam, Supt., said Plan being a part of this description.
We determine that no damages will be sustained by any person or persons in their property by reason of the taking to be made for this improvement. All acts in connection with said laying out are done under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, and betterments are to be assessed therefore.
This laying out so made by us we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that said way shall thereafter be known as a public Town Way and named Bolton Street, and that the sum of Five Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-five ($5,795.00) Dollars, be raised and appropriated for said laying out and for the construction of said way.
(Signed) HAROLD D. KILGORE, Chairman KENNETH R. JOHNSON WALTER S. HOPKINS, JR.
Members of the Board of Public Works Town of Reading
ARTICLE 47. On motion of Harold D. Kilgore, Jr., it was voted that the sum of Three Thousand Seven Hundred Forty and Sixteen One Hundredths ($3,740.16) Dollars be appropriated from Surplus Revenue for the construction of sewers, sewerage works and other sewerage facilities to be used in such locations as the Board of Public Works may determine, said appropriation shall be apportioned as follows: Two Thousand Forty-one and one hundredth ($2,041.01) Dollars for Salaries and One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-nine and Fifteen one hundredths ($1,660.15) Dollars for Expenses, said sum to be expended by and under the direction of the Board of Public Works, and that the Town Accountant be and hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to carry out the purpose of this vote.
ARTICLE 48. On motion of Harold D. Kilgore, Jr., it was voted that the sum of One Thousand Six Hundred ($1,600.00) Dollars be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated for the resurfacing with bitum- inous Macadam of two tennis courts in Birch Meadow Playground, said sum to be expended by and under the direction of the Board of Public Works and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to carry out the purpose of this vote.
ARTICLE 49. On motion of Harold D. Kilgore, Jr. it was voted that the sum of One Thousand Two Hundred ($1,200.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the construction of two cement block field houses not exceeding One Hundred (100) square feet in floor area for the storage of playground equipment at Washington Street Playground and
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Memorial Park, said sum to be expended by and under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 50. On motion of Harold D. Kilgore, Jr. it was voted that the sum of Thirty-nine Thousand Five Hundred Fifty ($39,550.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated by transferring Twenty-three Thousand Four Hundred Forty-eight and Thirty-one hundredth ($23,448.30) Dollars of said sum from the Road Machinery Fund to the Road Machinery Oper- ating Account and the remaining sum of Sixteen Thousand One Hun- dred One and Seventy-one hundredths ($16,101.70) Dollars be raised from the Tax Levy and that the total sum of Thirty-nine Thousand Five Hundred Fifty ($39,550.00) Dollars be appropriated for the maintenance, repair and operation of road machinery and for the purchase by the Board of Public Works of Two (2) 3/4 Ton Pick-up Trucks, Two (2) 11/2 Ton Dump Trucks, Two (2) 21/2 Ton Dump Trucks, and One (1) Cubic Yard Front End Loader and the proceeds received from the old equip- ment not exceeding Four Thousand ($4,000.00) shall be appropriated in addition to the above mentioned sum of Thirty-nine Thousand Five Hundred Fifty ($39,550.00) Dollars as part of the purchase price for the above mentioned equipment and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said amount to carry out the purpose of this vote.
ARTICLE 51. On motion of Walter S. Hopkins, Jr. it was voted that the sum of Six Thousand Five Hundred ($6,500.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of improving and constructing a portion of West Street from Woburn Street toward the Wilmington- Reading Town Line, of which amount One Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-four and Forty-one One Hundredths ($1,274.41) Dollars shall be transferred from the unexpended balance of the 1953 Charles Street Chapter 90 Construction Account and Three Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-three and Ninety-six One Hundredth ($3,333.96) Dollars shall be transferred from the unexpended balance of the 1954 Charles Street Chapter 90 Construction Account and One Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-one and Sixty-three one hundredths ($1,891.63) Dollars shall be raised from the Tax Levy, together with such sums as may be provided by the State and County under Section 34 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sums to carry out the purpose of this vote.
ARTICLE 52. On motion of Walter S. Hopkins, Jr. it was voted that the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred ($1,500.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated from the Tax Levy for maintaining, repairing and resurfacing streets constructed under Section 34 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws together with such sums as may be provided by the State and County.
On motion of Harold D. Kilgore, Jr. it was voted that ARTICLE 53 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 54. On motion of Walter S. Hopkins, Jr., it was voted that the sum of Nine Hundred Sixty ($960.00) Dollars be raised and
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appropriated for salaries for cleaning the Town Parking Areas located westerly of Main Street and Northerly of Haven Street, and Northerly of Haven Street and Easterly of Chute Street.
Article 55 and 56 see Pages 35 and 36.
ARTICLE 57. On motion of Harold F. Davis it was voted that the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars be appropriated from the Cemetery Reserve Fund receipts from the sale of lots and graves in Laurel Hill Cemetery and Forest Glen Cemetery for maintenance, care, improvement and embellishment of said cemeteries under the provisions of Section 15 of Chapter 114 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 58. On motion of Robert E. Turner it was voted that the sum of Seven Thousand ($7,000.00) Dollars of which sum $5,350.00 is for personal services and $1,650.00 for expenses, be raised and appropriated for the purpose of conducting and promoting recreation, play, sports, physical education and other social, educational and recreational ac- tivities upon such land and buildings as defined in Section 14 of Chap- ter 45 of the General Laws with authority to exercise all powers con- ferred therein including the purchase of the necessary equipment and the employment of teachers, supervisors and other officers and em- ployees and the fixing of their compensation.
ARTICLE 59. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the sum of Twenty-five Hundred ($2500.00) Dollars be raised and ap- propriated for the purpose of settling litigation pending in the Middle- sex Superior Court relating to accident which occurred on August 27, 1951 on Summer Avenue, involving Marion A. Conant now deceased.
ARTICLE 60. On motion of Lawrence Drew it was voted that the sum of Six Hundred ($600.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the eradication of mosquitoes in the Town, such sum to be expended under the supervision of the Board of Health.
ARTICLE 61. On motion of Lawrence A. Cate it was voted that Article 61 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 62. On motion of James T. Putnam, a member of the Committee on Town Forests it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to acquire for and in behalf of the Town by purchase, right of eminent domain or otherwise for the purpose of extending the Public Domain or Town Forest the following described parcel of land and that the sum of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the acquisition of said land:
A parcel of land containing four (4) acres, more or less, in Dividence Meadow, so called, bounded and described as follows:
Northerly by lands of the Inhabitants of the Town of Reading known as the Reading Town Forest;
Westerly and Southerly by lands now or formerly of David W. Davis; Easterly by lands now or formerly of Frank H. Whitchurch.
127 voted in the affirmative.
0 voted in the negative.
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ARTICLE 63. On motion of Lawrence Drew it was voted that the sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the observance of the Chirstmas Season of 1955 by the decoration and illumination of public buildings and public streets and the decoration of Christmas trees upon municipal land.
ARTICLE 64. On motion of Frank M. Stevens it was voted that the sum of Fifteen Hundred ($1500.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of providing by lease or otherwise suitable headquarters for Reading Post 62 of the American Legion.
86 voted in the affirmative.
29 voted in the negative.
ARTICLE 65. On motion of Ernest C. Metcalf it was voted that the sum of Six Hundred Sixty ($660.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of providing by lease or otherwise, suitable headquar- ters for Reading Post 685 Veterans of Foreign Wars.
ARTICLE 66. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the sum of Six Hundred ($600.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for Child Welfare Work to be expended under the direction of the Read- ing Visiting Nurse Association and the Board of Health.
ARTICLE 67. On motion of Lawrence Drew it was voted that the sum of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated under the provisions of Sections 40 and 45, Chapter 128 of the General Laws, and the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to appoint a Director to cooperate with the Middlesex County Trustees for the County Aid to Agriculture and work of the Middlesex County Extension Service and the 4-H Clubs.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to take Article 4 from the table.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that Article 4 be indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to take Article 3 from the table.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that Article 3 be indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to take Article 2 from the table.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that Article 2 be indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the meeting be adjourned, sine die, at 9:15 P.M.
133 Precinct Members were present.
A true copy. Attest:
BOYD H. STEWART, Town Clerk
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Senior High School Auditorium
October 27, 1955
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard, at 8:00 P.M.
The warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk when on motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to dispense with further reading of the warrant, except the Constable's Return, which was then read by the Town Clerk.
ARTICLE 1. The following report was read by Robert G. Clinch.
Report of Planning Board
Your Planning Board had a public hearing in Room 19 of the Municipal Building on Lowell Street, Reading on Monday, July 11, 1955 at 8:00 P.M. under Authority of Section 6 of Chapter 40A of the General Laws upon the proposed amendment to the zoning by-law and zoning map, which would change the following area from an Al residence district to the industrial district.
Beginning at the point of intersection of the center line of John Street and the center line of a private way known as Lakeview Avenue;
Thence running in a Northeasterly direction along the center line of said Lakeview (Private) Avenue, a distance of approximately three hundred forty (340) feet to an angle point in said center line;
Thence turning and running in a more Easterly direction, still by said center line of Lakeview (Private) Avenue, a distance of approxi- mately five hundred forty-five (545) feet to a point where the extension of the property division line between lots 89 and 90 shown on Town of Reading Assessor's Plat 47 meets the center line of said Lakeview (Pri- vate) Avenue;
Thence turning and running in a Southwesterly direction still by said Lakeview (Private) Avenue and along the division property line between said Lots 89 and 90, a distance of approximately two hundred thirty (230) feet to the present Industrial District;
Thence Westerly by the present Industrial District to the center line of John Street;
Thence in a Northwesterly direction by the center line of John Street to the point of beginning of this description.
At this hearing several citizens and the representatives of interested Town Boards attended. All who spoke at the hearing were in favor of the change and we had no one recorded in opposition.
Your Planning Board believes that this change would be advisable. We feel that the general characteristics of this lot of land lends itself ideally to an industrial development and we feel that Lakeview Avenue is a natural break between the residential and industrial zones. As you can see with reference to the zoning map this area is immediately adjacent to the present industrial area. Looking ahead we visualize
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this whole area from the Town Line nearest Route 128 through to this Lakeview Avenue boundary as containing modern industry which should prove an economic benefit to the Town.
At this hearing it was indicated that the particular section under discussion had attracted at least one possible industrial buyer.
We, therefore, present this final report to the Town Meeting with the recommendation that this change be accepted.
Respectfully submitted, (Signed) ROBERT G. CLINCH W. FRANKLIN BURNHAM, JR. A. ERNEST CORINDIA BENJAMIN M. HARTSHORN, JR. WILLIAM D. SOMMERS
Planning Board Town of Reading
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted the report be accepted and placed on file.
ARTICLE 1. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the Town Forest Committee and Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are instructed to make available for the Reading Boy Scouts for a camp site, a portion of the Town Forest and to establish such rules and regulations as they may deem advisable governing the use of such premises by the Scouts.
On motion of Harold L. Jones it was moved that the following be substituted for Mr. Latham's motion:
That the Planning Board be and hereby are instructed to take such action as may be necessary to rezone the area bounded roughly by Main Street, South Street, Curtis Street and Route 128 from Business C to Residence A. (Applies to the following motion).
This motion was lost.
ARTICLE 1. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are instructed to take nec- essary action to extend welcome to the Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. to locate its publishing business in the Town on parcel of land on South Street near Route 128, which location is within the Business C District under the Town Zoning By-law and to cooperate with the Company in the matter of making available the Municipal facilities necessary for its proposed building and its contemplated business.
ARTICLE 1. The following report was read by Wendell H. Packard:
Report of the Special Committee to Study the Fluoridation of the Town of Reading Public Water Supply
The committee is studying the considerable volume of literature available concerning fluoridation, and meeting at intervals to correlate
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and condense this data into a report for the information of the town meeting members at the annual meeting in March.
LOUISE B. JENKINS MRS. HARRY UPSON CAMP HAROLD D. KILGORE, JR. DR. CHARLES R. BAISLEY NEWELL H. MORTON CLEMENT T. GLEASON WENDELL H. PACKARD H. F. McRELL, JR.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that report be accepted as a report of progress and placed on file.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to place Article 1 on the table.
ARTICLE 2. On motion of Gilbert M. Lothrop it was voted that the sum of Three thousand ($3,000) Dollars be appropriated by trans- ferring Seventeen Hundred Fifty ($1750) Dollars from Surplus Revenue and Twelve Hundred Fifty ($1250) Dollars from the Interest Account and that said sums be transferred to Veterans Benefits Aid Account and the Town Accountant be and hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said amount to said account.
ARTICLE 3. On motion of Gilbert M. Lothrop it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to lease upon such terms and conditions as they may determine a small triangular piece of land situated on the Southerly side of Haven Street and ad- joining the premises now occupied by the Municipal Light Department which lot has frontage on Haven Street of 14.01 feet and depth of 86.39 feet and estimated to contain 605 square feet of land and said Board are further authorized to execute for and in behalf of the Town a lease running to the Lessee in such form and upon such terms and conditions as the Board may deem advisable.
ARTICLE 4. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the gift of the residue of the Estate of the late Harriet Foster under the twelfth clause of her will be and the same hereby is accepted, such gift to be held in trust with other funds bequeathed to the Town for the establishment of a hospital as provided in said Will and the Town Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized to execute for and in behalf of the town a release or other documents acknowledging the receipt of such bequest.
ARTICLE 5. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the gift of Twelve Thousand ($12,000.) Dollars under the tenth clause of the Will of the late Harriet Foster to be held in trust for the use of the Reading Public Library as provided in said Will be and the same . hereby is accepted and the Town Treasurer be and he hereby is author- ized to execute for and in behalf of the Town the Release or other documents acknowledging receipt of such bequest.
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ARTICLE 6. On motion of Lawrence Drew it was voted that the sum of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars be appropriated by transferring said sum from the Fire Alarm Maintenance Expense Account to the Fire Alarm Maintenance Salaries Account and the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to said account.
ARTICLE 7. On motion of Lawrence Drew it was voted that Article 7 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 8. On motion of Lawrence Drew it was voted that Article 8 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 9. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized for and in behalf of the Town to convey or abandon for the minimum sum of Two Hundred ($200) Dollars and upon such other terms and conditions as they may determine the easement acquired by the Town for drainage purposes and located on the Southwesterly side of John Street and extending to Ash Street and shown as two separate easement areas and bounded:
First Parcel: Beginning at the Town line on the Southerly side of John Street and running in a Northwesterly direction a distance of 20 feet more or less; thence turning and running in a Southwesterly direction for a distance of 844 feet more or less; thence turning and running in a Southeasterly direction for a distance of 20 feet more or less; thence turning and running in a Northeasterly direction for a distance of 842 feet more or less to the point of beginning. Said parcel containing 16,860 square feet more or less.
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