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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-11-26SPECIAL TOWN ~.~.ETING N0~ER 26, WARRANT C0~'.~i0~W~PL~LTH OF ~ASSACHUSETTS Constables of Essex ss: To either of the GREETINGS: the Town of North Andover: In the name of the Common~ealth of l~lassachusetts youare hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of North Andover qualified to vote in Town Affairs to meet in the High School Auditorium in said North Andover on ~,~onday evening, the 26th day of No~ember, 1956 at eight o'clock P.M., then and there to act on the following business: ARTICLE 1. To see if the To~rn will vote to raise and appropriate, provide by bond issue or take from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system from ~'urber Avenue, approximately 200 feet along Highland View Avenue. Petition of Salvatore Ciarcia and others. ARTICLE 2. To see if the Tovc~ will vote to amend ~ection 5, Article l, of the By-Laws of the Town to increase the membership of the advisory cormnittee to nine instead of seven so that that part of said Article, Section 5, as amende¢ will read as follows: "At said adjourned meeting, the ~oderator shall appoint and Advisory Committee of nine who shall serve from the dissolution of s~aid meeting until the dissolution o'f the Annual Megting next following." Petition of the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE ~. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 6 of the °uilding Law of the Town so that, as amended, it wi~ll read in part as follows: "Section 6. The inspector shall not give a permit for the erection of alteration of any building until he shall have carefully inspected the plans, specifications, and premises and ascertained that the building as proposed will conform to this bylaw, and until he has received from the applicant, or anyone for him~ a fee for the issuance of such permit in such amount as is equivalent to $1.50 for each ~1000 of the smount of the estimate recited in said ~ plication as approved by the building inspector as being the cost of the alteration or erection of said building, except that if the construction or alteration be of an industrial building, then the Selectmen, by majority vote, may determine the fee for such permit to be in such amount as in ~their judgment may be required for the issuance of such permit. Except as herein- before indicated, the fee for such permit shall not, in any event, be less than $10.00 except when, in the opinion or.the building inspector, the value of such erection or alteration shall be less than $1000.00 in which event a fee of $~.00 shall be paid by the applicant, the Building Inspector shall pay over to ~he Town Treasurer for the geneBal use of the Town all such fees as may be received by him." Petition of the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote t6 transfer the sdm of $1092.84 from the Salaries and °'ages account for the kegular Police Officers to the Salarie and Wages account .of the keserves ans Special Officers. Petition of Alfred H. ;~cKee, Chief. ARTICLE 5. To see' if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 489 of the Acts 1956 which provides that: "Deductions of payroll schedules may be made from the salary of any tov~n or municipal employee of any amount which such may specify in writing to any town or municipal officer, or the head of the town or municipal department, board' or commission, by whom or which he is employed, for the payment of a contribution to a communitY chest or a united fund. ~Any such authorization may be withdrawn by the employee by giving at '~ least sixty days' notice in writing The Treasurer of the town or municipal- ity-shall-transmit the sum so deducted to the community chest or united fund;~ provided that the...Treasurer...is satisfied that the Treasurer of such. Com- munity chest or united fund has given to said community chest or uni~ted fund a bond.., for the faithful per~ormance of his duties...This Act shall take full effect...upon its acceptance by vote of the City Council of a ci~ty..and by vote of the town at a town meeting. Signed June 28, Now Chapter ~9 of the Acts of 1956. Petition of the Board of Selectmen as requested by Roland Siskind, United Fund Chairman. ARTICLE 6. To see if the To~m will rais~ and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money for the purpose of acquiring, by purchase, taking by eminent domain or otherwise, from the owners, for a public school site one of the parcels of land described below and provide that the Board of Selectmen be, and hereby is, authorized to act for the Town in connection with this article or take any other action in relation thereto: A. PROPERTY TO THE SOUTHEASE OF ANDOVER STPk-W~T AND SOUTHWEST OF ROSEDALE A lot of land belonging =o ~harles and Uertrude ~.~elamed situated to the wes= of Rosddale Avenue, containing approximately 8.77 acres and being more particularly bounded and de.scribed as follows: Beginning at a point on the northerly side of Cypress 'Aerrace at land of Charles and GetrudeMelamed and land of the S~burban Household E~terprises, Inc., which point is 580 feet distant southeasterly from the southeasterly side of Andover Otreet: ~Art. 6. Sec A. Cont. Special Town ~eettng November 26, 1956 ~.~ Thence ~nning in a northeasterly direction along a stone wall by !and now or formerly of said Suburban Household Enterprises Inc., 276 feet to a point at another stone wall and at land now or formerly of Colizzi: Thence turning and~ ~unning in a general southeasterly direction along said latter stone wall by lands now or formerly of saic Colizzi, Indelis, Hart and Frechette 850 feet to a point at another stone wall and land now or formerly of Puccio; thence turning and running in a general southwesterly direction along said latter stone wall by said land of ?uccio ~20 feet to a point where Bevin koad intersects with Pinedale Terrace; thence turning and running in a general northwesterly direction along the northeasterly side of Pinedale Terrace 51~ feet to a point where the~ north- easterly side of Pinedale Terrace intersects the southeasterly side of Farnham Road; thence turning and r~nning in a northerly direction il6 feet across said Farnham noad; and by other land of said ~Ielameds to a point in a stone wall a~ other land of Charles ~elamed; thence turning and running in a northeasterly [] direction along said latter stone wall 275 feet to a point on the south [] westerly side of Cypress Terrace which point is 575 feet distant s'outheasterl~ from the southeasterly side of Andover Street; thence running in a more north- easterly direction ~8 feet across said Cypress Terrace to the point of beginn- ing. All measurements being more or less and said lot herein described containing approximately D82.062 square feet. All references to street, terrace and ways used in this description may be found on Plat No. ~7 in the North Andover Town Assessors' Office. B. PROPERTY AT THE CORN~R OF ANDOVER STREET AND DUFTON COURT. A lot of land belongin$ to Helen S. Coolidge situated at the northeasterly corner of ~ndover Street and Dufton Court containing.approximately 8.9~ acres being more particularly bounded and described as follows. Beginning at a point on'the north- westerly side of Andover ~treet where it intersects with the northeasterly side of Dufton Court; thence running along a s tone~all along the northwesterly side of .~_udover Street 707 feet to a point at land now or formerly of ~urphy; thence turning and running in a northwesterly direction along a stone wall by land now or formerly of said ~urphy and other land of Helen S. Coolidge 658 ~feet to'a point at the end of said stone wall and other land of said Helen S. Coolidge, thence turning and .running in a southwesterly direction ~65 feet by other land of Helen $. Coolidge to a point on the northeasterly side of ~ufton Court which point is ll6 feet southeasterly from the intersection of the northeasterly side of Dufton ~ourt and the southeasterly side of Chickering Road; thence turning and running in a southeasterly direction along a stone wall along the northeasterly side of Dufton Court 694 feet to the point of beginning. All neasurements being more or less, and said lot herein~described containing approximately ~9.552 square feet· C. PEOPERT¥ AT CORNER O~ CHESTNUT AND A~OVE~ S~REETS. A lot of land belonging to Helen S. Coolidge situated a.t the southeasterly corner of ~ndover and Chestnut Streets containing approximately 8.0~ acres being more ~articularly bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the ~ easterly side of ~heetnut Street at land now or formerly of Bell; thence running a northeasterly direction al on~ a stone wall ~ land now or formerly of said ~'Bell and land now or formerly of ~earl F. Adams ~85 feet to a point; thence turning and running in a moreeasterly direction along said stone wall still by land of said Adams 150 feet to a point; thence turning and running in a north- Westerly direction along a stone wall by land now or formerly of saldi~dams and land now or formerly of C.S. Galaher 5~2 feet to a point at the end of said stone ~wall; thence continuing in said~same northerly direction by other 'land of said Helen S. Coolidge~8~ feet to a point at the~ northeasterly corner of~land now or formerly of said reene 96 feet to a point; thence turning and running in a northwesterly di~ecti'on by land now or formerly of said Greene llO fe'et to a ~ polu~ on the southeasterly side of Andover Street; thence tur~ing and running along the southeasterly side of Andover ~treet and along the northeasterly side of Chestnut Street the following distances; 155 feet to a stone wall, thence along said stone wall 620 feet to a point where the stone wall is Joined'by another stone wall, thence continuing along the northeasterly side of Chestnut Street along.said stone wall 258 feet to the point of beginning. ~ll measure- me~ts being mcr or l~ss, and said iot herei~ described containing approximately 550,50~ square feet. Petition of the' School ~uilding Co~mnittee. ARTICLE 7. To see if the To~rn will vote to raise and appropriate~ Or translate from available funds, overlay surplus account, or the Stabilization~und, a sufficient sum o£ money, to be expended under the direction of the School Building Committee, for a topographical survey, borings, education specifica- tions, complete plans, layout, working drawings, and estimate of cost, and such other disbursements as ~may be preliminary to the building of the new elementary School. Petition of the ~chool Ouilding Committee. Special Town Meeting November 26, 1956 ~ ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing and originally equipping and furnishing a new elementary school, together with the improving, landscaping, grading, and fencing of the grounds for school purposes; and to determine whether the money shall be provided by taxation, by transfer from available funds in the treasury, by appropriation from the stabilization fund, or by borrowing. Petition of the School Building Committee. ARTICLE 9' To see if the Town will authorize the School Building Con:nittee, created under ~rticle ~4 of tt~e Warrant of the Annual Tovm Meeting held M~rch 16, 1946, to,enter into any and all contracts necessary for the purpose of carrying out~ the'votes passed under Article ~ relative to ttie building and originally ~quipplng a new elementary school,t'ogether with the improving, landscaplng, ~ grading, and fez~cing of the grounds for school purposes. Petition of the School Building Committee. And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof, at the Town Office Building and at five or more public places in each voting precinct, Said copies to be posted not more than fifteen days nor less than ten day,before the time of holding said meeting. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands at North Andover Massachusetts, the fifth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred fifty-six. WILLIAM A. FINNERAN Board RAYMOND BROADHEAD of ARTHUR P. KIRK Selectmen A true copy: A~TEST CONSTABLE. No. Andover, Mass. November ?~1956 · OFFICERS RETURN I ~ave notified a~d warned the inhabitants of the Town of North Andover, qualified, to vote in Town Affairs by posting true and attested copies of this warrant at the Town Hall and at five or more public places ~u each voting precinct. Said copies having been posted not more than fifteen days nor less than ten days before the time of holding said meeting. No. ~ndover, 1¥~ass. November · 1956 ARTICLE 1. SPECIAL TOWN MEETING NOVE~{BER 26, 1956. VO'I'ED To strike from warrant. ARTICLE ~. V01~'~D to amend Section 6 of the Building Law of the Town so thet, as~amended, it will read in part as follows: Section 6. The inspector shall not gi~e a permit fo= theerection or alteration of any building until he shall have carefully inspected the plans, specifications, and premises and ascertained that the building as proposed will conform to this By-law, and until he has received from the applicant, or anyone for him a fee for the "issuance of such permit in such amount as is~equivalent to $1.50 for each $1000.00 of the amount of the estimate recited in said application as -~approved~ by the building inspector as being the cost of the alteration or erection of said building, except~that if the construction or alteration be of.anlndustrial building, then the Selectmen, by majority vote, may determine th~ fee for euch permit to be in such amount as in their Judgement may be required for the issuance of such permit. Except as hereinbefore indicated, the fee for cush permit shall not, in any event, be less than $10.00 except when, in the opinion-of the building inspector, the value of such or alteration shall be less than $1000.00 in which event a fee of $~.00 shall be paid by the applicant. The Building Inspector shall pay over tothe Town Treasurer for the general use of the Town allsuch fees as may be received by him. The vote was unanimous'and so declared. ~ARTICLE 2. VOTED to amend Section 5, Article l, of the By-Laws of the Town to increase the membership of the advisory committee to nine instead of seven so that part of said Article, Section 5, as amended, will read as follows: "At said adjourned meeting, the Moderator shall appoint an Advisory Committee of nine who shall serve from the dissolution of said meeting until the dissolution of the Annual Meeting next following. The vote was unanimous and so decla=ed. ARTICLE 4. VOTED to transfer the sum of $1092.84 from the Salaries and Wages account for Regular Police 0ffice~s to the Salaries and ~ages account of the Reserves and Special Officers. Unanimous vote and so declared. SPECIAL.TOWN .MEETING NOVEMBER 26, 1956. ~.~ ARTICLE 5. VOTED to accept Chapter ~89 of the Acts of 1956 which provides that:.~ "Deductions of payroll schedules may be made from the salary of any town or municipal employee of any ~amount which such employee may specify in writing to any town or municipal officer, or the head of the town or municipal department, board or commission, by whom or which he is employed, for the payment of a con- tribution to a community chest or a united fund. Any such authorization may be withdraws by the employee by giving at.least sixty days notice in writing.. The Treasurer of the town or municipalLty--shall--transmit the sum so deducted to the community chest or united fund; provided that the..Treasur~r'..is satisfied that the Treasurer of such community chest or united fund has given to said community chest or united fund a bond..for the faithful performance of his duties..This act shalltake flAlleffect..upon its acceptance by vote of the Ci_ty Council of a city. and.~by vote of the town at a town meeting." Signed' June 28. Now Chapter ~89 Acts of 1956. ARTICLE 6. VOTED that the sum of $12,000.00 be raised and appropriated against the 1957 tax levy, for the purpose of acquiring by purchase, taking by eminent domain or otherwise, the land described in sub division A, of this Article, (listed hereon) and that the Board of Selectmen be, and hereby is, authorized to act for the Town in connection with this article or take any other action in relation thereto. SUB-DIVISION A.. PROPERTY TO THE SOU~HF_~ST OF ANDOVER STREET AND SOUTH~'EST OF ROSEDALE AVENUE A lot of land belonging to Charles and ~ertrude Melamed situated to the south- west of Rosedale Avenue, containing approximately 8.77 acres and b~eing more particularly bounded and described as follows; Beginning at a point on ~the northerly side of Cypress Terrace at land of Charles and Gertrude Melamed and land of the Suburban Household Enterprises, Inc.', which point ~is 580 feet distant southeasterly from the southeasterly side of Andover Street; thence running in a northeasterly direction along a s~one wall by land now or formerly of said Suburban Household Euterprises, Inc., 276 feet to a poin~t at, another stone wall and at land now or formerly of Colizzi: thence turning and rux~ing in a general southeasterly direction along said latter stone w all by lands now or formerly of said~ Colizzi, Indelis, Hart and Frechette 850 feet to a point at another stone wall and land now or formerly of Puccto; thence turning-and running in a general southwesterly direction along said latter stone'wall by said land of Puccio ~20 feet to a point where Bevin Road intersects with Pi~edale Terrace; thence turning and running in a general nor~thwesterly '~ direction along the northeasterly.~side of Pinedale Terrace 51~ feet to a point where the northeasterly side of Pinedale Terrace intersects the south- · easterly side of Farn~,m Road; thence turning and running in a northerly direction 116 feet across said Farnham Road and by other land of said Metameds to a point in a stone wallat other land of Charles Melamed; thence turning and in a northeasterly direction along said latter stone wall 275 feet to -. a point on the southwesterly side of Cypress Terrace which point'is.575 feet~ ' distant southeasterl~ from~ the southeaster!y~ side of Andover Street, thence ~' running in a more northeasterly direction ~ feet across ~said Cypress Terrace. to the point of beginning. All mea4urem~nt~s bei~ng more or less an~ s~i~d lot ~herein d~scribed containing approximately ~2.062 square feet. All~rezer~nces '~to street, terraces and ways used in this description may be found on Plat'. No. '~47. in the North. Andover~Town Assessor's Office. The vote was AFFIPJ~TIVE 198. NEGATIVE 91. A two-thirds maJority~ote. ARTICLE 7. VOTED that the sum of $25,000.~0 be ra~ed and appropriated A~a~nst the 1957 tax l~vy for the purpose of this article. To be expended~under the direction of the School Building Committee, for a topographical survey, borings, educational specifications, complete plans, layout, working drawings, and~ estimate of cost, and suoh other disbursements as may be preliminary to the building of the new elementary school. The vote was unanimous and so declared: The meeting VOTED to adjourn until February ~, 1957, at which time the Ad~isor~_ Board expects to have complete plans and estimates of cosss on the proposed new school building. 512 Registered voters were counted. Several guests were admitted~ Meeting opened at 8:15 and adjourned at 9:50 P.M. Mr. Roland Hammond~ Arthur Sutherland, Milton Howard, A1 Simard, J~seph Slipp, Fred Coram, Alden ~arnham, Edward Mallery, and Sial Rea assisted the Moderator and Town Clerk in the hand voting required. Certified to be a true copy: ATTEST ~ ~ ~_ WARRANT C0~0NWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Essex SS: To either o* the Constables of the Tov~n of North Andover: G~V~ETINGS: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts y~u are hereby directed !o notify and warn the inhabitants of North Andover, q~ ualified to vote in Town Affairs to meet~in the High School Auditoriu~ in said North Andover on the fourth day of ~'ebruar~ ~ 19~7 ..... immediately after the adjournment of the adjourned session of the peclal Town Meeting of November 26, 1956, then and there to act on the following article: ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town ~ill raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, a sum of money for the purpose of acquiring'by pur- chas$, taking by eminent domain, or otherwise, from the owner.or ~wners, tracts of land as described below for access to the public school to be built on land formerly belonging to Charles and Gertrude Melamed, and pro- vide that the Board of Selectmen be, and hereby is, authorized to act for the Town in connection with this article, or take any other action in relation thereto: A- ACCESS FROM~NDOVER STREET 1. (Taking from Chs rles and Gertrude Melamed) A certain parcel of land~o~ the southerly side of Andover Street in the Town of North Andover, Massachusetts, containing I6,~9~squar~mfeet bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point'on the southerly line of Andover Street at land of Louis and Josephine T. DiFruscio: thence ~6 -10 E, ~b~u~ ~77~feet~.~y'land~of Louis and ~osephine ~. Di~rusolo and land of Suburban Household Enterprises Inc., $oa corner in the wall, at land taken by the Town fo~ a school site; .thence S~6°-~~: W, 28.7B feet by said school site tg a point at land of Charles G. Melamed; thenc~N~7O~6:~10'~, about 57~-4 feet to'And0ver Street; thence by the southerly llne of Andover Street northeasterly 28.65 feet to the point of beginning. 2. (Taking fromCharles G. Melam~d) A Certain parcel of land on the southerly side oflAndover Street in' North Andover, Massachusetts, co~taining 12,587 square feet, bounded and described as follows:' Beginnin~at a point in the southerly.line of AndoVer Street, at land of Charles and Gertrude Melamed, said Point being ll.6~ feet northerly from a MasSachusetts Highway Bound~.~arking anangle insaid street line;~ thence S~7~ -~6'-10" E, about 575'?feet' hyland cf~1 said Charlesand Gertrude Melamed, to land taken by the Town'of North AnnoYer from Charles and Gertrude Melamed for a proposed school site; thence S25~ - 5l, -20"W, 25.8~ feet by said school site to a point;Ethence N~70 -~6''10"E, 585,~ feet by remaining land of ~harles and' Gertrude elamed to a point in the southerly line of ~ndover Street; thence northeasterly by southerlyline of Andover Street, 9.75 feet to a Nassachusetts Highway Bound mar~Ing~an' angle in said street line;~ thence northeasterly by said southerly line of Andover Street, 11.6~ feet to. the. p~Int of beginning. B--ACCESS FROM NEWITT AV~ t. (Taking from Gordon ChamberlAin) A certalh triangular shaped lot ~f land inNorth. Andover, Massachusetts, containing about 265 square feet', located on the 4ortherly side Of~ReWitt Avenue, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at aPoint in the' north- erly line of Hewett Avenue, said pointbeing ~0 feet northeasterly from the existing westerly end of. said Hewett Avenue; thenc~ N42°-52'~W,15~07 feet, by land of Antonio Co~Izzi, to a point; thence N65~-08'E, ~2.29 feet, by other dand of Gordsn ~hamberlain to a point in the northerly line of Hewett Avenue; thence S~7 -08'W, ~0.2~ feet, by said northerly line of Hewett Avenue to the point of beginning. 2. (Taking from Antonio Colizzt) A certain lot of lan'd in North Andover, Massachusetts,containing about 2,147 square feet, located on the n~ therly side and westerly end of Hewett Avenue and described as follows~ Beginning at a point in the northerly line of Hewett Avenue, said point being ~0 feet northeasterly from the existing end of said Hewett Avenue; thence S~7°-08'W, 40 feet, by the northerly line of Hewett Avenue to its westerlyextremity; thence S42o-52'E. 16 feet, by the westerly end of Hewett Avenue, to a mpolnt; thence S55o-~5'-~5"W, ~6.77 feet by land of John and Keldi Indelas, to a drill hole in the easterly line of land taken by the Town for a pzoposed school site, said point being the northwesterly corner of land of said Indelas; thence N29°-~'N, ~6.17 feet, by land taken from Melamed, to a point; thence by remaining land of Colizzi N65o-08'E, 69.~1 ~feet to land of Chamberlain; thence S~2°-52'E, 1~.07 feet, byland of said ~hamberlain, to the point of beginning.