November 2024 Special Town Meeting - Article 3

ARTICLE 3 - High Street Property Conservation Restriction: To see if the Town will vote to amend the vote under Article 15 at the 2024 Annual Town Meeting by adding the following authorization to the previous appropriation and authorization to purchase a conservation restriction as follows: to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Select Board, to borrow up to $406,870 in anticipation of a reimbursement under a grant from the Massachusetts LAND grant program (Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 132A, Section 11) and under and pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44, Section 8C or pursuant to any other enabling authority, to purchase through the Conservation Commission on behalf of the Town, for the sum of $700,000, a conservation restriction for open space and conservation purposes, as defined in Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 184, Section 31, as amended, by negotiated purchase or otherwise, a certain property believed to be owned by Robert E. Kennedy consisting of 29.8-acres, more or less, adjacent to 346 High Street identified on Assesors Map 15 as Parcels 2 and 3B, and shown as "Parcel B" and "Assessor Parcel ID: 15-2" on a plan recorded in the North Middlesex Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 251, Plan 34, which is on file with the Town Clerk; said Restriction be conveyed to the Town under the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 8C, and as it may hereafter be amended and other Massachusetts statutes relating to Conservation, to be managed by the Conservation Commission, and the Town and Conservation Commission be authorized to enter into all agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effect said purchase, or take any action in relation thereto.

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