Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the city of Springfield is hereby authorized to lease for a period not to exceed twenty-five years a parcel of land now owned and held by said city under the control of its parks department, bounded and described as follows:-

Beginning at a point at the northwesterly corner of a parcel of land described on a plan on file in the Springfield Engineering Division Office entitled JAMES P. HEADY - KIDDIELAND ZOO 1" = 40', December, 1968, from said northwesterly corner a tie course, running S 60< 31' 28" W along land of the City of Springfield a distance of 465.98 feet to the point of beginning of parcel to be described.

Beginning at this point; THENCE, S 18< 11' 19" E along land of the City of Springfield a distance of 400.00 feet to an angle point; THENCE, S 2< 57' 43" E along land of the City of Springfield a distance of 130.00 feet to an angle point; THENCE, N 86< 54' 57" W along land of the City of Springfield a distance of 185.00 feet to an angle point; THENCE, N 52< 59' 11" W along land of the City of Springfield a distance of 455.00 feet to an angle point; THENCE, N 1< 03' 00" E along land of the City of Springfield a distance of 175.00 feet to an angle point; THENCE, N 46< 21' 18" E along land of the City of Springfield a distance of 175.00 feet to an angle point; THENCE, S 76< 19' 04" E along land of the City of Springfield a distance of 295.00 feet to the point of beginning.

The above described premises contains about 4.802 acres of land, more or less, and is shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Springfield, Massachusetts, Surveyed for the Forest Park Zoological Society, Scale 1" = 40', Dated June 1, 1984, Heritage Surveys, Bruce A. Coombs, R.I.S." Said Plan is on file in the Engineering Division of the Springfield Department of Public Works.

SECTION 2. Any nonprofit organization to which the city of Springfield may lease such parcel may set and charge, subject to the approval of the board of park commissioners of said city, reasonable fees for admission to any facilities or improvements made upon said parcel of land.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.