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. The deputy commissioner of capital planning and operations, acting for and on behalf of the commonwealth, is hereby authorized in accordance with the provisions of section forty E to forty J, inclusive, of chapter seven of the General Laws, in consultation with the metropolitan district commission, to convey to the town of Watertown certain permanent easements for the purpose of constructing a 24" gravity sewer between Pleasant Street and the Charles river near Galen street, and a 12" and 16" sewer siphon across the Charles river near Arsenal street in the town of Watertown and the city of Boston, bounded and described as follows:

Reference is made to plans numbered one through four inclusive entitled "Plan of Easements for Watertown Sewer Improvements Project"; Scale : 1" = 40'; August 1985; prepared by LEA Group Engineers, 75 Kneeland Street, Boston, Massachusetts; and signed by Douglas L. Liston, R.L.S., LEA Group.

Parcel One:

Commencing at a point on the Southerly limit of Pleasant Street at a point distant 143.40 feet Easterly of the Westerly limit of Metropolitan District Commission Lands and the Northeasterly corner of lands of William J. Swift #96 Pleasant Street--Said point being 43.63 feet Easterly of the Westerly end of a curve on said Southerly side line of Pleasant Street, having a radius of 1149.34 feet;

Thence running Easterly along said Southerly side line of Pleasant Street, along a curve to the right having a radius of 1149.34 feet, 25.62 feet to a point;

Thence S 25< - 26' - 24" W, 143.21 feet to a point;

Thence S 51< - 14' - 21"W, 150.88 feet to a point;

Thence N 89< - 16' - 43"W, 158.35 feet to a point;

Thence N 68< - 24" - 24"W, 559.95 feet to a point;

Thence N 40< - 37' - 22"W, 338.49 feet to a point;

Thence N 48< - 58' - 45"W 179.00 feet to a point on lands of Francis W. Boudrot; the prior 6 courses running through lands of the Metropolitan District Commission, Parks Division;

Thence S 74< - 47' - 02" E, along said Boudrot 45.94 feet to a point;

Thence S 48< - 58' - 45"E, 139.10 feet to a point on Southerly boundary of A & C Masonry, Inc.;

Thence S 40< - 37' - 22" E, along Southerly limit of lands of A&C Masonry, Inc., Joseph A. Gaeta, other lands of Metropolitan District Commission, Frank Kasprzyk, John S. Marini, Ralph C. Fratto, and Mary Colocouris, 335.00 feet to a point;

Thence S 68< - 24' - 24"E, along Southerly limit of lands of Mary Colocouris, Daniel Zaccagnini, Daniel & Christine Zaccagnini, other lands of Daniel Zaccagnini, Claudio Coppola, Metropolitan District Commission, Nicholas P. Darviris, other lands of Nicholas P. Darviris, and William B. Fuqua, 551.32 feet to a point;

Thence S 89< - 16' - 43"E, 147.49 feet to a point;

Thence N 51< - 14' - 21"E, 139.12 feet to a point;

Thence N 25< - 26' - 24" E, 122.61 feet to point of commencement on the Southerly limit of Pleasant Street;

The prior 3 courses running through lands of the Metropolitan District Commission, Parks Division.

Said parcel one contains 29,646 square feet as shown on the aforesaid plan, and is located entirely within the lands of the parks division of the metropolitan district commission as delineated by Plan 820 of 1938 (Book 6242, Page 332) as recorded in the southern district registry of deeds in the county of Middlesex, and on metropolitan district commission, Plan #130, Sheet #3.

Parcel Two:

Commencing at a point on the Southeasterly limit of lands of said Francis W. Boudrot, said point being N 74< - 47' - 02"W, 36.00 feet from common point between lands of Francis W. Boudrot, Vincent Colafella, and the Metropolitan District Commission, Parks Division;

Thence N 74< - 47' - 02"W, along lands of Metropolitan District Commission, Parks Division, 45.94 feet to a point;

Thence N 48< - 58' - 45"W, through lands of said Francis W. Boudrot, 26.30 feet to a point;

Thence N 33< - 16' - 33"E, along line between said Francis W. Boudrot and Richard S. Cass (Bacon Industries), 20.18 feet to a point;

Thence S 48< - 58' - 45"E, through lands of said Francis W. Boudrot, 70.38 feet to point of commencement;

Said parcel two contains 967 square feet as shown on the aforesaid plan and is located entirely within the lands of Francis W. Boudrot #182 Pleasant street, in the town of Watertown, said property being recorded in Book 7624, Page 36 in the southern district registry of deeds in the county of Middlesex.

Parcel Three:

Commencing at a point on the Southeasterly side line of Pleasant Street, said point being distant N 56< - 44' - 35"W, 31.00 feet from the common point of intersection of the Northeasterly corner of lands of Richard S. Cass and the Northwesterly Corner of Francis W. Boudrot;

Thence running N 56< - 44' - 35"W, along Southeasterly side line of Pleasant Street, 20.93 feet to a point;

Thence S 16< - 05' - 15"W, 84.87 feet to a point;

Thence S 48< - 58' -45"E, 27.10 feet to a point on the common line between Richard S. Cass and Francis W. Boudrot;

The prior 2 courses running through lands of Richard S. Cass.

Thence N 33< - 16' - 33"E, along lands of Francis W. Boudrot, 20.18 feet to a point;

Thence N 48< - 58' - 45"W, 11.62 feet to a point;

Thence N 16< - 05' - 15"E, 65.94 feet to place of beginning.

Said parcel three contains 1895 square feet as shown on the aforesaid plan and is located entirely within the lands of Richard S. Cass (Bacon Industries) #192-196 Pleasant street, in the town of Watertown, said property being shown in Book 12357, Page 698 in the southern district registry of deeds in the county of Middlesex.

Parcel Four:

Commencing at the Southwesterly corner of said Parcel Four, said point being 43.0 feet more or less Westerly, along the Southerly boundary of Instrumentation Laboratory, Inc. from the Westerly side line of Galen Street at the Southeasterly corner of said lands--this point of commencement being more accurately located by the following courses from the point of curvature of the Northerly side line of Watertown Street (1939 County Layout): along a curve to the left on said Northerly side line having a radius of 75.00 feet, 23.59 feet, N 8< - 42' - 44"E, 53.58 feet, and N 13< - 27' - 24"E, 108.81 feet;

Thence S 78< - 54' - 56"E, along lands of Metropolitan District Commission, Parks Division, 40.03 feet to a point;

Thence N 8< - 42" - 44"E, 77.00 feet to a point;

Thence N 81< - 17' - 16"W, 40.00 feet to a point;

Thence S 8< - 42' - 44"W, 75.34 feet to point of commencement;

Said parcel four contains 3047 square feet, as shown on the aforesaid plan and is located entirely within the lands of Instrumentation Laboratory, Inc. as delineated on "Plan of Land in Watertown Massachusetts" by Everett M. Brooks, Co. dated September 11, 1968--Survey #35940A made for the land court, which never went to decree.

Parcel Five:

Commencing at the Southwesterly corner of said Parcel Five on the Northerly side line of Watertown Street, (1939 County layout), said point being 23.59 feet Easterly from the point of curvature of a curve into Galen Street having a radius of 75.00 feet;

Thence N 8< - 42' - 44"E, 53.58 feet to a point;

Thence N 13< - 27' -24"E, 108.81 feet to a point at lands of Instrumentation Laboratory, Inc.;

Thence S 78< - 54' - 56"E, along lands of Instrumentation Laboratory, Inc., 40.03 feet to a point;

Thence S 13< - 27' - 24"W, 108.81 feet to a point;

Thence S 8< - 42' - 44"W, 11.92 feet to a point on the Northwesterly side line of Watertown Street;

Thence running along the Northwesterly side line of Watertown Street along a curve to the right having a radius of 75.00 feet, 58.01 feet to the point of commencement;

Said parcel five contains 5873 square feet and lies entirely within lands of the parks division of metropolitan district commission and crosses the Charles river just west of Galen street in the town of Watertown, as shown on the aforesaid plan.

Parcel Six:

Commencing at a point on the Northerly side line of Soldiers Field Road Extension, being the Northerly limit of a "Plan for Taking, Charles River Reservation" Plan #43990 X-VT, said point being 1535.0 feet more or less from the Westerly side line of Arsenal Street;

Thence running S 20< - 58' - 35"E, 70.0 feet more less to the Northerly curb line of Soldiers Field Road extension;

Thence S 71< - 01' - 25"W, along said Northerly curb line of Soldiers Field Road Extension, 30.02 feet to a point;

Thence N 20< - 58' - 35"W, crossing the corporate boundary from Boston into Watertown and crossing the Charles River, 437.91 feet to a point on the Southerly curb line of Charles W. Greenough Boulevard (Formerly Charles River Road);

Thence N 50< - 41' - 25"E, along said Southerly curb line of Charles Greenough Boulevard 31.60 feet to a point;

Thence S 20< - 58' - 35"E, crossing the corporate boundary from Watertown into Boston, and crossing the Charles River, 378.90 feet to a point of beginning--this course running along the westerly side line of a temporary easement described elsewhere.

This permanent easement contains 13,302 square feet, and crosses the Charles river and is situated in both the city of Boston and the town of Watertown, the corporate boundary between which runs down the center of the Charles river, as shown on the aforesaid plan.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.