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 is hereby authorized to transfer the care, custody and control of three certain parcels of land, owned by the commonwealth and located in the Charlestown district of the city of Boston, being known as Paul Revere Landing Park, from the care, custody and control of the metropolitan district commission to the department of public works for highway purposes in conjunction with the construction of the central artery, north area, said parcels of land are more particularly described as follows:

PARCEL NO. 49-30. A certain triangular parcel of land in the Charlestown District of the city of Boston, owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and under the care, custody and control of the metropolitan district commission, identified as the Paul Revere Landing Park, which parcel of land is located on the westerly side of Warren Avenue, beginning at a point and running southerly about 85 feet; thence turning and running westerly about 110 feet; thence turning and running northeasterly along two arcs with a radius of 387 feet and a radius of 762 feet, respectively, for distances of about 164.61 feet and 18 feet, respectively, to the point of beginning. Containing in all about 5,067 square feet of vacant land, more or less.

PARCEL NO. 49-6-C. A certain irregularly-shaped parcel of land in the Charlestown District of the city of Boston, owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and under the care, custody and control of the metropolitan district commission, identified as the Paul Revere Landing Park, which parcel of land is located on the easterly side of Warren Avenue, beginning at a point and running southerly about 49 feet; thence turning and running northeasterly about 25 feet; thence turning and running southeasterly about 65 feet; thence turning and running northwesterly about 80 feet, and continuing along a radius of 20.00 feet for a distance of about 22.7 feet; thence turning and running westerly about 16 feet to the point of beginning. Containing in all about 1,958 square feet of vacant land, more or less.

PARCEL NO. 49-7-C. A certain triangular parcel of land in the Charlestown District of the city of Boston, owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and under the care, custody and control of the metropolitan district commission, identified as the Paul Revere Landing Park, which parcel of land is located at the southeasterly intersection of North Washington and Waldo Street, beginning at a point on the westerly side of North Washington Street and running southeasterly along the said westerly side of North Washington Street about 263 feet; thence turning and running northwesterly about 180 feet; thence turning and running northwesterly along an arc with a radius of 20.00 feet, for a distance of about 22.7 feet; thence turning and running easterly along the southerly side of Waldo Street about 30.9 feet to the point of beginning. Containing in all about 5,010 square feet of vacant land, more or less.

The above-described three parcels of land are shown on a plan entitled: "Plan of Land Charlestown District of the City of Boston Metropolitan District Commission Paul Revere Landing Park to be Transferred to Highway Purposes", dated February 1986, which plan shall be kept on file with the chief engineer of the said department of public works.

SECTION 2. The deputy commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations is hereby authorized to transfer the care, custody and control of a certain parcel of land, described below, owned by the commonwealth, under the care, custody and control of the department of public works, which parcel of land is located in the Charlestown district of the city of Boston, to the metropolitan district commission for park purposes which parcel of land is more particularly described as follows:

The Department of Public Works, acting on behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby adjudges that public necessity and convenience require that the Commonwealth should lay out and transfer to the Metropolitan District Commission approximately 0.7+ acres presently owned by the Massachusetts Department of Public Works adjacent to the southwest corner of the Paul Revere Landing Park.

The proposed layout of the property to be transferred is more fully described as an area of land beginning at the southern most corner of the Paul Revere Landing Park. The line extends in a southwesterly direction to a point 26+ feet. The line extends in a northwesterly direction parallel to the I-93/Route 1 Interchange 210+ feet along a curve to the left of radius 653+ feet. Extending northeasterly 315+ feet the line follows the proposed 1986 State Highway Layout Line of the relocated access road, and intersects with the western boundary line of the park. This point of intersection is 120+ feet southwest from the 2nd northern most corner of the Park boundaries. The line then extends southeasterly along the present western boundary of the park and intersects with the beginning point.

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