HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 204        FILED ON: 1/8/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3470

 

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Authorizing The Conveyance Of Certain Parcels Of Land In The City Of Revere. City Council Order No.  08-529.

 

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

City of Revere, acting by and through its Mayor and City council, in concurrence with the approval granted by the Conservation commission of the City of Revere, may convey to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation for conservation purposes 89.21 acres of City of Revere real property, located in the Rumney Marsh Area of Critical Environmental Concern identified on the City of Revere Zoning Atlas Map, on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Revere, as follows:  Map 19, block 327, Parcels 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 and 16 containing 40.36 acres.  Map 19, Block 328, Parcels 2, 3 and 6 containing 14.34 acres.  Map 19, Block 329, Parcel 10 containing 1.3 acres.  Map 20, Block 329, Parcels 1, 13, and 14 containing 15.25 acres.  Map 20, Block 330, Parcels 3 and 4 containing 14.50 acres, and Map 30, Block 448A, Parcel 2 containing 3.46 acres. 

Section 2.  The aforementioned parcels of land may be conveyed to the Department of Conservation and Recreation subject to the following conditions and consideration:  consideration for said parcels shall be the appraised value for the parcels as derived in accordance with agreement between the City of Revere and Department of Conservation and Recreation, which value shall be deducted from the appraised value of the Department of Conservation and Recreation's North Parking Lot, located on Ocean Avenue, Revere, Massachusetts, for the purpose of establishing the purchase price for the North Parking Lot.  The deed conveying the aforementioned named parcels of land shall contain a restriction prohibiting any building on such property and precluding any use of the said parcels other than for passive recreation purposes.  The Department of Conservation and Recreation shall include the aforementioned named parcels in its Romney Marsh Reservation and protect and preserve such land as park land in accordance with Article 97 of the Articles to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

Section 3.  The City Solicitor and/or the Assistant City solicitor of the City of Revere shall prepare the necessary document to convey the aforementioned City of Revere real property to the Department of Conservation and Recreation.

Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.