HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3636        FILED ON: 5/10/2013

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Ronald Mariano and John F. Keenan

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to dispose of real property located in the city of Quincy and to grant an access easement upon real property of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority located in the city of Quincy.

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PETITION OF:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3636        FILED ON: 5/10/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3469

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to dispose of real property located in the city of Quincy and to grant an access easement upon real property of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority located in the city of Quincy.

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. Pursuant to subsection (d) of section 9 of chapter 372 of the acts of 1984 and notwithstanding any other general or special law, ordinance or rule or regulation to the contrary, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is hereby authorized to convey to March Fourth, LLC, a limited liability company, a certain parcel of land owned by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority in the City of Quincy consisting of 18,207 square feet as further described in Section 4 hereof subject to a permanent easement to be retained by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority for existing pneumatic lines along the north side of a building currently located on the parcel of land to be conveyed, for the uninterrupted use of the pneumatic lines and the right to maintain, repair or replace the pneumatic lines and other related appurtenances.

SECTION 2. Pursuant to subsection (d) of section 9 of chapter 372 of the acts of 1984 and notwithstanding any other general or special law, ordinance or rule or regulation to the contrary, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, may grant a non-exclusive access easement to March Fourth, LLC upon a certain parcel of land owned by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority in the City of Quincy consisting of 882 square feet as further described in Section 5 hereof.

SECTION 3. The consideration for the conveyance and grant of easement is the conveyance of a permanent right and easement by March Fourth, LLC upon a certain parcel of land in the City of Quincy consisting of 11,508 square feet owned by March Fourth, LLC to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and/or Fore River Railroad Corporation (a Massachusetts corporation being wholly owned by Massachusetts Water Resources Authority) to use the parcel as a railroad right of way, including the right to operate locomotives and trains across the parcel and to construct, maintain, repair or replace railroad bed and track and other appurtenances related to the operation of a railroad and maintenance of the railroad right of way over the parcel. The parcel generally located off South Street, is more particularly shown as Easement “A” on a plan entitled “Plan of Land, South Street in Quincy Massachusetts (Norfolk County) Fore River Shipyard,” dated April 11, 2013 and prepared by BSC Group, Inc. to be recorded with the easement of said parcel.

SECTION 4. The conveyance to March Fourth, LLC of a certain parcel of land owned by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority referenced in Section 1 and situated on the southerly side of South Street in the City of Quincy, County of Norfolk, Commonwealth of Massachusetts is more particularly bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point on line of land now or formerly of March Fourth LLC, said point bearing S06°07’48”E a distance of six and eighty four hundredth (6.84) feet from a northeasterly corner of said property now or formerly of March Fourth LLC; thence

N84°00'54"E by the approximate northerly line of Building 11 a distance of one hundred fifty one and five hundredths (151.05) feet to a point; thence

S06°07'48"E by the approximate easterly line of Building 11 a distance of one hundred twenty and fifty three hundredths (120.53) feet to a point; thence

S84°00'54"W by the approximate southerly line of Building 11 a distance of one hundred fifty one and seventy four hundredths (151.74) feet to a point, the previous three (3) courses and distances over and across land now or formerly of Massachusetts Water Resources Authority; thence

N20°25'24"E a distance of one and fifty three hundredths (1.53) feet to a point; thence

N06°07'48"W a distance of one hundred nineteen and sixteen hundredths (119.16) feet to the point of beginning, the previous two (2) courses and distances by said land now or formerly of March Fourth LLC.

The above described parcel of land contains an area of 18,207 Square Feet, more or less, or

0.418 Acres, more or less, and is more particularly shown as Area “C” on a plan entitled

“Plan of Land, South Street in Quincy Massachusetts (Norfolk County) Fore River Shipyard,”

dated April 11, 2013 and prepared by BSC Group, Inc. to be recorded with the deed of said

parcel.

SECTION 5. The grant of a non-exclusive access easement to March Fourth, LLC upon a certain parcel of land owned by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority referenced in Section 2 situated on the southerly side of South Street in the City of Quincy, County of Norfolk, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and more particularly bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a stone bound at a northwesterly corner of land now or formerly of Massachusetts Water Resources Authority; thence

N85°13'26"Eby land now or formerly of March Fourth LLC a distance of forty two and no hundredths (42.00) feet to a point; thence

S39°45'59"W over and across said land now or formerly of Massachusetts Water Resources Authority a distance of fifty eight and ninety two hundredths (58.92) feet to a point; thence

N05°41'28"W by said land now or formerly of March Fourth LLC a distance of forty two and no hundredths (42.00) feet to the point of beginning.

The above described parcel of land contains an area of 882 Square Feet, more or less, or 0.020

Acres, more or less, and is more particularly shown as Easement “B” on a plan entitled

“Plan of Land, South Street in Quincy Massachusetts (Norfolk County) Fore River

Shipyard,” dated April 11, 2013 and prepared by BSC Group, Inc. to be recorded with the

Easement of said parcel.