HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3970        FILED ON: 6/25/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3645

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

David Paul Linsky

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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 town of Natick to lease certain town-owned property.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

6/25/2015

Richard J. Ross

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

7/1/2015

Karen E. Spilka

Second Middlesex and Norfolk

7/2/2015


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3970        FILED ON: 6/25/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3645

By Mr. Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3645) of David Paul Linsky, Richard J. Ross and Karen E. Spilka (by vote of the town) that the town of Natick be authorized to lease certain town-owned property.  Municipalities and Regional Government.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act authorizing the town of Natick to lease certain town-owned property.

 

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 section 3 of chapter 40 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the board of selectmen of the town of Natick may issue a request for proposals to lease for a term not to exceed 99 years, including any extension or renewal terms, the town owned property described as a municipal parking lot and which is now or formerly the site of the Middlesex Avenue parking garage, including all or part of the following parcels: 20 Middlesex Avenue (Natick Assessors’ Map 43, Parcels 387 and 388A), 33 Summer Street (Natick Assessors’ Map 43, Parcels 388B and 388C), 42 Middlesex Avenue (Natick Assessors’ Map 43, Parcel 388D), and those portions of a town layout on Assessors Map 43 abutting parcels 43-388B, 43-388C and 43-388D which lie within the town owned property described as a municipal parking lot that is now or formerly the site of the Middlesex Avenue parking garage, for the construction, operation and management of a facility which would provide residential, commercial or institutional use, or a combination of those uses consistent with the town’s goals for Natick center, and which shall provide public parking, or for providing public parking as a principal use on some or all of said property. The board of selectmen may then enter into a lease for the property for a term not to exceed 99 years, including any extension or renewal terms. Any lease entered into pursuant to this act shall be subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (g) of section 16 of chapter 30B of the General Laws.

SECTION 2. Chapter 167 of the Acts of 2012 is hereby repealed.

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