HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4462        FILED ON: 1/20/2016

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3986

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Paul J. Donato and Patricia D. Jehlen

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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 city of Medford to use certain land for any municipal purpose.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

1/20/2016

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/27/2016

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/21/2016

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/21/2016


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4462        FILED ON: 1/20/2016

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3986

By Representative Donato of Medford and Senator Jehlen, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3986) of Paul J. Donato, Patricia D. Jehlen and others (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Medford be authorized to use a certain parcel of land in said city for municipal purposes.  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 city of Medford to use certain land for any municipal purpose.

 

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

Notwithstanding any law, regulation or ordinance to the contrary, the City of Medford is hereby authorized to use for any municipal purpose a certain parcel of land that has heretofore been used for park purposes. The land shall not longer be considered park land and shall not be under the control or jurisdiction of the Park Department of the City of Medford but shall hereinafter be under the control and jurisdiction of the Department of Public Works of the City of Medford. Said land is bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point near the intersection of Aquavia Road and Elm Street, said point being one hundred and twenty feet more or less (120+) northeasterly of the easterly sideline of Aquavia Road and forty feet more or less (40+) northerly of the northerly sideline of Elm Street. Thence:

WESTERLY By land of the City of Medford a distance of three hundred and eighty feet more or less (380+). Thence:

SOUTHWESTERLY By land of the City of Medford a distance of one hundred and ten feet more or less (410+). Thence:

WESTERLY By land of the City of Medford a distance of three hundred and thirty feet more or less (130+). Thence:

NORTHWESTERLY By land of the City of Medford a distance of two hundred and five feet more or less (205+). Thence:

NORTHERLY By land of the City of Medford a distance of three hundred feet more or less (300+). Thence:

EASTERLY By land of the City of Medford and over Wright’s Pond a distance of eight hundred and thirty feet more or less (830+). Thence:

EASTERLY By land of the City of Medford a distance of four hundred and forty feet more or less (440+) to a stone bound. Thence:

SOUTHWESTERLY By land of the City of Medford along an arc a distance of five hundred and thirty and fifty seven one hundredths feet (530.57) to the point of beginning.

Above described area contains ten acres more or less.

All as more particularly shown on Plan #18209 entitled “Topographic Map Wright’s Pond”, Scale: one inch equals eighty feet, Date October 28, 1964, on file at the office of the city engineer of the City of Medford.