HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4878        FILED ON: 6/8/2018

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mike Connolly and Sal N. DiDomenico

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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 Cambridge to use certain land used for open recreational purposes for traffic reconfiguration.

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PETITION OF:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4878        FILED ON: 6/8/2018

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act authorizing the City of Cambridge to use certain land used for open recreational purposes for traffic reconfiguration.

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 City of Cambridge is hereby authorized to use for the purpose of traffic reconfiguration, and all purposes incidental thereto, an area now owned and held by said City for public open recreational uses described as follows: Commencing from a point at the northeasterly sideline of Cambridge Street, at the intersection of Cambridge Street and Hampshire Street; thence, N 80°20'5P W a distance of 144.23' along the northerly sideline of Cambridge Street to a point, said point being the point of beginning; Thence, N 80°20'51" W a distance of seventy-three and forty-three hundredths feet (73.43') to a point; Thence, N 60°53'52" E a distance of nine and eleven hundredths feet (9.11') to a point of curvature; Thence, along a tangent curve to the north having a radius often and zero feet (10.00'), an arc length of nine and sixty-two hundredths feet (9.62'), and a delta angle of55°06'34to a point; Thence, N 05°47'17''> E a distance of sixty-seven and forty hundredths feet (67.40') to a point on the southwesterly sideline of Hampshire Street; the last three courses by the land now of formally the City of Cambridge; Thence, S 42°19'45" E a distance ofninety-five and twenty hundredths feet (95.20') to a point of curvature; Thence, along a tangent curve to the west having a radius of twelve and seventy-four hundredths feet (12.74), an arc length of thirty-one and fiffcy-eighthundredths feet (31.58'), and a delta angle of 141°58'54" to the point of beginning. The above described parcel contains an area of3,801± square feet, and is more particularly shown as "Land Removed from Open Space Designation" on a plan entitled "Plan of Land Added and Removed from Open Space Designation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Prepared for The City of Cambridge", scale: 20 feet to an inch, dated May 9, 2018, by WSP USA Inc.

SECTION 2. Upon the completion of the traffic reconfiguration referenced in Section 1, above, an area now owned and held by said City will be dedicated for public open recreational uses described as follows: Commencing from a point at the northeasterly sideline of Cambridge Street, at the intersection of Cambridge Street and Hampshire Street; thence, N 80°20'51" W a distance of 14.14' along the northerly sideline of Cambridge Street to a point, said point being the point of beginning; Thence, N 80°20'51" W a distance of four and ninety-eight hundredths feet (4.98') to a point of curvature; Thence, along a non-tangent curve to the west having a radius of fifty and zero feet (50.00'), an arc length of twenty-three and sixty-four hundredths feet (23.64'), an chord bearing of N 66°50'33" W, an chord distance of twenty-three and forty-two hundredths (23.42') and a delta angle of27°05'06" to a point; Thence, N 80°23'06" W a distance of forty-two and twenty-sixhundredths feet (42.26') to a point of curvature; Thence, along a tangent curve to the north having a radius offlfty-one and zero feet (51.00'), an arc length of sixty and forty-four hundredths feet (60.44'), and a delta angle of 67 53 52 to a point; Thence, N 12°29'14" W a distance oftwenty-eight and eighty-four hundredths feet (28.84') to a

point; Thence, S 67°46'12" E a distance of thirty-nine and ninety-fivehundredths feet (39.95 ) to a point of curvature; Thence, along a tangent curve to the north having a radius of eleven and zero feet (11.00 ), an arc length of twelve and thirty-four hundredths feet (12.34'), and a delta angle of64°15'03" to a point; Thence, N47°48W"E a distance of one and seventy-six hundredths feet (1.76') to a point; Thence, S 42° 11'53" E a distance ofninety-seven and ninety-nine hundredths feet (97.99') to the point of beginning. The above described parcel contains an area of3,801± square feet, and is more particularly shown as "Land to be Newly Designated as Open Space" on a plan entitled "Plan of Land Added and Removed from Open Space Designation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Prepared for The City of Cambridge", scale: 20 feet to an inch, dated May 9, 2018, by WSP USA Inc.

SECTION 3. There will not be a net loss of public open recreational space as a result of the traffic reconfiguration work referenced in Section 1, above, and the dedication of land referenced in Section 2, above, for public open recreational uses.

SECTION 4. This act shall take full effect upon its acceptance by vote of the City Council of said City, but not otherwise.