SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2684        FILED ON: 6/13/2018

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

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 relative to easements by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to the city of Quincy to support a flood control plan.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2684        FILED ON: 6/13/2018

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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 relative to easements by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to the city of Quincy to support a flood control plan.

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 commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance shall grant permanent easements to the city of Quincy over portions of a certain parcel of land held for purposes of conservation and recreation, such land being adjacent to the Furnace Brook and along the Furnace Brook Parkway approximately from Dayton Street in the north to Cross Street in the south, and as depicted on site plans entitled “Exhibit B – Furnace Brook Enhancements Permanent Easement Plans”, dated May 30, 2018, prepared by Woodard & Curran.

The permanent easements shall be used for the operation and maintenance of the improvements associated with the flood control plan and grading established for flood compensation, subject to the requirements of this act and to such additional terms and conditions consistent with this act as the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance may prescribe. The consideration for such easements shall be in a nominal amount.

Prior to executing the easement documents, the division of capital asset management and maintenance may make minor modifications to the plan and easement areas to carry out this act.

SECTION 2. As a condition of the easements authorized in section 1, the city of Quincy shall, through agreement with the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance and the commissioner of recreation and conservation, ensure compliance with Article XCVII of the Articles of Amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth and any policies of the respective departments established pursuant to said Article XCVII.