FILED ON: 4/9/2020

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2636

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act requiring the city of Lowell to transfer certain parcels of land between the park department and the school department.

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. Chapter 46 of the acts of 2017 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the city of Lowell may transfer certain parcels of land acquired for park, open space or recreational purposes from the care and custody of the park department to the care and custody of the school department. The parcels of land are identified as:

    (i)  certain land now or formerly under the care and custody of the city of Lowell cemetery department, being portions of 363 Boston road in the city of Lowell and land west of Carlisle street in the town of Chelmsford located on the city of Lowell assessors’ parcel map index at sheet index numbers 169 and 170 and in the assessors’ office of the town of Chelmsford as parcel 55-175-1, consisting of approximately 16.35 acres and recorded in the Middlesex northern district  registry of deeds in book 681, page 485, dated June 1, 1923; and

    (ii)  certain land now or formerly being used by the Lowell regional water utility department located at 197 Beacon street, consisting of approximately 15 acres and recorded in the Middlesex northern district registry of deeds in book 76, page 39, dated October 17, 1870, in book 80, page 426, dated June 17, 1871, and in book 91, page 10, dated August 31, 1872.              SECTION 3.  To ensure a no-net-loss of lands protected for park, open space or recreational purposes, and as a condition of the transfer of the parcels of land pursuant to section 2,  the city of Lowell shall transfer certain parcels of land from the care and custody of the school department to the care and custody of the park department and such land shall be used for park, open space or recreation purposes.  The parcels of land are identified as follows:

    (i)  a portion of a parcel located at 512.1 Clark road and shown on the city of Lowell assessors’ parcel map index as sheet index numbers 267 and 268, consisting of approximately 6.3 acres and recorded in the Middlesex northern district registry of deeds in book 776, page 282, dated May 10, 1929 and in book 28537, page 243, dated September 29, 2014; and

    (ii)  the parcel located at 512 Clark road and shown on the city of Lowell assessors’ parcel map index as sheet index number 268, consisting of approximately 3.8 acres and being a portion of the land conveyed to the city of Lowell and recorded in the Middlesex northern registry of deeds in book 776, page 282, dated May 10, 1929 and in book 1661, page 343, dated July 28, 1964.  

SECTION 4.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.