SENATE DOCKET, NO. 3229        FILED ON: 6/29/2022

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2972

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Walter F. Timilty

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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 select board of Easton to lease certain parcels of land.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

Gerard J. Cassidy

9th Plymouth

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 3229        FILED ON: 6/29/2022

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2972

By Mr. Timilty, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2972) of Walter F. Timilty, Michael D. Brady, Gerard J. Cassidy and Carol A. Doherty (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the select board of Easton to lease certain parcels of land.  Municipalities and Regional Government.  [Local approval received]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act authorizing the select board of Easton to lease certain parcels of land.

 

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 any general or special law to the contrary, and specifically exempting the lease from the provisions of chapter 30B of the General Laws, the town of Easton may lease certain parcels of land to the Oakes Ames Memorial Hall Association a corporation duly organized pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for a term not to exceed 50 years, for the purpose of constructing parking facilities associated with the operation of the Oakes Ames Memorial Hall. The parcels are identified on Assessor’s Map 16U, Lot 162 and Map 16U, Lot 159A containing 54,123 square feet of land, more or less and is also shown as Lot 4 and a portion of the Theater Way road layout on a plan of land entitled “SHAKESPEARE GLEN, Definitive Subdivision, Plan of Land in Easton, Mass. Scale 40 feet to an inch July 27, 1985 Ernest W.  Branch, Inc., Civil Engineers Munroe Building, 1245 Hancock St. Quincy Revised: August 21, 1985 September 4, 1985” recorded at the Bristol Northern District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 348, Pages 62-64, together with all the rights, titles and interests of Lots 5 and 6 shown on the aforesaid plan in Theater Way.

SECTION 2. The Select Board of the Town of Easton may determine the terms and conditions of such lease as they determine to be in the best interests of the town.

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