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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Donald H. Wong and Kate Lipper-Garabedian

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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 permitting the town of Wakefield to convey an easement to the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department.

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PETITION OF:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4162        FILED ON: 2/16/2023

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act permitting the town of Wakefield to convey an easement to the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light 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.   Notwithstanding any general or special law or by-law to the contrary, the Town of Wakefield my grant a perpetual easement in certain town- owned land compromising approximately 43,000 square feet, more or less, located on Hemlock Rd., which is a portion of the land described in a deed recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 8526, Page 287, and which is shown as "Easement Area" on a plan of land entitled "Easement Area Sketch Plan, Wakefield, Mass." dated  August 3,2022, by Hayes Engineering Inc. to the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department for the construction and maintenance of an energy park.

Section 2.   In consideration for the grant authorized in section 1, the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department  shall convey an easement for open space and conservation purposes compromising approximately 2.51 acres, more or less, shown as "Parcel A" on a plan of land entitled "Sketch Plan in Wakefield Mass.", dated December 1, 2022, by Hayes Engineering, Inc., to the Town of Wakefield with a recorded restriction placing the land under the protection of Article 97 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the commonwealth perpetuity.

Section 3.   In addition to the transfer pursuant to section 2, the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department shall convert an electrical substation located on a parcel of land compromising approximately 8,500 square feet, more or less, located on Ballister St. in said Wakefield to a passive park and shall convey it to the town of Wakefield to be known as "Burns Park" with a recorded restriction placing the land under the protection of Article 97 of the Amendments of the Constitution of the commonwealth in perpetuity.

Section4.   In addition to the transfers pursuant to sections 2 and 3, the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department  shall plant trees in a manner to be determined by the Wakefield department of public works in a town-owned area of land comprising of approximately 38,000square feet, more or less, located between Mapleway Playground and Arundel Ave. being a potion of the land shown on town of Wakefield's assessor's map 42, parcel 002-002.

Section 5.   The grant of the easement in Section1 shall be contingent upon the transfers described in Sections 2 and 3.

This act shall take effect upon its passage.