SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the town of Brookline may transfer the care,custody, management, and control of a portion of the subsurface area below the existing playground property, typically described as the Pierce School Playground having an area of  ____ square feet and shown as "Geothermal Circuit (Typ.)," "Geothermal Loop(Typ.)," "Geothermal Vault," and "10" Supply Return Main Line,"along with any necessary appurtenances or temporary construction easements, on a plan of land entitled "Town of Brookline, Pierce School, 50 School Street,Brookline, MA 02445: Project Status:100% Design Development," and dated '2023-11-16'" from the parks and recreation commision for playground purposes, temporarily to the pierce school building committee for the purpose of constructing geothermal wells for the new Pierce School, then back to the parks and recreation commission for playground purposes, including the temporary construction impacts on the surface of the playground during the period of construction. The land is identified on the town's assessor's maps as parcel 171-27-00 and is part of the lands acquired by the town of Brookline for playground and for other municipal purposes pursuant to deeds recorded in the Norfolk district registry of deeds in book book numbers, page page numbers.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.