SECTION 1. Pursuant to chapter 3 § 5A of the general laws, notwithstanding the provisions of any other general or special law to the contrary, the conservation commission of the town of Middleton may execute a certificate of release or amendment in order to release or exclude certain portions of land from a conservation restriction granted by Monastiero Consulting Services, LLC and recorded in the Essex County registry of deeds at book 28684 and page 482, for the purposes of resolving a prior violation of the conservation restriction. Said portions of land to be released or excluded from the conservation restriction consists of approximately 38,197 square feet, shown as “the Original Conservation Restriction” on a plan of land entitled Lots 3 and 4 Leitner Way & Essex County Greenbelt Association, prepared by Williams & Sparages, LLC, dated April 2, 2026, a copy of which is on file with the town clerk.
SECTION 2. As a condition of the release or amendment described in section 1, to ensure no net loss of land subject to article 97 of the amendments to the constitution of the commonwealth, the conservation commission of the town of Middleton shall accept and hold a conservation restriction as defined in section 31 of chapter 184 of the general laws, on a parcel of land referenced as Lot 10A, containing approximately 9.33 acres as shown on a plan of land entitled “A Plan of Land in Middleton, Massachusetts,” dated October 9, 1996, prepared by Hayes Engineering, Inc., said land being a portion of the land as described in the deed recorded in the Essex County registry of deeds at Book 312 Plan 29.
SECTION 3. Monastiero Consulting Services, LLC shall assume all costs associated with engineering, surveys, appraisal, deed preparation and other expenses necessary to execute the conveyances authorized in this act.
SECTION 4. Except as partially released or amended in accordance with this act, the conservation restriction identified in Section 1 shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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