Amendment ID: H3267-1

Amendment 1

North Reading Land Tranfer

Mr. Tarr moves to amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following 2 sections:-

SECTION 1A. The town of North Reading shall transfer a parcel of land under the care, custody, management and control of the board of selectmen and dedicated for general municipal purposes to the conservation commission and the parcel shall be dedicated for conservation purposes.  If no suitable parcel can be transferred to the conservation commission, the town shall acquire a parcel of land or a conservation restriction upon private or public land as defined in section 31 of chapter 184 of the General Laws. The land shall be dedicated or restricted to conservation purposes and under the jurisdiction of the conservation commission. The parcel dedicated pursuant to this section shall be of equal or greater size and value for conservation, park or water supply purposes when compared to the parcel described in section 1.

SECTION 1B.  If the land conveyed pursuant to section 1 ceases to be used for the purposes described in said section 1 by a discontinuance vote of town meeting,  the care, custody and control of the land shall transfer to the town of North Reading conservation commission for conservation, water supply or public park purposes upon a vote of the town meeting.