Amendment ID: H4548-1

Amendment 1

No Net Loss

Mr. OConnor moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:-

“SECTION 2.  As a condition of the conveyance authorized in section 1, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall transfer a parcel of land under the care, custody, management and control of the department and dedicated for general departmental purposes to the city known as the town of Weymouth and such parcel shall be dedicated for conservation purposes. If no suitable parcel can be transferred to the town, the department shall compensate the town through the payment of funds that shall be equal to or greater than the full and fair market value or value in use, whichever is greater, of the conveyance as determined by independent appraisal prepared in accordance with the usual and customary professional appraisal practices by a qualified appraiser with which the town shall acquire a parcel of land or a conservation restriction upon private land as defined in section 31 of chapter 184 of the General Laws. The land shall be dedicated or restricted to conservation purposes under the jurisdiction of the town. The parcel dedicated pursuant to this section, shall be of equal or greater size and value for conservation purposes when compared to the parcel described in said section 1.”