Amendment #1 to H4169

Walsh - Floor Amendment

Mr. Walsh of Peabody moves to amend the bill by striking out section 1 and inserting in place thereof the following section:

“SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary , the town of North Reading may transfer the care, custody, management and control of a certain portion of its land at 168 Chestnut street having an area of 533 sq. ft. and depicted as “Permanent Slope Easement Town of North Reading Area” on a plan entitled “North Reading Chestnut Street Over the Ipswich River Article 97 Plan,” from its conservation commission for conservation purposes, to its select board for general municipal purposes, including for the purpose of repairing and maintaining a highway bridge and drainage facilities serving the adjacent public way.  The land is identified on the town’s assessors maps as Parcel ID No. 213/036.0-0000-0061.0, and was part of the lands taken by the town to enhance the Ipswich River Watershed and other municipal purposes pursuant to an order of taking recorded with the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds in Book 11626, Page 364.”.