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TOWN OF STOW
Community Preservation Committee
FINAL Minutes, March 3, 2008 Community Preservation Committee Meeting
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Present: Community Preservation Committee members: Bob Wilber (Chairman), Dave Walrath (ViceChair), Laura Spear, Mike Busch, Linda Stokes, Kathy Sferra
Associate Member: Margie Lynch Administrative Assistant: Deb Seith
5 Grant money was used to pay the owner $130,000 for an easement on 7100 feet with an understanding that the final 800 feet would be purchased for $230,000 (at first the owner wanted 1 million dollars for the easement but the RTC talked him down to $350,000.)
munity Preservation Committee in consultation with the Rail Trail Committee in accordance with the provision of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44B, the Community Preservation Act, for the purchase of an interest in certain land between Sudbury Road and White Pond Road formerly owned by the Boston & Maine Railroad and shown on a plan marked “Land in Stow and Maynard, Mass. Boston and Maine Railroad – to – George Morey, J.F. Kerwin, Asst. Chief Engineer June 1961” recorded with the Middlesex Registry of Deeds in Book 9920, Page 557, or any
portion thereof, either in fee simple or as an easement of approximately 9,900 feet in length along the former railroad roadbed and suitable for the construction of a portion of the Assabet River Rail Trail and for public access, including legal, appraisal, engineering and other costs or fees incidental thereto; and further to authorize the selectmen to apply for, accept and expend any and all grants, gifts, transfers, and/or reimbursement available for such acquisition, and to enter into any and all agreements and execute any and all documents as may be necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purpose of this article; or take any action relative thereto.
lor:#000000;">The meeting adjourned at 10:28pm.
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