HomeMy WebLinkAboutMARCH 2, 2006 STM PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT IMPORTANT NOTICE TO VOTERS
MARCH 2, 2006 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
The Town of North Andover will hold a Special Town Meeting on
Thursday March 2, 2006 at the North Andover High School, 430 Osgood
Street, beginning at 7:OOPM to vote on the following Article:
Article 1. — Acquisition of Land and Conservation Restriction at 605 Osgood Street
known as the Cullen Property. To see if the Town will vote to receive the report of
the Community Preservation Committee and to raise and appropriate from the
Community Preservation Fund, in accordance with the provisions of Massachusetts
General Laws, Chapter 44B, $1,490,000.00 for the acquisition by gift, purchase or
eminent domain, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase or
eminent domain, the fee interest in approximately 10.6 acres of land and a conservation
restriction in approximately 1.4 acres of land for use as open space forest land, now or
formerly owned by Albert F. Cullen, Jr. and Maeve M. Cullen, with a property address of
605 Osgood Street, and shown as a portion of the property on Assessors' Plan 35, Parcel
32, excluding the house, and for expenses related to said acquisition, which includes a
non-refundable deposit in the amount of $50,000.00 payable upon the execution of a
purchase and sale agreement for said land and conservation restriction, to be managed
and controlled by the Conservation Commission of the Town of North Andover in
accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C for open space
forest land purposes, and to meet said appropriation the Treasurer with the approval of
the Board of Selectmen is authorized to borrow $1,490,000.00 in accordance with
Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44 and/or 44B, the Community Preservation Act or
any other enabling authority, and to issue any bonds or notes that may be necessary for
that purpose, and that the Town Manager be authorized to file on behalf of the Town of
North Andover any and all applications deemed necessary under the Community
Preservation Act, the Self-Help Act (Chapter 132A, Section 11) or any other applications
for funds in any way connected with the scope of this acquisition, and that the Town
Manager and the Board of Selectmen and the Conservation Commission be authorized to
enter into all agreements and execute any and all instruments, including a permanent deed
or conservation restriction in accordance with General Laws Chapter 184 and take any
other action as may be necessary on behalf of the Town of North Andover to effect said
acquisition, and to rescind the appropriation of $50,000.00 from the Community
Preservation Fund made by Article 10 at the December 5, 2005 Special Town Meeting, or
take any other action related thereto.
Board of Selectmen
THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE TO BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE
AT THE MEETING IS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2006. THE TOWN CLERK'S
OFFICE WILL BE OPEN UNTIL 8:OOPM. PLEASE CONTACT THE TOWN
CLERK'S OFFICE AT (978)688-9502 IF YOU REQUIRE ANY SPECIAL
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE MEETING.
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