1998-03-02-TE-Warrant-and-1998-03-23-STM-and-ATM-Warrant

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CONSERVATION AND PLANNING BOARD ARTICLE 30 AMEND ARTICLE XXXII OF GENERAL BY-LAWS, WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT To see if the Town will vote to amend Article XXXII of the General By-Laws (Wetland Protection) by adding a new section 8 thereto relating to the imposition of a fee for the reasonable costs and expenses borne by the Conservation Commission for specific expert engineering and other consultant services, all as shown on a document on file in the Office of the Town Clerk; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at the request of the Conservation Commission) DESCRIPTION: The fee would be deposited to cover the cost of obtaining engineering and environmental consulting services and doing research on projects that are filed with the Commission for permitting under the State's Wetlands Protection Act and the Town's By- Law for Wetland Protection. The fee is deposited in a special account pursuant to the provisions of Section 53G of Chapter 44 of the M.G.L. and any monies not used are returned to the applicant. ARTICLE 31 LAND ACQUISITION To see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission to purchase or otherwise acquire, and will authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, upon the written request of the Conservation Commission, for conservation purposes including outdoor recreation as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, as amended, any fee, easement or conservation restriction as defined in Section 31 of Chapter 184 of the General Laws, or other interest in all or any part of land shown as Lot 122 on Assessor's property Map 64 now or formerly of the Pilgrim Congregational Church; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or actin any manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at the request of the Conservation Commission) FUNDS REQUESTED: Unknown at press time. DESCRIPTION: This article is for the acquisition of part of the open land on the rear portion of the lot now owned by the Pilgrim Congregational Church. The land to be acquired is located between the residential lots on Coolidge Avenue, residential lots on Hancock Street, the Pilgrim Church grounds (which would be severed by the land) and the Chiesa Farm Conservation Land. The land is largely forested and is intersected by a brook. If acquired, the land would serve as an addition to the Chiesa Farm Conservation Land and would thus extend the corridor of natural open space in the neighborhood. 24