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ORDER-2015-191 : To grant, and accept, mutual permanent easements on and over a parcel of land at 11 Greenwood Street.
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ORDER-2015-191 Property: Easement To grant, and accept, mutual permanent easements on and over a parcel of land at 11 Greenwood Street. Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen City of Melrose Page 1 Updated 6/22/2015 2:21 PM
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▶ 4:51 Peter D. Mortimer: 15-190 and 15-189 will be recommended to the full board for passage. Thank you. Thank you very much, Chief. The next order we have before us is order 2015-191. It is to grant, accept mutual permanent easements on and over a parcel of land at 11 Greenwood Street. We are still under suspension, so Mr. Schenner, our Director of Public Works, will be joining us to explain this order and answer any questions we may have. Good evening, Mr. Schenner.
▶ 5:28 Speaker 3: Good evening, everyone. During the design phase of the Highlands Improvements, the project team and the committee identified a parcel of private property that really looks like public property it's right along Franklin Street at the main entrance to the Highlands lot and at the time we were looking to make pedestrian improvements to that area we were looking to create gathering areas for people to congregate and and we had done that on one side we were looking at to mirror it on the other side so the the documents before you are an agreement between the city and dr. Jatrellis from from the corner of the Highlands lot in Franklin Street it reflects an easement if this has been we've worked with the legal office at and making this agreement valid what you have is the actual easement plan a the construction plan which shows how the area will has been constructed and all the paperwork and agreement that shows that this is this is all ready to move forward the owner has been represented by attorney Bob Bell during the process the actual easement execution is expected shortly and obviously attorney Bell is dealing with attorney van campus and attorney Lucas on this matter so that that is the order that's before you
▶ 6:57 Peter D. Mortimer: Thank you Mr. Shanna, President Kahn please.
▶ 6:59 Speaker 1: And Mr. Shanna, the city's not paying any compensation to obtain this easement.
▶ 7:05 Speaker 3: No, we're not paying, we're performing some improvements to his private property in conjunction with this. The plans show what that is, but we are not making any monetary payment to him in exchange for this property.
▶ 7:17 Speaker 1: And my understanding is the landowner actually was losing some parking as a result of the grant of the easement. So the city swapped back some parking to compensate him.
▶ 7:28 Speaker 3: That's exactly it, and that's what the documents show. He would have lost three spaces, so we compensated. The improvements compensate those spaces, so it's a net zero loss form.
▶ 7:39 Speaker 1: I move to recommend this order, Mr. Chairman.
▶ 7:42 Peter D. Mortimer: Second. Thank you for your comments, President Kahn. And President Kahn has made a motion to recommend this order for passage to the full board. Second. Said motion was duly seconded by Alderman McAteer-Margolis. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor of recommending this order for passage to the full board, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Hearing none, this order will be recommended to the full board for passage. Thank you, Mr. Shenner. Thank you, one and all.