CPC: Purchase of Dorman Property, 0 Herrick Road - $1,500,000

ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select Board to acquire by purchase, gift, eminent domain, or otherwise all or a portion of a 35+ acre parcel of land on Herrick Road, Boxford, also known as the Dorman Property, shown on a plan of land entitled “Compiled Plan in Boxford, MA Prepared for Town of Boxford,” drawn by Donohoe Survey, Inc., dated January 25, 2023, on file with the Town Clerk; that said land be conveyed to the Town of Boxford under the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 44B, as it may hereafter be amended, and to be under the care, custody, management and control of the Select Board and held for the following purposes authorized under the Community Preservation Act:

a) Acquisition, creation, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of open space, and

b) Acquisition, creation, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of land for recreational use;

and that to fund said purchase including all costs incidental and related thereto including closing costs, legal expenses and feasibility studies and associated plans, to appropriate the sum of 1,500,000 or any other amount; and that to meet this appropriation, the sum of $1,500,000 be transferred from the Undesignated Community Preservation Fund balance; and to authorize the Select Board to grant conservation restrictions or other such perpetual restrictions as may be permitted pursuant to the Community Preservation Act, on all or any portion of said parcel; and, further, to authorize the Select Board to apply for and accept grants, donations or reimbursements for this purpose in any way connected with the scope of this article, and to enter into all agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effect said purchase, or take any other action thereon.

Sponsored and supported by the Community Preservation Committee

Land Committee recommends adoption of this article

Select Board recommends adoption of this article

Finance Committee to make recommendation at Town Meeting