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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
TOWN OF DUXBURY
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
WARRANT

MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2020
AT 7:05 P.M.

DUXBURY SCHOOLS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
73 ALDEN STREET

 

 

 Plymouth, SS
Greetings:
To either of the Constables of the Town of Duxbury, in said County:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are directed to NOTIFY and
WARN the INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF DUXBURY, qualified to vote in elections
and in Town affairs, to meet in the Duxbury Schools Performing Arts Center, 73 Alden
Street, in said Duxbury on MONDAY, the SIXTEENTH day of MARCH, 2020, next, at 7:05
P.M. for a SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, for the transaction of any business that may legally
come before said meeting:

 

 

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 ARTICLE 1 – CONSERVATION LAND PURCHASE – TEMPLE STREET –
HARRINGTON PROPERTY
To see if the Town will, upon recommendation of the Community Preservation Committee, (a)
authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire, by purchase, gift or eminent domain and on such
terms and conditions as the Board of Selectmen deems to be in the best interests of the Town, for
open space, historic preservation, community housing, agricultural, water supply protection and/or
passive recreation purposes, all or portions of the parcels of land located on Temple Street, shown
on a plan of land on file at the Office of the Town Clerk, and identified as Assessors Parcels 037022-000, 037-022-002 and 037-022-003; (b) to raise and appropriate, borrow, or transfer from the
Community Preservation Fund a sum of money for the purpose of funding said acquisition and
costs incidental or related thereto, and to meet this appropriation, to authorize the Treasurer, with
the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money under M.G.L. Chapter 44,
Sections 7 or 8, M.G.L. Chapter 44B, Section 11, and/or any other enabling authority and to issue
bonds or notes of the Town therefor, and any premium received by the Town upon the sale of any
bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any such premium applied to costs of issuance of such
bonds or notes, may be applied to of costs approved by this vote with a reduction of borrowing
authority therefore by a like amount in accordance with M. G.L. Chapter 44, Section 20, (c) to
authorize the Board of Selectmen to apply for, accept and expend any funds that may be provided
by the Commonwealth or other public or private sources to defray all or a portion of the costs of
said acquisition, including, but not limited to, grants and/or reimbursement from the
Commonwealth under the Self-Help Act, G.L. Ch. 132A, Section 11 (now, so-called LAND
grants), which grants and/or funds so received shall be used to repay all or a portion of the sum
appropriated from the Community Preservation Fund hereunder, and to enter into all agreements
and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the foregoing
acquisition, (d) to authorize the Board of Selectmen to grant and/or accept deed restrictions
pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L. Ch. 184, Sections 31-33, in compliance with G.L. Ch. 44B,
Section12(a), in the portions of the property dedicated to one or more or the aforesaid purposes;
and, further, (e) to authorize the Board of Selectmen and/or the Conservation Commission to enter
into management agreements for up to ten years as may be necessary for the purposes of this
Article, on terms deemed by the Board of Selectmen and/or the Conservation Commission to be
in the best interest of the Town; or take any action in relation thereto.
Proposed by the Community Preservation Commission/Conservation Commission
Explanation: This article is seeking to authorize and fund the purchase of up to 17 acres of land
for open space, historic preservation, community housing, agricultural, water supply protection
and/or passive recreation purposes, and allow the Selectmen and/or the Conservation Commission
to enter into farm management agreements for up to ten years on those portions of the property, if
any, that will be used for open space, water supply protection, and/or passive recreation purposes.
Recommendations:

 

Board of Selectmen Vote: Available at Town Meeting
Finance Committee Vote: Available at Town Meeting

 

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 AND YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED TO SERVE THIS WARRANT by posting attested copies
thereof as prescribed by M.G.L. Chapter 39, Section 10 and by Chapter 2, Section 2.3 of the Town
of Duxbury General By-laws, and by publishing a copy of this Warrant in a Plymouth County
Newspaper, as prescribed by Article 2, Section 2.3 of the Duxbury By-Laws, at least fourteen (14)
days before the time of holding said Meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the
Town Clerk, at the time and place of this meeting.
Given under our hands this 18th day of February, 2020.

Plymouth ss:
February 20th, 2020
Pursuant to the warrant I have this day notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of
Duxbury, herein described, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes as described
by the By-laws of the Town.
A TRUE COPY
ATTESTED

 

 

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