MassachusettsWellesley could shift conservation land to public works control
Wellesley would be allowed to shift control of specified Barton Road land to public works and would have to protect other town land for conservation and recreation.
What it does
Wellesley’s natural resources commission would be allowed to transfer control of three mapped areas at 125 Barton Road to the town’s board of public works.
To offset the Barton Road land’s changed use, Wellesley would have to transfer other town land to its natural resources commission and dedicate it to conservation and recreation.
Argument forRequiring replacement land for conservation and recreation could preserve land for those uses while allowing the Barton Road transfer.
Argument againstMoving the Barton Road land out of conservation management could weaken watershed protection there, despite the required protection of other land.
More detail
The natural resources commission could transfer control of the land to the town’s board of public works. This covers only areas PE-1, PE-2, and FIL-1 at 125 Barton Road, within town-owned parcel 21-81, as mapped on the plan filed with the town clerk. This permission would take effect when the act becomes law.
Wellesley would have to transfer control of replacement land to its natural resources commission. This covers town-owned land controlled by public works and shown on the Morses Pond Access Road land-swap plan filed with the town clerk. The town would have to dedicate this land to conservation and recreation under Article 97 of the state constitution. The requirement would take effect when the act becomes law; no transfer deadline is stated.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
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