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Selectmen accept $350,000 Land for Maine Future grant and conservation covenants for three town parcels
Summary
The Board of Selectmen unanimously accepted a $350,000 Land for Maine's Future Trust Fund grant to place conservation project agreements and covenants on three town parcels and authorized the manager to finalize documents with agreed clarifications.
The Wells Board of Selectmen voted 5-0 to accept a $350,000 grant from the Land for Maine's Future (LMF) Trust Fund and to execute project agreements and conservation covenants on three town-owned conservation parcels: Tax Map 29 Lot 5, Tax Map 46 Lot 14 and Tax Map 39 Lot 14.
Town staff explained the grant request and the parcels involved. The grant is intended to reimburse or otherwise place $350,000 into the town—onservation fund in connection with a recent purchase of a 31-acre parcel off Perry Oliver Road and two other conservation parcels (one roughly five acres near the power lines off Bills Lane and another parcel of about 120 acres nearby). "The proposal with Land for Maine Future was to create [a] conservation easement across this property and…
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