The Candia Board of Selectmen on July 14 authorized $9,500 from the town conservation fund to hire a licensed surveyor to prepare deed research, a boundary survey, a plot plan and a legal parcel description required to record a conservation easement on a consolidated parcel on Chester Turnpike, a Conservation Commission member told the board.
The work is intended to confirm parcel lines and prepare the legal documents needed for an easement that would protect wetlands and provide formal access between two town-owned properties and a landlocked parcel near Kennecomb Pond, the commission member said.
Nut graf: The Conservation Commission issued a request for proposals and received a single responsive bid from Promised Land Survey (the bid price was $9,500). Under the town purchasing policy, the commission sought board approval to use conservation funds for the survey work; selectmen voted to allow the expenditure so the commission can proceed with the survey and next easement steps.
The commission member told the board the item started last year after a resident consolidated two lots and the commission determined a survey was the next step toward placing a conservation easement on the parcel. The RFP requested a New Hampshire-licensed surveyor to produce documents suitable for recording at the Rockingham County Registry of Deeds.
A selectman moved to authorize the $9,500 expenditure from the conservation fund and the board voted to approve the motion. The commission plans to obtain GIS points and follow the survey with additional work needed to finalize the easement.
Next steps: the Conservation Commission will contract with the surveyor to produce the deed research and boundary survey, then use the survey to prepare and record an easement deed at the Rockingham County Registry of Deeds.