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Park Spirit asks Parks Commission to seek city solicitor’s opinion on parkland protections; commission requests legal review
Summary
Park Spirit asked the commission to request a formal legal opinion from the city solicitor about the status and protections of Worcester’s public parkland (citations cited include Acts of 1882 and others). The commission voted to refer the request to the city solicitor and to verify the status of the William A. Richardson Park Fund.
Park Spirit asked the Worcester City Parks Commission to request a formal legal opinion from the city solicitor clarifying the statutory and constitutional protections applicable to Worcester’s public parkland and to supply documentary proof for several historical land actions.
Rick Miller, president of Park Spirit, said the group "respectfully request[ed] that the Parks Commission in coordination with the office of the city solicitor provide a formal legal opinion regarding the status and…
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