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CPC declines due‑diligence funding for Getchell Reservation stairway; ownership and responsibility remain unresolved
Summary
The Community Preservation Committee debated whether to pay for title examinations needed to record an easement for the Carol/Getchell stairway and ultimately voted down a motion to allocate up to $2,000–$4,000 for the work.
The Community Preservation Committee spent the latter part of its Feb. 10 meeting on the Carol/Getchell stairway and a contested title/easement question for the middle section of the trail that connects to the Getchell Reservation.
Heather (CPC staff) summarized correspondence with the city solicitor: the easement plan provided to the committee lacked the documentation the solicitor required to file easements with private property owners. The solicitor requested full title examinations; staff obtained a contractor quote of roughly $300–$400 per property and identified three to five parcels that might need examination, including two private parcels, the church parcel and the…
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