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Dorchester 02 reviews options for flooded Gavans site and five other district-owned properties
Summary
District staff presented an inventory of six district-owned properties to the Dorchester 02 Facilities Committee on Jan. 13 and outlined options for each, including selling for fair market value, donating to a nonprofit, demolition, or repurposing for district offices.
District staff presented an inventory of six district-owned properties to the Dorchester 02 Facilities Committee on Jan. 13 and outlined options for each, including selling for fair market value, donating to a nonprofit, demolition, or repurposing for district offices.
Staff emphasized the Gavans site as the district’s most problematic property: the parcel spans about 11.5 acres with a roughly 1,380-square-foot former school building; the site sits in a flood-prone area, is on a septic/well system and contains a leach field in the center of the parcel. Staff said remediation after a 2015 flood cost about $1 million and that the site flooded again in 2024, requiring further remediation estimated by staff at roughly another $1 million. Annual utility and…
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