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Finance Committee votes not to adopt warrant article seeking eminent domain for 3579 South Shore Road
Summary
At its Jan. 28 remote meeting, the Nantucket Finance Committee voted unanimously to recommend not adopting a citizen warrant article (Article 100) that would authorize the town to take 3579 South Shore Road (Surfside Crossing) by eminent domain, citing legal risk, funding requirements, and planning concerns.
The Nantucket Finance Committee voted unanimously Jan. 28 not to adopt a citizen warrant article that would have authorized the town to take 3579 South Shore Road (Surfside Crossing) by eminent domain.
Denise, finance committee chair, opened discussion of Article 100 in the adopted warrant for the 2025 annual town meeting and explained that petitioner Miss Perry had asked for the warrant article to authorize a taking of the Surfside Crossing parcel; Miss Perry was not present at the meeting.
John, town counsel, told the committee that even if town meeting approved both a two-thirds vote to authorize eminent domain and an appropriation for land damages, “this is only an authorization for the select board to act. Town meeting cannot compel the…
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