Milton council initiates Old Bullpen Road abandonment as discussion advances Birmingham Park conservation easement

Sarah Leaders, the City of Milton public works director, led a council discussion on a proposed conservation easement for Birmingham Park and the related abandonment of a portion of Old Bullpen Road. Council voted to begin the legal abandonment process for the right of way that runs through the park.

The council heard that staff and the land trust are developing language for a conservations easement that would place roughly 185 acres of Birmingham Park under perpetual protection while leaving about 22 acres out of the easement for existing facilities and potential future uses. "This is going to be a discussion of the proposed conservation easement for Birmingham Park," Leaders said, explaining the draft terms and the "allowed rights" staff recommends for park management, trails and limited improvements.

That allowed-rights list includes outdoor recreation, educational uses, park management activities (including ecological improvements and agriculture), and maintenance of existing roads, access drives…