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Committee recommends acceptance of civic space at 808 Windsor, approves maintenance license and storm drainage easement

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The finance committee recommended approval of documents transferring civic space at 808 Windsor Street to the city, a perpetual maintenance license/covenant, and a storm drainage easement; the agreement assigns maintenance to a Boynton Yards Owners Association with fallback obligations for the property owner.

The Somerville Finance Committee on May 6 recommended approval of a package of real-estate documents transferring civic open space at 808 Windsor Street to the city and establishing a perpetual maintenance regime.

City attorney Kathy Salkert described the package as a deed of civic space to the city, a maintenance license incorporating a covenant that will run with the land (paragraph 15), and a storm drainage easement to accommodate subsurface stormwater tanks under the civic plaza. Salkert said the maintenance license is required because the civic space will be owned by the city…

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