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