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Select Board schedules Sept. 3 hearing to put Land for Maine Future covenants on November ballot for 31-acre Perry Oliver Road purchase
Summary
The Select Board scheduled a Sept. 3 public hearing to place on the Nov. special town meeting a ballot question tied to a $350,000 Land for Maine Future grant for a 31-acre parcel on Perry Oliver Road; members debated conservation covenants that could restrict future parking and require state review of town parcels.
The Select Board voted on Aug. 20 to schedule a public hearing on Sept. 3 to consider placing a ballot question before voters in the November special town meeting about accepting a Land for Maine Future grant and associated restrictive covenants for a 31-acre parcel on Perry Oliver Road.
Town staff said the town has a purchase-and-sale agreement with the Bragdon Family Trust for the 31-acre parcel and that the Land for Maine Future Board has offered a $350,000 grant toward the purchase. Staff warned the draft project agreement contains covenants that could limit future improvements on this parcel and other conservation parcels the town already owns, and that some improvements would require review and approval by the Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife agency.
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