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Abutters ask Candia Select Board to explore negotiated purchase to keep small town parcels out of auction; board asks counsel to review title and liability
Summary
At a public hearing on nine surplus parcels the board opened comment and heard from abutters who proposed buying certain parcels and funding surveys/title work to preserve open space under RSA 8080. The auctioneer and board cautioned that titles are unclear; the board asked staff to summarize facts and send materials to town counsel before a second hearing scheduled for Sept. 23.
The Candia Select Board opened a public hearing Sept. 8 to gather comment on offering nine town-owned parcels deemed surplus; the parcels are part of a larger review in which several properties had been removed from the list because they were reserved for conservation.
Resident and abutter Matt Phillips (speaker 10) and others representing the Georges proposed an alternative to auction under RSA 8080. They asked the board to find that a negotiated sale—where abutters pay back taxes and interest, fund required surveys and assume liability for any subsequent claims—could preserve…
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