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Abutters press Planning Board to seek removal of a 40-acre parcel from Town auction for conservation
Summary
Abutters’ representative Jim George told the Planning Board the group is pursuing conservation of an approximately 40-acre North Road parcel with Bear Paw and Southeast Land Trust and asked the Board to request the Selectmen remove the property from an upcoming auction.
Jim George, representing abutters to a roughly 40-acre parcel on North Road, asked the Candia Planning Board on April 1 to consider intervening with the Board of Selectmen to remove the property from an upcoming Town auction. George said the abutters had previously received a Planning Board letter of support for conservation and are pursuing conservation options with Bear Paw and Southeast Land Trust; he added the property owners are willing to pay back taxes and cover survey and legal costs to facilitate conservation.
Board members clarified that Town auctions of tax-defaulted properties typically go to the highest bidder and there is no automatic requirement to offer landlocked parcels to abutters first. The Board acknowledged its prior support for conservation efforts and suggested the abutters present a formal request to the Board of Selectmen to seek removal of the property from the auction list.
George said the group’s primary concern is that auctioning the property to an unknown buyer could lead to undesired development and the disruption of beaver dams on the property. The Board did not take formal action at the meeting but advised the abutters to bring their request to the Selectmen for consideration.
