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Resident says Palisade Street access strip wrongly designated; board pauses development and orders legal review

Village of Merrimac Board of Trustees · November 12, 2024
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Summary

Becky Easland and her attorney told the Board a 20-foot strip adjoining 206 Palisade St. was wrongly deemed public access in 1991; the Board authorized its attorney to meet with Easland's counsel, temporarily removed the public-access designation and tabled further development until ownership is determined.

During the Nov. 12 meeting resident Becky Easland and her attorney Jamie Radabaugh of Boardman & Clark LLP presented information alleging that a 20-foot strip of land adjoining 206 Palisade St. was unlawfully designated as public access by the Village in 1991.

Easland said the designation affects her property, and Radabaugh asked the Board to reconsider the classification. After discussion, the Board concluded ownership must be determined before pursuing any development or village work on that strip. On a Budde/Senger motion the Board authorized the Village attorney at Stafford Rosenbaum to meet with Easland's attorney, tabled further discussion of Village development of that easement until an agreement can be reached, and for the time being removed the public-access designation.

The motion passed unanimously. The transcript records no final ownership determination; the matter is being handled through counsel and remains unresolved pending legal review and any subsequent documentation that establishes property title.