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Amherst CIC votes unanimously to recommend perpetual easement purchase for cell-tower site
Summary
After an executive session about a lease that dates to 2007, the Amherst Community Improvement Corporation voted 7–0 to recommend that City Council adopt Option A: a perpetual easement purchase for the parcel tied to the cell tower lease.
After returning from an executive session, the Amherst Community Improvement Corporation moved to recommend that the City Council pursue Option A — a perpetual easement purchase — for the parcel hosting a cellular lease whose original agreement dates to about 2007.
"After a serious consideration, I would like to make a motion that, with our recommendation that this go to council, with our approval of option a, a perpetual easement purchase for the land in question," said a committee member who moved the motion. The motion included a stipulation that the law director and legal counsel perform the necessary reviews before council action.
The motion was seconded and then carried by roll-call vote. The board instructed staff and the law department to prepare the documentation and forward the recommendation to City Council; the recorded vote in the meeting transcript was 7 in favor, 0 opposed. The board noted the lease has been extended multiple times and is approaching expiration; no final lease terms or dollar amounts were disclosed during the meeting.
The recommendation will be transmitted to City Council for its consideration; the CIC did not adopt a final purchase contract at the meeting, but recommended that council pursue the perpetual easement and that legal counsel complete review and drafting.
