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Conservation commission pursues site visit for potential 100-acre Doherty parcel acquisition
Summary
A landowner signaled willingness to sell roughly 100 acres (Doherty parcel) to conservation; commissioners agreed to coordinate a site visit using town tax-map coordinates and preliminary boundary checks before considering appraisal or purchase.
Members reported that a landowner (referred to as Steve) indicated interest in selling two lots totaling about 100 acres to the conservation commission. The owner has engaged a surveyor but commissioners said a preliminary assessment using town tax-map coordinates would allow a site walk to evaluate the parcel against the commission's protection criteria.
The commission said an appraisal would be required for purchase but that an initial site visit and scoring against the commission's criteria would be sufficient to determine interest; staff volunteered to contact the owner to arrange access and boundary information. Members asked for a rough coordinate-based boundary so the commission could perform an initial field assessment without the expense of a full survey.
