Board tables parcel combination and purchase requests, orders appraisals for small parcels

The board considered multiple property matters and declined to approve sales without additional due diligence. A request from Kevin Samarelli to combine three parcels into a single buildable lot was discussed at length; members raised wetlands and a paper road bisecting the parcels and agreed to table any sale while ordering an appraisal and consulting with public-works staff.

Separately, a small triangular parcel on Ingrassia Road contiguous to the Heritage Trail — purchased in the 1994–96 period for $8,000, staff said — was identified for appraisal at the board's direction. Board members also discussed a buildable lot at 40 Lake Avenue and options including offering it to adjoining owners or transferring it to the CDA for housing; that item was tabled for further review. Joanne Maxwell and others were cited in the discussion about interest and appraisal timing.