20.124 North Farms Road Order of TakingProperty Address:
East Side of North Farms Road
Northampton, MA
ORDER OF TAKING
The undersigned, being the duly elected and sitting members of the City Council of the City of
Northampton, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting under the authority of and in
accordance with the provisions of General Laws of the Commonwealth, as from time to time
amended, and more particularly Chapter 79, and pursuant to the Order of the Northampton City
Council, a true copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, does hereby take a permanent
easement for and on behalf of the Inhabitants of the City of Northampton on and over the parcel
described below. The purpose for the taking hereunder is to permit the grantee to access, install,
realign, maintain, repair, and replace one or more drainage pipes and lines, stone pipe end, and
associated infrastructure, and to enter and remain upon the easement area by foot and with vehicles
and equipment for said purposes.
The easement taken herein is on, over and under the land of Robert J. Vollinger, shown as “Drain
Line Easement” on the plan entitled, “Plan of Drain Line Easement” by City of Northampton,
Department of Public Works, Engineering Division, which is attached hereto as Exhibit B. As
damages for this taking the City awards $22,500.00 given that there is, and has been for decades,
an existing drain line within the easement herein taken. This taking is subject to the requirement
that, prior to entry, the City shall notify Owner of any proposed activity on Owner’s land no less
than 48 hours of commencing such activities. Such notice requirement shall not apply to entry in
an emergency. If grantee excavates any soil within the easement area, grantee shall restore
subsurface layers and topsoil in the same order and condition that existed prior to any work being
done, and shall replant or reseed any surface vegetation that existed prior to any work being
done.
For title see deed of Grace Vollinger to Robert J. Vollinger, dated April 17, 2016, and recorded
in the Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 12252, Page 344.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We, the City Council of the City of Northampton, have executed this
Order of Taking this _____ day of ________________, 2020.
WITNESS TO ALL:
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF NORTHAMPTON, MA
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Gina-Louise Sciarra William H. Dwight
AT-LARGE COUNCILOR AT-LARGE COUNCILOR
___________________________________ ___________________________________
Michael Quinlan, Jr. Karen Foster
WARD 1 COUNCILOR WARD 2 COUNCILOR
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James Nash John Thorpe
WARD 3 COUNCILOR WARD 4 COUNCILOR
___________________________________ ___________________________________
Alex Jarrett Marianne L. LaBarge
WARD 5 COUNCILOR WARD 6 COUNCILOR
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Rachel Maiore
WARD 7 COUNCILOR
CERTIFICATE OF THE CLERK
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF NORTHAMPTON, MA
I, Laura Krutzler, the Clerk of the City Council of the City of Northampton, MA, hereby certify
that the attached Order of Taking of certain easements located in Northampton, Hampshire County,
Massachusetts, was executed on _____________________, 2020, by Gina-Louise Sciarra,
William H. Dwight, Michael Quinlan, Jr., Karen Foster, James Nash, John Thorpe, Alex Jarrett,
Marianne L. LaBarge, and Rachel Maiore, who as of that day, were and are the duly elected
members of the City Council of the City of Northampton, MA.
Signed this _____ day of ________________, 2020.
______________________________________
Laura Krutzler
Clerk to City Council
City of Northampton, Massachusetts
EXHIBIT A
CITY COUNCIL ORDER
EXHIBIT B
PLAN OF EASEMENT