20.124 Fully-Executed Order of Taking for East Side of NFRProperty 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
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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.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We, the City Council of the City of Northampton, have executed this
Order of Taking this _?p 1P day of do irlek , 2020.
WITNESS TO ALL:
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF NORTHAMPTON, MA
-Gina -Louise Sciarra William H. Dwight
AT -LARGE COUNCILOR AT -LARGE COUNCILOR
Michael Quinlan, Jr.
WARD 1 ILOR
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J s Nash !/
WARD 3 COUNCILOR
Alex Jarrett
WARD 5 COUNCILOR
el Maiore
WARD 7 COUNCILOR
aren Foster
WARD 2 COUNCILOR
John Thorpe
WARD 4 COUNCILOR
'Mirifinne L. LaBarge
WARD d 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 o=rydeR A. , 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 _R,?day of ocr0m , 2020.
Laura Krutzler
Clerk to City Council
City of Northampton, Massachusetts
20.124
City of Northampton
MASSACHUSETTS
In City Council, September 17, 2020
Upon the recommendation of Mayor David J. Narkewicz and Department of Public Works
0-20.124 AN ORDER AUTHORIZING ACQUISITION OF DRAINAGE EASEMENT
ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH FARMS ROAD
WHEREAS, the City needs to upgrade, replace and extend a drainpipe on the east side of North
Farms Road, which outlets onto land of Robert J. Vollinger, Parcel ID 07-042-001; and
WHEREAS, the extended easement is shown on a plan of land entitled "Drain Line Easement
North Farms Road, Vollinger's Field, Florence, MA," dated August 2020 by City of Northampton
Department of Public Works; and
WHEREAS, Robert J. Vollinger is willing to grant the City the extended easement and to release
all claims for the taking of the easement for the consideration of Twenty -Two Thousand Five
Hundred Dollars ($22,500.00).
NOW, THEREFORE BE 1T ORDERED,
The City Council hereby authorizes the acquisition by purchase, gift, eminent domain, or
otherwise of easement interests in a portion of tax parcel ID 07-042-001, as shown on the
above -referenced plan, in order to access, install, realign, maintain, repair, and replace one or
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. No
appropriation is needed as sufficient funds are available in the Drain Replacement Fund
3200620-589022 to pay Twenty -Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($22,500.00) as
consideration or damages for the acquisition authorized hereunder.
In City Council, September 17, 2020
Passed First Reading on Roll Call Vote or 9 Yes, 0 No, 0 Absent
Attest: , Clerk or council
In City Council, September 17, 2020
Passed Second Reading on Roll Call vote or Yes, 0 No, 0 Absent
Alint: _54, Clerk or Council
Approved: David J. Narkewicz, Mayor
Rules suspended, passed two readings and enrolled.
hereby certify that the above Order passed the Northampton City Council on September 17, 2020
David J. Narkewicz, Mayor approved the Order on September 21, 2020
Attest: , Clerk of Council
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