Agenda Summary
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Conveying updates to item 24-0987, Mayor requesting approval of a Deed and Maintenance Agreement for Leonard Grimes Park at 31 Tufts Street.
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To the Honorable City Council:
I hereby submit the following updates to item number 24-0987 for your consideration and approval:
1) the conveyance of parcel of land containing Leonard Grimes Park from 31 Tufts Street LLC to the City, said parcel known as Lot 2 on Plan 302 of 2022 as further described in the deed conveying the Park; and
2) the grant of a maintenance easement from the City to 31 Tufts Street LLC for performing maintenance obligations for the Leonard Grimes Park as further described in the easement document and the Landscape Management and Maintenance Plan incorporated in the easement document.
The changes to the final versions are as follows:
1. In the Deed, page 2, paragraph beginning with “This conveyance” changing “has” to “have been” in both places (as the word relates to two easements previously granted).
2. In the Deed, page 2, paragraph beginning with “the “Public Access Easement”, adding the word “Easement” to replace “Agreement”.
3. In the Deed, adding Eliza Edelsberg Datta as the signatory for Tufts Glen Pocket Park LLC and updating the notary block.
4. In the Deed, removing the City’s signature page as it is not necessary.
5. In the Easement Agreement, dating the document as of July (when it will be signed and recorded) instead of June.
6. In the Easement Agreement, paragraph 4, line 7, inserting the phrase ‘[with] the prior written approval [of the City].”
7. In the Easement Agreement, inserting May 14, 2024 the date of the approved Landscape Maintenance and Management Plan attached as Exhibit.
8. In the Easement Agreement, deleting Exhibit F, Certificate of Vote for 31 Tufts LLC as this vote will be contained in a recording certificate that will go to record at the Registry prior to the Deed and the Easement.
Appropriate staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this matter.
Respectfully Submitted,
Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor