HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4599 FILED ON: 9/9/2009
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4316
[LOCAL APPROVAL RECEIVED.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Brian M.
Ashe
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To the Honorable
Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act EXEMPTING THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD FROM
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL LAWS.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Brian M.
Ashe
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2nd Hampde
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act EXEMPTING THE
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL LAWS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter thirty B of the General Laws or any other general law or special law to the contrary, the city of Springfield is hereby authorized to enter to a lease agreement with the
Forest Park Zoological Society, Inc.
(herein
after “
Society
”)
to lease and operate the "Forest Park Zoo" located within Forest Park, in S
pringfield Massachusetts
,
including the land and building
s, as described below,
for a term
not to exceed
twenty-five years,
u
nder such terms and conditions as the c
ity of Springfield and the
Society
may agree from time to time.
The Forest Park Zoo property is described as follows:
Beginning at a point at the northwesterly corner of
a parcel of
land described on a plan on file in the Springfield Engineering Divisio
n Office entitled J
AMES P. HEADY - KIDDIELAND ZOO
1"= 40', December
,
1968
,
from said northwesterly corner
a
tie course, running S
60
°
31'28" W along land of the City of Springfield a distance of 465.98 feet to the point of beginning
of
the parcel to be des
cribed.
Beginning at this point; thence, S18
°
11'19" E along land of the City of Springfield a distance of 400.00 feet to an angle point; thence, S
2
°
57'43" E along land of the City of Springfield a distance of 130.00 feet to a
n
angle point; thence, N
86
°
54'57" W along
land of the City of Springfield a distance of 18
5
.00 feet to an angle point; thence, N
52
°
59'11"
W along land of the City of Springfield a distance of
455
.00 feet to an angle point; thence,
N 1° 03' 00" E along land of the City of Sprin
gfield
a distance of 175.00 feet to an angle point; thence, N
46
°
21"18"E along land of the City of Springfield a distance of
175
.00 feet to
an angle point; thence, S 76°19' 04" E along land of the City of Springfield a distance of 295.00 feet to the
point
of beginning.
The above described
p
remises contains about 4.802 acres of land, more or less, and is shown on a plan entitled “Plan of Land in Springfield, Massachusetts, Surveyed for the Forest Park Zoological Society, Scale 1"= 40', dated June 1, 1984,
Heritage Surveys, Bruce A. Coombs, R.I.S.” Said Plan is on file in the Engineering Division of the Springfield Department of Public Works.
SECTION 2.
The Society may set and charge, subject to the approval of the board of park commissioners of said cit
y, reasonable fees for admission to any facilities or improvements made upon said parcel of land.
SECTION 3.
This act shall take effect upon its passage.
