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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Times New Roman">Hi Betsy,</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Times New Roman">Get an appraisal and
sell the fee in the road.</font></font></p>
<font size="+1"><font face="Times New Roman">Best,</font></font><br>
<font size="+1"><font face="Times New Roman">H. LaCortiglia</font></font><br>
<font size="+1"><font face="Times New Roman">Georgetown P.B.</font></font>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/14/2021 4:56 PM, Elizabeth Ware
via MassPlanners wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old
Style",serif">Okay,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old
Style",serif">I have a Friday question that I am asking
on a Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old
Style",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old
Style",serif">The town has several graveling/quarrying
operations in town. One operator would like to expand his
quarry south of an existing town street and eventually
assume the ownership of the street, for public safety
reasons. The street layout is 50’ in width by about ˝ mile
long, resulting in about 3 acres of land within the roadway
right of way. The quarry owner is willing to construct
about 1-1/2 miles of roadway to relocate the existing road
layout that he would like to take over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old
Style",serif">I suspect that the expansion of the
quarry will not be an issue. It will be carefully reviewed
and is subject to a special permit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old
Style",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old
Style",serif">The road right of way requires a town
meeting vote to abandon, which would give the quarry owner,
who owns both sides of the street, the rights to the center
line of the roadway……………..but there’s more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old
Style",serif">The land below the roadway (3 acres of
it!), is shown on the quarry owner’s plans to be quarried,
therefore appears to have some value in mineral rights. So,
if the town is abandoning the roadway, it looks like the
town is giving the quarry owner three acres times the depth
of quarry in granite mineral rights. Nope, we can’t give
that away ……….it wouldn’t look good, would appear to show
preference to the quarry owner and doesn’t follow the
procurement laws of the town “selling” something. Our
procurement officer has never encountered a situation this
quirky.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Style",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old
Style",serif">As permit ombudsman, I’m trying to figure
out the most logical and efficient steps to permit the
quarry expansion, but it gets a little complex with the
mineral rights issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old
Style",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old
Style",serif">I’d love to hear thoughts and suggestions
regarding this issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Style",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old
Style",serif">Thank you,
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Style",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old
Style",serif">Betsy Ware<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old
Style",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old
Style",serif">Director of Community Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old
Style",serif">Town of Dracut, MA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old
Style",serif">Tel: 978-453-4557<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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