Community Preservation Committee Grant AgreementGrant Agreement • October 12th, 2017
Contract Type FiledOctober 12th, 2017PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project seeks to purchase for permanent protection approximately 6 acres subdivided from a 14.2-acre parcel (10-3-B), comprising the majority of a farm field plus woodlands and wildlife habitat, preserving agricultural fields and allowing the restoration of a vista along one of the heavily traveled secondary roads in Carlisle. The project will provide permanent public access to the property consistent with its continued use for agriculture, including the grazing of farm animals, and will offer the Town the opportunity to improve sightlines at a dangerous stretch of Maple Street by clearing roadside trees and brush along the Maple Street frontage of the two lots. This application is requesting $500,000 in CPA funds for the Town of Carlisle towards the acquisition of the property at a price established through two Purchase and Sale Agreements between the owner of the lots and a home builder, offered to the Town for purchase under the right-of-first-refusal provi