Agenda Item VII: Orders - Other, 232-23
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Agenda Item VII: Orders - Other, 232-23
232-23. ORDER THAT: WHEREAS, in the opinion of the City Council of Fitchburg,
the City is the owner of a certain parcel of land and any buildings thereon located at
35 Davis Street, Assessor's Map 19, Block 59, Lot 0, after foreclosure of the City's
tax lien, and
WHEREAS, the City of Fitchburg no longer has any use for the aforesaid parcel and
the purchasers, James E. Sawyer and Sheryl A. Sawyer, of the abutting property, 2
Highland Court, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, have a particular use
for the same, and
WHEREAS, the City Treasurer, Anne M. Cervantes, petitioned the Fitchburg City
Council to declare this parcel as excess by Petition 026-20, which petition was
approved by the Council on March 5, 2020, and referred for sale under the City's
Side Yard Sales program, and
WHEREAS, the Side Yard Sales Committee voted on September 5, 2023 to
recommend the sale of said parcel to abutters James E. Sawyer and Sheryl A. Sawyer
of 2 Highland Court, Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
NOW THEREFORE IT IS ORDERED that, in consideration of the payment of
Three Hundred ($300.00) Dollars, to be paid to the City Treasurer inclusive of the
cost of recording and a pro forma tax as required by Chapter 44, Section 63A, the
City of Fitchburg sells the above described parcel of land to said purchasers through
the City's Side Yard Sales Program, subject to the following restrictions, which shall
run with the parcel and be enforceable by the City, that said parcel:
Shall be kept free of garbage and debris, and
Shall, be combined for purposes of future conveyances with the abutting property
owned by said purchasers, namely those located at 2 Highland Court, Fitchburg,
Massachusetts and described in Quitclaim Deed from Arthur H. Sawyer and Joyce A.
Sawyer, dated June 11, 1991 and recorded on June 12, 1991 in the Worcester North
Registry of Deeds at Book 2084, Page 29 (the ?abutting lot?), and
Shall, henceforth be conveyed in tandem with the abutting lot, and into the same
record ownership.
AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND VOTED: That Stephen L. DiNatale,
Mayor of the City of Fitchburg, be and is hereby authorized for and in behalf of said
City to execute, acknowledge and deliver said deed of conveyance in form
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substantially similar to that attached hereto, and to take any other action and execute
any other documents required or convenient for conclusion of the sale thereof.