History of Parcels Acquired

FITZGERALD LAKE CONSERVATION AREA
LAND ACQUISITIONS AND SOURCES OF FUNDING

FITZGERALD LAKE SECTION (1977)
Purchased with Mass. Self-Help Program and City funds
Protected under 301 CMR Section 7.09 of Mass. Self-Help Regulations
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 1951, Page 261     (Parcel 12-29)        154.5 acres

ROW TO DAM (1977)
Easement: Donation from Harold Fitzgerald
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 1993, Page 11

BURKE SECTION (1984 & 1989)
Gift of Dorothy Burke
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 3344, Page 284 (Parcel 12C-93)      4.72 acres

MARIAN STREET SECTION (1984)                    11.4 acres
Purchased with Mass. Self-Help funds and donation from Marian Street neighborhood
Protected under 301 CMR Section 7.09 of Mass. Self-Help Regulations
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 2521, Page 1 (Parcel 13-2)

PINE’S EDGE SECTION                                  16 acres
Donated to City as part of Pines Edge cluster development plan
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 3557, Page 148

ABUZA SECTION (1993)                              78 acres
Purchased with Land and Water Conservation Fund grant, city funds,
and bargain sale by Richard Abuza
Protected under Section 6(f)(3) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
(P.L. 88-578)
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 4136, Page 271 (Parcels 7-38, 7-39, 7-40)

CIMEK SECTION (1993)                              38 acres
Purchased with Land and Water Conservation Fund grant, City funds
BBC contribution: $5,250
Protected under Section 6(f)(3) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
(P.L. 88-578)+
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 4223, Page 145 (Parcel 7-35)

COOKE’S PASTURE SECTION (1994)                    161.2 acres Purchased with the help of Mass. Self-Help Program, Sweet Water Trust,
and Wharton Trust
BBC contribution:  $16,000
Protected under 301 CMR Section 7.09 of Mass. Self-Help Regulations
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 4595, Page 134 (Parcels 12-7, 13-4)

TELEPHONE (Beaver) TRAIL (1994)
Telephone easement quit-claimed, donation from New England Telephone
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 4570, Pages 294, 298, 300, and 302

WARBURTON INHOLDING (1995)                    5.5 acres
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 4796, Page 38 (Parcel 12-10)
BBC holds conservation restriction

HUGHES PARCEL (1996)                              9 acres
Gift of Nancy Hughes
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 4822, Page 184 (Parcel  3-7)

SWAYZE PARCEL (1998)                             10 acres
Purchased with the help of Wharton Trust and Broad Brook Coalition
BBC contribution: $2,000 (as part of Tenth Anniversary Campaign)
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 5360, Page 15 (Parcel 7-37)

FINN PARCEL (2000)                             15 acres
Total cost: $12,000
BBC contribution: $10,000
(Parcel 8-39)

KABAT PARCEL (2000)                            17.5 acres
Gift of Helen Kabat
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 6090, Page 202 (Parcel 3-6)

VAUGHN PARCEL    (2001)                            17 acres
Total cost: $19,000
BBC contribution: $15,000
(Parcel 7-43)

OAK KNOLL PARCEL (2001)                          3 acres
Donated to City as part of Oak Knoll development plan

STODDARD PARCEL (2002)                        7.5 acres
Gifts of shares in land from Anita Stoddard Parker,
Laurence Stoddard, George Barrett, Ruth B. Drury,
Peter Dehey, Jason Charlton, and Monica Doyle Lynch
BBC contribution: $500
(Parcel 2-11)

MORIN PARCEL (2004)                            5.8 acres
Total cost: $4,560
BBC contribution: $3,560
(Parcel 7-31)

MICHALSKI/STEWART PARCELS (May 18, 2005)        33.5 acres
Total cost: $17,000
BBC contribution: $15,000
(Parcels 2.14, 2.15, 7.33, 8.41)

408 BRIDGE ROAD (Equity Builders LLC; 2005)                 3.5 acres

PRIVATE WILLIAM ADAMS MEMORIAL PARCEL           17 acres
(Veterans of Foreign Wars, Michael E. Curtin Post 8006, Florence)
Approved by City Council March 16, 2006
(Parcel 2.18)
BBC contribution: $8,500

“OWNERS UNKNOWN” PARCEL                     8.8 acres
(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Small Grants Program; no BBC funds.
Title research by BBC intern Rachel Smith.)
(Parcel 3.1)
August 28, 2006

BERESTKA PARCEL                         8.1 acres
BBC contribution: $6,600
(Parcel 2.12)
November 21, 2006

DRYZGULA/JABLONSKI PARCEL                3.6 acres
(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Small Grants Program; no BBC funds.
Title research by BBC intern Rachel Smith.)
(Parcel 2.9)
February 7, 2007

SULLIVAN PARCEL                        3.9  acres
(BBC contribution: $645
(City provided purchase price of $103,000; BBC covered “soft costs”)
(Parcel 11.9; Book 9373, Page 58)
January 17, 2008

SULLIVAN – 2nd Parcel
(BBC contributed $1,000)                        1.17 acres
January 15, 2009

N. King St parcel – Merrimack Mort co
(BBC contributed $10,000)                        12.08
August, 2009

TOTAL ACREAGE (OWNED)                    646.27 acres

Beaver Brook Parcel                            Approx 97 acres
(BBC contributed $10,000)                        Survey pending

TOTAL BBC CONTRIBUTIONS                    $104,055

Conservation Restrictions:
Hughes  3 acres
Lathrop 14 acres

Notes: All of the conservation area is protected under Article 97 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution and subject to the requirements of MGL, Chapter 40, Section 8C.

Parcel numbers are original numbers from Northampton assessors’ maps; note, however, that they may change as parcels are merged into the conservation area.

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