A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to request that the City Council authorize the purchase of a parcel of land located within the town of Lexington identified as 0 Cambridge/Concord Turnpike in Lexington, Massachusetts

City of Cambridge Agenda Item Number 8 IN CITY COUNCIL September 23, 2024 ORDER AUTHORIZING PURCHASE WHEREAS: By Sections 39B and 41 of Chapter 40 and Chapter 44B of the General Laws, all as amended, it is provided that the Cambridge City Council may purchase in the name of the City for public water supply use, public water supply protection use and open space any land within or without the limits of the City not already appropriated for public use; and WHEREAS: The City Manager of Cambridge and City Council, in order to provide for the protection of the watershed, have approved and authorized that the City should under the provisions of the aforesaid Chapters of the General Laws purchase the parcel of land located at 0 Cambridge/Concord Turnpike, Lexington, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, currently owned of record by Tracer Lane II Realty, LLC, Dated April 22, 2016, and recorded at Book 67131, Page 73, and filed as Document 61735 as hereinafter bounded and described and any buildings and trees thereon; and WHEREAS: An appropriation from the Community Preservation Act fund along with available funds from the “Water Fund Balance, Retained Earnings” are sufficient to cover the estimated purchase expenses of acquisition as required by the aforesaid Sections of Chapters 40 and 44B; WHEREAS: By virtue of and in pursuance of the authority conferred by said Chapters of the General Laws and by every other power and authority it thereto enabling, the City of Cambridge by its City Council does hereby purchase the land located at 0 Cambridge/Concord Turnpike, Lexington, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts and hereinafter described, and all privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging as well as all trees and all structures thereon, excepting any easement of record, for protection of the water supply and for all purposes and uses accessory thereto. Intending to purchase in fee simple all land, excepting any easement of record, included within such description by whomsoever the same may be owned, vis: [continued on next page]

One parcel of land in Lexington: 0 Cambridge/Concord Turnpike: A certain parcel of land situated in Lexington and Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, shown on an unrecorded plan entitled "ALTA/ASCM Land Title Survey, Tracer Lane Property, Lexington & Waltham, MA (Middlesex County) prepared By: Beals and Thomas, Inc." record Owners: Trustees of Tracer Lane II Realty Trust, dated December 6, 2006, and more particularly bounded and described as follows according to said plan: Beginning at a point on the Westerly side of Route 95 (formerly Route 128) at a point which is 137.05 feet northerly from a Massachusetts Highway Bound on the Town line between Lexington and Waltham; thence running NORTH 77° 56' 43" WEST by land now or formerly of Boston Properties Limited Partnership, a distance of 692.28 feet to a stone wall thence running NORTH 63° 22' 12" WEST in part by a stone wall, and in part by the Lexington/Waltham town line, by land now or formerly of the City of Waltham, a distance of 603.99 feet to a drill hole; thence running NORTH 63° 50' 58" WEST by a stone wall by the land now or formerly of the City of Waltham, a distance of 24.97 feet to a drill hole; thence running NORTH 66° 39' 36" WEST by a stone wall by land now or formerly of Janet L. Lee, a distance of 71.14 feet to a drill hole; thence running NORTH 66° 23' 53" WEST by land now or formerly of Mark J. Lanza and land now or formerly of Rosemary F. Mahoney-Merola, a distance of 433.94 feet to a drill hole; thence running NORTH 66° 37' 03" WEST by land now or formerly of Beth A. Cincotta, land now or formerly of Mario & Kathleen M. Libertini, through a drill hole found in a boulder, and land now or formerly of Gail M. O'Donnell, a distance of 551.16 feet to an iron rod at the corner of land now or formerly of the Town of Lexington and land now or formerly of John and Deborah Burley, the last four measurements being by the Lexington/Waltham town line; thence running NORTH 20° 37' 47" EAST by the land of the Town of Lexington by a stone wall, a distance of 236.16 feet to a drill hole; thence running NORTH 20° 41' 17" EAST by the land of the Town of Lexington by the stone wall a distance of 88.10 feet to a drill hole; thence running NORTH 85° 11' 21" EAST a distance of 921.00 feet to a stone bound marked "x"; thence running

3 SOUTH 33° 07' 12" EAST a distance of 778.65 feet to a stone bound marked "x"; thence running SOUTH 79° 38' 21" EAST a distance of 288.33 feet to a stone bound; thence running NORTH 10° 44' 02" EAST a distance of 942.18 feet to an iron pin at Route 2 Interchange, the last four measurements being by land now or formerly of the City of Cambridge; thence running SOUTH 51° 27' 49" EAST by said Route 2 Interchange, a distance of 83.00 feet to a Massachusetts Highway Bound at the intersection of Route 2 Interchange and Route 95; thence running SOUTH 09° 12' 37" EAST by Route 95, a distance of 1,415.89 feet to the point of beginning. Together with the benefit of rights and easements in the fifty (50) foot wide right of way known as Tracer Lane as reserved in two deeds from Martin Cerel and Bernard Roberts, as Trustees of C-R Trust, to Laboratory for Electronics, Inc. said deeds being dated September 19, 1966 and recorded at Book 11258, Pages 20 and 25. Together with the benefit of rights and easements to use in common with others entitled thereto a fifty (50) foot wide right of way (also known as Tracer Lane) as set forth in grant by Tracerlab Realty, Inc. to the Trustees of C-R Trust, said grant dated September 19, 1966 and recorded at Book 11258, Page 27. Together with an easement over Tracer Lane as described in an easement Indenture dated September 19, 1966 recorded in Book 11258, Page 61; and shown as Tracer Lane on Plan No. 226 of 1965, recorded in Book 10762, Page End. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDERED: The purchase of fee simple title in the Parcel of Land, excepting any easement of record, along with all buildings and trees thereon herein described is hereby authorized for water supply protection in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 40, Sections 38, 39B and 41, and Article 97 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution. In City Council September 30, 2024. Adopted by a yea and nay vote:- Yeas 9; Nays 0; Absent 0. Attest:- Diane P. LeBlanc, City Clerk A true copy; ATTEST:- Diane P. LeBlanc, City Clerk