Matters ▸ Attachment
90 Washington Order of Taking — File 206003
CITY OF SOMERVILLE
IN THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN: ____________
ORDER OF TAKING
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, acting on behalf and in
the name of the City of Somerville, hereby declare that the public necessity and convenience
require the property described below and any and all property rights therein, to be taken by
Eminent Domain for a public purpose.
WHEREAS, all preliminary requirements prescribed by law having been met as required
under Massachusetts General Laws c. 79, §1;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED that the City of Somerville, acting
pursuant to the applicable provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 79, as amended,
and any and every power and authority to it, granted or implied, hereby takes for itself in FEE
SIMPLE by eminent domain for municipal purposes, the following property, together with any
and all easements and appurtenant rights, including trees, buildings, and other structures standing
upon or affixed thereto and including the interests of the owner, if any, in all public and private
streets, highways, and public and private ways within or adjacent to the property taken.
Excepting from the rights herein taken are any and all easements for wires, pipes, conduits, poles
and other appurtenances for the conveyance of water, sewerage, gas, oil, steam, electricity and
telephone communication and other utilities now lawfully in or upon the property taken.
PROPERTY: A parcel of land at 90 Washington Street, Somerville, Middlesex County,
MA 02143 containing 173,748 s.f., more or less, being a portion of City of Somerville
Assessors’ Map106-A-3, and shown more particularly as Lot 1, Parcel PD-3 on a plan entitled
“Subdivision “Cobble Hill Apartments” #84 Washington Street Somerville Mass Middlesex
County” dated January 31, 2013 Scale 1” = 40’ by R.E. Cameron & Associates, Inc., recorded
with the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds as Plan 435 of 213.
OWNER: The presumed owner is Cobble Hill Center LLC, a Massachusetts Limited
Liability Company, with a business address of Bayside Office Center, Suite 500, 150 Mount
Vernon Street, Boston, MA 02125.
AWARD OF DAMAGES: $8,750,000
TITLE REFERENCE: Deed dated September 23, 2013, recorded with the Middlesex
South District Registry of Deeds in Book 62685, Page 494.
AND FURTHER ORDERED that, in accordance with the provisions of Massachusetts
General Laws, Chapter 79, Section 6, as amended, awards are made by the City for damages
sustained by the owner or owners of the property and all other persons, including all mortgagees
of record, having any and all interest in the property taken and entitled to any damages by reason
of the taking hereby made. Such awards shall include taxes legally owed pursuant to M.G.L. c.
79, §12 and any interest accruing between the date of taking and the date of payment. The City
reserves the right to amend the awards at any time prior to payment for good cause shown.
AND FURTHER ORDERED that the City shall cause this Order of Taking to be
recorded with the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds in Cambridge, MA, and shall notify the
Treasurer and Collector of Taxes in the City of Somerville of the taking in accordance with
M.G.L. c. 79, §7F.
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Katjana Ballantyne, President
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
On this _____ day of _________, 2018, before me, the undersigned Notary Public, personally
appeared the above-named Katjana Ballantyne, as President of the City of Somerville Board of
Aldermen, and proved to me by my own knowledge of the identity of the signatory to be the
person whose name is signed above, and acknowledged the foregoing to be signed by her
voluntarily in such capacity for its stated purpose.
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Notary Public
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