Matters ▸ Attachment
9-11 Aldersey Order of Taking 2-19-2021 — File 211364
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CITY OF SOMERVILLE
IN THE CITY COUNCIL: ____________
ORDER OF TAKING
WHEREAS, the City Council 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, including but not limited to
municipal open space, historic and affordable housing purposes.
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 a municipal purpose, including but not
limited to open space, historic and affordable housing 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 9 Aldersey Street (also known and numbered 9-
11 Aldersey Street), Somerville, Middlesex County, MA 02143 containing 25,000 s.f.,
more or less, as shown on City of Somerville Assessors’ Map 72-C-12.
OWNER: The presumed owner is Gerard T. Meehan a/k/a Gerald T. Meehan,
Trustee of G & T Realty Trust under Declaration of Trust dated February 25, 1997
recorded with the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 30433, Page 91.
AWARD OF DAMAGES: $3,450,000
TITLE REFERENCE: Deed dated July 16, 1999, recorded with the Middlesex
South District Registry of Deeds in Book 30433, Page 95.
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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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Matthew McLaughlin, President
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
On this _____ day of _________, 2021, before me, the undersigned Notary Public,
personally appeared the above-named Matthew McLaughlin, as President of the City of
Somerville City Council, 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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