Matters βΈ Attachment
Easement roadway BOA Layout Alteration Order Rev 1-19-2012 β File 192507
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CITY OF SOMERVILLE
IN THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN: ______
AMENDMENT TO
LAYOUT AND ALTERATION
ASSEMBLY SQUARE DRIVE AND IKEA WAY
WHEREAS, The Board of Alderman and the Mayor of the City of Somerville,
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, did, under date of January 14, 2010 alter, lay out as City
ways, roads known as Assembly Square Drive and IKEA Way, as shown on the plans of said
City ways on file in its office, in the office of the City Clerk of said City and recorded with the
Middlesex South Registry of Deeds in Book 54179, Page 325 (the βOrder of Takingβ) and
WHEREAS, the descriptions of said layout and alteration of Sections 1 and 2 of the
layout and alteration require an amendment due to design changes subsequent to the Order of
Taking;
WHEREAS; it is deemed necessary to amend the said Order of Taking;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby ordered that said Order of Taking be amended by
striking out, Pages 1 through 5, and substituting therefore the following:
NOW, THEREFORE, acting under the authority of Chapter 82 of the Massachusetts
General Laws and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, the City of Somerville
adjudges that public necessity and convenience require said City should alter the location of said
City ways in three sections and should lay out and take charge of said City ways as altered as
hereinafter described.
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SECTION 1
The easterly location line of the first section hereby laid out begins at a point on the
easterly location line of the Fellsway (Route 28), said point being 209.56 feet northerly from the
intersection of Middlesex Avenue and the Fellsway (Route 28) and extends thence, leaving said
location line by a curve to the left of 99.00 feet radius 69.10 feet ( not tangent to line back);
thence S 65Β°59β51β E 16.42 feet; thence S 14Β°44β34β W 7.10β feet; thence S 65Β°59β54β E
330.99 feet; thence S 56Β°36β28β E 328.00 feet; thence S 33Β°23β34β W 20.00 feet; thence by a
curve to the right of 351.00 feet radius 62.15 feet (not tangent to back line); thence by a curve to
the left of 149.00 feet radius 75.34 feet; thence by a curve to the right of 63.00 feet radius 56.12
feet; thence by a curve to the left of 99.00 feet radius 66.56β feet; thence S 23Β°39β19β W 26.64
feet; thence S 11Β°57β00β E 16.56 feet; thence N 57Β°19β48β W 13.20 feet; thence S 78Β°03β36β
W 28.80 feet; thence S 11Β°56β24β E 371.04 feet; thence N 78Β°03β36β E 23.25 feet; thence S
11Β°56β24β E 60.92 feet; thence S 78Β°03β36β W 6.09 feet; thence S 33Β°03β36β W 24.27 feet;
thence S 11Β°56β24β E 261.34β feet; thence S 56Β°56β24β E 21.19 feet; thence S 78Β°03β36β W
8.26 feet; thence S 11Β°56β24β E 57.22 feet; thence S 78Β°03β36β W 23.25 feet; thence S
11Β°56β24β E 270.59β feet; thence S 56Β°56β24β E 26.47 feet the point of ending thereof, said
point being on the northerly street line of Foley Street.
The westerly location line of the first section hereby laid out begins at a point on the
easterly location line of the Fellsway (Route 28), said point being 79.51 feet northerly of the
intersection of Middlesex Avenue and the Fellsway (Route 28) and extends thence, leaving said
location line by a curve to the right of 88.00 feet radius 66.85 feet (not tangent to the line back);
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thence S 65Β°59β54β E 165.22 feet; thence by a curve to the right of 1567.00 feet radius 50.19
feet; thence again by a curve to the right of 60.00 feet radius 46.35 feet; thence S 19Β°53β54β E
66.34 feet; thence N 78Β°12β12β E 59.74 feet; thence N 54Β°41β30Β΄ 17.66 feet; thence S
57Β°33β49β E 41.31 feet; thence by a curve to the left of 2007.00 feet radius 164.80 feet; thence
by a curve to the right of 225.00 feet radius 32.99 feet; thence again by a curve to the right of
100.00 feet radius 73.18 feet; thence S 11Β°56β24β E 99.84 feet; thence S 23Β°43β13β E 36.62
feet; thence by a curve to the right of 191.00 feet radius 39.27 feet; thence S 11Β°56β24β E
1063.00 feet; thence by a curve to the right of 20.00 feet radius 31.41 feet (non-tangent to back
line) to the point of ending thereof, said point being on the northerly street line of Foley Street.
SECTION 2
The second section of city way hereby altered and laid out provides a location for the
alteration and relocation of a section of existing Assembly Square Drive and the laying out of
new street to be known as Ikea Way and is bounded northerly by Foley Street, westerly by
Assembly Square Drive, southerly by Mystic Avenue and by the following described lines:
The easterly location line of the second section of city way hereby altered begins at a
point on the southerly street line of Foley Street at the southeasterly intersection of Assembly
Square Drive and Foley Street and extends thence along Foley Street along a curve to the right of
a 34.00 feet radius 20.51feet (non-tangent to line back); thence along said street the following
two courses, N 11Β°57β10β W 6.03 feet; thence N 78Β°03β00β E 292.63 feet; thence leaving said
street line S 11Β°57β10β E 12.78 feet; thence S 78Β°03β36β W 67.92 feet; thence S 11Β°57β10β E
7.25 feet; thence S 78Β°03β36β W 5.30 feet thence; S 11Β°56β24β E 446.25 feet; thence by a curve
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to the left of 20.00 feet radius 14.85 feet; thence again by a curve to the left of 39.00 feet radius
56.89 feet; thence N 41Β°57β06β E 8.32 feet; thence N 56Β°28β54β E 23.46 feet; thence N
45Β°32β46β E 105.97 feet; thence by a curve to the right of 55.50 feet radius 21.51 feet; thence N
67Β°44β56β E 88.47 feet; thence N 78Β°05β31β E 316.59 feet; thence S 11Β°33β55β E 40.50 feet;
thence S 78Β°05β31β W 200.91 feet; thence S 46Β°16β38β W 18.38 feet; thence S 73Β°43β42β W
41.60 feet; thence by a curve to the left of 294.00 feet radius 54.77 feet; thence again by a curve
to the left of 529.00 feet radius 303.18 feet; thence S 59Β°47β01β E 5.50 feet; thence S 29Β°15β09β
W 17.61 feet; thence by a curve to the left of 28.50 feet radius 28.99 feet; thence
S 39Β°06β59β E 34.97 feet; thence by a curve to the right of 543.00 feet radius 29.70 feet; thence
S 40Β°04β13β E 33.64 feet; thence S 3Β°12β01β E 8.72 feet; thence S 41Β°58β46β E 260.19 feet;
thence S 42Β°03β50β E 396.45 feet; thence by a curve to the right of 647.55 feet radius 430.55
feet; thence S 3Β°58β05β E 226.34; thence S 36Β°06β18β E 9.52 feet; thence S 14Β°50β54β E 46.86
feet; thence S 6Β°02β13β E 57.15 feet; thence S 2Β°37β54β E 31.00 feet; thence S 1Β°50β56β E
57.80 feet; thence S 0Β°24β45β W 124.56 feet; thence S 0Β°28β23β E 137.75 feet to the point of
ending thereof, said point being on the northerly street line of Mystic Avenue.
The westerly location line of the second section of city way hereby altered begins at a
point on the southerly street line of Foley Street, said point being at the southwesterly corner of
the intersection of Assembly Square Drive and Foley Street and extends thence;
N 78Β°02β50β E 120.71 feet; thence by a curve to the right of 20.00 feet radius 31.42 feet; thence
S 11Β°56β24β E 374.80 feet to the point of ending thereof, said point being on the easterly street
line of existing Assembly Square Drive.
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SECTION 3
The third section of city way hereby altered and laid out provides a location for the
widening of a portion of Assembly Square Drive on the westerly side thereof at its intersection
with Mystic Avenue and is bounded easterly by Assembly Square Drive, southerly by Mystic
Avenue and by the following described line:
Beginning at a point on the northeasterly street line of Mystic Avenue, about 4 feet from
the northwest intersection of Mystic Avenue and Assembly square Drive and extends thence,
N 46Β°28β25β E 80.35 feet; thence N 3Β°33β06β E 94.35 feet to the point of ending thereof, said
point being on the westerly street line of Assembly Square Drive.
The locations of the sections of city ways altered and laid out as hereinbefore describe are
to be further defined by bounds set thereon at angle points, points of curvature and at the points
of beginning and ending thereof, where feasible.
For the purpose laying out, constructing and maintaining the sections of city ways
hereinbefore described, the Board of Aldermen and the Mayor, on behalf of the City of
Somerville under the provisions of Chapter 82 of the General laws, and all other general or
special laws thereto enabling, do hereby take in easement and layout as a public way, those
parcels of land shown on the plan hereinafter referred to as Parcels E-1, E-2, E-3, E-4A, E-4B, E-
4C, E-5 and E-6.
The city ways hereby laid out and altered are shown on a plan prepared by Vanasse
Hangen Brustlin, Inc. dated January 13, 2011, which is recorded herewith and entitled:
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βPERMANENT HIGHWAY EASEMENT
AMENDED PLAN OF LAND
ASSEMBLY SQUARE DRIVE
FOLEY STREET &
IKEA WAY
IN THE CITY OF
SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
SCALE: 1β = 80 FEETβ
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED: that an easement for roadway purposes be and
hereby is taken in Parcels E-1, E-2, E-3, E-4A, E-4B, E-4C, E-5 and E-6, and that said city ways
as laid out and altered, as described herein, and as described and shown on said plan, be and the
same are hereby laid out and taken charge of by the City of Somerville.
Dated this _____day of ____________, 2012
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President