TR-87-24 001 RESOLUTION
002 A Resolution authorizing the Town Manager to sub-
003 mit a grant application under the Open Space
004 Program of the Massachusetts Department of Pub--
005 lic Warms for purchase of the Development nights
006 of the Czerpak Farm located at 636 South
007 Westfield Street, Feeding Hills.
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008 WHEREAS, on July 6, 1985, Joseph A. and Mary Ann
009 Czerpak, submitted an application to the Massachusetts
010 Department of Food and Agriculture's Agricultural
' 011 Preservation Restriction (APR) Program; and ,
012 WHEREAS, the Department of Food and Agriculture
013 has determined that the appraised value of the property
014 is too high to be funded solely by the APR Program;
015 and
016 WHEREAS, the 60 acre Czerpak Farm is a viable
017 produce farm and one of the only wholely "pick-your-
018 own" produce farms in Western Massachusetts; and ,
' 019 WHEREAS, 45 of the 60 acres of the Czerpak Farm
020 have been identified by the Soil Conservation Service
021 as being Prime Farmland or Farmland of State or Local
022 Importance; and ,
02:ti WHEREAS, the farm was recommended for preserva-
024 nation in the Agawam Farmlands Preservation Plan; and,
025 WHEREAS, the Massachusetts Department of Public
026 Works will purchase the Development Rights of agri-
027 cultural lands through its Open Space Program; and,
' 028 NOW THEREFORE, the Town Council of the Town of
029 Agawam hereby votes to approve said submission and
030 authorizes the Town Manager to submit the Grant Appli--
031 cation under the Massachusetts Department of Public
' 032 Works" Open Space Program for purchase of the Develop-
033 ment Rights of the Czerpak Farm located at 636 South
034 Westfield Street, Feeding Hills.
' 035 DATED THIS twe t -ninth DAY OF December
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037 Donald M. Rheault
0 3,8 Town Council President
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' 0-140o App ved as to ~legal farm — ---
041 Town Solicitor