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LD 1974 Title Page Resolve, to Transfer a Parcel of State Land to the Town of Carrabassett Valley ... Page 2 of 2
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Preamble. The Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 23
requires that real estate held by the State for conservation
purposes may not be reduced or its uses substantially altered
except on the vote of 2/3 of all members elected to each House.

 
Sec. 1. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized to negotiate and consummate
sale. Resolved: That the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands
within the Department of Conservation may negotiate and
consummate the sale of certain public reserved lands to the Town
of Carrabassett Valley. The State may not convey any land or
interest in land that comprises a public road or a great pond.
All money received from the sale of these public reserved lands
must be used exclusively for the purchase of additional real
estate in the same county as the transferred land for the same
purposes; and be it further

 
Sec. 2. Land to be conveyed. Resolved: That the land to be conveyed
consists of 1,243 acres, more or less, of public reserved land,
being the same land as was reserved by the State for public
purposes in a deed to William Bingham dated January 28, 1793, and
recorded at the State Archives in Volume 6, pages 37 to 41
(Massachusetts deed), excepting and reserving from this property
a parcel of approximately 37 acres, that being the same parcel
that the State conveyed to the Carrabassett Valley Campowners
Association or individual members of that association under the
authority of Resolve 1985, chapter 40; and be it further

 
Sec. 3. Consideration. Resolved: That consideration for the sale must
be the fair market value of the land as determined by an
independent appraisal commissioned by the Director of the Bureau
of Parks and Lands; and be it further

 
Sec. 4. Deed and restrictions. Resolved: That the property must be
conveyed by quit claim deed without covenants, subject to the
following deed restrictions: The Town of Carrabassett Valley
shall in perpetuity retain title to the property and may not sell
or otherwise transfer any interest, in whole or in part, in the
property. The property must remain open and available for use
and enjoyment by the public at large. Use of the property must
be dedicated for purposes of public outdoor recreation, including
without limitation: natural history study; hiking; camping, other
than in motor vehicles; cross-country skiing; fishing; fisheries
and wildlife management; skating; and attendant roads and
parking. The property must be maintained in an essentially
natural and undeveloped condition, except that up to 15
contiguous acres in the aggregate, including any development in
existence on the effective date of this resolve, may be developed
for any public outdoor recreation facility used for the purposes


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