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Amend the resolve by inserting after section 4 the following:
‘Sec. 5 Falmouth property to be offered to abutters. Resolved: That the commissioner, with respect to the parcel of land in Falmouth described in section 3, subsection 5, shall develop and implement a plan that divides the parcel and offers owners of the lots abutting that parcel an opportunity to acquire by right of first refusal those portions of the parcel that abut the owners’ respective lots. The plan must also provide a procedure for the disposition of the property when one or more abutting lot owners declines to purchase the property to which that abutter has a right of first refusal. If an abutting lot owner declines to purchase the property, the plan must allow any lot owner that accepts the offer to purchase the property to acquire by further right of first refusal all or, as appropriate, an equitable portion of that remaining part of the parcel contiguous to the portion over which the lot owner has already exercised a right of first refusal. The commissioner shall offer the portions of the parcel sold under this plan to the abutting lot owners at the current market values to those abutting lot owners, as determined by an independent appraiser pursuant to section 7; and be it further’
Further amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment gives the right of first refusal to purchase the parcel of land in Falmouth along the Presumpscot River to the abutting lot owners, of which there are 3. The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services has the authority to work with the 3 abutting lot owners to develop an equitable division of property.