ARTICLE 15: Mr. Bisaccio moved that the Town vote transfer the care, custody, management and control of the real property containing approximately 27.9 acres of land, more or less being partly in Plymouth and partly in Kingston from the Board of Selectmen for general municipal purposes to the Board of Selectmen for purposes of sale to a not for profit corporation or entity for purposes of an African-American and Cape Verdean museum of history and research center, said property being shown as Parcel 27A-1 on Town of Plymouth Assessor’s Map 104 and as Lot 3 on the Town of Kingston Assessor's Map 104, ( formally shown as Lot 9, Block 16 on the Town of Kingston Assessor's Maps); said development will serve as a historical preservation of the New Guinea Settlement and Historic Parting Ways Cemetery; said sale to be subject to a right of reverter to the Town of Plymouth upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

1. the grantee shall sell or offer the property for sale;

2. the grantee shall be dissolved or fail to perform its corporate purposes or cease to function for any reason whatsoever;

3. the grantee shall fail to obtain all permits and approvals necessary for the construction of a museum and research center within five (5) years from the recording date of the deed from the Town; or

4. the grantee shall not have substantially completed construction of the approved improvements within ten (10) years from the recording date of the deed from the Town.

Said title to said property shall vest in the Town upon the recording at Plymouth County Registry of Deeds of an affidavit by the Board of Selectmen stating the occurrence of any of the events recited herein.

Mr. Gomes moved the previous question. The motion PASSED.

On the motion, the motion PASSED unanimously.

Laurence R. Pizer, Town Clerk
11 Lincoln Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
lpizer@townhall.plymouth.ma.us