LEA$E AGREEMENT 

Thi$ Agreement is entered into between the TOWN OF 

NORWOOD, a municip~l corporation duly organized under the laws 

' of the Comn~onwea.l.th of wasachuutts, hereinafter called "the 

il Leuor 1 " and BOSTON METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, IN:., the corporution I 

:; duly organiud under the laws of the Cornmonweolth of Massuchusetts ', 

j' hereinafter called "the Lessee", 

,/ WHEREAS the Lessor h the lawtiul ownu of a certain :I 

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pHcel of land thown as Parcel 2 on the Exhibit "A" property plan 

attached to a Qrant Agreement relating to the development of the 

Norwood Me~oritl Airport, Norwood, Mas$achusetts, under FAAF 

·· project Number 9·19·019·C603, taid Parcel 2 being also &hown as 

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porcell on a plan entitled "Plan of Lund in Norwood, Muss.," I 

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I ~ dated February 23, ~963, w. R. Ryan, Ci~i~ Engineer, recorded in ' I .(tl Norfolk Regi•try Di$trict o! the Land court together with the deed , 

!I, ; to the rown of Norwood of said puc el1 and 

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:I WHEREAS the afore&~id agreement between the United 

ii Statu of Nnelico ond the Town of Norwood obli<;Jatts the Town to 

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., ocquire said pucel 1 ill u more •peci!ic•lly ut forth in 

speci1l condition No. 17 of the AgreernentJ an~ 

I WHER~t\S the Lnsor is not able to acquire Porcel 2 by ;, 

;i purchaae for fair value 1 and 

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WHEREAS the Letsee it willing to transfer title to the 

Le•sor of •aid Parcel 2, s~bject, however, to the lea•• back of 

the said Parcel for a •ufficient period of time so that the fair 

value of the property may be realized through the lease arrangemenh 1 &nd 

WHEREAS the foregoing method of acqui•ition is the only 

procedure whertundtr the Leuor can comply with ih oblig.:.tions 

to the United $t~t•• under soid Special Condition 171 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is mutually under$tood ~nd ~greed 

that the Lessor lease& Pa:cel ~ as shown on the aforementioned 

Exhibit "A" property plan back to the Lessee for a period of 

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ll' twenty years !rom the date of execution hereof . The Lessee shell " 

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" have the option tp Hntw the Leau herein for three subsequent 

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;1 twenty year pHiods by the giving of notice in writing to the 

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1· Town of Norwood o! its exercin o! soid option at ltcat ono hundred 

II eighty days prior to the expiration of any such period. 

Thi& Leij&e ia subject, nevertheless, to the following 

/' sh~ll be rev~ewed prior to their execution by the Maas~chusetts 

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Aeron.a\ltiet C01111n,~ ,.ion and the Fedeul AYhtion Adminhtu Uon 1 

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or the suceeHol •geneiu, 1nd approved, ;· .. iO: writing, by the 

Norwood .. \t, ~irport commiseion, and 

(e) Tht Leftte egrets that no improvements will be made: 

nor any building or i structures be erected on Parcel 2 without the 

prior written approval of the Norwood Airport commission, end 

(d) In each instinct, where the approval of the Norwood1

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// Airport C~mmission is required under this agreement, the Norwood 

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• Airport commission sh4ll withold such approval only if the proposel 

ij conduct by the Lutee violates the foregoing aubparagraph (c) . 1 

11 ( t) Tht Ltsste c19:tt1 to pey to the Town o! Norwood i 

!I an tnnuel rtnt equll to the amount that would be aueued JS real I ii estate on soid pucel 2, exclusive of buildings or othu structur_~s 1 

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had the Lessee continued to hold title. Tht amount of this rent 

I shall be dtter~intd ••ch yeat by tht Norwood Board of Assessors, 

i usin~ tht •~me ttandarde 4$ ustd in 1sse1sing real ett~te taxta, 

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(f) The Lesltt agrees to pay the ofore~aid rent each 

year in accordanc• with the laws and requisitions applicable to 
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I .(g) Tht Ltasor agrtta that preaent and future buildings 

I and atructurea ~h•ll remain the property of th• Lessee, or its I 

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aaai9ns, but that ~n occupancy charge shall be paid to the Town 

of Norwood annually, to be determined and paid as provided in 

uctions (t) and (f) above, and 

(h) A failure by the Le&&ee to pay the sumo called for 

by paragraph (e) or (f) ubove in the event of J dispute us to th e 

amount due, ahall not constitute a breach by the Lessee of the 

proviaiona of thi& Agreement . In the event of auch a dispute, 

the dispute shall be I resolved by arbitration pursuant to the rules' 

of tht American AXbitrution Asaociation and the provisions of the I 

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lawa of the common~talth of Maasachusatts pursuant to 5UCh arbitration. 

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However, in the event a final determin~tion shall be 

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made pursuant to auch ~rbitration proce~~~~s, failure by the 

:! Lesaee to comply with such final determination ahall constitute 

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breach of this Leaae . 

( i) In the event the Lessor shall claim that the Lusee1 

has violated this Agreement in any reapect, hq shall gi ve notice 

to the l,.euu in writing atating in full de t .Jil all suc il claims 

and the Lessee shall be permitted thirty days following the 

receipt of aueh notice in which to curt such breach. 

( j ) Thia agreement m~y be ttrminatpd by mutual agreement of both partita hereto, and shall not be asaigned, in whole 

or in p~rt, without the prior ~grte~ent of tht Norwood Airport 

Commission in W4iting. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the &aid TOWN OF NORWOOD hus CdUstd 

its corporate stal to be hereunto affixed and the$t presenta to 

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be executed in ita name and behalf by William c. Kendrick, Ch~rles 

L1 Rich, ~alter R· Ryan, Walter A· Blasenak, Harry B· Butters, 

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James J. Drummey, John A· Abdullah, Gedmun c. Dauksh and James J, 

Hawley, its Airport Commission, hereunto duly authoritid, and the 

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said BOSTON METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, INC. has cauaed it& corporate 

seal to be hereunto ~ffixed and these preaents to be executed in 

its name and behalf by its Preaidont Carl A· Johnson, hereunto 

duly authorited this ---------- I A.D.' 1967. 

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(Town Stal) 

BOSTON MnROPOLIT AN i\IRPORT, I 1'-.C . • •' .t' . . , . ) 

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BY ( ,<H"i,f:'t I . ·'~ · , ... Cafr A· Johna9n, President 

~w.~~ ~~ w'. ~¢n, Trtosuru 

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