Resolve, Authorizing the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands To Convey Certain Lands
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1913
Committee Amendment CA_A_H520 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "If" to H.P. 1347, L.D. 1913, "Resolve, 
Authorizing the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands To Convey 
Certain Lands" 
Amend the resolve in the 3rd indented paragraph in the 3rd line (page 1, line 8 of 
L.D.) by inserting after the following: "sections" the following: '1814,' 
Amend the resolve in section 1 in the last indented paragraph in the last line (page 2, 
line 26 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2" and inserting the following: '42' 
Amend the resolve by striking out section 9 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 9. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized, but not 
directed, to convey certain land in Jay, Franklin County. Resolved: That the 
Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Conservation may 
by quitclaim deed without covenant and on such terms and conditions as the director may 
direct convey to Taylor Made Homes, Inc., and its successors or assigns, an easement to 
cross a state-owned recreational trail for the purposes of providing motor vehicle access 
and aboveground or below ground utilities to benefit the properties described in a survey 
labeled Plan of Look Brook Estates, made for Polar Enterprises, compiled by M.S.B. 
Associates, Inc., and recorded in the Franklin County Registry of Deeds on March 15, 
1984 in Plan Book Page P-436. The trail crossing easement authorized under this section 
is approximately 50 feet wide and located approximately 360 feet west of the trail 
crossing described in section 8. 
The easement must approximate the location and 
dimensions of the western trail crossing depicted in the recorded plan for Look Brook 
Estates and with a length of 173.97 feet on the east side and 128.37 feet on the west side. 
The parties to the conveyance authorized in this section may by mutual agreement alter 
the exact location and alignment of the easement within the plan area based on 
engineering and safety considerations; and be it further' 
Amend the resolve in section II in the last line (page 8, line 7 in L.D.) by striking out 
the following: "County." and inserting the following: 'County; and be it further' 
Amend the resolve by inserting after section 1 ] the following: 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. A 
"to H.P. 1347, L.D. 1913 
'Sec. 12. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized, but not 
directed, 
to convey certain land in Richardsontown Township, Oxford 
County. Resolved: That the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the 
Department of Conservation may by quitclaim deed without covenant convey at fair 
market value on such terms and conditions as the director may direct, the land leased to 
D. Aaron, LLC, pursuant to a Bureau of Parks and Lands lease, as amended, being more 
particularly bounded and described therein and as set forth below, being 4 contiguous 
parcels of land being approximately 4 acres, more or less, and such adjacent land as the 
director considers necessary and appropriate. The director may not convey any portion of 
lOa parcel that is currently used or managed as a public boat launch. Authorization for the 
conveyance of these parcels is contingent upon the 4 parcels being consolidated into one 
parcel prior to conveyance and restrictions in the deed that prohibit future division of the 
consolidated parcel. Said parcels to be conveyed to D. Aaron, LLC, are further bounded 
and described as follows: 
Camp Lot #1: Premises situated in T4Rl, Oxford County, ME, on the northerly shore of 
Upper Richardson Lake, westerly of the mouth of Mill Brook and adjacent to Camp Lot 
#2, beginning at a maple tree near the high water mark, witnessed by a cedar tree and a 
pine tree, thence due west across the trail to the main camps, 388' to a large pine tree, 
thence N 42° W, 92' to a cedar post, thence S 51 ° W, 50' to three witness trees; a spruce, a 
fir, and a maple near the high water mark, thence southwesterly around the point, thence 
northwest along the shore line to the maple tree, the point of beginning as surveyed in 
1972 by A. Allen Murphy & Richard Wellman. 
Camp Lot #2: Premises situated in T4Rl, Oxford County, ME. Beginning at the fir tree 
with three witness trees as described in the Boathouse lease on the northerly shore of 
Upper Richardson Lake, thence westerly along the lake shore to a maple tree on the high 
water mark and a cedar tree scribed "Dexter", thence due west, 174' to a cedar post, 
thence due north 356', to a white birch across the old wood road, thence down the old 
road S 44° E 200', N 84° E 70', N 78° E70', N81° E 84', to a white birch tree which is the 
same birch on the comer of the Boathouse Lot, thence due south 178' to the point of 
beginning as surveyed by A.A. Murphy and R. Wellman. 
Parcel #2: Premises situated on T4Rl, W.B.K.P., Oxford County, ME, a lot ofland on 
the northerly shore of Upper Richardson Lake on the westerly side of Mill Brook at a fir 
tree scribed "Dexter" witnessed by a second fir tree scribed "1972 AM RW", thence due 
west 173' to a white birch tree, thence due south to a fir tree on the lake shore scribed 
"Dexter" and having three for witness trees, thence up the lake shore to the mouth of Mill 
Brook to the fir tree, the point of beginning. Said lot to include the boathouse situated 
near the mouth of the brook, and the turning circle and parking area being Parcel #2. 
Parcel #1: Parcel #1 covered by the same lease, a strip of land sufficiently wide for use 
as a private truck road; Beginning on the southerly side of Rte. # 16, Wilson Mills to 
Oquossoc Road, on the northerly line of section # I of T4R2 near the westerly line of 
Public Lot #2 same town; thence southeasterly across Public Lot #2 in Section #1 same 
town, a distance of about 45.13 chains to the boathouse lot described here in as Parcel #2, 
said lots being re-surveyed in 1972 by A. Murphy & R. Wellman. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT·A .. to H.P. 1347, L.D. 1913 
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Parcel # I Description Amended As Follows: Parcel # I shall include a strip of land 
sufficiently wide for use as a private truck road. Beginning on the southerly side of Route 
#16, Wilson Mills to Oquossoc road, in the easterly part of Section 31 ofT.4 R.2 near the 
westerly line of public lot #2 same town; thence southeasterly to the west line of said 
public lot. Also, including a like strip of land, beginning at the south line of said public 
lot (being also the north line of T.4 R.l), thence southeasterly to the boathouse lot 
described herein as Parcel #2. Said description of Parcel # 1 hereby intending to except 
that section of the road which crosses public lot #2 in T.4 R.2. 
For Reference see Recreational Lease Indenture dated October ], 1981, by and between 
Pingree Associates, Inc., and James River Corporation ("Lessor") and Nathaniel T. 
Dexter ("Lessee"), said document being located in the Property Records Office of the 
Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands in Augusta, Maine.' 
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SUMMARY 
This amendment authorizes conveyance of a 2nd easement across a state-owned 
recreational trail to provide motor vehicle access within a residential subdivision in the 
Town of Jay. In the bill, the 2nd easement was restricted to aboveground and below 
ground utilities. This amendment also authorizes conveyance of approximately 4 acres of 
land on Upper Richardson Lake that is currently leased with the lessee owning the 
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buildings on the property. The amendment stipulates that the conveyance is contingent 
on the property being transferred as one parcel with deed restrictions prohibiting future 
subdivision. 
FISCAL :'\OTE RE(,}LlRED 
(See attached) 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/08/07 ~ac 
LD 1913 
LR 2654(02) 
Resolve, Authorizing the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands To Convey Certain 
Lands 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ·A .. 
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Current biennium revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
The conveyance of certain properties owned by the Department of Conservation will increase dedicated revenue that 
is collected by the Land Management & Planning program. The amounts will depend on the final negotiated sale 
price and can not be determined at this time. 
LR2654(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1