Resolve, To Allow the State To Continue Efforts To Sell or Lease Certain Real Property in the City of Hallowell
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1584
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: TREAT, McCORMICK, BERRY, FOSSEL

Legislative Document 
No. 1584 
H.P. 1172 
House of Representatives, June 8, 2011 
Resolve, To Allow the State To Continue Efforts To Sell or Lease 
Certain Real Property in the City of Hallowell 
(AFTER DEADLINE) 
(EMERGENCY) 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
205. 
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative TREAT of Hallowell. 
Cosponsored by Senator McCORMICK of Kennebec and 
Representatives: BERRY of Bowdoinham, FOSSEL of Alna. 
Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, Resolve 2009, chapter 102 establishes conditions for the sale or transfer 
of certain property in the City of Hallowell and provides for the lease for the 
administrative office for Regional School Unit 2; and 
Whereas, it is necessary to update certain dates contained in that resolve in order to 
prevent the expiration of critical provisions, including provisions regarding the 
preservation of historic properties and the preservation of public open space and to ensure 
the continuation of the lease for the administrative office for the Regional School Unit 2; 
and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore, be it 
Sec. 1.  Resolve 2009, c. 102, §1, amended. Resolved: That Resolve 2009, c. 
102, §1 is amended to read: 
Sec. 1.  Conditions of sale or transfer.  Resolved:  That the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services shall, prior to the sale or transfer of any portions of 
the property authorized for sale by Resolve 2003, chapter 92 that is located in the City of 
Hallowell Tax Map 6, Lot 27 consisting of 63.5 acres, more or less, incorporate the 
following provisions into the conditions of sale or transfer. The sale or transfer must: 
1.  Reserve for the use or transfer to the City of Hallowell a portion of the parcel 
agreed to by the State and the City of Hallowell for municipal uses.  This right for 
reservation or transfer may be surrendered by the City of Hallowell; 
2.  Reserve for the use or transfer to the City of Hallowell or any school 
administrative unit that includes the City of Hallowell whatever portion of the parcel  as 
agreed to by the State, the City of Hallowell and the school administrative unit for 
purposes of education, educational administration or educational services to be provided 
by the school administrative unit.  This right for reservation or transfer may be 
surrendered by the City of Hallowell and the school administrative unit.  The State shall 
by September 30, 2009 2011 enter into a lease to extend the current terms of School 
Administrative District 16 or any successor school administrative unit that includes the 
City of Hallowell as a tenant at the site through September 13, 2011 June 30, 2015, 
subject to existing laws and with the additional provision that such lease must survive any 
transfer of ownership prior to that date until the expiration of the lease; 
3.  Reserve a portion of the parcel for public open space or public recreation either by 
the developer retaining ownership but reserving the parcel or by transfer to any qualified 
governmental or qualified nonprofit entity; and 
4.  Condition sale or transfer on the preservation and rehabilitation of the 5 buildings 
and surrounding grounds known as the Industrial School for Girls Historic District 
consistent with the “Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic 
Properties” as interpreted or otherwise determined appropriate by the Maine Historic 
Preservation Commission. 
The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, prior to issuance of any 
request for qualifications associated with the transfer of the site, shall establish and 
convene a stakeholder group to guide reuse, assist in crafting a request for qualifications 
to be issued by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services and review 
qualifications of developers.  The stakeholder group must have representation from 
interested parties, unless they decline to participate, including  City of Hallowell officials, 
any school administrative unit that includes the City of Hallowell, the members of the 
Legislature whose districts include the parcel, the Maine Historic Preservation 
Commission, the Department of Administrative and Financial Services and others as 
determined by the commissioner.  A subgroup of the stakeholders may participate in 
whole or in part in interviews of qualified developers scheduled as part of the request for 
qualifications process and review parameters for development, recognizing that the 
selection decision is under the authority of the commissioner; and be it further 
; and be it further 
Sec. 2.  Report.  Resolved:  That the Commissioner of Administrative and 
Financial Services shall provide a written report on the status of all efforts toward the sale 
or transfer of property pursuant to Resolve 2009, chapter 102 by February 1, 2012 to the 
Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government. 
Emergency clause.  In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved. 
SUMMARY 
Current law authorizes the State to sell or lease certain real property in the City of 
Hallowell.  This resolve authorizes the extension of the terms of the lease with the school 
administrative unit that includes the City of Hallowell and references the actual property 
description of the subject property rather than referencing the legislation authorizing the 
sale or lease.