Resolve, To Continue Consultation and Conditions Prerequisite to the Sale or Lease of Certain Real Property in Hallowell
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1152
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: TREAT

Legislative Document 
No. 1152 
H.P. 817 
House of Representatives, March 21, 2013 
Resolve, To Continue Consultation and Conditions Prerequisite to 
the Sale or Lease of Certain Real Property in Hallowell 
(EMERGENCY) 
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. 
MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative TREAT of Hallowell. 
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 2011, chapter 70 authorized the sale or transfer of certain 
property in the City of Hallowell, and Resolve 2011, chapter 99 amended conditions for 
the sale or transfer of that land and for the lease for the administrative office for Regional 
School Unit 2; and 
Whereas, it is necessary to update certain specified dates in order 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, sub-§2, amended. Resolved: That Resolve 
2009, c. 102, §1, sub-§2, as amended by Resolve 2011, c. 99, §1, is further amended to 
read: 
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, 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 June 30, 2015, and by September 30, 
2013, the State shall 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 June 30, 2017, 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; 
; and be it further 
Sec. 2.  Resolve 2009, c. 102, §1, sub-§4, amended. Resolved: That Resolve 
2009, c. 102, §1, sub-§4, is amended to read: 
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 must be invited to 
participate in whole or in part in interviews of qualified developers scheduled as part of 
the request for qualifications process and to review parameters for development and must 
also be invited to participate prior to transfer of any part of the site to one or more 
developers, recognizing that the selection decision is under the authority of the 
commissioner; and be it further 
; and be it further 
Sec. 3.  Report. Resolved:  That, by February 1, 2014, the Commissioner of 
Administrative and Financial Services shall provide a written report to the Joint Standing 
Committee on State and Local Government on the status of all efforts toward the sale or 
transfer of the property located in the City of Hallowell Tax Map 6, Lot 27 consisting of 
63.5 acres. 
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, and establishes conditions on the sale or transfer of the property.  This resolve 
directs the State to 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 June 30, 2017.  This resolve also specifies that a subgroup 
of stakeholders must be invited to participate in interviews of qualified developers and to 
participate in interviews with developers prior to the transfer of any portion of the site to 
a developer.  This resolve also directs the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial 
Services to provide a written report to the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local 
Government on the status of all efforts toward the sale or transfer of the property.