ARTICLE 1 - Town of Natick

AARON K. BIKOFSKY
ARTHUR M. WHITE
PHILIP B. BENJAMIN
LAW OFFICES
BIKOFSKY, WHITE & BENJAMIN
435 WORCESTER ROAD
FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS 01701
TELEPHONE: (508) 879-5000 - FACSIMILE: (508) 620-1779
Martha L. White, Town Administrator
Town of Natick
13 East Central Street
Natick, MA 01760
Re: Newfield Drive
Dear Ms. White:
September 22, 2009
Thank you for agreeing to sponsor the two Town Meeting articles (Articles
19 and 20) regarding acceptance of Newfield Drive. The following information
may be helpful to the Selectmen and Town Meeting members as they deliberate
these articles, and we would appreciate you sharing it with them as you deem
appropriate.
Our office represents Natick Village Condominium, Deerfield Forest
Condominium, Kendall Crossing Apartments and Natick Green Condominium.
Each of these four residential communities owns portions of Newfield Drive,
which is the road that abuts each community and runs from West Central Street
to H.F. Brown Way for a distance of approximately three-quarters of a mile.
Together these four communities contain a total of 1822 residential units and in
FY09 paid to the Town approximately $3,538,474 in real estate taxes.
Several years ago, representatives of the four properties that own
Newfield Drive met and agreed that since the road is open to, and used by, the
public it would be in the best interest of all that the Town of Natick accept
Newfield Drive as a town road.
After discussions with Town representatives, including the Natick
Engineering Department and the Natick Department of Public Works, it was
determined that the Town would consider acceptance of Newfield Drive only if
the road was brought up to Town of Natick road standards. A Memorandum of
Agreement was generated memorializing that understanding. I have attached a
list of major tasks that have been completed pursuant to that agreement. The
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