Brockton council adopts parcel sale and reviews land-taking orders

The Brockton City Council on Nov. 10 adopted an order to convey a 2,570-square-foot parcel (Plot 4 Lebanon Street) to Florence Smith under the city’s abutter-lot program, and the council also considered a separate land-taking order for 25 Crescent Street.

Clerk/Staff read terms for the Plot 4 sale, which the transcript lists with a purchase price of $1,300; the sale includes a permanent non-buildable restriction and requires the purchaser to merge the parcel with their adjoining lot within six months of deed recording, or the city may revert ownership. When the council called the roll on adoption, the clerk recorded affirmative responses totaling nine votes in the affirmative and the order was adopted.

Separately, staff read an order authorizing the city to take fee title of 25 Crescent Street for public purposes, referencing the Plymouth County registry of deeds (certificate and book/page numbers listed in the record). The transcript lists an amount in the land-taking section that appears as '6¢ $100,000' in the record; the council accepted and placed the matter on file and referred associated finance actions to the Finance Committee.

No public comment on these matters was recorded in the transcript; the sale and taking reflect routine real-estate and programmatic procedures identified in the meeting record.