Option 1: Order that the building - since it is vacant - be secured, which means all windows would be boarded up, and big red "X's" placed on all doors. This is to visually warn the public that it is an unoccupied and dangerous building, and to reduce the likelihood that any person would enter and put themselves in danger of being harmed.
Option 2: Legal options which are secret due to the BOS deciding to go into executive session for a real property discussion.
I asked if there were any non-legal options under consideration (negotiating with the owner, for example?) and there was no clear answer.
To see the relevant discussions, watch from minutes 13 to 22. Go to: http://www.icamipswich.com/video.php
At the next BOS meeting I would like know:
Is the following accurate? It appears that for someone to buy the Old Town Hall, the town & BOS have 80 days from notification to either:
- Do nothing for 80 days therefore enabling the terms of the deal (theater, condo, offices, parking lot) to go forward however it likes.
- Waive right of first refusal enabling the terms of the deal (theater, condo, offices, parking lot) to go forward at the price offered by the 3rd party buyer and accepted by the seller.
- Exercise right of first refusal and buy back the building at the bona fide amount offered by the buyer.
- Exercise right of first refusal and enter into arbitration to buy back the building at a lower rate than the amount offered by the buyer.
- Has first right of refusal been waived for any entity, including the Ipswich Playhouse Society? (yes I discovered later, by BOS vote)
- If so, is there public documentation of this waiver?
- What criteria was the BOS using in the past, and what criteria they would use in the future, to grant a waiver of first right of refusal for potential buyers? How do/will you know they are operationally credible, and able to perform as the deed requires?
- Why hasn't the BOS elected to have the building secured?
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