Notice of Lease

 
NOTICE OF LEASE
 
In accordance with the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 183, Section 4, notice is hereby given of the following described lease:
 
Parties to the Lease:
 
      Lessor:  Community Land Trust in the Southern Berkshires, Inc., a Massachusetts non-profit corporation having its principal office at 140 Jug End Road, South Egremont, Massachusetts.
 
      Lessees:  _________________________
 
Date of Execution
 
      Date of Execution:  ________, 2____                 Date of Recording:  ________, 2____
 
Description
 
Being a lease on a 16.69 acre residential and farm site owned by the Lessor in the town of Egremont, County of Berkshire, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as shown on the copy of the "Land Use Plan in Egremont, Massachusetts prepared for: The Community Land Trust in the Southern Berkshires, Inc." by Accord Engineering and Surveying, Inc., dated June 7, 1999  attached hereto. The property was acquired by the Lessor by deed recorded in the Southern Berkshire Registry of Deeds in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, in Book ______, Page _____, a copy of the description of same property being attached hereto and made a part hereof.
 
Said Lease consists of the Lease Agreement, Addendum to Lease Agreement, Land Use Plan dated ________, 2____, Land Management Plan, NOFA Massachusetts Organic Certification Program standards published by the Northeast Organic Farming Association/Massachusetts Chapter, Inc. on ________, 2____, Conservation Restriction running to The Nature Conservancy, and "Plan of Land" surveyed for The Nature Conservancy and dated ________, 2____ which details the restricted area.
 
A copy of the conveyance to Lessees of ownership of the buildings and improvements on said premises is also attached hereto.
 
Term of Lease:  99 years, beginning on:  ________, 2____.
 
Rights of Extension or Renewal:  Lessees have the option to renew.
 
Signed and sealed this _________ day of ________.
 
 
COMMUNITY LAND TRUST IN THE SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES, INC.
 
By:______________________________________
 
        Robert Swann, President
 
 
By:______________________________________
 
        Susan Witt, Treasurer
 
 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
 
COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE                                                                                                      ________, 2____
 
 
Then personally appeared before me the above-named Robert Swann, President, and Susan Witt, Treasurer, who acknowledged the foregoing instrument as the free act and deed of Community Land Trust in the Southern Berkshires, Inc.
 
______________________________
 
Notary Public
 
My Commission Expires:
 
LESSEE
 
________________________________________
 
Elizabeth Keen
 
 
LESSEE
 
________________________________________
 
Alexander Thorp
 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
 
COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE                                                                                                      ________, 2____
 
Then personally appeared before me the above-named Elizabeth Keen and Alexander Thorp who acknowledged the foregoing instrument as their free act and deed.
 
______________________________
 
Notary Public
 
My Commission Expires: