{"id":19,"date":"2012-03-05T16:59:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T16:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/2012\/03\/05\/conservation-commission-seeks-proposals-for-the-licensing-of-agricultural-fields\/"},"modified":"2012-03-05T16:59:20","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T16:59:20","slug":"conservation-commission-seeks-proposals-for-the-licensing-of-agricultural-fields","status":"public-archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/2012\/03\/05\/conservation-commission-seeks-proposals-for-the-licensing-of-agricultural-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation Commission Seeks Proposals for the Licensing of Agricultural Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">PUBLIC NOTICE<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">AGRICULTURAL LICENSES<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Calibri\" size=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Calibri\" size=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">The Sudbury Conservation Commission is soliciting proposals for the agricultural use of three town-owned farm fields on conservation land in Sudbury. These lands are currently licensed for agricultural use on licenses which expire April 30, 2012.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>These fields include approximately: 6 acres at Davis Farm off <span class=\"scayt-misspell\" data-scayt_word=\"Rt\" data-scaytid=\"1\">Rt<\/span>. 117; 19 acres at Poor Farm Meadow on Marlboro Rd.; and 6 acres at Barton Farm off Marlboro Rd.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Calibri\" size=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">In addition, two fields on the Piper Farm conservation land are being made available for the first time for agricultural use.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>These fields are located off Rice and Fieldstone Farm Roads and total approximately<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">three acres.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>The suitability of these two fields for agricultural uses is unknown.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Calibri\" size=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Proposer(s) shall offer both a monetary payment to the Town as well as improvements to the agricultural capability of the land.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Town residents will be given preference in the awarding of the Licenses. The successful proposal(s) will result in the negotiation of License Agreements for a term of up to five years with an option to renew for an additional five years at the discretion of the Conservation Commission.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Calibri\" size=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">The proposals for the use of any or all of these fields must be submitted in writing by 5:00pm on March 21, 2012 to the Conservation Commission at 275 Old Lancaster Road, or the Town Clerk at Town Hall, Concord Rd., Sudbury MA.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Calibri\" size=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Information regarding the available parcels and maps showing the field locations may be obtained from the Conservation Commission at 978-443-2209 x1370.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Calibri\" size=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">The Town reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, or any portion of any proposal submitted in response to this Invitation to Bid.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Calibri\" size=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Sudbury Conservation Commission<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n\t<font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Town of Sudbury<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt\">\n\t<font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">March 5, 2012<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Conservation Commission is seeking Proposals from qualified applicants for the use of five agricultural fields. <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/2012\/03\/05\/conservation-commission-seeks-proposals-for-the-licensing-of-agricultural-fields\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Conservation Commission Seeks Proposals for the Licensing of Agricultural Fields\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}