ord-01-2024-purchase_of_map_44cparcel_1086.pdf

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THE TOWN OF CENTREVILLE 101 LAWYERS ROW CENTREVILLE, MD 21617

410-758-1180 FAX 410-758-4741 WWW.TOWNOFCENTREVILLE.ORG

February 1, 2024 Victoria Johnson Real Property Specialist I Property Asset Management Division Office of Real Estate Maryland State Highway Administration 707 North Calvert Street Baltimore, MD 21202-3601 RE: Intent to Purchase Map 44C, Parcel 1086 – South Commerce Street, Centreville, MD Dear Ms. Johnson:

The purpose of this letter is to set forth some of the basic terms and conditions of the proposed purchase by The Town Council of Centreville (“Buyer”) from the State Highway Administration of the Maryland Department of Transportation (“Seller”) on behalf of the State of Maryland for the purchase of a parcel of real property within the town limits of Centreville, Maryland described as Map 44C, Parcel 1086, South Commerce Street.

The proposed terms for the purchase are:

A. Property: A parcel of land being 7.942 acres known as Queen Anne’s County Tax Map 44C, Parcel 1086, South Commerce Street and more particularly described as:

All that lot or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the Town of Centreville, Third Election District of Queen Anne’s County, State of Maryland, on the right hand side of the public state road leading from Centreville to Chestertown being known and designated as Maryland Route 213 (and/or Commerce Street) and boarding on the Mill Stream and further described in a deed dated August 28, 1959, from the State Roads

Commission of Maryland, to the County Commissioners of Queen Anne’s County, recorded among the Land Records of Queen Anne’s County in Liber TSP No. 51, folio 482.

Being the same property conveyed to Seller by deed dated June 10, 2015 and recorded among the Land Records of Queen Anne’s County in Liber 2430, folio 001 (the “Property”).

B. Purchase Price: Three Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($345,000.00).

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C. Contingency: The acquisition of the Property by the Buyer is contingent upon:

1. The Buyer receiving formal approval of a Program Open Space grant from the

Department of Natural Resources of the State of Maryland in the amount of not less than Three Hundred Forty-Three Thousand Dollars ($343,000.00); and

2. The Buyer’s review and approval of wetlands mitigation language to encumber

a portion of the Property (4.3 acres).

D. Deed Provisions: The Buyer wishes to take title as “The Town Council of Centreville”. The Buyer will be purchasing the property with Department of Natural Resources Program Open Space funds which requires the following language be included in the deed:

Pursuant to Md. Code, Ann., Natural Resources, §§ 5-906(e)(7) and (8):

1. The Property was acquired or developed under a State grant from POS and may

not be converted without written approval of the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and the Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management and the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Planning from outdoor public recreation or open space use to any other use.

2. Any conversion of the use of the Property may be approved only after the local

government body replaces the Property with land of at least equivalent area and or equal recreation or open space value.

3. For any conversion of the Property acquired or developed under a State grant

from POS, the appraised monetary value of the land proposed for acquisition shall be equal to or greater than the appraised monetary value of the Property to be converted, under the proposed new use of the converted Property.

If you have any questions or need any additional information, please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely, Carolyn M. Brinkley Town Manager

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