The Board of Selectmen met in executive session, at the request of Ann Thompson last Friday afternoon, to discuss the possible town purchase of the Medfield State Hospital site. Ann’s question for the board was, given how complicated it will be for the town to buy the Medfield State Hospital site from the state, did the town really want to proceed to even consider its purchase. Mark and I both agreed that the town needs a lot more information to make that decision, and at the moment that we have little salient information on which to base the decision, so the town needs to first gather the all the data and then to make a reasoned decision based upon all the facts whether it makes sense for the town to buy the property.
DCAM has promised the town copies of the materials they used for similar sales of state lands to other towns. The Board of Selectmen members and town administrators will seek counsel from those with expertise in the redevelopment of similar large, complex sites. If any one in town has that sort of expertise, please let us know.
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