Trantanella/Boston Road Conservation Land
The Trantanella/Boston Road Conservation Land is a tract of about 17 acres of wooded swamp and upland in North Billerica, behind the houses on Boston Road between Chelmsford Road and Treble Cove Road. It has no buildings and no developed trails. The Conservation Commission describes it as "undeveloped forested wetlands and upland areas, with a large portion mapped as \"Estimated/Priority Habitat Area for rare & endangered species\"" by the state's Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, and it adjoins on the south the town's McDonald Knowles Conservation Land, so that the two make one block of protected wetland and woods of more than seventy acres west of Boston Road.
The land is Lot B, "containing 17.06 Acres", of a "Compiled Plan of Land in Billerica, Massachusetts" drawn on October 9, 1970 by Emmons, Fleming and Bienvenue for Sture Lundstedt and Normand Rondeau (Plan Book 111, Plan 109); Lot A of the same plan is a smaller lot on Boston Road. Rondeau put Lot B into the RLC Realty Trust, which he held with Howard S. Chin of Concord, in 1973, and in June 1983 the trustees sold it for $79,000 to Tranti Systems, Inc., a company with its place of business at One Chelmsford Road. When the company was liquidated in 1999 it deeded the lot, "for consideration of $1.00 and a Plan of Liquidation", to its president and treasurer, Frank M. Trantanella.
The Conservation Department began working toward the acquisition in fiscal 2014 with the assessors and the Town Manager. In December 2014 Trantanella, then living in Naples, Florida, deeded Lot B to the town, "acting by and through its Conservation Commission, pursuant to the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C", for one dollar; the selectmen approved the gift on December 15 and the Commission accepted it "for conservation purposes" on December 17, and the deed was recorded on December 31, 2014. In its next annual report the Commission thanked "Mrs. Margaret Robbins and Mr. Frank Trantanella for their generous gifts of conservation land."
Deed References
| Date | Type | Grantor | Grantee | Summary | Recorded |
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| September 27, 1973 | Quitclaim Deed | Normand Rondeau of Lowell, unmarried | Normand Rondeau and Howard S. Chin, Trustees of RLC Realty Trust | 1973 Normand Rondeau puts Lot B into the RLC Realty Trust | 2087/247 |
Acknowledged at Lowell September 21, 1973; recorded September 27, 1973 (3:51 P.M., No. 18755). "For consideration paid", with quitclaim covenants, to himself and Howard S. Chin of Concord as trustees of RLC Realty Trust (declaration of September 17, 1973, recorded herewith), "Lot B containing 17.06 acres, on a plan entitled, "Compiled Plan of Land in Billerica, Massachusetts". Prepared for Sture Lundstedt & Normand Rondeau dated October 9, 1970", Plan Book 111, Plan 109, "Subject to a Mortgage granted by Normand Rondeau to William J. Marcotte ... Book 1945 Page 150 dated December 23, 1970, which the said Grantees assume and agree to pay, said mortgage is presently $18,900.00." Book 2087, Page 247.
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| June 27, 1983 | Quitclaim Deed | Normand Rondeau of Lowell and Howard S. Chin of Concord, Trustees of RLC Realty Trust | Tranti Systems, Inc., of One Chelmsford Road, Billerica | 1983 the RLC Realty Trust sells Lot B to Tranti Systems, Inc. for $79,000 | 2625/578 |
Acknowledged and recorded June 27, 1983 (2:57 P.M., No. 16755). "For consideration paid, and in full consideration of Seventy-Nine Thousand and No/100 ($79,000.00) Dollars", with quitclaim covenants, Lot B, 17.06 acres, on the "Compiled Plan of Land in Billerica, Massachusetts" for Sture Lundstedt and Normand Rondeau, October 9, 1970 (Plan Book 111, Plan 109). "Being all and the same premises conveyed to the Grantor by Deed of Normand Rondeau dated September 21, 1973, recorded in said Registry, Book 2087, Page 247." RLC Realty Trust was declared September 17, 1973 (Book 2087, Page 1). Book 2625, Page 578.
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| December 24, 1999 | Quitclaim Deed | Talex, Inc., formerly Tranti Systems, Inc., of One Chelmsford Road, Billerica, by Frank M. Trantanella, President and Treasurer | Frank M. Trantanella of 10 Burroughs Road, Lexington | 1999 Tranti Systems, Inc., in liquidation, deeds Lot B to its president Frank M. Trantanella | 10592/261 |
Signed December 1999, acknowledged in Essex County December 27, 1999; recorded December 24, 1999 per the index. "For consideration of $1.00 and a Plan of Liquidation", with quitclaim covenants, Lot B, 17.06 acres, on the 1970 Lundstedt and Rondeau plan (Plan Book 111, Plan 109). "For title see deed of Normand Rondeau and Howard S. Chin, Trustees of RLC Realty Trust to Tranti Systems, Inc. dated June 27, 1983 ... Book 2625, Page 578." The same day the company deeded its other Chelmsford Road and Boston Road lots to Trantanella (Book 10592, Pages 259, 262 and 264). Book 10592, Page 261.
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| June 5, 2014 | Quitclaim Deed | Frank M. Trantanella | Marais, LLC | 2014 Frank M. Trantanella deeds Lot B and other land to Marais, LLC | 28222/182 |
Dated June 5, 2014; recorded June 5, 2014 (one page; indexed at 1 Chelmsford Road, consideration $1.00; not read, known from the index and the recital in Book 28703, Page 132). Trantanella conveys to his company Marais, LLC land including Lot B on Plan Book 111, Plan 109; the index cites Book 10592, Page 261 as title. Book 28222, Page 182.
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| December 17, 2014 | Quitclaim Deed | Marais, LLC of Haverhill, by Frank M. Trantanella, Manager | Frank M. Trantanella of Naples, Florida | 2014 Marais, LLC deeds Lot B back to Frank M. Trantanella before the gift | 28703/132 |
Signed and acknowledged in Collier County, Florida, December 2014; recorded electronically December 17, 2014. "For consideration of $1.00", Lot B, 17.06 acres, Plan Book 111, Plan 109. "Due to the nature of this conveyance no document stamps are required." Title: deed of Frank M. Trantanella dated June 5, 2014 to Marais, LLC, Book 28222, Page 182. Book 28703, Pages 132-133.
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| December 31, 2014 | Quitclaim Deed | Frank M. Trantanella of Naples, Florida | Town of Billerica, acting by and through its Conservation Commission | 2014 Frank M. Trantanella gives Lot B, 17.06 acres, to the town for conservation | 28741/140 |
Signed and acknowledged in Collier County, Florida, December 2014; accepted by the Board of Selectmen December 15, 2014 and by the Conservation Commission December 17, 2014; recorded December 31, 2014. "For consideration of $1.00 and other good and valuable consideration", to the town "acting by and through its Conservation Commission, pursuant to the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C", with quitclaim covenants: "The land in Billerica ... being shown as Lot B containing 17.06 Acres, on a plan entitled, "Compiled Plan of Land in Billerica, Massachusetts." Prepared for Sture Lundstedt & Normand Rondeau dated October 9, 1970, Emmons, Fleming & Bienvenue, Inc., Engineers & Surveyors", Plan Book 111, Plan 109. Title: deed of Marais, LLC recorded herewith (Book 28703, Page 132). No deed stamps, the grantee being a municipality. The Commission's acceptance is "for conservation purposes under Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 8C." Book 28741, Pages 140-142.
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Recorded is Book/Page at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds unless noted.
References
- Annual Report FY2014: the Conservation Department begins acquiring the 17-acre lot off Boston, Chelmsford and Treble Cove roads
- Annual Report FY2015: acquisition finalized; the Commission thanks "Mr. Frank Trantanella for their generous gifts of conservation land"
- Billerica Open Space and Recreation Plan (2024-2025)