request 21-47
Closed, nothing postedTown Manager, Treasurer & Collector · filed Mar 3, 2021 · closed Mar 23, 2021
- the requester askedMar 3, 2021
My name is [removed], and I am a North Shore journalist who is working on an enterprise story about country clubs and golf courses – particularly private ones – who receive tax breaks under Chapter 61B – the taxation and classification of recreation land.
Under the Massachusetts Public Records Act § 66-10 et seq., I am requesting the following documents and information for Winthrop Golf Club, 453 Main St, Winthrop, MA 02152, and Winthrop golf courses that I may have overlooked:
Does Winthrop have golf-course land that falls under Chapter 61B? I am requesting the golf/club course’s property tax bills paid to the town of Hamilton for each of the following years: FY 2015, FY 2016, FY 2017, FY 2018, FY 2019 and FY 2020 How many acres encompass golf-course land in your community? For how many years have these country/golf clubs applied for and received the 75 percent discount under Chapter 61B? How much would these clubs individually generate at the fully assessed recreational-use value?
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The Massachusetts Public Records Act mandates a response to this request within 10 days. Please respond by sending these public documents and records to [removed].
If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption(s), you feel justifies the refusal to release the information, and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under state law.
Where disclosure of these public documents and records is in the public interest, I request a waiver of any and all fees associated with the provision of these records. If there is going to be a fee, please notify me if that fee will exceed $10.
On behalf of Wicked Local thank you for your time and assistance.
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- Department Assignment: Added: Town Manager, Treasurer & Collector. · Mar 3, 2021
- Carla Vitale, town clerk answeredMar 23, 2021
Request Closed
Thank you for your recently filed public records request. Your responsive records are attached.
Statement of Appeal Rights
You may appeal this response to the Supervisor of Public Records pursuant to 950 CMR 32.08(1)(d). By law, the Supervisor is required to respond within 10 business days of receipt of your appeal. You may also seek judicial review of an unfavorable response by commencing a civil action in the superior court, under G.L. c. 66, §10A(c).