(Photo of Town Manager Derek Brindisi addressing the Select Board.)
In Plymouth, Holtec spokesperson Patrick O’Brien stands by his statement that at a meeting last January between Town officials and Holtec it was made known that Holtec had an interested buyer in their 25-acre parcel in Chiltonville.
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However, as WATD previously reported, O’Brien said this:
“We didn’t hear anything from the town for about 6 weeks, then, at that point we went under agreement with the developer Mr. Vayo.”
Upon hearing that WATD report, Town Manager Derek Brindisi stated at the Select Board meeting on May 3rd, that he checked with the Town’s Special Counsel and received an email from him stating in part:
“Members of Town staff and Special Counsel met with Holtec representatives on January 5th on a number of issues. The Town’s team raised a number of issues for discussion including the town’s interest in the potential acquisition of the Chiltonville parcel. Neither the Town staff, present, nor Special Counsel recall any explicit request by Holtec that the Town make another offer on the Chiltonville parcel or reference to any agreement with a buyer at that time.”
And, Brindisi, adds, “So, again, none of us were in the room during that conversation….”
But, Holtec’s Patrick O’Brien was in the room then, and says this:
“And, I double checked, I went back and spoke to our legal counsel, Bill Gill, who was in the room as well, and his notes to me confirm that we did, at the end of that conversation, say that we had an offer from someone on the Chiltonville property and I did make the town aware that they needed to get back to us as soon as possible if they were still interested in that property. And Town staff in that meeting did make allusions to the fact they would go back and find out, but we never heard from the Town and we simply sold the property.”
And, it’s that Chiltonville property, that Special Town Meeting next month will consider purchasing from Mr. Vayo for close to four million dollars or accept a 62 unit housing development on the site.
