Jordan v. City Clerk

On June 19, 1980, the city council resolved that the city would incur debt for the purpose of acquiring land for a State-sponsored skating rink. While this legislative action could have been made the subject of a referendum petition (see Moore v. School Comm. of Newton, 375 Mass. 443, 447 [1978]; 8A McQuillin, Municipal Corporations § 25.246 [3d rev. ed. 1969]), no such challenge was initiated. In November, 1980, the city filed an application for a special permit for the “removal of scrub deciduous trees and brush, grading and construction of parking lot, skating rink building, and related…