Hello Motus Folks,
A group of us working on putting up Motus towers near Mono Lake, California are finding that some of our best options for siting are on private land. Even when owners are willing it seems like this might involve some legal complexity/need for advance agreement. Does anyone have MOU(s) with private landowners that you’d be willing to share as examples? It would be great not to have to reinvent any wheels.
Dear Margaret,
Great question that we should all approach very carefully. The specific agreements or arrangements are very site specific – some landowners have existing processes to accommodate this, many private landowners do not so custom agreements tend to be the approach. I have attached two examples: One that is our most complex legal document, and another more simple. What is often the most important is to offer liability insurance in some form to cover any potential damage or injury caused by the station. This is described in the enclosed.
Willistown Conservation Trust and other collaborators may be able to share copies of their own agreements.
Cheers,
Stu
Stuart A. Mackenzie
Director of Strategic Assets
Birds Canada | Oiseaux Canada
PO Box 160, 115 Front Rd. Port Rowan, Ontario. N0E 1M0.
Office: (519)-586-3531 X 162 | Mobile:820-6040
smackenzie@birdscanada.org| birdscanada.org |motus.org|birdscanada.org/lpbo
Motus_ Licence of Occupation.docx (35.6 KB)
Motus_LandownerAgreement_Generic.docx (68.5 KB)
Margaret,
Attached is our general MOU that we use for our stations. Many station hosts have added their own language or needs to this, but this is the template we work from.
Matt
MOU_BCR_GeneralMotus.docx (21.3 KB)
Thanks Matt.