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ARTICLE 19 To see if the Town will vote to have the Board of Selectmen appoint a Library Addition j Building Committee of not less than 7 nor more than 13 members to oversee construction of an addition to the existing town library and raise and appropriate or take from available funds the sum of$5,000 to be distributed as follows; $3,000 to the Library Building Expense Account and $2,000 to the Personnel Salary/Wage Account, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Board of Library Trustees Explanation: A building committee is needed to move the project forward. Part of the committee's charge will be to seek sources of federal, state, and local funding, as well as private donations. Expense money will be needed for such things as putting together bid packages, advertising, and reimbursement for travel to other library sites to research design features and to view facilities designed and built by prospective bidders. i Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. ARTICLE 20 To see if the Town will vote to designate the"Belcher"or"Mingo" property to be ti acquired pursuant to the vote under Article 21 of the October 5, 1998 Annual Town Meeting as an open space land acquisition pursuant to the provisions of the Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition Program established by Chapter 293 of the acts of 1998, to authorize the use of Land Bank funds for such acquisition, and to seek matching j funds from the Cape Cod Land and Aquifer Protection Fund administered by the State Secretary of Environmental Affairs under said act, or take any other action relating thereto. �I � Submitted by Board of Selectmen and the Open Space Committee Explanation: This article authorizes the acquisition of land originally approved at the October 5, 1998 Town Meeting and provides funding using so-called "Land Bank"funds. At the October 5, 1998 Town Meeting, voters approved the purchase of the"Belcher"or "Town Forest" property and authorized the Town to borrow and to issue bonds or notes for $2,300,000 to pay for the land. On November 14, 1998, the Town voted at an election to exempt the amounts required to pay for the property from the Proposition 21/2 cap. At that time there was not a "Land Bank"fund which could be used to finance this purchase. In November 1998 the Town of Mashpee voted to approve an additional excise tax on real property in an amount equal to 3% of the real estate tax levy to provide for the purchase of Open Space. The intent of this article is to allow the voters of Mashpee to use the approved 3% "Land Bank Tax"funds to pay for the"Belcher" property as Open Space and to avoid additional taxation by separately funding this purchase through a debt exclusion. 18