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Town toward the financing of this purchase, and to enter into contracts or agreements with Federal, State and/or County agencies, private conservation trusts or other entities or persons in connection with the purchase of such land and its preservation for conservation purposes; and finally, to see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission and the Board of Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said acquisition, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by Conservation Commission and the Open Space Committee Explanation: This article would authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase, on / behalf of the Conservation Commission, a 3.5 acre parcel of land having approximately 700 feet of shoreline on the east side of Santuit Pond. The area has been recommended for conservation protection in the Town's approved open space plan since 1983. 7 i ' / ARTICLE 25 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire, by purchase I, or otherwise, for the purposes identified in Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1998 (An Act Relative to the Establishment of the Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition Program), a y; certain parcel of land containing 6,973 square feet, more or less, being that land shown { on the 1998 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 114, Block 8, located between r Monomoscoy Road West and the east shore of Hamblin's Pond; and further, to see if } the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, $33,900 for such purpose,.including expenses incidental and related thereto, and to raise such appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow $33,900 or any other sum under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8C and, if applicable, Chapter 40, section 8C of the General laws, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor and to designate said land as an open space land acquisition pursuant to the Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition Program established by Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1998 so as to permit said borrowing to be repaid with funds from the land bank fund established by the Town under the provisions of Chapter 293 and further, to see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into contracts or agreements with Federal, State and/or County agencies, private conservation trusts or other entities or persons in connection with the purchase of such land, including enforcement of deed restrictions on the land as required by Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1998; and finally, to see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said acquisition, sale, transfer, or preservation, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Open Space Committee 22 i