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Article 22 <br />To see if the Town will vote to direct the Board of Selectmen to place the following question on <br />the next Town election ballot, "Shall the residents of the Town of Mashpee petition the Town's <br />Selectmen requiring that the Town move to return forthwith the remaining undeveloped land <br />parcels identified in the Selectmen's 2015 "Land Disposition Project" to the Mashpee <br />Wampanoag Tribe and to prohibit any future sale, conservation or reserve, and other uses of <br />Mashpee lands identified in the Project?" <br />Submitted by Petition <br />Explanation: The intent of the article is 1) to restore and preserve land, water, wildlife and <br />other natural resources; 2) to oppose and prevent the sale of remaining undeveloped land held <br />in ownership by the Town of Mashpee, within the Town of Mashpee; 3) in accordance with <br />federal and other applicable law, to apply justice long overdue by returning to the Mashpee <br />Wampanoag Tribe, from the Selectmen's "Land Disposition Project", those remaining <br />undeveloped land parcels identified herein, and deem it the single most humane and morally <br />responsible act to do so. In accordance with the 1790 Indian Trade and Non -intercourse Act <br />and the applicable federal law. <br />The Board of Selectmen to make recommendation at Town Meeting. <br />FINCOM: This article appears to be in conflict with the Intergovernmental Agreement adopted <br />in April of 2008 between the Town of Mashpee and the Mashpee Wampanoog Tribe. <br />THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AT TOWN MEETING: <br />THIS CONCLUDES THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, <br />36 <br />