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a <br /> Recommendation #3. We ask that the Board of Selectmen put forth to the Annual Town and <br /> Elections in May 2001 the adoption of the newly enacted Community Preservation Act <br /> Legislation and to support and work for its passage at Town Meeting and on the ballot. This will <br /> provide a funding stream not only for affordable housing but for conservation and preservation <br /> as well. (see Exhibit C, page 9) <br /> Without immediate, aggressive and focused action, many hundreds of Sandwich residents will no <br /> longer be able to afford to live here. These people are those who provide our town services, who <br /> serve us food, who maintain our vehicles, who own small businesses, who cut your hair and who <br /> ring up your groceries. Furthermore, many needed government and service workers,who will be <br /> needed to staff our schools, police, fire and other town departments,will not be able to live in <br /> our community. <br /> As we move ever closer toward "build-out", the socio-economic matrix in Sandwich is rapidly <br /> changing. And that change is not good, nor is it healthy. We cannot allow Sandwich to become <br /> the"Pale of two Cities". For many, today is already the worst of times while for others it is the <br /> best of times. It is our fundamental obligation to ensure that all our residents and those seeking <br /> to residency, are able to live in Sandwich. <br /> We ask the Selectmen to recognize this housing crisis as a Top Priority and to support the <br /> concerted efforts of this committee and others to stem the decline of the middle class in <br /> Sandwich so that people of all economic spectrums, ages and cultures may enjoy living in our <br /> beautiful and growing community. <br /> November 30,2000 <br />