2/14/1979 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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r + 41 MASHPEE CONSERVATION MUS1 GAL BARING AND RBGULAR STING DATE: February 14, 1979 Mashpee Town Hall TIME: 7:30 P. . The meeting was called to order by Chairman DeLory., with the following Berm bers present: Dorothy Stadley, Charles Buckingham and Jim LeClair. Absent were Barbara S 1 ane, Wayne T aware s and N a non Dias. Mrs, Elwood Mills and. her two sons were present and showed the Commission a 1912 map, saying that the Mills family was given a blanket deed for the lots they already had. The town changed the lots into another map -� there are m roads. (Miscellaneous facts: Deed from C. E. a wTence Attorney Misci drew up the deed; Alan Swain was the TownCounsel.) Since 1930, they have researched this prow perty and found out a lot of history about it. Out of 589 lots, only 267 were sold between 1912 and 1915 an 200 lots left, of record, not wed or sold.,- unless people bought them and didn't record them. All are now recorded at the Registry of Deeds* She said that she has an attorney to represent thea, but he's on v - cation. They are interested in presenting this props to the town in perpetuity. She pointed out the places that would go to conservation, Mr. DeC .air asked what pmts would go to the- takwn and she said that all the parts that are color ored blue wound go to the tom. She also said that there is only one road that goes in there. She also said that there is a cranberry bog and that there is a beautiful view during all the different seasons. It also contains a marshy area. - the bog is a working one, owned by Brackett from Gotuit. She suggested to Mr. LeClair that the Commission go aver and see it. She gave Mrs. DeLory a copy of Ir r ct of land owned by Elwood C. Mills and Josephine D. Mills of Mashpee., to be considered for a conservation easement t the 'down of Mashpee xl lots, on paper only (mostly o land) - approximately 15.49 acres, assessed valuation $111,050,00 (Map #23 and 30) � southeasterly section of Mashpee near Santuit Pond& She asked if there were any questions. Mrs. DeLory said that the Commission will go aver it, adding that Mrs o Mi is and her family r agree to grant it in perpetuity rather than for 20 years. Nate should be made that the pertinent information is to be found in GL Chap tar 184Sections 31 � 3 Page f the Handbook for Massachusetts Gonser a= tion Commissioners. They will look it over and then discuss it before a full board, It was mentioned that when Mrs. Mills came in in July of 1977,, she had no map she was to come back with a proposal and didn't until now. _ .* _ Mrs. DeLory W-111 meet with the F=an a Cormnittee on March 1st, On the radio so Ron Pocknett put in for $475.00, which was taken from the anti—re� cession fund and has to be used for the radio or some equipment like that. Since it wasn't used for that it has to go back to the ton. dw Mrs. DeLory said that on March 25th, the town is having a Salute t Spring and the Conservation Commission is asked to set up a table with inform