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addition, rather than the two-phase purchase anticipated in May, through which
<br /> the Town would have purchased 15 acres of upland and 60 acres of marshes, the
<br /> entire 325 acre Bufflehead property will be purchased at one time, primarily by
<br /> the U. S. Fish & wildlife Service and most likely within the next six months.
<br /> Recommendation: The Finance Committee will make a recommendation at
<br /> Town Meeting.
<br /> Motion to be made by George Costa.
<br /> Motion: I move that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to acquire, by
<br /> purchase or otherwise, for conservation purposes, a parcel of land, being a
<br /> portion of that land shown on a "Plan of Land in Mashpee, Mass. Prepared for
<br /> the Bufflehead Bay Nominee Trust," revised date November 6, 1996, by Hayes
<br /> Engineering, Inc. of Wakefield, MA, as well as a portion of the land shown on
<br /> Land Court Plan 40422A, said land also being portions of those parcels shown on
<br /> the 1995 Mashpee Assessors Maps as Map 115, Blocks 1, 6, 7, and 8, generally
<br /> located between Upper Great River, Jehu Pond, Abigail's Brook and Great Oak
<br /> Road, to be held in the care and custody of the Conservation Commission
<br /> pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C; and further, that
<br /> $500,000 be appropriated for such purpose, including expenses incidental and
<br /> related thereto, and to raise such appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval
<br /> of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow $500,000 under and pursuant to
<br /> Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8C and, if applicable, Chapter 40, Section 8C, of the
<br /> General Laws, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the
<br /> Town therefor, provided that no bonds or notes of the Town shall be issued
<br /> unless and until grant agreement has been executed between the Town and the
<br /> Commonwealth of Massachusetts for reimbursement to the Town in the amount
<br /> of at least $250,000 under MGL Chapter 132A, Section 11, or any other
<br /> applicable law; and further that $500 be transferred from revenue available for
<br /> appropriation to the Issuance of Debt Account; and further that the Board of
<br /> Selectmen and/or Conservation Commission be authorized to apply for and accept
<br /> Federal and/or State grants, including reimbursement under Chapter 132A,
<br /> Section 11 of the General Laws, the "Self-Help Act," to be applied by the Town
<br /> toward the financing of this purchase, and to enter into contracts or agreements
<br /> with Federal and/or State agencies, private conservation trusts or other entities or
<br /> persons in connection with the purchase of such land and its preservation for
<br /> conservation purposes; and finally that the Conservation Commission and the
<br /> Board of Selectmen be authorized to enter into agreements and execute any and
<br /> all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said
<br /> acquisition.
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