Motion: I move the Town vote to accept the layouts as public ways of Windsor Way, Victoria
<br /> Circle, Saxony Drive, Tudor Terrace and Sheffield Place, as shown on plans entitled "Windsor
<br /> Way Easement Taking Plan," dated December 30, 2015; "Victoria Circle Easement Taking
<br /> Plan," dated December 30, 2015; "Saxony Drive Easement Taking Plan," dated December 30,
<br /> 2015; "Tudor Terrace Easement Taking Plan," dated December 30, 2015; and "Sheffield Place
<br /> Easement Taking Plan," dated December 30, 2015, in Mashpee, MA (Barnstable County),
<br /> prepared by Baxter Nye Engineering & Surveying, which layouts shall have been filed in the
<br /> Office of the Town Clerk not later than seven days prior to the date of vote hereunder, and to
<br /> authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase, or eminent domain taking any
<br /> land necessary for the purposes of such ways as so laid out, and to appropriate the sum of
<br /> $521,629 to the Spring Hill Roadways Account, and to raise said appropriation, the Treasurer,
<br /> with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, be authorized to borrow at one time, or from time
<br /> to time, under and pursuant to Chapter 44 Section 7 or 8, or any other enabling authority for such
<br /> purchase or taking and layout, including costs of constructing such ways, and legal financing,
<br /> and other costs incidental and related thereto, and further authorize the Board of Selectmen to
<br /> assess betterments to the owners of the land abutting the ways.
<br /> At their public meeting held on October 5, 2016, the Planning Board voted 5-0 to
<br /> recommend approval of Article 30 to accept the layouts of Windsor Way, Victoria Circle,
<br /> Saxony Drive, Tudor Terrace and Sheffield Place as town ways, on the condition that the
<br /> taking plans be revised to show metes and bounds descriptions of the drainage easements
<br /> to be taken.
<br /> Motion passes unanimously at 8:31 PM.
<br /> Article 31
<br /> To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout as a public way of Leeward Lane, as shown on
<br /> plans entitled "Leeward Lane Easement Taking Plan," dated December 30, 2015, in Mashpee,
<br /> MA (Barnstable County), prepared by Baxter Nye Engineering & Surveying, which layouts shall
<br /> have been filed in the Office of the Town Clerk not later than seven days prior to the date of vote
<br /> hereunder, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase, or eminent
<br /> domain taking any land necessary for the purposes of such ways as so laid out, and to appropriate
<br /> the sum of $104,167 to the Leeward Lane Roadways Account, and to raise said appropriation,
<br /> the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, be authorized to borrow at one time,
<br /> or from time to time, under and pursuant to Chapter 44 Section 7 or 8, or any other enabling
<br /> authority for such purchase or taking and layout, including costs of constructing such ways, and
<br /> legal financing, and other costs incidental and related thereto, and further authorize the Board of
<br /> Selectmen to assess betterments to the owners of the land abutting the ways, or take any other
<br /> action relating thereto.
<br /> Submitted by Petition
<br /> The Board of Selectmen recommends Town Meeting approval by a vote of 5-0.
<br /> The Finance Committee recommends Town Meeting approval by a vote of 6-0.
<br /> Motion made by Petitioner Gina Hotton.
<br /> 27
<br />
|