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length is required to provide notification only to Abutters whose Lot is within one thousand feet from the Project Site. Abutter notification is not required for projects proposed by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division, pursuant to Chapter 472 of the Acts of 1993 as approved on January 13, 1994. The applicant shall provide notification at the mailing addresses shown on the most recent applicable tax list available in the office of the Town Assessor." or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Conservation Commission Explanation: The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (D.E.P.) has recently promulgated changes to abutter notification protocols, which help to clarify the limits of abutter notification requirements for projects occurring in Land Under Water Bodies and Water Ways, on lots of 50 acres or more and Linear-shaped projects 1000 feet or more in size. This by-law amendment seeks to maintain consistency between the new D.E.P. and local Mashpee notification requirements. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by a vote of 5-0. The Finance Committee recommends approval by a vote of 6-0, 1 absent. Motion made by Selectman Carol Sherman. Motion: I move the Town vote to approve Article 26 as printed in the Warrant, with the exception of the phrase "or take any other action relating thereto." Motion made and passed to dispense with reading of article at 8:22PM. Motion passes unanimously at 8:22 PM. Article 27 To see if the Town will vote to accept as public ways the layouts of Jonas Drive, Valerie Circle, and Rachelle Court as shown on plans entitled "Road Easement Taking Plan of Jonas Drive, Valerie Circle and Rachelle Court", in Mashpee, MA (Barnstable County) dated May 20, 2014, and prepared by Capesurv, which layouts shall have been filed in the Office of the Town Clerk not later than seven days prior to the date of vote hereunder, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase, or eminent domain taking any land necessary for the purposes of such ways as so laid out, and to appropriate and transfer from available funds $322,024.50 to the Jonas Drive, Valerie Circle and Rachelle Court Roadways Account, and to raise said appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, be authorized to borrow at one time or, from time to time, under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 7 or 8 or any other enabling authority, for such purchase or taking and layout, including costs of constructing such ways and legal financing, and other costs incidental and related thereto; and further authorize the Board of Selectmen to assess betterments to the owners of the land abutting the ways, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by Petition 26