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Motion: I move the Town vote to Oppose the continued operation of Pilgrim Nuclear Power <br /> Station (PNPS) until all safety improvements recommended by the Nuclear Regulatory <br /> Commission (NRC) as a result of lessons learned from the failures of similarly designed reactors <br /> in Fukushima, Japan have been fully implemented, and requests the NRC to immediately suspend <br /> all further action on the application of the Entergy Corporation for renewal of its license to operate <br /> PNPS until such full implementation has been accomplished. <br /> Motion passes at 8:59 PM. <br /> Article 33 <br /> To see if the Town will vote to Pass an Ordinance to Repair the Impact of the Foreclosure Crisis <br /> on the Town of Mashpee (attached) that will: (1) require mediation of mortgage foreclosures of <br /> owner occupied residential real estate property in Mashpee; and (2) require security and <br /> maintenance of vacant or foreclosing property. <br /> Submitted by Petition <br /> The Board of Selectmen does not recommend approval by a vote of 3-1, 1 absent. <br /> Finance Committee does not recommend approval by a vote of 5-0, 2 absent. <br /> Finance Committee recommends the change of ordinance to bylaw by a vote of 7-0. <br /> Motion made by Peter White. <br /> Motion: I vote to amend Article 33 by changing the word ordinance to bylaw wherever it appears <br /> and to authorize the Town Attorney to make any other grammatical changes that he feels is <br /> necessary without changing the intent of the article. <br /> AN ORDINANCE TO REPAIR THE IMPACT OF THE FORECLOSURE CRISIS ON THE <br /> TOWN OF MASHPEE <br /> Be it ordained by the Town Meeting of the Town of Mashpee as follows <br /> {Chapter of Municipal laws to amend} is hereby amended by deleting the section and inserting <br /> the following new section: <br /> SECTION L Facilitating Mediation of Mortgage Foreclosures of Owner Occupied Residential <br /> Real Property in Mashpee: <br /> Section 1. Unsecured and unmaintained properties and especially vacant properties present a <br /> danger to the safety and welfare of public safety officers, the public, occupants, abutters and <br /> neighborhoods, and as such, constitute a public nuisance. This section is enacted to promote the <br /> health, safety and welfare of the public, to protect and preserve the quiet enjoyment and health of <br /> occupants, abutters and neighborhoods, and to minimize hazards to public safety personnel <br /> inspecting or entering such properties. <br /> 35 <br />