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The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by a vote of 5-0. Finance Committee recommends approval by a vote of 5-1, 1 absent. Motion made by Selectman Thomas O'Hara. Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and transfer from the Community Preservation Fund Affordable Housing Reserve, in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 44B, section 5, $300,000 for the purpose of funding the Mashpee Housing Authority-Mashpee Housing Assistance Program, including any necessary costs and expenses related thereto, as recommended by the Community Preservation Committee. Motion passes unanimously at 7:23 PM. Article 11 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the Community Preservation Fund Historical Purpose Reserve, in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 44B §5, $40,000 in supplemental funding for the preservation and restoration of the Mashpee Archives, including necessary costs and expenses related thereto, as recommended by the Community Preservation Committee, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Community Preservation Committee Explanation: This article seeks additional funding from the Community Preservation 10% Budgeted Historic Reserve Account to assist in the preservation and restoration of the Mashpee Archives, a Town building displaying and storing documents, records, photographs, maps, and other artifacts collected from the Town's history. Funding of $200,000 was approved at the May 2011 Special Town Meeting. Additional funds are needed for work that was not originally anticipated including abatement of hazardous materials and re-insulation of the building as well as for work that exceeds the original budget estimate, including replacement of the HVAC system and upgrading of the electrical wiring. *The Community Preservation Committee voted 5-0 in support of the additional funding request for the Mashpee Archives preservation and restoration project to derive from the 10% Historic Reserve Account. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by a vote of 5-0. Finance Committee recommends approval by a vote of 5-0, 2 absent. Motion made by Selectman Wayne Taylor. Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and transfer from the Community Preservation Fund Historical Purpose Reserve, in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 44B section 5, $40,000 in supplemental funding for the preservation and restoration of the Mashpee Archives, including necessary costs and expenses related thereto, as recommended by the Community Preservation Committee. 7