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Article 17 To see if the Town will vote to accept the layouts as public ways of Sandy Fox Drive and Fox Hill Road as shown on a plan entitled "Easement Taking and Layout Plan of Sandy Fox Drive" in Mashpee, Massachusetts (Barnstable County)", dated February 16, 2012 and "Easement Taking and Layout Plan of Fox Hill Road" dated January 13, 2011, prepared by Eagle Surveying, Inc., which layout shall have been filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, not later than seven days prior to the date of the 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 $87,395 to the Sandy Fox/Fox Hill 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 Motion made and passed to dispense with reading of Article at 7:50 PM The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by a vote of 5-0. The Finance Committee recommends approval by a vote of 6-0. At its meeting on September 19, 2012, the Planning Board voted 4-0 to recommend approval of Article 17 relative to the taking of Sandy Fox Drive and that portion of Fox Hill Road shown on the plan referenced in the Article. Motion made by John Sorocco. Motion: I move the Town vote to accept the layouts as public ways of Sandy Fox Drive and Fox Hill Road as shown on a plan entitled "Easement Taking and Layout Plan of Sandy Fox Drive" in Mashpee, Massachusetts, dated February 16, 2012 and "Easement Taking and Layout Plan of Fox Hill Road" dated January 13, 2011, prepared by Eagle Surveying, Inc., which layout shall have been filed in the Office of the Town Clerk not later than seven days prior to the date of the 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 the sum of$87,395 to the Sandy Fox/Fox Hill 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 to authorize the Board of Selectmen to assess betterments to the owners of the land abutting the ways. Motion passes unanimously at 7:52 PM. 14