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*DRAFT#4* OCTOBER 21, 2019 Annual Town Meeting Warrant
<br /> Article 11 (Draft#4)
<br /> To see if the Town will vote to accept the layouts as public ways of Leatherleaf Lane, Bog River Bend,
<br /> Miller Farm Road and Ferngully Pass (Childs River East), as shown on plans entitled "Road Taking Plan
<br /> Leather Leaf Road", "Road Taking Plan Bog River Bend" and "Road Taking Plan Fern Gully Pass & Miller
<br /> Farm Road" in Mashpee MA, dated January 31, 2018, and prepared by Cape & islands Engineering, which
<br /> layouts shall have been filed in the Office of the Town Clerk not later than seven days prior to the date of
<br /> vote hereunder, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase, or eminent domain
<br /> taking any land necessary for the purposes of such ways as so laid out, and, further, to appropriate the
<br /> sum of $408,030.00 to the Child's River East Roadways Account, and to raise said appropriation, the
<br /> Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, be authorized to borrow at one time, or from
<br /> time to time, under and pursuant to Chapter 44 Section 7 or S, or any other enabling authority for such
<br /> purchase or taking and layout, including costs of constructing such ways, and legal financing, and other
<br /> costs incidental and related thereto, and further authorize the Board.of.Selectmen to assess betterments
<br /> to the owners of the land abutting the ways. Any premium received by:t:he Town upon the sale of any
<br /> bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any such.:premium applied'to. the payment of the costs of
<br /> issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied to the payment of costs. approved by this vote in
<br /> accordance with Chapter 44, Section 20 of the General Laws,thereby reducing the.amount authorized to
<br /> be borrowed to pay such costs by a like amount, or take any..othe.r action relating'thereto.
<br /> Submitted by the Board of Selectmen
<br /> Explanation: This Article once again submits the request of roadway abutters in the Childs River East
<br /> development for Town acceptance.of the layouts of Leatherleaf Lane, Bog River Bend, Miller Farm Road
<br /> and Ferngully Pass.The Article was previously approved by Town.Meeting as a Petition Article (Article 29)
<br /> at the 2019 Spring Annual Town Meeting on May 6,,%%2019, however, due to an inadvertent administrative
<br /> oversight, the order of Taking for the.. subject layouts..was not adopted and recorded by the Board of
<br /> Selectmen within the requisite 90.day statutory period;:thus,the layouts have not become effective. This
<br /> Article merely.seeks to ratify and` confirm the previously approved layouts, whereupon appropriate
<br /> Orders of.Taking and Betterment Assessment will be adopted and recorded in a timely manner to
<br /> complete the layout proceedings,for the subject ways.
<br /> The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article 11 by a vote of 4-0
<br /> The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 11 by a vote of X-X
<br /> Article 12 (Draft#4)
<br /> To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 44B,
<br /> §6 to Reserve from the FY 2020 estimated Community Preservation revenues,the following amounts:
<br /> $154,794 10%for Open Space/Recreational Purposes
<br /> $154,794 10%for Historic Preservation Purposes
<br /> $154,794 10°%for Affordable Housing Purposes
<br /> $1,043,551. to the FY 2020 Community Preservation Fund Budget for Appropriation
<br /> Reserve as recommended by the Community Preservation Committee,
<br /> or take any other acting relating thereto.
<br /> Submitted by the Community Preservation Committee
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