08/31/2020 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Agenda Packet

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*DRAFT#4 OCTOBER 19, 2020 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING* PLEASE NOTE THAT ARTICLE NUMBERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE PRIOR TO EXECUTION Article 16 (Stand Alone Article) To see if Mashpee will join towns across Cape Cod in an effort to respond to a shared sense of climate emergency, based on data and warning from the scientific community. Across Cape Cod, many acknowledge that climate change is a dire threat to our well-being that demands immediate attention. Passage of the article will indicate that the residents and government of Mashpee are committed to expeditiously reducing net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by further reducing energy consumption as well as by supporting and instituting efforts to wisely manage our land, biodiversitynd natural reso, urces to reduce the town's vulnerability to climate change, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen Explanation: Because of threats to our health, safety, and economic security, Mashpee-s communities, service organizations, government representatives, officers, and departments have already taken many leading steps toward mitigating the environmental conditions that cause decreasing biodiversity, global warming, melting ice sheets, rising sea levels,acidifying oceans, damaging storms intensifying heat waves and raging fires, but CO2 levels in Earths atmosphere have already risen above the acceptable 350 pprn Ito 415 ppm. As a member of 350 Cape Cod, this,petitioner urges Mashpee's residents, communities, elected representatives, and town employees to join in spirit and action with the residents of other Cape Cod towns to prudently facilitate this article's objectives. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article 16 by a vote of 5-0 The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 16 by a vote of Article 17(Stand Alone Article) To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain taking such Interests, including temporary and permanent easements, within certain parcels of land abutting Route 151 (Nathan Ellis- Highway) for the purposes of constructing, reconstructing, an d installing roadway improvements within said Route 151 from the Mashpee Rotary to the intersection with Old Barnstable Road pursuant to the Route 151 Corridor Improvement Project (Phase 1) and to accept within the public layout of Route 151/ Old Barnstable Road certain areas, all as more particularly shown and described on a plan entitled Il dated .................. I and prepared by which plan/layouts 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 enter into such agreements or adopt such orders as may be required to acquire by gift, purchase or take by eminent domain any land or interests necessary for the,purposes of such ways as so laid out [ (if necessary) and to appropriate and transfer a sum of money from available funds to be determined by appraisal and/or to raise said appro priation, 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]; or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen 10