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Town of Mashpee Annual Town Meeting Mash pee High School October 17, 2005 Town Meeting opened at 7:55 PM Voters present - 227 Quorum Required - 0 Barnstable, ss: Greetings To the Constables of the Town, In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and summon the inhabitants of the Town of Mas,hpee who are qualified to vote in the elections to meet at the Mashpee High School on Monday, the 171hday of October, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. for the following purposes: To act on the articles contained in the following Warrant. Article I To see if the Town will vote that the parcel of Town-owned land shown as "Parcel A" on a plan entitled "T of nitive Commercial Street Subdivision Plan of Land, Mashpee, Massachusetts" by Baxter, Nye & Holmgren, Inc., dated 5/23/2003, which is a portion of the parcel shown on the 2004 Mashpee Assessors' Ma ps as Map 8,1, Block 21, as well as the parcel shown on said Assessors' 2004 Maps as Map 81, Block 18, the combined area of which is 4.65 acres, more or 'less, with said parcels located between Route 28 and Commercial Street just north of Madaket Place, shall not be held by the Town as conservation land; and further, vote that said parcels shall. be transferred from the care and custody of the Custodian of tax foreclosed property, to the Board of Selectmen for purposes of sale or lease of all or a portion of said land to a non-profit entity or entities, with such transfer to be made subject to a deed restriction, which may contain a reverter clause, restricting the use of said parcel to those uses deemed appropriate by the Board of Selectmen and subject to certain design guidelines and other conditions which the Board may deem appropriate; and finally, to authorize the Board of Selectmen to make use of other instrumentalities of the Town or other agencies and to enter into any agreements necessary, to effect the transfer of such land in accordance with this Article, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen Explanation: This article would authorize the Board of Selectmen to lease or sell all or a portion of two parcels of land containing approximately 4.65 acres, located between Route 28 and Commercial Street, just north of Madaket Place, which were previously taken by the Town for non-payment of taxes, to an appropriate non-profit entity or entities, which may include the Cape Cod Free Clinic. The land would be permanently restricted to uses deemed appropriate by the Board of Selectmen (and would also have to conform to applicable zoning), with design and other conditions specified by the Selectmen, and would be transferred to an agency or organization selected through a "Request for Proposals" process,. Under the provisions of I