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for conservation and passive recreation purposes, all or a portion of that parcel of land identified
<br /> on the 1999 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 115, Blocks 12 through 16, con.sisti.nR of 8.52
<br /> acres, more or less, located between Amy Brown Road, Great Hay Road and Abigail's, Brook
<br /> and shown as Lots 2 through 5 and Parcel A on a "Subdivision Plan of Land Prepared for Stable
<br /> Trust in Mashpee, Mass.", revision date December 16, 1985, by Holmes & McGrath, Inc. Civil
<br /> Engineers and Land Surveyors, to be held in the care and custody of the Conservation
<br /> Commission pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C- and further, to
<br /> see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, $,550,000 for
<br /> such purpose, including expenses incidental and related thereto, and to raise such appropriation,
<br /> the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow $550,000 or any
<br /> other sum under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8C and, if applicable, Chapter 40,
<br /> section 8C of the General laws, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of
<br /> the Town therefor; with said borrowing to be repaid with funds from the Land Bank Fund
<br /> established by the Town under the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1998 (An Act
<br /> Relative to the Establishment of the Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition Program); and
<br /> further, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds
<br /> $2,500 to the Issuance of Debt Account; and further, to see if the Town will authorize the Board
<br /> of Selectmen and / or Conservation Commission to apply for and accept Federal, State and / or
<br /> County grants, including reimbursement under Chapter 132A, Section 1.1 of the General Laws,
<br /> the "Self-Help Act", to be applied by the Town toward the financing of this purchase, and to
<br /> enter into contracts or agreements with Federal, State and / or County agencies, private
<br /> conservation trusts or other entities or persons in connection with the purchase of all or a
<br /> portion of such land and its preservation for conservation and passive recreation purposes,
<br /> including enforcement of restrictions on, the land as required by the provisions of Chapter 293 of
<br /> the Acts of 1998; and finally, to see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission
<br /> and the Board of Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute any and all instruments as may
<br /> be necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said acquisition, sale, transfer or preservation;
<br /> or take any other action relating thereto.
<br /> Submitted by the Open Space Committee
<br /> Explanation: This article would authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase, on behalf of the
<br /> Conservation Commission, an 8.52 acre parcel between Amy Brown Road and Abigail's Brook
<br /> which is surrounded on three sides by existing conservation land owned by the U.S. Fish &
<br /> Wildlife Service (the "Bufflehead Bay" property). The area is in the Mashpee National Wildlife
<br /> Refuge, includes salt marshes on Abigails Brook as well as a very attractive bluff overlooking
<br /> the marshes and upper Great River, and is recommended as a top priority acquisition by the
<br /> Comprehensive Plan and the Town's open space plan. The purchase would 'be paid for with
<br /> Land, Bank funds and reimbursement of 52% of the cost would be sought from the state's "Self-
<br /> Help" program..
<br /> Motion made to dispense with reading of Article.
<br /> Motion to dispense with reading of article passes at 8:32 p.m.
<br /> Motion made by John Cahalane.
<br /> Motion: I move the Town vote to authorize the Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or
<br /> otherwise, for conservation and passive recreation purposes, all or a portion of that parcel of
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