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Town under the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1998 (An Act Relative to the Establishment of the Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition Program) $1,600 for such purpose, including expenses incidental and related thereto; and further, to see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into contracts or agreements with Federal, State and/or County agencies, private conservation trusts or other entities or persons in connection with the purchase of such land, including enforcement of restrictions on the land; and finally, to see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said acquisition; or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by Open Space Committee Explanation: This article would authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase, using Land Bank funds, a small wetland lot surrounded by the previously-purchased "Belcher" property off Lowell Road. The lot also has the benefit of a right-of-way over the Town's land from Lowell Road. This purchase would consolidate the Town's ownership in the area and avoid any potential legal or development issues related to the lot and right-of-way. 0 A-0 Motion made to dispense witn reading of article. Motion to dispense with reading of article passes at 8:07 p.m. Motion made by Wayne Taylor. Motion: I move the Town vote to authorize the Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, for the purposes allowed by Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1998, that parcel of land identified on the FY2001 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 60, Block 1, consisting of 16,353 square feet, more or less, located off Lowell Road and surrounded by the so-called "B,elcher Property" previously purchased by the Town, along with any appurtenant easements or rights-of-way; and further, the Town vote to appropriate and transfer from the Land Bank Fund established by the Town under the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1998 (An Act Relative to the Establishment of the Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition Program) $1,600 for such purpose, including expenses incidental and related thereto; and further, the Town vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into contracts or agreements with Federal, State and/or County agencies, private conservation trusts or other entities or persons in connection with the purchase of such land, including enforcement of restrictions on the land; and finally, the Town vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said acquisition. Motion passes unanimously at 8:08 p.m. Article 12 To see if the Town will vote to transfer the care, custody, maintenance and control of the parcel of land described below from the Tax Collector for purposes of sale under G.L. c.60 to the Board of Selectmen for purposes of sale and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell the following described parcel of land on such terms and conditions as they may determine: