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including reimbursement under Chapter 132A, Section I I of the General Laws, the "Self-Help Act", to be applied by the Town toward the financing of this purchase, and 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 and the preservation of those portions noted above for conservation and recreation purposes, including enforcement of conservation restrictions on the land; and finally, to see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission and 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, sale, transfer or preservation; or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Open Space Committee Explanation: This article would authorize purchase of 30 acres of land along Goodspeed's Meeting House Road, between Meetinghouse Road and Main Street, with that portion east of the road reserved as conservation land and that portion west of the road reserved for potential recreation use in conjunction with a proposed school site and a 50 foot wide strip along Goodspeed's and Noisy Hole Roads reserved for possible roadway use if ever needed. All but $1.00 of the purchase (for the roadway portion) is to be funded through the Town's Land Bank funds. The Town will also apply for 52% state reimbursement under the state's "Self-Help" program for the portion to be held for conservation purposes. Motion made by Selectman Leveille. Motion: I move the Town hereby authorize the Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, all or a portion of a parcel of land of 30 acres, more or less, identified on the 1999 !'Mast pee Assessors' Maps as Map 36, Block 35, also shown as Parcel 2 on a "Plan of Land in Central Mashpee Mass. For Harry W. & Ellen A. Tabb", dated September 3, 1969 by Charles,N. Savery, Inc., with the portion of said land lying vast of a line 25 feet east of the center line of Goodspeed's Meeting House Road, excluding any land lying within 25 feet on either side of the center line of Noisy Hole Road, to be held for conservation and passive recreation purposes in the care and custody of the Conservation Commission pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C, the portion lying west of a line 25 feet west of the center line of Goodspeed's Meeting House Road to be held for open space or recreation purposes in the care and custody of the Board of Selectmen and the remainder to beheld in the care and custody of the Board of Selectmen for general municipal purposes, including roadway use; that the sum of $330,000 is hereby appropriated for such purpose, including all expenses incidental and related thereto; that to raise this appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, is hereby authorized to borrow $330,000 or any other sum under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 7(3) or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor,; that while any borrowing authorized hereunder shall constitute a general obligation of the Town, it is expected that all but one dollar ($1.00) of said borrowing shall be repaid with funds 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); that the Town hereby appropriates the additional sum of$1,500 from the Land Bank Account to the Issuance of Debt Account; that the Town hereby authorizes the Board of Selectmen and/or Conservation Commission to apply for and accept any available Federal, State and/or County grants, including reimbursements under Chapter 132A, Section 1.1 of the General Laws, the "Self-Help Act", to be applied by the Town toward the costs of this purchase, and to