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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 such land and
<br /> the preservation of those portions noted above for conservation and recreation purposes,
<br /> including enforcement of conservation restrictions on the land; and finally, that the Town hereby
<br /> authorize the Conservation Commission and the Board of Selectmen to enter into agreements
<br /> and passive recreation purposes, including enforcement of conservation restrictions on the land;
<br /> and finally, that the Conservation Commission and the Board of Selectmen are each hereby
<br /> authorized to enter into agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on
<br /> behalf of the Town to effectuate said acquisition, sale, transfer or preservation.
<br /> Motion made to dispense with reading of Article 25 at 8:40 p.m..
<br /> Motion to dispense with reading of Article 25 passes at 8:40 p.m.
<br /> Motion passes 159-4 at 9:06 p.m.
<br /> Article 26
<br /> To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, for
<br /> conservation and passive recreation purposes, all or a portion of those parcels of land identified
<br /> on the 1999 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 86, Blocks I and 2, located on "Turner Road", to
<br /> be held in the care and custody of the Conservation Commission. pursuant to Massachusetts
<br /> General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C- and further, to see if the Town will vote to raise and
<br /> ,appropriate, or transfer from available funds, $,300,000 for such purpose, including expenses
<br /> incidental and related thereto, and to raise such appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval. of
<br /> the Selectmen., be authorized to borrow $300,000 or any other sum under and pursuant to
<br /> Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8C and, if applicable, Chapter 40, section 8C of the General laws, or
<br /> any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor; with said
<br /> borrowing to be repaid with funds from the Land Bank Fund established by the Town under the
<br /> provisions of Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1998 (An Act Relative to the Establishment of the Cape
<br /> Cod Open Space Land Acquisition Program); and to designate said land as an open space land
<br /> acquisition pursuant to said Chapter 293; and further, to see if the Town will vote to raise and
<br /> appropriate or transfer from available funds $1500 to the Issuance of Debt Account; and further,
<br /> to see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen and / or Conservation Commission to
<br /> apply for and accept Federal, State and / or County grants, including reimbursement under
<br /> Chapter 132A, Section I I of the General Laws, the "Self-Help Act", to be applied by the Town
<br /> toward the financing of this purchase, and to enter into contracts or agreements with Federal,
<br /> State and / or County agencies, private conservation trusts or other entities or persons, in
<br /> connection with the purchase of such and and its preservation for conservation and passive
<br /> recreation purposes, including enforcement of conservation restrictions on the land; and finally,
<br /> to see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission and the Board of Selectmen to
<br /> enter into agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the
<br /> Town to effectuate said acquisition, sale, transfer or preservation; or take any other action
<br /> relating thereto.
<br /> Submitted by the Open Space Committee
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