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s ARTICLE 9 requests approval for the transfer of$142,484 from unexpended Capital funds to ry�t r construct a gasoline/diesel fuel storage and dispensing system at the Department of Public Works garage. This facility which will service all municipal vehicles, including school vehicles, , and will permit the town to participate in the county's cooperative purchasing program for gasoline and diesel fuel. The purchase of these commodities will be at wholesale cost and will have no state and federal taxes. Mashpee purchases some 35,000 gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel a year, so the savings to be realized from the installation of these tanks is expected to exceed $20,000 a year. The installation of the facility is expected to be completed by the 3rd quarter of 2008. ;k 'g FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS TOWN MEETING APPROVAL OF J ARTICLE 9. ARTICLE 10: Authorize Transfer of Overlay Funds. y E Submitted by: Board of Assessors. ARTICLE 10 requests approval to transfer$150,000 in surplus Assessor's Overlay funds to pay d a costs imposed by the MA Department of Revenue for the annual and triennial property valuation certifications. An overlay is an appropriation of reserve funds, in this case, to pay for any ' shortfall in taxes or to pay rebates on successful tax appeals. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS TOWN MEETING APPROVAL OF ARTICLE 10. a 4 ARTICLE 11. Authorize Easement Agreement Submitted by: Board of Selectmen. Mashpee Commons is presently before the Planning Board for approval to construct a new building adjacent to the town's library. As part of the approval process, a request has been made by Mashpee Commons for an easement along the common property line with the library for sidewalk and public access to the back of the property. Article 11 requests Town Meeting , approval for that easement and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute an agreement conveying the easement to Mashpee Commons. IG THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS TOWN MEETING APPROVAL OF ARTICLE 11. m lit In order to allow implementation of a project before the start of FY 09, the Board of Selectmen {` has placed an Article in this "Special"portion of the Town Meeting seeking approval to appropriate a total of$35,500 in already collected and available state and local Community + I Preservation Act Funds. (See Article 12 below). P By way of background, prior to 2004, Cape Cod municipalities had the option of participating in a program called the Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition Program (a.k.a. Cape Cod Land Bank) to raise funds locally to purchase lands to be kept as open space. Mashpee's Participation in the "Land Bank"program began in 1999. Beginning with the FY 05 budget, the State offered an optional program called the Community Preservation Act (CPA) which allows a municipality to collect funds through an annual 3% surcharge on property assessments, which then is matched by state funds, thereby substantially increasing the amount of money available. 7