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to authorize the Board of Selectmen and the Conservation Commission to apply for, accept and
<br /> expend any funds which may be provided by the Commonwealth or other public or private
<br /> sources to defray a portion or all of the costs of acquiring this property, including but not limited
<br /> to funding under the Self-Help Act General Laws, Chapter 132A, Section 11, and/or the Federal
<br /> P.L. 88-568 8 89d o orize the Board of Land & Water Conservation Fund, I 7 Stat 7- an t auth
<br /> Selectmen and/or the Conservation Commission to enter into all agreements and execute any and
<br /> all instruments on behalf of the Town as may be necessary to effect this purchase and obtain
<br /> reimbursement funding, provided, that the Grantors be required to certify good and marketable
<br /> title to the subject property, free and clear of any and all liens, encumbrances, easements, clouds,
<br /> and other third party rights or claims, upon such terms and conditions as the Selectmen shall
<br /> deem to be in the best interest of the Town, or take any other action relating thereto.
<br /> Submitted by the Community Preservation Committee
<br /> Explanation: To acquire for open space, the Mills Family Lands, 15.24 acres at Santuit Pond.
<br /> To enhance the Santuit Pond Preserve conservation area, link an almost contiguous wildlife
<br /> corridor and to protect the watershed of Santuit Pond.
<br /> The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by a vote of 5-0.
<br /> The Finance Committee recommends approval by a vote of 6-0.
<br /> Motion made to dispense with reading of article.
<br /> Motion made to dispense wim reading of article passes at 7:25 Ply.
<br /> Motion made by Selectman Wayne Taylor,
<br /> Motion: I move the Town vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire certain parcels of
<br /> land designated on the Mast pee Assessors' Maps as Map 23, Blocks 20, 30, 36, 51, 54, 68 and
<br /> 212, Map 30, Blocks 48, 53, 85, 91, 94, 97, 108, 111, and 143, located in Mashpee, Barnstable
<br /> County, Massachusetts, consisting of fifteen and twenty-four-one-hundredths (15.24 ac.) acres,
<br /> more or less, and more accurately described in deeds recorded in the Barnstable County Registry
<br /> of Deeds in Book 15578 Page 33 and Book 3191 Page 120, along with those portions of the
<br /> adjacent "paper" streets known as Lowell Street, Coolidge Street, Harlow Street, Tobey Street,
<br /> Abbotsford Road, Lake Avenue, Fuller Street, Englewood Avenue, Dale Street and Chopchague
<br /> Road, shown on a Plan of Land recorded in the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in an
<br /> Book 27 Page 137, which are appurtenant to any of said parcels; to acquire said parcels by gift,
<br /> purchase and/or, with the consent of the owners, confirmatory eminent domain taking under
<br /> Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 79, or any other enabling authority; to acquire said land
<br /> for open space, conservation. and passive recreation purposes, consistent with the provisions of
<br /> Mass. Gen. Laws. Ch. 40, Section 8C, 3 10 C.M.R. 22.00, and Article 97 of the Amendments to
<br /> the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; to appropriate and transfer from the
<br /> Community Preservation Open Space Reserve $363,268 and further to appropriate and transfer
<br /> $356,732 from the Community Preservation Budgeted for Appropriation Reserve, for a total of
<br /> $720,000, to the Community Preservation Mills Land Account, in accordance with the
<br /> provisions of Mass. Gen.. Laws. Ch.44B Section 5, for the purchase of said parcels of land,
<br /> including any incidental costs and expenses related thereto, as recommended by the Community
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