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Page 8 Special Town Meeting October 21, 1970 Article 11 Ctd. - Warner speaking: I was sure Town Counsel would get up and explain. I was upset when I read this in the paper. I was told Town Counsel would explain before the article was read and it was not done this way. I am not permitted to speak unless invited. The Planning Board has the opportunity. This is not the first time I have been here. I started in 1966. I stood before you three times previously - and this is the fourth. I am still asking for the same fundamental thing, which is the right to ply my own business on my own land in Mashpee. I am asking you to zone for marine use a small piece - one acre - to go along with another 20 acres of adjacent land. I am not asking for permission to dredge, or anything else. Just rezoning. (Here Warner referred to papers prepared, showing layouts, and handed to town meeting members for reference) . . . . . . on these extra sheets you have you will see where Mashpee Rotary and 151 come together. Down the road just before you come to the Catholic Church on the right, on the left you will see water. It is the only place you can see the water from the road. That is the property now in consideration, known as Punkhorn Bog, and already rezoned as a marine area. Please turn to the second sheet. This whole area except for the green shaded bit is a Marine District. . . .. .and this small area of just over half acre . . . 30, 300 square feet is what I am asking to have rezoned. Costa started to question. . . . .Mr. Warner explained that the green shaded area, approximately 50 feet wide and 440 feet long—in the bog across the green shaded area is what he was seeking to have changed to conform with the rest of his property as a marine district. I am told in order to do business , this green area must be re-zoned. I don't want to dredge the Bay, nor make exc9vations . . . . .Mr. Warner continued to read from a prepared statement, in essence stating that water sports forms a major part of the recreation picture here on the Cape; services such as he proposed to render would be beneficial not only to vacationists but to the residents of the Town as well; Recreation and summer sports are the chief means of livelihood for Cape residents . . . .we depend on the vacation dollar. . . .a going business would mean taking in more tax dollars. . there is a real need for the services such as he proposes to render and you have a potential here as you have a body of water second to none in Popponesset Bay. (Mr. Warner continued to read for a short while longer from a prepared statement - giving his reasons and his stand on the above issue. . .what Ensued being larely repetitious and given for emphasis . ) fie ended up by stating he had been before town meeting 4 times on this issue. The Selectmen approved. . .and in spite of official sanction he kept being turned down. There was more objection from the floor - with the problem of pollution and ecology destruction being cited. Floor: Mr. Warmer, in an honest and sincere way, has ankod for our sanction of his project. If I may speak for a small group - in the beginning of this meeting we voted against the jetport for