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The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 21 by a vote of 6-0 MOTION MADE BY SELECTMAN GOTTLIEB: Motion: I move the Town vote to approve Article 21 as printed in the warrant with the exception of the phrase, "or take any other action relating thereto." Motion passes unanimously at 9:05 pm Article 22 To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 172-7(A) (3) (a) as follows: Replace the phrase preexisting conditions"to "existing conditions"in the following sentence under this subsection "Such waivers are intended to be granted only in rare and unusual cases and only when resource protection would be enhanced relative to preexisting conditions" or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Conservation Department Explanation: The term "existing conditions"is a more appropriate term under the context of this bylaw subsection. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article 22 by a vote of 4-0 The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 22 by a vote of 6-0 MOTION MADE BY SELECTMAN COTTON: Motion: I move the Town vote to approve Article 22 as printed in the warrant with the exception of the phrase, "or take any other action relating thereto." Motion passes unanimously at 9:06 pm Article 23 To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 172-9 of the General Bylaws as follows: Amend the language of 172-9(A) to include the term"Adverse Impact" and its definition as follows: "Adverse Impact-Adverse impact means an impact to the value or interest of a wetland resource area as defined by the bylaw that is deemed by the issuing authority to be more than negligible, or random, unnecessary or undesirable to the public interests of the resource area. Negligible means insignificant to the values or interests of the resource area or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Conservation Department 30