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11, "Open Space I", "Parcel B", "Drainage Parcel B", "Drainage Parcel U and a portion of Back Road on a
<br /> "Subdivision Plan of Land Prepared for MacDonald Land Trust in Mashpee, Mass." By Holmes and McGrath,
<br /> Inc., dated July 12, 1989, also being shown on the 1996 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 42, Block 24,
<br /> containing 20.5 acres, more or less, located between John's Pond, Back Road and Moody Pond, to be held in the
<br /> care and custody of the Conservation Commission pursuant to Chapter 40, Section 8C of the Massachusetts
<br /> General Laws, that the sum of$340,000 is hereby appropriated, to be expended at the direction of the Board of
<br /> Selectmen, to acquire the aforesaid property and to pay all other costs incidental and related thereto, and that to
<br /> meet this appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, is hereby authorized to borrow said
<br /> sum under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 7 (3) of the Massachusetts General Laws, or any other enabling
<br /> authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, that the sum of$400 is hereby raised by taxation and
<br /> applied to the Issuance of Debt Account in connection with the issuance of bonds or notes hereunder; that the
<br /> Board of Selectmen and the Conservation Commission are each authorized and directed to apply for and accept
<br /> any and all Federal, State or County grants that may be available for the acquisition of the aforesaid property and
<br /> that the Board of Selectmen and the Conservation Commission are each hereby authorized to enter into
<br /> agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary or convenient in connection with he
<br /> aforesaid land acquisition.
<br /> Motion passes 256 to 75 at 9:11 p.m.
<br /> Article 20
<br /> To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer $25,000 from the Cranberry Bog Reserved Receipts
<br /> Account to the Bog/Operation and Maintenance Account, or take any other action related thereto.
<br /> Submitted by the Conservation Commission
<br /> Explanation: The Town's share of the 1997 crop was approximately $97,500. The intent of this $25,000
<br /> transfer is to fund the salary of the Cranberry Bog Attendant (approximately $5,000), to begin design studies for
<br /> a new flume at Johns Pond (where the Quashnet River emanates) and for any contingencies involved with the
<br /> problem of EDB contamination at the Quashnet Bogs. The remainder of the $97,500 is the subject of another
<br /> transfer to fund our Interpretive Tour Program and to buy, maintain and improve Conservation Lands.
<br /> Recommendation: Finance Committee recommends approval.
<br /> Motion made by Nancy Caffyn.
<br /> Motion: I move Article 20 be voted as printed in the warrant, with the exception of the phrase, " or take any
<br /> other action relating thereto."
<br /> Motion passes unanimously at 9:12 p.m.
<br /> Article 21
<br /> To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, for conservation
<br /> purposes, all or a portion of a certain parcel of land, being that land shown on a "Plan of Land in Mashpee of
<br /> Edwin White" by Charles Savery dated October 15, 1970, also being shown on the 1997 Mashpee Assessors'
<br /> Maps as Map 53, Block 2, containing 16.85 acres, more or less, located between the Mashpee River and the
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