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each authorized and directed to apply for and accept any and all Federal, State or County grants that may be
<br /> available for the acquisition of the aforesaid property and that the Board of Selectmen and the Conservation
<br /> Commission are each hereby authorized to enter into agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be
<br /> necessary or convenient in connection with the aforesaid land acquisition.
<br /> Motion passes unanimously at 9:16 p.m.
<br /> Article 22
<br /> To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer $67,500 from the Cranberry Bog Reserved Receipts
<br /> Account to the Conservation Lands Maintenance/Improvement Account, or take any other action thereto.
<br /> Submitted by the Conservation Commission
<br /> Explanation: The Town's share of the 1997 crop was approximately $97,500. It is intended that $67,500 be
<br /> transferred to the Conservation Lands Maintenance/ Improvement Account which is used to buy, maintain and to
<br /> improve Conservation Lands.
<br /> Recommendation: Finance Committee recommends approval.
<br /> Motion made by Curtis Frye.
<br /> Motion: I move Article 22 be voted as printed in the warrant, with the exception of the phrase, "or take any
<br /> other action thereto."
<br /> Motion passes unanimously at 9:17 p.m.
<br /> Article 23
<br /> To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to acquire, by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise,
<br /> for conservation purposes, a certain parcel of land, being that land shown as lots 1,2, 3 and 4 on a "Plan of Land
<br /> in Mashpee, Mass. Prepared For Tremont at Union Limited Partnership" by Down Cape Engineering, Inc. and
<br /> dated December 18, 1997, also being shown on the 1997 Mashpee Assessors Maps as Map 116, Block 1,
<br /> containing 6.2 acres, more or less, located on the west side of Great Oak Road just south of Abigail's Brook, to
<br /> be held in the care and custody of the Conservation Commission pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws
<br /> Chapter 40, Section 8C; and further, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow, or transfer
<br /> from available funds $220,000 for such purpose, including expenses incidental and related thereto, and to raise
<br /> such appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow $220,000 or any
<br /> other sum under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8C and, if applicable, Chapter 40, section 8C of the
<br /> General laws, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefore; and further, to
<br /> see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds $400 to the Issuance of Debt
<br /> Account; and further, to see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen and / or Conservation
<br /> Commission to apply for and accept Federal and/ or State grants, including reimbursement under Chapter 132A,
<br /> Section 11 of the General Laws, the "Self-Help Act", to be applied by the Town toward the financing of this
<br /> purchase, and to enter into contracts or agreements with Federal and / or State agencies, private conservation
<br /> trusts or other entities or persons in connection with the purchase of such land and its preservation for
<br /> conservation purposes; and finally, to see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission and the Board
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