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of Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said acquisition; or take any other action related thereto. Submitted by Conservation Commission Explanation: This article would authorize the board of Selectmen to acquire, by eminent domain taking if necessary, a parcel of land on Great Oak Road which is surrounded by Town and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service lands at the so-called "Bufflehead Bay" site which has recently been subdivided and is imminently threatened with development. The property is within the boundaries of the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge. The Town will apply for a 52% grant reimbursement under the state's Self-Help Land Acquisition program to help defray the cost of this property. Recommendation: Finance Committee recommends approval. Motion made by George Costa. Motion: I move that the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized and directed to acquire by gift, by purchase, by eminent domain or otherwise, for conservation purposes, all or a portion of that land shown as lots 1,2,3, and 4 on a "Plan of Land in Mashpee, Massachusetts. Prepared for Tremont at Union Limited Partnership"by Down Cape Engineering, Inc., and dated December 18, 1997, also being shown on the 1997 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 116, Block 1, containing 6.2 acres, more or less, located on the west side of Great Oak Road,just south of Abigail's Brook, which land shall be held in the care of the Conservation Commission pursuant to Chapter 40, Section 8C of the Massachusetts General Laws, that the sum of$220,000 is hereby appropriated, to be expended at the direction of the Board of Selectmen, to acquire the aforesaid property and to pay all other costs incidental and related thereto, and that to meet this appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, is hereby authorized to borrow said sum under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 7 (3) of the Massachusetts General Laws, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, that the sum of $400 is hereby raised by taxation and applied to the Issuance of Debt Account in connection with the issuance of bonds or notes hereunder; that the Board of Selectmen and the Conservation Commission are each authorized and directed to apply for and accept any and all Federal, State or County grants that may be available for acquisition of the aforesaid property and that the Board of Selectmen and the Conservation Commission are each hereby authorized to enter into agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary or convenient in connection with the aforesaid land acquisition. Motion passes at 9:24 p.m. Article 24 To see if the Town will vote to transfer the custody and control of those parcels of land shown on the 1997 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 110, Blocks 67, 70 and 71, containing approximately 32.25 acres, to the care and custody of the Conservation Commission, pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C, or take any other action related thereto. Submitted by Conservation Commission and Board of Selectmen Explanation: This article would designate 32.25 acres of tax taking land owned by the Town, located south of 25