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being that land shown on the 1998 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 114, Block 8, located between Monomoscoy Road West and the east shore of Hamblin's Pond; and that the Town appropriate the sum of$33,900 for such purpose, including expenses incidental and related thereto, and that to raise this appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, is hereby authorized to borrow $33,900 under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8 and, if applicable, Chapter 40, Section 8C of the General Laws, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, and to designate said land as an open space land acquisition pursuant to the Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition Program established by Chapter 293 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1998 so as to permit said borrowing to be repaid with funds from the land bank fund established by the Town under the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1998, which borrowing shall nevertheless constitute a general obligation of the Town, and further, that the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to enter into contracts or agreements with Federal, State and/or County agencies, private conservation trusts or other entities or persons in connection with the purchase of such land, including enforcement of deed restrictions on the land as required by Chapter 293 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1998; and finally, that the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to enter into agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said acquisition. Motion defeated at 10:49 p.m. ARTICLE 26 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to grant a temporary two year easement to the United States of America over that parcel of conservation land known as the Quashnet Cranberry Bog, comprised of 27.22 acres more or less and shown on Mashpee Assessors Map 43, Block 2, Lot 0, in the form as approved by the Board of Selectmen on September 28, 1998 in the document entitled Department of the Army Offer to Sell Easement and accepted by the United States of America on September 29, 1998, and further to authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court for special legislation which may be necessary authorize the granting of said temporary easement, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Conservation Commission and Board of Selectmen Explanation: This article is necessary to approve the temporary restrictive easement approved by the Board of Selectmen which provides that the Town will not cultivate cranberries for a period of two years on the Quashnet Cranberry Bog where groundwater contamination emanating from the Massachusetts Military Reservation has been found, in exchange for compensation to be paid by the United States government to the Town for the loss of these crops. Motion made by Selectman Leveille. Motion: I move the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to grant a temporary two year easement to the United States of America over that parcel of conservation land known as the Quashnet Cranberry Bog, comprised of 27.22 acres more or less and shown