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on Mashpee Assessors Map 43, Block 2, Lot 0, in the form as approved by the Board of <br /> Selectmen on September 28, 1998 in the document entitled Department of the Army Offer <br /> to Sell Easement and accepted by the United States of America on September 29, 1998, <br /> and further authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court for special <br /> legislation which may be necessary to authorize the granting of said temporary easement. <br /> Motion passes unanimously at 10:51 p.m. <br /> ARTICLE 27 <br /> To see if the Town will vote to grant an easement to the United States of America over <br /> that parcel of Conservation land known as the Quashnet Cranberry Bog, comprised of <br /> 27.22 acres more or less and shown on Mashpee Assessors Map 43, Block 2, Lot 0 for <br /> the purpose of constructing and operating a water treatment facility for a term deemed <br /> acceptable to the Board of Selectmen, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition <br /> the General Court for special legislation which may be necessary to authorize the granting <br /> of said easement; or take any other action relating thereto. <br /> Submitted by the Conservation Commission <br /> and the Board of Selectmen <br /> Explanation: This article would grant an easement to the U.S. government to construct <br /> and operate a water treatment facility on town land at the Quashnet Cranberry Bog. The <br /> purpose of the facility is to remediate EDB pollution of the bog from the Massachusetts <br /> Military Reservation. <br /> Motion made by Selectman Caffyn. <br /> Motion: I move the Town vote to authorize the Selectmen to grant an easement to the <br /> United States of America over that parcel of Conservation land known as the Quashnet <br /> Cranberry Bog, comprised of 27.22 acres more or less and shown on Mashpee Assessors <br /> Map 43, Block 2, Lot 0 for the purpose of constructing and operating a water treatment <br /> facility for a term deemed acceptable to the Board of Selectmen, and to authorize the <br /> Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court for special legislation which may be <br /> necessary to authorize the granting of said easement. <br /> Motion passes unanimously at 10:52 p.m. <br />