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Original motion defeated at 8:36 p.m. ARTICLE 38 To help fund a much needed sewerage treatment facility for development that has occurred, in particular, proximal to the Mashpee Rotary. To channel wastewater more responsibly, as to not allow it to enter the Popponesset Bay Watershed or Waquoit Bay Watershed. A 1% sales levy on gross sales revenue of all restaurants which have seating capacity. A 1% sales levy on gross sales revenue of all drinking establishments and entertainment establishments serving alcoholic beverages. This revenue generated is to be used for the sole purpose of designing, and building a state of the art sewerage treatment facility serving the private businesses and public buildings (school, police station, etc.) within a mile radius of the Mashpee Rotary. This treatment facility must use the most current and highest quality process available at the time of construction. And, most importantly, the wastewater must be directed to a location where it will not enter the Popponesset Bay Watershed or Waquoit Bay Watershed, but only into a location where it will enter into Nantucket Sound. Funds are to be kept in a money market account under the name of "Mashpee Rotary Sewerage Treatment Fund". The expenditure of those funds must be approved by a town meeting vote. Submitted by Petition Everett Marder, Kopelman and Page, Town Council. "In my legal opinion it is not a legal article. The Town does not have such taxing authority, the only proper way to gain such taxing authority would be through special legislation that would require that the Town petition the State Legislature to pass such a special act in order to allow the Town, as do some Towns do have such special acts. You would have to get it by that way, it can not be done by a Town Meeting vote." Article was declared an illegal article at 8:38 p.m. by Town Moderator. ARTICLE 39 To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout of Swain Circle, Drew Lane, Butler Lane, Hanson Drive, Sewall Drive, and Carlton Drive as public ways as shown on a plan entitled "Road Conversion Plan for Asher's Heights Subdivision in Mashpee, Massachusetts", dated July 28, 1998, by Yankee Survey Consultants, which layout shall have been filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, not later than seven days prior to the date of the vote hereunder and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain taking any land necessary for the purposes of such ways as so laid out,