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repaid with funds from the Land Bank Fund established by the Town under the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1998 (An Act Relative to the Establishment of the Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition Program); and further, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds $500 to the Issuance of Debt Account; and further, to see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen and / or Conservation Commission to apply for and accept Federal, State and / or County grants, including reimbursement under Chapter 132A, Section 11 of the General Laws, the "Self-Help Act", to be applied by the Town toward the financing of this purchase, and 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 and its preservation for conservation and passive recreation purposes, including enforcement of conservation restrictions on the land; and finally, to see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission and the Board 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, sale, transfer or preservation; or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by Open Space Committee Explanation: This article would authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase, on behalf of the Conservation Commission, three parcels totaling 1.58 acres, on the west side of the Santuit River, in the area of other lands authorized for purchase by the May, 1999 Town Meeting and adjacent to existing Town lands. Recent studies by the Public Archaeology Lab indicate that the properties contain extensive archaeological deposits dating back 5000 years. The area is under threat of development, is in the recharge area of Shoestring Bay and is recommended as a priority acquisition by the Comprehensive Plan. Motion made to dispense with reading of Article. Motion to dispense with reading of Article passes at 10:32 p.m. Motion made by Selectman Leveille. Motion: I move that the Town vote to authorize the Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, for conservation and passive recreation purposes, all or a portion of those parcels of land identified on the 1998 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 70, Blocks 61, 66 and 67, located north of Quinaquisset Ave. and west of the Cotuit Bay Condominiums, to be held in the care and custody of the Conservation Commission pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C; and further vote to appropriate and transfer $53,000 from the Town's FY2000 Land Bank Account for such purpose and to authorize the Board of Selectmen and/or Conservation Commission to apply for and accept Federal, State and / or County grants, including reimbursement under Chapter 132A, Section 11 of the General Laws, the "Self-Help Act", to be applied by the Town toward the financing of this purchase, and to enter into contracts or agreements with Federal, State and/ or County agencies,