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To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer the sum of $9,000 from revenue available for appropriation to the Election/Registrations Expense Account to purchase six (6) Election Poll Pads and six (6) Election Poll Pad printers, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Town Clerk Explanation: In order to prepare for an election, the Town Clerk’s Office is required by Massachusetts General Laws to provide check-in and check-out voter books. Mashpee currently has over 12,000 voters divided into five precincts. The reams of paper required to prepare for an election increases exponentially based on the election. This October town meeting will require a minimum of six out of ten reams of paper. These poll pads would save the Town paper, money, and will expedite the check-in process for both town meeting and elections. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article 18 by a vote of 5-0 The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 18 by a vote of 7-0 Motion Made By Selectman Gottleib: I move the Town vote to approve Article 18 as printed in the warrant with the exception of the phrase, “or take any other action relating thereto.” Motion passes unanimously at 6:51 PM Article 19 To see if the Town will vote to authorize and empower the Board of Selectmen to prepare a plan laying out and defining Canonchet Avenue and to accomplish said purpose and for expenses related thereto, the Town vote to appropriate and transfer the sum of $5,000 from revenue available for appropriation to the Canonchet Avenue Roadways Account, or take any other action relating thereto. SEE MAP IN APPENDIX A Submitted by Petition Explanation: This article authorizes the Town to layout and define Canonchet Avenue and to appropriate funding for that purpose. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article 19 by a vote of 5-0 The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 19 by a vote of 6-0 Motion Made By The Petitioner: Meredith Chadwick I move the Town vote to approve Article 19 as printed in the warrant with the exception of the phrase, “or take any other action relating thereto.” Motion passes unanimously at 6:52 PM Article 20 To see if the Town will vote to accept the layouts as public ways of Cedar Street, Chestnut Street, Devon Street, Ash Street, Hawthorne Street, and Gina’s Way as shown on plans entitled “Cedar Street, Devon Street, Ash Street, Road Taking Plan,” in Mashpee, MA (Barnstable County), dated January 28, 2021 and prepared by Cape & Islands Engineering, Inc., which layouts shall have been filed in the Office of the Town Clerk not later than seven days prior to the date of 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, and to appropriate the sum of $311,010.00 to the “Cedar Street, Chestnut Street, Devon Street, Ash Street, Hawthorne Street, and Gina’s Way” Roadways Account,