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Explanation: This Article will provide funds for various Waterways projects. 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 Selectman Gottlieb: I move that 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 8:37 PM Article 20 To see if the Town will vote to authorize and empower the Board of Selectmen to prepare a plan laying out and defining Christopher Lane and to accomplish said purpose and for expenses related thereto, the Town vote to appropriate and transfer from revenue available for appropriation $5,000 to the Christopher Lane 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 Christopher Lane and to appropriate funding for this purpose. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article 20 by a vote of 5-0 The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 20 by a vote of 6-0 Motion Made By Michael Burdge: I move the Town vote to approve Article 20 as printed in the warrant with the exception of the phrase “or take any other action relating thereto.” Motion passes unanimously at 8:38 PM Article 21 To see if the Town will vote to accept the layouts as public ways of Oldham Circle, as shown on plans entitled “Oldham Circle, Road Taking Plan,” in Mashpee, MA (Barnstable County), dated December 20, 2020 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 $ 387,906.75 to the “Oldham Circle” Roadways Account, and to raise said appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, be authorized to borrow at one time, or from time to time, under and pursuant to Chapter 44 Section 7 or 8, or any other enabling authority for such purchase or taking and layout, including costs of constructing such ways, legal, financing, and other costs incidental and related thereto, and further authorize the Board of Selectmen to assess betterments to the owners of the land abutting the ways. Any premium received by the Town upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any such premium applied to the payment of the costs of issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied to the payment of costs approved by this vote in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 20 of the General Laws, thereby reducing the amount authorized to be borrowed to pay such costs by a like amount, or take any other action relating thereto. SEE MAP IN APPENDIX A Submitted by Petition Explanation: This article authorizes the Town to complete the private to public road conversion process for Oldham Circle. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article 21 by a vote of 5-0 The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 21 by a vote of 6-0 16