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TOWN OF MASHPEE MASHPEE HIGH SCHOOL 500 OLD BARNSTABLE ROAD MASHPEE, MA 02649 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2023 Town Meeting convened at 7:16PM Voters Present: 604 Quorum: 0 Barnstable, ss: Greetings to the Constables of the Town, In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and summon the inhabitants of the Town of Mashpee who are qualified to vote in the elections to meet at the Mashpee High School on Monday, the 16th day of October 2023 at 7:00 p.m. for the following purposes: To act on the articles contained in the following Warrant: Article 1 To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds and/or borrow and appropriate the sum of $7,500,000 for the planning and design of wastewater collection, treatment and effluent recharge initiatives in the Town of Mashpee, and all costs and expenses incidental and related thereto, including costs relating to the acquisition of necessary easements and other interests in real property; and to meet this appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Select Board, be authorized to borrow said amount under M.G.L. Chapter 44, sections 7 and/or 8 or any other enabling authority and to issue such bonds or notes as may be necessary for such purpose; provided, however, that this appropriation and debt authorization shall be 1 contingent upon passage of a Proposition 2/, so-called, debt exclusion ballot question exempting from the 2 1 provisions of said Proposition 2/the amounts required to pay the principal and interest on bonds, notes or 2 certificates of indebtedness issued for this purpose pursuant to General Laws Chapter 59, §21C(k), or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Select Board and the Sewer Commission Explanation: This article would appropriate funds and authorize the borrowing thereof, contingent upon the successful passage of a debt exclusion ballot question, for the planning and design of wastewater collection, treatment and effluent recharge initiatives in the Town of Mashpee and costs/ expenses incidental and related thereto, including costs relating to the acquisition of necessary easements and other interests in real property. This project is the next step approved by the Sewer Commission and the Select Board in implementing the Town's Watershed Nitrogen Management Plan/CWMP. This article requires a 2/3 vote. (Note that for this Article to become effective authorization of the debt exclusion by ballot question is also required.) The Select Board recommends approval of Article 1 by a vote of 4-0 The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 1 by a vote of 7-0 1