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The Community Preservation Committee recommends approval of Article 9 by a vote of 7-0 The Select Board recommends approval of Article 9 by a vote of 5-0 The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 9 by a vote of 6-0 Motion made by Select Board Member Weeden Motion: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 9 as printed in the Warrant, with the exception of the phrase “or take any other action relating thereto.” Motion passes 397 to 27 at 7:36PM Article 10 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer a sum of money from the Community Preservation Fund Undesignated Fund Balance in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 44B §5, for the purpose of funding the Pickerel Cove Road/Pickerel Cove Circle project, including the acquisition of nine (9) parcels of land consisting of seventeen and twenty-seven-one-hundredths (17.27) acres, more or less, including necessary costs and expenses related thereto, designated on Mashpee Assessors Maps as follows: 9 Pickerel Cove Road, 1.84 acres; Map 13 Parcel 53 17 Pickerel Cove Road, 1.91 acres; Map 13 Parcel 54 25 Pickerel Cove Road, 1.92 acres; Map 13 Parcel 55 33 Pickerel Cove Road, 1.99 acres; Map 13 Parcel 56 87 Pickerel Cove Road, 2.5 acres; Map 13 Parcel 1 7 Pickerel Cove Circle, 2.03 acres; Map 13 Parcel 57 21 Pickerel Cove Circle, 2.20 acres; Map 14 Parcel 14 25 Pickerel Cove Circle, 2.02 acres; Map 14 Parcel 4 O-Rear Pickerel Cove Road, 0.86 acres; Map 14, Parcel 3 As more accurately described in deeds recorded in the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in Book 17851 Page 164, Plan Book 127, Page 101 and Plan Book 186, Page 139 and ANR plan of land in Plan Book 577, Page 29 , including any interests which are appurtenant to any of said parcels and to authorize the acquisition of said parcels by purchase with the consent of the owners, under M.G.L. Chapter 79, or pursuant to any other enabling authority for open space, conservation and passive recreation purposes subject to a Conservation Restriction as required by the Community Preservation Act and further, to authorize the Select Board and/or Community Preservation Committee to enter into all agreements and execute any and all instruments on behalf of the Town as may be necessary to effect this purchase and obtain any available reimbursement funding, provided, that the Grantors be required to certify good and marketable title to the subject properties, free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, easements, clouds, and other third party rights or claims, upon such terms and conditions as are deemed to be in the best interest of the Town, as recommended by the Community Preservation Committee, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Community Preservation Committee Explanation: The main goal of this project is to acquire a collection of contiguous parcels located between Main Street (Route 130) and the western shore of Mashpee-Wakeby Pond along Pickerel Cove Road and Pickerel Cove Circle maximizing publicly owned and protected lands within the acquisition boundaries of the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR). The 2007 Open Space Plan identifies these parcels as privately held lands of conservation interest. The project would protect drinking water quantity and quality,