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final report and make a recommendation . The Committee will then <br /> vote and make a recommendation to the Board of Selectmen who meet <br /> the next Monday . This Committee only makes a recommendation to <br /> the Selectmen. The warrant will contain only 1 article and only <br /> the 1 chosen site will be on the warrant. <br /> Mr. Kinney asked why the warrant will offer only 1 choice and not <br /> let the town people vote for one or another? <br /> Mr. Dinizio explained the Selectmen have asked the Committee to <br /> recommend a site, it is a very detailed process with many facts <br /> to review. It cannot be done in a 10 minute presentation . Also, <br /> it takes a 2/3 vote to acquire the land and we may never get 2/3 <br /> for either site . The Selectmen agreed that is asking for <br /> confusion . <br /> Mr . McGee asked what happens if the people don ' t vote for the <br /> school , we are back to square one? He asked again why we don ' t <br /> build on the base? <br /> Mr. Greelish explained the Mashpee area of the base is still <br /> highly active. There is no place to put a school , it wasn ' t a <br /> viable option . Mashpee does not lease their land to the base, <br /> they have sold it to them, it is the governments property and we <br /> would have to site the school on either Falmouth, Bourne or <br /> • Sanwich's property. <br /> Mr . Pocknett stated he is totally against the Noisy Hole <br /> location. This is the spiritual center of Mashpee. The sites, <br /> in his mind , will never be equal . Route 130 is a quiet <br /> residential , easy going street. Every town or city has a center, <br /> presently the rotary area is the center of Mashpee. Now you want <br /> to put a high school on one of the spokes and change the <br /> character of 130 . The center area runs over , around, under and <br /> through him. He understands things have to change and he <br /> understands the town needs a high school . He feels when these <br /> things get destroyed. <br /> Steve Paxton , Juniper Drive. He lives very close to So. Sandwich <br /> Road and the proposed entrance to the high school . The property <br /> is now undeveloped and of course that would be the best way to <br /> leave it but it has no protection . He thinks the school would <br /> protect the area more than if there were condos built there. He <br /> does not want to see kids in cars driving out to Route 151 . The <br /> high speed of that road makes him nervous. <br /> Mr. Bill Jones asked Mr. Pocknett what his vision of the school <br /> would be, if it were built in this area? That area will be <br /> developed as a park to the extent possible. A pleasant place to <br /> walk or bike through. It will not be an industrial looking area. <br /> • No one will be completely happy with this decision either way we <br /> go. The school will be one that is architecturally attractive, <br /> one that fits the land . He will give what Mr . Pocknett said a <br /> great deal of weight because he understands the depth of feeling <br /> 5 <br />