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......... i (8) The Department shall be responsible for a management system for traffic control on Great Oak Road and its point of intersection with other roads leading into the Park, to insure orderly traffic. (9) The acquistion by the Commonwealth of 432 acres , more or less, is an express condition precedent to the legal existence of this Agreement. In the event that the Agreement by the thete is exclusive optionss than 3ofathesTownlof Mashpee, Agreement may, at t be terminated and declared void. The parcel of land to be portion of the Town of Mashpee, acquired is the Southerly bounded on the West by Waquoit Bay, on the South by Vineyard Sound, and on the East by Great Flat Pond. (10) That primary effort shall be made by the Department to negotiate purchase of the aforementioned privately owned lands . (11) That recognizing the possibility that all such privately owned lands within the proposed boundaries of the Park may not be able to be acquired through negotiated purchase, the Department will consider the exercise of its power of eminent domain. (12) That any specific taking by eminent domain would be considered only when efforts for a negotiated purchase have failed despite due diligence by the Department to reach a settlement; or when title to the land in question is of such unmarketability that remedial title action would be impractical. (13) That the Mashpee Board of Selectmen will grant the Department eminent domain authority by appropriate vote for the purpose of acquistion of the proposed South Cape Beach State Park. (14) That as a result of . the proposed development of the Park, it may be necessary for the Department to acquire all municipally owned lands within the proposed boundaries of the Park. These lands include the existing town beach, a portion of Great Oak Road and other isolated parcels standing in the name of the Town of Mashpee. (15) That such acquisition of town owned lands would be in the form of land exchange in which the Town would received from the Commonwealth land of equal value adjacent to the existing I town beach. In conjunction with any exchange, the Department will make improvements to Great Oak Road, from its inter- section with Red Brook Road all the way to the Beach. In addition, the Department will assume costs associated with the relocation of the town beach, including the cost of a new access road, parking areas and necessary fencing and other essential improvements. Said town beach will be to the -3-