1988-TOWN MEETING RECORDS - GREEN

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Article40 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase or eminent domain for conservation purposes a conservation restrictioni access easements and/or similar less-than-fee interest in all, ora major portion, of a parcel of land of 16.2 acres, more or less, identified on the 1987 Mashpee Asses- sors' Maps as Map 16, Plot 4, generally located on Santuit Pond between Cotult Road, Tobey's Back Road and the northwest side of said pond, the said restriction and easements to be held in the care and custody of the Conservation Commission pursuant to Massachusetts General laws Chapter 40, Section 8C, said parcel of land being the same as that authorized for purchase in fee by Article 56 of the May 4) 1987 Annual Town Meeting; further, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate $400,000 or any other sum for such purpose, including expenses incidental and related thereto,and to raise such appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow $400,000 or any other sum under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 7(3) and, if applicable, Chapter 40) Section 8C, of the General Laws) or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, with said bohdiinig,authorization contingent upon passage of a referendum to exclude the, principal. and interest on such debt from the tax levy limitation imposed by Chapter 59 Section 21 C of the General Laws (so-called Proposition 2 1/2); and.turther,-to s6e_ ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from ayailable-funds $34 000, or any other sum, to the Santuit Pond Land Purchase Account to m provide.for interest and debt issuance expenses; further, to see if the Town will authorrze .the Board of Selectmen and/or Conservation Commission to apply for and accept.-Federal and/or State grants, including reimt- bursement under Chapter 1 Mk),Section 11 of the General Laws, to be applied by the Town toward the financing of this purchase, and to enter into contracts and agreements with Federal and/or State agencies, private conservation trusts, or other entities or persons in connection with the purchase of said interest and preservation for conservation purposes of all or a major portion of such land; and finally, to see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission and the Board of "Plectmen to enter into agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said purchase and easements, or take any otheraction related thereto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5