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age�Tpage-Eight B Friday,April 5,1996 t Classifteds I lie Enterprise a t" LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE Massachusetts for reimbursement to the Town in the amount of $500,000 under Article 26. Agile 18. General Laws Chapter 132A,Section 11,or any other applicable law,and(2)one or more addreceived doral grants s donations of Land or said purchase have To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to rant to To��the Town will vote to establish a property tax work-off voucher system been received from elle Trust for Public Land or toward �y other source; and further, i 0 Well forcompensationme hich residents used perform e services for the Town in to see if the Town will vote to raise and approptiape or transfer from available ��on�� c Company an easement to install and maintain one pole, ecchang payment of property taxes, funds$500 or any other sum to the Issuance of Dept amount;and further, to see guy' and wire on Property located at 101 LoveA's Lane and shown as or transfer from available funds$5,000 to the Council if the Town will authorize the Board of Parcel#41 an Assessors M #35 for the g od raise and appropriate � 210 Simon Lowe R Property Tax Voucher System Account to fund such program for Commission to apply for and accept Federal ndh and/or Conservation Road,or take an o�acPcti purpose relating theerretoo. 19A located at �Agog P g PP Y P atudJ� State grants, including Y tuhg ' Fiscal year 1997,or take any other action relating thereto. reimbursement under Chapter 132A,Section 11 of the General Laws, the "Self- Help Act,"to be applied by the Town toward the financing ofthis purchase,and Submitted by the Boatel of Selectmen Submitted b the Council on Aging to enter into contracts or agreements with Federal and/or State agencies,private' Y g g g P Explanation: This article seeks to authorize an easement for Comnront�ralth conservation trusts or other entities or persons in connection with the purchase of such land and its reservation for conservation connection with the Electric to erect a Pok to service a Mashpee resident, The program is deli P purposes;/ BrQlaaation; p g geed to match municipal position purchase of such land and its reservation for conservation and fmall rputides with income eligible Mashpee residents seeking tax relief, and assist P P purposes; y Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval, Vo in dlo payment of property tax bills through payment for services rendered to see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission and the Board of Town. The program will operate through and be administered by the Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be Article 27, ID ed on Aging. Program goals will be to assist citizens with property tax necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said purchase: or take any other Cour action relating thereto. to increase involvement in municipal government and the school system. To see if the Town will vote to re-accept the layouts of High Sachem Road, requirements include but are not limited to: Submitted b the Board of Selectmen Cam wumah Road' Papnommett Road, Ships Lantem Drive, Clipper Street, Submi y pass Drive, Topsail Road, Ships Rudder Drive, Ships Wheel Drive, Davit �gibrhty req Road, Porthole Drive, Ships Explanation: This article authorizes the Selectmen to acquire for Road, R Anchor Drive, Shipwreck Drive, Vista Circle, . Homeowner or current spouse approximately 75 acres as d, d Oregon Road,Radcliffe Road,Brewster :NT ' conservatiopurposes the parcel of land containing y oar,Alden Road,Essex Road, . Full time resident of Mashpee shown on the attached plan and known as the "Buffl head Bay" parcel. This Road'Chatham Lane,Harwich Road,Dennis Road,and Truro Road in order to . Own and occupy the property for which Mashpee taxes are paid and for article seeks to appropriate $1,500,000 for this purpose with$250;000 in Town Permit the acquisition of necessary easements within 120 days of the acceptance P which a rebate is requested funds, $500,000 in a grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and uhf the eeo application layouts Pursuant to G.L, c. 82, §24, or take any other action relating . Willingness to present a copy of current Mashpee Tax Noticp grants. This upon $750,000 in donations and federal Parcel was identified by the U.S. pp to program Fish and Wildlife service as ariorit site mer h . Submits completed application P y in the establishment of a Wildlife refuge in the Town of Mashpee. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen 'Se . Meets income guidelines agreed to by Council on Aging and Selectmen s article is to correct an It refer Explanation: This. Ability to meet and provide skills,talents,and abilities required of position Recommendation: The Finance Committee's recommendation to be made on y defects in the processes for the to: got description Town Meeting floor. petitioned and previously approved road taking and betterment projects for the oot Avent, • Must complete 100 hours of service before rebate/voucher issued listed streets, . Must complete 100 hours within Town's fiscal year . Must meet reporting criteria established by Council on Aging Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. COMpAN . Meets position requirements I I VArticle 28. carman art im ( Benefit Limit: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the I 'qMy BROIMV,Q Massachusetts Legislaturefor special legislation which would allow the $5.00assessment of betterments, pursuant to G.L. c. 80, in connection with . Maxi per hour for all positions improvements to Hi Sachem Road, Matchewuttah Road, Pa nommett Road, . Maximum rebate/voucher of$500 per fiscal year per household � p . Level of Town appropriation determines maximum number of participants Ships Lantem Drive,Clipper Street,Compass Drive,Topsail Road,Ships Rudder Drive, Ships Wheel Drive, Davit Road, Porthole Drive, Ships Anchor Drive, •S.g 10u per year Shipwreck Drive, Vista Circle, Scituate Road,Alden Road,Essex Road, Oregon rerienq Road, Radcliffe Road, Brewster Road, Chatham Lane, Harwich Road, Dennis on,p3 Responsibility of Town Departments: i �At�`S BR° �• Road, and Truro Road, which improvements were undertaken under the lg L116 j A rb authority and by virtue of votes of the Inhabitants of the Town of Mashpee, . Identify position opportunities authorizing the imposition of betterments acting under Articles 26, and 27 of the . Prepare acceptable position description l 4 May 1,1995 Annual Town Meeting and Articles 29,30, and 31 of the May 1994 " . Interview candidates i f9 ED �' Annual Town Meeting,notwithstanding that an order stating that betterments are tory, . Recommend match i URCHASE OU to be assessed was not made within ninety days from the acceptance by the Town . Supervise participants of the laying out of said ways, notwithstanding that an order of intention to tee, • Assist in program evaluation i impose betterments was not made prior to making the improvements, and TOWN OWNED notwithstanding that assessments were not made within six months after the rntn IG) completion of the improvements,or take any other action relating thereto. Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. �1 Article 19. + � .• � Submitted by the Board of Selectmen 'Ip To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available ,S, Explanation: This article is to correct any defects in the processes for the ;.funds $60,916, with said funds to be distributed as follows: $53,192 to the petitioned and previously approved road taking and betterment projects for the Rpt Medical Insurance Account and $7,724 to the Medicare Account, or take any 9 listed streets. F other action relating thereto. ' JEHU PONDo �P app �P� Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. Submitted by the School Committee G� ° on Article 29. w'enation: This article will fund the fringe benefit costs of new positions in To see if the Town will vote to establish the "Mashpee Human Services 1 city chool Department for Fiscal Year 1997. Committee",whose membership will be initially composed of seven(7)members, t'st to `f."1Bndation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. ` that will comprise the Mashpee Human Services Committee Executive Board. It PP ` will include the following: Member, Board of Selectmen; Member, Board of s n n. Health;Director of Leisure Services;Director, Council on Aging; and three (3) , , �. ,� , :.•, _.. PROPOSED.:BUFFLEHE�►O tP �'► oVWva1?4S UlvKlvowty E. at-ia;ge members of the community,all of whom must be unaffiliated residents ! pa tsn� 3ttF w may Ue affiliated wltlh:a toltm department-or_ sPiac rvice vides Ase .atim P lsr�e �ssiatl,.bn aPPOsnsed;by she�oard OF'-I=rtalehs: w see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by Article. 22. for a one yes cerin ssasstng 7u June 1.994 to,June 1997 'hese_or eminent domair .for 'conservation purposes-.a parcel--of-land , _ �d�prim 2.73 acres more or Tess, identified on the 1995; Mashpee Assessors To see if the Town will vote to trane�ej,'Au, ,, r:�,d control-of the following Submitted,b rias$pard of Health''° Maps as Map 43, �1'ocic`1; generally located on Grafton )�ocknett Road'and described Town owned land to the Boa, of Se`e° en,for the purpose of sale or and the Boat3i of Selectmen surrounded by the.Town conservation area known as John's Pond Park, to be lease to the Boys&Girls Club of CaplCod,Inc.: a.portion of land shown on Explanation: This article seeks to establish the importance of addressing the held in the care and custody of the Conservation Commission pursuant to Assessors'Map 67 as Block 1,and mon particularly described on a plan entitled human needs of the community by establishing a committee whose purpose will Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C; and further, to see if the "Proposed Boys&Girls,Club Site,May1996 ATM"a copy of which is on file in be to create and implement a coordinated approach to the delivery of human Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen and/or Conservation Commission to' the office of the Town Clerk and to athorize the Selectmen to execute a Ldeed services to the people of Mashpee. apply for and accept Federal and/or State grants, including reimbursement under thereof or a lease therefor on such term as they shall deem proper, and further, Chapter 132A,Section 11 of the General.Laws,to be applied by the Town toward to authorize the Selectmen to petition lie General Court for special legislation authorizin such sale or lease,or take a other action relating thereto. Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. the financing of this purchase,and to enter into contracts or agreements with g Y g Federal and/or State agencies, private conservation trusts or other entities or persons in connection with the purchase of such land and its preservation for Submitted by the Board of Selectmen conservation purposes; and finally, to see if the Town will authorize the Article 30. Conservation Commission and the Board of Selectmen to enter into agreements Explanation: This article seeks to athorize the Selectmen to sell or lease a parcel of land to the Bos&Girls Club)f Ca and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to P Y Pe Cod. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 40-10, Article 1, Chapter 40, of effectuate said purchase or taking;or take any other action relating thereto. Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. the Mashpee Code to read:, Submitted by the Conservation Commission Article 23. "Simultaneous meetings. Explanation: This article would authorize the purchase of a parcel of land now To see if the Town will vote to author-re the Board of Selectmen to acquire by Elected or appointed Town boards or committees may meet during Town surrounded by the Town's Johns Pond Park Conservation Area which has been gift,purchase, eminent domain, or othawise easements over land located on the Meetings at the place where the Town Meeting is held,for the sole purpose offered for sale to the Conservation Commission. All costs associated with the southerly side of Route 130 from the Bmstable Town Line to Heritage Park,Lot of making recommendations and advising Town Meeting participants on "Self-Help" conservation land 25,as shown on a plan entitled"Proposd Bike Bath Along Route 130, Mashpee, any matter included in the Warrant for that Town Meeting." purchase would come from the State under its acquisition program or from existing or anticipated Town funds designated for MA", dated April 29, 1995, by the B:C Group, Inc., which is on file in the conservation use. Office of the Town Clerk, for the puuose of constructing a bikeway/walkway or take any,other action relating thereto. along Route 130 from the Barnstable own line to Heritage Park, or take any Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Finance Committee Submitted by the Department of Public Worcs Explanation: Massachusetts General Laws,Chapter 39, Section 23B, the Open Meeting Law,mandates that all meetings of boards, commissions,committees,or ou.AN.c.S. Explanation: The bikeway/walkway is, as proposed,designed and permitted subcommittees of any district,city, region, or town,however elected,appointed, through M.E.P.A.-by the B.S.C. Grout on plans dated April 29, 1995- The or otherwise constituted,be open to and available for inspection by the public. shoulder areas to be disturbed and resored could extend 20 feet onto adjacent During Town Meetings,boards and committees often caucus to update a position property because of required shoulder g•ading. The lots are located on Mashpee or to develop a joint position. Since deliberations occur during the Town akepeac maps 47,37,36,28,35,27,and 20. Meeting,it was the.District Attorney's opinion that these meetings must comply wndnre with the Open Meeting Law. The amendment to by bylaw listed above would - p Sanctuaryallow all Town committees,Boards, etc., to be in session,during Town Meeting, $ Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. for the express purpose of considering Town Meeting articles and issues. Moody „ Pond m Article 24. Recommendation:'The Finance Committee recommends approval. o m 3 ous To see if the Town will vote to amend its General Bylaws by striking Section 40- T [or a 1 (C.)and(D.)and inserting in place thereof the following language: Article 31. Oleg c°` "C. Articles for the May Annual Town Meeting must be submitted by the ods third Monday in January each year. Articles for the October Annual To see if the Town will vote to add Section 106-7, Chapter 106 of the Mashpee Town Meeting must be submitted by the fourth Monday in July each Code' year.ithws "A. No person or organization shall dump,discharge, inject or allow to D Pond D. The Selectmen may insert In said warrant any article or articles be discharged, buried, or injected into the groundwater located Fond within or below the Town of Mashpee any known carcinogens (as received Before them in of said Monde ' January and said Monday in defined b the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the °�,�i re p July. Before calling a Special Town Meeting, the Selectmen shall y g Y unby wn insert in a local newspaper a notice m the last day upon which Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection) at levels at articles a c inserted in thew �ci6 g or above zero (0)parts per billion nor shall any person knowingly gY warrant for such meetingshall be allow the same to occur. presented to the Selectmen or Town Clerk.,% or take any other action relating thereto. "B• Any person or organization violating the provisions of this section PROPOSED LAND FOR PURCHASE AT TOWN MEETING: shall be punishable by a fine of three hundred dollars ($300.) per ADDITION TO JOHN'S POND PARK Submitted by the Board of Selectmen day of infraction. Any such violation shall constitute a separate offense on each successive occurrence." Explanation: At last year's Town Meeting the Town voted to extend the time Submitted by Petition period for the posting of Town Meeting warrants 1rom fourteen days to thirty Article 21. days,which left a shortened period between the d the deadline for posting the Town Meeting deadline for submitting articles ang To see if elle Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by g tvartant.This article seeks to back Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. u the deadline for the submission of And you are hereby directed to serve this Wan-ant by posting up attested copies purchase or otherwise for conservation purposes a parcel of land containing 75 P articles by an equal two week period in thereof,one at the Town Hall,one at the Post Office,and one each on the bulletin . portion of Lot C shown on a "Plan of order to allow sufficient time for the preparation d review of the draft warrant acres,more or less,being Lot B and a po prior to its posting. � boards,thirty days at least before said meeting. Land in Mashpee, Mass. Prepared for the Bufflehead Bay Nominee Trust," revised date November 6, 1995,by Hayes Engineering, Inc. of Wakefield, MA, Recommendation: The Finance Co Hereof fail not and make return of this Wan-ant with your doings thereon to the as well as the major portion of Lot 4 shown on Land Court Plan 40422A, copies nunitree does n recommend approval of which plans are on file in the office of the Town Clerk, said land also being Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting. portions of those parcels shown on the cats Mashpee Assessors Maps r, Map Given under our hands this 1st da of April in the year of our Lord one thousand 115, Blocks 1, 6, 7, and 8, generally located between upper Great River, Jehu Y P Y Article 25. nine hundred and ninety-six. Pond,Abigail's Brook and Great Oak Road,to be held in the care and custody of the Conservation Commission pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter To see if the Town will vote to accept the if the Town will vote to appropriate P reports Per order of, 40, Section SC; and further, to seed of the'pwn officers. $1,500,000 or any other sum for suet. uupose, including,expenses incidental and ro riation, the Treasurer, with the approval Submitted b Board of Selectmen James Vaccaro,Chairman related thereto,and to raise such etre P PP Y� George R.Costa of tube Se W,100'mu co borrow $1,500,000 or any-other sum under Peter A. Mi,;o Dons 7 and 8C and,of the general laws, or an Explanation: The 1995 Annual Town Report-in whit reports of Town Nancy,I Caff 1r 44,Sec g y officers are resented is available "• and pursuant to Chapte to lsslle bends or notes of the Town therefor, P at the Town Meeting and*e Town Hall. m by other enabling authority' and Judy M:Mills provided that no bonds or notes of the Ton theaT wn sand The Commonwealth Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends atpoval. n executed between April s,1996 BOARD OF grant agreement has been SELECTMEN 1