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<br /> Motion to amend to read as follows: Any article which requests a sum of money shall state
<br /> in the article the amount being requested. Articles for transfer to Stabilization Account or
<br /> for offsetting fiscal year taxes may omit an amount , but must include an estimate of-the
<br /> amount in an explanation printed in the warrant.
<br /> Motion passes at 9:06 p.m.
<br /> Article 35. C
<br /> To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or
<br /> otherwise, for conservation purposes a parcel of land, being a portion of that land shown on a
<br /> "Plan of Land in Mashpee, Mass. Prepared for the Bufflehead Bay Nominee Trust," revised date
<br /> November 6, 1995, by Hayes Engineering, Inc. of Wakefield, MA, as well as a portion of the
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<br /> land shown on Land Court Plan 40422A, said land also being portions of those parcels shown on
<br /> the 1995 Mashpee Assessors Maps as Map 115, Blocks 1, 6, 7 and 8, generally located between
<br /> upper Great River, Jehu Pond, Abigail's Brook and Great Oak Road, to be held in the care and
<br /> custody of the Conservation Commission pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40,
<br /> Section 8C; and further, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate $500,000 or any other sum
<br /> for such purpose, including expenses incidental and related thereto, and to raise such j
<br /> appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow
<br /> $500,000 or any other sum under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8C and, if
<br /> applicable, Chapter 40, Section 8C, of the General Laws, or any other enabling authority, and to
<br /> issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, provided that no bonds or notes of the Town shall be
<br /> issued unless and until a grant agreement has been executed between the Town and the
<br /> Commonwealth of Massachusetts for reimbursement to the Town in the amount of at least
<br /> $250,000 under MGL Chapter 132A, Section 11, or any other applicable law; and further, to see
<br /> if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds $500 or any other
<br /> sum to the Issuance of Debt Account; and further, to see if the Town will authorize the Board of
<br /> Selectmen and/or Conservation Commission to apply for and accept Federal and/or State grants,
<br /> including reimbursement under Chapter 132A, Section 11 of the General Laws, the "Self-Help
<br /> Act," to be applied by the Town toward the financing of this purchase, and to enter into
<br /> contracts or agreements with Federal and/or State agencies, private conservation trusts or other
<br /> entities or persons in connection with the purchase of such land and its preservation for
<br /> conservation purposes; and finally, to see if the Town will authorize the Conservation
<br /> Commission and the Board of Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute any and all
<br /> instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said acquisition; or take any II
<br /> other action related thereto.
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<br /> Submitted by the Board of Selectmen
<br /> Motion: The Board of Selectmen be authorized to acquire by purchase or otherwise, for
<br /> conservation purposes, a parcel of land, being a portion of that land shown on a "Plan of
<br /> Land in Mashpee, Mass. Prepared for the Bufflehead Bay Nominee Trust," revised date
<br /> November 6, 1995, by Hayes Engineering, Inc. of Wakefield, MA, as well as portion of the I
<br /> land shown on Land Court Plan 40422A, said land also being portions of those parcels
<br /> shown on the 1995 Mashpee Assessors Maps as Map 115, Blocks 1, 6, 7, and 8, generally
<br /> located between Upper Great River Road, Jelin Pond, Abigail's Brook and Great Oak
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