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I i Motion: I move the Town vote to amend Section 7 of Chapter 172 of the Mashpee Code as printed in the warrant except for the phrase "or take any other action relating thereto". Motion passes at 8:52 p.m. Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, for conservation purposes certain parcels of land, being that land shown on the 1995 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 28, Block 68, containing 3.6 acres more or less located near the northeast corner of the intersection of Main Street (Route 130) and South Sandwich Road, and Map 36, Block 38, containing 2.2 acres, more or less, generally located east of Goodspeeds Meetinghouse Road, north of Noisy Hole Road and south of Main Street (Route 130), to be held in the care and custody of the Conservation Commission pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C; and further, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds $32,000 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 $32,000 or any other sum under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8C 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; and further, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds $500 or any other sum to the Issuance of Debt Account; and further, to see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen and/or Conservation Commission to apply for and accept Federal and/or State grants, including reimbursement under Chapter 132A, Section 11 of the General Laws, the "Self-Help Act," to be applied by the Town toward the financing of this purchase, and to enter into contracts or agreements with 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 conservation purposes; and finally, to see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission and the Board of Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said acquisition. Submitted by the Conservation Commission Explanation: The Town has been offered two parcels of land, consisting of active and abandoned cranberry bogs and adjacent uplands, near the corner of Route 130 and South Sandwich Road. These properties 1) provide valuable wetland and vernal pool habitat for threatened amphibian species, 2) are a key link in a proposed "Cross-Cape Trail" corridor extending from Sandy Neck to the Lowell Holly Reservation to the Mashpee River Corridor to South Cape Beach, 3) provide access to existing conservation land east of South Sandwich Road and connect that land to Town lands south of Route 130, 4) eliminate one potential residential septic system and its nitrogen contribution to the Mashpee River and 5) offer the possibility of income to the Town through lease of the active cranberry bog. This purchase could qualify for 52% funding by the state under its "Self-Help" conservation land acquisition program. Recommendation: Finance Committee recommends approval. I Motion made by Selectman Costa. Motion: I move the Town vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire, by purchase, for