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,F aux Motion made by Nancy Caffyn. Motion: I move the Town vote to transfer the care, custody, management and control of all or a portion of the Town land on which are currently located the Mashpee Fire and Police stations from the Board of Selectmen for general municipal purposes to the Board of Selectmen for the same general municipal purposes and also for the purpose of releasing whatever portion of said land the Selectmen deem appropriate for the purpose of settling the boundary line between the said parcel of Town land and the abutting land separated from the Town land by Bates Road, and to authorize the Selectmen to enter into a boundary line agreement with the owners of said abutting land separated from the Town land by Bates Road whereby some Town land may be released and some portion of the abutting land may be acquired by purchase, gift or eminent domain, as agreed upon between the Board of Selectmen and Mashpee Commons Limited Partnership and shown on a plan on file in the Town Clerk's office. Motion passes at 7:55 p.m. Article 38 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to transfer(a)parcel(s) of land consisting of 30,732 square feet more or less and located on Mashpee Assessors Map 61, Block 66, for no consideration to Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod, Inc., for the construction on such land of a house for sale to a person of low or very low income within the meaning of the Housing Act of 1937, subject to existing zoning restrictions and building and health codes; provided that in the selection of the purchaser of such house,priority shall be given to a person whose residence or place of employment is in the Town of Mashpee; such sale to be made subject to a deed restriction in substantially the following form for a period of 20 years from the date of the first transfer by the Town pursuant to this Article: Whenever the owner shall desire to sell or otherwise transfer ownership or possession of the premises,the owner shall send a written Notice to the Town of Mashpee setting forth in detail the terms on which the owner desires to sell or transfer the premises. The Notice shall set forth the aggregate present value of all consideration and payments to be paid by the transferee for the premises (the"Selling Price"). The Town shall have the right within thirty days after receipt of such notice to buy, or designate a buyer for,the premises at the Selling Price, less the Land Value, which shall be the assessed value of the Land for real estate tax purposes at the time of such sale or other transfer. If the Town chooses not to buy, or designate a buyer for, the premises, it shall grant a release in writing allowing the owner to transfer the premises free of the restriction set forth in this ¶1. Upon the sale or other transfer of ownership or possession of the premises within twenty years after the date of this deed, other than to the Town pursuant to¶1 above, the owner shall pay to the Town the Land Value; and further, vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court for special legislation authorizing such transfer and restriction and to make use of other agencies and instrumentalities of the Town, including but not limited to the Town of Mashpee Housing Authority, to effect the transfer of such land in accordance with this Article, or take any other action relating thereto. i Submitted by the Board of Selectmen i Explanation: This article authorizes the transfer of a house lot to "Habitat for Humanity"to construct one(1) single family home for a low to moderate income family. i