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s Article 26 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, for conservation and passive recreation purposes, all or a portion of those parcels of land identified on the 1999 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 86, Blocks 1 and 2, located on "Turner Road", 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, $300,000 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 $300,000 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; with said borrowing to be repaid with funds from the Land Bank Fund established by the Town under the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1998 (An Act Relative to the Establishment of the Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition Program); and to designate said land as an open space land acquisition pursuant to said Chapter 293; and further, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds $1500 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, State and / or County 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, State and / or County agencies, private conservation trusts or other entities or persons in connection with the purchase of such land and its preservation for conservation and passive recreation purposes, including enforcement of conservation restrictions on the land; 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, sale, transfer or preservation; or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Open Space Committee Explanation: This article would authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase, on behalf of the Conservation Commission, two parcels totaling 32.7 acres, more or less, on Turner Road and adjacent to existing well site lands of the Mashpee Water District and conservation land owned by the Falmouth Rod & Gun Club. The area is actively being marketed, is in the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge and the recharge area of the Water District's Turner Road well and is recommended for acquisition by the Comprehensive Plan. The purchase would be paid for with Land Bank funds. i Motion made by Selectman Marsters. Motion: I move the"Town hereby authorize the Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, for conservation and passive recreation purposes, all or a portion of those