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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 or preservation, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by Open Space Committee Explanation: This article would authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase, on behalf of the Conservation Commission, a portion of a 17.89 acre parcel located along the Quashnet River north and south of Route 151 and adjacent to existing Town conservation land, the High School site and private open space at Mashpee Village and the Quashnet Valley Country Club. The area is in the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge and the recharge area of Waquoit Bay and is r recommended as a high priority acquisition by the Comprehensive Plan. The purchase would be paid for with Land Bank funds. The land will be purchased by the Orenda Wildlife Land Trust, ` from which it is intended that the Town will buy the fee interest in the 13.93 acre portion south :r of Route 151 subject to a conservation restriction which is to be purchased by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries &Wildlife. Motion made by David Leveille. Motion: I move the Town 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 FY2000 Mashpee Assessors' maps as Map 73, Blocks 7 and 11, consisting of 17.89 acres, more or less, located along the Quashnet River North and South of Route 151 and shown on a"plan of land in Mashpee, Mass. surveyed for Marion H. Collins, Carleton H. Collins & Erdine C. Henriksen", dated June 17, 1972, by John O. Henriksen, RLS, to be held in the care and custody of the Conservation Commission pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C; and further vote to appropriate and transfer from the Land Bank Fund established r 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) $70,000 for said purpose, and further, to authorize the Board of Selectmen to apply for and accept federal, state and/or county grants, including reimbursement under Chapter 132A, Section 11 of the Massachusetts General Laws, the "Self-Help Act", to be applied by the Town toward the financing of this acquisition, 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 acquisition of all or a portion of such land and its preservation for conservation and passive recreation purposes, including enforcement of conservation restrictions on the land; and finally, to 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 and preservation. i Motion made to dispense with reading of article. Motion to dispense with reading of article passes at 10:22 p.m. I Motion passes unanimously at 10:25. May 2001 Annual Town Meeting 32