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Article 31 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen and/or Conservation Commission to grant a conservation restriction and/or management easement on that parcel of land identified on the 1999 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 98, Block 1, consisting of 12.37 acres, more or less, located between Holland Mill Road, Old Ockway Road and "Coombs Avenue" and shown on a "Plan of Land in Mashpee, Mass. prepared for Heirs of Maurice F. Greaney", dated October 6, 1989, by Schofield Brothers, Inc. Registered Land Surveyors, which has been purchased and held in the care and custody of the Conservation Commission pursuant to Mass. General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C under the provisions of the vote under Article 23 of the warrant for the �a October 2, 2000 Annual Town Meeting, to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife under terms and for compensation which are agreeable to the Board of Selectmen and Conservation Commission, and to enter into contracts or agreements with the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife in connection with said restriction and/or easement and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said restriction and/or easement; and finally, to authorize the Selectmen to petition the General Court for special legislation authorizing the Town to enter into said restriction and/or R easement, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by Open Space Committee Explanation: This article would authorize the Board of Selectmen and Conservation Commission to sell a conservation restriction or management easement to the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife on a parcel of land purchased by the Town with Land Bank funds. This restriction/easement was anticipated at the time of the October 2000 Town Meeting, but the Town has since learned that it cannot be done without approval by the state legislature under the requirements of Article 97 of the state constitution. The October Town Meeting article did not authorize the Selectmen to seek the necessary legislation. It is anticipated that the state will be paying approximately $45,000, which will help offset the Town's purchase price of $100,000. I Motion made by John Cahalane. Motion: I move Article 31 be voted as printed in the warrant, with the exception of the phrase, or take any other action relating thereto". Motion made to dispense with reading of article. Motion to dispense with reading of article passes at 10:26 p.m. I' Motion passes at 10:2 p.m. 1 Article 32 i To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to petition the General Court for special legislation authorizing the Town to enter into a land exchange with Willowbend Development ! Corporation in which the Town would transfer to Willowbend the land shown on the 1999 j May 2001 Annual Town Meeting 33 q