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Article 8 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or otherwise for conservation and passive recreation purposes, that parcel of land identified on the 2001 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 70, Block 135, consisting of 8000 square feet, more or less, located at the corner of"Riverview Avenue" and "Laurel Street" and shown as lots 39, 40, 41 and 42 on a Plan entitled "Cotuit Park in Barnstable County, Mass. Owned by Charles L. Gifford, Cotuit, Mass." dated January 1, 1914 and recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 1, Page 20, 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 appropriate and transfer 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) $11,900 for such purpose, including expenses incidental and related thereto; and further, to see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen and/or Conservation Commission 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 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 and preservation; or take any other action relating thereto. r Submitted by Open Space Committee Explanation: This article would authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase, on behalf of the Conservation Commission, an 8000 square foot lot adjacent to existing Town conservation land previously purchased with Land Bank funds appropriated by the October 1999 Town Meeting, as well as other Town lands acquired through tax takings and the trade of Lands with Willowbend Development Corporation approved by the October 2000 Town Meeting. These lands are located on the west side of the Santuit River between Willowbend, Maushop Stables and the Cotuit Bay Condominiums. Recent studies by the Public Archaeology Lab indicate that the properties contain extensive archaeological deposits dating back 5000 years. The property is in the recharge area of Shoestring Bay and is part of an area recommended as a priority acquisition by the Comprehensive Plan. Article 9 To see if the Town will vote to the authorize the Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, for conservation and passive recreation purposes, all or a portion of that parcel of land identified on the 2001 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 115, Block 22, consisting of 7.6 acres, more or less, located between Great Hay Road, Wells Road and Abigail's Brook, 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, $208,200 for such purpose, including expenses incidental and related thereto, and to raise such Page 4 October 2002 Town Meeting