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the Acts of 1998; 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. Submitted by Open Space Committee Explanation: This article would authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase, on behalf of the Conservation Commission, a 7.6 acre parcel on Great Hay Road, south of Abigail's Brook, which is surrounded by existing conservation land owned by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Town of Mashpee (the "Bufflehead Bay"property). The area is in the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, includes bluffs overlooking marshes and abandoned cranberry bogs along Abigail's Brook, and is recommended as a top priority acquisition by the Comprehensive Plan and the Town's open space plan, as well as being a top priority acquisition within the Wildlife Refuge. The purchase would be paid for with Land Bank funds. An additional 35.2 acres north of Abigail's Brook is proposed to be purchased by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from the same owners, unifying all of the `Bufflehead Bay" parcels originally purchased by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Town and virtually completing protection of the southern portion of the Wildlife Refuge. Motion made to dispense with reading of article. Motion to dispense with reading of article passes at 7:56 p.m. Motion made by George Green. 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 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 for conservation and passive recreation purposes; and further, vote to appropriate $208,200 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 $208,200 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 further vote to raise and appropriate $1,500 to the Issuance of Debt Account; and further, vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen and 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 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 conveyance and enforcement of a perpetual conservation restriction on the land in accordance with Chapter 184 of the General Laws as required by the provisions of Chapter 293