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Article 10
<br /> To see if the Town will vote to authorize the !
<br /> Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or otherwise,
<br /> for the purposes identified in Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1998 (An Act Relative to the
<br /> Establishment of the Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition Program), all or a portion of that
<br /> parcel of land identified on the 2001 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 51, Block 6, consisting of
<br /> 23.6 acres, more or less, located between Great Hay Road, William Mingo Road and the so-
<br /> called Belcher Property, along with those portions of any adjacent ways which are appurtenant
<br /> to said parcel, said parcel also being described on a "Plan of Land Located in Mashpee, Mass.
<br /> Prepared for Phyllis M. Jordan", dated October 21, 1976 by Cape & Islands Surveying, Inc.,
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<br /> which is recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 310, Page 6; and
<br /> further, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds,
<br /> $125,000 for such purpose, including expenses incidental and related thereto, and to raise such
<br /> appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow !a
<br /> $125,000 or any other sum under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8C and, if rr_
<br /> applicable, Chapter 40, section 8C of the General laws, or any other enabling authority, and to
<br /> issue bonds or notes of the Town therefore, with said borrowing to be repaid with funds from 4r''
<br /> the Land Bank Fund established by the Town under the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Acts of
<br /> 1998 (An Act Relative to the Establishment of the Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition
<br /> Program); and further, vote to raise and appropriate $1,500 to the Issuance of Debt Account;
<br /> and further, to authorize the Board of Selectmen to apply for and accept Federal, State and / or
<br /> County grants to be applied by the Town toward the financing of this purchase and to enter
<br /> into contracts or agreements with Federal, State and / or County agencies, the Mashpee Water
<br /> District, private conservation trusts or other entities or persons in connection with the purchase
<br /> of all or a portion of such land and its preservation and management for conservation, passive
<br /> recreation and water supplyk.
<br /> protection purposes, including conveyance and enforcement of a 2)12ra;.
<br /> perpetual conservation restriction on the land in accordance with Chapter 184 of the General
<br /> Laws as required by the provisions of Chapter 293, section 10 of the Acts of 1998 as amended, : .�
<br /> to an organization qualified and willing to hold such a restriction; and finally, to authorize the `'xaa
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<br /> Board of Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be
<br /> necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said acquisition, sale, transfer or preservation or
<br /> take any other action relating thereto. ' s
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<br /> Submitted by Open Space Committee ^�
<br /> Explanation: This article would authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase for the s s
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<br /> Purposes allowed by the Land Bank Act, a portion of a 23.6-acre parcel on the south side of
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<br /> William Mingo Road, which is surrounded on three sides by open space acquired by the Town r;
<br /> With Land Bank funds. The land is in the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, is recommended for
<br /> acquisition by the Comprehensive Plan and the Town's open space plan, and is both a potential
<br /> well site and within the recharge area of the Mashpee Water District's "Belcher"well site. The
<br /> Purchase would be made jointly by the Town and the Mashpee Water District, with the District
<br /> contributing $275,000 and the Town contributing the remainder of the $400,000 purchase price
<br /> using Land Bank funds. The Town and the District would each acquire a proportionate share of
<br /> the property, with the Town acquiring approximately 7.38 acres. I`
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