02/25/2019 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Agenda Packet

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DRAFT 41 MAY 2019 SPECIAL- & ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT Pa-e 35 Article To see if the Town will vote to accept the layouts as public ways of Leatherleaf Lane, Bog River Bend, Miller Farm Road and Ferngully Pass (Childs River East), as shown on plans entitled "Road Taking Plan Leather Leaf Road", "Road Taking Plan Bog River Bend" and "Road Taking Plan Fern Gully Pass & Miller Farm Road" in Mashpee MA, dated January 31, 2018, and prepared by Cape & Islands Engineering, which layouts shall have been filed in the Office of the Town Clerk not later than seven days prior to the date of vote hereunder, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase, or eminent domain taking any land necessary for the purposes of such ways as so laid out, and to appropriate the sum of $408,030.00 to the Child's River East Roadways Account, and to raise said appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, be authorized to borrow at one time, or from time to time, under and pursuant to Chapter 44 Section 7 or 8, or any other enabling authority for such purchase or taking and layout, including costs of constructing such ways, and legal financing, and other costs incidental and related thereto, and further authorize the Board of Selectmen to assess betterments to the owners of the land abutting the ways. Any premium received by the Town upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any such premium applied to the payment of the costs of issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied to the payment of costs approved by this vote in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 20 of the General Laws, thereby reducing the amount authorized to be borrowed to pay such costs by a like amount, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by Petition The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article by a vote of The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article by a vote of Article To see if the Town will vote to replace the Holiday "Christopher Columbus Day" to "Indigenous Peoples Day", or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by Petition Explanation: (Native's Day) is a holiday that celebrates and honors the Indigenous peoples of America and commemorates their shared history and culture. It is celebrated across the United States on the second Monday in October, and is an official city and state holiday in various localities. It began as a counter-celebration held on the same day as the U.S. federal holiday of Columbus Day, which honors European explorer Christopher Columbus. Some people now reject celebrating him, saying that he represents "the violent history of the colonization in the Western Hemisphere". Indigenous Peoples' Day was begun in 1989 in South Dakota, where Lynn Hart and Governor Mickelson backed a resolution to celebrate Native American day on the second Monday of October, marking the beginning of the year of reconciliation in 1990. It was instituted in Berkeley, California, in 1992, to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas. Two years later, Santa Cruz, California, instituted the holiday, and in the 2010s, various other cities and states took it up. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article by a vote of The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article by a vote of