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*DRAFT 1 MAY 2020 TOWN MEETING WARRANT* Page 22
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<br /> To see if the Town will vote to authorize and empower the Board of Selectmen to prepare a plan
<br /> laying out,and defining Cove Road and accomplish said purpose and for expenses related thereto,
<br /> the Town vote to appropriate and transfer from revenue available for appropriation $5, to the
<br /> Cove Road, Roadways Account, or take any other action relating thereto,.
<br /> Submitted by Petition
<br /> Explanation.- This article authorizes the Town to layout and define Cove Road and to appropriate
<br /> fu-nding for this purpose.
<br /> Article,
<br /> To see if Mashpee will join towns across Cape Co'd in an effort to respond to a shared sense of
<br /> climate emergency, based on data and warning from the scientific comm,unity. Across, Cape Cod,
<br /> many acknowledge that climate change is a dire threat to our well-,being that,demands immediiate
<br /> attention. Passage of the article will indicate that the residents and government of Mashpee are
<br /> committed to expeditiously reducing net greenhouse gas, emissions to zero, by further reducing
<br /> energy consumption as well as by supporting and instituting efforts to wisely manage' our land,
<br /> biodiversity, and natural resources to reduce the town's vulnerability to climate change, or take
<br /> any other action thereto.
<br /> Submitted by Petition
<br /> Explanation,., Because of threats to our health, safety, and economic security, Mashpeels
<br /> communities, service organizations, government representatives, officers, and departments have
<br /> already taken many leading steps toward mitigating the environmental conditions that cause
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<br /> decreasing biodiversity, global warming,g, melting; ice sheets', rising sea levels, acidifying oceans,
<br /> damaging storms, intensifying heat waves, and raging fires, but CO2, levels in Earth's atmosphere
<br /> have already risen above the,acceptable 350 ppm to 415 ppm. As a member of 350 Cape Cod,,this
<br /> petitioner urges Mashpee's residents, communities, elected representatives, and town
<br /> employees to Join in spirit and action with the residents of other Cape Cod towns to prudently
<br /> facilitate this article's objectives.
<br /> Article
<br /> 'To see if the Town, will vote to, authorize and empowerthe Board of Selectmen to prepare a plan
<br /> laying out and defining Oldham Circle and 'accomplish said purpose and for expenses related
<br /> thereto, the Town, vote to appropriate and transfer from revenue available for appropriation
<br /> $5, to thle Oldham circle Roadways Account, or take any other action relating thereto.
<br /> Submitted by Petition
<br /> Explanation: This article authorizes the Town to layout and define Oldham Circle and to
<br /> appropriate funding for,this purpose.
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