03/16/2020 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Agenda Packet

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*DRAFT 2 MAY 2020 TOWN MEETING WARRANT* Page 28 Article 36 To see if the Town will vote to authorize and empower the Board of Selectmen to prepare a plan laying out and defining Cove Road and accomplish said purpose and for expenses related thereto, the Town vote to appropriate and transfer the sum of $5,000 from revenue available for appropriation to the Cove Road Roadways Account, or take any other action relating th,ereto. Submitted by Petition Explanation.- This article authorizes the Town to layout and define Cove Road and to appropriate funding for this purpose. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval ofArticle 36 by a vote of The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 36 by a vote of 6-0 Article 37' To see if Mashpee will join towns across Cape Cod in an effort to respond to a shared sense of climate emergency, based on data and warning from the scientific community. Across Cape Cod, many acknowledge that climate change is a dire threat to our well-being thatdemands immediate attention. Passage of the article will indicate that the residents, aind government of Mashpee are committed to expeditiously reducing net greenhouse gas emi,ssions'to zero by further reducing energy consumption as well as by supporting aind instituting efforts to wisely manage our land, biodiversity, and natural resources to reduce the town's vulnerability to climate change, or take any other action thereto. Submitted by Petition Explanation-. Because of threats to our health, safety, aind economic security, M,ashpee"s commiunities, service organizations, government representatives, officers, and departments have already taken many leading steps toward mitigating the environmental conditions that cause decreasing biodiversity, global warming, melting ice sheets, rising sea levels, acidifying oceans, damaging storms, intensifying heat waves, and raging fires, but CO'2 levels in Earth's atmosphere have already risen above the, acceptable 350 ppm to 415 ppm. As a member of 350 Cape Cod this petitioner urges Mashpee's residents, communities, elected representatives, and town employees to join in spirit and action with the residents of other Cape Cod towns to prudently facilitate this article's objectives. The Board of Selectmen recommends, ap roval of Article 37 by a vote of The Finance Committee takes no position, on Article 37 by a vote of 3,-3 Article 38 To see if the Town, will vote to authorize and empower the Board of Selectmen to prepare a plan, laying out and defining Oldham Circle and accomplish said purpose and for expenses related thereto, the Town vote to appropriate and transfer the sum of$5, 1 from revenue available for appropriation to the Oldham Circle Roadways Account, or take any other action rel'�ating thereto. Submitted by Petition Explanation,,, This article authorizes the Town to layout and define Oldham Circle and to appropriate funding for this purpose. The Boa,rd of Selectmen recommends approval of Article 38 by a vote of The Finance Committee recommends a proval of Article 38 by a vote of'6-0