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The Planning Board recommends approval of Article 15 by a vote of 5-0 Motion To Be Made By Selectman Gottlieb Motion: I move that the Town vote to approve Articles 13, 14, and 15 as printed in the Warrant, with the exception of the phrases "or take any other action relating thereto." Motion passes unanimously at 7:52 pm Article 16 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 that demands immediate attention. Passage of the article will indicate that the residents and government of Mashpee are committed to expeditiously reducing net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by further reducing energy consumption as well as by supporting and 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 relating thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen Explanation: Because of threats to our health, safety, and economic security, Mashpee's communities, 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 CO2 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 approval of Article 16 by a vote of 5-0 The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 16 by a vote of 5-1 Motion To Be Made By Selectman Weeden Motion: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 16 as printed in the Warrant, with the exception of the phrase "or take any other action relating thereto." Motion passes at 8:04 pm Article 17 14