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Wr WN, Explanation: This article is necessary to approve the deemed acceptable to the Board of Selectmen, and to temporary restrictive easement approved by the Board authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the of Selectmen which provides that the Town will not General Court for special legislation which may be cultivate cranberries for a period of two years on the necessary to authorize the granting of said easement. Quashnet Cranberry Bog where groundwater contain- }! ination emanating from the Massachusetts Military Motion passes unanimously at 10:52 p.m. Reservation has been found, in exchange for compen- ARTICLE 28 sation to be paid by the United States government to To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of the Town for the loss of these crops. Selectmen to grant Commonwealth Electric Company Motion made by Selectman Leveille. an easement to install and maintain an underground Motion: I move the Town authorize the Board of electric system on town owned property shown on Selectmen to grant a temporary two year easement to Mashpee Assessors Map 43, Block 2 to provide ser- the United States of America over that parcel of con- vice to the treatment facility at the Quashnet Bog,or servation land known as the Quashnet Cranberry Bog, take any other action relating thereto. comprised of 27.22 acres more or less and shown on Submitted by the Conservation Commission Mashpee Assessors Map 43, Block 2, Lot 0, in the and Board of Selectmen form as approved by the Board of Selectmen on September 28, 1998 in the document entitled Explanation: This article would grant the Department of the Army Offer to Sell Easement and Commonwealth Electric Company an easement to accepted by the United States of America on install power to the water treatment facility referenced September 29, 1998, and further authorize the Board in Article 38 of this Town Meeting. of Selectmen to petition the General Court for special Motion made by Selectman Marsters. legislation which may be necessary to authorize the Motion: I move the Town vote to authorize the Board granting of said temporary easement. of Selectmen to grant Commonwealth Electric Motion passes unanimously at 10:51 p.m. Company an easement to install and maintain an ARTICLE 27 underground electric system on town owned property shown on Mashpee Assessors Map 43,Block 2 to pro- To see if the Town will vote to grant an easement to vide service to the treatment facility at the Quashnet the United States of America over that parcel of Bog. Conservation land known as the Quashnet Cranberry Bog,comprised of 27.22 acres more or less and shown Motion made to dispense with reading of articles. on Mashpee Assessors Map 43, Block 2, Lot 0 for the Motion to dispense with reading of the articles purpose of constructing and operating a water treat- passes at 10:53 p.m. ment facility for a term deemed acceptable to the Board of Selectmen, and to authorize the Board of Motion on Article 28 passes at unanimously 10:53 Selectmen to petition the General Court for special p.m. legislation which may be necessary to authorize the ARTICLE 29 granting of said easement; or take any other action relating thereto. To see if the Town will vote to transfer those parcels of town owned land shown on the 1998 Mashpee Submitted by the Conservation Commission Assessors' Maps as Map 21 Block 78; Map 28 Block and the Board of Selectmen 14• Map 29, Blocks 130 and 146; Map 35, Block 74; Explanation: This article would grant an easement to Map 41, Block 51; Map 42, Blocks 17 and 28; Map the U.S. government to construct and operate a water 33,Blocks 1,2 and 3;Map 34,Blocks 2 and 3 and Map treatment facility on town land at the Quashnet 108, Block 32 to the care and custody of the Cranberry Bog. The purpose of the facility is to reme- Conservation Commission pursuant to Massachusetts diate EDB pollution of the bog from the General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C, or take any Massachusetts Military Reservation. other action relating thereto. Motion made by Selectman Caffyn. Submitted by Conservation Commission Motion: I move the Town vote to authorize the Explanation: This article would designate certain Selectmen to grant an easement to the United States of parcels of tax taking land owned by the Town, located America over that parcel of Conservation land known adjacent to the Besse Bog Conservation Area between as the Quashnet Cranberry Bog, comprised of 27.22 South Sandwich Road and Cotuit Road, between acres more or less and shown on Mashpee Assessors Lovell's Lane and the Mashpee River, adjacent to the Map 43,Block 2,Lot 0 for the purpose of constructing Johns Pond Park Conservation Area and on Hamblin's and operating a water treatment facility for a term Pond as Town conservation land. The listed parcels on 56