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ARTICLE 22 Explanation: This article proposes to appropriate To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or $850,000 to pay for unanticipated land acquisition costs for the Mashpee High School complex.The orig- inal appropriation for project land acquisition costs pond (Quashnet River) Water Control Structure Account, or take any other action relating thereto. was based upon appraisals of the various parcels of land comprising the Mashpee High School tract pre- Submitted by the Conservation Commission pared in 1994, prior to the actual eminent domain tak- Ing of the subject parcels. Subsequent to the land tak- Explanation: The fish ladder currently in place is ings,four legal actions were commenced in Barnstable only a temporary one,put in by the Division of Marine Superior Court seeking assessment of further damages Fisheries (the previous one was vandalized). The with respect to said land takings. The proposed sup- I water control structure needs to be completely plemental appropriation will be utilized to effect a set- replaced as it is in serious disrepair and barely func- tlement of the last two pending land damage cases, a tional. Additionally, its current configuration is not r conducive for Herring passage. The $60,000 would which are scheduled for trial in July 2000. The princi- pal and interest payments for the supplemental appro- 1 pay for design, materials and installation. priation will be excluded from the calculation of the e Recommendation: The Finance Committee recom- Town's levy limit in the same manner as other s mends approval. Mashpee High School capital costs pursuant to the f debt exclusion referendum passed by the Town for this Motion made by Selectman Taylor. project in 1993. Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and Recommendation: The Finance Committee recom- transfer $60,000 from the Cranberry Reserved mends approval. n Receipts Account to the Johns Pond Water Control I- Structure Account. Motion made by Selectman Blythe. r Motion passes unanimously at 8:16 p.m. Motion: I move the Town hereby appropriate the sum )r ARTICLE 23 of $850,000 to pay additional costs related to the ° acquisition of land for the new Mashpee High School, It To see if the Town will vote to accept Massachusetts including appraisals and other costs incidental or r" General Laws, Chapter 80 Section 13B, which gov- related thereto, and that to meet this appropriation,the ! n ems deferral of payment of special assessments (bet- Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, is )f terments) for property owners who receive a tax hereby authorized to borrow said amount under and I- exemption under M.G.L. Chapter 59 Section 5 Clause pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 7(3) of the General c 41A;or take any other action relating thereto. Laws,Chapter 645 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1948, Submitted by the Board of Assessors as amended, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor. g Explanation: This article will allow the Town of Motion passes 146-14 at 8.40 p.m. Mashpee to defer betterment payments for senior tax-Payers who defer their general tax payments. The ARTICLE 25 8 Water District has already adopted this statute. i- To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen d Motion made by Selectman Cahalane. to acquire,by purchase or otherwise,all or a portion of Motion: I move Article 23 be voted as printed in the a parcel of land of 30 acres, more or less, identified on warrant with the exception of the phrase, "or take any the 1999 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 36, Block j 1" 35, also shown as Parcel 2 on a "Plan of Land in other action relating thereto". Central Mashpee Mass. for Harry W. & Ellen A. Motion passes at 8:18 p.m. Tabb", dated September 3, 1969 by Charles N. Savery, ARTICLE 24 Inc., with the portion of said land lying east of a line ie 25 feet east of the center line of Goodspeed's Meeting To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $850,000 House Road, excluding any land lying within 25 feet for unanticipated costs related to the acquisition of on either side of the center line of Noisy Hole Road,to al land for the new Mashpee High School, including be held for conservation and passive recreation pur- ! appraisals and other costs incidental or related thereto, poses in the care and custody of the Conservation and to determine whether to raise said supplemental Commission pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws appropriation by borrowing, transferring available Chapter 40, Section 8C, the portion lying west of a funds or otherwise or take any other action relating line 25 feet west of the center line of Goodspeed's 3 thereto. Meeting House Road to be held for open space or recreation purposes in the care and custody of the Submitted by the Board of Selectmen Board of Selectmen and the remainder to be held in II, 65