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the care and custody of the Board of Selectmen for Motion made by Selectman Leveille. general municipal purposes, including roadway use; Motion: I move the Town hereby authorize the and further, to see if the Town will vote to raise and Selectmen to acquire,by purchase or otherwise,all or f appropriate, or transfer from available funds, a portion of a parcel of land of 30 acres, more or less, i, $330,000 for such purpose, including expenses inci- identified on the 1999 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as a dental and related thereto, and to raise such appropria- Map 36, Block 35, also shown as Parcel 2 on a"Plan tion,the Treasurer,with the approval of the Selectmen, of Land in Central Mashpee Mass. For Harry W. & be authorized to accept donations and be further Ellen A. Tabb", dated September 3, 1969 by Charles authorized to borrow$330,000 or any other sum under N. Savery, Inc., with the portion of said land lying A and pursuant to Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8C and, if wast of a line 25 feet east of the center line of ;japplicable, Chapter 40, section 8C of the General Goodspeed's Meeting House Road, excluding any f laws, or any other enabling authority, and to issue land lying within 25 feet on either side of the center J 1 bonds or notes of the Town therefor; with all but one "rlline of Noisy Hole Road, to be held for conservation dollar ($1.00) of said borrowing to be repaid with and passive recreation purposes in the care and cus- funds from the Land Bank Fund established by the tody of the Conservation Commission pursuant to y Town under the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Acts Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C, of 1998 (An Act Relative to the Establishment of the the portion lying west of a line 25 feet west of the cen- Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition Program); ter line of Goodspeed's Meeting House Road to be and to designate said land as an open space land acqui- !� g held for open space or recreation purposes in the care P sition pursuant to said Chapter 293; and further,to see and custody of the Board of Selectmen and the if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or trans- remainder to beheld in the care and custody of the fer from available funds $1,500 to the Issuance of Board of Selectmen for general municipal purposes, Debt Account; and further, to see if the Town will including roadway use; that the sum of $330,000 is authorize the Board of Selectmen and / or hereby appropriated for such purpose, including all Conservation Commission to apply for and accept expenses incidental and related thereto; that to raise !� Federal, State and/ or County grants, including reim- this appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of bursement under Chapter 132A, Section 11 of the the Selectmen, is hereby authorized to borrow 'j General Laws, the "Self-Help Act", to be applied by $330,000 or any other sum under and pursuant to the Town toward the financing of this purchase, and to Chapter 44, Section 7(3) or any other enabling author- enter Federal State for contracts or agreements notes of the Town therefol enter into co �" ity, and to issue bonds or and / or County agencies, private conservation trusts that while any borrowing authorized hereunder shall or other entities or persons in connection with the pur- constitute a general obligation of the Town, it is 1 chase of such land and the preservation of those por- expected that all but one dollar ($1.00) of said bor tions noted above for conservation and recreation pur- rowing shall be repaid with funds from the Land Bank poses, including enforcement of conservation restric- Fund established by the Town under the provisions of j tions on the land; and finally, to see if the Town will Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1998 (An Act Relative to j authorize the Conservation Commission and the Board the Establishment of the Cape Cod Open Space Land of Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute any Acquisition Program); that the Town hereby appropri- and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of ates the additional sum of$1,500 from the Land Bank the Town to effectuate said acquisition, sale, transfer Account to the Issuance of Debt Account; that the or preservation; or take any other action relating Town hereby authorizes the Board of Selectmen thereto. and/or Conservation Commission to apply for and Submitted by the Open Space Committee accept any available Federal, State and/or County grants, including reimbursements under Chapter Explanation: This article would authorize purchase 132A, Section 11 of the General Laws, the"Self-Help of 30 acres of land along Goodspeed's Meeting House Act", to be applied by the Town toward the costs of and Main Street agreements Road between Meetinghouse Road contracts or re � g this purchase,and to enter into g with that portion east of the road reserved as conser- with Federal, State and/or County agencies, private vation land and that portion west of the road reserved conservation trusts or other entities or persons in con- for potential recreation use in conjunction with a pro- nection with the purchase of such land and the preser- vation of those portions noted above for conservation posed school site and a 50 foot wide strip along Goodspeed's and Noisy Hole Roads reserved for pos- and recreation purposes, including enforcement of sible roadway use if ever needed. All but$1.00 of the conservation restrictions on the land; and finally,that purchase (for the roadway portion) is to be fundedthe Town hereby authorize the Conservation Commission and the Board of Selectmen to enter into through the Town's Land Bank funds. The Town will also apply for 52% state reimbursement under theagreements and passive recreation purposes,including state's "Self-Help" program for the portion to be held enforcement of conservation restrictions on the land' for conservation purposes. and finally,that the Conservation Commission and the 66