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77, Blocks 3, 5, 7, 10, 21, 23, 25, 27 and 28 and General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C; and further,to
<br /> Willowbend would transfer to the Town all their right, see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate,or
<br /> title and interest in the land shown on said Assessors' transfer from available funds, $550,000 for such pur.
<br /> !' Maps as Map 70, Blocks 19, 24 through 37, 29A, 62, pose, including expenses incidental and related
<br /> 63, 71, 79, 80C, 86, 90, 96, 109, 115 and 134, with thereto, and to raise such appropriation, the Treasurer,
<br /> said land to be held in the care and custody of the with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to
<br /> Conservation Commission pursuant to Massachusetts borrow$550,000 or any other sum under and pursuant
<br /> General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C, along with an to Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8C and, if applicable,
<br /> easement across other land of Willowbend for a scenic Chapter 40, section 8C of the General laws, or any
<br /> viewpoint, sitting area and pedestrian and carry-in other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of
<br /> boat access between the Town's land shown on said the Town therefor; with said borrowing to be repaid
<br /> Assessors' Map as Map 77,Block 32 and the waters of with funds from the Land Bank Fund established by
<br /> Shoestring Bay, with the location and dimensions of the Town under the provisions of Chapter 293 of the
<br /> said easement to be established by agreement between Acts of 1998 (An Act Relative to the Establishment of
<br /> Willowbend, the Selectmen and the Conservation the Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition
<br /> Commission and subject to any applicable permitting Program); and further, to see if the Town will vote to
<br /> authorities; and further, to see if the Town will autho- raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds
<br /> rize the Conservation Commission and the Board of $2,500 to the Issuance of Debt Account;and further,to
<br /> Selectmen to enter into contracts or agreements and see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen
<br /> execute any and all instruments as may be necessary and / or Conservation Commission to apply for and
<br /> I on behalf of the Town to effectuate said land exchange accept Federal, State and/or County grants,including
<br /> and easement;or take any other action relating thereto. reimbursement under Chapter 132A, Section 11 of the
<br /> Submitted by the Board of Selectmen General Laws, the "Self-Help Act", to be applied by
<br /> the Town toward the financing of this purchase,and to
<br /> Explanation: In order to consolidate ownership pat- enter into contracts or agreements with Federal, State
<br /> y agencies, conservation trusts
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<br /> which the and / or Count a encies
<br /> terns, resolve an outstanding situation in g
<br /> Town and Willowbend share partial interests in certain or other entities or persons in connection with the pur
<br /> lands, allow a more environmentally appropriate chase of all or a portion of such land and its preserva-
<br /> tion for conservation and passive recreation purposes,
<br /> design for a proposed g course expansion
<br /> Willowbend and establish a public access point for including enforcement of restrictions on the land as
<br /> pedestrians, shellfishermen and carry-in boaters on required by the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Acts
<br /> Shoestring Bay,this article authorizes the selectmen to of 1998; and finally, to see if the Town will authorize
<br /> effectuate a land exchange with Willowbend and to the Conservation Commission and the Board of
<br /> seek the necessary legislative authorization to make Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute any
<br /> the exchange. and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of
<br /> Motion made to dispense with reading of article. the Town to effectuate said acquisition, sale, transfer
<br /> or preservation; or take any other action relating
<br /> Motion to dispense with reading of article passes thereto.
<br /> unanimously at 8:27 p.m. Submitted by the Open Space Committee
<br /> Motion made by David Leveille. Explanation: This article would authorize the Board
<br /> Motion: I move Article 21 be indefinitely postponed. of Selectmen to purchase, on behalf of the
<br /> Conservation Commission, an 8.52 acre parcel
<br /> Motion to indefinitely postpone passes at 8:32 p.m. between Amy Brown Road and Abigail's Brook which
<br /> ARTICLE 22 is surrounded on three sides by existing conservation
<br /> land owned by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service(the
<br /> To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen "Bufflehead Bay" property). The area is in the
<br /> to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, for conservation Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, includes salt
<br /> and passive recreation purposes,all or a portion of that marshes on Abigails Brook as well as a very attractive
<br /> parcel of land identified on the 1999 Mashpee bluff overlooking the marshes and upper Great River,
<br /> Assessors' Maps as Map 115, Blocks 12 through 16, and is recommended as a top priority acquisition by
<br /> consisting of 8.52 acres,more or less,located between
<br /> Amy Brown Road, Great Hay Road and Abigail's the Comprehensive Plan and the Towns open space
<br /> F plan. The purchase would be paid for with Land Bank
<br /> 1' Brook and shown as Lots 2 through 5 and Parcel A on funds and reimbursement of 52% of the cost would be
<br /> a"Subdivision Plan of Land Prepared for Stable Trust sought from the state's "Self-Help" program.
<br /> in Mashpee,Mass. ,revision date December 16, 1985,
<br /> r, by Holmes &McGrath,Inc. Civil Engineers and Land Motion made to dispense with reading of Article.
<br /> Surveyors, to be held in the care and custody of the Motion to dispense with reading of article passes at
<br /> Conservation Commission pursuant to Massachusetts
<br /> 8:32p.m.
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