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Massachusetts to vote no on any more funding for the purchase or taking and layout including costs of con• wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to work for the structing such ways and legal financing and other speedy withdrawal of all troops from those countries. costs incidental and related thereto; and further autho. rize the Board of Selectmen to assess betterments to Submitted by Petition the owners of the land abutting the ways, or take any j other action relating thereto. Explanation: The majority of Americans oppose the wars for oil in the Middle East, and we do not want Submitted by Petition j any more of our troops sacrificed there and no more of our tax monies wasted there. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by a vote of 5-0. The Board of Selectmen recommends defeat of this article by a vote of 5-0 as this meeting is not the The Finance Committee recommends approval by appropriate forum. a vote of 5-0. The Finance Committee recommends defeat of this At its meeting on April 21 the Planning Board article by a vote of 4-1. voted 4-0 to recommend against approval of this article. "^ Motion made by Peter White Motion made to dispense with reading of Article at Motion: I vote to move question 9:10 PM. Motion made to amend at 8:51 PM. Motion to dispense with reading of Article passes at 9:10 PM. Amended motion made by Kathy Lynch: I vote to amend motion to direct Representative Delahunt and Motion made by Leroy Woodward Kerry and Senator Brown to act toward a speedy with- drawal of all our troops from those countries. Motion: I move the Town accept the layout as public way of Horseshoe Bend Way as shown on a plan enti- Amended motion passes 160 to 115 at 9:05 PM. tled "Easement Taking and Layout Plan of Horseshoe Bend Way in Mashpee, Massachusetts (Barnstable Article 17 County)",y) , dated January 14, 2010 and prepared by Eagle Surveying, Inc., which layout shall have been j To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout as filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, not later than public way of Horseshoe Bend Way as shown on a seven days prior to the date of the vote hereunder and plan entitled "Easement Taking and Layout Plan of to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, Horseshoe Bend Way in Mashpee, Massachusetts purchase or eminent domain taking any land necessary (Barnstable County)", dated January 14, 2010 and for the purposes of such ways as so laid out, and to prepared by Eagle Surveying, Inc., which layout shall appropriate $227,834 to the Horseshoe Bend Way have been filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, not Roadways Account and to authorize the Treasurer, later than seven days prior to the date of the vote here- with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to bor- under and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to row at one time, or from time to time, under and pur- acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain taking suant to Chapter 44 Section? or 8 or any other any land necessary for the purposes of such ways as so enabling authority for such purchase or taking and lay- laid out,and to appropriate and transfer from available funds $227,834 to the Horseshoe Bend Way out including costs of constructing such ways and legal financing and other costs incidental and related Roadways Account and to raise said appropriation,the thereto; and further authorize the Board of Selectmen Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of to assess betterments to the owners of the land abut, 41, Selectmen, be authorized to borrow at one time, or from time to time, under and pursuant to Chapter 44 ting the ways. Section 7 or 8 or any other enabling authority for such Motion passes by 2/3rds vote at 9:17 PM. i 54