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I The Board of Selectmen recommends approval b a vote of 5-0. y Submitted by petition e Board The Finance Committee recommends approval by a lvotee of 5-0 f Selectmen recommends approval by a vote of 7-0. e Finance At its meeting on October 5, 2011, the Planning a lvot of 0 Committee recommends approval by Board voted 4-0 to recommend approval of Article 20. Motion made by John Cotton. Motion made by Fred Groehl. Motion: I move the Town vote to authorize and empower the Board of Selectmen to prepare a plan Motion: I move the Town vote to accept the layouts laying out and defining Shields Road,Tobisset Street, as public ways of Taurus Drive, partial of Polaris Lyn Court, Tricia Lane, Pequot Road, Pequot Court, Drive (House #97 to start of Taurus), and partial of Michelle Lane and Nobska Road; and to accomplish Gemini Road(House#19 and ending at Taurus Drive), said purpose and for expenses incidental and related as shown on a plan entitled "Road Easement Taking thereto, the Town vote to appropriate and transfer Plan "Holland Mills" Subdivision in Mashpee, from the Overlay Surplus Account $5,000 to the Massachusetts(Barnstable County)", dated December Santuit Woods Roadways Account. 13,2000 and prepared by The BSC Group,Inc.,which layouts shall have been filed in the Office of the Town Motion passes unanimously at 8:52 PM. Clerk,not later than seven days prior to the date of the vote hereunder and to authorize the Board of Article 22 Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain taking any land necessary for the purposes of To see if the Town of Mashpee will raise and appro- such ways as so laid out, and to appropriate $153,290 priate or borrow the money needed to design and Ion- to the Great Hay Estates Roadways Account and to struct a bike path on Old Barnstable Rd. beginning at authorize the Treasurer,with the approval of the Board route 151 and continuing to the Falmouth town line or of Selectmen, to borrow at one time, or from time to take any other action relating to. time,under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 7 or 8 or any other enabling authority for such purchase or taking and layout including costs of constructing such Submitted by Petition ways and legal financing and other costs incidental Explanation: Growing up on Old Barnstable Rd. and related thereto; and further authorize the Board of made it easy to walk to and from school but also called Selectmen to assess betterments to the owners of the for its dangers also. Walking, running or even riding land abutting the ways. a bike down the winding,curving street means you are Motion passes unanimously at 8:51 PM. literally sharing the road with cars driving not being able to see around the next curve or hill. Friday July Article 21 1,2011,I once again walked down Old Barnstable Rd. to and from the Mashpee High School to attend the To see if the Town will vote to authorize and empower community picnic and fireworks. I once again was the Board of Selectmen to prepare a plan lam out the cars, walking on the pavement when walking Y g on the side wasn't possible. Sadly that same night a and defining Shields Road,Tobisset Street,Lyn Court, Michelle 16 year old lost his life on Old Barnstable Rd.walkinon Tricia Lane, Pequot Road, Pequot Courtur- Lane and Nobska Road; and to accomplish said home from that same event; He was stuck walking P the road because he and friends had nowhere else to pose and for expenses incidental and related thereto, walk. This accident could have been avoided. There the Town vote to raise and appropriate or transfer frombik- available funds for appropriation$5,000 to the Santuit are many of our own residents walking, running, ing up and down Old Barnstable Rd. are either Woods Roadways Account, or take any other action relating thereto. younger or older than that 16 year old struck. Let as avoid another fatal accident where a pedestrian is involved and build a bike path on Old Barnstable Rd. 82