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tion into or out of Popponesset Bay from the river. We responsible to seek a professional assessment of the are also concerned with water quality improvement, community's actual human service needs and how the fish habitat improvement and improving public Town can best address them. f access. The monies required are for project design/engineering as required for filing with various *Approved by a unanimous vote of the Mashpee e Federal and State Agencies to get our Corps of Human Services Committee January 19,2012. Engineers Permit. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by a vote of 4-0,1 abstained. n a vote of 4-0,1 absent. Finance Committee recommends approval by a n Finance Committee recommends approval by a vote of 5-0,2 absent. vote of 5-0,2 absent. C• Motion made by Selectman Thomas O'Hara. it Motion made by Selectman John Cahalane. �! ie Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and 11 Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and transfer from available funds $35,000 to the Mashpee le transfer $80,000 from the Waterways Improvement Human Services Consultant Account,to be expended Fund Account to the Mashpee River Engineering under the direction of the Board of Selectmen. Account for the purpose of engineering and design Y services to secure an Improvement Dredge Permit for Motion passes unanimously at 8:16 PM. the Mashpee River. Article 26 a Motion passes unanimously at 8:16 PM. I To see if the Town will vote,pursuant to the provisions Article 25 of General Bylaw Article V, §3-21, that the following parcels of land acquired by the Town by tax foreclo- To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and trans- sure be held for the purpose of disposition and sale in d fer from available funds $35,000 to the Mashpee accordance with applicable provisions of General Law it Human Services Consultant Account, to be expended rather than be held by the Town for conservation pur- it under the direction of the Board of Selectmen,or take poses,or take any other action relating thereto: if any other action relating thereto. Assessed Submitted by the Board of Selectmen Map Block Address Acreage Value Explanation: This article requests voter approval to 77 48 10 Cedar Street 8,000 sf $206,000 �! conduct Mashpee's first assessment of human service 77 50 24 Cedar Street 10,000 sf $208,100 needs. Town Meeting voters established the Mashpee 77 51 5 Gina Way 30,000 sf $235,000 Human Services Committee in May 1996 and the 77 30 34 Falmouth Road 10,000 sf $52,000 I Human Services Department in May 2001. Since 77 31 23 Birch Street 12,500 sf $52,800 t 1996,the Town's population has grown approximately 77 24 110 Popponesset Avenue 10,000 sf $52,000 30 percent, to 14,272. For 15 years, the Town has 70 174 14 Angelo's Way 20,629 sf $9,000 been addressing perceived human service needs rather 70 60 41 Forest Street 10,000 sf $122,400 than identified documented needs. This ad hoc 79 32 56 Bog River Road 21,512 sf $150,800 approach helps many residents, but we do not know 36 31 42 Meetinghouse Road 2 acres $161,200 I how many families or individuals are missed because 44 2 147 Lovell's Lane 5.8 acres $260,800 we don't know what their needs are; or they do not 76 120 29 Yardarm Drive 1.47 acres $146,900 i know that the Town has services and information 103 8 136 Degrass Road 2.7 acres $184,200 available to help them. Given the growing pressures 50 31 135 Payamps Road 3 acres $39,600 on Mashpee's budget and on the budgets of families and individuals, the Mashpee Human Services Submitted by the Board of Selectmen Committee believes it would be fiscally and socially f 61