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systems pursuant to agreements between the Board of in Plan Book 50,Page 15,along with those portions of
<br /> Health and residential property owners, including all any adjacent ways which are appurtenant to said par-
<br /> costs incidental and related thereto, and to determine cel; and further, to see if the Town will vote to appro-
<br /> whether this appropriation shall be raised by borrow- priate and transfer from the Land Bank Fund estab-
<br /> ing or otherwise, or to take any other action relating lished by the Town under the provisions of Chapter
<br /> thereto. 293 of the Acts of 1998 (An Act Relative to the
<br /> Establishment of the Cape Cod Open Space Land
<br /> Submitted by the Board of Health Acquisition Program)$7,800 for such purpose,includ-
<br /> ing expenses incidental and related thereto; and fur-
<br /> Explanation: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ther, to see if the Town will authorize the Board of
<br /> through the Water Pollution Abatement Trust, is pro- Selectmen to enter into contracts or agreements with
<br /> viding 0% interest loans to communities to assist Federal, State and / or County agencies, private con-
<br /> homeowners in complying with Title V. The loans are servation trusts or other entities or persons in connec-
<br /> available to homeowners at 5% interest, to cover any tion with the purchase of all or a portion of such land
<br /> ongoing costs of the program. Loans must be secured and its preservation for conservation and passive recre-
<br /> bY a betterment assessed by the Town on the property ation purposes, including enforcement of conservation
<br /> being improved by the loan. Communities are restrictions on the land; and finally, to see if the Town
<br /> expected to identify those areas in Town where septic will authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into
<br /> upgrades are needed and direct the funds to those pri- agreements and execute any and all instruments as
<br /> ority areas. In order to qualify for the loans, town may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate
<br /> meeting must vote to authorize the Town to borrow said acquisition or preservation, or take any other
<br /> funds from the trust. The community will have 18 action relating thereto.
<br /> years to repay the loan to the Trust.
<br /> Submitted by Open Space Committee
<br /> Recommendation: The Finance Committee recom-
<br /> mends approval. Explanation: This article would authorize the Board
<br /> of Selectmen to purchase a 5,360 square foot lot which
<br /> Motion made by John Cahalane. is surrounded by existing Town land previously taken
<br /> for unpaid taxes and other open space lands set aside
<br /> Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate as part of the Old Colony Estates cluster subdivision.
<br /> $200,000 for the purpose of making loans to residents The parcel is the last privately owned lot in a paper
<br /> of the Town for repairing and/or upgrading residential subdivision, the remainder of which is owned by the
<br /> septic systems pursuant to agreements between the Town,and lies in the midst of a large area of lands pro- {'
<br /> Board of Health and residential property owners, tected as open space or restricted by"navigation ease-
<br /> including the payment of all costs incidental and ments" held by the U.S. Government for Otis Air
<br /> related thereto, and that to meet this appropriation,the National Guard Base. The property is in the recharge
<br /> Town Treasurer,with the approval of the Selectmen,is area of the Mashpee River and is within the boundaries
<br /> hereby authorized to borrow said amount under and of the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge.
<br /> pursuant to Chapters 111, Section 127B 1/2 and 29C
<br /> of the General Laws, or any other enabling authority, Motion made by Kenneth Marsters.
<br /> and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor.
<br /> Motion: I move the Town vote to authorize the
<br /> Motion passes unanimously at 7:55 p.m. Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, for
<br /> the purposes identified in Chapter 293 of the Acts of
<br /> Article 9 1998 (An Act Relative to the Establishment of the
<br /> Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition Program),
<br /> To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen that parcel of land identified on the 2001 Mashpee
<br /> to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, for the purposes Assessors' Maps as Map 35, Block 7, consisting of
<br /> identified in Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1998 (An Act 5,360 square feet, more or less, located south of
<br /> Relative to the Establishment of the Cape Cod Open Ashumet Road on an undeveloped street named
<br /> Space Land Acquisition Program), that parcel of land "Johnson Road"and shown as lot 32 on a Plan entitled
<br /> identified on the 2001 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as "Plan of Land in Mashpee, Mass." dated August 19,
<br /> Map 35,Block 7,consisting of 5,360 square feet,more 1959 by J. Casazza, C.E. recorded at the Barnstable
<br /> or less, located south of Ashumet Road on an unde- County Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 50, Page 15,
<br /> veloped street named "Johnson Road" and shown as along with those portions of any adjacent ways which
<br /> lot 32 on a Plan entitled "Plan of Land in Mashpee, are appurtenant to said parcel; and further the Town
<br /> Mass." dated August 19, 1959 by J. Casazza, C.E. vote to appropriate and transfer from the Land Bank
<br /> recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds Fund established by the Town under the provisions of
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