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Review Committee. And add at the end the following Motion made by George Green. additional sentence: Appropriate landscaping may be required in order to provide a buffer between the appli- Motion: I move the Town vote to exchange 12.83 cants lot and abutting properties. Renumber acres,more or less, of Town Land not held for conser- Subsections G and H to become H and I and add a new vation purposes for approximately 10 acres of conser- , Subsection G reading as follows: No new driveway or vation land in the vicinity of the Mashpee River, said curb cut shall be created to service the accessory apart- Town land shown on Mashpee Assessors' Map as i ment. parcels 93-7 (3.26 acres), 93-6 (2.49 acres), and 94-7 i (7.08 acres), and said other land shown on Mashpee Jeremy Carter (Moderator): That motion has been Assessors' Maps as a portion of parcel 95-5 (48.5 made to amend Article 16. Do I have a second. acres) and parcel 95-6 (18.5 acres); and further the i Motion has been made and seconded. Discussion on Town vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to peti- f the amendment. tion the General Court for any special legislation nec- essary for such exchange. Mr. Moderator could I just ask for a point of order l after you finish the vote on this. Motion to reconsider Article 13 made at 8:44 p.m. Jeremy Carter (Moderator): No discussion on the Motion to reconsider Article 13 defeated 55 to 127 amendment. We are going to vote whether or not to at 8:46 p.m. j amend Article 16. All those in favor of amending Article 16 say aye. All those opposed. Motion to reconsider Article 14 made at 8:52 p.m. Okay. Now you are going to vote..... any discussion i on Article 16 as amended so far. Seeing none all those Motion to reconsider Article 14 defeated at 8:53 in favor of Article 16 as amended say aye. All those p.m. opposed. Passes by 2/3rds. Motion passes at 8:27 p.m. Motion to indefinitely postpone Article 17 made at P 8:53 p.m. Article 17 Motion to indefinitely postpone passes at 8:53 p.m. To see if the Town will vote to exchange 12.83 acres of Town Land not held for conservation purposes for Article 18 approximately 10 acres of conservation land in the vicinity of the Mashpee River, said Town land shown To see if the Town will vote that the parcel of land {' on Mashpee Assessors' Map as parcels 93-7 (3.26 shown on Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 93,Block acres), 93-6 (2.49 acres), and 94-7 (7.08 acres), and 9 not be held by the Town as conservation land; and 7saidother land shown on Mashpee Assessors' Maps as further, vote that said parcel shall be transferred from he Tax Collector for the ur- 1 a portion of parcel 5-5 48.5 acres and parcel 95 6 the care and custody oft p P P 9 ( ) P Y (18.5 acres); and to authorize the Board of Selectmen poses of sale, to the Board of Selectmen, for purposes to petition the General Court for any special legislation of sale or lease to a non-profit entity with such trans- necessary for such exchange; or take any other action fer to be made subject to a deed restriction,which may relating thereto. contain a reverter clause, restricting the use of said parcel to those uses deemed appropriate by the Board s Submitted by the Waterways Commission of Selectmen and subject to certain design guidelines and other conditions which the Board may deem Explanation: This exchange is needed to provide a appropriate; and finally, to authorize the Board of site for de-watering and disposal of dredged material Selectmen to make use of other instrumentalities of y from navigation channels of the Mashpee River, the Town or other agencies and to enter into any agree- ments necessary to affect the transfer of such land in Ockway Bay, Shoestring Bay, and Popponesset Bay. The only Town land close enough to the salt water that accordance with this Article, or take any other action 7 is large enough to accommodate the dredged material relating thereto. a (and not in a zone II well recharge area)is now held as f conservation land. The Town needs a site that can be Submitted by the Board of Selectmen r used over the long term, when and as needed, to de- water the material dredged from the navigation chan- Explanation: This article would authorize the select- 1 nels. The material is not suitable for beach nourish- men to lease or sell a parcel of land containing approx- r ment due to its silt content and cannot be de-watered imately 2.44 acres, previously taken by the Town for 1 anywhere that it might affect a potable groundwater non-payment of taxes, to an appropriate non-profit g P I supply,or affect fresh-water wetlands. entity, which may include a greenhouse as well as a 87