The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by for, accept and expend any funds which may be pro-
<br /> a vote of 5-0. vided by the Commonwealth or other public or private
<br /> sources to defray a portion or all of the costs of acquir-
<br /> The Finance Committee recommends approval by ing this property, including but not limited to funding
<br /> a vote of 6-0. under the Self-Help Act General Laws,Chapter 132A,
<br /> Section 11, and/or the Federal Land & Water
<br /> Motion made by Selectman George Green. Conservation Fund, P.L. 88-568, 78 Stat 897; and to
<br /> authorize the Board of Selectmen and/or the
<br /> Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and Conservation Commission to enter into all agreements
<br /> transfer from Community Preservation Affordable and execute any and all instruments on behalf of the
<br /> Housing Reserve $225,000 to the Community Town as may be necessary to effect this purchase and
<br /> Preservation Breezy Acres Account in accordance obtain reimbursement funding, provided, that the
<br /> with the provisions of M.G.L. Ch.44B §5. Grantors be required to certify good and marketable
<br /> title to the subject property, free and clear of any and
<br /> Motion passes 7:24 PM. all liens, encumbrances, easements, clouds, and other
<br /> third party rights or claims, upon such terms and con-
<br /> Article 11 ditions as the Selectmen shall deem to be in the best
<br /> interest of the Town, or take any other action relating
<br /> To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of thereto.
<br /> Selectmen to acquire certain parcels of land desig-
<br /> nated on the Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 23, Submitted by the
<br /> Blocks 20,30, 36, 51, 54, 68 and 212,Map 30, Blocks Community Preservation Committee
<br /> 48, 53, 85, 91, 94, 97, 108, 111, and 143, located in
<br /> Mashpee, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, consist- Explanation: To acquire for open space, the Mills
<br /> ing of fifteen and twenty-four-one-hundredths (15.24 Family Lands, 15.24 acres at Santuit Pond. To
<br /> ac.)acres,more or less, and more accurately described enhance the Santuit Pond Preserve conservation area,
<br /> in deeds recorded in the Barnstable County Registry of link an almost contiguous wildlife corridor and to pro-
<br /> Deeds in Book 15578 Page 33 and Book 3191 Page tect the watershed of Santuit Pond.
<br /> 120,along with those portions of the adjacent"paper"
<br /> streets known as Lowell Street, Coolidge Street, The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by
<br /> Harlow Street, Tobey Street, Abbotsford Road, Lake a vote of 5-0.
<br /> Avenue,Fuller Street, Englewood Avenue,Dale Street
<br /> and Chopchague Road, shown on a Plan of Land The Finance Committee recommends approval by
<br /> recorded in the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds a vote of 6-0.
<br /> in Plan Book 27 Page 137, which are appurtenant to
<br /> any of said parcels;to acquire said parcels by gift,pur-
<br /> chase and/or, with the consent of the owners, confir-
<br /> matory eminent domain taking under Massachusetts Motion made to dispense with reading of article
<br /> General Laws, Chapter 79, or any other enabling passes at 7:25 PM.
<br /> authority; to acquire said land for open space, conser-
<br /> vation and passive recreation purposes,consistent with Motion made by Selectman Wayne Taylor.
<br /> the provisions of Mass. Gen. Laws. Ch. 40, Section
<br /> 8C, and Article 97 of the Amendments to the Motion: I move the Town vote to authorize the Board
<br /> Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; of Selectmen to acquire certain parcels of land desig-
<br /> to appropriate and transfer from available funds in the nated on the Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map 23,
<br /> Community Preservation Fund in accordance with the Blocks 20, 30, 36, 51,54, 68 and 212,Map 30, Blocks
<br /> provisions of Mass. Gen. Laws. Ch.44B Section 5 the 48, 53, 85, 91, 94, 97, 108, 111, and 143, located in
<br /> sum of$720,000 for the purchase of said parcels of Mashpee, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, consist-
<br /> land, including any incidental costs and expenses ing of fifteen and twenty-four-one-hundredths (15.24
<br /> related thereto as recommended by the Community ac.)acres, more or less, and more accurately described
<br /> Preservation Committee; to authorize the Board of
<br /> in deeds recorded in the Barnstable County Registry of
<br /> Selectmen and the Conservation Commission to apply Deeds in Book 15578 Page 33 and Book 3191 Page
<br /> 120, along with those portions of the adjacent"paper"
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