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Explanation: This article would authorize the Board and its preservation for conservation and passive 1
<br /> of Selectmen to purchase, on behalf of the recreation purposes; to appropriate back to the
<br /> Conservation Commission, a 1.09 acre parcel on Conservation Commission Acquisition of Lands and I
<br /> Meetinghouse Road, which is adjacent to existing Maintenance Account any funds reimbursed from the t
<br /> conservation land owned by the Massachusetts aforesaid sources in connection with this acquisition; y
<br /> Division of Fisheries & Wildlife on the Mashpee and finally, the Town vote to authorize the
<br /> River. The purchase would be paid for with funds Conservation Commission and the Board of
<br /> from the Conservation Commission's Acquisition of Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute any I
<br /> Lands and Maintenance Account. The purchase and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of
<br /> would normally not require Town Meeting approval, the Town to effectuate said acquisition, sale, transfer I
<br /> except that this article is required to conform with the or preservation.
<br /> requirements of the state's "Self-Help" land acquisi-
<br /> tion program, from which a 52% reimbursement will Motion passes unanimously at 8:52 PM.
<br /> be sought. i
<br /> Article 12
<br /> Motion made to dispense with reading of article 11
<br /> passes at 8:51 PM. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 114.
<br /> 45.5 of the Zoning By-law as follows:
<br /> The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by
<br /> a vote of 5-0. Add the following new definition, in correct alphabet-
<br /> ical order, to subsection B.:
<br /> The Finance Committee recommends approval by
<br /> a vote of 7-0. "Building-Mounted Turbine — any WECF specifi-
<br /> cally designed to be mounted on, or attached to,a
<br /> Motion made by Selectman Don Myers: building. For the purposes of this Section, "Building"
<br /> shall mean a three dimensional structure, designed for
<br /> Motion: I move the Town vote to authorize the permanent use or occupancy, that has at least 4 walls
<br /> Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, for and a roof and that requires a building permit for its
<br /> conservation and passive recreation purposes, consis- construction, not including structures like fences,
<br /> tent with the provisions of Mass. Gen. Laws. Ch. 40, retaining walls, billboards, signs, towers, poles,small
<br /> Section 8C, and Article 97 of the Amendments to the sheds, foundations,residential structure canopies,car-
<br /> Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ports etc., except that certain other non-residential
<br /> that parcel of land identified on the 2007 Mashpee structures, such as water towers or canopies covering
<br /> Assessors' Maps as Map 45, Block 69, consisting of gas station islands, may be approved by the Planning
<br /> 1.09 acres, more or less, located at 100 Meetinghouse Board for mounting of such turbines.";
<br /> Road, to be held in the care and custody of the
<br /> Conservation Commission pursuant to Massachusetts Add the following sentence to Subsection C.: "Tilt-up
<br /> General Laws Chapter 40,Section 8C; and further,the towers, fixed-guyed towers, freestanding towers,
<br /> Town vote to appropriate, from the Conservation Building-Mounted Turbines or other designs may be
<br /> Commission Acquisition of Lands and Maintenance considered for approval"
<br /> Account, $180,000 for such purpose, including
<br /> expenses incidental and related thereto; and further, Delete Subsection D. (1);
<br /> the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen and / or
<br /> Conservation Commission to apply for and accept Renumber Subsection D. (2) to become 13.0)and add
<br /> Federal, State and/or County grants, including reim- the phrase "Except for Building-Mounted Turbines,"
<br /> bursement under Chapter 132A, Section 11 of the after"Setback:";
<br /> General Laws,the"Self-Help Act",and/or the Federal
<br /> Land & Water Conservation Fund, P.L. 88-568, 78 Renumber Subsection D.(3) to become D.(2)and add
<br /> Stat 897,to be applied by the Town toward the financ- the following new second sentence: `Building-
<br /> ing of this purchase, and to enter into contracts or Mounted Turbines may not extend more than 20 feet
<br /> agreements with Federal, State and/or County agen- above the highest point of the building or structure to
<br /> cies, private conservation trusts or other entities or which they are mounted";
<br /> persons in connection with the purchase of such land
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