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i <br /> ' Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe <br /> ® 483 Great Neck Rd. P.O. Box 1048 Mashpee, MA 02649 y <br /> Phone(508) 477-0208 Fax(508)477-1218 <br /> 2008-RES-004 <br /> APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT (IGA) <br /> WITH THE TOWN OF MASHPEE <br /> WHEREAS,the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has filed with the Department of Interior <br /> (DOI) an application for Land Into Trust which includes nine parcels in the Town of a <br /> Mashpee;and <br /> WHEREAS,the Town of Mashpee has agreed subject to a Special Town Meeting vote <br /> j to convey four parcels of land to the Tribe and to remove certain restrictions to three <br /> other parcels which are owned by the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Town and the Tribe have agreed upon a proposed Intergoverrunental <br /> Agreement(IGA) which provides for the conveyance of the aforementioned lots and the <br /> termination of restrictions on the aforementioned lots; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Tribe has agreed upon execution of the IGA by the Town not to conduct <br /> gaming authorized under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act(IGRA)in the Town of <br /> Mashpee; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Tribe has agreed upon execution of the IGA by the Town not to file a <br /> land claim suit on behalf of the Tribe for privately owned lands and for Town owned <br /> lands; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Town has agreed subject to a Special Town Meeting vote to support the <br /> Tribe's application with DOI; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Town has agreed subject to a Special Town Meeting vote to withdraw <br /> its notification to DOI of its opposition to the Tribe's application for Land into Trust; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Tribe has by a vote of its general membership approved the proposed <br /> IGA at a vote taken on Sunday, February 10,2008 at which 132 enrolled Tribe members <br /> jvoted to advise the Tribal Council to enter into the IGA and 77 enrolled members of the <br /> Tribe voted not to advise the Tribal Council to enter into said agreement; and <br /> li I ? <br /> WHEREAS,the Selectmen of the Town of Mashpee have voted to send articles to a <br /> Special Town Meeting accomplishing the promises and agreements exchanged herein; <br /> and <br />