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Article 11 To see if the Town will vote to reauthorize the Sever Commission Facilities Plan Account, or take ,any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Sewer Commission Explanation: In order to fund unforeseen expenses involved in the preparation of the Town' Watershed Nitrogen management Plan/ Effluent Pipeline Preliminary Design project which are not covered by the Town's State Devolving fund loan for the project, this article seeps to reauthorize the remaining funds ($22,589.61 as of 1-1-0 from a $40,000 appropriation for such purposes which was approved under Article 10 at the October 1999 Annual Town Meeting and reauthorized under Article 10 at the May 2003 annual, Town Fleeting and Article 15 at the May 2006 Annual Town Meeting. The Board. of Selectmen recommends approval by a vote of 5- . The Finance Committee to mak e lie recommendation at Town Meeting. Motion to be made by Selectman. Wayne Taylor. Motion-, I move the Town vote to reauthorize the Sewer Commission Facilities Plan.Account. :Motion passes unanimously at 8:09PM. Article 12 To see if the Town of Mashpee will vote to establish a By-Law prohibiting the public consumption of marij uana and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) by adopting the following language, or tape any other action relating thereto; To person shall, smoke, ingest, or otherwise use or consume marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol (THQ, as defined in M.G.L. c. 94C§1 as amended, while in or upon any street, sidewalk, public way, footway, passageway, stairs, bridge, park, playground, beach, pond, lake, waterway of any kind, recreation area, boat landing, public building, schoolhouse, school grounds, cemetery, parking lot, or any area owned or under the control of the town, or in or upon any bus or other passenger conveyance operated by a common carrier, or in anyplace accessible to the public. This By-Law may be enforced through any lawful means in law or in equity including, but not limited to, enforcement by criminal indictment or complaint pursuant to M.G.Q. c.40 §21, by the Board of Selectmen, the Town Manager, or their duly authorized agents, or any police officer. The f nefior violation of this.By-Law shall be three hundred dollars ($300.o )for each offense. Any penalty unposed under this BY-Law shall be in addition to any civil penalty imposed fbr a violation oJ`M.G.G.L. c. 94C§32L. Submitted by Mashpee Police Chief 15