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Addendum "1" ) t
<br /> Town of Mashpee d 4
<br /> Annual Town Meeting ilk
<br /> To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or ,
<br /> otherwise, for conservation and passive recreation purposes, consistent with the r �,
<br /> provisions of Mass. Gen. Laws. Ch. 40, Section 8C, and Article 97 of the Amendments to ,
<br /> the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,the collection of parcels of land ;` "is '
<br /> know as the "Dacey Properties" identified on the 2007 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as 16
<br /> parcels amountingto 38 acres located between Algonquin Avenue, Old Barnstable Road ► c'
<br /> and Nathan Ellis Highway (Parcel IDs: (72 117 0), (72 113 0), (72112 0), (7211 10), (72
<br /> 110 0), (79 80 0), (79 79 0), (79 78 0), (79 77 0), (79 76 0), (79 75 0), (79 73 0), (79 74
<br /> 0), (79 72 0), (79 710), (72 118 0)), and further, to see if the Town will vote to raise and
<br /> appropriate, or transfer from available funds, $5,619,300 for such purpose, including
<br /> expenses incidental and related thereto, and to raise such appropriation, the Treasurer,
<br /> with the approval of the Town, be authorized to borrow $5,619,300 or any other sum
<br /> under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8C and, if applicable, Chapter 40,
<br /> section 8C of the General laws, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or ! ,
<br /> notes of the Town therefore, with said borrowing to be repaid with funds from the Land
<br /> Bank Fund established by the Town under the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Acts of
<br /> 1998 (An Act Relative to the Establishment of the Cape Cod Open Space Land „t
<br /> Acquisition Program); and further, to see if the Town will authorize the Board of ti
<br /> Selectmen and/or Conservation Commission to,apply for and accept Federal, State and
<br /> or County grants, including reimbursement under Chapter 132A, Section 11 of the ,
<br /> General Laws, the "Self-Help Act", and/or the Federal Land&Water Conservation Fund,
<br /> P.L. 88-568, 78 Stat 897, to be applied by the Town toward the financing of this .I
<br /> purchase, and to enter into contracts or agreements with Federal, State and/or County
<br /> agencies, private conservation trusts or other entities or persons in connection with the
<br /> purchase of such land and its preservation for conservation and passive recreation I,
<br /> purposes; to appropriate back to the Conservation Commission Acquisition of Lands and
<br /> Maintenance Account any funds reimbursed from the aforesaid sources in connection
<br /> with this acquisition; and finally, to see if the Town will authorize the Conservation
<br /> Commission and the Board of Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute any and all
<br /> instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said acquisition,
<br /> sale,transfer or preservation; or take any other action relating thereto.
<br /> Submitted by: Robert Mills
<br /> Pierce Schiller
<br /> Explanation: This article would authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase, on
<br /> behalf of the Conservation Commission, 16 parcels amounting to 38 acres located
<br /> between Algonquin Avenue, Old Barnstable Road and Nathan Ellis Highway, which is
<br /> adjacent to existing town held land &a crucial wildlife corridor. The purchase would be '
<br /> paid for with funds from the Conservation Commission's Acquisition of Lands and d ,
<br /> Maintenance Account with potential re-imbursement from the Massachusetts Water
<br /> Conservation grants.
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