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j i J i i ARTICLES 15: Authorize Membership in Cape & Vineyard Electric Cooperative,Inc. Submitted by: Board of Selectmen The Cape and Vineyard Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a non-profit group established to assist municipalities to take advantage of state and federal tax incentives when planning a variety of renewable energy projects. This Article requests authorization for the Town of Mashpee to become a member community in the Cooperative, and authorizes the Board of Selectmen to negotiate the terms and conditions of the town's membership in the Cooperative. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVES ARTICLE 15. Vote: 6—0. ARTICLES 16, 17, and 19. Authorize Public Streets Submitted by: Property Owners of Affected Private Ways The following 3 articles are petitions by residents, whose homes are on what are now private roads, and who are requesting that their streets be accepted as Town of Mashpee public streets. The procedure for accomplishing this is a two step process, each step of which requires the approval by the voters at Town Meeting. Step 1 involves the authorization for the town to prepare the legal description of the streets to be accepted and sets a "not to exceed" amount to complete the task. Step 2 involves the approval of the actual, projected costs to bring the street(s) under consideration to municipal road and drainage construction standards and includes the authorization to bill the affected property owners as "betterment assessments". As a result, all the costs associated with both processes are borne by the residents of the named streets, and there is no immediate impact on municipal expenditures. Once a street is accepted as a town street, any future repairs or resurfacing, as well as, the maintenance of storm water drainage systems become the responsibility of the town's Department of Public Works. The three articles are as follows: * Article 16: (Step 1) "The Highlands". To appropriate $5,000 from available funds to prepare a plan laying out and defining The Highlands. * Article 17: (Step 1) "Christopher Lane". To appropriate $5,000 from available funds to prepare a plan laying out and defining Christopher Lane. • Article 19: (Step 2) "Spinnaker Drive", "Starboard Drive", "Simons Narrows Road", "Half Hitch Lane", "Yardarm Drive". To accept the named streets as a public ways, to appropriate $413,107 from available funds for any necessary taking, repairs or construction associated with the ways, and to authorize the assessment of betterments to the owners of land abutting Spinnaker Drive, Starboard Drive, Simons Narrows Road, Half Hitch Lane, and Yardarm Drive. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVES ARTICLES 16, 17,AND 19. Vote: 6—0. 20 i