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Finance Committee does not recommend approval
<br /> Motion made by Selectman Wayne Taylor.
<br /> Motion: I move Article 10 be indefinitely postponed.
<br /> Motion to indefinitely postpone defeated 8:31PM.
<br /> Motion made by Andrew Gottlieb:
<br /> Motion: I move the Town vote to authorize the Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or otherwise,
<br /> for open space, conservation and passive recreation purposes, consistent with. the provisions of
<br /> Mass. Gen. Laws. Ch. 40, Section 8C, General Laws Ch. 44B Section 2,, and Article 97 of the
<br /> Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, that parcel of land
<br /> known as the St. Vincent's Home Corporation parcel, identified on the 2007 Mashpee Assessors'
<br /> Maps as Map 9 Block I consisting of 78.67 acres, more or less, located on Route 130, to be held
<br /> in the care and custody of the Conservation Commission pursuant to Massachusetts General
<br /> Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C- and further, the Town vote to, appropriate the aggregate sum of
<br /> $3,146,800 for such purpose, including expenses incidental and related thereto; and, to fund this
<br /> acquisition, the Town vote to transfer and appropriate from the Community Preservation Fund,
<br /> in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Ch.44B s.5 the sums of $177,267 from the CPA
<br /> Open Space reserve Account and $322,733 from the CPA Budgeted Reserve Account, as
<br /> recommended by the Community Preservation Committee, to authorize the Board of Selectmen
<br /> ,and / or Conservation Commission to apply for and accept Federal, State and/or County grants,
<br /> including funds available under Chapter 132A, Section 11 of the General Laws, the "Self-Help
<br /> Act", and/or the Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund, P.L. 88-568, 78 Stat 897, in the
<br /> amount up to $1 000,000, said grants to be applied by the Town toward the financing of this, land
<br /> purchase, to authorize the Treasurer to borrow, upon approval by the Board of Selectmen, the
<br /> sum of$2,146,800, subject to and contingent upon successful passage of a Proposition 2 1/2 , so-
<br /> called, debt exclusion ballot question pursuant to the provisions of G.L. Chapter 59,Section 21C
<br /> C a to authorize the Town to enter into contracts or agreements with Federal, State and / or
<br /> County 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 purposes; and
<br /> finally, the Town authorize the Conservation Commission and the Board of Selectmen to enter
<br /> into agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town
<br /> to effectuate said acquisition, sale, transfer or preservation; or take any other action relating
<br /> thereto.
<br /> The Moderator announced that a 2/3 vote was needed
<br /> Motion passes 212 for to 58 against at 8:50 PMe
<br /> Article 11
<br /> To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, for
<br /> conservation and passive recreation purposes, consistent with the provisions of Mass. Gen. Laws.
<br /> Ch. 40,, Section 8C, and Article 97 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
<br /> of Massachusetts, that parcel of land identified on the 2007 Mashpee Assessors' Maps as Map
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