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The Board of Selectmen voted to take no position by a vote of 4-1. Finance Committee recommended Article 16 be indefinitely postponed and that the article be referred to the Planning and Construction Committee, for its review and recommendation by a vote of 5-0. Motion made by Peter White: I move the Town vote to appropriate or borrow $50,0oO for the installation of a solar energy system on the Mas,hpee Senior Center. Motion made to move question approved by 2/3 vote. Motion passes 162 for to 72 against at 9:19 PM. Motion to reconsider Article 10 made by Robert Woodridge made at 9:07 PM. Motion to reconsider Article 10 defeated at 9:08 PM. Article 17 To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout as a public way Preakness Lane as shown on a plan entitled "Easement Taking and Layout Plan of Preakness Lane" in Mashpee, Massachusetts (Barnstable County)", dated September 14, 2006 and prepared by Eagle Surveying, Inc. which layout shall have been filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, not later than seven days prior to the date of the vote hereunder and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain taking any land necessary for the purposes of such way as so laid out, and to appropriate and transfer from available funds $38,060 to the Preakness Lane Roadway Account and to raise said appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, be authorized to borrow at one time, or from time to time, under and pursuant to Chapter 44 Section 7 or 8, or any other enabling authority for such purchase or taking and layout including costs of constructing such ways and legal financing and other costs incidental and related thereto; and further authorize the Board of Selectmen to assess betterments to the owners of the land abutting the ways, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by Petition The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by a vote of 5-0. The Finance Committee recommends approval by a vote of 7-�0. a, Planning Board voted at a Public Hearing held on April 16, 2008, 4-0 to recommend approval of Article 17, accepting the layout of Preakness Lane as a public way. Motion made by Fred Borgeson: Motion: I move the Town vote to accept the layout as a public way Preakness Lane as shown on a plan entitled Easement Taking and Layout Plan of Preakness Lane" in Mash pee, Massachusetts (Barnstable County)", dated September 14, 2006 and prepared by Eagle Surveying, Inc. which layout shall have been filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, not later than seven days prior to the date of the vote hereunder, that the Board of Selectmen is authorized to acquire by gift, purchase 24