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Meetinghouse Road, north of Noisy Hole Road and south of Main Street (Route 130), to be held
<br /> in. the care and custody of the Conservation. Commissi.on pursuant to Massachusetts General
<br /> Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C; and further, the Town vote to appropriate $32,000 for such
<br /> purpose, including expenses incidental and related thereto, and to raise such appropriation, the
<br /> Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow $32,000 under and
<br /> pursuant to Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8C and, if applicable, Chapter 40, Section 8C, of the
<br /> General Laws, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor;
<br /> and further, the Town vote to raise and appropriate $50�O to the Issuance of Debt Account* and
<br /> further, the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen and/or Conservation Commission to apply
<br /> for and accept Federal and/or State grants, including reimbursement under Chapter 132A,
<br /> Section I I of the General Laws, the "Self-Help Act," to be applied by the Town toward the
<br /> financing of this purchase, and to enter into contracts or agreements with Federal and/or State
<br /> agencies, private conservation trusts or other entities or persons in connection with the purchase
<br /> of such land and its preservation for co�nservation purposes; and finally, the Town authorize the
<br /> Conservation Commission and the Board of Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute any
<br /> and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said acquisition.
<br /> Motion passes unanimously at 9:0�4 p.m.
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<br /> To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire, by purchase or
<br /> otherwise, for conservation purposes, a parcel of land, being that land shown on a "Plan of Land
<br /> in Mashpee, Mass. Prepared for Rita A. Lopez, et. als." dated December 8, 1996, by Saunders
<br /> Surveying Services of Salem, NE, containing 15.22 acres more or less, said land also being a
<br /> portion of that parcel shown on the 1995 Mashpee Assessors Maps, as Map 45, Block 9,
<br /> generally located east of the Mashpee River on Meetinghouse Road opposite its intersection
<br /> with Goodspeeds Meetinghouse Road, to be held in. the care and custody of the Conservation,
<br /> Commission pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C; and further, to
<br /> see if the Town will vote to appropriate $150,000 or any other sum for such purpose, including
<br /> expenses incidental and related thereto, and to raise such appropriation , the Treasurer, with the
<br /> approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow $150,000 or any other sum under and
<br /> pursuant to Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8C and, if applicable, Chapter �40, Section 8C, of the
<br /> General Laws, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor;
<br /> and further, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds
<br /> $500 or any other sum to the Issuance of Debt Account; and further, to see if the Town will
<br /> authorize the Board of Selectmen and/or Conservation Commission to apply for and accept
<br /> Federal and/or State grants, including reimbursement under Chapter 132A, Section I I of the
<br /> General Laws, the "Self-Help Act," to be applied by the Town toward the financing of this
<br /> purchase, and to enter into contracts or agreements with Federal and/or State agencies, private
<br /> conservation trusts or other entities or persons in connection with the purchase of such land and
<br /> its preservation for conservation purposes; and finally, to see if the Town will authorize the
<br /> Conservation Commission and the Board of Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute any
<br /> and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said acquisition.
<br /> Submitted by the Conservation Commission
<br /> Explanation: In 1985, the Town initiated an effort to protect the Mashpee River Corridor
<br /> which, to date, has resulted in the preservation of 657 acres of land in an almost continuous
<br /> corridor along the length of the River. There remain only two significant "missing links" in that
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