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corridor, of which this property is one. This purchase, which could qualify for 52% funding by the state I is proposed in order to move one step closer to completing the corridor protection plan as well as reducing potential future nitrogen contamination of the river due to residential wastewater systems. In addition, it will facilitate both the completion of a proposed "Cross- Cape" hiking trail from Sandy Neck to South Cape Beach and the heritage corridor project proposed by the Wampanoag Tribal Council and endorsed by the Board of Selectmen. Recommendation: Finance Committee recommends approval. Motion made by Selectman Costa. Motion: I move the Town vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire, by purchase, for conservation purposes, a parcel of land, being that land shown on a "Plan of Land in Mashpee, Mass. Prepared for Rita A. Lopez, et. als." dated December 8, 1996, by Saunders Surveying Services of Salem, NH, containing 15.22 acres more or less, said land also being a portion of that parcel shown on the 1995 Mashpee Assessors Maps as Map 45, Block 9, generally located east of the Mashpee River on Meetinghouse Road opposite its intersection with Goodspeed Meetinghouse Road, to be held in the care and custody of the Conservation Commission pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C- and further, the Town vote to appropriate $150,000, including expenses incidental and related thereto, and to raise such appropriation , the Treasurer, with. the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow $150,000 under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8C and, if applicable, Chapter 40, Section 8C, of the General Laws, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor; and further, the Town vote to raise and appropriate $500 to the Issuance of Debt Account; and further, the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen and/or Conservation Commission to apply for and accept Federal and/or State grants, including reimbursement under Chapter 132A, Section I I of the General Laws, the "Self-Help Act," to be applied by the Town toward the financing of this purchase, and to enter into contracts or agreements with Federal and/or State agencies, private conservation trusts or other entities or persons in connection with the purchase of such land and its preservation for conservation purposes; and finally, the Town authorize the Conservation Commission and the Board of Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute any and all. instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town to effectuate said acquisition. Motion passes unanimously at 9:20 p.m. Article 37 To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 170 of the Mashpee Code, Waterways, by deleting the current text in its entirety and substitute the following: "Chap�ter 170 WATERWAYS, USE O�F §170-1. Definitions. §170-2. Promulgation of Regulations; Posting of Signs. 32