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Article 66 : To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by re-designating a portion of the I-1 Zoning District (Lot 51 on Assessors Map 54) as C-2 Zoning District as appears on a map entitled "Proposed change to C-2 of Zoning Map for action, May 4, 1987, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Town Clerk . Motion to accept as printed. . .motion carries YES 19O. . . .11O 2. . . . 9 . . . 4. .8:08 P.N. Town Planner advised the hearing was held 4-0 in favor. This is a "house-clean- ing article" Article 67 : To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase or by eminent domain for conservation purposes all, or a major portion of a parcel of land of 21.3 acres, generally described as on the west side of the Mashpee River between said river and River Road and more specifically described as all lots and roadways described on a subdivision plan entitled "River Ridge North, Plan of Land in Mashpee, Mass. for River Ridge Trust" dated July 25, 1986 and recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 423, Page 84, as well as lots 1, 2, and 3, River Road and Ridge Road as described on a subdivision plan entitled "River Ridge South, Plan of Land in Mashpee, Mass . for River Ridge Trust" dated July 25, 1986 and recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 423, Page 85, copies of which are on file in the Town Clerk 's office, the said land to be held in the care and custody of the Conservation Commission, pursuant to General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C; further, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for such purpose, including expenses incidental and related thereto, and to raise such appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow a sum of money under and pursuant to Chaptei =:t, Section 7 (3) , and, if applicable-, Section 8C, of the General Laws, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor with said bonding authorization contingent upon passage of a referendum to exclude the principal and interest on such debt from the tax levy limitation imposed by Chapter 59, Section 21C of the General Laws (so-called Proposition 2 1/2) ; and further, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to the Interest on Temporary Loans Account and a sum of money to the Issuance of Debt Account; further, to see if the Town will 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 11 of the General Laws, to be applied by the Town toward the financing of this purchase, and to enter into contracts and agreements with Federal and/or State agencies, private conservation trusts, or other entities or persons in connection with the purchase and preservation for conservation purposes of all or a major portion of such land; and finally, to see if the Town will 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 purchase; -64-