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with the Trust and otherwise to contract with the Trust and the Department of Environmental Protection with respect to such loan and for any federal or state aid available for the project or for the financing thereof; and that the Select Board is authorized to enter into a project regulatory agreement with the Department of Environmental Protection, to expend all funds available for the project, to acquire, by purchase, gift, and/or eminent domain, any other land and/or easements necessary or appropriate for the purpose of undertaking the project, and to take any other action necessary or convenient to carry out the project, provided, however, that any borrowing authorized hereunder shall be expressly subject to and contingent upon approval by the voters of the Town of a ballot question to exclude from the limitations of Proposition 2 1/2, so-called, G.L. c.59, §21C, the amounts required to pay the principal and interest on any bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness issued hereunder; or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Select Board SEE VISUAL AID IN APPENDIX A Explanation: This Article would provide funding to construct a remote wastewater collection, treatment and recharge facility north of Mashpee Wakeby Ponds to remove nitrogen from the Popponesset watershed improving water quality in Popponesset Bay. Additionally, this facility will remove phosphorus to help the health of the ponds. The Town requested, and MassDEP approved, inclusion of this project in Mass DEP's 2025 Intended Use Plan (IUP) for a zero-interest State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan. Article 4 requires a 2/3 vote. The Select Board recommends approval of Article 4 by a vote of 5-0 The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 4 by a vote of 5-0 Motion made by Select Board Member Richardson Motion: I move the Town vote to authorize the Treasurer, upon the approval of the Select Board, to borrow the sum of $25,900,000 pursuant to G.L. c.44, §§7 or 8 or any other enabling authority, and issue bonds and notes of the Town therefor, and to appropriate said sum for purposes of paying the costs of construction of a remote collection, recharge and treatment facility and the acquisition of land/easements, including all other costs incidental and related thereto, all as described in the article and as recommended by the Capital Improvement Program Committee; that the Treasurer with the approval of the Select Board is authorized to borrow all or a portion of such amount from the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust established pursuant to Chapter 29C and in connection therewith to enter into a financing agreement with the Trust and otherwise to contract with the Trust and the Department of Environmental Protection with respect to such loan and for any federal or state aid available for the project or for the financing thereof; and that the Select Board is authorized to enter into a project regulatory agreement with the Department of Environmental Protection, to expend all funds available for the project, to acquire, by purchase, gift, and/or eminent domain, land and/or easements necessary or appropriate for the purpose of undertaking the project, and to take any other action necessary or convenient to carry out the project; provided, however, that this vote shall be expressly subject to and contingent upon approval by the voters of the Town of a ballot question to exclude from the limitations of Proposition 2 1/2, so-called, G.L. c.59, §21C, the amounts required to pay the principal and interest on any bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness issued hereunder. Motion passes 365 to 93 at 8:24PM