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<br />The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 37 by a vote of 6-0 <br /> <br />Motion made by Selectman Sherman <br /> <br />I move the Town vote to approve Articles 35 and 37 as printed in the warrant with the exception of the <br />phrase, or take any other relating thereto. <br /> <br />Motion passes unanimously 9:08 PM <br /> <br />Article 38 <br /> <br />To see if Mashpee will join towns across Cape Cod in an effort to respond to a shared sense of climate <br />emergency, based on data and warning from the scientific community. Across Cape Cod, many <br />acknowledge that climate change is a dire threat to our well-being that demands immediate attention. <br />Passage of the article will indicate that the residents and government of Mashpee are committed to <br />expeditiously reducing net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by further reducing energy consumption as <br />well as by supporting and instituting efforts to wisely manage our land, biodiversity, and natural resources <br /> <br /> <br /> Submitted by Petition <br /> <br />Explanation: Because of threats to our health, safety, and economic secur <br />service organizations, government representatives, officers, and departments have already taken many <br />leading steps toward mitigating the environmental conditions that cause decreasing biodiversity, global <br />warming, melting ice sheets, rising sea levels, acidifying oceans, damaging storms, intensifying heat waves, <br />415 ppm. As a member of 350 Cape Cod, this petitioner urges Mash <br />representatives, and town employees to join in spirit and action with the residents of other Cape Cod towns <br /> <br />The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article 38 by a vote of 5-0 <br /> <br />The Finance Committee takes no position on Article 38 by a vote of 3-3 <br /> <br />Motion made by Selectman Gottlieb <br /> <br />Motion: I move that Article 38 be indefinitely postponed. <br /> <br />Motion to indefinitely postpone Article 38 passes at 9:12 PM <br /> <br />Article 39 <br /> <br />To see if the Town will vote to authorize and empower the Board of Selectmen to prepare a plan laying out <br />and defining Oldham Circle and accomplish said purpose and for expenses related thereto, the Town vote <br />to appropriate and transfer the sum of $5,000 from revenue available for appropriation to the Oldham Circle <br />Roadways Account, or take any other action relating thereto. <br />SEE MAP IN APPENDIX A <br /> <br /> Submitted by Petition <br /> <br />