December 21, 2023

ORDERED: That pursuant to the provisions of the Community Preservation Act, G.L. c. 44B, the amount of Nine Hundred and Five Thousand Dollars ($905,000) be appropriated from the Undesignated Fund within the Community Preservation Fund for the purpose of the Town acquiring a Conservation Restriction (CR) on 5.5± acres of land located at 150 Wheeler Road, Barnstable, shown as a portion of Assessors Map 103, Parcel 109/002, and as also shown on a sketch plan of land titled “Concept ANR Plan of Land Located at 150 & 178 Wheeler Rd, Martons Mills, MA”, prepared for Barnstable Land Trust, dated 7/24/2023, by Down Cape Engineering, Inc., for conservation and passive outdoor recreation purposes, pursuant to G.L. c. 184, sections 31-32 and G.L. c. 40, section 8C, and subject to Article 97 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution, said restriction to be granted to the Town of Barnstable

ORDERED: That, pursuant to the provisions of the Community Preservation Act, G.L. c. 44B, the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) be appropriated from the amount set aside for Open Space/Recreation within the Community Preservation Fund to the Centerville- Osterville-Marstons Mills (COMM) Water Department on a grant reimbursement basis for the purpose of funding professional services to assist COMM in evaluating the suitability of acquiring lands or interests in land adjacent to or within a Zone II, as defined in the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Drinking Water regulations, and adjacent to existing COMM Water Department drinking water supplies. It is further ordered that the Town Manager is authorized to contract for and expend the appropriation made available for this purpose, subject to oversight by the Community Preservation Committee.

ORDERED: That the amount of $770,000 be appropriated for the purpose of funding the Bearse's Way Vacuum Sewer Replacement Project, including the payment of costs incidental or related thereto; and that to meet this appropriation, that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Town Manager, is authorized to borrow $770,000 under and pursuant to M.G.L. c. 44, §§7 or 8, or pursuant to any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor; and that in accordance with M.G.L. c. 44, §20, any premium received by the Town upon the sale of any bonds or notes authorized by this order, less any such premium applied to the payment of the costs of issuance of such bonds and notes, may be applied to pay such project costs, thereby reducing the amount authorized to be borrowed by this order by a like amount; and that the Town Manager is authorized to contract for and expend

ORDERED: That the Town Council authorizes the execution and delivery by the Town Manager of an Intergovernmental Agreement with Barnstable County under which Barnstable County shall perform dredging work for the Town at the Cotuit Bay Entrance and Embayment Channel for a term not-to-exceed six months in an amount not-to-exceed $345,700.

RESOLVED: That the Town Council hereby authorizes the Town Manager, on behalf of the Town, as part of a negotiated transaction, to take or acquire for sewer purposes, including the construction and operation of a sewer pump station, a perpetual easement on a portion of the land located at 944 Shootflying Hill Road in Centerville, with said land described in deed registered at the Barnstable Land Registration Office as Document No 1,143,800 from which Certificate of Title No. 191898 was issued. The easement area consists of 3,765± square feet as shown on a “Sewer Easement Exhibit Plan”, captioned “944 Shootflying Hill Road (Centerville Village) Barnstable, Massachusetts,” dated October 10, 2023, and prepared by the Department of Public Works. The Town Manager is authorized to negotiate, accept, sign, deliver and record any documents for the purposes necessary to effectuate this resolve an

To move the October meeting dates to the 10th and the 24th. Also, to move the April 18th date to April 25th