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ARTICLE 20: Voted unanimously to transfer the sum of $5,500.00 from Free Cash to prepare a Conservation
Restriction Plan for the Town-owned property located off Plymouth Street, formerly part of 415 Plymouth Street
containing approximately 95 +/- acres, more or less, known as “Picone Farm”, and shown on Assessors Map 31,
Parcels 3687, 4447, 5272 and 6082 and Map 41, Parcel 466 in relation to a Conservation Restriction that will be
held by the Wildlands Trust.
Finance Committee voted favorable action
Select Board voted favorable action
ARTICLE 21: Voted unanimously to transfer the sum of $17,170.81 from Free Cash to fund a Stewardship
Endowment to the Wildlands Trust for the future annual monitoring of a Conservation Restriction (CR) to be
held by said Trust for property located off Plymouth Street, formerly part of 415 Plymouth Street containing
approximately 95 +/- acres, more or less, and known as “Picone Farm”.
Finance Committee voted favorable action
Select Board voted favorable action
ARTICLE 22: Voted unanimously to appropriate or reserve from the Community Preservation Fund annual
revenues in the amounts recommended by the Community Preservation Committee for committee administrative
expenses, debt service, community preservation projects and other expenses in Fiscal Year 2025, with each item
to be considered a separate appropriation:
Appropriations:
From FY 2025 estimated revenues for Committee Administrative expenses $ 10,000.00
Reserves:
From FY 2025 estimated revenues for Historic Resources Reserve
From FY 2025 estimated revenues for Community Housing Reserve
From FY 2025 estimated revenues for Open Space Reserve
From FY 2025 estimated revenues for Budgeted Reserve
$ 54,000.00
$ 54,000.00
$ 54,000.00
$368,000.00
(total = $540,000.00)
Finance Committee voted favorable action
Select Board voted favorable action
ARTICLE 23: Voted unanimously to amend the vote taken under Article 9 of the October 16, 2023 Special Town
Meeting, pursuant to which the Town voted to authorize the Select Board to acquire the properties described in said vote
and appropriated the sum of $2,707,000.00 from the Community Preservation Fund for the purchase of the properties
described therein and costs incidental or related thereto, to remove certain properties and to amend the appropriations
made under said vote, such that the amended vote now reads as follows: the Town votes to (a) appropriate the sum of
$2,200,000.00 under the Community Preservation Act for the purpose of acquiring the parcels described below and
costs incidental or related thereto, of which $500,000.00 will be transferred from the Budgeted Reserve and $270,000.00
will be transferred from the Fund Balance, and that such amounts be used to pay a $770,000.00 portion of the
outstanding bond anticipation notes issued under for such purpose at the maturity thereof, and the balance of
$1,430,000.00 will be borrowed, and, further, to authorize the Treasurer, with the
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