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r r7 1988 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING JULY 13, 1988 The meeting was called to order by Moderator Margery M. Battin at 8:01 p.m., in Cary Memorial Hall. There were 180 Town Meeting Members present, this number being sufficient to constitute a quorum (100). 8:02 p.m. - The invocation was offered by Reverend Brian S. Dixon, First Baptist Church. 8:04 p.m. - The Assistant Town Clerk, Mary Louise Herr, read the Warrant for the Meeting until further reading was waived. 8:04 p.m. - The Assistant Town Clerk read the Constable's Return of the Warrant. 8:05 p.m. - The Moderator gave basic and general rules of the meeting, mentioned that Articles 2 and 3 would need a two-third vote to pass and out- lined the order of the presentations. ARTICLE 1 - REPORTS OF COMMITTEES 8:14 p.m. - Michael O'Sullivan, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, stated an oral presentation would be made later and moved that a copy of the presentation report be accepted and placed on file. 8:15 p.m. - Following a voice vote, the Moderator declared the report to have been accepted and placed on file. ARTICLE 2 - MOTION: (a) That the Selectmen be authorized to purchase, under the authority of G.L.c.61B, or otherwise acquire for golf course, recreation, conservation and other municipal purposes, (i) the land shown as Lot 63 on Assessors' Property Map 66 and, (ii) the land shown as Lot 64 on Assessors' Property Map 66; (b) That $11,000,000 be appropriated for such land acquisition and that to raise such amount the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow $11,000,000 under G.L.c.44,s.7(3), as amended; provided, however, that this vote shall not take effect until the Town votes to exempt from the limitation on total taxes imposed by G.L.c.59,s.21C (Proposition 2 1/2) amounts required to pay the principal of and interest on the borrowing authorized by this vote; (c) That the Selectmen or their designee be authorized to apply for, accept, expend and borrow in anticipation of federal and state aid that may be available for the project; and (d) That the land acquired hereunder shall continue to be used as a municipal golf course and be available to the public during the winter months for cross country skiing and other winter sports. 8:15 p.m. - Presented by Jacquelyn Smith, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen. 8:17 p.m. - Jacquelyn Smith e7„plained the tax impact of the purchase, with view graph. 8:21 p.m. - Richard White, Town Manager, gave a review of the Towns' finances in the future. 8:29 p.m. - Jacquelyn Smith thanked the many people who worked on gathering the information which will be presented to this Town meeting. 8:33 p.m. - Margaret Rawls, Chairman of the Pine Meadows Advisory Committee, presented background and the proposal of the Committee. 8:47 p.m. - Mr. Gary Larson, a landscape architect, spoke on the site analysis and presented slides.