Mashpee Passes $2.1 Million Debt Exclusion for Property off Route 130

"Mashpee Passes $2.1M Debt Exclusion"
Cape Cod Times, May 11, 2008
By Stephanie Vosk

MASHPEE -- Mashpee voters yesterday gave final approval to a $2.1 million debt exclusion to buy an 80-acre property. ...

The property, which abuts Route 130 and Mashpee-Wakeby Pond, is owned by the St. Vincent's Home Corporation. The town will pay $3.1 million to purchase the land, with $500,000 drawn from Community Preservation Act funding and $500,000 from the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife covering the remainder of the price.

The state money comes with a conservation restriction, which will prevent the town from developing the vacant land.

Town officials were hoping to forgo that grant, and instead ask voters to approve a $2.6 million debt exclusion, but a clerical error led to a misprint on the town meeting warrant. ... ©

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