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Report of the
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
January 25 , 1988
In accordance with the warrant the Special Town Meeting was held in the Brew-
ster Elementary School Cafetorium Monday , January 25 , 1988 .
This Meeting was called to order at 7 : 20 P . M . by the Moderator, Stephen L .
Doyle . The tellers were Dorothy Grenier, Edwin Blease , June Gallant , and J .
Ogden Tyldsley , Jr . Checkers were Dorothea Dugan , Jean Gage , Carl Scrivener,
and Margo Cathie . A Quorum of 229 was present .
ARTICLE 1 . 1 move that ( A ) the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized
to purchase for municipal purposes from Lewis A . McGowan , Jr . , for the sum
of NINE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ( $950,000 ) DOLLARS , the land and
buildings thereon , situated in West Brewster , Barnstable County , Massachusetts ,
located on the northerly side of Route 6A, containing approximately seventeen
( 17 ) acres , more or less , having five hundred ( 500 ) feet of frontage , more or less ,
on Route 6A , to be shown on a plan drawn by Slade Associates , and being a
portion of the premises described in the deed to the seller from Leonard Dubin
of Waltham , Middlesex County , Massachusetts , and Philip Dubin of Dennis ,
Barnstable County , Massachusetts , said deed being dated September 9 , 1959 ,
and recorded with the Barnstable Registry of Deeds in Book 1054 , Page 1 , said
land comprising all of the sellers property set forth in said deed excepting two
residential building lots comprising 5 . 85 acres , more or less , on the westerly side
of the property , which will be retained by the seller and which will be shown on
a plan hereinafter referred to ; the land shall be conveyed subject to a forty ( 40 )
foot wide right of way to access the retained two lots and subject to obtaining
Planning Board approval therefor ; said right of way shall comprise the existing
way shown on Plan of Land in Brewster for Lewis A. McGowan , Jr. , dated June
31 1974 and recorded with Barnstable Deeds in Plan Book 293 , Page 61 , plus an
extension of said right of way northwesterly to the two lots shown on said plan ;
subject to a life estate to be granted to Lewis A . McGowan , Jr . , and Elizabeth
McGowan by the Town of Brewster, and according to the executed purchase and
sale agreement , between Lewis A . McGowan , Jr . , as seller, and the inhabitants
of the Town of Brewster, as buyer, which is on file in the office of the Town
Clerk ; ( b ) the sum of $950 ,000 is hereby appropriated to finance the cost of
acquiring such land and that to raise this appropriation , the sum of $200 ,000
shall be transferred from available funds in the Treasury and the Treasurer,
with the approval of the Selectmen , is authorized to borrow the sum of
$750,000 under and pursuant to Chapter 44 , Section 7 (3 ) , of the General Laws ,
as amended and supplemented , or any other enabling authority , by the issuance
and sale of bonds or notes payable to Lewis A . McGowan , Jr . over a term of
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seven ( 7 ) years from the date thereof in accordance with the terms of the pur-
chase and sale agreement hereinbefore described ; ( C ) the further sum of
$20 ,000 is hereby appropriated and shall be raised by transfer from available
funds in the Treasury for the first payment of interest on the bonds or notes
issued hereunder and costs associated with the transaction ; and ( D ) the Board
of Selectmen and other Town officers and officials are hereby authorized to take
any and all action deemed by them necessary to complete the transactions
authorized herein ; and that any future use of this property shall be determined
by Town Meeting action .
ADOPTED YES 504 NO 10
ARTICLE 2 . To act on any other business that may legally come before this
meeting .
There being no other business to come before this meeting , it was adjourned at
8 : 25 .
A True Copy ATTEST :
Barbara A . Vaughn , CMC/AAE
TOWN CLERK
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