STM Article 5. Dedicate 40 of 47 Acres for Open Space and Passive Recreation Use.

To see if the Town will vote as follows:

WHEREAS, the Town of Provincetown acquired for municipal purposes, pursuant to Article 40 of the March 13, 1967 Annual Town Meeting, the property at 244 Route 6 (Assessors Map 08-1-005), lot area 47.71 acres, Class M Municipal District, from the then-Massachusetts Department of Public Works; and

WHEREAS, as a condition of its approval for the Order of Conditions for closure of the Old Burn Dump, the Conservation Commission is requiring that approximately 40 acres of this property not needed for municipal purposes be preserved as open space and passive recreation;

WHEREAS, the Board of Selectmen declares said residual acreage as surplus and available for disposition as open space and passive recreation;

THEREFORE, the Town votes to transfer care, custody, control, and management of  40 acres of the 47.71 acres of Town-owned land at 244 Route 6, said 40 acres shown as Lot B on a plan of land prepared by Environmental Partners Group, dated March 2, 2001, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Town Clerk, to the

Provincetown Conservation Commission for conservation and passive recreation purposes; or to take any other action relative thereto.[Requested by the Town Manager]