BARNSTABLE, ss:

To either of the Constables of the Town of Harwich in said County.

Greetings:

In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet in the Community Center Gymnasium, 100 Oak Street, in said Town on Tuesday, May 2, 2000, at 8:00 P.M., then and there to act on the following articles:

ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to approve the Town of Harwich Local Comprehensive Plan 2000 and to act fully thereon. By request of the Planning Board.

ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sufficient sum of money to supplement the Town’s share of group health insurance expenses for FY’00 and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen. Estimated cost: $100,000.00.

ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sufficient sum of money to supplement the FY’00 Finance Committee’s Reserve Fund Account and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee.

ARTICLE 4 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sufficient sum of money to replenish the Claims Trust Fund for uninsured Police and Fire Line of Duty injuries, as established originally by Article 3 of the May 5, 1993 Special Town Meeting and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen. Estimated cost: $75,000.00.

ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sufficient sum of money to hire one (1) new Heavy Equipment Operator for the Disposal Area, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Assistant Director of Highways & Maintenance. Estimated cost: $44,399.00.

ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article 18 of the May 1999 Annual Town Meeting to include unforeseen SEMASS Disposal Costs for FY-2000 and to act fully thereon. By request of the Assistant Director of Highways & Maintenance. Estimated cost: $76,500.00.

ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sufficient sum of money to fund the payment of outstanding real estate taxes on property transferred to the Town in lieu of outstanding taxes. Said monies to be under the jurisdiction and control of the Board of Selectmen provided, however, that all payments made therefrom shall require a vote of the Board of Assessors and approval of the Tax Collector and to act fully thereon. By request of Board of Assessors.

ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the action taken under Article 62 of the May 4, 1998 Annual Town Meeting which authorized the borrowing of the sum of $979,800.00 for the purpose of acquiring land owned by Liberty Realty Trust and First Light Trust located off Church Street in East Harwich, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.

ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to amend the action under Article 12 of the 1999 Annual Town Meeting which vote discontinued a portion of Pleasant Road in West Harwich, from its intersection with Shore Road, southerly to Nantucket Sound and also provide that the land under said road was to be maintained by the Recreation and Youth Commission, as part of Pleasant Road Beach, by adding the following language to the vote: and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase, eminent domain or otherwise the fee in the discontinued portion of Pleasant Road not already owned by the Town, for beach and recreation purposes, with said land to be maintained by the Recreation and Youth Commission, as part of Pleasant Road Beach and to transfer from available funds a sufficient amount of money for this purpose and expenses incidental thereto and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.

ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, by purchase, by eminent domain or otherwise, for preservation, open space, conservation and passive recreation purposes, all or a portion of the property, situated at 525 and 527 Queen Anne Road; and to transfer from available funds or borrow a sufficient sum of money for such acquisition. The property situated at 525 Queen Anne Road is shown on Harwich Assessors Map 71 as Parcel A1-1, containing 7.61 acres, more or less, and further described in Barnstable County Registry of Deeds Book 1540 Page 276, being now or formerly owned by Anthony P. Texeira. The property situated at 527 Queen Anne Road is shown on Harwich Assessors Map 71 Parcel A1-2 containing 9.02 acres, more or less, and further described in Barnstable County Registry of Deeds Book 1540 Page 278, being now or formerly owned by Arthur J. Texeira. Provided that said property be conveyed to the Town under the provisions of M.G.L. c. 40 §8C, and as it may hereafter be amended and other Massachusetts Statutes relating to Conservation, to be managed and controlled by the Conservation Commission; and the Conservation Commission be authorized to file on behalf of the Town any and all applications deemed necessary for grants and/or reimbursements from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts deemed necessary under the Self-Help Act (Chapter 132A, §11) and/or any others in any way connected with the scope of this article, and that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to negotiate the purchase of the property and be authorized to make the decision to enter into any agreement to purchase the property and to execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town and to act fully thereon. By request of the Real Estate and Open Space Committee. Estimated cost: $650,000.00.

ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, by purchase, by eminent domain or otherwise, for preservation, open space, conservation, agricultural and passive recreation purposes, all or a portion of the property, situated at 374 Main Street, North Harwich, shown on Harwich Assessors Map 47 as Parcel A-10, containing 33.6 acres, more or less, and being further shown on a plan recorded in the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 460 Page 55 and described in the deed recorded in Barnstable County Registry of Deeds Book 10792 Page 257, being owned by Main St. Cranberry Co. L.L.C; and to transfer from available funds, or borrow a sufficient sum of money for such acquisition. Provided that the Conservation Commission be authorized to file on behalf of the Town any and all applications deemed necessary for grants and/or reimbursements from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts deemed necessary under the Self-Help Act (Chapter 132A, §11) and /or any others in any way connected with the scope of this article, and that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to negotiate the purchase of the property and be authorized to make the decision to enter into any agreement to purchase the property and to execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the Town and to act fully thereon. By request of the Real Estate and Open Space Committee. Estimated cost: $630,000.00.

ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to transfer jurisdiction from the Board of Water Commissioners to the Board of Selectmen the .30 acre parcel of land shown on Assessor’s Map 13, Parcel A-3, off Route 28, Harwich Port, the site of the old Kildee Hill Water Tower and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.

ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sufficient sum of money to purchase and install a generator at the new Community Center located at 100 Oak Street, Harwich and to act fully thereon. By Petition. Estimated cost: $100,000.00.

ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sufficient sum of money to help defray the costs of Harwich Baseball, Inc., which operates the Harwich youth baseball program. Said monies to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen and to act fully thereon. By Petition. Estimated cost: $7,000.00.