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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
WARRANT FOR JULY 26, 2007 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Nantucket, ss. To the Constables of the Town of Nantucket:

GREETING:

In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Nantucket qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet and assemble themselves at the Nantucket High School Auditorium at 10 Surfside Road in said Nantucket, on

THURSDAY, THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF JULY, 2007

AT 7:00 PM

THEN AND THERE TO ACT ON THE ARTICLES CONTAINED WITH THE ENCLOSED WARRANT:

ARTICLE 1

(Real Estate Acquisition: Dreamland Theater)

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds or borrow pursuant to any applicable statute including a borrowing contingent upon passage by ballot of a debt exclusion override referendum question a certain sum for the acquisition by purchase, gift, eminent domain or otherwise the following described parcel of land, the buildings thereon and fixtures and furnishings therein, for municipal purposes; and further, to authorize the Board of Selectmen, after such property is acquired, to convey such property or to enter into a long-term lease for the renovation and operation of a Community Performing Arts Center for a period of time of twenty years.

The Dreamland Theatre - the land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situated at:

17 S. Water St., Nantucket Assessor's map 42.3.1, parcel 11.1 and 18 Easy St., Nantucket Assessor's map 42.3.1, parcel 11.2, both parcels being registered together and under Land Court Certificate of Title No. 21691.

(H. Flint Ranney, et al)

ARTICLE 2

(Real Estate Disposition: Roundabout at Sparks Avenue/ Hooper Farm Road/Pleasant Street)

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the disposal of the following parcel of land owned by the Town of Nantucket, in accordance with Chapter 30B of the Massachusetts General Laws, as applicable:

Parcel RL-2 containing approximately 651 square feet of land located at 14A Sparks Avenue, as shown on Plan 2005/67 titled "Plan Showing Alteration of Sparks Avenue at Pleasant Street and Hooper Farm Road," by Greenman-Pedersen, Inc., dated October 27, 2005, on file at the Nantucket Registry of Deeds. And, to take other actions as may be appropriate related thereto.

(Board of Selectmen for Planning Board)

ARTICLE 3

(Real Estate Acquisition: 10-12 Washington Street)

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase, gift or eminent domain the fee title or lesser title interest in two certain parcels of land, together with improvements thereon, identified as Town of Nantucket Assessor Map 42.3.1, Parcel 142 and Parcel 143 and numbered 10 and 12 Washington Street, Nantucket, or any portions thereof, for general municipal purposes; to see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell, lease, convey or otherwise make such property available to the Nantucket Regional Transit Authority for transportation purposes; and further to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow pursuant to any applicable statute, or transfer from available funds including any funds received from the Nantucket Regional Transit Authority for this purpose or any funds realized from the Nantucket Island Land Bank for the disposition to the Land Bank of the parcels of land described in the motion voted pursuant to Article 75 of the 2007 Annual Town Meeting or from any leasing or licensing by the Land Bank, other Town properties or portions thereof, including without limitation the parcel containing approximately 17.8 acres, known as the "Wood Property," having an address of 55 Warren's Landing Road and identified as Town Assessor Map 38, Parcel 30, or to take any other action as may be appropriate or related thereto.

(Board of Selectmen)

To act upon and transact any business relative to the foregoing subjects which may, then and there, come before said meeting.

Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.

Given under our hands this 20th day of June in the year Two Thousand Seven.

Whiting R. Willauer Michael Kopko Brian Chadwick Allen Reinhard Patricia Roggeveen

SELECTMEN OF NANTUCKET, MA

Pursuant to Chapter 39, section 10 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth and the Warrant of 20 June 2007, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Nantucket qualified to vote in Town affairs to appear at the times and place and for the purposes within mentioned by posting said notification on ___________________ , 2007 at the United States Post Offices at Federal Street and Pleasant Street; the United States Post Office at Main Street, Siasconset; the Town and County Building at 16 Broad Street; and upon the Bulletin Board at the corner of Main and Federal Streets; and publishing said Warrant, a copy of which is attached as it will be published, in The Inquirer and Mirror newspaper on June 28, 2007.

Sworn to under pains and penalties of perjury. I