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w TOWN OF MASHPEE SOUTH CAPE BEACH STATE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mashpee Town Hall, Conference Room 2, 5:00 PM Minutes of the Meeting of Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Committee Members Present: Members Absent: Also Present; Jeralyn Smith, Chairman Ben Lofchie Mike Richardson, BOS Liaison Frank Connelly, Vice Chairman Steve Pinard Peter Jacobsen Michael Cardeiro . Lewis Newell Lance Lambros Robert Lancaster William Martiros Carey Murphy Gus Frederick CALL TO ORDER Chairman Jeralyn Smith called the meeting to order at 5:10 PM. APPROVE MINUTES Michael Cardeiro made a motion to approve the minutes from the committee meeting held on Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Lance Lambros seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. HUNTING PROPOSAL Jeri Smith reported that at the last meeting on 7/13/10, for the benefit of those who were not in attendance, several members from the Falmouth Rod & Gun Club were in attendance, as well as Jim Rassman from WBNERR. The Rod &Gun Club members spoke in favor of continuing the hunting privileges. Jim Rassman reported that there were no problems last year with the hunting and that he is working closely with the Falmouth Rod & Gun Club on quail restoration. Jim spoke in favor of hunting approval for the coming year. Peter Jacobsen, Mashpee resident, introduced himself to the Board, and stated that he would like to see the hunting approval continued for the coming year. Frank Connelly made a motion that hunting privileges at the State Park for the 2010-2011 season be approved. Mike Cardeiro seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. WBNERR REPORT Jeralyn Smith stated that the most recent WBNERR report is included in the notes from the 7/13/10 meeting. WBNERR had no additional information to report since that meeting. COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION Jeri Smith reported that she has been having severe problems getting a quorum for the meetings. The problem began when two new members were added to the committee in 2008, bringing the total number of members on the committee to eleven. In addition to the • increase in committee members, there have been unavoidable absences by four members due to health issues. Mike Richardson stated that the committee could go before Town Meeting and recommend that the committee membership be decreased. However, the State organized the Committee,.and their requirement is that it must be an eleven-member 1