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Thomas J_ Mayo From: Andrew Gottlieb Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 6:41 PM To: Thomas J. Mayo Subject: Fwd: Johns pond mooring regs and jet ski regs _- Sent from my-iP-hone Begin forwarded message: From: <bui1der6Qao1.com> Date: February 14, 2016 at 10:06:24 PM EST To: <aeottlieb(a)mashneema.eov> Subject: Johns pond mooring regs and jet ski regs Hi Andrew. mom says hi too right back at you:-) So getting back to you in writing like you said. Hope you can get this done .... ...It needs to be done. 1 have grown up on Johns Pond and spend the last 45 years enjoying all it has to offer, demand and population increase has and continues erode the quality and beauty a day on the lake and the town officials need to employ some action toward preservation. The tax paying residents and property owners need to have protection of this most precious resource of which we pay to enjoy and must have rights above and beyond the out of town "users" that just come in to abuse our back yard. So problem #1 Is issuance and placement of moorings on the lakes. Currently there is NO regs on placement except for the harbormasters opinion of placement biased by the applicants request for location. The same goes for issuance...... Currently anyone from anywhere in the state of mass can get a mooring and place it in front of your house! Its crazy. As I told you this was brought to light for me because I was subject to this by a WEEKLY rental tenant from Boston. He rents for 1 week in july next door to me and went to see Lois and got a mooring permit last summer. Steven Moan then proceeded to put it right in front of my dock. This was not only a hazard to my navigation in and out of my dock it was a most unpleasant sight for my water views. I, and no other tax payer wants a mooring field of strangers in front of their house with added noise, wave action, loss of privacy, diminished views and the like. Not to mention that this person has no legal gainful access to the boat from any of the private property around me or through the association beach next to me. The lakes are smaller, tighter and a different animal than ocean waterways and need different set of rules. The town of Barnstable, has a rule that states you MUST be a resident and show proof of residency to even be eligible for a mooring. see Mooring regs here: Top of pg2 sec 406-2 "resident"