1/13/2016 ENVIRONMENTAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Minutes

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Environmental Oversight Committee Minutes January 13, 2016 EDIM Restoration/Shellfish Propagation—U date: (continued) Support staff is a major component of the shellfish propagation program. By a vote of Town Meeting,the position of Water Quality Control Monitoring Technician was created to assist with the shellfish and water quality monitoring components of the CWNMP and other duties on the waterways. This position voted in October is currently in the advertising process. Additional assistants are expected to be hired soon. The assistants the town has been hiring have been good candidates. Most are local college students who have grown up in the Town of Mashpee. Mr. York noted that growing your own shellfish is a labor intensive project,but the result is highly cost effective. Fertilizer Bylaw and MDAR State-wide Plant Nutrient Re lations: Discussion of implementation,enforcement,promotion&education: It was reported the Conservation Department and Board of Health would be contacted soon to discuss the implementation process of the Mashpee Nitrogen Control Bylaw and MDAR Plant Nutrient Regulations. Quashnet River Restoration:Update: A steering committee meeting is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, January 20,2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the Ockway Bay Meeting Room at the Mashpee Town Hall to further review the Quashnet River restoration project. It was reported there is a need to continue the assessment regarding the realignment of the Quashnet River. OLD BUSINESS Town-Wide Stormwater Management Plan: Update: No report. Conservation Department Report: It was reported the Conservation Department has applied for a MassWildlife Habitat Management grant for prescribed burning at the frost bottom habitat in the Simon Lowe Conservation Area off Lovell's Lane. If funding is obtained it is anticipated the town would receive approximately$10,000. In conservation areas at the gate locations,the town expects to install additional surveillance cameras. Signage is planned to be added to the Child's River area. With regards to the Santuit Pond Preserve,the Santuit Road parking lot is now being cleared. Santuit Road Parking lot is now being cleared for access to the Santuit Pond Preserve. CPA funding was obtained in 2015 for trail work,to construct a 10-car parking lot and to remove the old storage shed at the site location. At Abigail's Brook,the DCR in conjunction with WEBNERR have installed boulders to offset illegal access. They have an ongoing project to improve fish passage and remove phragmites. 5