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Mashpee Sewer Commission <br />Minutes of Meeting <br />Thursday, November 17, 2016 <br />Ockway Meeting Room, Town Hall <br />Approved 4-0 on 2/16/17 <br />Sewer Commissioners Present: Tom Fudala, Bradford Pittsley, Tom Burns, Joseph Lyons. <br />Also Present: Rick York, Acting Director Natural Resources Department, Anastasia Rudenko, <br />GHD, Jeff Gregg, GHD, Shelden Gilbert Community Advisory Committee. <br />Absent: Glenn Santos <br />Call to Order: Meeting called to order by Chairman Tom Fudala at 7:36 p.m. <br />Approval of Minutes: <br />Motion: Mr. Lyons moved. to approve the minutes of September 15, 2016 with one minor <br />change, seconded by Mr. Pittsley, Vote 3-0-1 with Mr. Santos abstaining. <br />Shellfish Program Update <br />Rick York gave an update on the status of the shellfish. He said the new Natural Resource <br />Department is up and running, They have 5 million quahogs and tomorrow they are planting the <br />very last of those. 2,480 bags of oyster seeds were placed into the Mashpee River and the 2,000 <br />bags in Shoestring Bay are growing very well. They have been seeding quahogs into Great River <br />and started seeding in Jehu Pond and Ockway Bay. They also seeded Popponesset Bay, <br />Popponesset Creek, Waquoit Bay and have been trapping the crabs aggressively. Next year, they <br />plan to expand the amount of quahogs growing and the second acre of oyster bed. Mr. York <br />stated his original plan was a three year aggressive plan but now he is hoping for a five year <br />implementation. He reported the harvesting of oysters is only recreational right now but in the <br />future he is hoping to have commercial harvesting in Shoestring Bay. He noted the season is <br />November 1 thru March 31. <br />Status of Final Plan: <br />Status of DRI Review <br />The Chair stated he found out today and got a copy of the Town Manager's letter asking to put <br />off the DRI Review for another six months. The continuing reason is that Selectman Gottleib <br />wants to get the watershed -based permits done. <br />Status of other tasks: <br />Approval of Contract for Mashpee Commons/Wampanoag Village Sewer Connections <br />Study <br />