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MASHPEE WATERWAYS COMMISSION <br /> MASHPEE TOWN HALL, MASHPEE, MA <br /> MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 20, 2015 MEETING <br /> Chairman Ken Bates called the meeting to order at 9:03 AM at the Mashpee Town Hall <br /> in the Popponesset Meeting Room <br /> Present: Don Barton, Ken Bates, Andrew Gottlieb, Stanton Healy, Tim Needham, Don <br /> MacDonald, Rick York <br /> Absent: Bill Taylor, A! Wickel <br /> Minutes of the September, 2015 Meeting: Motion made by Stan Healy to approve <br /> minutes, 2"d by Don MacDonald and unanimously approved. <br /> Communications & Correspondence: Don B. asked about adding a message <br /> regarding fertilizer to the water bills. Andy will check into this but recommended it be <br /> added to the tax bill as not everyone gets a water bill. <br /> Harbormaster Report: Rick Santorum was putting winter sticks on Poppy so was not at <br /> the meeting. <br /> Shellfish Constable Report: Rick reported the scallop season was under way with <br /> over 200 bushels taken, which is the best recorded since the 90s. This has been a very <br /> good growth year for all shellfish. He noted that Falmouth and Mashpee share the bay <br /> for harvesting. Cameras and patrolling are used to measure the scallops taken. <br /> Commercial harvesting is very carefully controlled by the State sales records by <br /> fishermen to the dealers. The plan now is to seed Shoestring Bay with more bags of <br /> oysters. Funding from the Town Meeting last night will increase seeding. Seeding is <br /> planned for every year as natural spawning is not expected any time soon. <br /> MashpeelWakeby Management Committee: There were no action items recorded by <br /> Don MacDonald. The next meeting is Thursday, October22. Ken will follow up with <br /> Catherine to see if the sand from power loading at the ramp was partially pulled back. <br /> Water Quality: Don MacDonald asked if there was any overlap of the $8,400 budget for <br /> the Water Quality Testing compared to the budget passed at last night's Town Meeting <br /> for extensive testing regarding the shellfish component of the town's waste water <br /> management plan. Rick York stated that there is no overlap. The testing we do for <br /> Water Quality is dome in different testing areas. The new extensive testing will be done <br /> at the shellfish locations. Andrew recommended that the $8,400 Services Agreement <br />