12/1/1976 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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4 MASHPEE CONSERVATION 0Y.24IS I OIC On December 1, 1976.0 Chairperson Dorothy -Studley and Secretary Y Judith Sciarrillo. attended a meeting of the Planning Boards chaired by 14r. To Bourgeois. Mr. Bourgeois opened by saying that he had attended a Conservation Commission meeting on November 17, 197.6, at which Gar Barker re- sent and they discussed an "alternate plana in procuring some kind of money at State and Federal. level'f r' open space in Mashpee. ' In spite, of the suit, we s ho uld continue toerr 'o his proposal and by the time the suit is resolved, we will have its all ready to go. The C n- servation Commission is looking for input on the Mashpee Corridor, etc. Mr. Bourgeois stated that Gary Parker talked about 'a soil survey - ettin4000 acres don og gfree, but Selectmen have ask. for a. figure on the whole town. yrs. Studley supplied the figure of $x.2,000 - $1320000 The way things stand row, as an outlay of funds, Vir. Bourgeois d esn i t think it would be worth it. There's a problem of getting the money the first place - we will submit-figure t-figure t elect .en and th y can -T- responsible for putting it In Town eeting. As recommended by Conserva- tion Commission and Planning Board,. we will recommend it. Mrs. Stud"e added that it will help our cause. I,-le vrant to get more ideas of what is needed in this plan for open space. Mir. Bourgeois stated that he was unaware that this was going on and added that the Conservation Comission is very serious about this. Ee said he was under a different impression and didn t have all sorts of notes .for the Conservation-Cormission meeting which he attended. With the future of the town in the state it is in, he went unprepared., although he said he had formed def iii e ideas. We have to thank about buffer zones - some sort of zone at South Cape Beach - protect any land around the business zones. The town must have some sort of master plan which doesn't have t be speci