1/22/2002 MASHPEE-WAKEBY LAKE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Minutes

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Town of Mashpeo...�............ 6 Great Neck Road North Mashpee, Mass chusetts 02649 Mashpee-Wakeby eke Management CoArfurfir, ttee Minutes of the Meeting of Januara 2, 2002 Vice Chairman William Taylor called the regular meeting of the Mashpee-Wakeby Lake Management Committee to order at 7:30 PNS. i Members Present William Taylor Hans l=ritschi Steven Cadrin After a charge to a misspelled name was noted, the committee unanimously approved as corrected the 11/27/01 minutes. DECEMBER 1 MEETING WITH COLONEL MURRAY Pill Taylor reported on the meeting held at Town Hall in December 2001 with Colonel Murray and members of his staff. Those present at the meeting included State Representative Matthey Patrick and from Mashpee, Bill Taylor, Joyce Mason, Jiro Hanks, Perm Ellis, Matthew Patrick and the Mashpee Chief of Police. The meeting was arranged as a follow-tip to a letter seat by this Committee to Colonel Murray in September of last year after a Personal Water Craft accident on Mashpee flake. The letter raised the Committee's concerns and requested the state's assistance in addressing the need for an increase in safety and security measures on Mhp 1akeby Lake. Colonel Murray and representatives from the state were very conciliatory and in agreement with our concerns for the need to increase safety and security measures on the lake. Colonel Murray agreed to ,Hake every effort to improve state petrol coverage, particularly at the ramp. He also agreed to assist in increasing the signage of boating and water sport rules and regulations at the lake. Colonel Murray cited budgetary and staffing problems as factors limiting his efforts. Matt Patrick will look into getting more tate funds to support these measures. Perm, Ellis has been given state boating citations for use on the lake this coming season. These are the only ones that can be used on Mashpee-Wakeby Lake. Additional books are promised by Colonel Murray as needed. P AC's are currently banned on.peighboring ponds in Plymouth and on other town ponds in the state. Colonel Murray does not grant to add to this pressure by including Mashpee-Wakeby Lake. With more surrounding ponds banning PWC's, the number of them that are drawn to Mashpee- akeby Lake is increasing. This is a concern to residents but Colonel Murray is more concerned about the enforcement of safety and security regulations and wants to avoid allowing the additional,,communities outlawing Personal Water Craft. Statistics on PWC accidents would be a useful tool to back'up`'a request for their banning o