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

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Q Il ashpee-Wakeby Lake. Bill Taylor will contact the Coast Guard to try to obtain such statistics if they are available. It was brought up at the December meeting that more interplay and communication with the Town of Sandwich is needed in the management of Lake issues, Joyce Mason agreed to work on this. Bill Taylor brought up the issue of encouraging people to tale classes on boating-safety. He suggested that a list of available courses be included with the boat registration. This would include courses sponsored by the Coast Guard Auxiliary, Environmental Police, United States Power Squadron and the Red Cross. In some states this is a mandatory requirement. In Massachusetts, anyone 16 to 18 gears of age must pass a safe boating course to be licensed to operate a boat. Colonel hurray agreed to look into making boating safety class information available to everyone when they register their boat. The state has not yet put out a report on the snorkeling accident on Mashpee Lake last.duly involving a PWG operator. M shpee ' akel y Lake will be cited in the State Boating Law Handbook,just as the Webster Labe hes been in the past. This handbook is put out by the M.A. Environmental Police. Since l lashpee-Wakeby Lake is a state-owned lake, the state should be responsible for policing it but does not. Matthew Patric) plans to stag in touch with the state to keep the Environmental Police involved in issues involving the lake. Matt Patrick has office hours and is available at M shpee Town Hail every Fdday after 1:30 PM. NEWSLETTER VOLUME If Assignments for the input into the second Newsletter were reviewed. Bill Taylor will corer historical information about the lake. ,loan Ferragamo, former president of the Mashpee Historical Society, may be a good source of'information for background and history of the lake. Hans Fritschr will review and update the safety rules and regulations pertaining to activity on the lake. Stere Cadrin will roger water quality on the lake, getting an update on water samples from the Barnstable County Dept. of Health. Manpower available to take water samples may be.a problem. This committee can offer to help, and perhaps we can enlist the aid of local civic groups to collect water samples. Steve will include ars updte on the plume. Suggestions for guest writers to contribute articles to the Newsletter included: Conservation Commission Trustees of the Reservation Perry Ellis, as herring warden, and/or l ene.Fudal who gives conservation walks around the herring run George Bingham, or a representative from the Tribal Counsel Committee members will try to have a draft for review at the February meeting. DAM REGULATION BY PERRY ELLIS Subjectivity is the key issue with regard to what constitutes a"high"and a "love"water level. Standards need to be established in order to maintain the appropriate level for all concerned parties. Keeping the sluiceway clean is another issue of concern. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 2e, 2002, at 7:30 PIIJ'I. The meeting was adjourned at : o PII. Respectfully submitted, F Ina G. �c l Bohm Recording Secretary