9/25/2018 MASHPEE-WAKEBY LAKE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Minutes

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Agent A topic 3j Hdrborniaster Report god Pians Discussion. After our last meeting Barbara emailed Al Turner and let him know we were not in favor of restricting motor size to 50 HP on Mashpee Wakeby Lake. Andrew Gottlieb was in favor of enforcing the laws we have on the books along with more consistent harbormaster coverage. Dave Sampson said he would try to get the Sandwich Harbormaster to help with patrolling the lake. Don reported the list of infractions noted by Barbara at the August MWLMC meeting to Al Turner at the August Waterways meeting. Regarding the idea to restrict motors to 50 HP on the lake, Al said he really did not want to do it, but was trying to avoid action by the State. Several guests spoke against the restriction also. Most felt that Harbormaster presence and enforcement of present tiles has helped. Chief Collins polled the group regarding which hours the harbormaster presence was most needed. Wednesday— Sunday mainly in the afternoons between Memorial Day and Labor Day, seemed to be the consensus. When Al mentioned the language barrier with the Portuguese speaking group, Barbara mentioned that we had the PWC rules translated into Portuguese several years ago, but could not get the Town to go forward with putting the signs up. Al does plan to increase signage.Al has put up a game cam, to take pictures at the ramp of boat registrations and license plates during launching. He has increased writing tickets. Two guests pointed out that NH has a State mandated boating safety course which has helped with education, but that is beyond the scope of this committee. Al hopes to teach a boating safety class to a max of 40 people in October. There has been no action by the State on repairing the boat ramp, although Al continues to reach out to Dave Matollie of the State. Conclusions: Increased Harbormaster presence is necessary for boating safety on the lake. [Agenda topic 4] Fresh Water Quality Ivlomtorng, Discussion: After our last meeting Barbara emailed Ashley Fisher and Rick York asking them to please remember to do the fresh water testing as well as the marine. Ashley wrote back and said the PALS Pond and Lake stewards annual testing was done on August 29"'. This is in conjunction with the Cape Cod Commission and UMass Dartmouth. She forwarded some reports,but the 2017 data was not among them. She is requesting volunteers to do the more frequent seechi disc readings and dissolved oxygen, which were done by volunteers 5-6 times a summer for several years. Mike volunteered to help. Conclusions: Mike will contact Ashley about doing fresh water testing on Mashpee Wakeby. [Agenda topic 51 Lowell Hb11y Report Discussion: Barbara reached out to Winslow Dresser, Stewardship Manager for Lowell Holly and the South Coast. He reported a good season with only a few issues, mostly involving dogs. The ranger staff reported it quieter than some recent years. They have done light clearing on the trails around South Sandwich.Road parking area and installed a new entrance sign and post. They are hoping to update the information kiosks this winter. As always,they invite everyone's support through membership with the Trustees of Reservations. Please alert him should you see any issues on the property. (508) 636-4693 ext. 5011 in Westport, MA. Conclusions: Winslow Dresser reported a quieter than usual summer and some clearing done. The meeting was adjourned at 8:57 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Barbara B. Nichols