9/4/2001 WATERWAYS COMMISSION Minutes

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Town o ]Vash ee To jew k,., oad Xorth 16 tall _04dshoe, h. t 02649 t 'r' - 4 ti MASHPEE WATERWAYS COMMMINuTES September, 2001 Chairman Jim Danks called the meeting to order at 7:20 p.m. ATTENDANCE: Jing Danks,John Swart Baugh, Paul Lumsden, Herb Silver, and Gerald Daly, OTHER ATTENDEES: I r. and Mrs.Joseph, Dr. Neal Barney, Ed Baker. PUBLIC COMMENT: Paul Lumsden introduced Neal Barney as a person who is interested in the waterways Commission, and is willing to help with the water sampling. He lives on Shoestring Bay. Chairman,Jinn Hanks,'recognized Mimi Joseph, a lakefront property owner on Mash ee Wakeby Lake in Mashpee. Ms. Joseph thanked the Commission for sending a Letter to the Environmental Police, and informed the commission that there continue to be serious violations n the lake, notably personal watercraft operation after :00 PM and running too close to shore. Mrs. Joseph also informed the Commission that there have been incidents of dead fish floating around, and she is concerned that there may be some problem. In the discussion that followed the Commissioners suggested that the Board of Health should be contacted, and that any dead fish spotted should be saved for analysis. Also,the Mass wildlife should be contacted. Mr. Baker registered the following concerns: Dredging the channel parallel to Popponesset spit does the following: 1. Degrades the spit as it removes material from behind the spit. 2. Adversely impacts the Family Shellfish area because the increased velocity of flow prevents the set of seed shellfish on the area, and, . The currents rushing out of the bay directly rotate onto Meadow Point degrading that part adversely. He recounted the following series of events: 1. The channel was dredged in 1961 2. 1n 1986!87 time frame a 200 yard segment was dredged parallel to the spit,