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parking. Parking has become so limited on summer weekends that Mashpee taxpayers and residents of Seconsett Island <br /> in particular are excluded from parking at the beach. <br /> Likewise, beach access has become increasingly limited for local residents. The beach area is overcrowded, debris litters <br /> the small beach, and small rafts and boats, despite the new signage, are often left on the sand and some are now piled on <br /> top of each other on*the rocks. one boat is actually tied to a tall pole set in a concrete base poured by a boat owner last <br /> summer. Safety is also an issue,-as vehicles dropping off passengers, small boats, clamming equipment, beach chairs <br /> etc., crowd the narrow road and create hazardous driving conditions as vehicles travel much too fast along the causeway. <br /> Mashpee residents cannot ark at the Falmouth Beach areas or lots, so it seems unfair that Falmouth residents (some <br /> P p <br /> merely a few hundred feet up the road) are able to park on the Mashpee roads and beach areas. The number of boat <br /> moorings has increased significantly in the past 2-3 years. Where in Falmouth, the mooring list wait is up to 5 years, in <br /> Mashpee the mooring have been handed out much more freely—a further significant impact on the marking and overuse <br /> of the beach. Aust recently, we met someone in Falmouth who said he was coming to Mashpee (to Waquoit Bay) <br /> because it's easy to get a mooring there. <br /> These are a few of the concerns that are affecting local residents as well as the environment on Seconsett Island. <br /> Thank you. <br /> Patricia and Paul ColPlla <br /> Mashpee, MA <br />