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2 <br /> Mashpee Select Board <br /> Minutes <br /> November 20, 2023 <br /> Present: Selectman John J. Cotton, Selectman Thomas F. O'Hara, Selectman Carol A. Sherman, <br /> Selectman David W. Weeden, Selectman Michaela Wyman-Colombo <br /> Town Manager Rodney C. Collins <br /> Assistant Town Manager Wayne E. Taylor <br /> Meeting Called to OrderBy Chairman Cotton at 6:30 p.m. <br /> Mashpee Town Hall, Waquoit Meeting Room <br /> NEW BUSINESS <br /> Discussion and_Aproval of Authorizing_the Town Manager to Send Letters of..Suftort...for the <br /> Bourne/Falmouth Multi Use Path Connq in the Shining Sea Bike Path to the Canal Bike Path aswa <br /> Trail with Rail: <br /> Correspondence was received from Catherine Laurent,Director of Public Works dated November 15, <br /> 2023 recommending the Select Board vote to affirm the importance of the Falmouth secondary line <br /> railroad tracks used to transport municipal solid waste. <br /> The Town of Falmouth secondary railroad tracks serve the Upper Cape Regional Transfer Station to <br /> transport municipal waste by rail off Cape. Transportation by rail is cost effective with less <br /> environmental impacts, and the most favorable option for long term disposal. <br /> Town Manager Rodney C. Collins recommended the Select Board authorize letters of support to retain <br /> the secondary railroad tracks; rail with trail urging the appropriate state agencies as well as the Towns of <br /> Falmouth and Bourne to move forward with the multi-use path connecting the Shining Sea Bike Path to <br /> the Canal Bike Path as a rail with trail project. <br /> Additional communication was received from Michael Renshaw, Town Manager of the Town of <br /> Falmouth dated November 3, 2023 in support of the rail to maintain collective options open with the <br /> Upper Cape Regional Transfer Station. His recommendation is expected to be presented to the <br /> Falmouth Select Board at its December 4, 2023 meeting. <br /> Motion made by Selectman Sherman to authorize the Town Manager to send letters of support for <br /> the multi-use path connection as a rail with trail as referenced. <br /> Motion seconded by Selectman Wyman-Colombo. <br /> VOTE: Unanimous. 5-0. <br /> Roll Call Vote: Selectman Cotton,yes Selectman O'Hara, yes Selectman Sherman, yes <br /> Selectman Weeden,yes Selectman Wyman-Colombo,yes Opposed, none <br />