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°I C �E� Talbot Ecological Land Care <br /> Certified Consulting Arborists, Horticulturists and Conservation Designers <br /> m Natural Landscape Design and Tree, Shrub and Lawn Care Services <br /> Consultation, Education, Permitting, Installation and Management <br /> September 11, 2013 <br /> To: Assembly of Delegates <br /> Cape Cod Regional Government , <br /> Barnstable, MA <br /> From: Michael Talbot, MCH, ISA, ASCA and co-owner of Talbot Ecological Land Care <br /> Appointed member,Town of Mashpee Environmental Oversight Committee <br /> Massachusetts Certified Horticulturist and Landscape Designer <br /> Conservation Consultant, Society of Wetland Scientists <br /> Lecturer on Ecological Turf Management <br /> Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions <br /> Co-founder and member, Ecological Landscaping Association <br /> Attachment: "Urban Fertilizers&Chesapeake Bay: An Opportunity for Major Pollution Reduction" <br /> Re: Letter in Support of the Proposed Barnstable County Ordinance No. 13-09: <br /> Establishment of a Fertilizer District of Critical Planning Concern (DCPCI <br /> I am co-owner of Talbot Ecological Land Care,which offers professional lawn management services as a <br /> part of our business. I have been providing lawn management services to clients since 1985. <br /> 1 am submitting this letter today, however, principally to represent the Town of Mashpee's <br /> Environmental Oversight Committee. Known as the EOC, it is a diverse group of scientists, engineers <br /> and citizens appointed by the Board of Selectmen for the Town of Mashpee to advise them. Much of <br /> the EOC's work in recent years is related to the issue of degradation of our estuaries and ponds and the <br /> concerns regarding pollution of our sole source aquifer—and how we can mitigate these problems at <br /> the lowest cost to taxpayers. I was formerly the vice-chair of the Conservation Commission, as well. <br /> I was appointed to the EOC because of over three decades of work pioneering and developing low <br /> impact development, sustainable landscape design concepts, and environmentally friendly lawn and <br /> landscape care. I have lectured on low impact turf management at national conferences for the <br /> Professional Lawn Care Association of America and the Professional Land Care Network as well as <br /> regional and state professional conferences from Virginia to Maine—including a series of programs <br /> done with Mary Owen,Turfgrass Specialist for Wass Extension over a decade ago. In 2008 1 received <br /> the "Environmental Champion Award"from APCC for my work in these fields. <br /> This Assembly should know that both the Environmental Oversight Committee and the Board of <br /> Selectmen for the Town of Mashpee voted unanimously in support of the Fertilizer Management <br /> Post Office Box 187 www.TalbotEcoLandCare.com Office: 508-539-1912 <br /> Mashpee, MA 02649 e-mail: info@talbotecolandeare.com Fax: 508-539-8865 <br />