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<br /> Respectfully. submitted by, cessful in obtaining a $27,500 grant for economic
<br /> development planning through the state's "Local
<br /> Anthony Ferragamo, Chairman „
<br /> Patrick Coffey, dice-Chairman Partnership economic development program.
<br /> Tana watt, Clerk
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<br /> Work on the transportation element of the tan
<br /> Dennis Balzarini p p
<br /> Richard Martini began in July with the signature of a contract with
<br /> VHB Associates. Extensive traffic counts were com-
<br /> pleted during August and the condition and capacity of
<br /> our roadway system and intersections has been ana-
<br /> Re ort of the lyzed. The Department has completed housing,popu- '
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<br /> lation, commercial and industrial land use projections
<br /> PlanningDepartmenton for 2004 and "buildout" of the town based upon
<br /> which the traffic consultant has projected future traffic
<br /> as well as resulting capacity and safety problems.
<br /> To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the
<br /> Citizens of the Town of Mashpee Our affordable housing consultant, Herr & James
<br /> On behalf of Assistant Planner Eloise Graveno,
<br /> Associates, began work in September. By year's end,
<br /> Administrative Secretary Myra Suchenicz and m self, Work was almost completed on their report,which will
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<br /> it is my pleasure to submit this annual report of the be the basis of our housing plan element. It should be
<br /> Planning Department. the first of the fifteen elements completed,probably by
<br /> April of 1995.
<br /> Much of my pleasure is due to the restoration of our
<br /> Assistant Planner position. Eloise be an work on As 1995 began, the staff had completed work on
<br /> g draft goals, objectives and policies for each element
<br /> February 14 and has contributed greatly to the
<br /> s and was in the midst of numerous meetings with the
<br /> Departments ability to catch up with our backlog of ,
<br /> Towns boards and commissions to finalize the drafts
<br /> work, most notably the Town's Comprehensive Plan. .
<br /> During1994 the planning process was restarted for Planning Board public hearings and adoption in
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<br /> beginning with the development of a new planning January and February, 1995.
<br /> approach and Scope of Services, which was presented r.
<br /> to the Selectmen and Plannin g Board in A ril. Under Other Comprehensive Plan tasks will be worked on
<br /> p ears, with the
<br /> over the next two
<br /> the new approach, the bulk of planning work will be and compY
<br /> done b the Department,working with consultants and Department committed to completing its work by the
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<br /> other Town staff on each of 15 different subject areas end of 1996 for adoption by the Planning Board and
<br /> or"plan elements." Town Meeting in 1997.
<br /> The work on each element will be reviewed and
<br /> While the Comprehensive Plan occupies the lion's
<br /> revised, as necessary, b existing elected and appoint- share of our time, the Department continues to pursue
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<br /> ed boards and committees, such as the Board of other important projects. Our role as staff to the
<br /> Health, Con Com, HousingAuthority etc., before it is Planning Board continues to occupy a significant por-
<br /> Y tion of our time. Eloise and Myra have been develop-
<br /> approval.
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<br /> sent on to the Planning Board, for public hearings and p `
<br /> a roval. This has greatly simplified the planning ing our Geographic Information System (GIS) and
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<br /> process and reduced the potential workload on our
<br /> databases, an important input to the Comprehensive
<br /> PlanningBoard members. However, it has also Plan which will also serve the data needs of many
<br /> other departments in the future. The Department
<br /> increased the Department's role and workload to about re-
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<br /> pared and submitted a shuttle bus grant application tar-
<br /> 7000 hours over the next two years under the
<br /> Memorandum of Agreement signed by the Selectmen
<br /> geted at meeting the transportation needs of our youth,
<br /> senior citizens, tourists and others. I have been very
<br /> and Cape Cod Commission in June.
<br /> active hdevelopmenth �
<br /> ac e in t o of the proposed Mashpee r
<br /> National wildlife Refuge, which we hope will become '
<br /> The Memorandum also included a Cape Cod :
<br /> Commission rant of 44 t fund consultant ser- a reality by the time this is read. In addition,I Wontin-
<br /> g $ '605 ° ue to serve as an initiator/contact
<br /> erson for potential 4
<br /> vices on the plan. In addition, the Department was
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<br /> state conservation land purchases, with at least four of
<br /> successful in obtaining three other grants from the .
<br /> Commission, totaling $50,000, for joint planning pro-
<br /> such purchases currently being pursued. I serve as an
<br /> jects with Falmouth and Sandwich on transportation, ex-officio member of the High School Building
<br /> Committee and was most active during the site plan-
<br /> ning,groundwater modeling and a proposed cross-Cape appraisal and land acquisition onion of that
<br /> trail. Along with $10,000 previously obtained for an pp q p
<br /> affordable housing consultant through a state "Small project. I have taken the lead role for the Town in our
<br /> • g s g Economic Development Local Partnership
<br /> Cities" program grant, the Department was also suc-
<br /> Committee, securing the previously mentioned Local
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