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the authorization by the May Annual Town Meeting the Department continues to provide staffing for the of a permanent full-time Assistant Town Planner Planning Board and daily assistance to the general position. Al;though we were unable to attract a public and to numerous other Town boards and de- qualified planner during our first round of inter- partments. Although we are not always able to re- views due to the low salary offered for the position, spond to requests as quickly as we would like due a second round proved successful when a higher to work loads, we will always give our best effort salary was authorized by the Personnel Board, and and we sincerely appreciate the Town's continued Lee Weller will be on board as our new Assistant support. Planner in January, 1989. With Lee's excellent background and extensive experience in architec- Respectfully submitted, ture and planning, things are looking up for 1989. Meanwhile, Nonie Nickerson continues to provide F. Thomas Fudala sterling service as our Administrative Secretary. Town Planner May also saw a number of improvements in the Zoning By-law authorized by a Special Town Meet- Report of the j ing, including provisions for common driveways, South Cape Beach State Park monitoring wells to assess the impact of large de- velopments, increased protection of our groundwa- ter supply through the adoption of 80,000 square Advisory Committee foot lots in expanded R-5 zoning districts, increased setbacks from route 28 and 151 and active cranber- To the Honorable Board of Selectmen ry bogs, refinements to the OSID by-law and in- and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: creased fines for zoning violations. In the area of open space conservation, two pur- The South Cape Beach State Park Advisory Commit- chases were approved by the Town, including an at- tee("Committee')at its monthly meetings during the year tractive site at the head of the Mashpee River on of 1988, considered and made various recommendations ' Mashpee Pond and an 18 acre parcel in the Pine relative to the use of the"Park". Regretfully,however,the Barrens area on Great Neck Road South adjacent to "Committee"did not have the opportunity of expediting the Tribal Council property and other Town Council the long delayed overall development of the "Park" due lands. The biggest news was the purchase in Au- to several significant factors. j gust of 340 acres on the Quashnet River, along with (1) The Memorandum of Understanding ("Memoran- an additional parcel adjacent to Johns Pond Park, dura') between the "Town" and Department of En- by the State Department of Environmental Manage- vironmental Management ("DEM') has yet to be signed ment and the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. due to various unresolved issues as hereinafter stated. As The Planning Department and Selectmen Gotlieb, noted in the prior annual report, the "Memorandum" is working with the members of the Quashnet Coali- the vehicle which specifically defines the responsibilities of tion, played a significant role in facilitating that each the "Town" and "DEM" and establishes a time purchase. DFW also purchased an additional small schedule for their performance. parcel on the Mashpee River. Through a combina- One of the major issues is the reconstruction of Great tion of Town purchases, state funding assistance Oak Road. In October 1987,Albert Veri&Associates of J and outright state purchases, along with the encour- Providence,Rhode Island,new Park Designer("Designer') agement of OSID and cluster subdivision projects presented the overall design plan and recommendations for and continued land trade negotiations, we are com- development of the"Park"and its amenities.He address- ing closer each year to the completion of the ambi- ed the fact that Great Oak Road as presently constituted tious open space corridor system proposed by the and travelled does not conform to the Plan(Paper Right Goals and Priorities Committee and outlined in our open space plan. We have also came a long way to- of Way) on record with the Land Court, encroaches at ward protecting our Mashpee quality of life for fu- points on privately owned land and that the cost of cor- tore generations. recting these problems,together with the improvement of Another continuing effort of the Department Great Oak Road as originally intended and as evidenced has been to negotiate private funding agreements by Drawing No. 16 of the"Schematic Design"would ap- for capitol improvements. Following on past suc- proximate 3.2 million dollars, out of a budget for overall cesses in securing private funding for water system Park development of 4 million dollars, which he felt was development, the Department has focused this year totally unfeasible. on wastewater treatment systems and highway im- "DEM" and"Designer"thus recommended that Great provements, including the East Mashpee and Cen- Oak Road be improved in accordance with Drawing No. tral Mashpee wastewater collection and treatment 14 "Great Oak Road recommended overlay" which, in systems, Noisy Hole Road, Old Mill Road reloca- substance,proposes to overlay the existing roadway within tion improvements to the Route 28/Ashers Path in- its current alignment with a new bituminous surface and tersection. install new striping and signage; the existing overhead Finally, but most significantly in terms of time, utilities would remain in place.An option is offered to add - 96 -