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59 <br /> Report of the <br /> Popponesset Bay Waterways Committee <br /> We are pleased to report that in 1969, official action was <br /> initiated to study the feasibility of dredging a permanent <br /> Popponesset Bay deep water channel 'and a harbor of refuge <br /> which would provide access to and from Nantucket Sound at <br /> all times. <br /> In March, 1969 a meeting was held in Hyannis at the <br /> request of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, and was at- <br /> tended by Barnstable and Mashpee Selectmen, Popponesset <br /> i <br /> Bay Waterways Committee Co-Chairmen.and their members. <br /> The purpose of the meeting was to establish the rules and <br /> procedures of the U. S. Corps of Engineers for the first pub- <br /> lic hearing, to be held in the New Seabury Cinema Theatre, <br /> on May 21, 1969. <br /> ii <br /> Prior to the public hearing, the committee ques- <br /> tionnaires <br /> sent out <br /> to all property owners in Mashpee and the af- <br /> fected owners in the Barnstable areas. The results were far <br /> beyond our expectations — 619 returns and all but 3 were in <br /> full support of the program, placing a present value of <br /> $1,415,500.00 on 652 boats now using Popponesset Bay and an <br /> estimated $4,000,000.00 in boat value by 1975 is projected, not <br /> including transients and visitors. <br /> The Corps of Engineers have recently contacted us for <br /> additional information, indicating that they are continuing <br /> the study. We are anticipating more public hearings and <br /> i <br /> press releases. It is of the utmost importance for those who <br /> would like to update their interest (and new or potential, <br /> boat owners) in the event of the fulfillment of this program <br /> to immediately contact us with details, and we will forth- <br /> with send them to the proper authorities. <br /> I � <br />