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Boulders were placed at South Cape Beach as a Report of the measure of protection to prevent vehicle access to the dunes. Department of Public Works Hurricane"Bob"hit August 19. The Town lost a great many trees and sustained minor damage to structures.We To the Honorable Board of Selectmen spent two months picking up tree and branch debris from and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: every road in town and hauled over 500 dump truck loads to the landfill.We cleared downed trees from cemeteries The winter of 1990-91 was a very mild one.The dpart- and public areas, chipped, and stockpiled the chips. ment responded mostly to calls for sanding as we had very little snow. This year to date we've also had very little The Popponesset Island Bridge remains in need of a cumulation of snow and have responded mostly to calls repair. In November of 1991, the use of the bridge was c for sanding with some minor accumulation of snow. At curtailed because storm damage undermined the abut- the end of FY91, we returned$31,500.00 to the General ment on the island side. Fund from the Snow and Ice Account. Four hundred and thirty eight catch basins were cleaned On a daily basis we continue with general maintenance on all town roads this fall. Roadside improvements were of roadsides, installation and repair of signs & posts, completed at the Library and along Degrasse Road and repairs to pot holes, keeping brush cut back on roadsides Lowell Road. We also paved the Middle School parking and maintenance of D.P.W. equipment lot. The ille al dumping of trash remains a concern. We Errol Hicks provided interim Director leadership un- 9 cleaned out every illegal dump site in town, but within til September of 1991 when R. Gregory Taylor was ap- months, we find continued dumping. Several areas in pointed Director. town were blocked with sand piles to prevent illegal dumping. Improvements were made to drainage and roads in cooperation with the Pirates Cove Beach Association, The department assisted the Herring Warden in the Inc. placement of a new flume between Collins Lane&Great Neck Road North. Debris was removed from old flumes We plan to provide a pro-active program in 1992 with on the Mashpee River. the physical conversion of several roads to town roads, continued roadside improvements and the application of In preparation for the February Grand Opening of the over $500,000.00 of available state funds to be used in T new Police Station, we landscaped around the building. Mashpee. 4, g t",-1 Catch basins were placed on Route 130, Great Neck Respectfully submitted, Road South at Blue Castle Drive,Ashers Path,and John's Pond Estates. Upon completion of installation, these R. Gregory Taylor, Director areas were reloamed and seeded. Department of Public Works Work at the ballfields consisted of installing drainage trenches to remove water from the field edges. The area was filled, graded, weeded, seeded, limed and fertilized. Brush was cut and chipped along the new access road, Th parking lot and road edges were repaired and mai ntained. We cut and prepared an infield at the new ballfield, Excess fill and hardening was removed from the old park- ing lot. We received assistance from the Barnstable Coun- ty House of Correction workers to prepare ballfields for use. We installed a septic system, well pit and a water line to the concession stand. Vincent Lopez retired July 31, 1991, completing 15 years of dedicated service to the Department of Public Works. In conjunction with Arbor Day, the department ordered 250 Red Maple and 250 Colorado Blue Spruce seedlings and established a Tree Farm on the D.P.W.pro- A perty. Some of these seedlings were given to the school for their Arbor Day project.These seedlings will be utiliz- ed throughout town as needed as they reach maturity. 98