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Report of the Assistants and the Assistant Harbormasters to provide coverage of all our waterways during the busy periods. Harbormaster Department Last season we stopped over 300 boats. We kept a log of offenses on a computer so we could coordinate To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citizens between the Harbormaster and Assistants to identify of Mashpee: repeat offenders. The department wrote over$1000 in fines. Introduction We have one more good year under our belt. The With the help of the Waterways Commission, we department covered everything from the 125th put together plastic zip-lock bags of State and miscel- Anniversary boat parade, to an airplane making a laneous boating brochures(including an updated Boat- forced landing on South Cape Beach. We had a num- ing in Mashpee brochure) and put them in moored and ber of Jellyfish stings to contend with,and recommend docked boats, handed them out to first time offenders, that all boaters carry some Adolph's tenderizer on and anyone else willing to accept one. board for their swimmers since it works as a remedy. Public Access We have improved our ability to deal with boat With the DPW's help, we developed a new public sewage, beefed up our enforcement activities, access way to water over a Town owned waterfront lot improved public access to Mashpee Waters on Town off Monomoscoy Road to Hamblin Pond. It provides owned land, managed the mooring fields, supported parking for 3 cars and footpath access to the water. sporting and social events, helped revise the water- The end of Riverside Road on Seconsett Island is also ways bylaws, and worked with the Waterways Com- a Town Way to Water that provides public access. We mission to obtain engineering services for obtaining have requested a grant from the state through the dredging permits. We have summarized these activi- Coastal Pathways Grant program, with the intent of ties below stabilizing a coastal bank on town land off Jackbon Rd and providing stairs and foot access leading to the Boat Sewage water in Shoestring Bay.. t We added a new 21 foot Alcor boat-sewage pumpout boat this summer and it is being operated by Moorings Little River Boat Yard. We also added a dockside We now have about 630 moorings total in the town. portable "pumpout caddy" which is operated by Half- This includes boat moorings and floats in all our Tide Marina and provides a pumpout capability for ponds, bays and rivers. Some of the mooring areas are Popponesset Bay. full, but there is still room in others. For those areas that are full, we have established a waiting list. The equipment was bought with 75% of the costs paid through the Mass Department of Environmental We also set up a couple of rental moorings in Protection Division of Fish Wildlife and Law Enforce- Waquoit Bay and Popponesset Bay areas last summer ment by Clean Vessel Act funds. The two marinas and for overnight, weekend, or weekly use by transient the Town provided the 25% match in terms of ser- boaters. vices. Also, the Harbormaster Department provided Bouse-House portable toilets again this year at the Aids to Navigation public boat ramps at Great River, and Mashpee Neck. Our new aids to navigation are holding up well, with the exception of one that disappeared off Pop- We urge the people who enjoy using our waterways ponesset Bay, and are registered properly with the to help keep them clean and sanitary by using appro- Coast Guard. We have to change the center-channel priate waste receptacles and disposing of the contents markers in Popponesset bay to meet Coast Guard in proper places. specifications. They now require spherical white buoys with red diamond markings, so we will have to Enforcement and Education acquire some new ones or otherwise devise some that We now have patrol boats on John's Pond, Santuit will be acceptable. Pond and Mashpee-Wakeby Pond. In total, with the two boats on Waquoit Bay and Popponesset Bay, we Support for Events now have a fleet of five boats in fairly good condition. This season we scheduled and monitored 28 Bass These are used by the Harbormaster, the Waterways Fishing Tournaments. For the most part, things have gone smoothly, and we anticipate that this will contin- ue. sj f 91 .I