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JE tions were presented on May 7. The Health&Human Commission,which was approved by the state and,we Services section was presented on September 3. The are pleased to report,is being used as a model by them Water Resources and Water & Wastewater Facilities for other towns. The Department also prepared plans sections were presented on September 17. The final for the parking area required by the state, and the two sections, Energy and Land Use & Growth DPW did an excellent job of constructing it in time to Management were presented on November 5 and 19 meet the state's funding deadline. respectively. In addition to those purchases, the department also In addition to the copies and summaries of each facilitated the donations of 14.4 acres by Mr. Joseph Plan section which were made available for public Breen to the Conservation Commission between review at the Planning Department office and at the Route 28 and the Quashnet River. Town Library, the Department prepared a summary Comprehensive Plan document, including all but the During the coming year Mashpee is poised to reach Energy and Land Use sections, which was distributed a major planning milestone. A vote on adoption of our at the October Town Meeting. first Comprehensive Plan is scheduled for the May Annual Town Meeting. In order to make sure that the In addition to the Comprehensive Plan, the Plan accurately reflects your hopes for Mashpee and Department continued to perform its other duties, will provide a solid footing as we step into the 21st including staff support to the Planning Board, special century, we urge you to take the time to read the Plan projects for the Board of Selectmen and Executive documents distributed by the Department, feel free to Secretary, court testimony on behalf of the Water ask the Department staff any questions that you may District in a land taking case, assistance to other have about their content and make sure your voice is boards,departments,Town Counsel and the public and heard at Town Meeting. L, participation on a variety of Town and regional com- mittees, including the Cemetery Committee, Mashpee As always, we sincerely appreciate your support Commons Advisory Committee, Watershed and encouragement over the past year and look for- Management Committee, Mashpee NWR ward to serving you professionally and conscientious- Management Committee (and Land Acquisition and ly for many more to come. Signage Subcommittees), APCC Cape Cod Business Roundtable, Cape Cod Pathways Steering Committee Respectfully submitted, and the statewide ad hoc Task Force for Decentralized F. Thomas Fudala Wastewater Management. Town Planner Among our special projects for the year were con- servation purchases of the 15.2 acre Lopez property on the Mashpee River and two parcels near the intersec- Report of the tion of Main Street and South Sandwich Road,totaling Mashpee Public Library 5.8 acres, purchased from Mrs. Marilyn Besse Ruff. We arranged for the preparation of appraisals, negoti- ated the purchase prices, wrote the necessary articles To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and for approval by the May Annual Town Meeting and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: prepared state Self-Help program grant applications. All of the work paid off with the announcement by I report with pleasure that the citizens of Mashpee Acting Governor Cellucci in November that the Town continued to make great use of the library's services would receive $77,690 in Self-Help grants toward the and materials. Circulation for Fy 1997 totaled 95,495 two purchases. items; an increase of 15% over the previous year. In March, the 327 acre "Bufflehead Bay" property During the year, 56,883 patrons visited the library. The library currently has almost 6,000 registered bor- in the National Wildlife Refuge was purchased by the rowers. Town and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, with major assistance from the Trust for Public Land. The This year, the library was able to implement patron Town purchased 47.1 acres,which were added to adja- —placed requests as well giving patrons access to the cent Town land to create the new 77.6 acre Jehu Pond library's computer catalog from home computers. Conservation Area. In order to secure the $270,000 Patrons with telnet capability can access the library's grant reimbursement approved for the Town's pur- catalog through the address, MLIN.LIB.MA.US. chase under the state Self-Help program, the Once a patron is in the catalog, he or she can place Department prepared a"Jehu Pond Conservation Area requests for items owned throughout the CLAMS sys- Management Plan" on behalf of the Conservation 107