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in the waters, it is unenforceable because such action Gerald . Daly Frederick Fordham is legal under federal law. William R. Taylor n which is the Paul W. We obtained the Chatham applicati Coastal Zone Donald R. Lundn "model application" from Mass Management, and are working with the Town of Barnstable to prepare the letters, charts, and other information required to achieve the no discharge area Report of the designation. Data Processing Department Aquaculture To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and The Commission took a strong position that no new the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: Aquaculture grants should be approved until new Aquaculture regulations are adopted. The reason for It has been an extremely busy and exciting year this recommendation is that there are increasing with many changes for the computer users at town demands for the use of our waterways, and hall. Important objectives have already been accom- Aquaculture has the potential to exclude the public plished and many more are being implemented. I've from using areas delineated as shellfish grants. outlined the top objectives facing us and bulleted oth- ers for brevity. The Data Processing door is always New state laws to encourage aquaculture put the open should you want to learn more about what we are burden on the Board of Selectmen to ensure that the doing for the town. public has access to those portions of a grant site that are not necessary to the aquaculture enterprise. The Mission Statement: Waterways Commission is interested in preserving the ability of everyone to enjoy the waterways, and that is To support administrative and departmental mis- the basis of our recommendation. sions through strategic use of technology and manage- Coastal Resources Element Review ment of office automation tools. 'i The Waterways Commission continues to work Introduction: with the Assistant Town Planner as he develops the The Town of Mashpee operates and maintains over Coastal Resources Element of the Local 60 desktop computers with three LAN servers provid- Comprehensive Plan. The plan has undergone signif- ing electronic mail, device sharing and file storage. icant evolution since the first draft and will serve to Our office automation suite has been standardized to guide the town as it makes decisions on waterways include Windows/95, Microsoft Office and Windows matters in the future. Messaging running on an Intel platform. Outside ven dors provide applications for our accounting, tax col- ' Other Committee Work lection, assessing, permitting, payroll and human The Waterways Commission participated in other resource functions. i" committees as follows: Objectives are formulated and approved through a team effort involving those departments who will ben Mashpee Watershed Committee - Herb Silver is efit from changes and/or upgrades. The towns major the representative. goal is to migrate critical applications to a platform Mashpee Wakeby Lake Management where common data can be shared across departments. • Committee- Bill Taylor is the representative. Major Activities of the previous Fiscal Year: • County Dredge Committee - Bill Taylor is the Reduced maintenance costs, while increasing representative replacing Dr. Bennett E. Gordon, maintenance coverage Jr. who resigned from the Watershed Committee in late 1997. Managed phone and data line installation at the new town hall Respectfully submitted, James P. Hanks, Chairman Implemented a Local Area Network with elec 'f Herbert Silver, Vice-Chairman tronic mail at town hall 152