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this spring. Technical Review Team meetings were It was most disturbing to note that provisions in the also held on projects such as the storage and light aforementioned legislation were inconsistent and a industry proposal in the Mashpee Executive Park as contradiction of "Agreement". These provisions well as a commercial storage proposal on Bowdoin would obligate the Town (i)to use the ten acre site for Road and an auto body shop on Algonquin Avenue. a boat launch facility (ii) to be responsible for the cost of appraisals, surveys and other expenses deemed nec- Finally, the OED has entered into discussions with essary by the Commissioner of Capital Planning for the principals of the Mashpee Industrial Park Trust to the granting of such title (iii) would obligate the Town obtain about three acres of land for Mashpee's first to pay the market value of the ten acres as established economic development project spearheaded by the by an independent appraiser (iv) provides for the new EDIC. The project will entail the use of federal, review by the Inspector General of the entire transac- sate, local and private funding to build a new incuba- tion and comments. for facility for upstart small businesses. It is a fact that paragraph#17 of the Agreement pro- Respectfully Submitted, vides that the Town use the site for a boat launch facil- ity. However, the Selectmen, by vote in October 1997 Wayne R. Duchemin, Director voted to designate the use for "recreation/open space Office of Economic Development and public access" which is a use less harmful to the environment of Waquoit Bay and consistent with the current use of the site by "DEM", namely, conserva- tion, recreation, forest and open space purposes. Report of the The"Agreement"does not obligate the Town to pay any of the monetary considerations noted in the "Act" South Cape Beach State Park above, and to now impose such obligation, is a mater- Advisory Committee ial and significant breach of the "Agreement". In fact paragraph 17 of the "Agreement" in sub- To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and stance provides that,in the event legislation to transfer the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee title to the Town fails, then in such case, the Commonwealth has the unconditional obligation to The South Cape Beach State Park Advisory lease the subject area of land to the Town for a term of Committee ("Committee") at its meetings during the 99 years and for the consideration of one ($1.00) dol- year 1999 considered and made various recommenda- lar• tions relative to the use and development of the South Cape Beach State Park("Park") and its amenities. Furthermore, the "Agreement" establishes an unconditional obligation by the Commonwealth to TEN ACRE SITE ON GREAT RIVER- transfer title to the Town of the ten acre site, and does WAQUOIT BAY not invite any review or comments of the transaction by the Inspector General. As stated in my 1998 Annual Report Paragraph#17 All these facts have been called to the attention of of the Agreement dated June 1981 between Commonwealth of Massachusetts ("DEM") and the Senator Rauschenbach and Representative Nancy Caffyn and, so that new legislation consistent with the Town of Mashpee obligates the Commonwealth to transfer to the Town title of the ten acre site for the "Agreement"will be filed. The "Committee"is vigor- construction of a boat launch/pier facility. Legislation ously pursuing this matter. is required for this purpose. HUNTING In July of 1998 legislation was filed entitled "An Act Relative to the Conveyance of a Certain Parcel of Hunting is not a permitted use of the "Park" under Land located at South Cape Beach within the Town of the terms of the "Agreement", but Town By Laws do Mashpee for Recreation/Conservation Purposes." It not prohibit such activity and thus the matter is sub- was sponsored by Senator Henri Rauschenbach and mitted to the "Committee" for its consideration each Representative Thomas Cahir and was referred to as year. House Docket 5856. The legislative session ended before any action was taken on the Act and new legis- Accordingly, the "Committee" in 1999 again con- lation must be filed. sidered whether or not hunting should be permitted within the "Park" during the 1999-2000 hunting sea- 145