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the cause of the old Mashpee one-room schoolhouse The alternative of trucking the material to the and have made its renovation a reality. Also, a special Bourne landfill was dropped when we learned that it thank you to all those supporters in the Town Hall too would triple the project cost.To determine if the mate- numerous to mention whose help and humor keep us rial could be deposited at the Ockway Bay site Dr. on track. We acknowledge the encouragement of the Howes, University of Mass Center for Marine and Board of Selectmen, especially Ken Marsters our liai- Science Technology analyzed the salt and nutrient son who generously gives us his time and advice as we content so we could assess the potential impact. We continue in our quest to preserve Mashpee's history. concluded that there would be minimal impact, so we recommended to the Board of Selectmen that we pro- Respectfully submitted, ceed with Step 2 of the contract with Woods Hole Group. Rosemary Burns Miriam Estrella Waterways Commissioner John Swartzbaugh Frank E. Hicks spearheaded development of an informative brochure Gordon Peters explaining the Mashpee River project.It was provided James Moroney to the Board of Selectmen as part of a presentation rec- Ann Whitlow, Chairman ommending that we proceed with Step 2 of the con- tract with Woods Hole Group,and also given wide dis- tribution to the public. The work in Step 2 is to design the de-watering Report of the facility, prepare engineered plans, and prepare all the Waterways Commission necessary applications to the multiple agencies involved. Included is a Sediment Sampling plan that has been approved.In December we helped the Woods Hole Group take the core samples needed to determine To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citizens of Mashpee: the sediment characteristics. In addition to labor, we provided the boat and the Harbormaster's mooring The Waterways Commission continued to meet servicing barge. monthly to deliberate on Waterways related topics. A Barring any further obstacles, we expect to have major portion of our effort involves the quest for per- permits to dredge the Mashpee River this coming win- mits to dredge the Mashpee River. We also are con- cerned with maintenance dredging and continue to ter. actively support the Town's efforts to improve water Maintenance Dredging quality in our bays. This season, we dredged the channel inside Popponesset Bay, and also portions of the entry chan- New Dredging nel out in Nantucket Sound in February and March.In The Mashpee River dredging permit project has October we dredged the entrance to Little River and made progress. In April 2000 our consultant, the Great River in Waquoit Bay. Woods Hole Group, presented a report evaluating the alternative dredging methods and dredged material Water Quality disposal options. We continued working with Dr. Brian Howes The report included a cost estimate for each who is analyzing the nutrient problems of the alternative and recommends the two most feasible Popponesset Bay System. For Mashpee, the water approaches to the project. One involved using conser- sampling crew is Ed Baker, Pirates Cove; Rick York, vation land, and the other did not. After the report was Shellfish Constable; and Waterways Commissioners presented to the Conservation Commission, we Jerry Daly, Jim Hanks, Paul Lumsden, Herb Silver, decided to abandon any notion of using Conservation and Bill Taylor. On the Barnstable side it is Ken land, and narrowed the choice down to hydraulic Molloy and the "Cotuit Waders". We took water sam- ples to measure dissolved oxygen, salinity, tempera- dredging with material disposal at the Town-owned tore, turbidity and nutrient levels. Samples were e to Ockway Bay boat ramp parking lot. Although it is gathered to count coliform Bacteria. We also hop marginal in size, it is the only location that is feasible sample in Waquoit Bay as well. to use. 142