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i i I C. Wilson's Grove We also extend our gratitude to the Board of D. Popponesset Spit Selectmen, to our liaison Ken Marsters, to Town o E. Assessor's Office Administrator, Joyce Mason, to Town Clerk, Deborah S F. Personnel Department Dami, and most importantly to the people of Mashpee a who always support our quest to preserve the historic v IV. The Commission continues with the restora- and cultural features of the town. is tion of the South Mashpee School, with s financing from the Mashpee Women's Club, Respectfully submitted, c other clubs, businesses, and citizens of our Rosemary Burns town. The end of the 2001 finds the school Jack Crowley hed and financing close three- quarter's finisMiriam Estrella to its $50,000 goal thanks in large part to the 1 Frank E. Hicks 1 4 Mashpee Women's club and generous dopa- James Moroney tions from the community. Ann Whitlow, Chairman V. The Commission researched the political J careers of Emma and Ferdinand Mills fora 1 dedication ceremony honoring their contri- Report of the j butions to Mashpee. Emma Mills was the Waterways Commission longest running treasurer and tax collector in Mashpee. Mr. Mills served Mashpee as Selectmen and many other important offices. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen j and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: VI. The Commission participated in the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Mashpee The Waterways Commission met monthly to Garden Club with an exhibit of photographs deliberate on Waterways related topics. Our goal is to and memorabilia. Special thanks goes to improve the Waterways in Mashpee. To this end we 'A Florence Buckingham program chairman of work with the Harbormaster to oversee maintenance the event. dredging, we plan and manage the project to perform improvement dredging, and we continue to actively The Commission would like to thank the people support the Town's efforts to improve water quality in of Mashpee who contribute photographs,memorabilia our bays. and words of encouragement in our quest to preserve Mashpee's history, especially Sunny Merritt and the Maintenance Dredging Mashpee Women's Club. A special thank you is This season dredging the channel inside extended to Dottie Hiltz and Mary McManus who Popponesset Bay was not needed, and only portions of have garnered over $20,000 dollars from two house the entry channel out in Nantucket Sound required tours to cover the costs of restoring the old school- attention. This was accomplished in November due to house. Their diligence reminds us how unselfish and a compressed schedule for the County Dredge. kind the people of Mashpee can be such as Ruby and Bill Mills,Alice Hicks,Hamilton Whiting,Earl Mills, Improvement Dredging Sr. and countless others. The current project is to obtain permits to dredge the Mashpee River. In 2001 our consultant,the Woods Moreover, appreciation goes to sisters Paula Hole Group, drafted plans for the proposed Ockway Webster and Pat Leonard for organizing the vast verti- Bay public landing disposal site, and reviewed the cal file of newspaper articles at the Archives, and to results of the sediment analysis to prepare the Grace Talmage and Judy Godin whose diligence aids Environmental Notification Form (ENF) for MEPA us in our quest to track all our documents on databases review. Draft plans for the channel to be dredged in for easy electronic access. the Mashpee River, and a preliminary design of the dewatering facility were completed. We reviewed the We reiterate a special thanks to Frank Kelly who draft ENF, and the final ENF was submitted in May. volunteers his time to preserve Mashpee's history in After the MEPA review, we were advised that a full quiet efficiency and gentlemanly demeanor. He per- Environmental Impact Review would not be required, forms yeoman's work at the Archives,which frees the but that there was a need for additional information Commission to perform valuable research. and several unanticipated permits. 112