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r i These new requirements were beyond the scope Bill Taylor — Mashpee-Wakeby Lake of the initial contract, so we met with the Board of Management Committee. — County Dredge Selectmen to present cost estimates, and request Advisory Committee authorization to expand the contract to cover the new work. They approved, so after the contract was mod- Respectfully submitted, ified we helped the Woods Hole group obtain another James P. Hanks, Chairman set of sediment samples to undergo settling time and John Swartzbaugh, Vice-Chairman compaction analysis. ' Neil Barney Gerald J. Daly As of the end of 2001, the detailed design of the Paul W. Lumsden de-watering facility was under way,the Essential Fish Herbert Silver Habitat analysis in progress, and the Beneficial Use William R. Taylor Determination was being prepared. Jennifer Ahearn,Board Secretary These added requirements have delayed the pro- ject by several months, but we are still hopeful that permits will be obtained this year. Report of the Network Administrator Water Quality Monitoring We continued working with Dr. Brian Howes who is analyzing the nutrient problems of the To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Popponesset Bay System. For Mashpee, the water and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: sampling crew is Ed Baker, Pirates Cove; Dick Crocker from Godfrey Road, Rick York, Shellfish Department Mission: Constable; and Waterways Commissioners Jerry Daly, To provide town hall with a communications Jim Hanks, Paul Lumsden, Herb Silver, and Bill infrastructure capable of handling current and future Taylor. Neil Barney and Lewis Mantel also partici- technology requirements, and provide accurate and pated. On the Barnstable side it is Ken Molloy and the timely information systems with technical support to "Cotuit Waders". We took water samples to measure all departments. dissolved oxygen, salinity, temperature, turbidity and nutrient levels. Samples were also gathered to count Major Activities of the previous Fiscal Year: coliform Bacteria. We also did some limited sampling • Provided data processing services and lup- in Waquoit Bay. port to twenty town departments. This monitoring will be an on-going requirement • Implemented automated networked Norton for the indefinite future because we need to continue antivirus application. water quality monitoring in both bays to determine . Phase 1 of a wide area network to deliver data what effects nutrient management efforts have on and internet access to satellite departments. water quality. Mashpee contracted with the Merrimac Education Center for internet service, email Other Committee Work and web site hosting: http•//www.mec.edu/. The Waterways Commission members partici- Evaluation and purchase of a comprehensive pate in other Town and County committees as follows: town wide financial management system: • Jerry Daly — Barnstable County Coastal htip•//www.munis.com/. Resources Committee Implementation of a recreational program • Jim Hanks — County Dredge Advisory tracking database: http•//www.rectrac.com. Committee Maintained web site and provided searchable • Paul Lumsden — Natural Resources assessment data:hiip://www.ci.mash12ee.ma.us Committee, — Sewer Commission Advisory Updated primary domain controller and most Committee desktop systems to Windows 2000. • Updated existing departmental databases and associated PC's: PKWare, GeoTMS (http•//www.geotms.com) and LoisLaw Library. htW://www.loislaw.com 113