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I 1 Assist in any strategic planning for Geographical Information Systems. Report of the • Mature the Geo/TMS Permitting application Sewer Commission by implementing in Licensing, Conservation, Zoning and Planning departments. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen • Continued support for Lucent Legend and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: Intuity/Audix programming and maintenance functions. As we have noted in the past, existing loading of Evaluate Windows XP operating system and nitrogen to the watersheds of the Mashpee River, • Office XP desktop applications. Shoestring Bay,Waquoit Bay and other coastal waters has exceeded the capacity of those waters to deal with • Implement new inventory/help desk software. it, resulting in the loss of our eelgrass beds and the shellfish resources that depended on them, as well as Three Year Plan and Outlook: in fish and shellfish kills due to low oxygen levels, • Determine how the four primary IS functions— "pea soup" water and increasingly foul odors. These networks and technical support, desktop sup- conditions have continued to get worse as the town has port, application development and, and GIS become more developed. development and support—will be provided. The Commission is working toward developing • Move all town employees to one e-mail server, eliminating the need for server desig- a solution to the Town's wastewater and nitrogen load- server, oad- ing problems with the assistance of the firm of Stearns nation and simplifying e-mail addresses. &Wheler, along with Dr. Brian Howes of the UMass- • Mature intemet usage: With the right equip- Dartmouth School of Marine Science &Technology. ment, citizens could pay bills, stickers, fines and fees via the internet. We will perform an Having been successful in qualifying for a assessment to see if the need is there. $405,140 zero interest loan from the Commonwealth Develop world wide web site content and to develop our plan, we finally received a loan com- • ways to provide community access to "pub- mitment from the state and have begun work on a information. Watershed Nitrogen Management Plan l Effluent hshed" informat Pipeline Preliminary Design, which is intended to • Mature the WAN Plan linking Municipal identify the most cost-effective approach to reducing Buildings with Library, Senior Center, nitrogen in each watershed to levels that do not harm Human Resources and Historical the bays. Commission. Examine video conferencing. The first step in the process was the preparation • of an Environmental Notification Form (ENF), which • Manage technical obsolescence to avoid was submitted to the state and for public comment in costly replacement. late September. The ENF process provided state Maintain technology awareness for operating agency and public input regarding the scope of our • systems, applications and web project. On November 9, the Secretary of Environmental Affairs issued his Certificate on our Respectfully submitted, project and specified a number of tasks we will be required to complete to conform with state environ- Steven Buss mental regulations. At year's end, our consultant was in the process of preparing scope revisions and a response to the issues raised in the ENF comment process. To assist with our project, the Planning I Department prepared a"buildout"analysis of potential development on every parcel in the town. This infor- mation is being incorporated by staff from the Cape Cod Commission into nitrogen loading projections for the watersheds of each of Mashpee's coastal embay- ments,which will then be input to computerized nitro- ' ,a 115 ``