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May meeting, and an expansion of I-C commercial and provided assistance to the Cemetery Building overlay zone and changes to the rules for that zone, Committee, the Facilities Needs Committee, the L which was approved at the October Town Meeting. Library Building Committee and the Senior Center tl Building Committee. o We assisted with the Sewer Commission's c' Watershed Nitrogen Management Plan by developing During the coming year, we will continue to a "buildout"land use projections for each parcel of land assist the Sewer Commission in development of its in the town for use by the Commission's consultants in Watershed Nitrogen Management Plan. With the developing nitrogen loading projections for the water- Planning Board, we hope to develop updated subdivi- C sheds of each of our coastal bays and ponds. sion regulations and new special permit regulations, s' including architectural and landscape design guide- Among our special projects for the year,working lines. We will continue to be heavily involved in the o with the Open Space Committee, were conservation permitting process for large development projects, 5 purchases of the final 1.88 acres of the"Peck"proper- with the proposed Shaw's supermarket and Mashpee N ties near the Santuit River,the 8.52 acre"Prime View" Commons the most prominent. We also hope to con- n property on Amy Brown Road and Abigail's Brook, tinue work with the Historic District Study Committee and the 14.1 acre"Dawson"Property on the Quashnet on the Town's effort to protect the historic character of River at Route 151, which was a cooperative purchase the Town Hall and Main Street areas and other historic with the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & locations and to work with the Affordable Housing Wildlife and the Orenda Wildlife Land Trust. We Committee to develop appropriate means of providing worked on the negotiation of purchase prices and pur- affordable housing for Mashpee residents. chase & sale agreements, wrote the necessary articles E f for approval by the Town Meeting and arranged for the As in past years, we sincerely appreciate your closings or takings for each of these purchases. The continued support and encouragement. We also P department was also successful in obtaining a encourage you to provide us with your opinions on the $250,000 Self-Help grant toward the purchase of the planning issues that face the Town and to do what you Prime View property, bringing our total Self-Help can to help keep Mashpee the special place it is. i grants over the years to more than $4.2 million. Respectfully submitted, i The Department also worked with the Selectmen F. Thomas Fudala and Habitat for Humanity,Inc.to develop three afford- Town Planner able homes on land donated by the Town on Dixon Drive and County Road and with the Mashpee Housing Authority on a donation of Town land on Ashers Path for an affordable senior housing project. Report of the 1 For the convenience of the public,the Department Housing Authority continued to maintain and enhance our Web site,which provides Planning Board agendas, minutes, notices, To the Honorable Board of Selectmen decisions and forms, the Town's Subdivision and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: Regulations and Zoning Bylaw,maps,links and a sum- mary of the Comprehensive Plan. The web address for Mission Statement our site is http://www.ci.mashpee.ma.us/depart- It is the mission of the Mashpee Housing ments/PlanningWeb/. Authority to remain committed to working coopera- tively with community, state, Federal, and local offi- I also participated on a variety of Town and cials to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing to regional committees, including the Open Space (Land the citizens of Mashpee in an atmosphere of dignity Bank)Committee(ex officio), School Facilities Needs and respect. Committee, Natural Resource Management Committee, former Watershed Management General Information Committee (ex officio), Mashpee National Wildlife The Mashpee Housing Authority is located in the Refuge Management Committee (and Land Community Building of the Frank J.Homeyer Village, Acquisition and Signage Subcommittees), APCC 7 Jobs Fishing Road, Mashpee, MA 02649. Office Cape Cod Business Roundtable and the County's Cape hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 Cod Pathways Steering Committee. In addition, I p.m. served as primary staff to the Historic District Study Committee and the Affordable Housing Committee 88