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yards of sediment, which gets deposited on the test results will support that visible opinion. Test Popponesset Spit. The Spit is managed in close results for FY14 will be reviewed in the April 2015 relationship with the Town by organizations named timeframe. Save Popponesset Bay and the Audubon Society,land owners of the Popponesset Spit. Other Committee Work The Waterways Commission is working with the Some of these dredge projects are done by what engineering firm of BSC Group to complete our filing is called a"short haul"dredge (less than 4,000 feet of for a comprehensive dredging permit which will pipe) and some are done as a"long haul"dredge(over encompass our three existing dredging permits. This 4,000 feet of pipe). A booster barge is required for the work should be completed sometime in FY 15. State "long haul"projects,as this propels the sediment down and Federal agencies are in receipt of the engineers data the pipe for longer distances. and have it under review. The 1916 Channel project is performed as a Two new members were appointed to the "short haul"dredge and the sediment gets deposited on Waterways Commission after receipt of two members' the Popponesset Spit. The Approach Channel dredge resignations. Members of the Commission volunteer is a "long haul" dredge and the sediment is also to work on various subjects/committees both within as deposited on the Spit. well as outside the Commission. Some examples are as follows: In Popponesset Bay,a sand delta formed over the years and started its drift toward Cotuit Meadows. The Barnstable County Coastal Resources Committee result was that the channel known as the 1916 Channel Public Access Committee (originally dredged in 1916)became very shallow and required a maintenance dredge. The most recent Mashpee Sewer Commission Planning maintenance dredge was performed in 1936,making it Committee necessary to locate documentation of that project in the Mashpee Local Multiple Hazard Community State Archives. We found a copy of the dredge Planning Team contract,issued by the State,which enabled us to get a maintenance dredge permit from the Corps of Barnstable County Dredge Advisory Committee Engineers(COE)for this much-needed dredge project. Mashpee-Wakeby Lake Management Committee The project was completed with a"long haul" dredge in FYI 0,and the sediment was pumped to Popponesset State TOY (time of year) Restrictions Working Spit. A follow-up maintenance dredge was performed Committee in December 2012(FY 13). South Cape Beach Advisory Committee Improvement Dredging Respectfully submitted, We resumed work two years ago on the Kenneth Bates,Chairman engineering portion of an improvement dredge of the Donald MacDonald, Vice-Chairman Mashpee River Entrance and River. This effort has Al Wickel,Secretary been underway for a number of years,and the disposal Tim Leedham process of the sediment has been the Town's major William Taylor hurdle. Our efforts to get this done should improve the Donald Barton flushing effects of tidal changes on the Mashpee River. Stanton Healy Since finding a location for sediment disposal is --+^ proving to be very difficult for Mashpee and all Cape towns,it should be noted that,with the dredging of the 1916 Channel in the Bay,the flushing of Popponesset , {( Bay has improved. The Water Quality test data from 01 14 l' the summer of 2011 showed a slight improvement in f - the southern part of the Bay. It appears the clarity of ` water in the Bay has improved and, hopefully, future 151