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Construction of Phase II of a Community Report of the Garden was completed in May 2010. Phase H Department of Public Works included provision of 5 additional raised garden beds, construction of small parking area and walkways,and erection of a shed for gardeners. Funding for the pro. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the ject was provided through the Community Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: Preservation Act. In 2010, the Department of Public Works per- Design of a sidewalk along the entire length of formed its normal operations for maintaining the town Great Neck Road North continued. The sidewalk will roads, buildings, and properties including Heritage be constructed in conjunction with Park, South Cape Beach, the Transfer Station, and the reconstruction/drainage of the road. Completion of cemeteries. the design is scheduled for 2011. Construction of the Below are highlights of several specific activities Project will be undertaken in phases with tree and during the past year. drainage work scheduled for Spring 2011 and side- walk/road construction tentatively scheduled for Fall sy Road Projects 2011. The project is being funded through Chapter Extension of the bike path on Route 130 from 90. Heritage Park to Pickerel Cove Road was completed in September 2010. The 3/a mile project results in the The Town received funding through the Cape Cod Water Resource Restoration Project for three pro- total length for the 8-foot wide path of approximately ects a Federally-funded g project H, 3'/a miles. This project was funded through mitigation Y program. One is completion of drainage improvements on Mashpee monies from the Cape Cod Commission and the DPW I xpense budget. Neck Road. The project's goal is to improve water quality in Shoestring Bay, valuable shellfish habitat. Reconstruction of Donna's Lane was completed Design for this project is underway. Construction is in Fall 2009. Funding for the project was provided expected in 2011. Another project is completion of a through Chapter 90. breach analysis for the Santuit Pond Dam and John's x� Pond Dam. The analysis is necessary for design for Conversion of Forest Drive as well as the roads improvement/reconstruction of the dams. Completion in the Quashnet Valley neighborhood off Old is expected in early 2011. The third project is design/reconstruction of the Santuit Pond Dam and Barnstable Road and the roads in The Highlands neighborhood off Route 28 from private to public was fish ladder. The project's goal is to bring the earthen completed in Fall 2010. dam into compliance with current state and federal standards and improve fish passage over the dam, Special Projects Substantial completion is expected in 2011. r?, k# Construction of three new playing fields at Building Projects $' Heritage Park was completed (two soccer, one base- n' ball). Completion of the last new field,a softball field, Through 100% funding from the Cape Light is expected in Spring 2011. Funding for this project Compact, energy efficiency improvements were made was provided through the Community Preservation at the DPW and Mashpee High/Middle School. At the Act. DPW,both interior and exterior lighting was replaced. This has resulted in a savings of almost 50% of elec- Also at Heritage Park, a new full-size regulation tricity costs. At the High/Middle School, the motors basketball court was constructed in June 2010 to on the circulation pumps for the HVAC system were replace the existing undersized court. At the Mashpee replaced with Variable Frequency Drives, resulting in High/Middle School, three of the existing tennis an electricity savings. courts were repaired and resurfaced in July 2010. Drainage was installed in the football practice field Also at the DPW, the garage heating system was over the summer. replaced with an infrared system. The resulting sav- ings in natural gas costs is again almost 50%. This j 108