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M M M (B) This season the"Park"had four lifeguards and four maintenance staff. The beach had guards Report of the on duty seven days a week for the public's Waterways Commission safety. (C) Hurricane Irene did not cause major damage to the "Park". The staff managed to remove To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the the buoys and lifeguard stands before the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: storm. The beach suffered two feet of coastal The Waterways Commission presently meets on erosion. (D) The"Committee"was sad to accept the resig- a monthly basis to deliberate on Waterways related nation of Frank Connelly who has served as topics. Our goal is to maintain and improve the water- our Vice Chairman since 2006. The ways and strive to improve water quality of the bays and ponds in Mashpee. To this end we work with the "Committee" will reorganize at its next meet- Harbormaster and the Shellfish Constable(both now a ing. part of the Mashpee Police Department) to oversee (E) There are presently two openings for addi- tional Mashpee representatives on the maintenance dredging and plan and manage improve- ment dredging. We also have assumed the manage- "Committee'. A letter requesting appoint- ment roll of the Water Quality measurement and test- ment should be addressed to the Board of Selectmen. ing program in concert with the Town, the Tribe and ' SMAST with Dr. Brian Howes. This is an all volun- I,on behalf of the"Committee",take this oppor- teer testing program and we are always looking for tunity to thank Senator Dan Wolf and Representatives peoples to volunteer their time to assist this effort. This testing program is an ongoing project and should r Randy Hunt and David Vieira for their efforts and i' continue well into the future. cooperation. s MAINTENANCE DREDGING The"Committee"also expresses its thanks to the e Our e Board of Selectmen, the Town Administrator, and efforts were totally consumed in fiscal 2009 other Town officials for their input and cooperation. and 2010 with dredging of the Approach Channel of Popponesset Bay, the Inner Channel of Popponesset o We also wish to thank John Singleton, James Bay, the Little River/Great River Channel of Waquoit e Rassman,and other members of the(WBNERR) staff. Bay. We also had to update our dredging Permits to Z extend them for an additional 5 years. We received q I would like to thank the"Committee"members, COE approval and they are currently valid through J past and present, who have given their time and dedi- 2015. e cation to the various issues. The present constituency Of the"Committee is as follows: A typical maintenance dredge of the Inner Channel produces 2000 — 3000 cubic yards of sedi- Jeralyn Smith,Chairman ment (sand) which gets deposited on Popponesset e Frank K.Connelly, Vice Chairman Spit. A typical maintenance dredge of the Approach i, J.Michael Cardeiro, Clerk Channel to Popponesset produces 5,000 cubic yards of Gus Frederick sediment that also gets deposited on the Popponesset e William Martiros Spit. The Spit is owned and managed in a close rela- I t Lewis D.Newell tionship with the Town by an organization named it Steven C.Pinard Save Popponesset Bay. Robert Lancaster, Barnstable Representative Lance Lambros, Sandwich Representative Some of these dredge projects are done by what Carey Murphy,Falmouth Representative is called a"short haul dredge" (less than 4,000 feet of pipe) and some are done as "long haul dredge" (over Respectfully submitted, 4,000 feet of pipe). A booster barge is required for the Jeralyn i.Smith "long haul" projects and this propels the sediment t Chairman,South Cape Beach down the pipe for longer distances. t State Park Advisory Committee i 161