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The Waquoit project is performed as a "short Respectfully Submitted, haul"project and the approximately 2,500 cubic yards Kenneth Bates Chairman of sediment gets deposited on the adjacent beach Steve Pinard Vice Chairman (Will's Work Road). Al Wickel Secretary Tim Leedham In Popponesset Bay a sand delta formed over the Perry Ellis years and started its drift toward Cotuit Meadows. William Taylor The result was the channel known as the 1916 Paul Zammito Channel (originally dredged in 1916) became very shallow and required a maintenance dredge. The most recent maintenance dredge was performed in 1936 so Report of the we had to find documentation of that project in the State Archives. We found a copy of the dredge con- Zoning Board of Appeals tract, issued by the State, which enabled us to get a maintenance dredge permit from the COE (Corps of To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Engineers) for this much needed dredge project. That Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: project was completed with a long haul dredge in Fiscal 2010. The sediment was pumped to the Spit. The Zoning Board of Appeals is appointed by IMPROVEMENT DREDGING the Selectmen and acts under the authority of Massachusetts General Laws (M.G.L.) Chapters 40A We are resuming work on the engineering por- and 40B and the Zoning By-laws of the Town of tion of an improvement dredge of the Mashpee River Mashpee. The Zoning Board of Appeals has the fol. Entrance. This effort has been underway for a number lowing powers: of years and the disposal process of the sediment has been the major hurdle. Our efforts to get this done . To hear and decide Appeals in accordance with should improve the flushing effects of tidal changes M.G.L. Chapter 40A Section 8. on the River. It should be noted that with the dredg- ing of the 1916 Channel in the Bay the flushing of • To hear and decide Petitions for Special Permits Popponesset Bay has improved. The Water Quality in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 40A Section test data from the summer of 2011 hopefully will 9. show a slight improvement. No algae blooms or fish kills were noticed in the River this past summer. It • To hear and decide Petitions for Variances as set appears the clarity of water in the Bay has improved forth in M.G.L. Chapter 40A Section 10. but the test results should support that visible opinion. • To hear and decide Appeals of a OTHER COMMITTEE WORK Decision/Opinion of the Building Commissioner Members of the Commission volunteer to work in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 40A on various subjects/committees both within as well as Sections 13 and 14. outside the Commission. Some examples are as fol- To hear and decide Petitions for Comprehensive lows: Permits under M.G.L. Chapter 40B. Barnstable County Coastal Resources Committee Meetings of the Zoning Board of Appeals are Public Access Committee held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each Sewer Commission Planning Committee month at 7:00 p.m. at the Town Hall. These meetings Mashpee Local Multiple Hazard are open to the public. Community Planning Team Barnstable County Dredge Advisory Committee The Board welcomed Judith M. Horton as Mashpee-Wakeby Lake Associate Board Member in January. The Board Management Committee regretfully accepted Peter M. Hinden's resignation State TOY Restriction Working Group from the Board in May. 162