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CCRTA the shpee Council on Aging Other Cape Light Compact Efforts Include: with one Mobility A list Assistance (MAP)vehicle • Cape Light Compact continues to bring energy that provided 4,570 rides from July 2010 to June 2011. education to the Town of Mashpee through teacher workshops, conferences, rat ri- Plan Ro and the latestschedules, news about 7Cape Cod p bh oogle Transit c tations and the NEED Project curriculum m als transportation services are provided at www.capecodrta.org, as well as links to many other • 90 Low-Income homes were retrofitted for a transportation resources. poli reduction in energy usage and increased comfort. Respectfully submitted, 'bm • Twenty-three Mashpee small business and Tom Cahir,Administrator municipal accounts took advantage of numerous energy efficiency opportunities available to them. They received incentives of $141,405.03 Report of the and realized energy savings of 920,040 kWh. Cape Cod Water Protection Respectfully Submitted, Collaborative Cape Light Compact(CLC) To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of the Town of Mashpee Report of the I Cape Cod Regional Transit While long a priority of the County, wastewater imanagement and the restoration of the Cape's Authority embayments took on greater importance than ever before in 2011. The year was marked by an ever- To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens growing realization of the imperative to move forward of the Town of Mashpee and to begin serious work toward remediation.Equally strong was the growing fear that the means to solve our The Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority shared wastewater problem is beyond the fiscal, (CCRTA) has provided in Mashpee 36,457 one-way managerial and political capability of the individual passenger trips from July 2010 through June 2011 towns. These competing realities have heightened the (FYI 1). level of frustration and concern that progress on wastewater will fall victim to a stalemate that, at the CCRTA provided 229 ADA and general public end of the day,is in no one's best interests. clients in Mashpee with DART (Dial-a-Ride Transportation) service during FY 11. These clients While concrete progress on building the anything took a total of 8,584 one-way passenger trips during to address the problem has been limited, there is little this time period. Total DART passenger trips in the credible debate about the need to reduce nitrogen levels fifteen towns of Cape Cod were 168,627 in FY10 entering our bays.As is often the case,concerns about compared to 184,344 in FYI 1. cost drive the debate and takes many forms. CCRTA FY11 records for the Boston Hospital In the case of wastewater, concerns about cost Transportation service indicates 23 Mashpee residents have openly dominated the discussion in Barnstable took 137 one-way trips on this service. and Yarmouth and ultimately contributed to the demise of major wastewater projects in these communities.The The fixed route Sealine serves the towns of County has grave concerns about the ability of towns to Barnstable,Mashpee and Falmouth along Route 28. A implement town-only solutions. Regionalization of total of 23, 166 one-way trips originated in Mashpee wastewater management offers the prospect of lower for the Sealine for the period from July 2010 through overall cost, less infrastructure of any kind, June 2011•total ridership for the Sealine for this period management efficiency and lesser undesirable growth was 117,428. 91