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Walk a parcel of their choosing at least 4 times per Report of the year and report conditions,concerns and observations Council on Aging via our online observation form on the Conservation page of the Town's website. Volunteers may also par- ticipate in conservation work days which range from To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the cleanup initiatives to trail maintenance and invasive Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: t species removal. 1 The Council on Aging is pleased to submit their 1 2012 marked the second season of our Herring 2012 Annual Report. Monitoring Program. Mashpee has 3 active herring s runs(Santuit, Quashnet and Mashpee Rivers). Each The Council on Aging and the Mashpee Senior !! ✓ of the past 2 years,we have recruited a group of vol- Center are the organized commitment by the people of It unteers to participate in herring counts during the Mashpee to coordinate and to carry out health, wel- II migration season of mid April to mid June. All her- fare, educational, social and recreational services and ring count data is submitted yearly to the Association d programs for those in the population who are 59 1/2+. n for the Preservation of Cape Cod for the purposes of The Council on Aging may act as a direct provider, a analyzing the health of herring runs and to establish e sponsor or co-sponsor, or the originating source of ;e local population estimates of this rapidly declining programs or information/referral. marine species. Volunteers can choose to do one or r_ multiple runs and conducting counts is easy and fun! The Council on Aging generally met monthly on i_ Please contact the Mashpee Conservation Department the second Wednesday of the month at 8:30 a.m.at the it for details if you wish to participate in this valuable Senior Center. The meeting was and is open to the a initiative. For further details on the Land Stewards public and,from time to time,residents from the Town [y Program, check out the web page here: attended and participated in the meeting. hap://www.mashpeema.gov/Pages/N4ashpeeMA Con servation/stewards Irving Goldberg was nominated and elected as Chairperson, Jack Jordan was elected Vice- The Mashpee Conservation Commission would Chairperson and Mary Gaffney was elected Secretary id like to thank the Building Department, Board of in July of 2012. Other active members were John w Health, Zoning Board, Harbormaster and Shellfish Dorsey, Arthur Eisenberg, Norah McCormick, ` >n Warden for their continued cooperation in maintaining Virginia Mcintyre and MariJo Gorney. is cross-departmental permitting compliance. The le Commission would also like to thank Kris Carpenter, Town Clerk records indicated that there were as our Administrative Secretary & Board Secretary, as 1,536 seniors in Mashpee in December of 1990 and >n well as Tom Fudala, our Town Planner, Catherine 3,050 seniors as of the Year 2000 census.A check with s_ Laurent,our DPW Director, and Clayton Nicholson, the Town Clerk in December of 2012 showed a tally d our GIS Coordinator, for their continued assistance of 4700+ seniors, an increase of fifty-four percent b- with various conservation projects, maintenance since the 2000 census.The growth of the senior popu- c) issues,mapping needs,administrative duties and grant lation of Mashpee has picked over the past year after Opportunities for land acquisitions and other funding some slowdown in 2010 and 2011. opportunities. In 2012 the Friends Mashpee othe Con uncil on in Respectfully submitted on behalf of the Agent and Aging continued their support in the Commission, Aging, the Senior Center and the community. The John Fitzsimmons,Chairman Friends of the Mashpee Council on Aging continued p Ralph Shaw,Vice Chairman their valuable community service by offering clothing st Lloyd Allen and other necessities for many of our townspeople er Mark Gurnee through the operation of their Thrift Shop located ►d Brad Sweet r_ osite the Senior Center. In addition they con- John Rogers opp 3s Patricia Jalowy tributed to the senior center subsidizing the mailing of Steve Cook the senior center newsletter and contributing a dona- to Andrew McManus (Agent) tion for the Holiday Gift Program. 'j ,, 103 mjft�