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„Approval-Not-Required” plans resulting in 11 lots. Plant Habitat elements were completed in 2009. In
<br /> The Board also held four street name hearings, and addition,Tom Mayo,our former Assistant Planner and
<br /> reviewed and approved 8 proposed Town road tak- now the Assistant Town Manager,remains committed
<br /> ings. to drafting the Energy and Public Safety elements of
<br /> the Plan. Related to the Comprehensive Plan, an
<br /> The proposed long-term Development update to our 2005 "Affordable Housing and Planned
<br /> Agreement for the "East Steeple Street" and "North Production Plan" was prepared, based on previous
<br /> Market Street West" neighborhoods of Mashpee work by former Assistant Planner Bill Newton, with
<br /> Commons that had been worked on in 2010 and 11 major assistance from the Affordable Housing
<br /> was abandoned by the developer in favor of a DRI fil- Committee and input from the Housing Authority
<br /> ing with the Cape Cod Commission,which has not yet Executive Director, and approved by the Planning
<br /> been completed. Board and Board of Selectmen for submission to the
<br /> Massachusetts Department of Housing and
<br /> Anew"Mashpee Greenways"plan was initiated Community Development. In addition, an "Economic
<br /> by the Planning Board, with extensive input from the Development Plan for Mashpee Executive Park",pre-
<br /> Department and a group of interested residents and pared by a consultant for the EDIC with assistance
<br /> coordination with Mashpee Commons.The goal of the from the Department, was reviewed and approved by
<br /> project is to provide the citizens of Mashpee with pub- the Planning Board for submission to Town Meeting.
<br /> lic spaces to enjoy within the de-facto center of the
<br /> town.Features of the plan include a central park with In addition to assisting the Planning Board with
<br /> facilities to be located on the green across from the permit reviews and other tasks,the Department under-
<br /> library,an exercise trail loop/exercise stations linking takes other assignments from the Board of Selectmen
<br /> the Commons with the Senior Center, Boys & Girls or Town Manager,assists the Inspections Department, j
<br /> Club and the elementary school area and walking and Conservation Commission, Historic District
<br /> jogging trails that would connect the park to Mashpee Commission, Sewer Commission, ZBA and other
<br /> High School and Trout Pond, and from there to trails boards,committees and departments with their activi-
<br /> h along the Quashnet and Mashpee Rivers and then to ties and responds to frequent requests from develop-
<br /> South Cape Beach and Johns, Mashpee and Santuit ers, realtors, appraisers, attorneys, consultants, ;!
<br /> 1 Ponds. The trails would include a series of smaller landowners, planning students, residents and others
<br /> parks and green spaces that would pass through the with planning, zoning, land use, traffic,land title and
<br /> t heart of the Commons and integrate the public recre- similar requests for information and assistance.
<br /> f
<br /> ation spaces with its commercial core and surrounding i
<br /> residential areas.In conjunction with activities such as During 2012, 1 continued to serve on the Plan
<br /> farmers markets, artisan fairs, concerts, outdoor Review Committee and the Mashpee National
<br /> movies,public art, bike and kayak rentals and possi- Wildlife Refuge Management Committee. The
<br /> bly a winter skating/summer splash park,the hope is Refuge Management Committee continued to focus
<br /> that Mashpee Commons and the surrounding area will its efforts on planning for public safety, particularly
<br /> become a year-round destination for citizens looking wildfire hazard protection, as well as on habitat pro-
<br /> for recreational opportunities along with a distinctive tection and a specific project related to rare New
<br /> Shopping and dining experience. England Cottontail rabbits, as well as the U.S.Fish&
<br /> Wildlife Service's Congressionally-mandated
<br /> The update of our Comprehensive Plan contin- "Comprehensive Conservation Plan"for the Mashpee
<br /> ues. During 2012, draft Affordable Housing,Human Refuge. In addition, as part of an update to the Mass.
<br /> Services and Economic Development elements of the Military Reservation's "Joint Land Use Study"
<br /> Comprehensive Plan as well as a Public Opinion p� (JLUS) regarding coordination of planning for on- I�
<br /> Survey report, were prepared. Working with the base facilities with land use planning in the surround-
<br /> Planning Board,Goals,Objectives and Policies for the ing four towns, I served as a member of the JLUS
<br /> Coastal Resources,Land Use&Growth Management, Technical Advisory Committee.
<br /> Heritage Preservation & Community Character,
<br /> Energy and Solid & Hazardous Waste elements were The Planning Department / Planning Board
<br /> also prepared or begun. The draft Open Space, pages of the Town's website provide Planning Board
<br /> Recreation & Agriculture and Wetlands / Wildlife & agendas,minutes,notices and forms,planning-related
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