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! t" In Popponesset Bay a sand delta formed over the Members of the Commission volunteer to work h within on various subjects/committees bot as well a <, years and started its drift toward Cotuit Meadows. The � / s i 1 result was the channel known as the 1916 Channel outside the Commission. Some examples are as r (originally dredged in 1916)became very shallow and follows: required a maintenance dredge. The most recent maintenance dredge was performed in 1936 so we had Barnstable County Coastal Resources Committee to find documentation of that project in the State Public Access Committee I t Archives. We found a copy of the dredge contract, Sewer Commission Planning Committee f issued by the State, which enabled us to get a Mashpee Local Multiple Hazard maintenance dredge permit from the COE (Corps of Community Planning Team ; Engineers)for this much needed dredge project. That Barnstable County Dredge Advisory Committee project was completed with a long haul dredge in Fiscal Mashpee-Wakeby Lake Management Committee , 2010. The sediment was pumped to the Spit. A follow i up maintenance dredge was performed in December of Respectfully submitted, I 2012. The timing of this effort was such that the Kenneth Bates, Chairman Barnstable County Dredge was in place and set to Steve Pinard, Vice Chairman dredge but storm"Sandy"and the follow on nor'easters Al Wickel, Secretary delayed our start until the weather cleared. The Spit, Tim Leedham after these storms, was in poor shape but after we Donald MacDonald deposited our sediment on the Spit and Save The Bay William Taylor maintenance dredged washover sediment from the Paul Zammito Creek and placed their sediment on the Spit it appears to be stabilized. Report of the !, IMPROVEMENT DREDGING Zoning Board of Appeals We resumed work on the engineering portion of an improvement dredge of the Mashpee River Entrance and River. This effort has been underway for a number To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and of years and the disposal process of the sediment has the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: been the Towns major hurdle. Our efforts to get this done should improve the flushing effects of tidal The Zoning Board of Appeals is appointed by the changes on the River. Selectmen and acts under the authority of I Massachusetts General Laws (M.G.L.) Chapters 40A Since finding a location for sediment disposal is and 40B and the Town Zoning By-laws. The Zoning proving to be very difficult for Mashpee and all Cape Board of Appeals has the following powers: Towns,it should be noted that with the dredging of the 1916 Channel in the Bay the flushing of Popponesset To hear and decide Appeals in accordance with Bay has improved. The Water Quality test data from M.G.L. Chapter 40A §8. j the summer of 2011 showed a slight improvement in • To hear and decide Petitions for Special Permits 1 the southern part of the Bay. It appears the clarity of in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 40A§9. water in the Bay has improved and hopefully future test results will support that visible opinion. To hear and decide Petitions for Variances as set forth in M.G.L. Chapter 40A §10. OTHER COMMITTEE WORK • To hear and decide Appeals of a The Waterways Commission is working with the Decision/Opinion of the Building Commissioner engineering firm of BSC Group to complete our filing in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 40A §§13 i for a comprehensive dredging permit that will and 14. encompass our three existing dredging permits. This To hear and decide Petitions for Comprehensive work should be completed sometime in fiscal 2014. Permits under M.G.L. Chapter 40B. 148