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is ft, lot near the Santuit River. We also arranged the We also participated on a variety of Town and donation of 30.69 acres at Windchime Point, 20.81 regional committees, including the Open Space (Land acres at the Sconset Village subdivision and 19 acres Bank) Committee (ex officio), Natural Resource on Back Road to the Conservation Commission. We Management Committee, Mashpee National Wildlife developed the Management Plan required to secure the Refuge Management Committee (and Land Acquisi- iF Town's$250,000 Self-Help grant toward the purchase tion and Signage Subcommittees), APCC Cape Cod of the Prime View property on Amy Brown Road. Business Roundtable and the County's Cape Cod Pathways Steering Committee. In addition, we served Working with the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge is 4_Management Committee, we helped arrange the as primary staff to the Historic District Study e state's federally funded purchase of 35 acres of the Committee and the Affordable Housing Committee Bufflehead Bay Trust property in South Mashpee. We and provided assistance to the Library Building Com- alsomanaged itiona17.5 mittee and the Senior Center Building Committee. the Town's purchase of an add acres of the Bufflehead Bay Trust property, for which Additional projects under way include a compre- ic we negotiated the purchase price and purchase & sale hensive database of Town-owned lands and the develop- g, " agreement, arranged for appraisals, wrote the neces- ment of a comprehensive set of all versions of the Bary Town Meeting article and all of the necessary Town's Zoning By-law and Zoning Map as adopted and ,d documents to close the sale. The department was also amended at each Town Meeting since the original enact- le ,. successful in obtaining a $112,430 Self-Help grant ment of zoning in 1959. The first project is intended to ,g toward the purchase of the property, our 16th success- assist the Selectmen in analyzing the Town's land iu ful grant application, bringing our total Self-Help gappropriate 's grants over the years to more than $4.3 million. resources,decidin uses for each parcel and determining the financial potential from sale of some 'e The Department also worked with the Selectmen Town lands. The latter project will greatly improve the h so and Habitat for Humanity,Inc.to provide land for two ability of the Building Department and other Town �c affordable homes on Sandy Fox Drive and with the agencies to determine applicable zoning on all proper- Mashpee Housing Trust on a donation of Town land on ties in light of state"grandfathering"laws. Route 28 for construction of an affordable duplex pro- d; During the coming year, we will continue to of ject to be built by the developer of Windchime Point under an agreement with the Planning Board. . assist the Sewer Commission in development of its S) Watershed Nitrogen Management Plan. With the In addition, we have been deeply involved in Planning Board, we hope to develop updated subdivi- ul planning to rebuild Route 28 between Deer Crossing sion regulations and a number of zoning amendments, us and the rotary, including traffic signals at Shellback including an update of parking standards. We will ,ls; Way, Donna's Lane and Steeple Street, as well as develop a 5-year update of the Town's Open Space RC redesign of Shellback way and planning for a new con- Conservation and Recreation Plan, which is necessary cd vector road between Donna's Lane and the Mashpee to remain eligible for state Self-Help grants. We will Industrial Park. continue to be heavily involved in the permitting °1� process for large development projects..We also hope �(. For the October and December Town Meetings, to continue work with the Historic District Study e. the Department prepared a number of zoning bylaw Committee on the Town's effort to protect the historic reamendments for the Planning Board. Among those character of the Town Hall and Main Street areas and which were included in the warrant and approved by other historic locations and to work with the Town Meeting were a number of articles correcting Affordable Housing Committee to develop appropriate errors in the bylaw text and making minor changes to means of providing affordable housing for Mashpee application requirementsalong with an article 'oy pp , residents. increasing allowed lot coverage by buildings in the C- A 1 Commercial zone (the central business district As in past years, we sincerely appreciate your ° around the Mashpee rotary). continued support and encouragement.We also encour- age you to provide us with your opinions on the plan- °" For the convenience of the public, the ning issues that face the Town and to do what you can b" Department continued to maintain and enhance our to help keep Mashpee a wonderful place to call home. Web site, which provides Planning Board agendas, minutes, notices, decisions and forms, the Town's Respectfully submitted, °g Subdivision Regulations and Zoning Bylaw, maps, 0o F. Thomas Fudala links and a summary of the Comprehensive Plan. The Town Planner 're web address for our site is htq2://www.ei.mashpee. i9 ma.us/denartments/PlanningWeb/. 111 kiav-