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• Support backend GeoTMS,RecTrac,HiTec During 2004, the Department continued to pro- and LoisLaw multi-user databases. vide the Town with the highest quality planning advice • Lucent/Avaya Telephone system manage- and standards, while working on a wide variety of pro- ment jects in a great variety of areas with many Town • Reduced effort and improved customer ser- Boards, developers and residents. vice to citizens. • Standardized training with required base As staff to the Planning Board, the Department level knowledge for every computer user. was involved in the review and permitting of a number of subdivision and commercial development projects l Three Year Plan and Outlook: during the year, with much of the Department's time again spent on modification requests to previously • Expand wide area data network and access approved projects, most notably Windchime Point, to the MUNIS financial management sys- Willowbend and Southport. Staff was also involved in tem to Library, Human Services, Archives, the Board's development of a town-wide "District of and Water Department. Critical Planning Concern" (DCPC) nomination • Research citizen-centric digital government intended to address growth management,water quality r — for future online transactions and elec- and traffic concerns. r tronic delivery of public services via the Internet. In addition to assisting the Planning Board with i0 Increased computer instruction and educa- permit reviews and other tasks, the Department's gen- tion for all Town employees. eral functions include completing projects assigned by • Establish an Internet presence for informa- the Board of Selectmen and Town Administrator, tional and commercial use for the commu- including Land Bank and other land acquisition pro- nity. E-commerce will be a must for the jects, developing and updating the Comprehensive town and we will see at least 25% of our plan and many specific plans, recommending zoning transaction processing (tax payment, and other Town Meeting articles, assisting other i license renewal, etc.) performed electroni- boards and committees with their activities and I cally. responding to frequent requests from the public for • Save money and energy by recycling used information and assistance. computer equipment. • Research and evaluate Voice Over IP possi- During 2004, I served on a variety of Town and bilities using our Wireless Backbone to regional committees, including the new Plan Review I! consolidate disparate telephone systems, Committee, the Open Space (Land Bank) Committee which would simplify and reduce overall (ex officio), Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge Ij i support costs and provide better service to Management Committee (and Land Acquisition and jl the community. Signage Subcommittees), MMR Joint Land Use Technical Committee, APCC Cape Cod Business Respectfully submitted, Roundtable and the County's Wastewater David A DelVecchio Implementation Committee. In addition, Eric or I Director of Information Technology served as primary staff to the Historic District Study l' Committee and the Affordable Housing Committee and provided assistance to the Library Building Committee and the Senior Center Building Committee. 1 i During the year we worked on a number of sig- Report of the !�I nificant special projects and plans. With the assistance i Planning Department of a $13,000 Local Comprehensive Plan (LCP) _ Implementation Grant received from the Cape Cod 1 Commission in 2003, along with a $3000 grant j To the Honorable Board of Selectmen obtained from the County's Technical Assistance 1 Program, Eric and other Town staff, along with the and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee Affordable Housing Committee and the firm of On behalf of Assistant Planner Eric Smith, McGregor & Associates, developed a Housing r Administrative Assistant Myra Suchenicz and myself, Development Action Plan which was approved by the it ism Board of Selectmen and has been submitted for y pleasure to submit the 2004 annual report of j the Planning Department. approval to the state's Department of Housing and Community Development. The plan will guide the 123