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In addition to assisting the Planning Board with Commission in the same area and saw the completion permit reviews and other tasks,the Department under- in June of our efforts to preserve 35.acres in the heart A takes other assignments from the Board of Selectmen of the National Wildlife Refuge on Turner Road or Town Manager, assists other boards, committees through a three-way trade between NStar, the devel- c and departments with their activities and responds to oper of SouthCape Village and the Mass. Department frequent requests from developers, appraisers, attor- of Conservation & Recreation. Through the Mashpee T neys, landowners and the general public for informa- National Wildlife Refuge Management Committee, I C tion and assistance. have continued work on the Mashpee NWR Coordination Plan, which focused this year on plan- During 2005, I served on a variety of Town and ning for emergency public safety access, forest fire regional committees, including the Plan Review prevention and property signage. Committee,ex-officio on the Open Space(Land Bank) 1 Committee (until the Town adopted the Community We continue to maintain and enhance the I Preservation Act in May), Mashpee National Wildlife Planning Dept. / Planning Board pages of the Town's 1 Refuge Management Committee MMR Joint Land web site for the convenience of the public, providing Use Technical Committee, APCC Cape Cod Business Planning Board agendas, minutes, notices, decisions Roundtable, the County Wastewater Implementation and forms, the Town's Subdivision Regulations and Committee, the DEP Popponesset Bay Pilot Project Zoning Bylaw and other planning-related documents. e committee and the DEP Mass. Estuaries Program The Town's web address is e Implementation Committee. In addition, Eric served http://www.ci.mashpee.ma.us. as primary staff to the Affordable Housing Committee t until June. Charlotte has now taken over his responsi- Sadly, 2005 saw the passing of two long-time bilities for that Committee's scheduling and agendas. friends and former outstanding Selectmen, Will I was also pleased to be invited as a featured speaker Hansen, one of my original bosses when I started with at the annual Falmouth FACES Leadership the Town in 1984, and George Costa, with whom I Conference in September and to participate in a worked closely on creation of the Mashpee National regional wastewater policy planning meeting with Wildlife Refuge. Both will be greatly missed. state, county and local officials in August. The Planning Department sincerely appreciates The department has continued to play a major the support and encouragement we have received over 4' role in the Town's wastewater planning,nitrogen man- the last 21 years from Mashpee's citizens. We con- agement and water quality protection activities tinue to seek your opinions on the planning issues that through assistance to the Sewer Commission,prepara- face the Town and encourage you to participate tion and implementation of development regulations actively in the meetings and community debates that and coordination with the Waquoit Bay National will take place over the next year regarding land use Estuarine Research Reserve, the Cape Cod planning, traffic issues, water quality protection and Commission's Water Resources staff, the DEP wastewater facilities. Please contact me at (508)539- Massachusetts Estuaries Program and other agencies. 1400 x521 or via e-mail at townplannerOci.mash- Among specific work items this year was an updated pee.ma.us with any opinions or suggestions. This is buildout analysis of non-residential properties com- your town, and you have a right to help determine pleted in March as part of a County-funded sewer what it's going to be like in the future. f modeling project for the Popponesset Bay watershed. ! Respectfully submitted, �G I continue to be involved in negotiating Town E Thomas Fudala land acquisitions, securing appraisal services, prepay- Town Planner 3 ing P&S agreements, deeds, title research and land purchase articles, as well as facilitating open space purchases by state and non-profit agencies. In 2005 we assisted in the Land Bank purchases of the 16.5 acre Mashpee Place and 9 acre Attaquin Hotel proper- ties,negotiated purchase of a 1/4 acre lot in the Santuit River Conservation Area by the Conservation Commission, arranged a 1/4 acre land donation to the 140