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Changes to Board membership: Member John Halachis resigned his seat as of June 15, 2007. John Report of the and his family re-located off Cape. His resignation Planning Department resulted in an unexpired term due to expire in May, 2008. Associate Member Harvey Cohen resigned his seat on November 26, 2007, also re-locating off-Cape. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the His resignation left an Associate Member unexpired Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: term due to expire in May, 2008. Our thanks to John and Harvey for their contributions to the Planning The Planning Department has continued our Board. efforts to provide Town boards, developers and resi- dents with the highest quality planning advice and i At the Planning Board's joint meeting with the standards, but have been less able to work on major Board of Selectmen on October 1, 2007, Joseph E. projects, particularly the update of the Town's Mullin, Esq. was chosen to fill the unexpired term of Comprehensive Plan, due to a major reduction in staff. John Halachis, which will expire in May, 2008. Assistant Planner Tom Mayo was removed from the Department in July to become GIS Coordinator work- Planning Board members also serve on the ing directly for the Town Manager. Tom will partici- following committees, representing the pate in developing some elements of the r Planning r g Board: Comprehensive Plan, performs the GIS functions for- Beverly Kane, Environmental Oversight merly the responsibility of the Assistant Planner and Committee, Community Preservation remains physically in the Planning Department office Committee and able to provide office coverage and field some r r Dennis Balzarini, D.E.P. PoPPonesset Bay Pilot inquiries. However,the loss of his day-to-day work on Project the Planning Board's regulatory process and on updat- r Tom O'Hara, Design Review Committee, MMR ing the bulk of the Comprehensive Plan has hampered r our efforts to perform all of the Department's func- The Planning Board acknowledges that our tions in a timely manner. duties cannot be accomplished without the expertise of ' our Planning Department staff. To our excellent sup- Our project to develop a Local Historic District porting staff of Town Planner F. Thomas Fudala, GIS in the Route 130 area came close to completion in Director Tom Mayo, Administrative Assistant 2007,with the adoption of the necessary by-laws at the Charlotte Garron, Consulting Engineer Charles October Town Meeting after a number of public hear- Rowley,and Board Secretary Sonny DeArcangelis we ings and review of the Final Study Report by the offer our "thank-you's" with highest praise for your Planning Board and Massachusetts Historical assistance to the Planning Board. Commission. We continue to work with the Historic District Study Committee and its consultant PAL, Inc. Your Planning Board conducts public meetings to develop design guidelines for the District under our on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at grant from the County. The guidelines will assist with ' 7:00 p.m.at the Mashpee Town Hall, unless otherwise review of proposals within the District by the Historic posted. Planning Board meetings are televised live on District Commission once it is appointed and begins f Channel 18 and public information is available on the its work in 2008. Planning Department website at www.ci.rnashpee.ma.us. Work continued on an update of the Town's Open Space Conservation and Recreation Plan for We thank the citizens of Mashpee for the privi- adoption by the Conservation Commission and certifi- lege of serving our community. cation by the Mass.Division of Conservation Services. r Respectfully submitted, The Plan should be completed in 2008. Having a cer- tified plan will re-qualify the Town for state Self-Help Term Expires and Urban Self-Help, as well as federal Land&Water p Beverly A. Kane, Chair 2009 Conservation Fund 52% grants for open space pur- Dennis Balzarini, Vice-Chair 2009 chases and development of outdoor recreation facili- Myrna Nuey, Clerk 2010 ties. i Tom O'Hara 2010 During 2007 we continued working on an update Joseph E.Mullin, Esq. 2008 (Associate Member, Vacant position) 2008 to the Town's Local Comprehensive Plan, originally adopted in 1998. Work has been suspended on a draft update of the Affordable.Housing element begun by 129