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(4) Adequate lifeguards. State laws specify that a minimum of Report of the one lifeguard for every 500 lin- Waterways Commission ear feet of beach be provided. There were no lifeguards at the beach in 2007. The $7.00 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the entrance fee was collected from Citizens of Mashpee: the second week of July until the third week of August this The Waterways Commission now meets quar- year. There was an issue with terly to deliberate on waterways-related topics. Our the setting of the swim buoys goal is to maintain and improve the waterways in being installed. They were Mashpee. To this end we work with the Harbormaster finally set in place. to oversee maintenance dredging and plan and manage improvement dredging. We also actively support the (E) There are presently two openings for addi- Town's efforts to improve water quality in our bays. tional Mashpee representatives on the "Committee". Meetings are usually held at Maintenance Dredging Town Hall on Tuesday at 6:00 PM. Meeting notices are posted at Town Hall, published In January, 2007 the County Dredge completed the dredging of the outside channel of Popponesset in the Mashpee Enterprise, and are available by calling the Town Clerk's office. The pub- Bay which was begun in late December, 2006. More lie is welcome to attend meetings and recently, in the last week of December, 2007 and con- express their opinions and views. tinuing through the first week of January, 2008 (the dredging is projected to be completed on January 8, I,on behalf of the"Committee", take this oppor- 2008), the County Dredge again dredged the outside tunity to thank Senator Robert O'Leary and channel of Popponesset Bay and placed about 5000 Representatives Matthew Patrick and Jeffrey Perry for cubic yards from the outside channel onto the their efforts and cooperation. Popponesset Spit. The"Committee"also expresses its thanks to the The 5000 cubic yards of fill serves the purpose Board of Selectmen, the Town Administrator, and of beach nourishment which helps maintain the spit's other Town officials for their input and cooperation. function as a barrier beach that protects the bay from storm action. A booster pump is being used for this We also wish to thank Allan Morns, Brendan current December 2007 through January 2008 dredg- Annett,and other members of the (WBNERR) staff. ing to get the material placed where it does the most good, the southwestern end of the spit. (The booster um was last used in the January 2006 dredging and I would like to thank the "Committee", past and pump m'y g g present, who have given their time and dedication to was not used for last winter's December,2006 through the various issues. The present constituency of the January 2007 dredging.) Sand migrates along the spit "Committee" is as follows: to the northeast, thus nourishing the entire spit and helping to protect the Bay properties. Jeralyn J. Smith, Chairman Frank K. Connelly, Vice Chairman According to a report done for the Town in 1982, J.Michael Cardeiro Clerk placing 3000 cubic yards near the Southwest end of Augustus Frederickthe spit should balance the amount of sand that washes C.Ben Lofchie away. Our experience since 1997 indicates that this is William Martiros true. Sometimes in the past the bottom of the stairway at Wading Place Road has been suspended one to two Lance Lambros, Sandwich Representative et in the air due to beach erosion. The periodic use Robert Lancaster, Barnstable Representative feet Carey Murphy, Falmouth Representative of the booster pump when dredging serves to replen- ish the sand in this area. Respectfully submitted, Dredging Permit Renewal Jeralyn J. Smith In 2007, The Waterways Commission worked Chairman, South Cape Beach with BSC to help prepare and review the dredging State Park Advisory Committee renewal applications, and new permits were obtained 159