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a. The establishment of a solar energy site on Report of the Otis.Ot I� b. Establishing a crafts center on 35 - 5o acres atl*s Task the junction of Routes 6 & 3. c. The transfer of a Marine Reserve Unit of the First Battalion,25th Marines from Boston t� T To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Otis.This transfer would bran total and Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: g a payroll ai of approximately$7503000 to the Upper Cape The year 1976 has been a highly successful one area. for the Otis Task Force. d. $71,500 per year should be given to the four. T In January, The Base Conservation Commis- town area(for a period of five years)when the sion, under which the Task Force worked, was new lease is signed. It should be noted that T disbanded. However, The Governor felt the Otis Massachusetts is the only State in the coon. group had been so successful in their efforts to try that receives funds for land usage from bring economic help to the four-town area,that he the Federal Government. asked them to continue their work and placed �4 Board. e. It is hoped that a Veteran's Administration n them under the State Planning center and medical facility will be located at C. The following were accomplished by the Task Otis. d Force in 1976: f. It i 's a lso hoped that during 1977 affirmative 1. The dedication of the National Cemetery of the results will be forthcoming from the water f Veteran's Administration took place on Oc- retrieval experiments being conducted by tober 31. The construction of this cemetery WHOI on 500 acres at Otis. should eventually employ about 200 persons. If the majority of the above-projected goals can J Y p J 2. The ground-breaking ceremonies for the be accomplished during 1977,then the membersof PAVE-PAWS Radar site took lace on October the Otis Task F have ac. p Dice will feel they 27• complished the goals they set when the Commis- The construction of this site will bring about sion was established by the Governor in 1973. $20 million dollars into the economy of the 1 Upper Cape. This radar system will scan an Respectfully submitted, area of more than 3,000 miles and will eventu- Elizabeth B. Tyminski ally employ an estimated 200 to 300 persons. Otis Task Force 1 3. 1.5 million of Federal monies will be paid into the towns of the Upper Cape for the Otis lease. 1 4. The Town of Sandwich has received 70 acres of Report of the Otis land for usage as a town cemetery. 5. The town of Bourne received 16 acres of land for Gas Inspector a standpipe location. 6. More than Sorb of Otis housing is presently,or will shortly,be occupied by military personnel. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen This figure will increase greatly with the arri- val of PAVE-PAWS personnel. p Herewith is my report for the inspection of gas 7. The Army has absorbed 1200 acres at Otis and piping and installations of gas appliances for the have a capital outlay year ending December 31, 1976. proposed p y program of$1.2 Y g million.They will also modernize 73 buildings at an estimated cost of 730 000. Gas Permits issued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 $ Gas appliances i 239 pp antes inspected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8. An agreement has been reached by the Federal Miles travelled . . 1755 Government and the Commonwealth on a lease Fees collected � � � 72.Qo for Otisand paid to the Treasurer $3 � land.This should be signed in the early part of 1977. Respectfully submitted, Some of the projected Frank E. Hicks J p d goals of the Otis Task Gas Ins ector Force in 1977 include: p Mass. Lie. #J767 -- 72 -- { �._._..