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would have to comply with today. The Cape Cod Commission is very <br /> strict regarding hazardous materials storage and use. The focus <br /> of the plan is not to attract big factories, but to provide <br /> existing residents with more income. <br /> Beverly Kane asked who would monitor and test objectively <br /> ";.4 �� li after the fact; to which Mr. Fudala answered the Town requires <br /> ' �'' l� monitoring laws be installed, including annual monitoring with <br /> reports to the Planning Board and Board of Health. The Town is <br /> very interested in protecting the environment. <br /> Patrick Coffey asked Ms. Kane if safeguards were in place, <br /> r' ^ � �� would she object to additional businesses. Ms. Kane responded <br /> '� � "'N the small business, shellfish, pushcart, entrepreneur home <br /> oil, business are appropriate for Mashpee. She further stated that <br /> as long as safeguards are in place to insure the protection of <br /> the ground water, she would not be opposed to "economic <br /> ® M development. " <br /> '411 <br /> Robert Govoni commented that he feels comfortable bringing <br /> in new businesses with safeguards in place, in an attempt to <br /> broaden Mashpeels tax base and create jobs for people. <br /> � .;�� ' � Unidentified Mashpee Resident: Inquired as to the tax rates <br /> � as they pertain to businesses vs. the homeowner. Mr. Fudala said <br /> the Assessors vote every year as to whether or not to charge an <br /> increased rate to commercial and industrial development. All of <br />�14,11 the Cape towns charge the same rate for residential and <br /> commercial development. <br /> Nile Ed Baker expressed a concern for the demands tourism places <br /> upon the services of the Town, as well as additional costs <br /> involved in servicing a larger population. Mashpee is becoming a <br /> bedroom community to those people who work off Cape and come into <br /> Mashpee to live. Mashpee should be concentrating on the higher <br /> paying jobs, schooling and Woods Hole activities; not creating <br /> low-paying jobs, tourism and retail trade. He feels there should <br /> lr : +� be more emphasis on year-round tourism and establishing a <br /> technology base which would attract manufactures (not another <br /> ► ,lU restaurant) . <br /> Mr. Fudala clarified the report states retail is a good <br /> kill"IN ���� source of tax revenue, not necessarily a source of good jobs. <br /> 4 � � Some jobs and income should be provided for people in the <br /> �' �" existing work force who possess a certain level of skills and <br /> trainability, as well as those positions at a higher technical <br /> level. <br /> rll Beverly Kane again expressed a concern for requirements <br /> and monitoring safeguards for denitrofication systems (99 and <br /> Cooke' s Restaurants) . <br /> Patrick Coffey stated these establishments meet the State <br /> " l' -8- <br />