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and leadership of the Mashpee Board of Selectmen, Town Manager,Rodney Collins, and Assistant Town Report of the Manager, Wayne Taylor. They have approved and Department of endorsed our funding requests and demonstrated their Natural Resources commitment to our mission and service goals. In challenging financial times, public libraries are often overlooked as funding priorities when difficult To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the decisions are required. Knowing that we are valued Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: and recognized for our contributions motivates us to continue to innovate, find creative solutions, and Implementation of the shellfish component of the respond to all challenges, as we strive to meet the Mashpee Comprehensive Watershed Nitrogen expectations of the town and our residents. Management Plan progressed in 2018 with the installation of a new shellfish seed upweller system at The Library and the service it provides is truly a the Little River Town dock. Analysis of water quality reflection of the staff who are second to none in their monitoring data from 2017 showed that water quality respective roles,and the Library Trustees who support improved in the area where millions of quahog seed and guide our progress. Trustee Chair,Mary LeClair is were planted while other areas were worse. Water an example to us all with her faith and belief in public quality would be expected to be worse in all areas due service. As we look forward to 2020, and the loth to increased rainfall in the summer of 2017 which was Anniversary of the opening of newly constructed twice as much as in 2016. Approximately 10 million Library, we take pride in our achievements in a quahog seed were planted in Great River,Little River changing world,and are grateful for the opportunity to and Hamblin Pond from 2014 to 2016. Total nitrogen play an active and trusted role in the future of our in these areas was lower than the long term average and community. decreased more than a third of the way to the target for acceptable water quality compared to 2016. Total Respectfully Submitted, nitrogen increased in other areas such as the Moonakis Kathleen Mahoney River (Figure 7, QR-head, and QR-mid) in which it Library Director more than doubled compared to 2016. FY 2018 Highlights- Our Year in Numbers There were no toxic algae blooms and no mass Municipal(Mashpee)Borrowers 9,702 mortality of fish in 2018. The algae bloom in Santuit Total Borrowers 17,577 Pond subsided in September. This was the first improvement since the bloom in July 2017 that started Total Circulation 223,673 after 7"of rain. Number of Children's Programs 336 Shellfish Constable Ashley Fisher reports that Attendance Children's Programs 9098 shellfishing continues to be a popular activity including family harvest of oysters from our propagation Number of Adult Programs 55 program. A total of 1377 shellfish permits were Attendance Adult Programs 846 issued. Quahogs were the most abundant shellfish. Very few scallops were harvested despite seeding in Number of Volunteers 48 Waquoit Bay by the Town of Falmouth. Seeding has Total Volunteer Hours 2216 been effective in the past and will continue in the future. With trucking provided by the Department of Meeting Room Use 2028 Meetings Public Works, 1,995 bags of oyster seed(-1 mm size) set on shell purchased from the ARC hatchery in Total Hours Library Open 2079 Dennis were placed in trays in the Mashpee River for grow-out.Approximately 3 million quahog seed were planted in the fall after growing larger in upwellers and trays during the summer. AmeriCorps Cape Cod members helped with shellfish propagation in group projects and individual placements. 137