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Works on Ramp Floats and walkways, signage and Report of the dinghy rack storage at our Ockway Bay Ramp, our Waterways Commission Pirates Cove — Ed Baker Ramp and our Great River Ramp.Our DPW is continually making improvements to all of our Town Ramp areas and is to be com- To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the citi- zens mended for the fine job/work they have provided to of the Town of Mashpee: the Town. The Mashpee Waterways Commission presently We conducted an informal interview with meets on a monthly basis (2°d Tuesday, 9AM) at the approximately 25—30 Great River Ramp users both in Town Hall to deliberate on Waterways related topics. Town and out of Town users and we were pleased with Our goal is to maintain and improve our waterways the positive commentary we received. There were no thus improving safety of boaters on the bays, lakes, complaints even when asked for improvement sugges- ponds and rivers. We also strive to help the improve- tions. ment of our water quality with dredging while paying attention to effects of climate change and coastal COMPREHENSIVE DREDGE PERMIT resilience issues. We filed for a Town Comprehensive Dredging We work closely with our Harbormaster, the Permit back in 2013. We followed that through the Shellfish Constable (who are a part of the recently years with our consulting engineers and the many established DNR Department) and the Department of State and Federal agencies with whom we have to Public Works. We oversee Improvement Dredging interface. That 10 year permit was finally secured in projects, maintenance dredging projects, the water September of 2016. quality measurement process,and public access to the waters. We continue to review future embayment pro- ADDITIONAL DUTIES of the WATERWAYS jects in Waquoit and Popponesset Bay. COMMISSION Members of the Commission serve as liaisons on MAINTENANCE DREDGING the following committees: Our dredging efforts in 2018 were consumed by the dredging of the Popponesset Approach Channel in Mashpee/Wakeby and John's Pond, Poponesset Nantucket Sound. These projects enable us to replen- Bay, Waquoit Bay, Water Quality/Water Sampling ish the sand of the Popponesset Spit that is the primary Report, Barnstable County Resources Committee, protector of our Bay and is a primary nesting area for Barnstable County Dredge Committee, Mashpee m Sewer Committee and Public Access. migrating Plovers and Least Terns. We spent a lot of time and effort to move for- We want to thank the Town Manager, Assistant ward with preparation of our Little River Expansion Town Manager, Administrative Assistant, the Board Plan for Little river and Great River. The expansion of Selectmen as well as the Harbormaster, plan goal is to extend the existing Little River Channel Conservation Agent, Shellfish Constable and the south into Waquoit Bay and north into Hamblin Pond DPW Director for sharing their expertise and provid- and north up Great River into Jehu Pond. We will also ing their assistance in all that we do. We all strive to connect the Great River Ramp that is in final stages of do our job well for the benefit of the Town and the completion to the Great River Channel. This project public. would be an improvement dredge project whereas our Respectfully submitted, existing Little River Channel is a maintenance dredge project. We are planning a maintenance dredge of the Kenneth Bates,Chairman Little River Channel to be completed early 2019. Donald MacDonald, Vice Chairman Don Barton,Secretary PUBLIC ACCESS Al Wickel Tim Leedham The Waterways Commission worked in concert Stanton Healy with the Harbormaster, Shellfish Constable, Steve Mone Conservation Agent and the Department of Public 172