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upgraded pumps to improve water flow. The Division also obtained a new 25ft Maycraft Handcock work skiff Report of the to allow for propagation efforts to take place Planning & Construction simultaneously in different locations. Committee The Division also sold 1343 Shellfish Licenses in 2021. The largest group once again was Senior Licenses with 619 sold. The second largest group was To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the resident family permits with 616 sold.There were also Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: 5 Veterans licenses, 15 Non-Resident Senior licenses, 15 Commercial Licenses and 73 Non-Resident Family The Planning & Construction Committee was license sold. License sales totaled $27,044 in 2021 appointed by the Board of Selectmen in August 2005 which is a slight uptick from previous year's numbers. to oversee capital improvements to the Town's facilities as well as the construction of new buildings. Below is In June 2021 the Shellfish Division was able to a summary of projects from the past year. utilize a new maintenance building in the Town of Mashpee.This has allowed for year round maintenance Capital Improvement Plan of the Shellfish Divisions 3 Vessels and allowed for The May 2021 Annual Town Meeting approved projects that required a climate controlled environment funding for five projects. to take place.In August this ability was realized with a full overhaul of the Shellfish Divisions main patrol School Security Improvements — This project is Vessel. A full multi-week retrofit of the vessel that continuation of work started in 2020 with a grant included necessary electronics,addition of a pilothouse received by the School Department but for which for crew comfort and safety and maximizing deck funding was not sufficient. The specific work is space was able to be completed despite unpredictable installation of quick locking mechanisms on all weather. This newfound ability to perform in house interior doors at the three schools. The project is improvements and maintenance as opposed to using ongoing. outside contractors represents a significant cost savings moving forwards. Quashnet School Library A/C Installation—The library is used in addition to normal school library Thank you to the citizens, boards, commissions, purposes as a meeting space(including for School committees, and departments of the Town of Mashpee Committee)as well as a training space throughout and Barnstable County, Friends of Santuit Pond, the the year but did not have a system for cooling Mashpee Environmental Coalition, the Massachusetts during warmer months. The project included Division of Marine Fisheries, the Mashpee installation of a roof mounted condenser with Wampanoag Tribe's Natural Resources Department, under-ceiling air handlers to cool the space. The and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth project is complete. SMAST for collaboration and support during the year. Flooring Replacement-The project is the annual Special thanks to the Dennis Aquaculture Research funding for flooring replacement at various Town Corporation for continuing to produce shellfish seed buildings,including the schools, as needed. The for our propagation program despite the immense work proposed for FY22 was replacement of challenges incurred due to the pandemic. flooring for the second floor hallways at See you on the water! Respectfully Submitted, Middle/High School. The project is complete. Ashley Fisher Roof Solar System Purchase—The Town signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in 2010 for DNR Director installation of solar on the roofs at the Middle/High School, DPW, and the Senior Center. The PPA included an option for purchase of the systems at Year 10. With the purchase,the Town would assume responsibility for maintenance of the systems but would own the 129