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electricity generated by them. The Town decided instead of purchase to renegotiate a new rate with Report of the the developer. The funds will therefore be Planning Board returned. • MMHS Parking Lot Resurfacing-The project is To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the milling and repaving of the parking lot at Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: Middle/High School. The parking lot is original to the school's construction in 1996. The The Planning Board is honored to submit its 2021 resurfacing will be coordinated with the Annual Report. The Planning Board is responsible for installation of solar canopies at the school as promoting the health,safety,convenience,and welfare trenching and other disturbance of the pavement of the inhabitants of Mashpee,and for the oversight and will be necessary. Installation of the solar coordination of the long-term planning of the Town. canopies has been delayed pending approval by The Planning Board meets to discuss and act upon Eversource. varying requests for Special Permits for uses unto A project funded at the June 2020 Town Meeting, which it is the Special Permit Granting Authority, as KC Coombs Vestibule, was finally completed in Fall well as to review and approve subdivision plans and 2021. The project was the provision of double locking related materials under the Subdivision Control Law. vestibules at the main entrance to the school for enhanced security. The Planning Board is pleased to report that, alongside the Planning Department and its hired con- Green Communities sultants from Weston and Sampson, the Board will be facilitating a community-led update to the Town's Because of Mashpee's status as a Green Local Comprehensive Plan,the first since 1998.There Community,the Town is eligible to apply for grants for will be a host of community engagement activities energy efficiency projects through the MA Department both in physical and digital space beginning in March of Energy Resources in the Executive Office of Energy 2022 through the end of the summer. The Board and Environmental Affairs. The Town was awarded a encourages all community members to participate in grant of$200,000 in Summer 2020 for three projects. any manner that they are able. True success of this The first two projects were replacement of the hot water process could be measured by overall community par- systems at the Middle/High School and Quashnet ticipation. Go to www.planmashpee.com to engage School. These projects were completed in Summer and get detailed information about the LCP 2020. The third project was the retro- commissioning/balancing of the HVAC system at the The Planning Board was pleased to return to a Middle/High School. The retro-commissioning will somewhat normal order of operations and `business as improve the operation of the system and help identify usual'mentality after the challenges presented in 2020 measures that require improvement. The project was driven by the pandemic. Overall the Board reviewed completed in Summer 2021 and was funded in part by and approved two(2)commercial special permits: one incentives from Cape Light Compact and National for the final building at South Cape Village, and the Grid. other a retail paint store to be occupied by Sherwin Williams at 314 Nathan Ellis Highway, the former For other building-related projects,please refer to location of Cherrystones Restaurant. Additionally, the the DPW annual report. Board reviewed a special permit application for a Respectfully Submitted, 12,500 s.f. retail grocery store at 647 Falmouth Road. The Board has not yet deliberated on this project as it Steven Cook, Chair was referred to the Cape Cod Commission for review Joseph Brait, Vice-Chair as a Development of Regional Impact. Lastly, the Rachel Hodgman Board reviewed and approved one (1) preliminary Cathy Lewis subdivision plan at 532 Main Street between Echo Thomas O'Neill Road and Nicoletta's Way. 130