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The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 15 Article 13 by a vote of 6-0 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Use of Motion Made By Selectman Gottlieb Waterways General Bylaw Chapter 170, specifically, "Speeds", Ch.170-4.A.4),to read: I move the Town vote to approve Article 13 as printed in the warrant with the exception of the A. "Maximum Speed for watercraft is "Slow, No phrase,"or take any other action relating thereto." Wake" (Headway Speed) Motion passes at 6:42 PM 4.) On the following bodies of tidal water: Article 14 (a)Great River (b)Little River To see if the Town will vote to prohibit overnight (c) Santuit River, occupancy on Town issued moorings within Mashpee (d)Mashpee River Estuarine systems by adding the following provision to (e)Ockway Bay the Mashpee Use of Waterways General Bylaw, (f) Shoestring Bay and Simons Narrows, specifically, Ch.170- 9 A, or take any other action relating thereto. or take any other action relating thereto. A. 4) Overnight occupancy by vessels and boats of Submitted by the Town permitted moorings within mooring fields Department of Natural Resources located within Mashpee Estuarine systems is prohibited. Explanation: This article is necessary to clarify No Wake zones within Mashpee Town Waters. Ockway Submitted by the bay and all of Great River should be considered a"No Department of Natural Resources Wake"zone per Ch.170-4 sec.3 :No wakes within 150 ft. from shore, bathers, vessels propelled by means Explanation: This Bylaw amendment is necessary to other than machinery, vessels not underway, and protect vital shellfish habitat located within mooring commercial and private docking or mooring areas. fields from potential spillage or failure due to There is NO marked channel in neither the Upper Great prolonged Marine Sanitation Device (MSD) usage River region nor Ockway Bay. Bylaw currently reads within the mooring fields.If article is not supported all "except in planning channel" for both Upper Great mooring fields within Mashpee may be shut down to River and Ockway Bay,but none exist. the recreational and commercial harvest of shellfish during the months of May, June, July, August, and The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of September. Article 15 by a vote of 5-0 The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 14 by a vote of 5-0 Article 15 by a vote of 6-0 The Finance Committee recommends approval of Motion Made By Selectman O'Hara Article 14 by a vote of 6-0 I move the Town vote to approve Article 15 as Motion Made By Selectman Cotton: printed in the warrant with the exception of the phrase,"or take any other action relating thereto." I move the Town vote to approve Article 14 as Motion passes unanimously at 6:45 PM printed in the warrant with the exception of the phrase,"or take any other action relating thereto." Motion passes at 6:44 PM 70