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Report of the In 2022, Cape Cod Commission staff completed an update to the Cape Cod Pond and Lake Atlas and Cape Cod Commission built an online Pond Viewer as a companion tool to the updated Atlas.The Viewer and Atlas may be used together to explore Cape Cods ponds,ecology,and the Mashpee Representative: Ernest Virgilio challenges they face. Executive Director Regional Housing Strategy Kristy Senatori The Cape Cod Commission is undertaking a Regional Housing Strategy to address housing supply, Deputy Directors affordability, and availability issues by identifying Erin Perry appropriate areas for housing development and Steven Tupper creating policies and strategies to further the plan's goals. About the Cape Cod Commission This planning process will result in a strategy that The Cape Cod Commission was created by an includes actionable recommendations responsive to Act of the Massachusetts state legislature in 1990 and the needs and preferences of Cape Cod and tools and is charged with coordinating a balanced relationship resources such as design guidelines and model bylaws between economic progress and environmental that communities can immediately implement. protection."Keeping a special place special"describes the agency's mission to protect the region's unique In December 2022, Commission staff began meeting with staff in each Cape Cod town, including qualities. Mashpee,to discuss existing conditions of the region's The 19-member appointed Cape CodCommission housing landscape using data for both the region and board includes representatives from each of the 15 the town, and learn about existing challenges,efforts, Cape Cod towns, a minority representative, a resources,and needs. Native American representative,a Barnstable County Climate Action: Low-Lying Roads Commissioner,and aGovemor's appointee. The board Low-lying roads have been identified as is supported by approximately 35 professional staff vulnerabilities in our communities. The towns and an executive director. of Chatham, Harwich, Falmouth, Mashpee, and This report represents broad areas of the Provincetown were awarded a$205,479 action grant Commission's work and responsibilities,highlighting through the Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability several specific projects and initiatives. Preparedness {MVP) Program to collaborate with the Commission to assess low-lying roads in each Cape Cod Freshwater Initiative community and develop solutions. Cape Cod's ponds and lakes are dynamic natural systems that contribute to the region's identity. This funding is part of $32.8 million in MVP Program grants awarded to Massachusetts cities and Unfortunately,human activities in and around them increasingly threaten the health of these fragile towns in late August 2022 through the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. ecosystems. The Cape Cod Commission has begun work on The process will include public workshops that will provide an understanding of coastal climate the Cape Cod Freshwater Initiative,ascience-based, hazards, review flood projections and impacts on information-driven planning process to engage stakeholders and enable action to protect and restore roadways for the town under future scenarios.With Cape Cods freshwater resources. Through this the help of state-of the-art modeling, community initiative, the Cape Cod Commission and its partners members and staff will work together to prioritize low-lying roads to target for coastal resiliency action. will complete an analysis of available monitoring data,assess the overall health of Cape Cod's ponds and Each town will receive three conceptual designs lakes, identify regional trends in water quality, and and estimated costs for alternative solutions for two evaluate the impact of these critical resources on the roadway segments. The designs delivered should region's economy. provide communities with enough information to chooseasolution andseekfunding for implementation. 100