10/07/2024 SELECT BOARD Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Select Board Minutes October 7, 2024 APPOINTMENTS & HEARINGS PresenUtion on. joint Base Qap�.-Qod,, j3rief'n. : Base Conimanders: The Select Board met with the Joint Base Cape Cod Cornnianders, an annualjoint oversight group briefing involving the military orE..,,anizations; the Massachusetts National Guard, -Anily National Guard, the Air National Guard, 1J.S. Space'Force arid U.S. Coast Guard, The 1.02M Intelligence Wing of the Air National Guard is cornprised ofapproximately 1,200 Airmen spread across five groups. This organization of the military is recognized worldwide as the.Air Force's premier Intelligence Whig. The Cape Cod Space Force Station is North Arrii.erica's s(-.).le East Coast early warning radar for missile w,wnitig, missile def.ense and space domairi awareness. The U.S. Coast Guard covers 2,000 miles of shorelinie ftoni. the U..& Canadian border to northern New Jersey, and Lip, to 1,300 miles offshore. The Massachusetts Mational Guard and Army National Guard operates, manages, and administers the Gaffison'I"raining site at Camp Edwards Ileadquarters. I'his includes the En,v,ironmen.tal.Ill ,ekidiiii.ess Center, and the Barnstable Dispatch Center, LJnder consideration is the 1"ature use of land owned by the Commonwealfl-i which is leased and licensed to military agencies. Use of JBCC fbr other military service including new and additioria.l. military tii.ousing as well as composting facilities is under consideration. with other initiatives. Inibmiation as itbecornes available would be forwarded to the respective Select Boards (Yf the f.bur L-Tpper (.,'a:pe Counnur'dties. With regards to the protection of the gape's sole source aqLdfler as it relates to the proposed multi -gun. range it was disclosed. the funding intended f.or au's project exj..)h-ea.l at the end of September. It is the intention. of the Anny National Guard to apply for the reauthorization of funds based on the needs of the soldiers., All training mquirernents. and flic needsof the soldiers arecurrently bein, g reviewed and c<-msidtred under an envinmarnental process of like. With respect to this regard, the Select Board requested the dialogue on military needs be open, allowing the Select Board notification in advance to allow for participation in diSCLIssions, flowever, cun-ently, there is no funding. Therefore, no new plans to advance forward at this time. Presentation of National Oceanic and Atrnosjjjp�ric Administration ELt �J.jn.A ............ .................. I-- ............................................ . ....... . ........... ....... U p n. M �sh _ g River: Andrew Gottlieb &.Arj�il Wobst. Association to Preserve ,Redblook a d— . . .... Qat Cod; 'rhe Association to Preserve Cape Cod (.APCC) is working on three proJects to i estore water- resources in. the Town of Mashpee, The A.PC( ' ' 'has been successful in achievinng a, partersliip n gra( in. the ainount of $15 million ftorn NOAA's "rransfm orational flabitat Restoratio.n. arid Coastal Resilience Grant to support the planning, desiln d an implementation of five projects an Cape Cod. In Mashpee,the award will suppoit river and cran-berty bog restorationon t.f.ic,.M.a,sl.,.i.p(,-e/Falmoutti border; Redbrook and the upper Quashnet River. Also included is the fish passage restoratiari project at John's Pond on the Quashnet River upstrearn. of the fon-ner bogs and the restoration. of the upper portions of the Maslipee River.