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2 Board of Selectmen Minutes January 22, 2007 COMMUNICATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE: Habitat for Humanit —New Home on Quashnet Road: Selectmen Green announced his attendance at the recent Habitat for Humanity ceremony for the newly constructed affordable home built on Quashnet Road, a Town donated lot. Community Preservation Act funding assisted with funding for the single-family home. It was noted the Habitat depends on volunteer labor in virtually every aspect of its operations. Each Habitat home is deed restricted to be affordable in perpetuity,thereby permanently adding to a town's affordable housing resources and official affordable housing inventory. Tribal Council Update: It was disclosed the Selectmen have not received a response to date regarding requests to meet with the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council. NEW BUSINESS: Request to Apply for Grant— Shellfish Constable: Richard York, Shellfish Constable was in attendance to request the Selectmen support a Letter of Intent to the Cape Cod Economic Development Council for a proposal to fund more oyster seed to remove nitrogen from the Mashpee River and to enhance economic development needs by creating a commercial oyster fishery. The $25,000 proposal would allow the Shellfish Department to purchase 3 million oyster seed and support the purchase of additional materials for growing purposes. It was noted the department intends on purchasing 1 million oyster seed this summer with funds derived from shellfish permit fees. In two years, a minimum of 2 million oysters is anticipated to be harvested from the 4 million small seed. Benefits to the local economy were also discussed. Information based on the analysis of oysters targets the harvest of 2 million oysters to remove approximately 1,000 kilograms of nitrogen from the river. This would be 20%of the target of 5,000 kg of nitrogen per year removal needed to clean-up the Mashpee River.