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Park cleanup... CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:1 management department , said the area has reached a point where the forced main and pump station need to go forward. In March the town received a $1 million Community Develoopment Action Grant to do that work, which will see a new sewer pump station on the park property. But $76,000 of that money will be used for the above-ground remediation of the park's soils. As it sits, the park meets state Department of Envi- ronmental Protection safety standards for public use, but given plans to introduce water and irrigation to the site, removal of elements that could wash or leach was deemed a good move. Kennan said the planned phytoremediation "just takes it to that next level of open space." The planting program for the park was developed by a team at Harvard's Center for Technology and the En- vironment. One of the challenges is to organize the plantings in a manner that not only removes the unwanted ele- ments, but also looks at- tractive. Past remediation sites have been off the beaten path, according to graduate student Patrick Curran and have typically not been done with beautification in mind. Just what's in the top- soil at 725 Main St. will be determined in the coming weeks, when high-tech gad- getry from Harvard School of Public Health will be on site sniffing out the types and levels of compounds. The process , while lengthy (one to four years), is cost effective and requires little in the way of regulation and permitting. While its utility is limited to areas with low levels of contamination, Cur- ran said, the 725 Main St. site meets those requirements. The site was home to a gas station, so remnant hydro- carbons are of the greatest concern.As the site was be- ing cleared for the eventual town purchase , the town attorney's office expressed concerns about moving too much of the existing mate- rial around. That the park is part of a larger watershed, with the stream running from Aunt Betthy'sPond dpwnthrough Stewarts Creek is "kinda exciting" to Kennan. There 's also a thought that the site could be used as something of anursery for other areas in town. Kennan said that plantings for bio- remediation swales could be grown at 725 Main St. and transplanted as necessary. The remediation design also needs to takes into con- sideration the urbanlocation of the park, visibility of the park areaswillbe maintained to discourage its being used as a camp by people who are homeless. As for the eventual final design of the park , much remains up in the air,includ- ing private investment and possible naming opportuni- ties.HyannisTown Councilor Greg Milne remains hopeful that the name "Makepeace" can be affixed. A.D. Make- peace was a one-time owner of the land and operated one of the first commercial cranberry bogs in town from the location. Milne said discussions with family members have taken place, but there's no commitment. Working with the Hyannis Sheraton Four Points Hotel is another op- tion, Milne said. Plantings could begin as soon as July 1 when fund- ing from the CDAG grant become available. Kennan said that work to prepare the park, including installa- tion of an irrigation system, will be done in advance of planting. FinCom tweaks county budget The bottom line is the same as the county commissioner 's budget for the fiscal year begin- ning July 1-$26,683,695 - but the furniture was rearranged by the finance committee of the Assembly of Delegates Wednesday. The Barnstable County Hu- man Rights Commission 's request for $38,500 to bring on board a part-time coordinator and cover other costs inits pilot year was endorsed by the com- mittee, which tapped money budgeted for other regional initiatives to cover the costs. The committee also reor- dered the list and funding for human services agencies. Allthe recommendations are now subject to review and vote by the full Assembly. Slate of commission reviewers forwarded The county commissioners received a list of 21 nominees this week for what's expected to be a 15-member Cape Cod Commission 21s' Century Task Force. The selection commit- tee included state Sen. Rob O'Leary, one of the authors of the Cape Cod Commission Act; retired banker Elliott Carr, now moderator of the Cape Cod Business Round Table; county commissioners chair- man Bill Doherty; and the man who wants his job , Assembly of Delegates Speaker Tom Bernardo. It's a list that includes a good number of Commission supporters and a sprinkling of critics. Among the nominees from Barnstable are David Ansel, former chairman of the Commission; Lindsey Coun- sell, chairman of the town's Communit y Preservation Committee; Hank Famham , president of the town council and an advocate of ending the Commission's regulatory role; Wendy Northcross, president and CEO of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce; and Mark Robinson, executive di- rector of the Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts. Tom Evans of Harwich , who as headmaster of Cape Cod Academy in Osterville has steered several building projects through the Com- mission process , is on the list, as is Barnstable 's former state senator, Brewster 'sHenri Rauschenbach , another archi- tect of the Commission . After the commissioners select its 15members, the task force will have sixmonths after its initial meeting to hold hear- ings and submit a report . Charter review recs aired An ad hoc committee of the Assembly of Delegates deliv- ered its recommendations this week on actions proposed by the charter review committee. Ad hoc committee chairman Dennis Fonseca said his group agreed that astanding commit- tee on governance should be created to allow more timely review of county government , including the Cape Cod Com- mission, than the current five- year cycle. The ad hoc group supports removal of the residency re- quirement for the county ad- ministrator, and that the po- sitions of administrator and treasurer not be combined , but opposed the charter review committee'sproposal add lan- guage to the charter codifying the job of assistant county administrator. The full Assembly will review these and other changes at a later meeting. Any changes to the charter itself will require a two-thirds majority vote and a vote at the polls in No- vember. Breast cancer study meeting May 15 The latest results of the Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environmental Study will be reviewed May 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Barnstable Senior Center on Route 28 in Hyannis. Julia Brody, executive director of Silent Spring Institute , will be among the speakers at a free public program moderated by Town Manager John Klimm. According to a press state- ment, some Cape homes tested by researchers ' show con- tinued high levels of some chemicals. " TheAmericanCancer Society ranks Massachusetts fourth in the U.S. for incidence of breast cancer, the statement notes , adding that the Cape 's rate was about 17 percent higher than the state 's between 1985 and 2002. IFAW building clears Commission The proposed new HQ of the International Fund for Animal Welfare at the old Gold Star Nursery near Route 6's Exit 7 on Willow Street in Yarmouth is a change of use that won't require further review by the Cape Cod Commission. That was the ruling of the land-use agency 's regulatory committee Monday.Staff found there would be more vehicle trips but that was balanced by IFAW's plan to close the property 's Willow Street en- trance and direct traffic to Summer Street. Also, with no hard data on nitrogen loading levels of the nursery business, it couldn 't be determined whether the new use woul increase that factor. It's expected 133 employee will work in a 40,000-squan foot office building designe to look like three two-stoi structures , a design the Con mission staff found "consister with traditional Cape Co building masses." Maritime Days on the horizon May 13 to 21 are the date for the 13 ' annual Cape Co Maritime Days 2006, sponsore by the Cape Cod Chamber ( Commerce, the Cape Cod Con mission, and the Arts Found; tion of Cape Cod. 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