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PRECINCT 12
LEAH CURTIS
As
I'm writing this, the summer is waning and fall is
approaching. I hope you all had a glorious season
and are looking forward to this special time of year.
Just to bring you all up to date, the Roads Committee
met this week after a hiatus for the summer and reviewed
the work we have done to date. Our goal for this year is
to continue to gather information for our own education
regarding private roads and to come before the Town
Council as a whole with specific recommendations on the
establishment of a private roads policy. We continue to
investigate the condition of our private roads, and public
safety issues, and will look at the priorities for improve-
ment.The expertise and commitment from the staff of
the Department of Public Works has been invaluable to
the this work. The issue of funding for this important
matter continues to be before us.
We continue the work of the Fire District Study Com-
mittee and hope to be before the Council with a workshop
to discuss next steps in gleaning important information
regarding the cost of the Fire and Emergency Services in
the Town of Barnstable. Although we each live in our vil-
lages and have great allegiance to them, we are also equal
residents of the Town of Barnstable. We all agree that no
one is interested in decreasing the viability and excellent
service that we rely on, but the real question is are we
getting these services in the best and most cost-effective
way possible. I want to congratulate all the members of
the committee for their ability to stick with it.
The Affordable Housing Overlay District has been
before the Council again and at the joint meeting with
the Planning Board last week, it was determined to con-
tinue to work on the issue. This year has clearly demon-
strated that affordable housing is a key issue not only for
Barnstable and the Cape but also the Commonwealth.
I think we all need to recognize what the word "afford-
able"means today.To qualify for a housing unit in the
affordable range, applicants must meet certain require-
ments, which given the median income on the Cape is
in the $40,000 bracket, is not difficult . Not only must the
applicant meet this requirement, but must also demon-
strate that they can "afford" to pay their mortgage or
rent, utilities, etc. We continue to struggle with this no-
menclature because the meaning has changed. We are try-
ing to create housing to meet the needs of our teachers,
nurses, police, fire, young doctors, and other professionals
who will be the lifeblood for the Town of Barnstable both
now and in the future.
The AHOD also allows developers an easier road to
create housing and this in fact is a financial incentive for
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Mills' hills, trees, make great 'hurricane hole
Town protected
its investment in
recreation with
marina purchase
By Paul Gauvin
pgauvin@barnstablepatrtiot.com
PAUL GAUVIN PHOTOS
DOUBLE DUTY DOCK - Eric Shufelt, assistant harbormaster and manager of the town's four marinas, lifts
a trap door on a Prince Cove dock to reveal an upweller where quahog seed is nurtured for the town's
shellfish propagation program.
M
arstons Mills may
seem, to residents
of other villages, a
rural inland mass with space
enough for many trees, a few
ponds, a horse ranch, small
airport and some mosqui-
toes, but no access to salt
water as have the other six
villages.
But look again. The Mills
is not only host to the
town's transfer station, but
to an extremely well-shel-
tered marina purchased by
the town three years ago
and now evidencing that,
in retrospect , it was a wise,
self-supporting move.
Many town residents unfa-
miliar with the village lines
have the mistaken notion
that Prince Cove Marina is
in Cotuit while it is, in fact,
an extension of Marstons
Mills that crosses from
north to south of Route 28
at the junction with Route
149.
Few would have realized,
before the town purchased
the marina, that a village
with so much land could
have had a parking problem.
But that was the case when
the marina was in private
ownership, a situation that
has been rectified by the
town under the supervision
of Eric Shufelt, assistant
harbormaster and manager
of the town's four marinas.
"I'm not sure if there was
a big parking problem, but
if there was," Shufelt said
last Saturday as the sun
warmed the marina and a
few boaters chatting idly,
"we've taken care of it. I'd
say about the only time we
have a little bit of a problem
is on July 4 weekend."
With 47 slips, several
capable of handling boats
up to 32 feet , and being
adjacent to a town way to
water with boat launching
ramp, helter-skelter parking
around the marina property
could have remained an ag-
gravating situation to some
neighbors had not the town
taken over the operation
and ended the practice by
providing sufficient parking
for marina users.
How was parking im-
proved?
Pointing to a spit of land
between the marina shed
and the roadway, Shufelt
said, "The first thing we
did was get rid of 10 tons of
debris that cluttered that
space, which we now use for
parking."
The town took other im-
mediate steps to improve
parking and simultaneously
help with the bottom fine
by instituting parking fees
for non-slip holders of $8 for
cars and $16 for cars with
trailers attached.
Shufelt said he got per-
mission early on to replace
an old shed and use it for
office space and storage,
which allowed the town to
lease a building that was
used by the private marina
to Aquaculture Resources
Corp., which will use it for
propagating shellfish. The
town, however, kept the
public rest rooms on one
side of the building for use
by marina patrons.
Also generating income
for maintenance and debt
assumed to finance the
marina is income from
slips, going for $167 a foot
for residents and $195 for
non-residents; in-water and
ashore winter storage; and
seasonal parking passes for
$150 for people using the
town landing. Slip owners
receive a special parking
pass with the slip fee on a
first-come first-serve basis,
says Shufelt.
Speaking to the town's
move to buy the marina,
Shufelt said it would have
been a great disappoint-
ment to the 50 or so boaters
who use it had the facility
been sold to a private buyer
for a private marina and
perhaps housing "...which
was the direction it was go-
ing in." he said.
As it is, he said, there
remains a shortage of slips
and moorings throughout
the town.
With town ownership
came another perk, one that
could expan d in the future
to provide more recreational
and commercial shellfish.
One of the docks is being «
used to house two upwellers"
CONTINUED ON PAGE B:J>
MAKING A DIFFERENCE - Ann Pacino of Osterville at the Prince Cove
Marina, one of two dockmasters who handle a big job from a small
shed.
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