Continue to work toward multi-town joint participation in the collection of hazardous waste with a goal of providing citizens the opportunity to drop off hazardous waste several times per year.
Recycling
A
ON
continue to seek out alternatives to processing of solid waste including possible regional solutions.
Recycling
A
ON
CAPITAL FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Continue the practice of participating with others in investigation and data collection for sub surface water such as the USGS study.
BOH/ConCom/NRO
A
ON
Continue to support local well water monitoring and data gathering programs such as the nitrate-testing program.
BOH/ConCom/NRO
A
ON
Continue to press electric utility companies to underground service.
Planning Board
A
ON
Consider development of certain town owned parcels as industrial land to foster local industrial development.
BOS/ Planning Board
A
ON
Continue to work with the state to ensure improvements to Route 6
Complete an assessment of current space, assessing and analyzing current space. Staff should keep a record of requests for meeting space that Library can and cannot fulfill
Library
B
ON
Develop a flexible meeting space that will accommodate at least 100 people
Library
C
ON
Develop expanded space to house a variety of materials in different formats
Library
C
ON
Continue cooperative efforts with the Eastham Historical Society and the Town of Eastham to provide improved access to, accommodation for, and the preservation of local historical and genealogical materials
Library/Historical Commission
A
ON
Make new contacts with community organizations and services offering the library as a clearinghouse for information
Library
B
ON
Attain a 90% rate of patrons surveyed being aware that information about the community resources is available at the library
Library
A
ON
Conduct an assessment of current space and determine what changes can be made within existing space to improve the library environment
Library
A
ON
Provide a variety of spaces to serve the age groups represented within the community, with a particular emphasis on young adults, home schooled and the physically/mentally challenged.
Library
C
TBD
LCP Element
Recommendation
Responsible Board/Agent
Estimated Priority
Status
LIBRARY
Develop a list of local and other educational institutions
Library
A
ON
Identify the diverse community groups within the population
Library
A
ON
Develop, distribute and analyze a survey to identify the needs and priorities of these community groups
Library
A
TBD
Conduct annual evaluation of technological needs and resources
Library
A
ON
Explore and utilize outreach opportunities via local media
Library
A
TBD
Should become a primary venue for events, programs, and current topics.
Nominate Qualified Properties for Listing in National Register
Historic Commission, CPC
B
ON
Establish a Scenic Roads By-law
Historic Commission/ Planning Board
B
TBD
Encourage undergrounding existing utility lines
Historic Commission
C
TBD
Adopt a By-law which limits land clearing and alteration of natural topography prior to development review.
* *The summer population is not regularly estimated by a standard method. It consists of several groups of people including year-round residents, summer residents, shorter term guests and more transient weekenders. Of these only the first group is regularly counted. Nonetheless the capacity to house people is limited. Assuming five people per house during a peak summer period plus 1000-1500 in motels the total population is about 25,000. The Eastham Police Department has another estimate of 30,000 from the Town Clerk’s office; thus the adjusted entry of 27,500. The actual summer population on any particular day would likely fluctuate around this number.
1 See Cape Cod Regional Policy Plan (2002) pp 23-25.
2 See Cape Cod Regional Policy Plan (2002) pp. 31-38 for performance standards.
3 Sobczak, B.and T. Cambareri. 1998. Water Resources on Outer Cape Cod. – Final report of the Lower Cape Water Management Task Force. Cape Cod Commission. Barnstable, MA.
4 “Small Volume Wells” are defined and classified by the Code of Massachusetts Regulations, 310 CMR 22.00 under the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regulations as small community wells, non-transient/non-community wells, and transient non-community wells. These water systems are defined as “Public Water Systems” [310 CMR 22.02 (8)] if the system is used for the provision to the public of piped water for human consumption, if such a system has at least 15 service connections or regularly serves of at least 25 individuals for at least 60 days of the year.
5 Zoto, G.A. and T. Gallagher, eds. 1988. Cape Cod Aquifer Management Project Final Report. Boston, MA.
6 Whitman & Howard, Inc. 1970. Report on Proposed Water System: Eastham, Massachusetts. HUD Project no. P-Mass-3423P. Boston, MA.
7 Horsley & Whitten, Inc. 2001. Draft: Roach Property Land Use Management Plan. Sandwich, MA.
10 Water Resources Advisory Board. 2001. Report on Eastham Water Screening Project 2001. Eastham, MA. Town Data collection 2002-2011.
11 Eastham Board of Health Regulation. 2001. Section F(1) and F(2): Environmentally Sensitive Area.
12 Eastham Board of Health Regulation. 1998. Section 4A: Rental of Premises to be used for Human Habitation.
13 See Cape Cod Regional Policy Plan (2002) pp. 36-41 for details of implementation actions.
14 Cape Cod Regional Policy Plan (2009) pp. 47
15 Cape Cod Regional Policy Plan (2009) pp. 50
16 2009 FEMA maps are now available for review and plan to be accepted in 2011.
17 Cape Cod Regional Policy Plan (2009) pp. 51-55
16 See Cape Cod Regional Policy Plan (2002) pp 69-72 for details.
18 Cape Cod Regional Policy Plan,2002, pages 75-76 for details of performance standards
19 Cape Cod Regional Policy Plan (2002); pp. 83-84
20 Cape Cod Regional Policy Plan (2009) pp. 133-147
21 Cape Cod Regional Policy Plan (2002); pp. 101-108
22 A Service Response is what a library does for, or offers to, the public in an effort to meet a set of well-defined community needs. Planning for Results: The Guidebook, Himmel and Wilson, ALA, 1998, p.54
23 Locally assessed values of single family homes in Eastham have also trended upward to an average of $486,500 in 2010.