Cotuit Recreation Facilities Tour Today

2019 Recreation Facility Tour in Cotuit

Monday May 13, 5:45pm Beginning at Lowell Park

Invitation to the Public to Join the Recreation Commission as they view all Town owned facilities in the village.

1. Lowell Park
2. Cotuit Tennis/Pickleball Courts 
3. Cotuit School 
4. Ropes Beach
5. Memorial Park & Playground
6. Loop Beach

The Town would like to invite anyone from the public – to meet them at each site above .  The Recreation Commission will be leaving the HYCC at 5:30pm to go to the sites in the order above and complete the tour by 7:30pm.

Attention Boat Owners!!

New 2019 Season – Small Vessel Decal Required

Beginning  April 1, 2019 the Town of Barnstable Harbormaster’s Office will start selling Small Vessel Decals. Per Chapter 430 §430-2 of the Barnstable code – Regulation of vessels on Town ways to water, landings and beaches, a decal issued by the Harbormaster is required to store any vessel on Town land with public access to water. Decals will be available Monday through Friday 8:30 AM – 4:15 PM at the Marine and Environmental Department Office located at 1189 Phinney’s Lane, Centerville, MA 02632.

The price for the decal is $25.00 for a current Town of Barnstable mooring permit holder and $50.00 for anyone else looking to store a small vessel on Town land.

More information can be found at https://townofbarnstable.us/Departments/HarborMaster/ or at 508-790-6273.

Managing Stormwater Pollution

Cleaning Up the Three Bays

Progress report on Three Bays stormwater project

The Association to Preserve Cape Cod has scheduled two meetings this week to present an update on a stormwater pollution management project in the Three Bays watershed.

April Wobst, a restoration ecologist from the APCC, and Michelle West, a resources engineer from Horsley Witten Group, will discuss the five-year, $1.2 million project to improve water quality in the bays. The project involves installation of green infrastructure stormwater treatment systems to remove nitrogen, bacteria and other pollutants from rainwater runoff before it enters the bays.

The first phase of the project, which included construction of two stormwater treatment systems, is nearing completion. The second phase involves assessment and identification of new sites for treatment systems, for which the association in soliciting public input.

The meetings will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at the Liberty Hall Club at 2150 Main St. in Marstons Mills and at 3 p.m. Thursday February 28, 2019 at the Cotuit Library, 871 Main St.

More information

Link to stormwater 101 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBe675pb8A8&feature=youtu.be

APCC stormwater general factsheet that on the back lists the “10” things you can do to help: https://apcc.org/rcc/apcc-stormwater-factsheet.pdf

A homeowners guide to rain gardens: https://apcc.org/threebays/Rain%20Garden%20Installation%20Guide%20for%20Homeowners.pdf

Rain Garden page: https://apcc.org/raingardens/index.html with link video on making a rain garden and some plant lists etc.