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Town of Bourne, MA Information

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Government

Address: Town Hall, Main Street, Bourne, MA 02743
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
phone: (508) 759-0600; Fax: (508) 759-8026
Form of Government: Board of Selectmen (5 members) with Town Administrator (Thomas Guerino)
Open Town Meeting
Board of Selectmen: Meetings: With the exception of the summer months the Board meets weekly on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 PM in the Bourne Memorial Community Center, located at 239 Main Street in Buzzards Bay. Meetings include a public comment period and are televised the local access cable channel.

Board Members :

Stephen Mealy Chair, 2010; Judith Conron, Vice-Chair, 2009; John Ford, Clerk, 2010 ;Jamie Sloniecki, 2009; Mary Meli, 2011

Demographics

2005 Population estimate: 19,356 (U.S. Census estimate based on past trends)
2000 Population (2000 U.S. Census): 18,721 (percent increase=16.5%)
1990 Population (1990 U.S. Census): 16,064
2000 Housing Units: 9,648; (including unoccupied)
Average Persons per Unit: 1.94

Land and Water Statistics:

Category	Value	Comments
Corporate Boundaries including coastal waters:	57.28 mi2	BBNEP calculation from MassGIS Town Boundary layer.
Land + Freshwater:	41.08 mi2	BBNEP calculation from MassGIS Townsurvey layer. DHCD=52.82 (appears to be error; may include canal, other coastal waters). Town parcel data totals= 38.00 mi2 (does not include roads, and some ponds).
Area in watershed:	34.166 mi2	=83.2%. BBNEP calculation using BBNEP watershed boundary.
Land Area - Freshwater bodies:	40.69 mi2	Entire Town. BBNEP calculation using open water and deep marsh area from DEP wetlands gis layer. DHCD=40.9
2005 Population Density:	471.2 per mi2	BBNEP calc, based on land+freshwater

Permitted Pollution Discharges and Toxic Waste Generators

EPA's enviro-mapper showing surface water dischargers or waste generators.Groundwater dischargers are not shown.

Wetland Regulations

Town of Bourne May 2000 Wetland Bylaw (links to Town's website).
Bourne Wetland Regulations, promulgated August 2000 to implement the bylaw (a 113 KB PDF file)
--The town developed these regulations with the assistance of the Buzzards Bay NEP.

Reports and Presentations

September 9 Presentation to the Bourne Shellfish Advisory Committee on Causes of Eelgrass Degradation and Jet-Clamming Issues

(1 MB pdf file)

Potential Wetland Restoration Sites

The following downloads are excerpts from our report Selected Inventory of Potential Wetland Restoration Sites in the Buzzards Bay Watershed. Click the links to open the files in your web browser, or right click to save to your computer. Graphics on these pdf files has been degraded to reduce file size. Request a CD if this report (click the above link for more info)to obtain higher resolution pdf files.

Appendix 1. Sites in Bourne (1.2 MB pdf file).

Site Locus Map for Bourne (1.2 MB pdf file).

Links

Town of Bourne, Official Home Page
(includes town bylaws, department info and lots more)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Information Page on Bourne

Bourne Scallop Fest Festival Information

Bourne 2007 NPDES Phase II MS4 permit annual report

Public Boat Ramps

Electric Ave. Buttermilk Bay
Buttermilk Bay Marina
Maco's Marina
Caldara's Marina
A & G Marina
Monument Beach Landing
Shore Road, Pocasset
Barlow's Landing
Red Brook Harbor

Public Beaches

Town Beaches have resident parking only.

Sagamore Beach
Gray Gables, Pocasset
Monument Beach, Pocasset
Barlows Landing, Pocasset
Patiusset
Electric Avenue, Buttermilk Bay
Gilder Road Beach
Cataumet Harbor (off Squeteague Harbor Road)
Scenic Park

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Town Officials (Environmental and Planning Departments)

Conservation Commission (and term end)
Robert Gray June 30, 2009
Melvin Peter Holmes June 30, 2009
Susan J. Weston June 30, 2009
B. Paul Bushueff, Jr. June 30, 2010
John D. Fiske June 30, 2010
Bruce MacDonald June 30, 2011
Robert Palumbo June 30, 2008
Associate Michael J. Gratis, Sr. June 30, 2009
Associate Elizabeth R. Kiebala June 30, 2009
Associate Michael E. Leitzel June 30, 2009


Conservation Department(508) 759-0600 Ext 343 or 344
Brendan Mullaney Conservation Agent
Bette Puopolo Secretary

Board of Health Staff
Cynthia Coffin, Health Agent
Lisa Plante, Health Inspector
Lisa Collett, Secretary

Board of Health
Galon Barlow Jr. Co-Chair
Kathleen Peterson Co-Chair
Donald Cunningham
Stanley Andrews
Donald Uitti


Planning Department
Ann Gratis, Planning Board Secretary

Planning Board (elected)
Christopher Farrell 2010 Chairman
Daniel Doucette 2009 Vice Chairman
Peter J. Meier 2009 Clerk
Donald Duberger 2010
Dudley Jensen 2011
Clement DelFavero 2011
John Howarth 2011
Louis Gallo 2009
Douglas Shearer 2009



Zoning Board of Appeals (appointed)
Lee M. Berger, Chm. June 30, 2012
Timothy M. Sawyer June 30, 2013
Judith A. Riordan June 30, 2009
John Priestley, Jr. June 30, 2010
Robert Gaynor June 30, 2012
associate: Wade M. Keene June 30, 2009
associate: John O'Brien June 30, 2009


Selectmen's Task Force on Local Pollution Robert N. Jenney June 30, 2009
E. Harlan King June 30, 2009
James Mulvey June 30, 2009
Leslie Perry June 30, 2009

Shore and Harbor Committee
B. Paul Busheuff, Jr. June 30, 2009
Charles Miller June 30, 2009
David Wiggin June 30, 2009
Richard Libin June 30, 2010
R. Hunter Scott June 30, 2010
David Crane June 30, 2011
Charles Perry June 30, 2011


Department Natural Resources
Director Timothy Mullen
NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICERS: Michael J. Gratis, Daniel Warncke Jr., John Thompson, Patricia Hamilton
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Jennifer M. Chisser
SECRETARY: Debi McCarthy


Open Space Committee
Charlotte Stiefel June 30, 2009
Virginia Anderson June 30, 2010
Jack MacDonald June 30, 2010
Richard Anderson June 30, 2011
Andrew Cooney June 30, 2011
Barry Johnson Chairman, June 30, 2011
staff: Michael E. Leitzel June 30, 2009
staff: Brendan Mullaney June 30, 2009
staff: Coreen V. Moore June 30, 2009


Helpful Bourne Telephone Numbers
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Economic Profile of Bourne

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