• Designated DCPCs
• Nominated DCPCs

The Barnstable County Ocean Management Planning District of Critical Planning Concern (DCPC) was a process to plan for development in Cape Cod's ocean waters.

Documents:

(most recent at the top)

• Cape Cod Ocean Management Plan (Final; October 13, 2011)
  Cape Cod Ocean Management Plan - Map of Planning Area
  Cape Cod Ocean Management Plan - Map of Wind Energy Facility Prohibited Areas

• Proposed Implementing Regulations for the Ocean Management Planning DCPC (7/14/11)

• Final Recommendations on Sand & Gravel Mining by the DCPC Policy Committee 7/13/11
• Final Recommendations on Cable & Pipeline Installations by the DCPC Policy Committee 7/13/11
• Final Recommendations on Offshore Wind Energy Facilities by the DCPC Policy Committee 6/22/11

• Summary Sheets - November 10, 2010 Listening Session with Stakeholders:

1. Affected Environment/Planning Area: General Planning Area Description, Biological Resources, Climate Change, Cultural Resources
2. Human Use of the Planning Area: Allowed Activities
3. Human Use of the Planning Area: Renewable Energy
4. Human Use of the Planning Area: Sand & Gravel and Cables & Pipelines

Presentations and Meeting Videos:

• Presentation from the September 2011 Assembly of Delegates Meeting
• Presentation from June 2011 Informational Forums
• Visual Impact Assessment Methodology Overview for the Policy Committee Workshop on February 18, 2011
• Presentation at the Policy Committee Workshops on February 4 and 18, 2011 - PDF
• November 10, 2010 Stakeholders' Listening Session - PowerPoint presentation
• July 29, 2010 Policy Committee Meeting - PowerPoint presentation and PDF
• January 2010 Presentation: Overview of DCPC - PDF

Ocean DCPC Administration:

• Ocean DCPC Policy Committee Overview Statement
• Ocean DCPC Process Flow Chart
• Ocean DCPC Guidelines - Excerpt from Ordinance 10-03
• Ocean DCPC Designation - Barnstable County Ordinance 10-03 (Effective May 5, 2010)

Reference Materials:

• Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan
• General DCPC Information

Policy Committee

• Frederick Chirigotis, Town Council President, Barnstable
• Coreen Moore, Town Planner, Bourne
• Edward Lewis, Selectman, Brewster
• Leonard Sussman, Selectman, Chatham
• Wayne Bergeron, Selectman, Dennis
• Martin McDonald, Selectman, Eastham
• Melissa Freitag, Selectman, Falmouth
• Edward McManus, Selectman, Harwich
• Mike Richardson, Selectman, Mashpee
• Sims McGrath, Jr., Selectman, Orleans
• Francis Santos, Selectman, Provincetown
• Jim Pierce, Selectman, Sandwich
• Curtis Hartman, Selectman, Truro; Bill Golden, Selectman, Truro (as of February 2011)
• Ira Wood, Selectman, Wellfleet
• Suzanne McAuliffe, Selectman, Yarmouth
• Paul Niedzwiecki, Executive Director, Cape Cod Commission
• Mark London, Executive Director, Martha's Vineyard Commission
• Andrew Vorce (John Brescher), Nantucket Planning & Economic Development Commission
• Nancy Durfee, SRPEDD
• Vacant, Old Colony Planning

Technical Advisory Work Groups:

• Renewable Energy

  • Nils Bolgen, Mass Clean Energy Center
  • Dan MacDonald, UMass Dartmouth
  • Ryan Christenberry, Planner, Cape Cod Commission
  • Joe Soares, Senior Power Supply Planner, Cape Light Compact
  • Joe Feraci, Interconnection Specialist, NSTAR
  • Geoff Cowles, SMAST/UMass Dartmouth
  • Jack Wiggin, UMass Boston, Urban Harbors Institute

• Visual Assessments

  • Rick Smardon, RLA, SUNY Syracuse
  • Susan Leven, Brewster Town Planner
  • Rex Peterson, Wellfleet Assistant Town Administrator (now Truro Town Administrator)
  • Lauren McKean, Planner, Cape Cod National Seashore
  • Charles Orr, Hutker Architects
  • Robert Brattvet, Brattvet Architects
  • Sharon Rooney, Chief Planner, Cape Cod Commission
  • Phil Dascombe, Senior Community Design Planner, Cape Cod Commission
  • Sarah Korjeff, Historic Preservation Specialist, Cape Cod Commission

• Natural Resources

  • Walter Barnhardt, US Geological Survey
  • Pat Hughes, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
  • Steve McKenna, Coastal Zone Management
  • Jo Ann Muramoto, Barnstable County Coastal Resources Committee
  • Megan Tyrrell, Cape Cod National Seashore
  • Graham Giese, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
  • Karen Stamieszkin, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
  • John Ramsey, Applied Coastal
  • Woods Hole Group
  • Heather McElroy, Natural Resources Specialist, Cape Cod Commission
  • Andy Walsh, Coastal Resources Specialist, Cape Cod Commission

DCPC Announcements

CCC Staff Contact

Heather McElroy
Natural Resources Specialist
508-744-1217