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5. Start farthest away from the water, assuming we have to sewer most of the watershed. Both of these are timing/phasing, not scenarios. Fair Share scenario: political reality is we need that scenario. Jeff added, can use existing facilities or multiple municipal plants but moving that wastewater to one centralized facility so there are not so many plants to manage. Advantage is better management get better performance results. Tom said would have to find a big site with big discharge area. S & W can look at scenario one, and then see if any economies of scale by using only one plants. After looking at scenarios, can look at phasing/timing and where to start. Ken asked, if scenario I & 2 the technology is wide open? Yes it is, based on S & W technology assessment. Jeff said it will be based on the performance you want to achieve, certain technologies will achieve that. Tom added that cost effectiveness is important as well. That is a promise that has been made to voters. 42: using existing plants: look at improved performance level at those plants. 45: shut down existing plants; tie them into a new plant. Pio said at this point,the simplest way is to assign a dollars per gallon, irrelevant of the technology. The next iteration can ask more detailed questions. Tom is concerned about the process of analysis; will the Commission participate in how S & W picks the performance?Yes, that conversation will happen at the next phase of discussion. Tom said there must be a lot of transparency in the process, a lot of public knowledge and discussion to get voters confidence. Will work out the details of what S & W needs to complete the scenarios later. Next Tuesday, meeting re: public relations component. Jeff can email it to members, he does not need to present it. Members should think about how to get the information out and at what point. S & W will help with ides. Scope for Pio Lombardo Jeff suggests, for continuity of work, that Pio work with S & W on performance of Nitrex and where it can be applied and S & W develop what the scenario might look like, with Pio's input. Pio explained the process: - he will provide information request - mainly data which already exists - - performance requirements: nitrogen removal requirement and then how do we achieve it; this is a fair amount of work. The answer can take all sorts of forms. What will be delivered, by Lombardo Associates, to Mashpee? A Nitrex scenario, including maps, locations of systems, cluster systems, individual rehabs; the nitrogen levels achieved and it will all be costed out. Matt asked, if this is a proposal for implementing Nitrex, why does the Sewer Commission need a contract with him? Mr. Lombardo responded that he is not available to "coach" Stearns & Wheler on how to do this. It is not a proposal, it is a facilities plan.