8/22/2016 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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191 Board of Selectmen Minutes August 22, 2016 Review of correspondence relative to status of Trust Lands of the Mashnee Wamnanoae Tribe: At the last Selectmen's Meeting it was determined that letters would be sent to the Department of the Interior and to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council Chairman regarding the status of Tribal properties taken into Trust. Copies of the letters dated August 18, 2016 were disseminated in the Board of Selectmen's informational packet for additional review. It was disclosed that at this time, the Town of Mashpee is honoring the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Town and Tribe with respect to public safety. I\• Ca Review of Draft #2 of the October 2016 Annual Town Meetine_ Warrant. to include additional Warrant articles nronosed for submission by the Board of Selectmen: The Board of Selectmen conducted an initial review of Draft #2 of the October 2016 Annual Town Meeting Warrant dated August 18, 2016. Amendments to Draft #1 were identified in the revised document. The Board conducted a review of the warrant. It is the intention of the Board to execute the warrant at their September 11, 2016 meeting. Proposed articles for the warrant include the appropriation and transfer of revenue available for appropriation to fund the Firefighters Union Contract settlement, the creation of the position of Administrative Secretary within the Recreation Department Kids Klub to be funded under the Enterprise Account. It was noted this position was inadvertently omitted under Article 1 I of the May 1, 2000 Annual Town Meeting article which authorized the transfer of various Kids Klub positions to the Town's salary schedule. The third proposed article would raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $200,000 for the purpose of developing the wastewater treatment facility loadings, conceptual design/initial equipment sizing and process selection, the recharge beds conceptual design and initiating the groundwater discharge permit application process and scoping with the Department of Environmental Protection. This is a part of the process to advance the design of the Site 4 property adjacent to the Transfer Station. It was reported the Wastewater Plan has been considered by the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Committee. However, a project of this magnitude was deemed too large a task for the CIP. In reviewing soft solutions it was reported that a pilot program using permeable reactive barriers (PRB's) has recently been federally funded. A brief discussion followed with respect to the wastewater project and the aquaculture adaptive management component. It was agreed the Board would further review the shellfish remediation project to obtain full disclosure on this program. It was recommended the Board defer the wastewater appropriation for consideration at the May Town Meeting. The Town at this time is approximately one year behind the five year phase 1 implementation schedule. This mattes will be re -visited at the next meeting.