09/15/2016 SEWER COMMISSION Minutes

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Mashpee Sewer Commission Minutes of Meeting September 15, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. Mashpee Town Hall Approved 3-0-1 on 11.117116 Sewer Commissioners Present: Tom Fudala, Bradford Pittsley, Tom Burns, Joseph Lyons, Also: Anastasia Rudenko—GHD, Sheldon Gilbert—Community Advisory Committee Absent: Glenn Santos CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Chairman Tom Fudala at 7:03 p.m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES—April 14, 2016, May 19, 2016 & ,lune 16, 2016 Minutes were postponed SHELLFISH PROGRAM UPDATE Acting Director of the Department of Natural Resources, Rick York, reported that the water restoration project was doing very well with oysters and quahogs, in large numbers and growing very well. The facilities were being expanded to grow more. Four million oyster seed and -five million quahog seed were grown in the hatchery. Mr. York referenced the Town's Mashpee River project, placing 2,480 bags of spat in the River. Mr. York also announced that the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe acquired_ an EPA grant of just under $200,000 to restore oyster beds in Shoestring Bay, a project initiated this year. The Tribe placed 2,000 bags of spat this year in Shoestring Bay. Mr. York noted that the oysters grew very quickly over a month, due to the food growing in the bay. Survival rates were expected at 30-50%. Numbers were anticipated at the end of the year. Mr. York described the process of placing the spat and shellfish. Mr. York thanked :the Commission for identifying Shoestring Bay as a potential site as it has proven to be the best site in town. Mr. York noted that quahogs were doing well in Little River. Regarding water quality monitoring, Mr. York reported that Brian Howes would be discussing the results at the Selectmans meeting on September 23. Additional projects include the SMaST shellfish and water quality effects and the Moonakis River study monitoring the tidal cycle. Mr. York reported that the new Natural Resources Department had been established in July. Assistants have been hired and college students assisted the Department during the summer. Mr. York planned to expand the shellfish program next year. This year's budget for the Natural Resource Department was $517,000, reduced fiom the requested $750,000. Mr. York will review this year's costs to determine his budget needs for next year. STATUS OF FINAL PLAN Status of DRI Review -Extended to November 18, 2016 STATUS OF OTHER TASKS -Mashpee Commons/Wampanoag Village Sewer Connections Study Anastasia Rudenko was present from GHD to provide an update and discuss the feasibility studies assessing the additional flow to the Wampanoag and Mashpee Commons facilities. Ms. Rudenko will focus today on the Wampanoag facility and distributed a handout. The study area is located in Phase 1, slated for Site 4. Since there was already an existing facility in the vicinity,