2/25/2015 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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S Speaker: Massachusetts State Senator,Dan Wolf Senator Wolf was unable to attend and did not speak. Overview of Section 208 Plan Update Paul Niedzwiecki gave a presentation with the aid of a PowerPoint presentation.A copy of the PowerPoint is attached. The presentation included the following background: In January 2013,the government instructed the Cape Cod Commission to update the 208 plan. Since 1951, the Cape has had unprecedented growth and has increased by 400%between i95o and 199o.The biggest environmental problem on the Cape is nitrogen and the biggest source of that nitrogen is people. Cape Cod has less than 4%of the population in Massachusetts,but has 20%of the Title V systems. There are 53 embayment watersheds and 32 shared watersheds of concern in Barnstable-County. The problem is predominantly in the Nantucket Sound area, so it is a regional problem.. Niedzwiecki presented a summary timeline for the updated 208 Plan,including the Draft Submission in June 2014, Public Draft Plan Release in August 2014, Final Plan Submission in March 2015 and Designation of WMAs in June 2015. He then went into.a brief review of each of the eight chapters in the updated 208 Plan: (1)People,The Cape Cod Model, People and Process; (2)The Problem, Cape Cod, Baseline, People and Place; (3) Policy and Regulations; (4) Solution,Nutrient Mitigation Technologies and Policies; (5) Evaluation,The Cape Cod Model, Technical Review; (6)Money, Cost and Financial Affordability; (7) Forecast, Planning and Growth Management; (7) Forecast, Planning and Growth Management; and(8) Strategy, Recommendations and Implementation. Discussion of Clean Water Act/WMA/208 by Guest Speakers Paul Niedzwiecki introduced Martin Suuberg, Commissioner of Mass DEP,Johanna Hunter,Acting Director of Surface Water Program, US EPA and Christopher KiUwx,Vice President of the Conservation Law Foundation. Martian.Suuberg stated that he has read the draft of the 208 Plan and spoken to his staff about it. He complimented the work that has been done on the plan,in particular the tools that have been developed and used. He noted that when his predecessor, Ken Kimmell,wrote the letter that kicked off some of the funding for the 208 Plan,he focused on a few points in particular: 1) that the plan had to be a regional approach and collaborative effort; 2)recognition that one size doesn't fit all and that there should be tailored solutions for certain areas; and 3)it should deal with the local governments closest to the issues. He stated that the draft that he read, successfully suet those expectations.He highlighted some of the legislative regulatory changes that Paul Niedzwiecki mentioned in his presentation,specifically regulatory permitting. Suuberg stated that he recognized that the 208 Plan is in a new stage,where the plan has been developed and will be submitted for DEP review and then ultimately will be submitted to the Page 2 of 7