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Christopher Killian answered that it would be hard for him to imagine that the"15 town go-it- <br /> alone solution"would actually work given whathe knows from several agencies analysis of the <br /> issues. If that were the case however,they would have to look at the details of those plans. But <br /> he reiterated that he thought 15 towns going it alone is unlikely to satisfy the requirements in the <br /> statute. He stated he didn't want to get in the way of any creative solutions,but that they were <br /> viewing the solutions on the Cape with some sort of regionalism. <br /> Seth Taylor stated that the town of Chatham has spent over$roo,000,000.00 on this issue <br /> and is so far ahead of the curve that he and the other people in Chatham will be very unhappy <br /> after committing that amount of resources to deal with this problem if CLF tells them they don't <br /> like what they have done. He stated that would be unreasonable for the people in the town of <br /> Chatham. <br /> Jim Pierce,Sandwich Board of Selectmen referenced multiple watersheds in the Town of <br /> Sandwich and referenced Joint Base Cape Cod's partial location in the Town of Sandwich. He <br /> asked for clarity about what pollution is coming from Joint Base Cape Cod,and how the Base <br /> would contribute to watershed solutions. <br /> Erin Perry responded that the Commission has engaged representatives from Joint Base Cape <br /> Cod in all the watershed work that they slid. <br /> Paul Niedzwiecki responded that if a town doesn't have jurisdictional control over a watershed, <br /> they should not be the responsible party for that watershed. <br /> Linda Zuern, Bourne Board of Selectmen, directed two questions/statements towards <br /> Christopher Killian: x) Zuern stated that Killian said that the waters in the Bay were polluted <br /> and Zuern suggested that that was bad information because they have good water in the bays; 2) <br /> Zuern asked who hired CLF to bring the lawsuit. <br /> Christopher Killian responded that he was referringto the nitrogen problem,not to other things <br /> like bacterial pollution or toxins. He stated that the cape is aware of the nitrogen issue and that <br /> it has caused problems in terms of the ecosystem,such as eelgrass disappearing and the impacts <br /> on the fish. He stated he was not referring to specific location water qualities. As far as the <br /> second question,Killian said that the CLF is a tax-exempt charitable organization and that the <br /> water quality issue on Cape Cod was identified as a problem that was of significant concern to <br /> CLF and its board,including members and supporters from Cape Cod. He explained that CLF is <br /> not an organization that is hired by a client;they brought the lawsuit on behalf of the <br /> organization and its members. <br /> Alan McClennon, Orleans Board of Selectmen,stated that this problem will take 40+years to <br /> solve. He noted that Orleans is somewhat"ahead"of its neighbors in terms of a wastewater <br /> solutions and asked what the panel thought about a shared watershed approach such as Pleasant <br /> Bay that has four towns involved. He inquired into how WMA's are designated in towns with <br /> shared watersheds. <br /> Page 5 of 7 <br />