2/5/2015 SEWER COMMISSION Minutes

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Jeff Gregg will be working on having a draft text squared away in time for discussion at the March 19th meeting of the Sewer Commission. STATUS OF OTHER GHD TASKS: Regina Villa Associates: No report. VOUCHER SIGNATURES: No vouchers received. INTERMUNICIPAL ISSUES • Cape Cod Commission Cape-wide Wastewater 208 Plan Tom Fudala stated that the CCC 208 Plan is proceeding, and needs to be submitted at the end of June along with their designation of responsible entities for the watersheds on the Cape including the entire Waquoit Watershed and the Popponesset Watershed. Tom Fudala referred to the Settlement Agreement Summary hand out which states that by Sept. 15, 2015, EPA must approve a state-certified Section 208 Plan Update for Cape Cod, including the designation of waste management agencies (WMAs). FALMOUTH ISSUES Tom Fudala referred to the Feasibility Study prepared by Brian Howes, of Implementing Soft Solutions for Restoring the Quashnet/Moonakis River. UMass-Dartmouth SMaST has suggested the following elements of such a study. Field data collection should be focused on the entire Quashnet estuary but particularly the area upgradient of the Meadow Neck Road bridge crossing. Field tasks would include the following: 1. Tidal Nutrient Flux (input/output) 2. Benthic Nutrient Flux (input/output) 3. Confirmation of Flow and TN-load from Quashnet River(input) 4. Revise Fine-Scale Bathymetry 5. Deploy Four Temperature-depth Recorders (TDRs) Tom Fudala reported on a meeting with Andy Gottlieb, Rick York, Matt Patrick, Eric Turkington, and Win Monroe relative to beginning cooperative issues. One study recommended by Brian Howes was $180,000. OTHER ITEMS Water& Sewer District. Tom Fudala reported that there is no decision to date on management of the final plan, be it under Town management or the Water-Sewer District, Jeff Gregg asked whether/how to include comments about plan management in the final draft plan document. Tom Fudala stated that he had presented the Sewer Commission's 5-year Capital Improvement program to the Capital Improvement Committee on Tuesday, 2/03115 and had proposed for next year$680,000 of which $180,000 was for Feasibility Study and $500,000 for Professional Services. Description of the Feasibility Study may need some fleshing out. Tom Fudala is hopeful that the $180,000 for the Feasibility Study will be approved. BOS Agenda Item: Determination of Need for Community Advisory Committee to Sewer Commission Tom Fudala stated his great surprise at discovery that the BOS had placed this item on their January 26 meeting agenda. Mr.Fudala stated that the CAC is a critical element of our planning process with regard to our MEPA environmental impact report process with our adjacent towns and strongly requested that there be no action taken by the BOS which would eliminate the committee 2