3/19/2015 SEWER COMMISSION Minutes

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Town of Mashpee 16 Great Neck Road North � Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 BOARD OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS Mashpee Town Hall - Ockway Meeting Room 2 Thursday, March 19, 2015 Board Members Present: Members Absent: Also Present: Tom Fudala, Chairman Mark Gurnee, Clerk Paul Gobell, Sewer Commission Administrator Joe Lyons, Vice Chairman Glenn Santos Jeff Gregg, GHD Tom Burns Rick York, Mashpee Shellfish Constable Matt Patrick, Falmouth WQMC CALL TO ORDER Chairman Tom Fudala called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. REVIEW OF MINUTES— February 5, 2015 Corrections to the minutes of Feb. 5, 2015 were noted and recorded for the record. Tom Burns made a motion to approve as amended the minutes of the 2105115 Sewer Commission meeting. Joe Lyons seconded the motion. Roll Call Vote: Joe Lyons, yes; Tom Burns, yes; Tom Fudala, yes. The motion was approved (3-0). FALMOUTH ISSUES: STATUS OF MOONAKIS RIVER STUDY PROPOSAL -- Matt Patrick Tom Fudala reported on receipt of an email from Eric Turkington dated 3116115 in which he states that he requested SMAST to provide him with an updated scope of work for the Moonakis/Childs River proposal. Matt Patrick from Falmouth WQMC reported that he met with SMAST this afternoon (March 19th). Mr. Patrick stated that he had tried to push a vote through to do the work, but was told that they are currently working on another high priority project, and asked that the vote be postponed. There is now a revised proposal from SMAST; Tom Fudala asked whether there was also a revised price estimate from the original $161,000. Matt Patrick added that SMAST would like to meet again with Mashpee, Sandwich, and perhaps the Base, to talk about the whole watershed issue, and Falmouth's responsibility. Tom Fudala stated his hope that the study and whatever work is done will be completed by the time of the five-year review, so that the watershed can be readjusted. STATUS OF DRAFT FINAL PLAN —Jeff Gregg, GHD Tom Fudala stated that Jeff Gregg had given the committee members his MEPA response letter and the first 7 chapters of the draft final plan for their review. Tom Fudala, Joe Lyons and Paul Gobell have forwarded to Jeff Gregg their markups of the material provided. Jeff Gregg stated that he has skipped over Chapter 8 in order to work through Chapter 9, a draft copy of which was distributed to the committee for tonight's meeting. Chapter 9: Phasing and Implementation: This chapter outlines the phases of implementation of the plan over a 20-year planning period and summarizes the estimated financial resources required to implement the project. Phasing is considered adjustable based on the implementation of an Adaptive Management program, an approach outlined in Chapter 10. 1