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<br /> The Chairman, also a member of the Board of Selectmen,reported what was discussed on the
<br /> January 3 a meeting.He said that the Board of Selectmen had read over the lig`report provided by the Blue
<br /> Ribbon Comprehensive Meeting. Also discussed was a recommendation in regard to having an educational
<br /> coordinator`. In attendance were the School Committee and Chairman,who were positive in their approach
<br /> to helping to rea eh out, and that the Board would preach out to the School Committee for the future of the
<br /> water district. Where was also discussion of landscaping for Town buildings,using organic,natural
<br /> fertilizers for the Town playing fields. Also,the Chairman went over discussion of looking down the road
<br /> for an Upper Cape Regional Technical Development Corporation. As of Monday, he did not have
<br /> volunteers; he spoke to the audience for individuals interested in representing the Town. He made it a.point
<br /> to have the concerns discussed by the Blue Ribbon Committee stay in the forefront of the Board of
<br /> Selectmen.
<br /> huckie Green,the Vice Chair. spoke up and said that he thought what the Chairman was saying
<br /> was to plat it on the agenda on a continuous biweekly occurrence,so that they did not have to wait every
<br /> quarter.
<br /> The Chairman asked the committee if they had any other feedback to share, he asked Ted Theis to
<br /> talk about educational programs,but Mr.Theis wanted to defer his statements until after discussing the
<br /> FDIC.
<br /> Ms.Kane spoke-tip thatshe had received in the mail the Buzzards' Bay proposal sit-e on a-CD
<br /> which explained what it was all about,if anyone wanted to see it. She explained that it had information
<br /> regarding dredging material, as well as other subjects.
<br /> New Business
<br /> EDIC
<br /> Representative Matt Patrick
<br /> Harlyn Halvorson
<br /> John Harding
<br /> John Miller introduced guests regarding the implementation of'the BIT. Speakers would talk
<br /> about the"world of BFI 's"Mr. Miller had found a document which he then passed copies around to the
<br /> Committee.He said it was several years old,but also tete"tip of the iceberg"that towns and municipalities
<br /> could be doing nowadays, to shore up deficiencies on the economic front, and thought it,would be useful to
<br /> individual members to see what the town had attempted to do in the past.
<br /> Mr,Miller introduced three speakers:Representative Matt Patrick and following him,Marlyn
<br /> Halvorson,the Chairman of the Falmouth BIT, along with Harlyn,was John Harding,who was a
<br /> consultant to the Falmouth BIT.
<br /> Representative Patrick would give an overview of what the legislature had to do and how it carne
<br /> about and his role in it.Mr.Miller said that Senator Bob O'Leary had a hand in it,too, He asked Mr.
<br /> Halvorson what.the Falmouth ERIC has achieved. one thing the Board were naive about, said Mr.Miller,
<br /> was the dynamics on how to ramp up an ELIC in its' early stages,where does it find its' resources,
<br /> financlally and human resources and the like,and he wanted to acknowledge Joyce Masan,Head of
<br /> Administration for the Town of Mashpee, for corning as well, and that the Board appreciated her interest.
<br /> Representative Patrick said that it was`{always nice to dust off some legislation that was passed
<br /> three years ago."Representative Leary was handed the Bill and got it through in 2000 and managed to get
<br /> it through the House pretty quickly. He was told that it was a.very important piece of legislation,which
<br /> wasn't done anymore,He said that the ERIC allows a Town to do almost anything,"except hire your oven
<br /> army," he said,jokingly.He said It was a very comprehensive piece of legislation and in the right hands
<br /> can do a lot of good things,not only economic development, but cleaning up any polluted site, cleaning
<br /> water sites, and bonding,where the Town could carry up to three trillion dollars worth of debt, all of this of
<br /> course,with Town Meeting approval. It passed on November 20, 2002, Senator O'Leary helped getting it
<br /> through the Senate.He had handed out copies of the legislation to the Committee the preceding week,
<br /> which the Committee bad in view. The representative them asked if there were any questions for him,
<br /> The Chairman asked the representative what other towns had this kind of legislation?
<br /> The representative said that it was based on legislation that had passed in Springfield and in
<br /> Brockton.He also said Falmouth had an older version, 1980.
<br /> Ms.Dane asked if the legislation would create the use of cleaning up waters?
<br /> It just gives the ELIC the ability to clean up sites that are polluted, said the representative.
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