5/18/2006 BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE Minutes

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5 The vice Chair said that lots were,spread out, that the growth center has no ability to grow and that the Town was stuck with the land that it had. He said that the way he was looking at it, the Town was stuck with growth centers, that there was no land for there and that the Town had to work with what it had—planned second story apartments, The Town planner said that residential,od..third-floor were c6ady-viabje. He.added-that there was a need for open space because of an impact issue. The vice Chair spoke about moving gray water and not sewering the Tern. He added that in getting 1A of nitrogen, he didn't see townspeople doing it the right way, that there were big numbers to be considered. He added that effluent disposals for treatment systems should be used and that the Town could move the effluent coming out of the plant. The Town Planner said that there was a specific design needed on a-facilities plant and to remove from a isfing treatment plants, The vice Chair asked how large.was the cost The Town Planmer said that the Capital-Facilities Plan in'Barnstable was moving to a location on Route 6, w h was throe times the size of the project—eight million dollar's for pipeline and that it had gotten a lot more expensive. The Town Planner said the problem was too much residential development—only now had the Town run out of land. He added that there was an affordable housing issue and a water quality issue. He added that storm water would have to be taken out of watershed and in that sense any development is bad. lair..,Sfb rs Said that he didn't believe all develop ent a bad aiid'that the Town needed to be smart about where it grows. He said that to do nothing was a failure. He said he was not sure if he agreed with the best dollar spent for greatest nitrogen removal.. He added that he approved greater positive impact--.---new growth spending to tape back and move away to a treatment plant. Thehaixlnan asked whether treatment plants were not capable. The Town planner said that 3 pis per million was the best you court get in tashpee on a consistent basis. In Bomme it was 5-1 pprn. In will.owbend, it was 1 V2ppm, he added. You could never get to zero with a treatment plant. He,said it was the big dollars} adding up costs and the Town had to find a place to put a treatment plant. He said that in Mr. torrs's plan} they would be running out of spaces to fill it. Mr. StoiTs said that there was spray irrigation. The Town Planner said it's being considered it's being allowed. Mr. Storrs said that the greatest violator of wastewater treatment plant was the Town of llashpee. He added that there was a need to be looking at every possible venue. I`lie Town Planner said that there was a problern with spray im'gation in the winter. The Town has wells and in1'gation, and with wells there were less pathogens. 'W Storrs asked about lands use and how does it impact water quality. The Town needed to develop land better and concentrate on where it could be treated. Mr. Storrs carne to the conclusion that the less growth, the higher the taxation, and the Town Planner concluded that more growth would cost more money. The Chairman stated that at the next B.R. .C. meeting on June I"' the Building Committee would be attending the meeting and that the members of the B.R. . . would be getting a perspective from a person in the field regarding land management usage and what are the practices going on, New Business Renewable Energy Don dyers The Chairman changed the discussion to renewable energy. He wanted to know what Boards members thought about what had been on the corer of the Cape Cod Times recently.The front page described a homeowner in Sandwich who was proposing to put up a$30,000 wind