8/20/1986 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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}.. 'rir } r {as l70 Board of Selectmen's Meeting w1� Minutes of August 20 , 1986 Pager * e l Thomas commented that the areas wh i ch show water qual i t problems were the first to be built with heavy density. Sh e" asked if we continue to build would they see these problems cy { k= cr�y:' i.Iy, r u other places? Mr. Hanlon replied *no' . He said that t ► x '.': 4; 3 r4. used the Cape Cod Planning model and that the most densely zoned '."' areas will have problems. In the areas with one acre lotsl the model tells them they wont have problems, Mr. Hanlon showed a concept of a wastewater treatment plant. `'' said that during the planning period for this study (which is jjV yrs,,) , they don't believe that the problems that they are ee i-s� :I.I..�'.� : justify the construction of this system. What they see *1.s a. number of developers propos i ng to build packaged wastewater treatment pats the reason is that the developments are s , #b ,'Y ' :;,. ';- {- ... i large and the State says if your development is going to gener-at .{ ..: : ; more than 15,000 gallons a day of wastewater, you have t ' use � - wastewater treatment center , .r k The find now that there are five or i packaged wastewater �`- Vt ' treatment plants being proposed by developers in Mashpee Grouse Point, Meetinghouse Point, Fields Point , Wind Chime isoin-t,�.�'��..4*.��, . Pine hill Estates and New eabury � 'F ':.,w; Two parcels of land are side by side owned by Fields Point and Wind- Chime Point . The two parties have talked and DEGE will not allow them to build one treatment plant. The State-"s reason is allegedly there is no mechanism for control of a single p oje t by one entity, Mr . Hanlon said that there . are ways to get around,, , that but that i t takes t ime Se 1 . Lawrence cormnented that gust that scenario tells us that the State doesn't know what they are talking about because there is the ability to combine those two with a larger de eloprnent that would make it- work . 4r . Hanlon said that they think the sub—regional concept is another war to do i t . He said that they do think the town reeds a septa a treatment facility. He said that the State wi l 1 not allow the septge lagoons to remain much longer, The sub— regional ub— re ional concept works in the following way: 1 . Developer i designs and constructs WWTP. 2, Town obtains ownership of facility. 3. Town establishes a user--charge system. 40 New - developments required to connect to IWT . 5. Town expands STP to serve new customers. Mr . Hanlon pointed out that the town would control the expansion a nd who connects to treatment plant, Se l # Lawrence asked if the system nevem was designed to handle anything further than the development i tsel-f � what would happen to a new developer? Mr . Hanlon said that the packaged waste— water aste— water treatment p l an t.s are advantageous - s they can come in on tractor trailer truck and can be hooked rip e s i l .