7/9/2018 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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5 Board of Selectmen Minutes July 9, 2018 APPOINTMENTS & HEARINGS Discussion of Form-Based Code: Mashpee Commons`: (continued) It was also agreed that work and cooperation would offer a better end-result. The development would place the Town of Mashpee in the forefront, and become a model for other Cape communities with respect to development in an open and transparent manner. To satisfy a statement given by the Chair of the Planning Board two weeks ago Selectman Cotton motioned that the Board vote to put a placeholder on the October Town Meeting Warrant for a warrant article on adoption of a Form-Based Code to regulate development in a manner that addresses building form first and building use second, which Code, if adopted by Town Meeting would replace the current zoning special permit process, and further which Code shall be initially drafted by representatives of Mashpee Commons and reviewed, revised and/or approved by the Mashpee Planning Board by September 11, 2018. There was no second to the motion. The motion does not carry. Upon consideration of the above referenced motion it was determined the Board of Selectmen agreed to insert a placeholder on the October warrant for the proposed Form Based Code. Final approval is required by the Planning Board by the date of September 11, 2018. If there is no approval, the advancement of the Form Based Code would be deferred to the May Town Meeting. Water Quali!y Presentation: Brian Howes,• University of Massachusetts Dartmouth: Brian Howes, School of Marine Science and Technology (SMAST),University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Mashpee resident updated the Board of Selectmen on the Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Popponesset Bay and Waquoit Bay Estuaries, a compilation of the summer of 2017 results. The study is an ongoing collaborative between the Town of Mashpee, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Coastal Systems Program with the University of Massachusetts School of Marine Science and Technology. A memorandum of understanding was developed between the entities in 2009 known as The Mashpee Water Quality Consortium. Dr. Howes indicated there is enough data to discuss trends and to actually initiate discussions on nutrient related water quality, a decline that continues to represent a serious threat to the ecological health of nearshore coastal waters. Habitat degradation is a major problem facing the estuaries along with the loss of commercial and recreational resources. Nitrogen management, control of micro-algae and the restoration of eelgrass and benthic habitat are goals of this project. Currently the Town has brought forth initiatives such as increasing tidal change by dredging and in the shellfish aquaculture program removing nitrogen by the harvest of shellfish.