5/2/2011 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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8 Board of Selectmen Minutes May 2, 2011 Svecial &Annual Town Meeting Warrants;Discussion of Motions: .Tort 1 lectin &with Finance Committee: (continued) The Finance Committee joined the Board of Selectmen at 6:26 p.m.,and motioned unanimously in a roll call vote to conduct the joint meeting. Discussion followed with respect to Article 6 as it relates to the proposed Habitat for Humanity home to be.located on Russell sell Road. It was noted that Conmaunity Preservation Funding would not be utilized to purchase the land for the home. This was also a stipulation imposed by the Community Preservation Cottee when reconiniending this article. Petition Articles 26 and 27 relative to appropriating$320,000 t the Santuit Pond Preservation Account from existing Community Preservation funds and also from the Town to purchase Solar Circulators to prevent algae blooms degrading the pond was reviewed. Town Counsel advised that only the Connnunity preservation Committee wakes recommendations as to how the funds are expended. Therefore, Article 26 is out- of-order. ut- oforder. With regards to Article 27,the Commonwealth of MA is required to conduct a comprehensive review approve the issuance of a Ch. 91 permit under the waterways statute. It vias noted that after the petition article is read into the record,the Friends of Santuit Pond may request indefinite postponement of the article as it is written. With regards to the solar circulators, it was disclosed the Town of Mashpee has filed a joint application with the Friends of Santuit pond to request Community Preservation funding. The matter is before the CPC Cottee tomorrow evening. if the application makes advancement to the October 2011 Town Meeting,the Town will apply to the Commonwealth for the Ch. 91 permit. For clarification purposes,Article 4 of the Annual Ton Meeting to appropriate 1, 00000 to improve the infrastructure of various Town buildings contains specific projects outlined in the Capital Improvement Program. The list of projects was identified and prioritized by the PI Construction Committee. The project derived from the recent Town Buildings Needs Assessment approved by the voters and funded by the C1P program.