12/19/2013 SEWER COMMISSION Minutes

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MR(Joint Base Cape Cod)/SHELLFISH PROJECT MONITORING (continued) Mashpee will start off with shellfish seeding and harvesting as first phase. Original analysis said we would have to upgrade Southport or close it and tie-it into a new municipal plant, but if the Town is able to go with MIVIR then the approach would be to leave the Southport facility alone. Joe Lyons asked what do we need to do to take the lead at MMR. Pio Lombardo suggested.to get serious you have to talk about a "District". bead agency of the "district" could be Mashpee. Mashpee could indicate interest to MIVIRand say that other towns may be interested as well. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Town of Mashpee and IVIMR could be done but nebut wrh would do this on behalf of the Twn' What would the impact be when State takes over MMR Joe Lyons suggested getting everybody together and go in as a united front to the present owner of the MMIC treatment site so that when State takes over they know vwr we are interested. Torn Fudala' said the State already Knows we're Interested; we have made that clear to the State, but we don't know who is taking it over. Mess Development and Air Force know we want it also. Jeff said you will be setting the stage that Mashpee looping to bark on this as part oftheir Plan. Paul G bell said right now a lot of money is needed t repair the base sewers, so he feels Mashpee may want to speak to Carter Hunt of Mass Development about State funding for upgrading the MMR system. Jeff said he pint together a spreadsheet to look at the proposed shellfish program and converted it into an average aftenuate ! nitrogen load. He said he warped back through the watershed, correlating into rough costs, and the cost savings in expanding and monitoring that program. A more formal proposal has to be drafted as part of this report. The monitoring for this approach will be continuous. It will be part of the report. It is showing we are doing something right up front. Perhaps they could get funding to help support this. Torn Fudala said that's what we agreed right at first—this is first; everything in else is back-up. Jeff said it has to be documented and outlin6d in the Plan. f Rick York volunteered to do a scientific write-up n the shellfish program and will send to Teff for inclusion in the report. Also, lick said he will ask UMASS to recalibrate every 5 gears. Joe said in summary, then, when we get rid of the nitrogen in waterways, only small percentage amount coming from the mud. Rick k said it is not insignificant; it is important to know what it is. Jeff said when we document the monitoring program it makes sense to include grab samples of the bottom sediments in the monitoring program. Jeff said important to get MEPA comments following the submittal of the Draft Recommended Plan before doing anything else. Jeff said we already ran model with the understanding that other word has to be done outside of the planning area that influences 1Iaquit Bay as a whole). The question could be what happens with rest of Waquoit Bay. Torn Fudala said Deep in mind we have "fair share" for each municipality and Mashpee should tale care of our share. Torn said we just need to show where we meet the levels. Fick York said in report we dean our side and Falmouth cleans their side and that's the number so we don't have to re-run the model. VOUCHED SIGNATURES G H D Voucher for$4700. Joe Lyons made a motion that the Commission appr ve the payment of the voucher for$4700. Glenn Santos seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. - Lombardo fates Voucher for$390. Joe Lyons made a motion that the Commission approve the payment of the voucher for$390 for attendance at the Nov. 21, 2013 meeting. Tom Burns seconded the motion.- The motion was unanimously approved. 2