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the respective Offices within the Department of Municipal Finance will retain its respective statutory duties, responsibilities and powers. The consolidation of these Offices under the direct supervision and control of the Director of Municipal Finance/ Town Accountant will facilitate the interactions of these essential Town departments and provide a more streamlined organizational structure for the related financial functions performed by these Town officers and their staff, as contemplated by the Town Charter. The Board of Selectmen recommend approval of Article 33 by a vote of 5-0. The Finance Committee recommend approval of Article 33 by a vote of 4-1 (Avis opposed). Motion made by Selectman Carol Sherman. Motion: I move the Town vote to approve Article 33 as written in the warrant, with the exception of the last sentence in §1-8. A, which shall be deleted from the bylaw and with the exception of the phrase "or take any action relating thereto". Motion made and passed to dispense with reading of article at 8:54 PM. Motion passes at 8:58 PM. Article 34 To see if the Town will vote to amend the General By-laws as follows: Delete Chapter 107 in its entirety and replace with the following: CHAPTER 107–MASHPEE NUTRIENT CONTROL BYLAW §107-1. Purpose A Town Bylaw to conserve valuable waterways and other resources that increase our property values, that protect our unique environment vital to our economy, and that reduce the financial burden on taxpayers and property owners by regulating the outdoor application of nitrogen and phosphorous on turf. The regulation of fertilizer applications will reduce the overall amount of excess nitrogen and phosphorus entering the town's Resource Areas as defined in The Mashpee Wetlands Protection Bylaw (Chapter 172; Section 2) and Regulations. Reducing excess phosphorous helps protect the water quality of Mashpee's ponds and streams. Reducing excess nitrogen helps protect and improve the water quality of Mashpee's two valuable estuaries Waquoit Bay and Popponesset Bay—and their associated bays, coves and waterways; as well as Mashpee's many ponds and streams. This Town Bylaw is also critical to reducing Mashpee's Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) of nitrogen. Mashpee waters do not meet Clean Water Act standards because of excess nitrogen entering the Town's estuaries. The Cape Cod Commission has estimated that reducing nitrogen from outdoor lawn applications to coastal estuaries and embayments by fifty percent (50%) could 33