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Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and transfer $40,000 from the Community <br /> Preservation Budgeted for Appropriation Reserve to the Community Preservation Committee <br /> Administrative and Operating Expense Accounts. <br /> Motion passes unanimously at 8:01 PM. <br /> Article 13 <br /> To see if the Town will vote to reauthorize the Waquoit Bay MEP Account and to appropriate <br /> and transfer from available funds $8328 to said account, to be expended under the direction of <br /> the Sewer Commission, as local matching funds, in conjunction with the Town of Falmouth, <br /> toward completion of the Massachusetts Estuaries Project report regarding critical nitrogen <br /> loading thresholds for Waquoit Bay, Eel Pond and Childs River, or take any other action relating <br /> thereto. <br /> Submitted by Sewer Commission <br /> Explanation: Under Article 18 at the October 16, 2006 Annual Town Meeting, the Town voted <br /> $23,625 toward a portion (25%) of the costs of the Massachusetts Estuaries Project(MEP) report <br /> regarding critical nitrogen loading thresholds for Waquoit Bay (central basin), Childs River and <br /> Eel Pond, with the remaining local matching funds to be paid by the Town of Falmouth. The <br /> work was contracted and the Draft Report has been completed, for which $15,297 was expended. <br /> This article seeks to reinstate funding for Mashpee's remaining $8328 share of the funds needed <br /> to complete the final report. (The 2006 appropriation was extended for an additional three years <br /> in 2009, but further extension in October 2012 was inadvertently missed.) <br /> The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by a vote of 5-0. <br /> Finance Committee recommends approval by a vote of 6-0; 1 abstention. <br /> Motion made by Selectman Michael Richardson. <br /> Motion: I move the Town vote to re-authorize the Waquoit Bay MEP Account and to <br /> appropriate and transfer from Revenue Available for Appropriation $8,328 to the Waquoit Bay <br /> MEP Account, to be expended under the direction of the Sewer Commission, as local matching <br /> funds, in conjunction with the Town of Falmouth, toward completion of the Massachusetts <br /> Estuaries Project report regarding critical nitrogen loading thresholds for Waquoit Bay, Eel Pond <br /> and Childs River. <br /> Motion passes unanimously at 8:02 PM. <br /> Article 14 <br /> To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer $15,000 from the Waterways <br /> Improvement Fund Account to the Waterways Equipment/Maintenance Account, or take any <br /> other action relating thereto. <br /> Submitted by the Waterways Commission <br /> 16 <br />