10/07/2019 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Agenda Packet

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*DRAFT* MINUTES BOARD OF SELECTMEN SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 S Board of Selectmen Minutes September 23, 2019 NEW BUSINESS Community Preservation Act A lication Deadline for the MqY..2020 Town Meeting: November 1 2019: It was announced the deadline for applications to be submitted to the Community Preservation Committee for CPA funding at the May 2020 Town Meeting is November 1, 2019. Forms are*availableonline or at the office of the Town Manager. Discussion of wastewater Finance Presentations from.the Sept mber 16, 2019 Meetin The Board of Selectmen highlighted some of the recommendations from the Town of Sandwich and the Town of Orleans at the last wastewater session. It was agreed the Board would invite the Town Manager's Financial Team to an upcoming session to further review the financial scenarios regarding wastewater. This would include Mashpee's financial model in comparison to the Towns of Orleans and Sandwich modeling in addition to the financial review of Joint Base Cape Cod. Jefferson Gregg of GHD, Inc. the.Town's consulting engineer would also be requested to attend a future meeting to review the wastewater Treatment Facility Plan and discuss the documents in detail that have not been reviewed by the public. This includes the new site plan depicting the location of the neighboring homes and vegetative buffer. It was suggested that GHD define what is included in Phase I and in Phase II to assist in the development of a financial model for the Town of Mashpee. The siting of the Site 4 wastewater Treatment Facility has been a decade long and full public process. Multiple sites have been reviewed, and there has been an extensive review. The Plan has been approved by the Secretary of Environmental Affairs_and has adhered to MEPA requirements. The Board of Selectmen has also signed off on the site location,to improve upon the conditions of the Mashpee River. As discussion continued it was agreed the Town.of Sandwich is receptive to the needs-of Mashpee and is interesting in collaboration in the matter of wastewater. An executed MOU between the respective parties details responsibilities in this course. It was suggested the Town move forward with Phase I as soon as possible. If JBCC is presented as a viable option, the use of the base would complement the workings of Phase I. JBCC and Phase I may be similar in costs. To date,there are two bidders responding to JBCC operations. In considered cost assumptions and revenue streams, it was agreed there is a need to build a model to develop a plan for the capital outlay and subsidy for wastewater. A 1%reduction in the CPA surcharge to the wIIF is under consideration. Regarding operations an-d comparisons in the platter of wastewater, the Towns of Falmouth and Barnstable manage this function in-house as town operational departments. The Town of Orleans operates their wastewater facility under private contract. It was agreed Ray Jack from Falmouth and Jill Goldsmith from Chatham would be invited to attend discussions on the operation of a wastewater facility in their respective towns. During the interim., it was recommended that permeable reactive barriers be placed accordingly to filter nitrogen from the Mashpee River.