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Lenna Quackenbush handed out images showing an overlay of a 500 foot radius from the treatment <br /> plant for our proposed site layout as well as over existing plants in the area to show a comparison of the <br /> buffers between the plants and residences. <br /> Tom Fudala commented that Mashpee Commons is an MBR,the others are older RBC type units. None <br /> have odor control other than Willowbend. We do. <br /> Anastasia Rudenko added that a lot of the equipment at the other plants is outside. By enclosing ours <br /> inside buildings we don't have odor. Also, we don't have primary clarifiers, septic receiving or sledge <br /> processing.Those are all odorous processes. <br /> Tom Fudala added that there will be no odor when pumping sludge from the holding tank, because it's <br /> similar to a fire hydrant that would be connected to the sludge tanker's hose, rather than opening up a <br /> septic tank and pumping. <br /> Tom Fudala also asked for a Tribal Council Plant comparison. <br /> Anastasia Rudenko described the analysis of the landfill. There is refuse buried, landfill is capped. Data <br /> that they have is there is a 25-30ft buffer from groundwater. Worst case, at Phase 5,you may raise <br /> groundwater level under our discharge by up to 2ft, but there's still a 30ft buffer. <br /> -Value Engineering Consultant Status: sent job description to Town Manager in July, as of Monday, still <br /> have not posted. <br /> -Final design funding articles removed by Selectmen from October Town Meeting warrant. <br /> Status of other tasks: <br /> -Shellfish report from Rick York: <br /> Shellfish phase 1 is working. Targeting the Little River, Great River, Hamblin Pond, and Jehu Pond area <br /> of Waquoit Bay, which is where most of the Mashpee load is coming from in estuary. We planted <br /> quahogs there because of risk to oysters.That's working, 13 million quahogs since 2014. Quahogs <br /> reduced total nitrogen to about 1/3 of way to the target based on 2017. Also reduced in 2018, but no <br /> written report on that yet. Oysters in Mashpee River are working as designed, being conservative in <br /> implementation. I'm convinced we can reduce completely in Little River/Great River area. It's been even <br /> more successful than I predicted. 1 million oysters potential is 10% reduction. Shoestring Bay was a 2 <br /> year EPA Grant that ended, it wasn't enough to make a difference. Popponesset Bay hasn't been <br /> expanded to implementation phase. We're continuing with what we're doing there, but we're really <br /> targeting our effort now in the Little River/Great River. <br /> Rick York did want to comment on the previous meeting's minutes; regarding the comment about <br /> shellfish weakness. We didn't have a great die off 20 years ago. These questions came up in the <br /> development of the plan and we addressed them. Shellfish can die off, but so can the microbes in the <br /> WWTP. It was only the oysters that had a die off in the 1980's, but that was over 20 years ago. We <br /> designed the plan to minimize that risk. The EPA wanted a risk assessment and cost benefit analysis. <br /> The risk assessment was that we minimize the risk by only growing oysters in the areas where the <br /> diseases won't affect them even if they're present. Its working and we're continuing. <br /> Budget Issues: <br />