12/09/2019 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Agenda Packet

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r Mashpee Water/Sewer District Act(Chapter 80 of the Acts of 2014) W_ reference. In order to implement this Act,Section 2 provided: - "SECTION 2. At the next annual district election following the effective date of this act, the board of water commissioners of the Mashpee water district shall cause to appear on the ballot the following question: "SHALL SECTION 1 -OF AN ACT PASSED BY THE GENERAL COURT-IN 2014 ENTITLED `AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MASHPEE WATER-AND SEWER,DISTRICT' BE APPROVE-D?" Below the ballot question shall appear.a fair and concise summary of the ballot question approved by the board of water commissioners of the Mashpee water district. If a majority of the voters of the Mashpee water district vote,in the affirmative on the foregoing question, � Y section I shall take.effect and the Mashpee water and sewer district shall be established, but not otherwise, and all prior actions taken by the board of water commissioners of the Mashpee water district, Mashpee water district meeting, the treasurer of the Mashpee water district and all other officers of the Mashpee water district shall remain in effect and be binding on the Mashpee water and sewer district without the necessity of confirmation, ratification or further action pursuant to this act. Until sectional takes effect and until the execution of an intermunicipal agreement authorized in section'5, the res ❑nsibilities duties and powers of the town of Mashpee relative to,public sewer and wastewater*treatment and p disposal functions within the geographical boundaries of the town of Mashpee shall remain in full force and effect (emphasis added). the ballot question was not approved by voters of the District at next annual district election folio ' i q ng the effective date of the Act in 2014 due to opposition of the Board of Selectmen, thus, the Mashpee Water and Sewer District never came into being. Negotiations with the Water District relative to the Act's terms and conditions spanned a couple of years as I recall. However, should this concept'be resurrected;the Act, as approved by the General Court and Governor,would provide a solid framework for prospective negotiations and an updated Act cou-Id likely be fashioned in a more expeditious manner. y y